A state-of-the-art on mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair; comparing the ACURATE neo2 to the Evolut PRO/PRO+ and the SAPIEN 3 Ultra; durability and life expectancy after TAVI; mini focus on vulnerable plaque with articles on radial wall strain and a novel angiography-derived method for determining plaque composition and vulnerability; the PROGRESS-CTO perforation score; and more

Dear readers of EuroIntervention,

With this issue we begin a new year together, my third year as Editor-in-Chief.

If we think of EuroIntervention as a racing car (in a very competitive world, by the way), then my first year of tenure was dedicated to understanding how to change gears and where the brakes were located, not to mention where to find the flashing lights and the buttons for lowering the windows.

For months after I took over, the Journal continued to publish articles that had been accepted during the previous calendar year, which made ...