Transcatheter Heart Valve Landscape

By Ted E. Feldman, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FESC

Smaller Is Better

A comparison of the Sapien and the Sapien XT transcatheter aortic valve prostheses.

By Prakash Balan, MD, JD; Tom C. Nguyen, MD; and Richard W. Smalling, MD, PhD

MitraClip: Path to Approval and Future Directions

An overview of the key features, clinical use, and potential hurdles for this percutaneous mitral valve repair system.

By Ted E. Feldman, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FESC; Michael H. Salinger, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Justin P. Levisay, MD, FACC, FSCAI; and Carl Tommaso, MD, FACC, MSCAI

CoreValve: Assessing the Clinical Trials

A review of trial patient selection and results, as well as clinical implications.

By Steven J. Yakubov, MD, FACC, and Kyle Feldmann, MD

Structural Heart Disease: How Do I Get Training?

Dedicated training programs are few and lack standardization, but there are other ways to gain experience.

By Jason H. Rogers, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Building a Structural Heart Practice

How the right tools and support can benefit your patients and institution.

By Marie-France Poulin, MD; Hussam Suradi, MD; and Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PhD

Year 1 of the TVT Registry

What have we learned, and where do we go from here?

By Eric L. Sarin, MD; Michael J. Mack, MD; Hanna A. Jensen, MD, PhD; and Vinod H. Thourani, MD

Watchman: What You Need to Know

An in-depth view of the Watchman device with a focus on patient selection and integration into your practice.

By Sameer Gafoor, MD; Luisa Heuer; Jennifer Franke, MD; Markus Reinartz, MD; Stefan Bertog, MD; Laura Vaskelyte, MD; Ilona Hofmann, MD; and Horst Sievert, MD

The Next Era of Pulmonary Embolism Treatment

Burgeoning options for treating this serious disease process using catheter-based techniques.

By Anas H. Safadi, MD, FACC

Mobile Device Apps for Interventional Cardiology

An overview of commonly used and clinically relevant medical apps that you can use to help facilitate and improve patient care.

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

There's an App for That!

An overview of the Valve in Valve app for TAVR and how it was developed.

By Alia Noorani, MRCS, and Vinayak Bapat, FRCS (CTh)

Left Pulmonary Stenting With the Assistance of a Deflectable Guide Catheter

A deflectable guide catheter enables left pulmonary artery stenting in tortuous pulmonary artery anatomy.

By David J. Miller, MD

Innovations

A preview of today's new products.

An Interview With Robert J. Applegate, MD

Dr. Applegate discusses recent CMS designation of the field, as well as access routes, technology, and other important TAVR considerations