Volume 9 Number 1

Editorial

The great iFR vs. FFR debate: why sometimes “the wait and see approach” is the best tactic as the best pragmatic solution will always emerge and become established

Serruys P

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A1

The FIREHAWK® stent: will it achieve its potential?

Garg S

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A2

EuroIntervention - Methodology and Statistics Review Board

Boersma E, van Domburg R, Hoeks S, Kardys I, Lenzen M

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A3

The surgeon’s corner

Indications for and outcomes of valve replacement for asymptomatic aortic valve stenosis

Kunkala M, Schaff H

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A4

Recent data on off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: the CORONARY and GOPCABE trials

Pepper J

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A5

EAPCI column

Sharing and growing together: EuroPCR 2013

Fajadet J

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A6

Focus article

Consensus from the 7th European Bifurcation Club meeting

Stankovic G, Lefèvre T, Chieffo A, Hildick-Smith D, Flensted Lassen J, Pan M, Darremont O, Albiero R, Ferenc M, Finet G, Adrianssens T, Koo B, Burzotta F, Louvard Y

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A7

Clinical research

First-in-human evaluation of a sirolimus-eluting coronary stent on an integrated delivery system: the DIRECT study

Webster M, Harding S, McClean D, Jaffe W, Ormiston J, Aitken A, Watson T

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A8

Early or late intervention in high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: results of the ELISA-3 trial

Badings E, The S, Dambrink J-H, van Wijngaarden J, Tjeerdsma G, Rasoul S, Timmer J, van der Wielen M, Lok D, van’t Hof A

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A9

Incidence and predictors of stent thrombosis: a single-centre study of 5,833 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery stenting

Iqbal J, Sumaya W, Tatman V, Parviz Y, Morton A, Grech E, Campbell S, Storey R, Gunn J

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A10

Renal denervation for resistant hypertension using an irrigated radiofrequency balloon: 12-month results from the Renal Hypertension Ablation System (RHAS) trial

Ormiston J, Watson T, van Pelt N, Stewart R, Stewart J, White J, Doughty R, Stewart F, Macdonald R, Webster M

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A11

A randomised comparison of a novel abluminal groove-filled biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent with a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent: clinical and angiographic follow-up of the TARGET I trial

Gao R, Xu B, Lansky A, Yang Y, Ma C-S, Han Y-L, Chen S-L, Li H, Zhang R, Fu G, Yuan Z, Jiang H, Huo Y, Li W, Zhang Y-J, Leon M

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A12

Acute outcomes after MitraClip® therapy in highly aged patients: results from the German TRAnscatheter Mitral valve Interventions (TRAMI) Registry

Schillinger W, Hünlich M, Baldus S, Ouarrak T, Boekstegers P, Hink U, Butter C, Bekeredjian R, Plicht B, Sievert H, Schofer J, Senges J, Meinertz T, Hasenfuß G

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A13

Classification performance of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) and fractional flow reserve in a clinical population of intermediate coronary stenoses: results of the ADVISE registry

Petraco R, Escaned J, Sen S, Nijjer S, Asrress K, Echavarría-Pinto M, Lockie T, Khawaja M, Cuevas C, Foin N, Broyd C, Foale R, Hadjiloizou N, Malik I, Mikhail G, Sethi A, Kaprielian R, Baker C, Lefroy D, Bellamy M, Al-Bustami M, Khan M, Hughes A, Francis D, Mayet J, Di Mario C, Redwood S, Davies J

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A14

Contemporary retrograde approach for the recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusion: on behalf of the Japanese Retrograde Summit Group

Yamane M, Muto M, Matsubara T, Nakamura S, Muramatsu T, Oida A, Igarashi Y, Nozaki Y, Kijima M, Tuschikane E

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A15

Impact of ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents in angina patients

Kim Y, Park D-W, Ahn J, Park G-M, Cho Y-R, Lee J, Kim W-J, Yun S-C, Kang S-J, Lee S, Lee C, Park S, Park S

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A16

Bivalirudin in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: outcomes in a large real-world population

Shelton R, Eftychiou C, Somers K, Liu A, Burton-Wood N, Anderson M, Makri L, Blaxill J, McLenachan J, Wheatcroft S, Greenwood J, Blackman D

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A17

Clinical and angiographic outcomes following first-in-man implantation of a novel thin-strut low-profile fixed-wire stent: the Svelte Coronary Stent Integrated Delivery System first-in-man trial

Diletti R, Garcia-Garcia H, Bourantas C, van Geuns R, Van Mieghem N, Agostoni P, Muramatsu T, Farooq V, Spencer R, de Schepper J, Pomeranz M, Stella P, Serruys P

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A18

Experimental research

A novel non-vascular system to treat resistant hypertension

Heuser R, Mhatre A, Buelna T, Berci W, Hubbard B

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A19

Ethanol-mediated perivascular renal sympathetic denervation: preclinical validation of safety and efficacy in a porcine model

Fischell T, Vega F, Raju N, Johnson E, Kent D, Ragland R, Fischell D, Almany S, Ghazarossian V

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A20

Emerging technologies: polymer-free phospholipid encapsulated sirolimus nanocarriers for the controlled release of drug from a stent-plus-balloon or a stand-alone balloon catheter

Lemos P, Farooq V, Takimura C, Gutierrez P, Virmani R, Kolodgie F, Christians U, Kharlamov A, Doshi M, Sojitra P, van Beusekom H, Serruys P

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A21

How should I treat?

How should I treat a patient with typical angina, typical angiography, negative FFR?

Jabs A, Hink U, Fineschi M, Münzel T, Gori T

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A22

Tools & Techniques

Tools & Techniques: Analysis of clustered data in interventional cardiology: current practice and methodological advice

Lingsma H, Nauta S, van Leeuwen N, Borsboom G, Bruining N, Steyerberg E

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A23

Image in cardiology

“First-in-man” use of bioresorbable vascular scaffold in saphenous vein graft

Ong P, Jafary F, Ho HH

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A24

Letter to the editor

Lesion distribution and intrinsic variability: the challenge to beat the gold standard

van de Hoef T, Meuwissen M, Piek J

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A25

Commentary on “Hybrid iFR-FFR decision-making strategy…” by Petraco et al

El-Omar M, Mamas M

May 21, 2013 | 10.4244/EIJV9I1A26

Community news

EAPCI Focus on the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (SICI-GISE)

May 21, 2013

Volume 9 Number 1

Editorial

The surgeon’s corner

EAPCI column

Focus article

Clinical research

Experimental research

How should I treat?

Tools & Techniques

Image in cardiology

Letter to the editor

Community news

Coronary

Valvular disease

Heart failure

Peripheral

Hypertension

Stroke