August 2017

Volume 13 Number 5

EDITORIAL

EuroPCR 2017, late-breaking clinical trials and EuroIntervention

Mylotte D, Byrne R

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A77

RAP and BEAT: downsize without compromise

Kiemeneij F, van de Hoef T

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A78

Stent overlap in acute myocardial infarction

Diletti R, Zijlstra F

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A79

Value-based healthcare, innovation and the future of interventional medicine: defining our place at the centre of the debate

Heitner S, Spencer A, Fajadet J, Wijns W

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A80

A message of recommendation to young cardiologists starting their careers

Holmes DR

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A81

INSIGHT

Long-term data of BRS presented at EuroPCR 2017 (Friday, 19 May)

Serruys P, Katsikis A, Onuma Y

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A82

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Optical coherence tomography findings: insights from the “randomised multicentre trial investigating angiographic outcomes of hybrid sirolimus-eluting stents with biodegradable polymer compared with everolimus-eluting stents with durable polymer in chronic total occlusions” (PRISON IV) trial

Teeuwen K, Spoormans E, Bennett J, Dubois C, Desmet W, Ughi G, Belmans A, Kelder J, Tijssen J, Agostoni P, Suttorp MJ, Adrianssens T

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00261

CLINICAL RESEARCH

COOL AMI EU pilot trial: a multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled trial to assess cooling as an adjunctive therapy to percutaneous intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Noc M, Erlinge D, Neskovic A, Kafedzic S, Merkely B, Zima E, Fister M, Petrović M, Čanković M, Veress G, Laanmets P, Pern T, Vukcevic V, Dedovic V, Średniawa B, Świątkowski A, Keeble T, Davies J, Warenits A-M, Olivecrona G, Peruga J, Ciszewski M, Horvath I, Edes I, Nagy G, Aradi D, Holzer M

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00279

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Bivalirudin infusion to reduce ventricular infarction: the open-label, randomised Bivalirudin Infusion for Ventricular InfArction Limitation (BIVAL) study

van Geuns R, Sideris G, van Royen N, El Mahmoud R, Diletti R, Sollier C, Garot J, Van Der Hoeven N, Cortese B, Ding L, Lechthaler I, Deliargyris E, Anthopoulos P, Drouet L

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00307

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Comparison of a new slender 6 Fr sheath with a standard 5 Fr sheath for transradial coronary angiography and intervention: RAP and BEAT (Radial Artery Patency and Bleeding, Efficacy, Adverse evenT), a randomised multicentre trial

Aminian A, Saito S, Takahashi A, Bernat I, Jobe R, Kajiya T, Gilchrist I, Louvard Y, Kiemeneij F, van Royen N, Yamazaki S, Matsukage T, Rao S

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00816

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Impact of stent overlapping on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the five-year follow-up of the EXAMINATION trial

Ortega-Paz L, Brugaletta S, Giacchi G, Ishida K, Cequier A, Iñiguez A, Serra A, Jimenez-Quevedo P, Mainar V, Campo G, Tespili M, den Heijer P, Valgimigli M, Serruys P, Sabaté M

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00512

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Call-to-balloon time dashboard in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction results in significant improvement in the logistic chain

Hermans M, Velders M, Smeekes M, Drexhage O, Hautvast R, Ytsma T, Schalij M, Umans V

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00124

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Clinical outcomes with the STENTYS self-apposing coronary stent in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: two-year insights from the APPOSITION III (A Post-Market registry to assess the STENTYS self-exPanding COronary Stent In AcuTe MyocardIal InfarctiON) registry

Lu H, Grundeken M.J, Vos N, IJsselmuiden A, van Geuns R, Wessely R, Dengler T, La Manna A, Silvain J, Montalescot G, Spaargaren R, Thijssen J, Amoroso G, de Winter R, Koch K

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00676

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Microvascular dysfunction following ST-elevation myocardial infarction and its recovery over time

Hassell M, Bax M, van Lavieren M, Nijveldt R, Hirsch A, Robbers L, Marques K, Tijssen J, Zijlstra F, van Rossum A, Delewi R, Piek J

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00818

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Is quantitative coronary angiography reliable in assessing the late lumen loss of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable polylactide scaffold in comparison with the cobalt-chromium metallic stent?

Sotomi Y, Onuma Y, Miyazaki Y, Asano T, Katagiri Y, Tenekecioglu E, Jonker H, Dijkstra J, de Winter R, Wykrzykowska J, Stone G, Popma J, Kozuma K, Tanabe K, Serruys P, Kimura T

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00070

CLINICAL RESEARCH

Prevalence and outcomes of coronary artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention

Guttmann O, Jones D, Gulati A, Kotecha T, Fayed H, Patel D, Crake T, Ozkor M, Wragg A, Smith E, Weerackody R, Knight C, Mathur A, O’Mahony C

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-01038

INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT

The first reported stentriever-based thrombectomy in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to paradoxical coronary embolism

Manchurov V, Anisimov K, Khokhlova V, Skrypnik D

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00050

FOCUS ARTICLE - WILL THIS TRIAL CHANGE MY PRACTICE?

EXCEL and NOBLE: stents or surgery for left main stem stenosis?

Mangiacapra F, Maeng M, Cayla G, Lansky A, Meier P, Kolh P

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A94

Will PIONEER AF-PCI change my practice?

Ukena C, Leonardi S, Palmerini T, Lansky A, Montalescot G, Valgimigli M

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A95

The Compare-Acute trial of fractional flow reserve-guided multivessel angioplasty in myocardial infarction

Chin C, L’Allier P, Neumann F-J, Engstrøm T, Jüni P, Olivecrona G

August 4, 2017 | 10.4244/EIJV13I5A96

Volume 13 Number 5

EDITORIAL

INSIGHT

CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

FOCUS ARTICLE - WILL THIS TRIAL CHANGE MY PRACTICE?

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke