• January/February 2010

  Primary PCI for STEMI Techniques and strategies for managing a challenging patient population.

TOP 5 ARTICLES FROM 2010

• Guidelines for STEMI

  Key messages from the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2009 focused update for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

  by Jeffery M. Sparling, MD; Pinak B. Shah, MD; and David O. Williams, MD

• The Transradial Approach

  Does your fellowship training program teach it?

  by Jennifer A. Tremmel, MD, MS

• Radial Access for Primary PCI

  The role of radial artery access in the evolution of percutaneous angioplasty and in minimizing complications.

  by Martial Hamon, MD, and Javed Ehtisham, MD

• PFO Closure to Prevent Stroke

  How the closure of pathological patent foramen ovale may lower the rate of CS.

  by Ryan Ko, MBBS, MRCP, and Michael J. Mullen, MBBS, FRCP, MD

• Fibrinolytic Therapy for STEMI

  The role of this treatment in the era of primary percutaneous intervention.

  by Troy A. Weirick, MD, and H. Vernon Anderson, MD, FACC, FSCAI