1. A much-anticipated FDA reform bill is signed into law: Progress and compromise

   • Steven E. Nissen

   Editor’s Commentary 31 January 2008 Pages: 1 - 2

2. Web alert

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 3 - 4

3. Clinical Trials Report

   • Jesse Weinberger

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 7 - 8

4. Update on antiplatelet agents, including MATCH, CHARISMA, and ESPRIT

   • Maryna Skliut
   • Dara G. Jamieson

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 9 - 16

5. Indications for carotid artery surgery and stent: The role of carotid ultrasound

   • Yong Jae Kim
   • Charles H. Tegler

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 17 - 24

6. Carotid plaque, stroke pathogenesis, and CRP: Treatment of ischemic stroke

   • Jerzy Krupinski
   • Marta M. Turu
   • José Martínez-González

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 25 - 30

7. Aortic occlusion for cerebral ischemia: From theory to practice

   • David S. Liebeskind

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 31 - 36

8. Neuroprotection in cerebral ischemia: Emphasis on the SAINT trial

   • Marcus R. Chacon
   • Matt B. Jensen
   • Justin A. Zivin

   OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 37 - 42

9. Positron emission tomography for perfusion and function

   • Kim A. Williams

   Clinical Trials Report 31 January 2008 Pages: 45 - 45

10. The promise of whole-heart coronary MRI

    • Thomas H. Hauser
    • Warren J. Manning

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 46 - 50

11. Developments in coronary CT angiography

    • Stephan Achenbach

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 51 - 59

12. Epidemiologic guidance with coronary artery calcium scoring

    • Paolo Raggi
    • Leslee J. Shaw

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 60 - 66

13. Assessment of ventricular structure and function with multidetector CT and MRI

    • Christopher T. Sibley
    • Joao A.C. Lima

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 67 - 71

14. Late gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance

    • David Lin
    • Christopher M. Kramer

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2008 Pages: 72 - 78