CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR'S PAGE: Structural Heart Closure

By Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI

Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation for RVOT Defects

How recent advances in PPVI can improve the treatment of patients who have undergone previous repair of congenital heart defects.

By Wail Alkashkari, MD; Qi-Ling Cao, MD; Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PHD, FACC, FSCAI; and Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, FSCAI, FACC

Right Heart Percutaneous Valve Therapies

An update on percutaneous valve options for treating right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction in patients with congenital heart disease.

By Julie A. Vincent, MD, FACC, FSCAI, and William E. Hellenbrand, MD, FSCAI

Indications for Left-to-Right Shunt Closure

How closure of ASD, VSD, PFO, and PDA may lead to prevention or improvement of symptoms.

By Sudeshna Banerjee, MD, and John M. Lasala, MD, PHD, FACC

PFO Closure to Prevent Recurrent TIA and Stroke

What is the evidence base for patent foramen ovale closure?

By Michael H. Salinger, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI; Justin P. Levisay, MD, FACC, FSCAI; and Ted E. Feldman, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI

Treating Coronary Artery Fistulas and Pulmonary AVMs

Transcatheter coil embolization for coronary and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations.

By Thomas A. Farrell, MD, and Ted E. Feldman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI

A History of ASD Closure

A review of atrial septal closure, including the surgical evolution and the subsequent progression of transcatheter device closure.

By Terry D. King, MD; Noel L. Mills, MD; and Nancy B. King, PNP, MBA

PFO as Seen From the Brain

A neurological view of patent foramen ovale and closure.

By Lars Thomassen, MD, PHD, and Ulrike Waje-Andreassen, MD, PHD

US Innovations

A preview of today's new products

An Interview with Ramon Quesada, MD

From transradial access to percutaneous mitral valve repair, Dr.Quesada gives us a personal look at the interventional cardiology field.