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2013, '"Resistant" In-Stent Restenosis in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era: An Angiographic Description and Outcomes', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162906127&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Dual vs. Triple Antithrombotic Therapy After Coronary Stenting in Patients With Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162903293&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Enhanced Advanced Glycation End Product Receptors are Associated With Plaque Neovascularization and Inflammation in Peripheral Atheroma From Patients With Diabetes Mellitus', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162904002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Macrophage ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter-A1 Protein Expression is Decreased in Human Aortic Atherosclerotic Plaques With Haptoglobin Genotype 2-2', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162904014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Smoking and Plaque Composition in Human Peripheral Arterial Disease: Implications for Disease Progression and Thrombogenicity', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162904020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, '"Resistant" In-Stent Restenosis in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era: An Angiographic Description and Outcomes', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B147 - B148, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329845600477&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Dedicated 2-stent versus 1-Stent Strategy in Diabetic Patients with Complex 'True' Bifurcation Lesion PCI using Everolimus-Eluting Stent', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B129 - B129, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1154
,2013, 'Do Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Sinus Rhythm during PCI Require Triple Therapy? Results from a Multicenter Center Study', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B52 - B53, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.896
,2013, 'Everolimus-Eluting Stent and Dedicated 2-Stent Strategy in Complex 'True' Bifurcation Lesion with Major Side Branch Involvement', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B125 - B125, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1140
,2013, 'Impact of Angiographic Patterns (Focal vs. Diffuse) of Resistant In-stent Restenosis on Clinical Outcomes', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B146 - B146, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1222
,2013, 'Patients with 3-vessel Coronary Artery Disease and Impaired LVEF undergoing PCI with Impella 2.5 Hemodynamic Support Have Improved 90-Day Outcomes Compared to Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump: A Substudy of The PROTECT II Trial', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B137 - B137, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1187
,2013, 'Treatment of "resistant" in-stent restenosis in the drug-eluting era: comparison of repeat stent versus balloon only strategy', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B147 - B147, presented at 25th Annual Symposium on Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), CA, San Francisco, 27 October 2013 - 01 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329845600476&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Impact of vascular closure with the pre-closure technique on adverse events in patients undergoing transfemoral balloon aortic valvuloplasty: results from a single-center registry', in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. 399 - 399, presented at Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology (ESC), NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 31 August 2013 - 04 September 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000327744602365&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Role of Matrix Metallo-proteinases in Atherosclerosis Progression', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, TX, Grapevine, pp. S225 - S225, presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the American-Geriatrics-Society, TX, Grapevine, 03 May 2013 - 05 May 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000317187600649&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF FEMALE GENDER ON MORTALITY BY PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE FOLLOWING PCI: RESULTS FROM A SINGLE-CENTER REGISTRY WITH 15,990 PATIENTS', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. E1739 - E1739, presented at 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American-College-of-Cardiology, CA, San Francisco, 09 March 2013 - 11 March 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(13)61739-8
,2013, 'IMPACT OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY ON OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. E1946 - E1946, presented at 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American-College-of-Cardiology, CA, San Francisco, 09 March 2013 - 11 March 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(13)61946-4
,2013, 'OUTCOMES OF PCI IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING APPROPRIATE VERSUS UNCERTAIN PCI', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. E1185 - E1185, presented at 62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American-College-of-Cardiology, CA, San Francisco, 09 March 2013 - 11 March 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(13)61185-7
,2012, 'Predictors of Vascular complications in patients undergoing Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, FL, Miami, pp. B257 - B257, presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Symposium, FL, Miami, 22 October 2012 - 26 October 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.932
,2012, 'CLINICALLY-BASED PATIENT RISK SCORES AND THE 'TARGET LESION REVASCULARIZATION PARADOX' IN PATIENTS WITH MULTI-VESSEL CAD UNDERGOING PCI', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E76 - E76, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60077-1
,2012, 'COMPARISON OF BLEEDING DEFINITIONS, BARC, GUSTO, TIMI AND VARC IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY: RESULTS FROM A TWO-CENTER REGISTRY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E65 - E65, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60066-7
,2012, 'DOES AGGRESSIVE STATIN THERAPY REDUCE CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE LIPID CONTENT? RESULTS FROM: REDUCTION IN YELLOW PLAQUE BY AGGRESSIVE LIPID LOWERING THERAPY (YELLOW) TRIAL', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E304 - E304, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60305-2
,2012, 'HISTOPATHOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF ADVENTITIAL CUTS PREDICTS RESTENOSIS AFTER DIRECTIONAL ATHERECTOMY OF LOWER EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED, OPEN LABEL, INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED TRIAL COMPARING INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED ATHERECTOMY TO ANGIOGRAPHY GUIDED ATHERECTOMY IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS FOR TASC'S A, B LESIONS (UTOPIA) PILOT STUDY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E2083 - E2083, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)62084-1
,2012, 'PREDICTORS OF MAJOR BLEEDING POST BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY: RESULTS FROM THE BRAVO (EFFECT OF BIVALIRUDIN ON AORTIC VALVE INTERVENTION OUTCOMES) STUDY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E236 - E236, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60237-X
,2012, 'PREDICTORS OF NET ADVERSE CLINICAL EVENTS POST BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY: RESULTS FROM THE BRAVO (EFFECT OF BIVALIRUDIN ON AORTIC VALVE INTERVENTION OUTCOMES) STUDY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, IL, Chicago, pp. E230 - E230, presented at 61st Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology (ACC), IL, Chicago, 24 March 2012 - 27 March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(12)60231-9
,2012, 'Are we ignoring the dilated thoracic aorta?', in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 164 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06493.x
,2012, 'Atrial fibrillation, stroke, and quality of life', in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 140 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06494.x
,2012, 'Cardiovascular defense challenges at the basic, clinical, and population levels', in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06495.x
,2012, 'The links between complex coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease, and degenerative brain disease', in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 99 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06482.x
,2011, 'Frequency and Clinical Impact of Nuisance Bleeding Among Patients Receiving Aspirin and Clopidogrel: Insights from the Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events Trial', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000299738705131&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'Impact of the Everolimus-Eluting Stent on Stent Thrombosis According to Baseline Risk of Study Population', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000299738706364&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'Efficacy and Safety of Bivalirudin Compared to Unfractionated Heparin Among Patients Undergoing Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: a Two-Center Registry', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CA, San Francisco, pp. B217 - B217, presented at 23rd Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Symposium, CA, San Francisco, 07 November 2011 - 11 November 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296891900804&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'Impact of hemoglobin on residual platelet reactivity in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention', in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, pp. 171 - 171, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000208702702068&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'Impact of the everolimus eluting stent on stent thrombosis: a meta-analysis', in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, pp. 409 - 410, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000208702703360&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2011, 'INDEPENDENT AND COMBINED IMPACT OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON PLATELET REACTIVITY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, LA, New Orleans, pp. E1507 - E1507, presented at 60th Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology, LA, New Orleans, 03 April 2011 - 05 April 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(11)61507-6
,2011, 'IS SAME DAY DISCHARGE SAFE IN ELECTIVE PCI? RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY', in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, LA, New Orleans, pp. E1954 - E1954, presented at 60th Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American-College-of-Cardiology, LA, New Orleans, 03 April 2011 - 05 April 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(11)61954-2
,2007, 'The use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in angina patients to stimulate neovascularization: the GAIN I study', in Circulation, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 2669 - 2670, presented at 80th Annual Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, Orlando, Florida, USA, 04 November 2007 - 07 November 2007
,2007, 'The use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in angina patients to stimulate neovascularization: the GAIN I study', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, FL, Orlando, pp. 591 - 592, presented at 80th Annual Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, FL, Orlando, 04 November 2007 - 07 November 2007, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000250394302670&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2006, 'Thrombin generation assay: A new biomarker for monitoring different classes of anticoagulants', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, pp. 775 - 775, presented at 79th Annual Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, IL, Chicago, 12 November 2006 - 15 November 2006, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000241792805109&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2006, 'Recombinant human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and intracoronary CD133 cell infusion in 'no-option' patients with end stage chronic refractory ischemic heart disease', in EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, SPAIN, Barcelona, pp. 278 - 279, presented at 28th Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology/World Congress of Cardiology, SPAIN, Barcelona, 02 September 2006 - 06 September 2006, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000240668401583&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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