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The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that the following papers have been published online and ahead of print on June 30, 2010.

Final results of a phase IIa, randomised, open-label trial to evaluate the percutaneous intramyocardial transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts in congestive heart failure patients: the SEISMIC trial
Duckers H, Houtgraaf J, Hehrlein C, Schofer J, Waltenberger J, Gershlick A, Bartunek J, Nienaber C, Macaya C, Peters N, Smits P, Siminiak T, van Mieghem W, Legrand V, Serruys PW
Intravenous enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin in unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: the Zurich enoxaparin versus unfractionated heparin in PCI study (ZEUS)
Bertel O, Ramsay D, Wettstein T, Kurz D, Stettler I, Straumann E, Frielingsdorf J, Maurer D, Naegeli B
Impact of arterial injury on neointimal hyperplasia after implantation of drug-eluting stents in coronary arteries: an intravascular ultrasound study
Eshtehardi P, Cook S, Wandel S, Räber L, Wenaweser P, Togni M, Vogel R, Garachemani A, Eberli F, Lüscher T, Jüni P, Hess O, Meier B, Windecker S
Influence of age on the clinical outcomes of coronary revascularisation for the treatment of patients with multivessel coronary artery lesions: de novo sirolimus-eluting stent vs. coronary artery bypass surgery and bare metal stent, insight from the multicentre randomised Arterial Revascularisation Therapy Study Part I (ARTS-I) and Part II (ARTS-II)
Legrand V, Garg S, Serruys PW, Virtanen K, Szurawitzki G, Voudris V, Fontanelli A, Endersen K, Kranjec I, Rademaker T, Stefanadis C, Wittebols K
Three-year results of clinical follow-up after a bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffold in patients with de novo coronary artery disease: the ABSORB trial
Onuma Y, Serruys PW, Ormiston J, Regar E, Webster M, Thuesen L, Dudek D, Veldhof S, Rapoza R
Short and long term comparison (24 months) of an alternative sirolimus-coated stent with bioabsorbable polymer and a bare metal stent of similar design in chronic coronary occlusions: the CORACTO trial
Reifart N, Hauptmann K-E, Rabe A, Enayat D, Giokoglu K
How should I treat a staggering TAVI procedure?
Van Mieghem N, Tzikas A, Nuis R-J, Schultz C, de Jaegere P, Serruys PW
Occlusion of PFO with a dedicated adjustable device: influence on one year outcome
Kleber F-X, Winkelmann A, Stretz A, Sonntag S-M, Bruch L, Rademacher G, Sparenberg P, Schmehl I
Intravascular ultrasound, angioscopic and histopathological characterisation of heterogeneous patterns of restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: insights into potential “thromborestenosis” phenomenon
Oikawa Y, Yajima J, Costa M, Matsuno S, Akabane M, Funada R, Inaba T, Nakagawa Y, Nakamura M, Nagashima K, Kirigaya H, Ogasawara K, Sawada H, Aizawa T
Intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency analysis after optimal coronary stenting with initial quantitative coronary angiography guidance: an ATHEROREMO sub-study
Sarno G, Garg S, Gomez-Lara J, Garcia H, Ligthart J, Bruining N, Onuma Y, Witberg K, van Geuns R-J, de Boer S, Wykrzykowska J, Schultz C, Duckers H, Regar E, de Jaegere P, de Feyter P, van ES G, Boersma E, van der Giessen W, Serruys PW


The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that the following papers have been published online and ahead of print on May 25, 2010.

The use of MSCT for the evaluation of the aortic root before transcutaneous aortic valve implantation: the Rotterdam approach
Schultz C, Moelker A, Tzikas A, Piazza N, de Feyter P, van Geuns R-J, Serruys PW, Krestin G, de Jaegere P
Favourable effect of statin therapy on early survival benefit at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction and shock
Garot P, Bendaoud N, Lefèvre T, Morice M-C
Reproducibility of coronary Fourier domain optical coherence tomography: quantitative analysis of in vivo stented coronary arteries using three different software packages
Okamura T, Gonzalo N, Gutiérrez-Chico J, Serruys PW, Bruining N, de Winter S, Dijkstra J, Commossaris K, van Geuns R-J, van Soest G, Ligthart J, Regar E
Pre-hospital administration of tirofiban in diabetic patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty: a sub-analysis of the On-Time 2 trial
Timmer J, Berg J, Heestermans A, Dill T, van Werkum J, Dambrink J-H, Suryapranata H, Ottervanger J-P, Hamm C, van ?t Hof A, on behalf of the Ongoing Tirofiban In Myocardial Infarction Evaluation (On - Time) study group


The Editorial Board is pleased to announce that the following papers have been published online and ahead of print on April 10, 2010.

Angiographic impact of the GuardWire system on inflated coronary segments after six months: does the distal protection balloon of the GuardWire Plus™ lead to restenosis?
Kyono H, Kozuma K, Muramatsu T, Suwa S, Fujita N, Koyama S, Saito M, Isshiki T
Evaluation of plaque composition by intravascular ultrasound “virtual histology”: the impact of dense calcium on the measurement of necrotic tissue
Sales F, Falcão B, Falcão J, Ribeiro E, Perin M, Horta P, Spadaro A, Ambrose J, Martinez E, Furuie S, Lemos P
Subtle myocardial damage associated with diagnostic coronary angiography alone
Umeda H, Ota T, Iwase M, Izawa H, Miyata S, Sugino S, Hayashi K, Misumida N, Takeichi Y, Ishiki R, Inagaki H, Murohara T
The coronary Stent-On-A-Wire (SOAW)
Sarno G, Okamura T, Gomez-Lara J, Garg S, Girasis C, Kopia G, Pomeranz M, Easterbrook W, van Geuns R-J, van der Giessen W, Serruys PW
Direct transfer of ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients for primary percutaneous coronary intervention from short and long transfer distances decreases temporal delays and improves short-term prognosis: the PROGALIAM Registry
Estévez-Loureiro R, Calviño-Santos R, Vázquez-Rodríguez J-M, Marzoa-Rivas R, Barge-Caballero E, Salgado-Fernández J, Aldama-López G, Barreiro-Díaz M, Varela-Portas J, Freire-Tellado M, Vázquez-González N, Castro-Beiras A
A quantitative coronary angiography-matched comparison between a prospective randomised multicentre cutting balloon angioplasty and bare metal stent trial (REDUCE III) and the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluation At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) study
Ozaki Y, Lemos P, Yamaguchi T, Suzuki T, Nakamura M, Ismail T, Kitayama M, Nishikawa H, Kato O, Serruys PW
Tissue characterisation of atherosclerotic plaque in coronary artery bifurcations: an intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis in humans
Han S, Puma J, García-García H-M, Nasu K, Margolis P, Leon M, Lerman A





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