Volume 8 Number 8 December 2012

Peer reviewers – indispensable elements in the publishing universe

• Serruys PW,
• Cummins P

EuroIntervention 2012;8:879-881

Women are the equal of men at last… for sure?

• Danchin N,
• Simon T

EuroIntervention 2012;8:883-885

The future importance of devices from emerging countries: the butterfly effect

• Mishra S,
• Reddy SE

EuroIntervention 2012;8:887-889

Listening to the world: our association in action

• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:891

Statement on matching language to the type of evidence used in describing outcomes data

EuroIntervention 2012;8:892

ESC 2012 - Interventional highlights

• De Palma R

EuroIntervention 2012;8:893-895

Real-world use of the second-generation cobalt-chromium sirolimus-eluting stents: 12-month results from the prospective multicentre FOCUS registry

• Zhang F,
• Ge J,
• Qian J,
• Ge L,
• Zhou J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:896-903

Sex- and age-related differences in clinical outcome after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

• Jakobsen L,
• Niemann T,
• Thorsgaard N,
• Nielsen T,
• Thuesen L,
• Lassen J,
• Jensen L,
• Thayssen P,
• Ravkilde J,
• Tilsted H,
• Mehnert F,
• Johnsen SP

EuroIntervention 2012;8:904-911

Procedural and in-patient outcomes in patients aged 80 years or older undergoing contemporary primary percutaneous coronary intervention

• Murphy J,
• Kozor R,
• Figtree G,
• Hansen P,
• Rasmussen H,
• Ward M,
• Nelson G,
• Bhindi R

EuroIntervention 2012;8:912-919

Short- and long-term outcomes in octogenarians undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting

• Marcolino M,
• Simsek C,
• de Boer S,
• van Domburg R,
• van Geuns R-J,
• de Jaegere P,
• Akkerhuis K,
• Daemen J,
• Serruys PW,
• Boersma E

EuroIntervention 2012;8:920-928

Age- and gender-related changes in plaque composition in patients with acute coronary syndrome: the PROSPECT study

• Ruiz-Garc J,
• Lerman A,
• Weisz G,
• Maehara A,
• Mintz G,
• Fahy M,
• Xu K,
• Lansky A,
• Cristea E,
• Farah T,
• Teles R,
• Botker HE,
• Templin B,
• Zhang Z,
• de Bruyne B,
• Serruys PW,
• Stone G

EuroIntervention 2012;8:929-938

Prospective peer review of regional percutaneous interventional procedures: a tool for quality control and revalidation

• Blows L,
• Dixon G,
• Behan M,
• Allen R,
• Cohen A,
• Dickinson K,
• Furniss S,
• Hatrick R,
• Hildick-Smith D,
• Holmberg S,
• Hyde J,
• Kneale B,
• Lewis ME,
• Lloyd G,
• Patel N,
• Pegge N,
• Signy M,
• Sulke A,
• Trivedi U,
• Walker D,
• De Belder A

EuroIntervention 2012;8:939-944

Plaque sealing and passivation with a mechanical self-expanding low outward force nitinol vShield device for the treatment of IVUS and OCT-derived thin cap fibroatheromas (TCFAs) in native coronary arteries: report of the pilot study vShield Evaluated at Cardiac hospital in Rotterdam for Investigation and Treatment of TCFA (SECRITT)

• Wykrzykowska J,
• Diletti R,
• Gutiérrez-Chico J-L,
• van Geuns R-J,
• van der Giessen WJ,
• Ramcharitar S,
• Duckers H,
• Schultz C,
• de Feyter P,
• van der Ent M,
• Regar E,
• de Jaegere P,
• García-García HM,
• Pawar R,
• Gonzalo N,
• Ligthart J,
• de Schepper J,
• van den Berg N,
• Milewski K,
• Granada J,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2012;8:945-954

Multiple complex coronary atherosclerosis in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel optical coherence tomography study

• Fukunaga M,
• Fujii K,
• Nakata T,
• Shibuya M,
• Miki K,
• Kawasaki D,
• Masutani M,
• Kawabata-Lee M,
• Ohyanagi M,
• Masuyama T

EuroIntervention 2012;8:955-961

Very long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention with bare metal stents for unprotected left main coronary artery disease

• Nomura A,
• Yamaji K,
• Shirai S,
• Omata F,
• Soga Y,
• Nakashima M,
• Arita T,
• Ando K,
• Sakai K,
• Goya M,
• Yokoi H,
• Iwabuchi M,
• Nobuyoshi M

EuroIntervention 2012;8:962-969

Unprotected left main stenting in the real world: five-year outcomes of the French Left Main Taxus registry

• Mylotte D,
• Meftout B,
• Moynagh A,
• Vaquerizo B,
• Darremont O,
• Silvestri M,
• Louvard Y,
• Leymarie J-L,
• Morice M-C,
• Lefèvre T,
• Garot P

EuroIntervention 2012;8:970-981

How should I treat a perimembranous interventricular defect following aortic valve replacement surgery?

• Coceani M,
• Ciardetti M,
• Schlueter M,
• Palmieri C,
• Santoro G,
• Berti S

EuroIntervention 2012;8:982-988

Optical coherence tomography of longitudinal stent compression

• Leibundgut G,
• Löffelhardt N,
• Toma A,
• Neumann F-J,
• Gick M

EuroIntervention 2012;8:989

Comments on “Longitudinal stent deformation: insights on mechanisms, treatments and outcomes from the FDA Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database” by Mamas et al

• Aminian A,
• Lalmand J

EuroIntervention 2012;8:990-993