The Role of Radial Access in Current Practice

What can transradial access offer today?

By Jennifer A. Tremmel, MD, MS

The Current Role of Bare-Metal Stents

An evaluation of the importance of BMS in contemporary practice.

By Itsik Ben-Dor, MD; Ron Waksman, MD; Augusto D. Pichard, MD; Joseph Lindsay, MD; and Lowell F. Satler, MD

The DES Landscape in 2011

Future directions in drug-eluting stent design.

By Jeffrey S. Kunz, MD, and Mark A. Turco, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Treatment Selection for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

A practical appraisal for selecting the best revascularization therapy for patients with multivessel CAD.

By Philippe Garot, MD, FESC, and Thierry Lefevre, MD, FESC, FSCAI

Chief Medical Editor's Page

Optimal PCI in Contemporary Practice

By Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI, Chief Medical Editor

A Peripheral Vascular Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

An emerging cardiovascular technology may offer an alternative treatment for COPD.

By Professor Stefan Sack

Mitral Valve Annuloplasty

Percutaneously placed coronary sinus devices may offer a viable alternative for selected FMR patients.

By Jan Harnek, MD

Emergent Circulatory Support Using ECMO

Using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during PCI complicated by cardiogenic shock.

By Michael S. Lee, MD, and Michael Wolfe, BS

Selective LIMA Injection Via the Right Radial Approach

How this state-of-the-art approach may assist transradial operators.

By Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI

INNOVATIONS

A preview of today's new products

An Interview With Sheldon Goldberg, MD

One of the pioneers in interventional cardiology discusses the role of simulation in training physicians, how to improve interventional cardiology fellowships, and how he is working to prevent fatal myocardial infarction.