The Art of Radial

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

Pharmacologic Considerations When Switching From Femoral to Radial

Duane Pinto, MD, MPH, shares his insight on how changing from femoral to radial access might affect your pharmacologic choices at your institution.

Radial Artery Use and Reuse

Preserving radial patency after transradial catheterization procedures.

By Sameer Gupta, MD, and Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc

Managing Complications of Transradial Catheterization

How to address challenges that may occur with this outcome-improving access procedure.

By Daniel H. Steinberg, MD

Femoral Access Is Still a Contender

An examination of the data on bleeding complications shows that the femoral access route remains a reasonable choice during PCI.

By Nevin C. Baker, DO, and Ron Waksman, MD

Transradial Access Services

A strategic imperative for high-performing hospital systems.

By Denise Brown and Ginger Biesbrock, PA-C, MPH

Ask the Experts: Is Patent Hemostasis After Radial Access Truly Valuable?

With Ian C. Gilchrist, MD, FSCAI; Kimberly Skelding, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; and Jennifer A. Tremmel, MD, MS

Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Devices Beyond MitraClip

A review of devices in development for the percutaneous treatment of mitral regurgitation.

By Jonathan Marvin Tobis, MD, and Islam Abudayyeh, MD, MPH

Stent Thrombosis Management

How to predict and manage stent thrombosis and the effect of newer-generation DES.

By Donald E. Cutlip, MD

Reaching TAVR's Full Potential by Optimizing Postprocedure Care

Realizing the potential benefits that can be gained when clinical pathways are implemented post-TAVR.

By Christopher U. Meduri, MD, MPH; Vivek Rajagopal, MD; Jim Kauten, MD; Charles Brown IV, BA; David Alexander, PA; Edvin K. Feldt, MD; and Brian J. Potter, MD, MSc

Innovations

A preview of today's new products.

An Interview With James C. Blankenship, MD

The newly inducted President of SCAI discusses what's ahead for the society during the next year, challenges with current health care policy, and why he's an enthusiastic radialist.