Search Results - "Leya, F S"

Intracoronary ultrasound assessment of morphological and functional abnormalities associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy by HEROUX, A. L, SILVERMAN, P, KAO, W. G, JOHNSON, S. A, COSTANZO, M. R, O'SULLIVAN, E. J, JOHNSON, M. R, YOULIAN LIAO, MCKIERNAN, T. L, BALHAN, J. E, LEYA, F. S, MULLEN, G. M

“…The diffuse nature of cardiac allograft vasculopathy makes early detection of the disease by traditional noninvasive methods or coronary angiography difficult…”
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Failure of ancrod in the treatment of heparin-induced arterial thrombosis by Lewis, B E, Leya, F S, Wallis, D, Grassman, E

“…The morbidity and mortality associated with heparin-induced thrombosis remain high despite numerous empirical therapies. Ancrod has been used successfully for…”
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Use of vascular sealing devices (VasoSeal and Perclose) versus assisted manual compression (Femostop) in transcatheter coronary interventions requiring Abciximab (ReoPro) by Chamberlin, Jack R., Lardi, Amy B., McKeever, Louis S., Wang, Ming H., Ramadurai, Govind, Grunenwald, Paul, Towne, William P., Grassman, Eric D., Leya, Fred S., Lewis, Bruce E., Stein, Lowell H.

“…Transcatheter coronary interventions requiring abciximab (ReoPro) are associated with vascular access site complications. Several devices have been developed…”
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Acute procedural results in the treatment of 30 coronary artery bifurcation lesions with a double-wire atherectomy technique for side-branch protection by Lewis, B E, Leya, F S, Johnson, S A, Grassman, E D, McKiernan, T L, Sumida, C W, Killian, D M, Hwang, M, Losurdo, J, Loeb, H S

“…Percutaneous treatment of bifurcation lesions has been consistently shown to be associated with lower acute success rates, higher initial complication rates,…”
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Effect of cardiopulmonary support on regional and global left ventricular function during transient coronary occlusion by Geannopoulos, C J, Leya, F S, Johnson, S A, Scanlon, P J, Euler, D E

“…The ability of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support (CPS) to unload the left ventricle and reduce ischemic dysfunction during transient coronary occlusion…”
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Improved hemodynamic, angiographic and functional results after renal artery stenting by Lewis, B E, Leya, F S, Johnson, S A, Grassman, E D, McKiernan, T L, Mason, J R, Jones, P A, Euler, D E, Scanlon, P J

“…Eighteen patients with severe renal artery atherosclerosis underwent conventional percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) followed immediately by…”
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A comparison of debulking versus dilatation of bifurcation coronary arterial narrowings (from the CAVEAT I trial) by Brener, Sorin J., Leya, Ferdinand S., Apperson-Hansen, Carolyn, Cowley, Michael J., Califf, Robert M., Topol, Eric J.

“…Compared with PTCA, DCA achieved better immediate relief of stenosis in bifurcation narrowings, in selected patients. This improvement in residual stenosis,…”
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Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta--an incidental finding two decades later by Prater, S P, Leya, F S, McKiernan, T L

“…Traumatic rupture of the aorta following blunt trauma is a well described entity. Rupture of the ascending aorta is frequently associated with concomitant…”
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Assessment of outcome of bifurcation lesions and non-bifurcation lesions treated in the CAVEAT trial. CAVEAT investigator group by Lewis, B E, Leya, F S, Johnson, S A, Grassman, E D, Hwang, M, Loeb, H S, Scanlon, P J, Euler, D, Keeler, G, McKiernan, T L

“…Registry data suggests that bifurcation lesions are associated with reduced success during percutaneous revascularization. We studied 1012 CAVEAT patients to…”
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Modified "kissing" atherectomy procedure with dependable protection of side branches by two-wire technique by Leya, F S, Lewis, B E, Sumida, C W, McKiernan, T L, Grassman, E D, Bhatia, S, Killian, D M, Halle, A A, Ward, K A, Johnson, S A

“…We report a new two-wire atherectomy technique for side branch protection. Newer, more resilient wire designs are capable of withstanding cutting forces of the…”
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Successful directional coronary atherectomy in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus by Lewis, B E, Leya, F S, Jones, P, Grassman, E D, Stasior, C, Haryani, V, McKiernan, T L, Johnson, S A, Scanlon, P J

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Examination of common PTCA guide wires used for side branch protection during directional coronary atherectomy of bifurcation lesions performed in vivo and in vitro by Grassman, E D, Leya, F S, Lewis, B E, Johnson, S A, McNulty, J A, Sumida, C W, McKiernan, T L, Killian, D M, Halle, A A, Ward, K A

“…Side branch protection of bifurcation lesions with guide wires treated with directional coronary atherectomy has been performed safely in a small number of…”
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A comparison of debulking versus dilatation of bifurcation coronary arterial narrowings (from the CAVEAT I Trial). Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial-I by Brener, S J, Leya, F S, Apperson-Hansen, C, Cowley, M J, Califf, R M, Topol, E J

“…We compared the effectiveness of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and directional coronary atherectomy for the management of bifurcation coronary…”
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Antiplatelet agents: current drugs and future trends by Messmore, Jr, Harry L, Jeske, Walter P, Wehrmacher, William, Coyne, Erwin, Mobarhan, Sohrab, Cho, Leslie, Leya, Fred S, Moran, John F

“…Antiplatelet drugs in clinical use are discussed in terms of their mechanisms of action and the relevancy of that to the physiology of platelets and the…”
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Thiazolidinediones do not reduce target vessel revascularization in diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention by Cho, Leslie, Lewis, Bruce E, Steen, Lowell H, Leya, Ferdinand S

“…Animal studies have suggested that thiazolidinediones (TZDs) have antirestenotic properties. However, human data are lacking. The goal of this single-center…”
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The Efficacy of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Differentiating Constrictive Pericarditis From Restrictive Cardiomyopathy by Leya, F.S., Arab, D., Joyal, D.

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