Volume 15 Number 1

Editorial

EuroIntervention and EuroPCR 2019 – together embodying the spirit of interventional cardiology

Serruys P, Mylotte D, Capodanno D, Søndergaard L, Byrne R

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A1

The art of educating a fellow: a “mother-and-child” relationship

Sabaté M

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A2

Increasing awareness of the need to protect the coronary arteries in patients with failed surgical and transcatheter aortic valves

Webb J, Sathananthan J, Wood D

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A3

Improving our knowledge about a new plug-based vascular closure device

Tchétché D

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A4

Should we stop using bioresorbable scaffolds in coronary revascularisation?

Mangieri A, Colombo A

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A5

Perspectives

Interventional cardiology’s golden age of contributions to evidence-based medicine

Windecker S

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A6

EAPCI Column

The year ahead: EAPCI milestones

Baumbach A

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJV15I1A7

Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Clinical research

Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation in degenerative rapid deployment bioprostheses

Landes U, Dvir D, Schoels W, Tron C, Ensminger S, Simonato M, Schäfer U, Bunc M, Aldea GS, Cerillo A, Windecker S, Marzocchi A, Andreas M, Amabile N, Webb J, Kornowski R

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00752

Short report

Adverse events and modes of failure related to the Impella percutaneous left ventricular assist devices: a retrospective analysis of the MAUDE database

Khalid N, Rogers T, Shlofmitz E, Chen Y, Khan JM, Musallam A, Iantorno M, Waksman R

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01021

Expert review

Bioprosthetic or native aortic scallop intentional laceration to prevent iatrogenic coronary artery obstruction. Part 1: how to evaluate patients for BASILICA

Komatsu I, Mackensen G, Aldea GS, Reisman M, Dvir D

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00057

Expert review

Bioprosthetic or native aortic scallop intentional laceration to prevent iatrogenic coronary artery obstruction. Part 2: how to perform BASILICA

Komatsu I, Mackensen G, Aldea GS, Reisman M, Dvir D

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00056

Short report

Reducing the risk of leaflet thrombosis in transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation by BASILICA: a computational simulation study

Khodaee F, Qiu D, Dvir D, Azadani A

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00048

Short report

The Allegra transcatheter heart valve: European multicentre experience with a novel self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve

Cuevas O, Moreno R, Pascual-Tejerina V, Toggweiler S, Brinkert M, Baz J, Jimenez V, Molina E, Sanchez-Gila J, Taramasso M, Nietlispach F

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00861

Image – Interventional flashlight

Percutaneous management of an embolised MANTA large bore arteriotomy closure device

Wong Y-H, De Backer O, Søndergaard L, Bieliauskas G

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01171

Image – Interventional flashlight

Plug-based closure in completely percutaneous right-sided transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Kroon HG, De Jaegere P, Van Mieghem N

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00700

Experimental research

Impact of implant depth on hydrodynamic function with the ACURATE neo transcatheter heart valve following valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Mitroflow bioprosthetic valves: an ex vivo bench study

Sathananthan J, Sellers S, Fraser R, Dvir D, Hensey M, Murdoch D, Blanke P, Pibarot P, Toggweiler S, Wood D, Leipsic J, Webb J

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00947

Peripheral interventions

Image – Interventional flashlight

A new practical anatomical classification for left atrial appendage closure

Cressa L, Hildick-Smith D, Herrara A, Ruiz F

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00512

Coronary interventions

Expert review

Percutaneous coronary intervention for obstructive bifurcation lesions: the 14th consensus document from the European Bifurcation Club

Banning A, Lassen JF, Burzotta F, Lefèvre T, Darremont O, Hildick-Smith D, Louvard Y, Stankovic G

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00144

Clinical research

Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in coronary chronic total occlusions: clinical, vasomotor and optical coherence tomography findings at three-year follow-up (ABSORB-CTO study)

Gheorghe L, Millan X, Jimenez-Kockar M, Gomez-Lara J, Arzamendi D, Danduch L, Agudelo V, Serra A

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00567

Clinical research

Impact of Absorb bioresorbable scaffold implantation technique on post-procedural quantitative coronary angiographic endpoints in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a sub-analysis of the BVS STEMI STRATEGY-IT study

Hioki H, Brugaletta S, Ishida K, Campo G, Biscaglia S, Ortega-Paz L, Cortese B, Varricchio A, Latib A, Sabaté M, Tespili M, Ielasi A

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00504

Expert review

How does the failure of Absorb apply to the other bioresorbable scaffolds? An expert review of first-in-man and pivotal trials

Katagiri Y, Serruys P, Asano T, Miyazaki Y, Chichareon P, Modolo R, Takahashi K, Kogame N, Wykrzykowska J, Piek J, Onuma Y

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00607

Image – Interventional flashlight

Intravascular lithotripsy to treat a severely underexpanded coronary stent

Watkins S, Good R, Hill J, Brinton TJ, Oldroyd K

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00780

Short report

First prospective multicentre experience with left distal transradial approach for coronary chronic total occlusion interventions using a 7 Fr Glidesheath Slender

Gasparini G, Garbo R, Gagnor A, Oreglia J, Mazzarotto P

May 20, 2019 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00648

Volume 15 Number 1

Highlights from this issue

Editorial

Perspectives

EAPCI Column

Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Peripheral interventions

Coronary interventions

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke