August 2007

Volume 3 Number 2

Editorial

Medicine in Europe: proudly forging our own unique identity

August 20, 2007

Retrograde approach for chronic total occlusion: present status and prospects

August 20, 2007

Letters to the Editor

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

August 20, 2007

EAPCI column

EAPCI: update on subspecialty accreditation in Europe

August 20, 2007

Clinical research

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

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

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

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

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

August 20, 2007

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

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

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

Stabilisation of coronary stents using rapid right ventricular pacing

O’ Brien D, Smith W, Henderson R

August 20, 2007

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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

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

Kartagener's Syndrome

Weustink A, Vourvouri E, Papafaklis M, Sianos G

August 20, 2007

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

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke