June 2016

Volume 12 Number 2

EDITORIAL

Looking into the publishing orbuculum: the year 2020

Cummins P, Serruys P

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A23

The current status of endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke

Kilic D, Göktekin Ö

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A24

PCR Innovators Day: dreaming with our eyes wide open…

Wijns W, Cassak D, Levin S

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A25

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

EAPCI “Focus on a Fellow”, the EAPCI Fellowship Experience

June 10, 2016

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Impact of stent size on angiographic and clinical outcomes after implantation of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds in daily practice: insights from the ISAR-ABSORB registry

Wiebe J, Hoppmann P, Kufner S, Harada Y, Colleran R, Michel J, Giacoppo D, Schneider S, Cassese S, Ibrahim T, Schunkert H, Laugwitz K, Kastrati A, Byrne R

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY16M05_03

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion of the coronary artery with the implantation of bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffolds. Poznan CTO-Absorb Pilot Registry

Lesiak M, Łanocha M, Araszkiewicz A, Siniawski A, Grygier M, Pyda M, Olasińska-Wiśniewska A, Iwanczyk S, Skorupski W, Mitkowski P, Lesiak M, Grajek S

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A27

CLINICAL RESEARCH

One-year outcomes after Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in routine clinical practice

Capranzano P, Longo G, Tamburino Cl, Gargiulo G, Ohno Y, Francaviglia B, La Manna A, Di Salvo M-E, Grasso C, Sgroi C, Capodanno D, Tamburino C

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A28

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Safety and performance of the DRug-Eluting Absorbable Metal Scaffold (DREAMS) in patients with de novo coronary lesions: 3-year results of the prospective, multicentre, first-in-man BIOSOLVE-I trial

Haude M, Erbel R, Erne P, Verheye S, Degen H, Vermeersch P, Weissman N, Prati F, Bruining N, Waksman R, Koolen J

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00371

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Bioresorbable polymer sirolimus-eluting coronary stent compared with permanent polymer everolimus-eluting coronary stent implantation for treatment of small vessel coronary artery disease: CENTURY II trial

Wöhrle J, Markovic S, Rottbauer W, Muramatsu T, Kadota K, Vázquez-González N, Odenstedt J, Serra A, Antoniucci D, Varenne O, Saito S, Wijns W

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A30

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Comparison of clinical outcomes between bioresorbable vascular stents versus conventional drug-eluting and metallic stents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Banach M, Serban M-C, Sahebkar A, Garcia-Garcia H, Mikhailidis D, Martin S, Brie D, Rysz J, Toth P, Jones S, Hasan R, Mosteoru S, Rifai M, Pencina M, Serruys P

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00542

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Acute stent recoil and optimal balloon inflation strategy: an experimental study using real-time optical coherence tomography

Kitahara H, Waseda K, Yamada R, Otagiri K, Tanaka S, Kobayashi Y, Okada K, Kume T, Nakagawa K, Teramoto T, Ikeno F, Yock P, Fitzgerald P, Honda Y

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A32

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Basal stenosis resistance index derived from simultaneous pressure and flow velocity measurements

van de Hoef T, Petraco R, van Lavieren M, Nijjer S, Nolte F, Sen S, Echavarría-Pinto M, Henriques J, Koch K, Baan Jr J, de Winter R, Siebes M, Spaan J, Thijssen J, Meuwissen M, Escaned J, Davies J, Piek J

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A33

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Safety and efficacy of intracoronary nicorandil as hyperaemic agent for invasive physiological assessment: a patient-level pooled analysis

Lee J, Kato D, Oi M, Toyofuku M, Takashima H, Waseda K, Amano T, Kurita A, Ishihara H, Lim W-H, Doh J, Nam C, Tanaka N, Boo B, Tanaka N

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A34

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Impact of gender difference in hospital outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention. Results of the Belgian Working Group on Interventional Cardiology (BWGIC) registry

Lempereur M, Magne J, Cornelis K, Hanet C, Taeymans Y, Vrolix M, Legrand V

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY14M12_11

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Rationale and design of the SYNTAX II trial evaluating the short to long-term outcomes of state-of-the-art percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with de novo three-vessel disease

Escaned J, Banning A, Farooq V, Echavarría-Pinto M, Onuma Y, Ryan N, Cavalcante R, Campos C, Stanetic B, Ishibashi Y, Suwannasom P, Kappetein AP, Taggart D, Morel M, Van Es G-A, Serruys P

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A36

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Thirty-day outcomes in patients at intermediate risk for surgery from the SAPIEN 3 European approval trial

Vahanian A, Urena M, Walther T, Treede H, Wendler O, Lefèvre T, Spence M, Redwood S, Kahlert P, Rodés-Cabau J, Leipsic J, Webb J

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A37

SPECIAL REPORT

Transapical mitral valve implantation after unclipping of a MitraClip: a glimpse into the future and treatment considerations in mitral regurgitation

Dvir D, Cheung A, Boone R, Leipsic J, Blanke P, Perlman G, Moss R, Toma M, Stub D, Banai S, Webb J

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A38

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Incidence and predictors of asymptomatic pericardial effusion after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect

Wang J, Patel M, Xiao M, Xu Z, Jiang S, Sun X, Xu L, Wang H

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A39

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Gender in the ACCESS-EU registry: a prospective, multicentre, non-randomised post-market approval study of MitraClip® therapy in Europe

Gafoor S, Sievert H, Maisano F, Baldus S, Schäfer U, Hausleiter J, Butter C, Ussia G, Geist V, Widder J, Moccetti T, Schillinger W, Franzen O

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A40

PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR HYPERTENSION AND STROKE

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Endovascular treatment vs. intravenous thrombolysis alone for ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Ferrante G, Nuzzi N, Stefanini G, Asteggiano F, Marcheselli S, Condorelli G, Reimers B

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A42

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Endovascular ultrasound for renal sympathetic denervation in patients with therapy-resistant hypertension not responding to radiofrequency renal sympathetic denervation

Stiermaier T, Okon T, Fengler K, Mueller U, Hoellriegel R, Schuler G, Desch S, Lurz P

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A43

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

The plug for the appendage

Buellesfeld L, Windecker S, Meier B

June 10, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I2A44

HOW SHOULD I TREAT?

How should I treat a coronary artery fistula complicated with myocarditis – PCI or surgery?

Morawiec B, Mueller O, Khatchatourov G, Goy J-J, Qureshi S, Silaschi M, Wendler O

Volume 12 Number 2

EDITORIAL

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR HYPERTENSION AND STROKE

HOW SHOULD I TREAT?

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke