This issue highlights the best of Asian clinical science from the history of PTCA to the latest cutting edge devices and procedures of interest in the region and internationally.
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Editorial
AsiaIntervention: marking the beginning of a new era in scientific publications in Asia
Huay Cheem Tan
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:93-94
The evolution of percutaneous coronary intervention in Asia: in celebration of the 40th anniversary of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Runlin Gao
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:95-96
Role of professional medical writing in high-quality publications
Peter Barlis, Ojas Mehta, Vikas Thondapu
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:97-98
Dengue fever, thrombocytopaenia and management issues in post-coronary stenting patients
Vineet Bhatia, Upendra Kaul
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:99-102
Restenosis after drug-eluting stenting – a call for action
Robert A. Byrne, Roisin Colleran
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:103-105
Stenting or bypass grafting for left main coronary artery disease: considering short- and long-term trade-offs of each procedure for individualised patient care
Pil Hyung Lee, Duk-Woo Park, Seung-Jung Park
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:107-109
National society
The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:110
Coronary Interventions
Defining optimal stent overexpansion strategies for left main stenting: insights from bench testing
Jiang Ming Fam, Peter Mortier, Matthieu De Beule, Tim Dezutter, Nicolas Van Mieghem, Roberto Diletti, Bert Everaert, Soo Teik Lim, Felix Zijlstra, Robert-Jan van Geuns
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:111-120
Stent versus bypass grafting for the treatment of left main stem disease: a meta-analysis of six randomised controlled trials
Javaid Iqbal, Jin-Zan Cai, Yong-Xiang Zhu, Yao-Jun Zhang, Patrick W. Serruys
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:121-130
Early and late restenosis of drug-eluting stents: an observational study about predictors, clinical presentation and response to treatment (the LATE DES study)
Flavia Belloni, Francesco Fracassi, Gregory Sgueglia, Carmine Musto, Francesco Summaria, Gennaro Sardella, Giulio Speciale, Francesco Prati, Luca Altamura, Stefano Rigattieri, Igino Proietti, Giuseppe Patti, Germano Di Sciascio, Andrea Berni, Roberto Ricci, Carlo Trani, Giampaolo Niccoli, Filippo Crea
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:131-138
Impact of target lesion coronary calcium score on outcomes following drug-eluting stent implantation
Tatsuyuki Sato, Satoru Kishi, Masahiko Asami, Shuzou Tanimoto, Jiro Aoki, Kazuhiro Hara, Kengo Tanabe
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:139-146
Two-year outcomes of a bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffold using a strategy of meticulous lesion preparation and routine post-dilation: the Australian ESHC-BVS registry
Daniel Robaei, Liam Back, Elizabeth Russell, Sze-Yuan Ooi, Mark Pitney, Nigel Jepson
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:147-155
Imaging comparisons of bioresorbable scaffolds as seen by optical coherence tomography
Chee Yang Chin, Khung Keong Yeo, Chee Tang Chin, Soo Teik Lim, Aaron Sung Lung Wong, Jack Wei Chieh Tan, Tian Hai Koh
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:156-157
Potential risk of deflecting stent struts after side branch dilation with inappropriate guidewire recrossing in a coronary bifurcation lesion
Yoshinobu Murasato, Nicolas Foin
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:158-159
Unsuccessful confirmation of rewiring position with three-dimensional optical coherence tomography caused by thrombus formation on jailed struts
Fumiaki Nakao
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:160-161
Angiographic and optical coherence tomography features of positive arterial remodelling causing very late thrombosis in a first-generation sirolimus-eluting stent
Chee Yang Chin, Swee Leng Kui, Iswaree Devi Balakrishnan, Khung Keong Yeo
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:162-163
Intraprocedural rupture of neoatherosclerosis causing extensive neointimal dissection: use of optical frequency domain imaging to evaluate the mechanism and guide intervention
Umihiko Kaneko, Yoshifumi Kashima, Daitaro Kanno, Tsutomu Fujita
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:164-165
Interventions for valvular disease and heart failure
Wire pull-through technique using a double lumen sheath during transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Takashi Muramatsu, Masato Tochii, Koji Hattori, Masato Ishikawa, Sohta Uchiyama, Ken Katsuta, Akira Yamada, Kunihiko Sugimoto, Satoshi Inoue, Katsuyoshi Ito, Ryota Matsumoto, Osamu Nishida, Yasushi Takagi, Yukio Ozaki
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:166-170
Balloon post-dilation of the mechanically expanded LOTUS transcatheter aortic valve
Sarah Zaman, Robert Gooley, Liam McCormick, Ian T. Meredith
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:171-176
First-in-man study of transcatheter aortic valve implantations in aortic stenosis using the Hydra self-expanding bioprosthesis
Suphot Srimahachota, Wacin Buddhari, Smonporn Boonyaratavej Songmuang, Sarinya Puwanant, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Sudarat Satitthummanid, Vorarit Lertsuwunseri, Vichai Benjacholamas, Seri Singhatanadgige, Pat Ongcharit, Jule Namchaisiri, Chanapong Kittayarak, Pavena Bunburaphong, Wacharin Sindhvananda, Anantachote Vimuktanandana, Toonchai Indrambarya, Krit Phisaiphun, Prut Prapongsena, Wirinda Chiravanich, Monravee Tumkosit, Niels Thue Olsen, Lars Sondergaard
AsiaIntervention 2017;3:177-182