In this issue, articles look at current procedures and devices for TAVI in elliptic annuli and QFR for nonculprit lesions in STEMI; GLOBAL LEADERS investigators consider the impact of ticagrelor monotherapy in elderly patients undergoing PCI; also, a study examining prediction rules for PCI of CTOs comparing the EuroCTO (CASTLE) and J-CTO scores.
Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation with the ACURATE neo valve: indications, procedural aspects and clinical outcomes
Kim W, Hengstenberg C, Hilker M, Schäfer U, Rudolph TK, Toggweiler S, Rück A, Søndergaard L, Conradi L, Hamm C, Walther T, Möllmann H, Doss M, Holzamer A, Husser O, Belon C, Delaloye S
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00908
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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and cognitive function in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis
Tsuchiya S, Matsumoto Y, Suzuki H, Takanami K, Kikuchi Y, Takahashi J, Miyata S, Tomita N, Kumagai K, Taki Y, Saiki Y, Arai H, Shimokawa H
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00489
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Coronary interventions
Angiography-derived functional assessment of non-culprit coronary stenoses in primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Lauri F, Macaya F, Mejía-Rentería H, Goto S, Yeoh J, Nakayama M, Quiros A, Liontou C, Pareek N, Fernández-Ortíz A, Macaya C, MacCarthy P, Escaned J
10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01165
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Myocardial damage after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by use of bivalirudin or heparin: a DANAMI-3 substudy
Schoos M, Nepper-Christensen L, Ahtarovski KA, Kyhl K, Göransson C, Holmvang L, Kelbæk H, Helqvist S, Høfsten D, Køber L, Vejlstrup N, Lønborg J, Engstrøm T
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00623
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Ticagrelor monotherapy beyond one month after PCI in ACS or stable CAD in elderly patients: a pre-specified analysis of the GLOBAL LEADERS trial
Tomaniak M, Chichareon P, Modolo R, Takahashi K, Chang C, Kogame N, Spitzer E, Buszman P, van Geuns R, Valkov V, Steinwender C, Geisler T, Prokopczuk J, Sabaté M, Zmudka K, Rademaker-Havinga T, Tijssen J, Jüni P, Hamm C, Steg G, Onuma Y, Vranckx P, Valgimigli M, Windecker S, Baber U, Anderson R, Dominici M, Serruys PW
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00699
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CASTLE score versus J-CTO score for the prediction of technical success in chronic total occlusion percutaneous revascularisation
Kalogeropoulos A, Alsanjari O, Keeble TR, Tang KH, Konstantinou K, Katsikis A, Jagathesan R, Aggarwal R, Clesham G, Kelly PA, Werner G, Hildick-Smith D, Davies J, Karamasis GV
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00352
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Peripheral interventions
Efficacy and safety of a novel paclitaxel-nano-coated balloon for femoropopliteal angioplasty: one-year results of the EffPac trial
Teichgräber U, Lehmann T, Aschenbach R, Scheinert D, Zeller T, Brechtel K, Blessing E, Lichtenberg M, Sixt S, Brucks S, Beschorner U, Klumb C, Thieme M, von Flotow P, Heilmeier B, Erbel C, Werk M, Riambau V, Wienke A
10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00292
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