The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)

August 2016

Volume 12 Number 5

EDITORIAL

Meta-analysis: don’t do what I did
Serruys P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A90

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH
Longer pre-hospital delays and higher mortality in women with STEMI: the e-MUST Registry
Benamer H, Bataille S, Tafflet M, Jabre P, Dupas F, Laborne F, Lapostolle F, Lefort H, Juliard J-M, Letarnec J-Y, Lamhaut L, Lebail G, Boche T, Loyeau A, Caussin C, Mapouata M, Karam N, Jouven X, Spaulding C, Lambert Y
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A93
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Early and midterm outcomes of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for ostial coronary lesions: insights from the GHOST-EU registry
Gori T, Wiebe J, Capodanno D, Latib A, Lesiak M, Pyxaras S, Mehilli J, Caramanno G, Di Mario C, Brugaletta S, Weber J, Capranzano P, Sabate M, Mattesini A, Geraci S, Naber C, Araszkiewicz A, Colombo A, Tamburino C, Nef H, Münzel T
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY15M09_10
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Two-year clinical outcomes of Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation in complex coronary artery disease patients stratified by SYNTAX score and ABSORB II study enrolment criteria
Kraak R, Grundeken M.J, Hassell M, Elias J, Koch K, Henriques J, Piek J, Baan Jr J, Vis M, Thijssen J, de Winter R, Wykrzykowska J
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A95
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Absorb vs. DESolve: an optical coherence tomography comparison of acute mechanical performances
Mattesini A, Boeder N, Valente S, Loblich K, Dörr O, Secco G, Foin N, Caiazzo G, Ghione M, Gensini G, Porto I, Di Mario C, Nef H
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A96
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of vascular healing of polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stents in native coronary artery stenosis: a serial follow-up at three and six months with optical coherence tomography imaging
Suwannasom P, Onuma Y, Benit E, Gach O, von Birgelen C, Hofma S, Sotomi Y, Bo X, Zhang Y-J, Gao R, Garcia-Garcia H, Wykrzykowska J, de Winter R, Serruys P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A97
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve after implantation of a bioresorbable vascular scaffold versus metal drug-eluting stent: an interim one-month analysis of the VANISH trial
Stuijfzand W, Raijmakers P, Driessen R, Lammertsma A, van Rossum A, Nap A, Appelman Y, Lemkes J, van Leeuwen M, van Royen N, Knaapen P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A98
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Angiographic complexity of coronary artery disease according to SYNTAX score and clinical outcomes after revascularisation with newer-generation drug-eluting stents: a substudy of the BIOSCIENCE trial
Franzone A, Taniwaki M, Rigamonti F, Heg D, Piccolo R, Roffi M, Tüller D, Mueller O, Vuilliomenet A, Cook S, Weilenmann D, Kaiser C, Jamshidi P, Jüni P, Windecker S, Pilgrim T
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A99
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Early coverage of drug-eluting stents analysed by optical coherence tomography: evidence of the impact of stent apposition and strut characteristics on the neointimal healing process
Lee R, Foin N, Ng J, Allen J, Soh N, Ang I, Shim W, Torii R, Wong P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A100
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Direct implantation of rapamycin-eluting stents with bioresorbable drug carrier technology utilising the Svelte coronary stent-on-a-wire: the DIRECT II study
Verheye S, Khattab A, Carrié D, Stella P, Slagboom T, Bartunek J, Onuma Y, Serruys P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A101
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting for acute coronary syndrome from the DELTA registry: a multicentre registry evaluating percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting for left main treatment
Pyxaras S, Hunziker L, Chieffo A, Meliga E, Latib A, Park S, Onuma Y, Capranzano P, Valgimigli M, Narbute I, Makkar R, Palacios I, Kim Y, Buszman P, Chakravarty T, Sheiban I, Mehran R, Margey R, Agnihotri A, Marra S, Capodanno D, Leon M, Moses J, Fajadet J, Lefèvre T, Morice M, Erglis A, Tamburino C, Alfieri O, Serruys P, Colombo A, Naber C
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A102
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Rotational atherectomy of undilatable coronary stents: stentablation, a clinical perspective and recommendation
Edes I, Ruzsa Z, Szabo G, Lux A, Geller L, Molnar L, Nowotta F, Hajas A, Szilveszter B, Becker D, Merkely B
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A103

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL RESEARCH
The clinical impact of vascular complications as defined by VARC-1 vs. VARC-2 in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Okuyama K, Jilaihawi H, Abramowitz Y, Kashif M, Patel J, Pokhrel H, Chakravarty T, Nakamura M, Cheng W, Makkar R
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A104
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Early European experience with the Venus P-valve®: filling the gap in percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
Husain J, Praichasilchai P, Gilbert Y, Qureshi S, Morgan G
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A105
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects without fluoroscopy: a well-established procedure for alternative use in children
Yang Y, Zhang W, Wu Q, Gao L, Jin W, Zhao T
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A106

PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH
Novel PARADIGM in carotid revascularisation: Prospective evaluation of All-comer peRcutaneous cArotiD revascularisation in symptomatic and Increased-risk asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis using CGuard™ MicroNet-covered embolic prevention stent system
Musialek P, Mazurek A, Trystula M, Borratynska A, Lesniak-Sobelga A, Urbanczyk M, Banys R, Brzychczy A, Zajdel W, Partyka L, Zmudka K, Podolec P
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY16M05_02
CLINICAL RESEARCH
The CLEAR-ROAD study: evaluation of a new dual layer micromesh stent system for the carotid artery
Bosiers M, Deloose K, Torsello G, Scheinert D, Maene L, Peeters P, Müller-Hülsbeck S, Sievert H, Langhoff R, Bosiers M, Setacci C
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY16M05_04
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Carotid artery stenting with a new-generation double-mesh stent in three high-volume Italian centres: clinical results of a multidisciplinary approach
Nerla R, Castriota F, Micari A, Sbarzaglia P, Secco G, Ruffino M, de Donato G, Setacci C, Cremonesi A
August 5, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I5A109
Coronary
Valvular disease
Heart failure
Peripheral
Hypertension
Stroke