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Aug 28, 2020

Volume 16 Number 5

This month’s mini-focus is on coronary plaque characteristics with an analysis of the large CLIMA registry looking at the relationship between calcified nodules with or without disruption of the superficial intimal fibrous rhythm and target lesion MI and/or cardiac death; a study exploring the accuracy of OFDI/OCT for detecting cholesterol crystals and their pathophysiological significance; another study testing the hypothesis of the association of coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction and vulnerable plaque characteristics of epicardial atherosclerotic CAD; and an algorithm classifying OCT frames with or without OCT-derived thin-cap fibroatheroma. In high bleeding risk in PCI patients an article looks at the ARC-HBR criteria. Valvular heart disease and heart failure: first-in-human report of a new balloon-expandable TV; a study investigating the impact of echocardiographic parameters, including detection of secondary MR in MitraClip recipients; and research into pulmonary haemodynamics contributing to a better understanding of the interatrial shunting approach for HF.

In this issue of EuroIntervention

Plaque characteristics, high bleeding risk, a new transcatheter valve, disproportionate functional mitral regurgitation, interventions for heart failure, and more

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Coronary interventions

Validation of the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk (ARC-HBR) criteria in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and comparison with contemporary bleeding risk scores

Ueki Y, Bär S, Losdat S, Otsuka T, Zanchin C, Zanchin T, Gragnano F, Gargiulo G, Siontis G, Praz F, Lanz J, Hunziker L, Stortecky S, Pilgrim T, Heg D, Valgimigli M, Windecker S, Räber L

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00052

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Defining the HBR patient – another step in the right direction

Colleran R, Urban P

10.4244/EIJV16I5A64

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Coronary interventions - Mini focus: Plaque characteristics

Clinical outcomes of calcified nodules detected by optical coherence tomography: a sub-analysis of the CLIMA study

Prati F, Gatto L, Fabbiocchi F, Vergallo R, Paoletti G, Ruscica G, Marco V, Romagnoli E, Boi A, Fineschi M, Calligaris G, Tamburino C, Crea F, Ozaki Y, Alfonso F, Arbustini E

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-01120

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OCT-derived coronary calcified nodules as a predictor of high-risk patients

Akasaka T, Kubo T

10.4244/EIJV16I5A65

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Association of coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction with vulnerable plaque characteristics in early coronary atherosclerosis

Godo S, Corban M, Toya T, Gulati R, Lerman L, Lerman A

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00265

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Detection of cholesterol crystals by optical coherence tomography

Jinnouchi H, Sato Y, Torii S, Sakamoto A, Cornelissen A, Bhoite R, Kuntz S, Guo L, Paek K, Fernandez R, Kolodgie F, Virmani R, Finn AV

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00202

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Editorial comment

Vulnerable plaque imaging – a clinical reality?

Johnson T, Joshi N

10.4244/EIJV16I5A66

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Detection of optical coherence tomography-defined thin-cap fibroatheroma in the coronary artery using deep learning

Min H, Yoo J, Kang S, Lee J, Cho H, Lee P, Ahn J, Park D, Lee S, Kim Y, Lee C, Park S, Park S

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00487

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Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Impact of disproportionate secondary mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing edge-to-edge percutaneous mitral valve repair

Adamo M, Cani D, Gavazzoni M, Taramasso M, Lupi L, Fiorelli F, Giannini C, Branca L, Zuber M, Curello S, Petronio AS, Maisano F, Metra M

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-01114

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Patient selection for transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair for severe functional mitral regurgitation

Grayburn P, Sannino A

10.4244/EIJV16I5A67

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First-in-human evaluation of a novel balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve in patients with severe symptomatic native aortic stenosis: the MyVal-1 study

Sharma S, Rao R, Chandra P, Goel P, Bharadwaj P, Joseph G, Jose J, Mahajan A, Mehrotra S, Sengottovelu G, Ajit Kumar V, Manjunath C, Abhaichand R, Sethi R, Seth A

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00413

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation after transcatheter mitral valve implantation

Kuhn E, Rudolph V, Baldus S, Adam M

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00690

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A novel implantable left atrial sensor for pressure monitoring in heart failure

Di Mario C, Sievert K, Meucci F, Sievert H

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00873

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Pulmonary haemodynamic effects of interatrial shunt in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a preclinical study

Danial P, Dupont S, Escoubet B, Osborne-Pellegrin M, Jondeau G, Michel J

10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01100

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