Archives

December 2009
Our 2010 Buyer's Guide
November 2009
Device Therapy for Structural Heart Disease An overview of current techniques, devices, and indications
October 2009
Left Main Interventions New data and their potential effect on how you evaluate your patients.
August/September 2009
Transcatheter Valve Therapies Current valve repair techniques and technology that will affect your practice.
August/September 2009 Supplement
June/July 2009
Next-Generation DES Technology A look at how advances in stent therapy will supplant the current standard.
April/May 2009
Modern Imaging Modalities New standards in lesion assessment and preprocedural planning.
March 2009
Antithrombotic & Antiplatelet Therapy What you need to know and how you should apply it.
January/February 2009
Coronary CTOs Experts weigh in with current opinions, techniques, and outcomes.

ARTICLES FROM 2009

The Perfect Drug-Eluting Stent
Goals for stent, polymer, and drug development.

by Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Dwight Dishmon, MD; Adam Elhaddi, MD; Shadwan Alsafwah, MD; and Santhosh R. Mannem, MD
Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography
An examination of CTA for coronary plaque characterization.

by James A. Goldstein, MD
Guidelines for Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Therapy for PCI
Do PCI guidelines address the current challenges?

by J. Emilio Exaire, MD, FACC, and Jorge F. Saucedo, MD
Impact of CTO Angioplasty on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes
More data are needed to demonstrate the benefit of PCI for CTO.

by Renato Valenti, MD, and David Antoniucci, MD
Antithrombotic Therapy for PCI
Alternatives that may surpass current UFH pathophysiology.

by Sean Javaheri, MD, and Sunil V. Rao, MD

TOP 5 ARTICLES FROM 2009

Assessing Intermediate Left Main Lesions With IVUS or FFR
How intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve can be used in this challenging subset.

By Juzar Lokhandwala, MD, and John McB Hodgson, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The Perfect Drug-Eluting Stent
Goals for stent, polymer, and drug development.

By Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Dwight Dishmon, MD; Adam Elhaddi, MD; Shadwan Alsafwah, MD; and Santhosh R. Mannem, MD
How to Calculate the SYNTAX Score
A step-by-step guide on how to calculate the SYNTAX score, including how to access the program and screen shots from the SYNTAX Web site.

By Katrin Leadley, MD
Self-Expanding Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation
An update on the CoreValve system.

By Hasan Jilaihawi, BSc, MB Chb, MRCP, and Raoul Bonan, MD
Next-Generation Percutaneous Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair Approaches
What's next for transcatheter management of mitral and tricuspid valve disease.

By Thomas W. Smith, MD; Steven F. Bolling, MD; and Jason H. Rogers, MD