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Sanjay Patel, MD FACC INTERVIEW WITH DR. SANJAY PATEL: Using the transradial approach has made a major difference in Dr. Patel's Houston-based practice. 2 years ago no one in his hospitals was doing radial procedures; today Dr. Patel runs monthly training courses.
Fausto Feres MD INTERVIEW WITH DR. FAUSTO FERES: A new trial in Brazil is testing whether 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy after therapy with the Endeavor DES may be sufficient. Dr. Feres discusses the OPTIMIZE Trial of 3,200 patiients.
Eric J. Topol MD INTERVIEW WITH DR. ERIC J. TOPOL: The Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, discusses his work in genomic studies of platelet responsiveness and its implications in determining the optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy.
Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC INTERVIEW WITH DR. SUNIL V. RAO: The Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at the Durham (NC) VA Medical Center, author of a landmark study about transradial, discusses the current status of this approach in the U.S. and its growth.
David E. Kandzari, MD INTERVIEW WITH DR. DAVID E. KANDZARI: The Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California shares his thoughts on the current status of drug-eluting stents and the outstanding safety and clinical issues.
Guilio Guagliumi, MD INTERVIEW WITH DR. GUILIO GUAGLIUMI: A leading figure in the use of intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) discusses the fast-moving advances in this field of imaging and how it is impacting the development of new drug-eluting stents.
James K. Min, MD, FACC INTERVIEW WITH DR. JAMES K. MIN: The latest in our "Advances in Imaging" series is an discussion the Director of Cardiac CT at NewYork-Presbeterian Hospital, ranging from how CT fits in with nuclear stress testing, radiation dosage and more.
Nico H.J. Pijls, MD, PhD  INTERVIEW WITH DR. NICO PIJLS: Co-principal investigator for the FAME study discusses how the use of FFR (Fractional Flow Reserve) can make PCI safer and less expensive and yield better outcomes for the patient.
Szilard Voros, MD INTERVIEW WITH DR. SZILARD VOROS: Virtual Histology IVUS allows the cardiologist to see not only the plaque inside the artery, but what the composition of that plaque is. We discuss this new technologywith one of the leading researchers in the field.
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COMMENTARY: DES 'n' DAPT: The OPTIMIZE Trial and Drug-Eluting Stents (Aug 10)
COMMENTARY: The Un-Stent Wars: Call Out the Fractional Flow Reserves (Aug 9)
Medtronic Opens Patient Care Centre in Beijing, China (Aug 8)
Volcano Revenue Up 36% -- Acquisition Announced (Jul 30)
COMMENTARY: Transradial Aims at the SCAI (Jul 21)
SCAI Radial Summit to be held in Boston (Jul 17)
To Stent or Not To Stent: FFR Trumps Angiography for Blockages up to 90% (Jun 23)
Stent Helpers: IVUS, OCT and FFR -- Intravascular Tools At EuroPCR (May 27)
Medtronic CoreValve® System Shows Long-Term Efficacy and Durability in Pivotal Trial (May 26)
Volcano's VIBE™ Vascular Imaging Balloon Catheter Receives CE Mark (May 26)
Transradial Training Course Announced at Duke (May 25)
Medtronic's Resolute Matches Xience V DES at 1 Year (May 25)
Volcano to Introduce New Products at EuroPCR (May 24)
Medtronic's Cardio Devices Featured at EuroPCR (May 20)
Cases Done with Volcano's 2nd Generation OCT (May 20)
"RESCUE" Study: 1st Patient Treated with Medtronic's Valiant® Thoracic Stent Graft (May 19)
New Ideas from Stent Inventor Julio Palmaz (May 16)
NYC's Mt. Sinai: Highest Rated in NYS Angioplasty Report (May 6)
SPIRIT IV Published in NEJM -- XIENCE V vs. TAXUS (May 5)
Volcano to Present at BofA Merrill Lynch Health Care Conf. (May 5)
COMMENTARY: Where Can I Get a Stent or Angioplasty Done Through the Wrist? (May 4)
Volcano Reports 36% Increase in 1st Qtr Revenues (May 3)
COMMENTARY: Stents and Angioplasty from the Wrist: Texas Style (May 2)
COMMENTARY: See One, Score One for Stents (Apr 27)
Volcano Corp Schedules 1st QTR Conf. Call, Webcast (Apr 26)
FDA Approves New Indication for Medtronic Vascular Stent (Apr 21)
COMMENTARY: Heart Attack and Angioplasty: A Public Education Challenge (Apr 17)
VIDEO: Patients Delay Treatment for Heart Attacks Due to Financial Concerns (Apr 17)
NEJM: Stent Grafts vs. Surgery for Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Apr 11)
Angiogram Not Angioplasty for Holbrooke (Apr 10)
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Compares to Surgery (Apr 10)
Lucien Campeau, Transradial Pioneer, Dies at 82 (Apr 1)
Transradial Approach to Angioplasty and Stenting to be Featured at SCAI 2010 Annual Meeting (Mar 30)
Angioplasty from the Wrist: Help for Patients and Physicians (Mar 25)
Heart Attack Treatment Differs For Men and Women (Mar 16)
Stent News from Monday's ACC.10: SORT-OUT III, ISAR-TEST-2 and More (Mar 15)
Endeavor Stent: 5-Year Data Show Safety and Efficacy Advantage (Mar 14)
Transradial Training Sessions at ACC Meeting (Mar 13)
International Study of CoreValve Begun by Medtronic (Mar 13)
Study Announced: Stents vs. Surgery for Left Main (Mar 13)
FDA Alert: Plavix May Be Less Effective in Some Patients with Genetic Variation (Mar 12)
Volcano Integrates FFR with Most Hemodynamic Systems (Mar 12)
COMMENTARY: 3 Months of Plavix Ater Stent: When Less May Be More (Mar 11)
Cardium Signs Agreement for Development of Generx Angiogenic Therapy (Feb 17)
Bill Clinton has Angioplasty, Receives Two Stents (Feb 11)
DES Safe and Effective In-Stent Restenosis (Feb 10)
Volcano's OCT System Gets CE Mark Approval (Jan 5)
TCT Transradial Intervention Seminar Now Online (Dec 5)
Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) Gains in Updated ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines (Nov 25)
PPIs and Plavix -- Confusion Reigns Supreme (Nov 17)
PROSPECT Trial: Volcano's VH® IVUS Identifies Problem Plaques Missed by Angiography (Sep 24)
Two-Year FAME Data Support Use of FFR (Sep 23)
SRO at the TCT Transradial Seminar -- live report (Sep 22)
3-year Endeavor IV DES results favor Medtronic's stent over Taxus -- lower MI and late stent thrombosis. (Sep 21)
COMMENTARY: Drug-Eluting Stents: Looking Ahead (Sep 15)
COMMENTARY: Drug-Eluting Stents: Looking Back (Aug 22)
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