Volume 7 Number 2 June 2011

EuroPCR 2011: the ongoing challenge of initiatives and innovations

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:173-175

Peripheral interventions: how long will they remain a missed opportunity?

• Di Mario C,
• Roffi M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:177-181

Identification of high-risk aortic valve patients

• Florath I,
• Albert A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:182-183

Prevalence and prognostic implications of baseline anaemia in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

• Van Mieghem N,
• Nuis R,
• Tzikas A,
• Piazza N,
• Schultz C,
• Serruys PW,
• de Jaegere P

EuroIntervention 2011;7:184-191 published online ahead of print May 2011

Multicentre experience with the BridgePoint devices to facilitate recanalisation of chronic total coronary occlusions through controlled subintimal re-entry

• Werner G,
• Schofer J,
• Sievert H,
• Kugler C,
• Reifart N

EuroIntervention 2011;7:192-200 published online ahead of print April 2011

Clinical outcome of percutaneous treatment of in-stent restenosis with drug-eluting stents: results from the first phase of the prospective multicentre German DES.DE registry

• Abdel-Wahab M,
• Nienaber C,
• Mostafa A,
• Sabin G,
• Tebbe U,
• Hochadel M,
• Senges J,
• Akin I,
• Kuck K-H,
• Hamm C,
• Richardt G

EuroIntervention 2011;7:201-208

Comparison of outcome after patent foramen ovale closure in older versus younger patients

• Luermans J,
• Budts W,
• ten Berg JM,
• Plokker H,
• Suttorp M,
• Post M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:209-215

Clinical and procedural evaluation of the Nile Croco® dedicated stent for bifurcations: a single centre experience with the first 151 consecutive non-selected patients

• Del Blanco B,
• Martí G,
• Bellera N,
• Otaegui I,
• Serra V,
• Ferreira I,
• Domingo E,
• Angel J,
• Candell J,
• García-Dorado D

EuroIntervention 2011;7:216-224

Correlation between fractional flow reserve and intravascular ultrasound lumen area in intermediate coronary artery stenosis

• Ben-Dor I,
• Torguson R,
• Gaglia M,
• Gonzalez M,
• Maluenda G,
• Bui A,
• Xue Z,
• Satler L,
• Suddath W,
• Lindsay J,
• Pichard A,
• Waksman R

EuroIntervention 2011;7:225-233

The Angio-Seal™ femoral closure device allows immediate ambulation after coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention

• Hvelplund A,
• Jeger R,
• Osterwalder R,
• Bredahl M,
• Madsen JK,
• Jensen J,
• Kaiser C,
• Pfisterer M,
• Galatius S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:234-241

Cardio-respiratory exercise testing early after the use of the Angio-Seal system for arterial puncture site closure after coronary angioplasty

• Rittger H,
• Schmidt M,
• Breithardt O-A,
• Mahnkopf C,
• Brachmann J,
• Sinha A-M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:242-247

A simple nomogram for early prediction of myocardial reperfusion after pre-hospital thrombolysis

• Rosencher J,
• Bongard V,
• Tazarourte K,
• Soulat L,
• Savary D,
• Elbaz M,
• Miljkovic D,
• Cottin Y,
• Lambert Y,
• Steg P-G,
• Puel J,
• Charpentier S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:248-255

Major stent deformation / pseudofracture of 7 Crown Endeavor / Micro Driver stent platform: incidence and causative factors

• Pitney M,
• Pitney K,
• Jepson N,
• Friedman D,
• Nguyen-Dang T,
• Matthews J,
• Giles R,
• Taylor D

EuroIntervention 2011;7:256-262

Looking back into the future: desirudin in acute coronary syndromes and coronary stenting

• Vranckx P,
• Valgimigli M,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:263-269

Coronary dissection healing patterns: from complete resolution to restenosis, insights from optical coherence tomography

• Alfonso F,
• Canales E,
• Dutary J,
• Cruz A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:270-273

Moxy® drug-coated balloon: a novel device for the treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease

• Gutiérrez-Chico J-L,
• Regar E,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Garg S,
• Schultz C,
• Van Mieghem N,
• Duckers H,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:274-277 published online ahead of print May 2011

How should I treat a huge intra-mural haematoma of the ascending aorta after coronary angioplasty?

• Mouillet G,
• Deux J-F,
• Lesault P-F,
• Gellen B,
• Dubois-Randé J-L,
• Teiger E,
• Champagne S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:278-284

Tools & Techniques: CTO – the retrograde approach

• Sianos G,
• Karlas A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:285-287

Healing of a coronary artery dissection detected by intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography

• Diletti R,
• García-García HM,
• Brugaletta S,
• Lara J,
• Serruys PW,
• Regar E

EuroIntervention 2011;7:288-289