August 2007

Volume 3 Number 2

Editorial

Author Patrick Serruys

Medicine in Europe: proudly forging our own unique identity

August 20, 2007

Author Masahiko Ochiai

Retrograde approach for chronic total occlusion: present status and prospects

August 20, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Author Pravin Kumar Goel

Chronic total occlusions (CTO): the paradox of "premature balloon support"

August 20, 2007

EAPCI column

Author William Wijns

EAPCI: update on subspecialty accreditation in Europe

August 20, 2007

Clinical research

Author Carlo Di Mario

Retrograde approach to coronary chronic total occlusions: preliminary single European centre experience

Di Mario C, Barlis P, Tanigawa J, Locca D, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Kaplan S, Satoh O

August 20, 2007

Author Hector Garcia-Garcia

Contemporary treatment of patients with chronic total occlusion: critical appraisal of different state-of-the-art techniques and devices

Garcia-Garcia H, Kukreja N, Daemen J, Tanimoto S, Van Mieghem C, Gonzalo N, van Weenen S, van der Ent M, Sianos G, de Feyter P, Serruys P

August 20, 2007

Author Ricardo Seabra-Gomes

Small coronary arteries treated with sirolimus-eluting stents: one-year results of the PORTO multicentre registry

Seabra-Gomes R, Eduardo Sousa J, Sousa A, Teles R, Pereira H, Farto Abreu P, Adao M, Marques A, Gama Ribeiro V, Mourao L, Santos R, Cyrne Carvalho H

August 20, 2007

Author Marcel A.M. Beijk

Two-year results of a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent in de novo coronary artery stenosis (The SPIRIT FIRST Trial)

Beijk M, Neumann F-J, Wiemer M, Grube E, Haase J, Thuesen L, Hamm C, Veldhof S, Dorange C, Serruys P, Piek J

August 20, 2007

Author Keith D. Dawkins

Safety and efficacy of multiple, overlapping polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents

Dawkins K, Grube E, Guagliumi G, Banning A, Zmudka K, Colombo A, Thuesen L, Hauptmann K-E, Marco J, Wijns W, Popma J, Weissman N, Koglin J, Russell ME

August 20, 2007

Author E Mangieri

Clinical results of two year dual antiplatelet therapy after primary percutaneous coronary intervention with paclitaxel-eluting stents: a single centre study

Mangieri E, Tanzilli G, Greco C, Pelliccia F, Puddu P, Acconcia M, Paravati V, Gaudio C

August 20, 2007

Author Eric Durand

A randomised controlled trial of upstream administration of eptifibatide in patients presenting non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome treated with an invasive strategy

Durand E, Hamm C, Macaya C, Georges J-L, Coste P, Wolf J, Slama M, Husted S, Mosseri M, Lafont A

August 20, 2007

Author D O’ Brien

Stabilisation of coronary stents using rapid right ventricular pacing

O’ Brien D, Smith W, Henderson R

August 20, 2007

Author A Okamura

Rapid ventricular pacing can reduce heart motion and facilitate stent deployment to the optimal position during coronary artery stenting: initial experience

Okamura A, Ito H, Iwakura K, Kawano S, Kurotobi T, Koyama Y, Date M, Inoue K, Ogihara T, Fujii K

August 20, 2007

Author H Zwenneke Flach

Diffusion-weighted imaging to compare different cerebral protection devices in carotid artery stenting

Zwenneke Flach H, Ouhlous M, Hendriks J, van Sambeek M, Veenland J, van Dijk L, van der Lugt A

August 20, 2007

Author Didier Blanchard

A novel ultra-thin bare metal stent (BMS): results from a worldwide registry

Blanchard D, Danzi G, Urban P, Moseri M, Juergens C, Guyon P, Nowak B, Tresukosol D, Suttorp MJ, Farshid A, Kornowski R, Garcia E, Yeend R, Nagai H, Paunovic D

August 20, 2007

Author S Fort

'Fused-Gold' vs. 'Bare' stainless steel NIRflex stents of the same geometric design in diseased native coronary arteries. Long-term results from the NIR TOP Study

Fort S, Kornowski R, Silber S, Lewis B, Bilodeau L, Almagor Y, van Remortel E, Morice M, Colombo A

August 20, 2007

Author G Pavlakis

Registry on a new T technique for bifurcation coronary lesions: the Utrech-"T"- experience

Pavlakis G, de Man F, Hamer B, Doevendans P, Stella P

August 20, 2007

Expert review

Author Alberto Cremonesi

Proximal protection in carotid artery stenting: rationale and recent findings

Cremonesi A, Rigattieri S, Liso A, Manetti R, Ricci E, Castriota F, Biamino G

August 20, 2007

Author T van De Parre

Uncoupling protein 2-mediated thermogenesis in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques

van De Parre T, Martinet W, Verheye S, De Meyer G

August 20, 2007

Experimental research

Author A Manginas

Coronary sinus stent implantation improves acute ischaemic mitral valve regurgitation;

Manginas A, Karagiannis S, Karatasakis G, Papalois A, Papalambrou A, Daphnomili P, Kaklamanis L, Khaldi L, Cokkinos D

August 20, 2007

Technical report

Author Christian Herdeg

GENIE™ catheter for liquid local drug delivery

Herdeg C, Göhring-Frischholz K, Geisler T, May A, Haase K, Gawaz M

August 20, 2007

Image in cardiology

Author Annick Weustink

Kartagener's Syndrome

Weustink A, Vourvouri E, Papafaklis M, Sianos G

August 20, 2007

Author Steven Ramcharitar

Ultrasonic and pathological evidence of a neo-intimal plaque rupture in patients with bare metal stents

Ramcharitar S, Garcia-Garcia H, Nakazawa G, Kukreja N, Ligthart J, Virmani R, Serruys P

August 20, 2007

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