Volume 7 Number 4 August 2011

The “seasons” of cardiology

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:411-413

AMI on the move

• Valgimigli M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:415-419

Climbing PCI success rates in complex chronic total occlusions: joining “The Club”

• Fefer P,
• Strauss B

EuroIntervention 2011;7:1-6

Continuity and innovation: the yin and yang of interventional cardiology

• Di Mario C,
• Windecker S,
• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:1-427

Assessment of the safety and performance of the STENTYS self-expanding coronary stent in acute myocardial infarction: results from the APPOSITION I study

• Amoroso G,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Spaulding C,
• Manzo-Silberman S,
• Hauptmann K-E,
• Spaargaren R,
• García-García HM,
• Serruys PW,
• Verheye S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:1-15

Use and impact of intra-aortic balloon pump on mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: results of the Euro Heart Survey on PCI

• Zeymer U,
• Bauer T,
• Hamm C,
• Zahn R,
• Weidinger F,
• Seabra-Gomes R,
• Hochadel M,
• Marco J,
• Gitt A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:437-441

Higher efficacy of pre-hospital tirofiban with longer pre-treatment time to primary PCI: protection for the negative impact of time delay

• Heestermans A,
• de Boer M,
• van Werkum J,
• Mosterd A,
• Gosselink A,
• Dambrink J,
• Van Houwelingen G,
• Koopmans P,
• Hamm C,
• Zijlstra F,
• ten Berg JM,
• van’t Hof A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:442-448

Pre-hospital ECG in patients undergoing primary percutaneous interventions within an integrated system of care: reperfusion times and long-term survival benefits

• Ortolani P,
• Marzocchi A,
• Marrozzini C,
• Palmerini T,
• Saia F,
• Taglieri N,
• Alessi L,
• Nardini P,
• Reggiani M-L,
• Guastaroba P,
• De Palma R,
• Grilli R,
• Picoco C,
• Gordini G,
• Branzi A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:449-457

Transcriptional fingerprint of human whole blood at the site of coronary occlusion in acute myocardial infarction

• Muller O,
• Delrue L,
• Hamilos M,
• Vercauteren S,
• Ntalianis A,
• Trana C,
• Mangiacapra F,
• Dierickx K,
• de Bruyne B,
• Wijns W,
• Behfar A,
• Barbato E,
• Terzic A,
• Vanderheyden M,
• Bartunek J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:458-466

Acute haemodynamic effects of accelerated idioventricular rhythm in primary percutaneous coronary intervention

• Delewi R,
• Remmelink M,
• Meuwissen M,
• van Royen N,
• Vis M,
• Koch K,
• Henriques J,
• de Winter R,
• Tijssen J,
• Baan J,
• Piek J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:467-471

In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion: insights from the ERCTO (European Registry of Chronic Total Occlusion) registry

• Galassi A,
• Tomasello S,
• Reifart N,
• Werner G,
• Sianos G,
• Bonnier H,
• Sievert H,
• Ehladad S,
• Bufe A,
• Schofer J,
• Gershlick A,
• Hildick-Smith D,
• Escaned J,
• Erglis A,
• Sheiban I,
• Thuesen L,
• Serra A,
• Christiansen E,
• Buettner A,
• Costanzo L,
• Barrano G,
• Di Mario C

EuroIntervention 2011;7:472-479

CRosser As First choice for crossing Totally occluded coronary arteries (CRAFT Registry): focus on conventional angiography and computed tomography angiography predictors of success

• García-García HM,
• Brugaletta S,
• van Mieghem CAG,
• Gonzalo N,
• Diletti R,
• Gomez-Lara J,
• Airoldi F,
• Carlino M,
• Tavano D,
• Chieffo A,
• Montorfano M,
• Michev I,
• Colombo A,
• van der Ent M,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:480-486 published online ahead of print June 2011

Clinical presentation and outcomes of drug-eluting stent-associated coronary aneurysms

• Hakeem A,
• Karmali K,
• Larue S,
• Bhatti S,
• Chilakapati V,
• Samad Z,
• Cline M,
• Cilingiroglu M,
• Leesar M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:487-496 published online ahead of print June 2011

Safety and efficacy of frequency domain optical coherence tomography in pigs

• Li X,
• Villard J,
• Ouyang Y,
• Michalek J,
• RefatJabara R,
• Sims D,
• Kemp N,
• Glynn T,
• Banas C,
• Bailey S,
• Feldman M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:497-504

Clinical performance of drug-eluting stents with biodegradable polymeric coating: a meta-analysis and systematic review

• Ahmed T,
• Bergheanu S,
• Stijnen T,
• Plevier J,
• Quax PHA,
• Jukema J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:505-516 published online ahead of print June 2011

Tools & Techniques: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)

• Eggebrecht H,
• Czerny M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:517-519

How should I treat a patient to remove a fractured jailed side branch wire?

• Owens C,
• Spence M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:1-12

Use of three-dimensional optical coherence tomography to verify correct wire position in a jailed side branch after main vessel stent implantation

• Holm N,
• Tu S,
• Christiansen E,
• Reiber J,
• Lassen J,
• Thuesen L,
• Maeng M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:528-529