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Does the site of bleeding matter? A stratified analysis on location of TIMI-graded bleedings and their impact on 12-month outcome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Vranckx P, Campo G, Anselmi M, Bolognese L, Colangelo S, Biondi-Zoccai G, Moreno R, Piva T, Favero L, Prati F, Nazzaro M, Fern J, Ferrari R, Valgimigli M, for the Multicenter Evaluation of Single High-Dose Bolus Tirofiban vs. Abciximab with Sirolimus-Eluting Stent or Bare Metal Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study (MULTISTRATEGY) Investigators

Published ahead of print on February 7, 2012

Comparison of biolimus eluted from an erodible stent coating with bare metal stents in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (COMFORTABLE AMI trial): rationale and design

Räber L, Kelbaek H, Ostoijc M, Baumbach A, T D, von Birgelen C, Roffi M, Pedrazzini G, Kornowski R, Weber K, Heg D, Matter C, Lüscher T, Taniwaki M, Meier B, Jüni P, Windecker S

Published ahead of print on February 6, 2012

Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation with the Edwards SAPIEN in patients with bioprosthetic heart valve failure: the Milan experience

Latib A, Ielasi A, Montorfano M, Maisano F, Chieffo A, Cioni M, Mussardo M, Bertoldi L, Shannon J, Sacco F, Covello R, Figini F, Godino C, Antonio A, Pietro Spagnolo P, Alfieri O, Colombo A

Published ahead of print on January 25, 2012

Clinical performance of a drug-eluting stent with a biodegradable polymer in an unselected patient population: the NOBORI 2 study

Danzi G, Chevalier B, Urban P, Fath-Ordoubadi F, Carrié D, Wiemer M, Serra A, Wijns W, Kala P, Stabile A, Ruigomez J, Sagic D, Laanmets P, Strupp G, West N, Paunovic D, on behalf of NOBORI Investigators

Published ahead of print on January 25, 2012

Everolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients presenting with myocardial infarction: insights from the two year results of the COMPARE prospective randomised controlled trial

Kedhi E, Gomes M, Joesoef K, Wassing J, Goedhart D, McFadden E, Smits P, the COMPARE investigators

Published ahead of print on January 23, 2012

Mid-term results of percutaneous closure of very large atrial septal defects in children: role of multislice computed tomography

Marini D, Ou P, Boudjemline Y, Kenny D, Bonnet D, Agnoletti G

Published ahead of print on January 5, 2012

In vivo characterisation of bioresorbable vascular scaffold strut interfaces using optical coherence tomography with Gaussian line spread function analysis

Sheehy A, Gutiérrez-Chico J-L, Diletti R, Oberhausern J, Glauser T, Harrington J, Kossuth M, Rapoza R, Onuma Y, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on January 5, 2012

Completely percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation through transaxillary route: an evolving concept

Van Mieghem N, L C, Oei F, Schultz C, Ligthart J, Kappetein AP, de Jaegere P

Published ahead of print on December 15, 2011

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, Oberhausern J, Rapoza R, Ormiston J, García-García H, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on December 1, 2011

Engineering assessment of the longitudinal compression behaviour of contemporary coronary stents

Prabhu S, Schikorr T, Mahmoud T, Jacobs J, Potgieter A, Simonton C

Published ahead of print on November 7, 2011

Coronary stent longitudinal deformation by compression: is this a new global stent failure, a specific failure of a particular stent design or simply an angiographic detection of an exceptional PCI complication?

Finet G, Rioufol G

Published ahead of print on November 5, 2011

Longitudinal stent deformation: a retrospective analysis of frequency and mechanisms

Williams P, Mamas M, Morgan K, El-Omar M, Clarke B, Bainbridge A, Fath-Ordoubadi F, Fraser D

Published ahead of print on November 4, 2011

Predictors of ostial side branch damage during provisional stenting of coronary bifurcation lesions not involving the side branch origin: an ultrasonographic study

de Lezo J, Medina A, Martin P, Novoa J, de Lezo J, Pan M, Caballero E, Melian F, Mazuelos F, Quevedo V

Published ahead of print on October 28, 2011

Five-year clinical outcome after primary stenting of totally occluded native coronary arteries: a randomised comparison of bare metal stent implantation with sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for the treatment of total coronary occlusions (PRISON II study)

van den Branden B, Rahel B, Laarman G, Slagboom T, Kelder J, Berg J, Suttorp M

Published ahead of print on October 28, 2011

Angiographic maximal luminal diameter and appropriate deployment of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold as assessed by optical coherence tomography: an ABSORB cohort B trial sub-study

Gomez-Lara J, Diletti R, Brugaletta S, Onuma Y, Farooq V, Thuesen L, McClean D, Koolen J, Ormiston J, Windecker S, Whitbourn R, Dudek D, Dorange C, Veldhof S, Rapoza R, Regar E, García-García H, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on October 28, 2011

Transfemoral implantation of an Edwards SAPIEN valve in a tricuspid bioprosthesis without fluoroscopic landmarks This article contains pictures and/or videos

Calvert P, Himbert D, Brochet E, Radu C, Iung B, Hvass U, Darondel J-M, Depoix J-P, Nataf P, Vahanian A

Published ahead of print on October 3, 2011

First-in-human experience with the Medtronic Bifurcation Stent System

Meredith I, Worthley S, Whitbourn R, Webster M, Fitzgerald P, Ormiston J

Published ahead of print on September 30, 2011

In vivo visualisation by three-dimensional optical coherence tomography of stress crazing of a bioresorbable vascular scaffold implanted for treatment of human coronary stenosis

Radu M, Onuma Y, Rapoza R, Diletti R, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on September 30, 2011

Carotid artery stenting, what can be learned after more than 1,000 patients: a single centre single operator experience

Bijuklic K, Tübler T, Wandler A, Goossens-Merkt H, Schofer J

Published ahead of print on September 1, 2011

The Valentines Trial: results of the first one week worldwide multicentre enrolment trial, evaluating the real world usage of the second generation DIOR paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon for in-stent restenosis treatment

Stella P, Belkacemi A, Waksman R, Stahnke S, Torguson R, Von Strandmann R, Agostoni P, Sangiorgi G, Silber S, for the Valentine Investigators

Published ahead of print on September 1, 2011

Percutaneous coronary intervention versus bypass surgery for left main coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomised trials

Ferrante G, Presbitero P, Valgimigli M, Morice M-C, Pagnotta P, Belli G, Corrada E, Onuma Y, Barlis P, Locca D, Eeckhout E, Di Mario C, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on September 1, 2011

Angiographic outcomes following stenting or coronary artery bypass surgery of the left main coronary artery: fifteen-month outcomes from the synergy between PCI with TAXUS express and cardiac surgery left main angiographic substudy (SYNTAX-LE MANS)

Morice M-C, Feldman T, Mack M, Stahle E, Holmes D, Colombo A, Morel M-A, van den Brand M, Serruys PW, Mohr F, Carrié D, Fournial G, James S, Leadley K, Dawkins K, Kappetein AP

Published ahead of print on July 29, 2011

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, on behalf of the UK TAVI collaborative

Published ahead of print on July 29, 2011

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

Published ahead of print on June 30, 2011

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, Van Der Boon R, 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

Published ahead of print on June 30, 2011

Paclitaxel-coated balloon in combination with bare metal stent for treatment of de novo coronary lesions: an optical coherence tomography first-in-human randomised trial, balloon first vs. stent first

Gutiérrez-Chico J-L, van Geuns R-J, Koch K, Koolen J, Duckers H, Regar E, Serruys PW

Published ahead of print on June 30, 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

Published ahead of print on January 25, 2011



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