Volume 7 Number 5 September 2011

Fast tracking to the future with EEP

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:531

Coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis: small steps to cross the border to full interventional treatment in selected high-risk patients

• Woitek F,
• Schuler G

EuroIntervention 2011;7:533-535

A sure vision for the future

• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:537

Repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms: strategy before tactics

• Brinkman W

EuroIntervention 2011;7:539-540

Impact of coronary artery disease and percutaneous coronary intervention on outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

• Wenaweser P,
• Pilgrim T,
• Guerios E,
• Stortecky S,
• Huber C,
• Khattab A,
• Kadner A,
• Buellesfeld L,
• Gloekler S,
• Meier B,
• Carrel T,
• Windecker S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:541-548

Impact of coronary artery disease on indications for transcatheter aortic valve implantation and on procedural outcomes

• Gautier M,
• Pepin M,
• Himbert D,
• Ducrocq G,
• Iung B,
• Dilly M-P,
• Attias D,
• Nataf P,
• Vahanian A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:549-555

The role of sex on VARC outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation with both Edwards SAPIEN™ and Medtronic CoreValve ReValving System® devices: the Milan registry

• Buchanan G,
• Chieffo A,
• Montorfano M,
• Maisano F,
• Latib A,
• Godino C,
• Cioni M,
• Gullace M,
• Franco A,
• Gerli C,
• Alfieri O,
• Colombo A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:556-563

Aortic annulus dimensions and leaflet calcification from contrast MSCT predict the need for balloon post-dilatation after TAVI with the Medtronic CoreValve prosthesis

• Schultz C,
• Rossi A,
• Van Mieghem N,
• Papadopoulou S-L,
• van Domburg R,
• Moelker A,
• Mollet N,
• Krestin G,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Nieman K,
• de Feyter P,
• Serruys PW,
• de Jaegere P

EuroIntervention 2011;7:564-572 publish online ahead of print June 2011

Quality-of-life in elderly patients one year after transcatheter aortic valve implantation for severe aortic stenosis

• Ussia G,
• Barbanti M,
• Cammalleri V,
• Scarabelli M,
• Mulè M,
• Aruta P,
• Pistritto A,
• Imme S,
• Capodanno D,
• Sarkar K,
• Gulino S,
• Tamburino C

EuroIntervention 2011;7:573-579

Six-month clinical and angiographic results of the STENTYS® self-apposing stent in bifurcation lesions

• Verheye S,
• Ramcharitar S,
• Grube E,
• Schofer J,
• Witzenbichler B,
• Kovac J,
• Hauptmann K-E,
• Agostoni P,
• Wiemer M,
• Lefèvre T,
• Spaargaren R,
• Serruys PW,
• García-García HM,
• van Geuns R-J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:580-587

Three-year outcome of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in coronary bifurcation lesions: the provisional side branch stenting approach versus the elective two-stent approach

• Tamura T,
• Kimura T,
• Morimoto T,
• Nakagawa Y,
• Furukawa Y,
• Kadota K,
• Tatami R,
• Kawai K,
• Sone T,
• Miyazaki S,
• Mitsudo K

EuroIntervention 2011;7:588-596

Final proximal post-dilatation is necessary after kissing balloon in bifurcation stenting

• Foin N,
• Secco G,
• Ghilencea L,
• Krams R,
• Di Mario C

EuroIntervention 2011;7:597-604

Implantation of the biodegradable polymer biolimus-eluting stent in patients with high SYNTAX score is associated with decreased cardiac mortality compared to a permanent polymer sirolimus-eluting stent: two year follow-up results from the “all-comers” LEADERS trial

• Wykrzykowska J,
• Garg S,
• Onuma Y,
• de Vries T,
• Morel M-A,
• Van Es G-A,
• Buszman P,
• Linke A,
• Ischinger T,
• Klauss V,
• Corti R,
• Eberli F,
• Wijns W,
• Morice M-C,
• Di Mario C,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Jüni P,
• Windecker S,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:605-613 publish online ahead of print June 2011

Bifurcation Optimisation Stent System (BiOSS Lim) with sirolimus elution: results from porcine coronary artery model

• Vassilev D,
• Gil R,
• Milewski K

EuroIntervention 2011;7:614-620

Complications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: avoidance and management

• Hildick-Smith D,
• Redwood S,
• Mullen M,
• Thomas M,
• Kovac J,
• Brecker S,
• Trivedi U,
• Young C,
• Hutchinson N,
• Maccarthy P,
• Prendergast B,
• De Belder M,
• Monaghan M,
• Blackman D,
• Baumbach A,
• Manoharan G,
• Moat N

EuroIntervention 2011;7:621-628 publish online ahead of print July 2011

A novel dedicated 3-dimensional quantitative coronary analysis methodology for bifurcation lesions

• Onuma Y,
• Girasis C,
• Aben J-P,
• Sarno G,
• Piazza N,
• Lokkerbol C,
• Morel M-A,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:629-635 publish online ahead of print January 2011

Tools & Techniques: Percutaneous left ventricular assist devices

• Thiele H,
• Fürnau G,
• Fischer J,
• Schuler G

EuroIntervention 2011;7:636-637

How should I treat impaired systolic function and clinical deterioration after surgery of type A aortic dissection?

• Gutiérrez-Chico J-L,
• García-García HM,
• Ligthart J,
• Bol-Raap G,
• Garg S,
• Bekkers J,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:638-646

Anomalous origin of left main coronary artery appearing like a “native bypass graft” anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery

• Karabulut A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:647