December 2015

Volume 11 Number 8

Editorial

A vote taking place on 2 December 2015 (EUCOMED) that will definitely influence our profession and continuing medical education

Serruys P, Wijns W, Windecker S

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A172

Coronary bifurcation treatment revisited

Flensted Lassen J, Stankovic G

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A173

Balloon-expandable vs. self-expanding stents: new insights into a renewed debate

de la Torre Hernandez J

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A174

EAPCI community news

EAPCI Focus on the EAPCI Web and Communications Committee

December 20, 2015

Coronary interventions

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Long-term outcomes of routine versus provisional T-stenting for de novo coronary bifurcation lesions: five-year results of the Bifurcations Bad Krozingen I study

Ferenc M, Ayoub M, Buettner H, Gick M, Comberg T, Rothe J, Valina C, Hochholzer W, Neumann F

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A175

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Impact of side branch stenting on five-year long-term clinical outcome with the bifurcation-dedicated Axxess Biolimus A9-eluting stent system

Verheye S, Buysschaert I, Grube E

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A176

CLINICAL RESEARCH

DANUBIO - a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of side branches in bifurcation lesions: six-month angiographic follow-up results of the DEBSIDE trial

Berland J, Lefèvre T, Brenot P, Fajadet J, Motreff P, Guérin P, Dupouy P, Schandrin C

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A177

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions with the Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold in combination with the Tryton dedicated coronary bifurcation stent: evaluation using two- and three-dimensional optical coherence tomography

Grundeken M.J, Hassell M, Kraak R, de Bruin D, Koch K, Henriques J, van Leeuwen T, Thijssen J, Piek J, de Winter R, Wykrzykowska J

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M08_15

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Incidence and potential mechanism of resolved, persistent and newly acquired malapposition three days after implantation of self-expanding or balloon-expandable stents in a STEMI population: insights from optical coherence tomography in the APPOSITION II study

Nakatani S, Onuma Y, Ishibashi Y, Karanasos A, Regar E, Garcia-Garcia H, Tamburino C, Fajadet J, Vrolix M, Witzenbichler B, Eeckhout E, Spaulding C, Reczuch K, La Manna A, Spaargaren R, Capodanno D, van Langenhove G, Verheye S, Serruys P, van Geuns R

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY15M11_01

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Invasive management without stents in selected acute coronary syndrome patients with a large thrombus burden: a prospective study of optical coherence tomography guided treatment decisions

Souteyrand G, Amabile N, Combaret N, Hammas S, Prati F, Berry C, Pereira B, Lusson J-R, Caussin C, Motreff P

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M07_18

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Single bolus intravenous regadenoson injection versus central venous infusion of adenosine for maximum coronary hyperaemia in fractional flow reserve measurement

Van Nunen L, Lenders G, Schampaert S, van’t Veer M, Wijnbergen I, Brueren G, Tonino P, Pijls NH

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M08_10

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter versus paclitaxel-coated stent for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis: the three-year results of the PEPCAD II ISR study

Unverdorben M, Vallbracht C, Cremers B, Heuer H, Hengstenberg C, Maikowski C, Werner G, Antoni D, Kleber F-X, Bocksch W, Leschke M, Ackermann H, Boxberger M, Speck U, Degenhardt R, Scheller B

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M08_12

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Severe consequences of high-dose radiation

Sanchez-Perez I, Jurado-Román A, Pinilla-Echeverri N, Marina-Breysse M, Lopez-Lluva M, Gil-Aguado A, Lozano-Ruiz-Poveda F, Garrido J

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A184

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

4D-cardiac CT and IVUS support stenting of left main compression due to an enlarged pulmonary artery

Heidt T, Buettner H, Loffelhardt N, Minners J, Langer M, Neumann F, Bode C, Pache G

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A185

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Macrochannel recanalisation of the right coronary artery visualised with three-dimensional optical frequency domain imaging

Obaid D, Dorman S, Chase A, Smith D

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A186

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Coronary bifurcation treated with the hybrid mini-crush approach: a potential application of three-dimensional optical coherence tomography to optimise stent apposition

Soltani F, Daghem S, Farooq V, El-Omar M

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A187

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Fractional flow reserve in acute coronary syndrome: a word of caution

Hakeem A, Garg A, Bhatti S, Ahmed Z, Uretsky B

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A188

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Interventional treatment of an aortopulmonary window due to a ruptured suture of an aortic prosthesis

Eißmann M, Kahlert P, Erbel R, Janosi R

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A192

Interventions for structural heart disease

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Left atrial appendage closure monitoring without sedation: a pilot study using intracardiac echocardiography through the oesophageal route

Ternacle J, Lellouche N, Deux J-F, Dubois-Randé J-L, Teiger E, Lim P

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M07_16

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Targeting systolic anterior motion and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic obstructed cardiomyopathy with a MitraClip

Schäfer U, Frerker C, Thielsen T, Schewel D, Bader R, Kuck K, Kreidel F

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M08_13

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Transapical mitral valved stent implantation: computed tomographic evaluation of different prototype designs

Pokorny S, Heinig A, Hettich H, Bahr T, Marczynski-Bühlow M, Morlock M, Sattler B, Schottler J, Lutter G

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJY14M08_14

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Use of an Amplatzer® device in a patient with pulmonary sequestration

Naranjo Gomez J, Valdivia Concha D, Servent P, Goicolea J

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A193

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Complete section of anterior mitral valve during percutaneous valvuloplasty

Benedicto A, Reyes G, Aguilar R, Alfonso F

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A194

Tools and techniques

Tools and Techniques – Statistical: A brief non-statistician’s guide for choosing the appropriate regression analysis, with special attention to correlated data and repeated measurements

Kardys I, Baart S, van Domburg R, Lenzen M, Hoeks S, Boersma E

December 20, 2015 | 10.4244/EIJV11I8A195

How should i treat?

How should I treat a massive pulmonary haemorrhage secondary to a TEVAR procedure in a patient with a thoracic aortic aneurysm and a type B aortic dissection?

Tognarelli A, Palmieri C, Rizza A, Troiani R, Vaghetti M, Mariani M, Murzi M, Trianni G, Berti S, de Donato G, Setacci F, Galzerano G, Setacci C, Stabile E, Esposito G

Volume 11 Number 8

Editorial

EAPCI community news

Coronary interventions

Interventions for structural heart disease

Tools and techniques

How should i treat?

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke