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Current Issue: September 2008

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

NEWS
Regulatory Update

Literature Highlights

Industry News

NEW TECHNOLOGY
Reducing Door-to-Balloon Times With Medical Simulation
By Mark A. Turco, MD, FSCAI, FACC, and Amy L. Ketron, RN, BSN

COVER STORY
Xience V (Promus) Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent
By Krishna Sudhir, MD, PhD, FRACP, FACC; David R. Rutledge, Pharm D, FAHA, FCCP; Alena Pechonkina, MD; and Chuck Simonton, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Taxus Clinical Update
By Mark A. Turco, MD, FSCAI, FACC, and Eberhard Grube, MD, FSCAI, FACC

Sirolimus-Eluting Cypher Stent
By Colin M. Barker, MD, and David E. Kandzari, MD

Clinical Trial Update on the Endeavor Stent
By Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Marcos Valerio, BS; and Martin B. Leon, MD

Stent Thrombosis in BMS and DES
By Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD, FACC

Stent Pipeline
By Alexandre Abizaid, MD, PhD; Andre Lima Brito, MD; and J. Ribamar Costa, Jr, MD

FDA INSIGHTS
2008 FDA Guidelines for DES
By Andrew Farb, MD, and Ashley B. Boam, MS

DEPARTMENTS
Innovations

Conference Calendar

An Interview With Jeffrey W. Moses, MD