January/February 2008

Chief Medical Editor's Page
Ted E. Feldman, MD

NEWS
Regulatory Update

Industry News

Literature Highlights

Society Coverage

PEDIATRICS
Transcatheter Closure of ASDs
By Ralf J. Holzer, MD, MSc, and John P. Cheatham, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI

TIPS & TRICKS
Technique for Crossing a Patent Foramen Ovale
By Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI; Benjamin Tyrrell, MD, FRCP(C); and Mark Reisman, MD, FSCAI

COVER STORY
Prediction of Risk and Complications
By David R. Holmes, Jr, MD, and Mandeep Singh, MD

Interventional Management of Femoral Vascular Complications
By Robert J. Applegate, MD

Optimal Femoral Access Prevents Complications
By Zoltan G. Turi, MD

Radial Complications: Rare But Critical
By Ian C. Gilchrist, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Current Approach to Slow Flow and No-Reflow
By Sandhir Prasad, MBBS, FRACP, and Ian T. Meredith, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FACC, FSCAI

Contrast Selection in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab
By C. Bradley Jones, MD, and Joseph D. Babb, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Pharmacologic Agents for Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
By Eugenia Nikolsky, MD, PhD, and Roxana Mehran, MD

Thrombocytopenia in PCI Patients
By Michael W. Tempelhof, MD, and Sunil V. Rao, MD

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With Robert S. Schwartz, MD