Volume 15 Number 8

This month we look at TAVR in patients with sarcopaenia; compare whether CCTA is more sensitive than TEE for device surveillance after LAAC; examine the influence of multidirectional shear stress on plaque progression and compositional changes in coronary arteries; introduce a new technology – intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) – for the treatment if calcific coronary and peripheral artery stenoses; and discuss the feasibility of an intravascular ultrasound-based energy delivery system for pulmonary artery denervation.

Editorial

Medical device regulation in Europe – what is changing and how can I become more involved?

Byrne RA

10.4244/EIJV15I8A118

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Comparison of cardiac computed tomography angiography and transoesophageal echocardiography for device surveillance after left atrial appendage closure. What we see depends on where we are looking from and what we are looking for

Holmes D, Alkhouli M

10.4244/EIJV15I8A119

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Frailty in patients undergoing TAVI: how can we measure it?

Petronio AS, Giannini C

10.4244/EIJV15I8A120

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The effect of multidirectional wall shear stress on plaque characteristics: delving deeper into local shear stress metrics

Stone P, Coskun A

10.4244/EIJV15I8A121

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Pulmonary artery denervation – the time has come for a multicentre blinded randomised controlled trial

Lang I

10.4244/EIJV15I8A122

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Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Comparison of cardiac computed tomography angiography and transoesophageal echocardiography for device surveillance after left atrial appendage closure

Qamar S, Jalal S, Nicolaou S, Tsang M, Gilhofer T, Saw J

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01107

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes in patients with sarcopaenia

Heidari B, Al-Hijji M, Moynagh M, Takahashi N, Welle G, Eleid M, Singh M, Gulati R, Rihal C, Lerman A

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00110

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Radial versus femoral approach for left ventricular endomyocardial biopsy

Choudhury T, Lurz P, Schäufele T, Menezes M, Lavi S, Tzemos N, Hartung P, Stiermaier T, Makino K, Bertrand OF, Gilchrist I, Mamas MA, Bagur R

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01061

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Coronary interventions

Five-year safety and performance data of a novel third-generation novolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold in single de novo lesions

Verheye S, Costa R, Schofer J, Ormiston J, Maeng M, Dudek D, Skurk C, Botelho R, Costa J, Chamié D, Abizaid An, Boersma E, Abizaid A

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00292

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Impact of adjunctive use of guide extension catheter on midterm outcome of drug-coated balloon angioplasty

Yoshida R, Ishii H, Morishima I, Tanaka A, Takagi K, Iwakawa N, Tashiro H, Kojima H, Mitsuda T, Hirayama K, Hitora Y, Furusawa K, Murohara T

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01013

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The influence of multidirectional shear stress on plaque progression and composition changes in human coronary arteries

Kok A, Molony D, Timmins L, Ko Y, Boersma E, Eshtehardi P, Wentzel J, Samady H

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00529

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Enhanced platelet inhibition by clopidogrel and risk of bleeding in patients requiring oral anticoagulation after drug-eluting stent implantation

Goedel A, Fiedler K, Mehilli J, Bernlochner I, von Olshausen G, Mayer K, Schüpke S, Hoppmann P, Sibbing D, Maeng M, Massberg S, Schunkert H, Laugwitz K, Kastrati A, Sarafoff N

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00995

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Personalised fractional flow reserve: a novel concept to optimise myocardial revascularisation

Gosling R, Morris P, Lawford P, Hose R, Gunn J

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00668

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