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May/June 2008

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

NEWS
Regulatory Update

Industry News

Conference Coverage

Literature Highlights

TECHNIQUES
Conquering the Last Frontier of Interventional Cardiology
By Rajesh M. Dave, MD, FACC, FSCAI

TIPS & TRICKS
Technique for Crossing and Covering the Carina of a Bifurcation Coronary Artery Lesion
By David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI

COVER STORY
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: An update on the current state of the CoreValve device.
By Eberhard Grube, MD, and Dinesh Nair, MD

Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement: An update on the current state of the Sapien percutaneous aortic valve.
By Augusto Pichard, MD, and Lowell Satler, MD

Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
By S. Chris Malaisrie, MD, and Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

Mitral Valve Repair Using the MitraClip: From Concept to Reality
By Saibal Kar, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI; and Frederick St. Goar, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Coronary Sinus and Direct Annuloplasty Approaches for Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
By Alec Vahanian, MD

Current PFO and Migraine Trials
By Brian Whisenant, MD

Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Cryptogenic Stroke
By HoHai Van, MD, and Jonathan Tobis, MD

Percutaneous Treatment for FMR: A Ventricular Approach
By Wes R. Pedersen, MD, and Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI

Dynamic Imaging for Structural Heart Disease Interventions
By John D. Carroll, MD

Atrial Transseptal Puncture Techniques
By T.R.D. Shaw, MD, FRCP, FESC

Occluder Device and Trials Chart

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With Frank T. Bunch, MD