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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
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