Volume 10 Number 4

EDITORIAL

Innovations: resetting our thinking to solve problems

Serruys P

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A71

SEDUCEd by optical coherence tomography in drug-eluting balloon assessment

Chan Y, Agostoni P

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A72

Lessons from acute and late scaffold failures in the ABSORB EXTEND trial: have we really learned them all?

Farooq V, Fraser D, El-Omar M, Mamas M, Clarke B, Fath-Ordoubadi F

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A73

Emerging strategies for rapid reversal of anticoagulation in patients undergoing catheter-based interventions: aptamers enter the RADAR

Capodanno D

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A74

EAPCI COLUMN

Focus on EAPCI committees

Windecker S

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A75

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

EAPCI Focus on GACI, the French Coronary Atheroma and Interventional Cardiology Group

August 19, 2014

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Use of the REG1 anticoagulation system in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: results from the phase II RADAR-PCI study

Povsic T, Vavalle J, Alexander J, Aberle L, Zelenkofske S, Becker R, Buller C, Cohen M, Cornel J, Kasprzak J, Montalescot G, Fail P, Sarembock I, Mehran R

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJY14M06_01

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Optical coherence tomography study of healing characteristics of paclitaxel-eluting balloons vs. everolimus-eluting stents for in-stent restenosis: the SEDUCE (Safety and Efficacy of a Drug elUting balloon in Coronary artery rEstenosis) randomised clinical trial

Adrianssens T, Dens J, Ughi G, Bennett J, Dubois C, Sinnaeve P, Wiyono S, Coosemans M, Belmans A, D’hooge J, Vrolix M, Desmet W

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A77

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Lessons learned from acute and late scaffold failures in the ABSORB EXTEND trial

Ishibashi Y, Onuma Y, Muramatsu T, Nakatani S, Iqbal J, Garcia-Garcia H, Bartorelli A, Whitbourn R, Abizaid A, Serruys P

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A78

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Comparison of bivalirudin and heparin in patients undergoing rotational atherectomy: a subanalysis of the randomised ROTAXUS trial

Akin I, Khattab A, Buettner H, Toelg R, Geist V, Neumann F-J, Richardt G, Abdel-Wahab M

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A79

CLINICAL RESEARCH

ST peak during percutaneous coronary intervention serves as an early prognostic predictor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Lønborg J, Kelbæk H, Engstrøm T, Helqvist S, Kløvgaard L, Holmvang L, Vejlstrup N, Jørgensen E, Saunamäki K, Dridi N, Kaltoft A, Bøtker H, Clemmensen P, Terkelsen C

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A80

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Serial intravascular ultrasound observations from the Tryton first-in-man study

Maehara A, van Geuns R, Louvard Y, M R, Grube E, Morice M, Davis H, Kaplan A, Onuma Y, Serruys P, Mintz G

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A81

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

The use of ultrasound-stimulated contrast agents as an adjuvant for collagenase therapy in chronic total occlusions

Thind A, Strauss B, Karshafian R, Teitelbaum A, Ladouceur M, Akbar M, Rosen B, Bohnen M, Whyne C, Goertz D, Foster S

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A82

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

In-stent neoatherosclerosis 10 years after bare metal stent implantation: ruptured vulnerable plaque by optical coherence tomography

Caixeta A, Abizaid A, Brito F, Almeida B, Perin M

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A83

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Novel indication for bioabsorbable scaffolds in metal allergy

Patel N, Mechery A, Kassimis G, Banning A, Kharbanda R

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A84

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

A rare cause of transient ischaemic attack in a young man: cardiac papillary fibroelastoma

Kaya M, Ersoy B, Yıldırım A, Sar M, İyigün M, Erek E

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A85

INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE

EXPERT REVIEW

Left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation: rationale, devices in clinical development and insights into implantation techniques

Bergmann M, Landmesser U

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A86

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Percutaneous closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: results from a multicentre experience

Liu S, Xu X, Zhao X, Chen F, Bai Y, Li W, Zhang Y, Wang C, Xiang J, Wu G, Chen X, Qin Y

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A87

ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Distal embolisation during carotid stenting is predicted by circulating levels of LDL cholesterol and C-reactive protein

Cortese B, De Carlo M, De Matteis S, Rizza A, Giannini D, Palmieri C, Petronio A, Berti S, Balbarini A, Ramee S

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A88

INTERVENTIONS FOR HYPERTENSION AND HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty: an additional treatment option to improve the prognosis of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Taniguchi Y, Miyagawa K, Nakayama K, Kinutani H, Shinke T, Okada K, Okita Y, Hirata K, Emoto N

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A89

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

Tools & Techniques - Statistics: Non-inferiority trials

Collier T

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A90

HOW SHOULD I TREAT?

How should I treat an undeployed stent stuck in the proximal LAD? Going for another round...

Locca D, Eeckhout E

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A91

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The use of radial access decreases the risk of vascular access-site-related complications at a patient level but is associated with an increased risk at a population level: the radial paradox

Azzalini L, Jolicoeur EM

August 19, 2014 | 10.4244/EIJV10I4A92

Volume 10 Number 4

EDITORIAL

EAPCI COLUMN

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE

ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR HYPERTENSION AND HEART FAILURE

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

HOW SHOULD I TREAT?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke