Volume 12 Number 6

EDITORIAL

The Heart Team – perpetually mutating

Serruys P

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A111

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a further step towards a patient-tailored therapy

Bosmans J, Paelinck B

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A112

EAPCI COLUMN

Advancing with grace and effectiveness: a new constitution and renewed commitments for the EAPCI

Haude M

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A113

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

EAPCI Focus on “Hot topics in Interventional Cardiology” at ESC 2016

August 20, 2016

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Novel monorail infusion catheter for volumetric coronary blood flow measurement in humans: in vitro validation

van’t Veer M, Adjedj J, Wijnbergen I, Toth G, Rutten M, Barbato E, Van Nunen L, Pijls N, de Bruyne B

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A114

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Culprit plaque morphology in STEMI – an optical coherence tomography study: insights from the TOTAL-OCT substudy

Kajander O, Pinilla-Echeverri N, Jolly S, Bhindi R, Huhtala H, Niemela K, Fung A, Vijayaraghavan R, Alexopoulos D, Sheth T

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A116

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Implantation of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds following acute coronary syndrome is associated with reduced early neointimal growth and strut coverage

Giblett J, Brown A, Keevil H, Jaworski C, Hoole S, West N

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A117

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study 3 (IBIS-3) to assess the ability of rosuvastatin to decrease necrotic core in coronary arteries

Oemrawsingh R, Garcia-Garcia H, van Geuns R, Lenzen M, Simsek C, de Boer S, Van Mieghem N, Regar E, de Jaegere P, Akkerhuis K, Ligthart J, Zijlstra F, Serruys P, Boersma E

August 20, 2016

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

In vivo delivery and long-term tissue retention of nano-encapsulated sirolimus using a novel porous balloon angioplasty system

Granada J, Tellez A, Baumbach W, Bingham B, Keng Y-F, Wessler J, Conditt G, McGregor J, Stone G, Kaluza G, Leon M

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY15M10_01

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Cryotherapy increases features of plaque stability in atherosclerotic rabbits

Verheye S, Roth L, De Meyer I, Van Hove C, Nahon D, Santoianni D, Yianni J, Martinet W, Buchbinder M, De Meyer G

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJY15M10_02

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Optical coherence tomography visualisation of burst balloon catheter trapped by coronary stent

Shimura T, Takano M, Imaizumi T, Tabata A, Seino Y, Shimizu W

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A121

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Acute coronary and cerebrovascular syndrome

Binder R, Straub A, Lüscher T, Husmann M

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A122

IMAGE IN CARDIOLOGY

Left main stem angioplasty without metal: a new paradigm in interventional cardiology?

Cortese B, Piraino D, Galfrascoli E, Orrego P

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A123

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Transfemoral aortic valve implantation with the repositionable Lotus valve for treatment of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: results from a single-centre experience

Wöhrle J, Gonska B, Rodewald C, Seeger J, Scharnbeck D, Rottbauer W

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A124

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Multicentre clinical study evaluating a novel resheathable annular functioning self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve system: safety and performance results at 30 days with the Portico system

Manoharan G, Linke A, Möllmann H, Redwood S, Frerker C, Kovac J, Walther T

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A125

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Five-year haemodynamic outcomes of the first-generation SAPIEN balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve

Sawaya F, Kappetein A, Wisser W, Nataf P, Thomas M, Schächinger V, de Bruyne B, Eltchaninoff H, Thielmann M, Himbert D, Romano M, Wimmer-Greinecker G, Serruys P, Lefèvre T

August 20, 2016

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Aortic atheroma burden predicts acute cerebrovascular events after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: insights from volumetric multislice computed tomography analysis

Kataoka Y, Puri R, Pisaniello A, Hammadah M, Qintar M, Uno K, Montarello J, Nicholls S, Worthley S

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A127

PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS

EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Fluorocopolymer-coated nitinol self-expanding paclitaxel-eluting stent: pharmacokinetics and vascular biology responses in a porcine iliofemoral model

Hou D, Huibregtse B, Eppihimer M, Stoffregen W, Kocur G, Hitzman C, Stejskal E, Heil J, Dawkins K

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A128

FOCUS ARTICLE - WILL THIS TRIAL CHANGE MY PRACTICE?

Will LEADERS-FREE change my practice? A randomised double-blind comparison of the BioFreedom™ drug-coated stent vs. the Gazelle™ bare metal stent in patients at high bleeding risk using a short (1 month) course of dual antiplatelet therapy

Stefanini GG, Behan M, Valgimigli M, Oldroyd K, Leon M

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A129

Will ABSORB III change my practice? Everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds for coronary artery disease

Cook S, Nef H, Capodanno D, Tamburino C, Baumbach A

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A130

Will PARTNER change my practice? Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) 2 Cohort A trial – transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients

Natarajan D, Makkar R, Maccarthy P, Eltchaninoff H, Søndergaard L, Prendergast B

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A131

Will SPRINT change my practice? SPRINT: a randomised trial of intensive versus standard blood-pressure control

Ewen S, Lobo M, Pathak A, Schmieder R, Tsioufis C, Wijns W, Mahfoud F

August 20, 2016 | 10.4244/EIJV12I6A132

Volume 12 Number 6

EDITORIAL

EAPCI COLUMN

EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS

FOCUS ARTICLE - WILL THIS TRIAL CHANGE MY PRACTICE?

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke