The reference multimedia journal in interventional cardiology

issue

May 12, 2023

Volume 19 Number 1

In this issue: a debate on invasive coronary testing in INOCA patients, the 17th European Bifurcation Club expert consensus; EAPCI/ESC expert consensus on the management of CAD in patients undergoing TAVI; EAPCI position statement on radiation protection for healthcare workers during pregnancy; In coronary interventions, SAPT after PCI from the OPTICA study; ultrasound-guided vs non-ultrasound-guided femoral access with vascular closure devices; post-PCI operator-defined optimisation strategies within the FFR-REACT trial. In interventions for valvular disease and heart failure, results from the ACURATE neo2 post-market clinical follow-up study; translational research using a balloon-expandable valve for treating a failed self-expanding valve, and more.

In this issue of EuroIntervention

The new European Bifurcation Club expert consensus document; an EAPCI/ESC expert consensus on the management of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing TAVI; an EAPCI position statement on radiation protection for healthcare workers during pregnancy; debating invasive coronary testing in INOCA patients; single antiplatelet therapy after PCI; ultrasound-guided femoral access in the UNIVERSAL trial; oesophageal and gastric injuries after tricuspid TEER; and more

Capodanno D

free

Editorial

Continuously renewing and at the cutting edge: Welcome to EuroPCR 2023!

Cuisset T, Dumonteil N, Gonzalo N, Barbato E, Prendergast B, Wijns W, Fajadet J

10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00027

free

Debate

Invasive functional testing in the cath lab as a routine investigation in INOCA: pros and cons

De Bruyne B, Belmonte M, Jabbour R, Curzen N

10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00008

free

Expert consensus

The 17th expert consensus document of the European Bifurcation Club – techniques to preserve access to the side branch during stepwise provisional stenting

Pan M, Lassen JF, Burzotta F, Ojeda S, Albiero R, Lefèvre T, Hildick-Smith D, Johnson T, Chieffo A, Banning A, Ferenc M, Darremont O, Chatzizisis Y, Louvard Y, Stankovic G

10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00124

free

Management of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. A clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions in collaboration with the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery

Tarantini G, Tang G, Nai Fovino L, Blackman D, Van Mieghem NM, Kim W, Karam N, Carrilho Ferreira P, Fournier S, Pręgowski J, Fraccaro C, Vincent F, Teles RC, Mylotte D, Wong I, Bieliauskas G, Czerny M, Bonaros N, Parolari A, Dudek D, Tchétché D, Eltchaninoff H, De Backer O, Stefanini G, Sondergaard L

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00958

free

Radiation protection for healthcare professionals working in catheterisation laboratories during pregnancy: a statement of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), the ESC Regulatory Affairs Committee and Women as One

Manzo-Silberman S, Velázquez M, Burgess S, Sahni S, Best P, Mehran R, Piccaluga E, Vitali-Serdoz L, Sarma A, Barbash I, Mauri J, Szymański P, Hinterbuchner L, Stefanini G, Gimelli A, Maurovich-Horvat P, Boersma L, Buchanan G, Pontone G, Holmvang L, Karam N, Neylon A, Morice M, Leclercq C, Tarantini G, Dudek D, Chieffo A

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00407

free

Coronary interventions

Single antiplatelet therapy directly after percutaneous coronary intervention in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: the OPTICA study

van der Sangen NM, Claessen B, Küçük IT, den Hartog A, Baan J, Beijk M, Delewi R, van de Hoef TP, Knaapen P, Lemkes J, Marques K, Nap A, Verouden NJ, Vis MM, de Winter R, Kikkert WJ, Appelman Y, Henriques J

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00886

Editorial comment

The conundrum of percutaneous coronary intervention without aspirin: a call for clarity

Piccolo R, Esposito G

10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00017

free

Ultrasound-guided femoral access in patients with vascular closure devices: a prespecified analysis of the randomised UNIVERSAL trial

d'Entremont M, Alrashidi S, Alansari O, Brochu B, Heenan L, Skuriat E, Tyrwhitt J, Raco M, Tsang M, Valettas N, Velianou J, Sheth T, Sibbald M, Mehta SR, Pinilla-Echeverri N, Schwalm J, Natarajan MK, Kelly A, Akl E, Tawadros S, Camargo M, Faidi W, Bauer J, Moxham R, Nkurunziza J, Dutra G, Winter J, Jolly S

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-01130

Editorial comment

A UNIVERSAL call for the optimisation of vascular closure devices

Dauerman H, Gupta T

10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00016

free

Changes in post-PCI optimisation strategies with post-procedural FFR followed by IVUS

Neleman T, Groenland F, Ziedses des Plantes A, Scoccia A, van Zandvoort L, Boersma E, Nuis R, den Dekker W, Diletti R, Wilschut J, Zijlstra F, Van Mieghem NM, Daemen J

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00755

Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure

Clinical outcomes of the ACURATE neo2 transcatheter heart valve: a prospective, multicentre, observational, post-market surveillance study

Kim W, Tamburino C, Möllmann H, Montorfano M, Ellert-Gregersen J, Rudolph TK, Van Mieghem NM, Hilker M, Amat-Santos I, Terkelsen CJ, Petronio AS, Stella P, Götberg M, Rück A, Kasel AM, Trillo R, Appleby C, Barbanti M, Blanke P, Modolo R, Allocco DJ, Sondergaard L

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00914

Editorial comment

ACURATE neo2: jack of all trades or master of none?

Sinning J

10.4244/EIJ-E-23-00012

free

A bench study of balloon-expandable valves for the treatment of self-expanding valve failure

Akodad M, Meier D, Sellers SL, De Backer O, Mylotte D, Landes U, Frawley C, Lynch L, Tang GH, Sondergaard L, Wood DA, Webb JG, Sathananthan J

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00769

Oesophageal and gastric injuries caused by transoesophageal probe manipulation in patients undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid regurgitation

Kuecken T, Bannehr M, Lalou E, Lenz J, Zänker M, Edlinger C, Haase-Fielitz A, Neuss M, Butter C

10.4244/EIJ-D-22-01070

free