Chief Medical Editor's Page: Transcatheter Valve Update

By Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI

PARTNER Trial Update

An overview of the PARTNER trial and an update on the ongoing studies of transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

By Jean-Michel Paradis, MD, and Susheel Kodali, MD

The CoreValve Program

Cardiac Interventions Today interviews Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD, who shares his expertise on the current status of the CoreValve device and trial data.

The Transapical Route for TAVR

Recent data regarding transapical access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, as well as the devices used in this procedure.

By Rafal Dworakowski, MD, PhD, and Olaf Wendler, MD, PhD, FRCS

Next-Generation Transcatheter Aortic Valves

A preview of the latest devices that are expected to change the practice of transcatheter valve replacement.

By Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD, MSc, and Jason H. Rogers, MD

The EVEREST Percutaneous Mitral Leaflet Repair Trials

An overview of the safety and efficacy data of the MitraClip system for treating mitral regurgitation.

By Alice Perlowski, MD, and Ted E. Feldman, MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI

Percutaneous Mitral Annuloplasty

The status of direct and indirect approaches to treating mitral regurgitation.

By Christian Frerker, MD; Ulrich Schaefer, MD; and Karl-Heinz Kuck, MD

What Is the utility of OCT in detecting an unsuspected calcified coronary lesion?

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By Gabriel Maluenda, MD, and Augusto Pichard, MD, FACC

Economic Opportunities of Transradial Angiography and Intervention

How a transradial program can lower costs and decrease complications.

By Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH

The Wholey Wire in the Radial Age

How old technology still has a place in radial access catheterizations

By Thomas J. Lanspa, MD, and Siva Sontineni, MD

Transcatheter Closure for Acute PIVSD

Preprocedure management and current techniques used in this challenging procedure to treat postinfarction ventricular septal defect.

By Ismael Gonzalez, MD, and Zahid Amin, MD, FAAP, FSCAI, FACC

Indications and Evaluation for ASD Closure

Performing detailed hemodynamic evaluation of secundum atrial septal defects using current imaging modalities and closure devices.

By Yolandee Bell-Cheddar, MD, and Zahid Amin, MD, FAAP, FSCAI, FACC

Innovations

A preview of today's new products

An Interview With Martyn Thomas, MD

An expert on valvular repair discusses the current state of FDA approval for TAVI, valvular replacement devices, and why he finds interventional cardiology to be such an exciting field to work in.