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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