June/July 2009

CHIEF MEDICAL EDITOR'S PAGE
Next-Generation DES Technology
Ted E. Feldman, MD, FSCAI

NEWS
Regulatory Update

Industry News

Literature Highlights

Conference Coverage

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Forward-Looking IVUS in Chronic Total Occlusions
By Jason H. Rogers, MD

TECHNIQUES
Rotational Ablation as a Bailout Technique
By David J. James, MD; S. Chiu Wong, MD; and Issam D. Moussa, MD

COVER STORY
The Perfect Drug-Eluting Stent
By Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Dwight Dishmon, MD; Adam Elhaddi, MD; Shadwan Alsafwah, MD; and Santhosh R. Mannem, MD

Nonstent Drug Delivery
By Verghese Mathew, MD, FACC

Metallic Stents Coated With Bioabsorbable Polymers
By Wei Fan; Dave M. Johnson, PhD; and Marc D. Feldman, MD, FACC

Bioabsorbable Stents: The Future Is Near
By Refat Jabara, MD, FACC; Lakshmana Pendyala, MD; Jack Chen, MD, FACC; and Nicolas Chronos, MD, FACC

Drug-Eluting Stents Chart

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY
SPECIAL REPORT: New Treatment for Refractory Angina: Robotic-Assisted TMR
Featuring Geoffrey Answini, MD, and Averel Snyder, MD

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With Lowell Satler, MD