Cardiac Interventions Today

Hemodynamic Support for PCI in AMI
Therapeutic device alternatives for acute myocardial infarction.

by Howard A. Cohen, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Optimizing Door-to-Balloon Time
How an academic teaching hospital system addressed the door-to-balloon time initiative.

by Aman Ali, MD; Ryan Cunnane, MD; Hannah Whitney, RN; and Timothy A. Sanborn, MD, FSCAI
Managing Transport for Primary PCI
A review of the literature and strategies to optimize patient outcomes.

by George S. Hanzel, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The Transradial Approach
Does your fellowship training program teach it?

by Jennifer A. Tremmel, MD, MS
PCI Strategies After Fibrinolytic Therapy
How to choose the appropriate reperfusion strategy.

by Michel R. Le May, MD

Guidelines for STEMI
Key messages from the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2009 focused update for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

by Jeffery M. Sparling, MD; Pinak B. Shah, MD; and David O. Williams, MD
The Transradial Approach
Does your fellowship training program teach it?

by Jennifer A. Tremmel, MD, MS
Radial Access for Primary PCI
The role of radial artery access in the evolution of percutaneous angioplasty and in minimizing complications.

by Martial Hamon, MD, and Javed Ehtisham, MD
PFO Closure to Prevent Stroke
How the closure of pathological patent foramen ovale may lower the rate of CS.

by Ryan Ko, MBBS, MRCP, and Michael J. Mullen, MBBS, FRCP, MD
Fibrinolytic Therapy for STEMI
The role of this treatment in the era of primary percutaneous intervention.

by Troy A. Weirick, MD, and H. Vernon Anderson, MD, FACC, FSCAI