April 2017

Volume 12 Number 17

EDITORIAL

40 years of angioplasty – remembering patients and pioneers

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV12I17A335

The translational journey of a new ultra-hydrophilic stent platform: what can we learn?

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV12I17A336

Dmax for sizing, PSP-1, PSP-2, PSP-3 or OCT guidance: interventionalist’s jargon or indispensable implantation techniques for short- and long-term outcomes of Absorb BRS?

Serruys P, Onuma Y

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJY17M02_01

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

Update on the EAPCI Women Committee

April 20, 2017

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Feasibility and safety of vitamin K antagonist monotherapy in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Geis N, Kiriakou C, Chorianopoulos E, Pleger S, Katus H, Bekeredjian R

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00259

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Predictors and outcome of acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Liao Y-b, Deng X-x, Meng Y, Zhao Z-G, Xiong T, Meng X-J, Zuo Z-L, Li Y-J, Cao J-Y, Xu Y-N, Chen M, Feng Y

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00254

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation and a high bleeding risk using aspirin alone for post-implant antithrombotic therapy

Korsholm K, Nielsen K, Jensen J, Jensen H, Andersen G, Nielsen-Kudsk J

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00726

CLINICAL RESEARCH

A comparison of two-dimensional and real-time 3D transoesophageal echocardiography and angiography for assessing the left atrial appendage anatomy for sizing a left atrial appendage occlusion system: impact of volume loading

Al-Kassou B, Tzikas A, Stock F, Neikes F, Völz A, Omran H

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00543

CLINICAL RESEARCH

AMPLATZER versus Figulla occluder for transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure

Trabattoni D, Gaspardone A, Sgueglia G, Fabbiocchi F, Gioffrè G, Montorsi P, Calligaris G, Iamele M, De Santis A, Bartorelli A

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00499

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Are the AMPLATZER Duct Occluder II Additional Sizes devices dedicated only for smaller children?

Fiszer R, Chojnicki M, Szkutnik M, Haponiuk I, Chodor B, Białkowski J

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00238

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Surgical mitral valve replacement with the Melody valve in infants and children: the Italian experience

Frigiola A, Pluchinotta F, Saracino A, Giamberti A, Arcidiacono C, Piazza L, Reali M, Butera G, Varrica A, Carminati M

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00853

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Predilation, sizing and post-dilation scoring in patients undergoing everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold implantation for prediction of cardiac adverse events: development and internal validation of the PSP score

Ortega-Paz L, Capodanno D, Gori T, Nef H, Latib A, Caramanno G, Di Mario C, Naber C, Lesiak M, Capranzano P, Wiebe J, Mehilli J, Araszkiewicz A, Pyxaras S, Mattesini A, Geraci S, Naganuma T, Colombo A, Münzel T, Sabaté M, Tamburino C, Brugaletta S

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00974

CLINICAL RESEARCH

First-in-man six-month results of a surface-modified coronary stent system in native coronary stenosis

Suwannasom P, Sotomi Y, Corti R, Kurz D, Roffi M, von Birgelen C, Buzzi S, Zucker A, Dijkstra J, Wykrzykowska J, de Winter R, Windecker S, Onuma Y, Serruys P, Daemen J, Räber L

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00975

SHORT REPORT

Three-year safety and efficacy of treating all-comers with newer-generation Resolute Integrity or PROMUS Element stents in the randomised DUTCH PEERS (TWENTE II) trial

van der Heijden LC, Kok M, Löwik M, Danse PW, Jessurun G, Hautvast R, van Houwelingen K, Stoel M, Hartmann M, Linssen GCM, Doggen CJM, von Birgelen C

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00571

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients treated with drug-coated balloon angioplasty for in-stent restenosis after coronary bifurcation stenting with a two-stent technique

Harada Y, Colleran R, Pinieck S, Giacoppo D, Michel J, Kufner S, Cassese S, Joner M, Ibrahim T, Laugwitz K, Kastrati A, Byrne R

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00226

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

A novel constrained, paclitaxel-coated angioplasty balloon catheter

Cremers B, Binyamin G, Clever Y, Seifert P, Konstantino E, Kelsch B, Bienek S, Speck U, Scheller B

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00093

PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

Ultra-hydrophilic stent platforms promote early vascular healing and minimise late tissue response: a potential alternative to second-generation drug-eluting stents

Kolandaivelu K, Bailey L, Buzzi S, Zucker A, Milleret V, Ziogas A, Ehrbar M, Khattab A, Stanley J, Wong G, Zani B, Markham P, Tzafriri A, Bhatt D, Edelman E

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00497

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Single coronary artery arising from the right aortic sinus with dual LAD supply from separate branches

DeSimone C, Williamson E, Schaff H, Barsness G, Hoffman S, Mathew V

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00614

INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT

Five-year follow-up of underexpanded and overexpanded bioresorbable scaffolds: self-correction and impact on shear stress

Torii R, Tenekecioglu E, Bourantas C, Poon E, Thondapu V, Gijsen F, Sotomi Y, Onuma Y, Barlis P, Ooi A, Serruys P

April 20, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00081

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Multiple spontaneous intimal dissections with single left coronary artery and coronary artery aneurysm

Volume 12 Number 17

EDITORIAL

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke