Volume 8 Number 3 July 2012

Far from the turmoil, a summer with EuroIntervention

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2012;8:293

The Titan stent, just a good bare metal stent or more?

• Baur H-R,
• Meier B

EuroIntervention 2012;8:295-297

Guide catheter extensions: where are they taking us?

• Fraser D,
• Mamas M

EuroIntervention 2012;8:299-301

The EAPCI: today the second largest association within the ESC…and tomorrow?

• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:303-305

A prospective randomised comparison of titanium-nitride-oxide-coated bioactive stents with everolimus-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: the BASE-ACS trial

• Karjalainen P,
• Niemela M,
• Airaksinen J,
• Rivero-Crespo F,
• Romppanen H,
• Sia J,
• Lalmand J,
• de Bruyne B,
• De Belder A,
• Carlier M,
• Nammas W,
• Ylitalo A,
• Hess O

EuroIntervention 2012;8:306-315

Dedicated paclitaxel-eluting bifurcation stent BiOSS® (bifurcation optimisation stent system): 12-month results from a prospective registry of consecutive all-comers population

• Gil R,
• Vassilev D,
• Michalek A,
• Kern A,
• Formuszewicz R,
• Dobrzycki S,
• Wójcik J,
• Lesiak M,
• Kardaszewicz P,
• Lekston A

EuroIntervention 2012;8:316-324

SPIRIT Women, evaluation of the safety and efficacy of the XIENCE V everolimus-eluting stent system in female patients: referral time for coronary intervention and 2-year clinical outcomes

• Morice M-C,
• Mikhail G,
• Mauri i Ferr F,
• Modena M,
• Strasser R,
• Grinfeld L,
• Sudhir K,
• Stuteville M,
• Papeleu P,
• Li D,
• Rutledge D,
• Windecker S

EuroIntervention 2012;8:325-335

Usefulness and safety of the GuideLiner catheter to enhance intubation and support of guide catheters: insights from the Twente GuideLiner registry

• de Man F,
• Tandjung K,
• Hartmann M,
• Van Houwelingen K,
• Stoel M,
• Louwerenburg H,
• Basalus M,
• Sen H,
• Löwik M,
• von Birgelen C

EuroIntervention 2012;8:336-344

PFO closure with the Premere PFO closure device: acute results and follow-up of 263 patients

• Stanczak L,
• Bertog S,
• Wunderlich N,
• Franke J,
• Sievert H

EuroIntervention 2012;8:345-351

Head to head comparison of optical coherence tomography, intravascular ultrasound echogenicity and virtual histology for the detection of changes in polymeric struts over time: insights from the ABSORB trial

• Brugaletta S,
• Gomez-Lara J,
• Bruining N,
• Radu M,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Thuesen L,
• McClean D,
• Koolen J,
• Windecker S,
• Whitbourn R,
• Oberhauser J,
• Rapoza R,
• Ormiston J,
• García-García HM,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2012;8:352-358 published online ahead of print November 2011

Simplifying clinical risk prediction for percutaneous coronary intervention of bifurcation lesions: the case for the ACEF (age, creatinine, ejection fraction) score

• Biondi-Zoccai G,
• Romagnoli E,
• Castagno D,
• Sheiban I,
• De Servi S,
• Tamburino C,
• Colombo A,
• Burzotta F,
• Presbitero P,
• Bolognese L,
• Paloscia L,
• Rubino P,
• Sardella G,
• Briguori C,
• Niccoli L,
• Franco G,
• Di Girolamo D,
• Piatti L,
• Greco C,
• Petronio A,
• Loi B,
• Benassi A,
• Patti A,
• Gaspardone A,
• Frati G,
• Sangiorgi G

EuroIntervention 2012;8:359-367 published online ahead of print May 2012

Clinical event committees in coronary stent trials: insights and recommendations based on experience in an unselected study population

• Vranckx P,
• McFadden E,
• Mehran R,
• Cutlip D

EuroIntervention 2012;8:368-374

Emergency extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a hospital without on-site cardiac surgical facilities

• Belle L,
• Mangin L,
• Bonnet H,
• Fol S,
• Santr C,
• Delavenat L,
• Savary D,
• Bougon D,
• Vialle E,
• Dompnier A,
• Desjoyaux E,
• Blin D

EuroIntervention 2012;8:375-382

A prospective, randomised trial of transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in operable elderly patients with aortic stenosis: the STACCATO trial

• Nielsen H,
• Klaaborg K,
• Nissen H,
• Terp K,
• Mortensen P,
• Kjeldsen B,
• Jakobsen C-J,
• Andersen H,
• Egeblad H,
• Krusell L,
• Thuesen L,
• Hjortdal V

EuroIntervention 2012;8:383-389 published online ahead of print May 2012

Angiographic and histological results following implantation of a novel stent-on-a-wire in the animal model

• Diletti R,
• García-García HM,
• van Geuns R-J,
• Farooq V,
• Bailey L,
• Rousselle S,
• Kopia G,
• Easterbrook W,
• Pomeranz M,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2012;8:390-399 published online ahead of print February 2012

How should I treat a patient with significant angina and a severe left anterior descending artery stenosis beyond the insertion of a left internal mammary artery jump graft (diagonal to LAD)?

• Cockburn J,
• Poliacikova P,
• Hildick-Smith D

EuroIntervention 2012;8:400-407

Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy of left atrial appendage thrombus with bilateral neuro-embolic protection followed by closure of left atrial appendage

• Bokhari S,
• Martinez-Clark P,
• Zambrano J,
• Tracy M,
• O’ Neill W

EuroIntervention 2012;8:408-409

Left ventricular angiography with a Jacky Radial catheter at high pressure leading to myocardial staining and opacification of the great cardiac vein and coronary sinus

• Kang G,
• Kang K,
• Jurado J,
• Byrnes L

EuroIntervention 2012;8:410