Volume 2 Number 2 August 2006

The future of European percutaneous cardiovascular interventions

• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2006;2:143-145

Stent coating with titanium-nitride-oxide for prevention of restenosis

• Windecker S,
• Billinger M,
• Hess O

EuroInterv.2006;2:146-148

Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation disease. A consensus view from the first meeting of the European Bifurcation Club

• Thomas M,
• Hildick-Smith D,
• Louvard Y,
• Albiero R,
• Darremont O,
• Stankovic G,
• Pan M,
• Legrand V,
• de Bruyne B,
• Lefèvre T

EuroInterv.2006;2:149-153

The inoperable valvular heart disease patient: the pluses and minuses of percutaneous valvular replacement

• Fuster V,
• Goldbarg S,
• Hansalia R,
• Stevens G,
• Tiyyagura S

EuroInterv.2006;2:154-160

Comparison of the CardioShield filter with the guardwire balloon in the prevention of embolisation during vein graft intervention: results from the CAPTIVE randomised trial

• Holmes D,
• Coolong A,
• O’ Shaughnessy C,
• Chauhan M,
• van Langenhove G,
• Hall P,
• Vermeersch P,
• Verlee P,
• Popma J,
• Cutlip D,
• Kuntz R

EuroInterv.2006;2:161-168

Comparison of sirolimus-eluting vs. bare-metal stents for the treatment of infrapopliteal obstructions

• Scheinert D,
• Ulrich M,
• Scheinert S,
• Sax J,
• Braunlich S,
• Biamino G,
• Schmidt A

EuroInterv.2006;2:169-174

Sex differences and their impact on clinical outcome after percutaneous or surgical revascularisation: a report from the Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study (ARTS).

• Voudris V,
• Ong ATL,
• Serruys PW,
• Sianos G,
• Stavrides G,
• Lindeboom W,
• Cokkinos D

EuroInterv.2006;2:175-180

Surgical isolated edge-to-edge mitral valve repair without annuloplasty: clinical proof of the principle for an endovascular approach

• Maisano F,
• Viganó G,
• Blasio A,
• Colombo A,
• Calabrese C,
• Alfieri O

EuroInterv.2006;2:181-186

Real world experience with TITAN® stent: a 9-month follow-up report from The Titan PORI Registry

• Karjalainen P,
• Ylitalo A,
• Juhani Airaksinen KE

EuroInterv.2006;2:187-191

The Titanium-NO Stent: results of a multicentre registry

• Mosseri M,
• Miller H,
• Tamari I,
• Plich M,
• Hasin Y,
• Brizines M,
• Frimerman A,
• Jeffery J,
• Guetta V,
• Solomon M,
• Lotan C

EuroInterv.2006;2:192-196

Iatrogenic dissection of the ascending aorta following heart catheterisation: incidence, management and outcome

• Gomez-Moreno S,
• Sabate M,
• Jimenez-Quevedo P,
• Vazquez P,
• Alfonso F,
• Angiolillo D,
• Hernández-Antolín R,
• Moreno R,
• Banuelos C,
• Escaned J,
• Macaya C

EuroInterv.2006;2:197-202

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in relation to epicardial and myocardial reperfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with facilitated angioplasty

• Zmudka K,
• Zalewski J,
• El Masri N,
• Stepien E,
• Zajdel W,
• Durak M,
• Dudek D,
• Przewlocki. T

EuroInterv.2006;2:203-210

Intracoronary nicorandil prior to reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction

• Miyazawa A,
• Ikari Y,
• Tanabe K,
• Nakajima H,
• Aoki J,
• Iijima R,
• Nakayama T,
• Hatori M,
• Nakazawa G,
• Tanimoto S,
• Onuma Y,
• Hara K

EuroInterv.2006;2:211-217

Clinical and angiographic follow-up after overlapping implantation of polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents with drug eluting stents

• Papafaklis M,
• Sianos G,
• Cost B,
• Vaina S,
• Manginas A,
• Dardas P,
• Tsikaderis D,
• van Mieghem CAG,
• Michalis L,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2006;2:218-223

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to predict outcomes after coronary stenting

• Zalc S,
• Ambrose J,
• Lemos P,
• Ribeiro E,
• Soares Jr. J,
• Giorgi M,
• Esteves-Filho A,
• Horta P,
• Meneghetti J,
• Ramires J,
• Martinez E

EuroInterv.2006;2:224-230

Low incidence of cardiac biomarker elevation following PCI of chronic total coronary occlusions

• Bahrmann P,
• Ferrari M,
• Figulla H,
• Werner G

EuroInterv.2006;2:231-237

The clinical outcome of restricting drug-eluting stents to patients at highest risk of restenosis

• Roy P,
• Bowyer A,
• Ajani A,
• Lefkovits J,
• Warren R

EuroInterv.2006;2:238-243

Histopathology of material captured by embolic protection device after percutaneous coronary interventions in atherosclerotic saphenous vein graft

• Steigen S,
• Steigen T,
• Gunnes P,
• Thuesen L,
• Mannsverk J,
• Jorgensen L

EuroInterv.2006;2:244-249

Shear stress is associated with markers of plaque vulnerability and MMP-9 activity

• Krams R,
• Cheng C,
• Helderman F,
• Verheye S,
• van Damme LCA,
• Mousavi Gourabi B,
• Tempel D,
• Segers D,
• de Feyter P,
• Pasterkamp G,
• De Klein D,
• de Crom R,
• van der Steen A,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2006;2:250-256

First case of combined percutaneous aortic valve replacement and coronary artery revascularisation

• Berry C,
• Lamarche Y,
• Laborde J-C,
• Cartier R,
• Denault A,
• Basmadjian A,
• Bonan R

EuroInterv.2006;2:257-261

Principles of a self contained catheterisation laboratory based intravascular magnetic resonance system

• Tammam E,
• Halon D

EuroInterv.2006;2:262-264

Small 0.7 mm diameter laser catheter for chronic total occlusions, small vessels, tortuous anatomy, and balloon-resistant lesions - development and initial experience

• Taylor K,
• Harlan K,
• Branan N

EuroInterv.2006;2:265-269

Tryton Side-Branch stent

• Kaplan A,
• Davis H

EuroInterv.2006;2:270-271

Acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous coronary artery dissection detected three days before by 64-slice spiral computed tomography

• Aoki J,
• Nakazawa G,
• Onuma Y,
• Tanabe K,
• Nakajima H,
• Hara K

EuroInterv.2006;2:272