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Google medicine
There is no doubt that one of the most profound transformations in medicine is happening right now. It's not a drug or a stent or a new therapy—it's Google. Fifteen years ago, Google set out on a miss...
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The evaluation of creatinine clearance, estimated glomerular filtration rate and serum creatinine in predicting contrast-induced acute kidney injury among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
17 November 2011
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of the study was to compare creatinine clearance (CrCl), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and serum creatinine (SCr) in predicting contrast-induced acute kidn...
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Alina M. Robert,
Jeremiah R. Brown,
Mandeep S. Sidhu,
Vijay S. Ramanath,
James T. DeVries,
John E. Jayne,
Bruce D. Hettleman,
Bruce J. Friedman,
Nathaniel W. Niles,
Aaron V. Kaplan,
David J. Malenka,
John F. Robb,
Craig A. Thompson,
for the Dartmouth Dynamic Registry Investigators
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3-10
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The role of oxidized phospholipids, lipoprotein (a) and biomarkers of oxidized lipoproteins in chronically occluded coronary arteries in sudden cardiac death and following successful percutaneous revascularization
14 November 2011
Abstract: Aims: OxPL are pro-inflammatory and may mediate atherogenesis, thrombosis and endothelial dysfunction. We studied the histological presence and temporal increases in oxidized phospholipids o...
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Paul Fefer,
Sotirios Tsimikas,
Amit Segev,
John Sparkes,
Fumiyuki Otsuma,
Frank Kolodgie,
Renu Virmani,
Joseph Juliano,
Thierry Charron,
Bradley H. Strauss
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11-19
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Antegrade approach for percutaneous interventions of ostial superficial femoral artery: outcomes from a prospective series of diabetic patients presenting with critical limb ischemia
24 November 2011
Abstract: Objectives: This is a prospective evaluation of percutaneous interventions (PTAs) performed by the antegrade femoral approach in diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) and ostia...
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Flavio Airoldi,
Ezio Faglia,
Sergio Losa,
Davide Tavano,
Azeem Latib,
Gaetano Lanza,
Giacomo Clerici
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20-24
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Blood flow to the heart from noncoronary arteries: an intriguing but challenging research field
20 October 2011
Abstract: Introduction: It has been proven that blood supply to the heart can include blood from noncoronary collateral circulation. Whether this network can somehow be augmented to provide an alterna...
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Marco Picichè,
Elie Fadel,
John G. Kingma,
Francois Dagenais,
Justin Robillard,
Denis Simard,
Pierre Voisine
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25-29
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Bridging therapy after recent stent implantation: case report and review of data
24 October 2011
Abstract: For patients requiring surgery within their first year following coronary stent placement, maximizing the prevention of stent thrombosis with antiplatelet therapy while minimizing the risk o...
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Jeffrey D. Wessler,
Fidencio Saldana,
Robert P. Giugliano
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30-38
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Complications of transradial catheterization
24 November 2011
Abstract: Cardiac catheterization via the transradial approach has increased in the United States over the past few years; however, wide-scale adoption still lags in comparison to many international h...
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Vineet K. Dandekar,
Mladen I. Vidovich,
Adhir R. Shroff
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39-50
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Bifurcation stenting: the current state of play
27 January 2011
Coronary bifurcation lesions are encountered in approximately 15% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) . Early experience using balloon angioplasty was discouraging due to complications such ...
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Michael Mahmoudi,
Ron Waksman
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51-57
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Use of the CrossBoss catheter for crossing superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions
08 July 2011
Abstract: The CrossBoss chronic total occlusion catheter has been developed for the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions. We report a novel use of the CrossBoss catheter for the crossing of ...
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Michael Luna,
Subhash Banerjee,
Emmanouil S. Brilakis
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58-61
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Acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest due to coronary artery perforation after mitral valve surgery: successful treatment with a covered stent
19 August 2011
Abstract: We present a case of a gentleman who presented with acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest 6 days after undergoing mitral valve replacement surgery. Immediate coronary angiography re...
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Harshal Sheth,
Rajiv S. Swamy,
Atman P. Shah
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: reversible elevation in microcirculatory resistance
19 August 2011
Abstract: We present a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy and demonstrate an initial elevation of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) that reduced on follow-up evaluation. This corresponded with improveme...
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Jamie Layland,
Robert Whitbourn,
Andrew MacIsaac,
Jithendra Somaratne,
Andrew Wilson
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66-68
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Percutaneous blade and balloon atrioseptostomy as a supplement to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to heart transplantation
08 July 2011
Abstract: In patients with severe ventricular dysfunction, the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) could be insufficient to discharge the left ventricle. The percutaneous blade and balloon atri...
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Ziad Dahdouh,
Vincent Roule,
Thérèse Lognoné,
Rémi Sabatier,
Gilles Grollier
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69-71
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Alcohol septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
08 February 2011
An 80-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease and post cardiac bypass surgery was admitted with increasing shortness of breath and fatigue. Electrocardiogram showed left ventricular ...
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Itsik Ben-Dor,
Gabriel Maluenda,
Zuyue Wang,
Joseph Lindsay,
Lowell F. Satler,
Augusto D. Pichard,
Ron Waksman
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72-74
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