The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)

August 2006

Volume 2 Number 2

Clinical research

Comparison of the CardioShield filter with the guardwire balloon in the prevention of embolisation during vein graft intervention: results from the CAPTIVE randomised trial
Holmes D, Coolong A, O’ Shaughnessy C, Chauhan M, van Langenhove G, Hall P, Vermeersch P, Verlee P, Popma J, Cutlip D, Kuntz R
August 20, 2006
Comparison of sirolimus-eluting vs. bare-metal stents for the treatment of infrapopliteal obstructions
Scheinert D, Ulrich M, Scheinert S, Sax J, Braunlich S, Biamino G, Schmidt A
August 20, 2006
Sex differences and their impact on clinical outcome after percutaneous or surgical revascularisation: a report from the Arterial Revascularisation Therapies Study (ARTS)
Voudris V, Ong ATL, Serruys PW, Sianos G, Stavrides G, Lindeboom W, Cokkinos D
August 20, 2006
Surgical isolated edge-to-edge mitral valve repair without annuloplasty: clinical proof of the principle for an endovascular approach
Maisano F, Viganó G, Blasio A, Colombo A, Calabrese C, Alfieri O
August 20, 2006
Real world experience with the TITAN® stent: a 9-month follow-up report from The Titan PORI Registry
Karjalainen P, Ylitalo A, Juhani Airaksinen KE
August 20, 2006
The Titanium-NO Stent:results of a multicenter registry
Mosseri M, Miller H, Tamari I, Plich M, Hasin Y, Brizines M, Frimerman A, Jeffery J, Guetta V, Solomon M, Lotan C
August 20, 2006
Iatrogenic dissection of the ascending aorta following heart catheterisation: incidence, management and outcome
Gomez-Moreno S, Sabaté M, Jimenez-Quevedo P, Vazquez P, Alfonso F, Angiolillo D, Hernández-Antolín R, Moreno R, Banuelos C, Escaned J, Macaya C
August 20, 2006
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in relation to epicardial and myocardial reperfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with facilitated angioplasty
Zmudka K, Zalewski J, El Masri N, Stepien E, Zajdel W, Durak M, Dudek D, Przewlocki T
August 20, 2006
Intracoronary nicorandil prior to reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction
Miyazawa A, Ikari Y, Tanabe K, Nakajima H, Aoki J, Iijima R, Nakayama T, Hatori M, Nakazawa G, Tanimoto S, Onuma Y, Hara K
August 20, 2006
Clinical and angiographic follow-up after overlapping implantation of polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents with drug eluting stents
Papafaklis M, Sianos G, Cost B, Vaina S, Manginas A, Dardas P, Tsikaderis D, Van Mieghem C, Michalis L, Serruys PW
August 20, 2006
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to predict outcomes after coronary stenting
Zalc S, Ambrose J, Lemos P, Ribeiro E, Soares Jr. J, Giorgi M, Esteves-Filho A, Horta P, Meneghetti J, Ramires J, Martinez E
August 20, 2006
Low incidence of cardiac biomarker elevation following PCI of chronic total coronary occlusions
Bahrmann P, Ferrari M, Figulla H, Werner G
August 20, 2006
The clinical outcome of restricting drug-eluting stents to patients at highest risk of restenosis
Roy P, Bowyer A, Ajani A, Lefkovits J, Warren R
August 20, 2006
Histopathology of material captured by embolic protection device after percutaneous coronary interventions in atherosclerotic saphenous vein graft
Steigen S, Steigen T, Gunnes P, Thuesen L, Mannsverk J, Jorgensen L
August 20, 2006
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