Volume 18 Number 7

A EuroIntervention state-of-the-art on recanalisation of chronic total occlusions with a review of overall clinical benefits, strategies, tools and techniques as well as a look at training and education to enlarge the field of competent operators and encourage the expanded use of PCI for CTOs. In coronary interventions: the open-label TEATE trial exploring the use of bicarbonates to change urine alkalinisation with the possibility of helping control contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI); treating stent underexpansion using the novel intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) treatment, the CRUNCH registry; from the SWEDEHEART registry, a look at the timing of coronary angioplasty in the assessment of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). In interventions for valvular disease: exploring the novel filtration device, the ProtEmbo Cerebral Protection System, in TAVI patients who otherwise might be at risk of stroke. In peripheral interventions, an expert consensus on the advantages and benefits, use and strategies of IVUS in all aspects of peripheral interventions and more.

In this issue of EuroIntervention

A state-of-the-art on CTO recanalisation; urine alkalinisation, bicarbonates and contrast-induced acute kidney injury; coronary lithotripsy; timing of coronary angiography in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes; a novel device for cerebral protection during TAVI; an expert consensus on IVUS for peripheral interventions; and more

Capodanno D

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State of the art

Recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions

Di Mario C, Mashayekhi K, Garbo R, Pyxaras S, Ciardetti N, Werner G

10.4244/EIJ-D-21-01117

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Coronary interventions

Urine alkalinisation to prevent contrast-induced acute kidney injury: the prospective, randomised, controlled, open-label TEATE trial

Lombardi M, Molisana M, Genovesi E, De Innocentiis C, Limbruno U, Misuraca L, Moretti † L, Di Vito L, Renda G, Zimarino M, Di Nicola M, De Caterina R

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00010

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Editorial comment

Low urine pH: a new marker for contrast-associated acute kidney injury?

Briguori C, Roscigno G

10.4244/EIJ-E-22-00026

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Coronary lithotripsy for the treatment of underexpanded stents: the international; multicentre CRUNCH registry

Tovar Forero M, Sardella G, Salvi N, Cortese B, di Palma G, Werner N, Aksoy A, Escaned J, Salazar C, Gonzalo N, Ugo F, Cavallino C, Sheth T, Kardys I, Van Mieghem NM, Daemen J

10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00545

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Editorial comment

Stent underexpansion in the CRUNCH registry: worth cracking?

Spratt J, Hung J

10.4244/EIJ-E-22-00027

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Timing of coronary angiography in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: long-term clinical outcomes from the nationwide SWEDEHEART registry

Eggers K, James S, Jernberg T, Lindahl B

10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00982

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Editorial comment

The ongoing conundrum of the best care for patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

Kunadian V

10.4244/EIJ-E-22-00029

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Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Safety and performance of a novel cerebral embolic protection device for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the PROTEMBO C Trial

Jagielak D, Targonski R, Frerker C, Abdel-Wahab M, Wilde J, Werner N, Lauterbach M, Leick J, Grygier M, Misterski M, Erglis A, Narbute I, Witkowski A, Adam M, Frank D, Gatto F, Schmidt T, Lansky AJ

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00238

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Peripheral interventions

Intravascular ultrasound guidance for lower extremity arterial and venous interventions

Secemsky E, Parikh SA, Kohi M, Lichtenberg M, Meissner M, Varcoe R, Holden A, Jaff M, Chalyan D, Clair D, Hawkins B, Rosenfield K

10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00898

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