Based on what readers clicked on throughout 2011 on DIcardiology.com, following is a list of the top 25 most popular stories.
1. Door-to-Balloon Times: 60 Minutes or Less
2. Costs vs. Benefits: Comparing 64-Slice to 256-, 320-Slice CT
3. FDA Clears Carotid Stenting for use in Standard-Surgical Risk Patients
4. Sealing the Access Site: Closure Devices, Hemostasis Patches Get Patientson Their Feet Faster
5. SCIPIO Trial Shows Cardiac Stem Cell Benefits for Heart Failure Patients
6. FDA Panel Recommends Approval of Transcatheter Aortic Valve
7. How to Plan for a Hybrid OR
8. Treating Hypertension With Renal Nerve Ablation
9. The Advantages and Disadvantages of OCT vs. IVUS
10. Choosing Tools for Transradial Procedures
11. Planning for a Hybrid Suite
12. TAVI ROI Will Come From Surgical Referrals, Not TAVI
13. Patient Satisfaction and Complications of Transradial Catheterization
14. MTWA Warns of Impending Cardiac Arrest
15. Editor's Top Picks for Innovative New Technology at ACC 2011
16. Advances in Cath Lab Imaging Systems
17. Connecting ECG Management Systems
18. New Designs May Ease Bifurcation Stenting
19. Cordis Discontinues Cypher Stent, Halts Development of Nevo Stent
20. Creating a Same-Day Discharge PCI Program Using Transradial
21. Transradial Access Staff Training and Patient Discharge
22. Editor’s Pick of Most Innovative Technology Presented at TCT 2011
23. FDA Approves Sapien Transcatheter Aortic Valve
24. The Next Generation of DES
25. Maquet Datascope Recalls Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps