Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Chronic Total Occlusion

Treatment of a CTO in the left anterior descending artery.

By Khung Keong Yeo, MBBS, and Jason H. Rogers, MD

Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Anomalies

Sixty-four-slice CT angiography has allowed for new diagnosis and management of coronary anomalies.

By Michael H. Wholey, MD; William C. L. Wu, MD, FACC; Art Tontiplaphol, MD; Michael Gonzales, MD; Chun Tan, MD, FACC; and Ian Nowak, CRT

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair

An overview of the current devices and techniques.

By Raymond Leung, MDCM, and Ted Feldman, MD

Current Issues in DES Care

Cardiac Interventions Today engages Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, and Samin K. Sharma, MD, in a discussion about DES safety concerns, patient management, off-label use, and the impact of media coverage.

By Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI, and Samin K. Sharma, MD

Multivessel Stenting in the Current DES Era

A case report and discussion.

By Andreas Wali, MD, FACC, FSCAI

FDA Panel Addresses Late Stent Thrombosis in DESs

Emerging data have prompted new review and discussion.

By Cardiac Interventions Today Staff

Drug-Eluting Stents in Coronary CTOs

Recommendations for treating patients with CTOs using new DES technology.

By Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Congress to Review Industry DES Practices

US House Oversight Committee requests all materials related to clinical trials, approvals, and sales and marketing practices of Boston Scientific's Taxus and Cordis's Cypher stents.

By Cardiac Interventions Today Staff

Governmental Regulations Affecting Medical Practices

What you need to know about the Anti-Kickback Act, Stark Law, and the False Claims Act.

By Blair A. Keagy, MD

An Interview with Gregg W. Stone, MD

A pre-eminent interventional cardiologist shares his experience as PI of seminal clinical trials, thoughts on late thrombosis, and what TCT 2007 has in store.

By Gregg W. Stone, MD

Welcome to CIToday

By Craig McChesney, Publisher