Volume 8 Number 4 August 2012

Lettres de noblesse: the three milestones

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2012;8:411

In pursuit of perfection: “alive and better” as the measure of procedural success

• Brennan JM

EuroIntervention 2012;8:413-415

Not all drug-eluting balloons are equally good for patients, not all patients are equally suitable for drug-eluting balloons

• Cassese S,
• Kastrati A

EuroIntervention 2012;8:417-421

Multivessel versus culprit-only revascularisation in ST elevation acute myocardial infarction: facts and criticism

• Kornowski R

EuroIntervention 2012;8:423-425

The latest news about the ESCeL Platform

• Fajadet J,
• Gonçalves L,
• Gilard M

EuroIntervention 2012;8:427-428

Quality of life improvement is maintained up to two years after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in high-risk surgical candidates

• Taramasso M,
• Latib A,
• Cioni M,
• Denti P,
• Buzzatti N,
• Godino C,
• Chieffo A,
• Alfieri O,
• Colombo A,
• Maisano F

EuroIntervention 2012;8:429-436

Improvement of physical and mental health after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation

• Stortecky S,
• Schmid V,
• Windecker S,
• Kadner A,
• Pilgrim T,
• Buellesfeld L,
• Khattab A,
• Wenaweser P

EuroIntervention 2012;8:437-443

Comparison of two drug-eluting balloons: a report from the SCAAR registry

• Bondesson P,
• Lagerqvist B,
• James S,
• Olivecrona G,
• Venetsanos D,
• Harnek J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:444-449

Paclitaxel-coated balloon plus bare metal stent vs. sirolimus-eluting stent in de novo lesions: an IVUS study

• Fischer D,
• Scheller B,
• Schäfer A,
• Klein G,
• Böhm M,
• Clever Y,
• Cremers B

EuroIntervention 2012;8:450-455

Culprit only or multivessel percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease

• Jensen L,
• Thayssen P,
• Farkas D,
• Hougaard M,
• Terkelsen C,
• Tilsted H,
• Maeng M,
• Junker A,
• Lassen J,
• Horv E,
• Sørensen H,
• Thuesen L

EuroIntervention 2012;8:456-464

Contemporary use and outcome of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute coronary syndromes: insights from the 2010 ACSIS and ACSIS-PCI surveys

• Segev A,
• Matetzky S,
• Danenberg H,
• Fefer P,
• Bubyr L,
• Zahger D,
• Roguin A,
• Gottlieb S,
• Kornowski R

EuroIntervention 2012;8:465-469

Time-related impact of distal embolisation on myocardial perfusion and survival among patients undergoing primary angioplasty with glycoprotein IIb-IIIa inhibitors: insights from the EGYPT cooperation

• De Luca G,
• Gibson C,
• Huber K,
• Dudek D,
• Cutlip D,
• Zeymer U,
• Gyöngyösi M,
• Bellandi F,
• Noc M,
• Arntz H-R,
• Maioli M,
• Secco G,
• Zorman S,
• Gabriel H,
• Emre A,
• Rakowski T,
• van’t Hof A

EuroIntervention 2012;8:470-476

Optical coherence tomography assessment of the spatial distribution of culprit ruptured plaques and thin-cap fibroatheromas in acute coronary syndrome

• Toutouzas K,
• Karanasos A,
• Riga M,
• Tsiamis E,
• Synetos A,
• Michelongona A,
• Papanikolaou A,
• Triantafyllou G,
• Tsioufis C,
• Stefanadis C

EuroIntervention 2012;8:477-485

Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin in percutaneous coronary interventions of patients having received initial fondaparinux treatment: a propensity matched study

• Hamon M,
• Rao S,
• Steg G,
• Valgimigli M,
• Verheugt F,
• Marso S,
• Gershlick A,
• Wang Y,
• Deliargyris E

EuroIntervention 2012;8:486-492 published online ahead of print June 2012

Vasomotor function and re-endothelialisation after implantation of biodegradable abluminal polymer coated paclitaxel-eluting stents in rabbit iliac arteries: a time-course study

• Nakamura T,
• Winsor-Hines D,
• Yin X,
• Sushkova N,
• Chen J,
• King III S,
• Chronos N,
• Eppihimer M,
• Huibregtse B,
• Dawkins K,
• Hou D

EuroIntervention 2012;8:493-500

The transradial versus the transfemoral approach for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Jang J,
• Jin H,
• Seo J,
• Yang T,
• Kim D-K,
• Kim D-K,
• Kim D-I,
• Cho K-I,
• Kim B-H,
• Park Y,
• Je H-G,
• Kim D-S

EuroIntervention 2012;8:501-510 published online ahead of print May 2012

Non-invasive fractional flow reserve: scientific basis, methods and perspectives

• Serruys PW,
• Girasis C,
• Papadopoulou S-L,
• Onuma Y

EuroIntervention 2012;8:511-519 published online ahead of print May 2012

How should I treat a retrograde dissection of the aortic sinus of Valsalva during a percutaneous coronary intervention?

• Hung M-Y,
• Hung M-J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:520-527