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Jun 25, 2021

Volume 17 Number 3

In this issue, we start with a State of the Art on completeness of revascularisation in ACS. In the coronary section: using intravascular ultrasound for pre-stenting evaluation; incidence and management of device entrapment in chronic total occlusions; a novel parameter to measure failed microcirculatory reperfusion – thermodilution-derived temperature recovery time; invasive assessment of the coronary microcirculation. A mini focus on drug-eluting stents with the BioFreedom QCA trial; drug-coated versus bare metal stents in Academic Research Consortium-defined high bleeding risk patients; preclinical research evaluating differences in thromboresistance and albumin retention of three drug-eluting stents and the eventual impact on shortening dual antiplatelet therapy. In the valvular disease section: feasibility and safety of transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with prior transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement. In the peripheral: section directional atherectomy as an alternative to surgical endarterectomy for treating common femoral artery lesions.

In this issue of EuroIntervention

A State of the Art on completeness of revascularisation in acute coronary syndromes; device entrapment in CTO-PCI; microvascular perfusion measures; a mini focus on drug-eluting stents; transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with prior transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement; atherectomy versus surgery in common femoral artery lesions; and more…

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State of the Art

Completeness of revascularisation in acute coronary syndrome patients with multivessel disease

Paradies V, Waldeyer C, Laforgia P, Clemmensen P, Smits P

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00957

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Coronary interventions

Acute and one-year clinical outcomes of pre-stenting intravascular ultrasound: a patient-level meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

Hong S, Kim D, Kim B, Ahn C, Kim J, Ko Y, Choi D, Hong M, Jang Y

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00276

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Editorial comment

Clinical benefit of pre-stenting intravascular ultrasound

Kubo T, Shiono Y

10.4244/EIJV17I3A33

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Device entrapment during percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions: incidence and management strategies

Gasparini G, Sanchez J, Regazzoli D, Boccuzzi G, Oreglia J, Gagnor A, Mazzarotto P, Belli G, Garbo R

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00781

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Thermodilution-derived temperature recovery time: a novel predictor of microvascular reperfusion and prognosis after myocardial infarction

Maznyczka A, Carrick D, Oldroyd K, James-Rae G, McCartney P, Greenwood J, Good R, McEntegart M, Eteiba H, Lindsay M, Cotton J, Petrie M, Berry C

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00904

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Editorial comment

Improved diagnostic indices for coronary microvascular impairment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction; we’ve just begun, and now it’s time to use them to improve outcomes

Banning A, De Maria G

10.4244/EIJV17I3A34

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Safety of absolute coronary flow and microvascular resistance measurements by thermodilution

Keulards D, van 't Veer M, Zelis J, El Farissi M, Zimmermann F, de Vos A, Teeuwen K, Brueren G, Wijnbergen I, Vlaar P, Tonino P, Pijls N

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00074

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Coronary interventions - Mini focus on drug-eluting stents

Thin- versus thick-strut polymer-free biolimus-eluting stents: the BioFreedom QCA randomised trial

Sabaté M, Jensen L, Tilsted H, Moreno R, García del Blanco B, Macaya C, Perez de Prado A, Cequier A, Pérez-Fuentes P, Schütte D, Costa R, Stoll H, Lassen JF

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-01162

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Drug-coated stents versus bare metal stents in Academic Research Consortium-defined high bleeding risk patients

Marquis-Gravel G, Urban P, Copt S, Capodanno D, Pocock S, Sadozai Slama S, Stoll H, Tanguay J, Mehran R, Leon MB, Rao SV, Morice M, Krucoff M

10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00749

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Editorial comment

High bleeding risk patients: one size does not fit all

Waksman R, Yerasi C

10.4244/EIJV17I3A35

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Comparison of acute thrombogenicity and albumin adsorption in three different durable polymer coronary drug-eluting stents

Jinnouchi H, Kutyna M, Torii S, Cheng Q, Sakamoto A, Guo L, Cornelissen A, Perkins L, Hossainy S, Pacetti S, Kolodgie F, Virmani R, Finn AV

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00938

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Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Transapical transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with prior aortic valve replacement: a feasibility report

Taramasso M, Sorajja P, Dahle G, Dumonteil N, Schäfer U, Modine T, Overtchouk P, Coisne A, Nickenig G, Babaliaros V, Khattab A, Ludwig S, Conradi L

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00947

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Peripheral interventions

Outcomes of directional atherectomy for common femoral artery disease

Böhme T, Romano L, Macharzina R, Noory E, Beschorner U, Jacques B, Bürgelin K, Flügel P, Zeller T, Rastan A

10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00693

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