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<br /> INTERVENTIONAL<br /> CARDIOLOGY<br /> ISSN 2053-423X Vol 6.1 • July 2018 • europeanmedical-journal.com<br /> INSIDE<br /> Review of<br /> EuroPCR 2018<br /> Paris, France<br /> Contents<br /> EDITORIAL BOARD 4<br /> WELCOME 7<br /> FOREWORD 9<br /> 01 CONGRESS REVIEW<br /> Review of EuroPCR 2018, held in Paris, France, 22nd–25th May 2018 10<br /> 02 INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY<br /> EDITORIAL BOARD<br /> Sundeep Mishra 24<br /> Pa<a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=1"> INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY ISSN 2053-423X </a> <a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=2"> Contents EDITORIAL BOARD </a> <a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=3"> “It is with great pride that I </a> <a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=4"> Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr Alexandre Avra</a> <a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=5"> Aims and Scope The European Medical Journal (EMJ)</a> <a title="EMJ Interventional Cardiology 6.1 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f523e87d?page=6"> EMJ Int Cardiol. 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