The reference multimedia journal in interventional cardiology

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Aug 20, 2008

Volume 4 Supplement C

Foreword

An introduction to "A critical appraisal of the safety concerns tempering the success of drug-eluting stents"

Daemen J, Cutlip D, Windecker S

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Causes

Pathophysiology of vascular healing and stent mediated arterial injury

Nakazawa G, Ladich E, Finn AV, Virmani R

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Platelet reactivity as a risk-factor for stent thrombosis: can this be one of the currently available appropriate methods to determine platelet reactivity?

van Werkum J, ten Berg J

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The paradigm of endothelium and stent thrombosis in DES

Onuma Y, van Beusekom H, Sorop O, van der Giessen WJ

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Novelties in cardiac imaging

Novelties in cardiac imaging – Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Barlis P, Di Mario C, van Beusekom H, Gonzalo N, Regar E

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The influence of shear stress on in-stent restenosis and thrombosis

Wentzel J, Gijsen F, Schuurbiers J, van der Steen A, Serruys PW

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Greyscale intravascular ultrasound and IVUS-radiofrequency tissue characterisation to improve understanding of the mechanisms of coronary stent thrombosis in drug-eluting stents

Garcia-Garcia H, Gonzalo N, Kukreja N, Alfonso F

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ARC definitions

Identifying stent thrombosis, a critical appraisal of the Academic Research Consortium (ARC) consensus definitions: a lighthouse and as a toe in the water

Vranckx P, Kint P-P, Morel M, Van Es G-A, Serruys PW, Cutlip D

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Real world registry data

Ontario registry
Invited commentary: Seung-Jung Park, Duk-Woo Park

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New York registry
Invited commentary: Christian Spaulding, Olivier Varenne

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SCAAR registry
Invited commentary: Joost Daemen

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Bern Rotterdam registry
Invited commentary: Leif Thuesen

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ESTROFA registry
Invited commentary: Manel Sabaté

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STENT registry
Invited commentary: Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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REAL registry
Invited commentary: Antonio Colombo

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Future perpectives, potential solutions to the current problems

Surface material, surface treatment and nanotechnology in cardiovascular stent development

Sprague E, Pomeranz M, Odess I, Furnish S, Granada JF

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Potential solutions to the current problem: coated balloon

Scheller B, Speck U

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Endothelial Progenitor Cell (EPC) capture to aid vascular repair following coronary stenting: a new frontier in stent technology?

Houtgraaf J, Duckers H

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Point-of-care platelet function testing in patients undergoing PCI: is it ready for use in clinical practice?

ten Berg J, van Werkum J

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Health economical analyses

Health economics: drug-eluting stents – are they worth the money?

Gershlick A, Fearn S

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

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