Recent Faculty Publications

Brener SJ, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Ayele GM, Stone GW. Pretreatment with aspirin in acute coronary syndromes: Lessons from the ACUITY and HORIZONS-AMI trials. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2015 Dec 31.

Mintz GS. Vulnerable Plaque Detection: When OCT Is Not Enough. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec 30.

Dangas GD, Lefèvre T, Kupatt C, Tchetche D, Schäfer U, Dumonteil N, Webb JG, Colombo A, Windecker S, Ten Berg JM, Hildick-Smith D, Mehran R, Boekstegers P, Linke A, Tron C, Van Belle E, Asgar AW, Fach A, Jeger R, Sardella G, Hink HU, Husser O, Grube E, Deliargyris EN, Lechthaler I, Bernstein D, Wijngaard P, Anthopoulos P, Hengstenberg C; BRAVO-3 Investigators.Bivalirudin Versus Heparin Anticoagulation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Randomized BRAVO-3 Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 29;66(25):2860-8.

Pocock SJ, Clayton TC, Stone GW. Challenging Issues in Clinical Trial Design: Part 4 of a 4-Part Series on Statistics for Clinical Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 29;66(25):2886-98.

Prasad A, Gersh BJ, Mehran R, Brodie BR, Brener SJ, Dizon JM, Lansky AJ, Witzenbichler B, Kornowski R, Guagliumi G, Dudek D, Stone GW. Effect of Ischemia Duration and Door-to-Balloon Time on Myocardial Perfusion in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Analysis From HORIZONS-AMI Trial (Harmonizing Outcomes with Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction). JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 28;8(15):1966-74.

Kirtane AJ, Parikh PB, Stuckey TD, Xu K, Witzenbichler B, Weisz G, Rinaldi MJ, Neumann FJ, Metzger DC, Henry TD, Cox DA, Duffy PL, Brodie BR, Mazzaferri EL Jr, Parvataneni R, Maehara A, Généreux P, Mehran R, Stone GW. Is There an Ideal Level of Platelet P2Y12-Receptor Inhibition in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?: "Window" Analysis From the ADAPT-DES Study (Assessment of Dual AntiPlatelet Therapy With Drug-Eluting Stents). JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 28;8(15):1978-87.

Shivaraju A, Kodali S, Thilo C, Ott I, Schunkert H, von Scheidt W, Leon MB, Kastrati A, Kasel AM. Overexpansion of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve: A Feasibility Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 28;8(15):2041-3.

Min JK. Primum non nocere…. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Dec 24.

Chambers J, Généreux P, Lee A, Lewin J, Young C, Crittendon J, Mann M, Garrison LP. The potential cost-effectiveness of the Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System for treating de novo, severely calcified coronary lesions: an economic modeling approach. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 Dec 23.

Pocock SJ, Clayton TC, Stone GW. Design of Major Randomized Trials: Part 3 of a 4-Part Series on Statistics for Clinical Trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 22;66(24):2757-66.

Webb JG, Doshi D, Mack MJ, Makkar R, Smith CR, Pichard AD, Kodali S, Kapadia S, Miller DC, Babaliaros V, Thourani V, Herrmann HC, Bodenhamer M, Whisenant BK, Ramee S, Maniar H Jr, Kereiakes D, Xu K, Jaber WA, Menon V, Tuzcu EM, Wood D, Svensson LG, Leon MB. A Randomized Evaluation of the SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve System in Patients With Aortic Stenosis Who Are Not Candidates for Surgery. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 21;8(14):1797-806.

Jackson LR 2nd, Ju C, Zettler M, Messenger JC, Cohen DJ, Stone GW, Baker BA, Effron M, Peterson ED, Wang TY. Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Receiving an Oral Anticoagulant and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Comparison of Clopidogrel Versus Prasugrel From the TRANSLATE-ACS Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 21;8(14):1880-9.

Bettinger N, Palmerini T, Caixeta A, Dressler O, Litherland C, Francese DP, Giustino G, Mehran R, Leon MB, Stone GW, Généreux P. Risk stratification of patients undergoing medical therapy after coronary angiography. Eur Heart J. 2015 Dec 18.

Karimi Galougahi K, Zalewski A, Leon MB, Karmpaliotis D, Ali ZA. Optical coherence tomography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in pre-terminal chronic kidney disease with no radio-contrast administration. Eur Heart J. 2015 Dec 18.

Koyama K, Maehara A, Fall KN, Mintz GS, Ali ZA. A case of on-line software-based co-registration of optical coherence tomography and angiography guided percutaneous coronary intervention for a patient with angina pectoris. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 15;201:484-6.

Marwick TH, Min JK. Reply: Living Up to the PROMISE: Is There an Ultimate Winner? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 15;66(23):2684-5.

Cheruvu C, Precious B, Naoum C, Blanke P, Ahmadi A, Soon J, Arepalli C, Gransar H, Achenbach S, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Callister TQ, Al-Mallah MH, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Rubinshtein R, Marquez H, DeLago A, Villines TC, Hadamitzky M, Hausleiter J, Shaw LJ, Kaufmann PA, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, Kim YJ, Maffei E, Raff G, Pontone G, Andreini D, Chang HJ, Min JK, Leipsic J. Long term prognostic utility of coronary CT angiography in patients with no modifiable coronary artery disease risk factors: Results from the 5 year follow-up of the CONFIRM International Multicenter Registry. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 Dec 15.

Kimura T, Kozuma K, Tanabe K, Nakamura S, Yamane M, Muramatsu T, Saito S, Yajima J, Hagiwara N, Mitsudo K, Popma JJ, Serruys PW, Onuma Y, Ying S, Cao S, Staehr P, Cheong WF, Kusano H, Stone GW; ABSORB Japan Investigators. A randomized trial evaluating everolimus-eluting Absorb bioresorbable scaffolds vs. everolimus-eluting metallic stents in patients with coronary artery disease: ABSORB Japan. Eur Heart J. 2015 Dec 14;36(47):3332-42.

Saito S, Maehara A, Yakushiji T, Dohi T, Kobayashi N, Song L, Mintz GS, Ochiai M. Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Findings After Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions Using Drug-Eluting Stents. Am J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 13.

Mastoris I, Dangas GD. Bivalirudin or Heparin treatment during Transcatheter valve interventions: Where are we now? Curr Pharm Des. 2015 Dec 8.

Amat-Santos IJ, Messika-Zeitoun D, Eltchaninoff H, Kapadia S, Lerakis S, Cheema AN, Gutiérrez-Ibanes E, Munoz A, Pan M, Webb JG, Herrmann H, Kodali S, Nombela-Franco L, Tamburino C, Jilaihawi H, Masson JB, Sandoli de Brito F, Cristina Ferreira M, Lima VC, Mangione JA, Iung B, Vahanian A, Durand E, Tuzcu M, Hayek SS, Angulo-Llanos R, Gómez-Doblas JJ, Castillo JC, Dvir D, Leon MB, Garcia E, Cobiella J, Barbanti M, Makkar R, Barbosa Ribeiro H, Urena M, Dumont E, Pibarot P, Lopez J, Roman AS, Rodés-Cabau J. Response to Letters Regarding Article, "Infective Endocarditis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Results From a Large Multicenter Registry". Circulation. 2015 Dec 8;132(23):e372-4.

Heo R, Park HB, Lee BK, Shin S, Arsanjani R, Min JK, Chang HJ. Optimal boundary detection method and window settings for coronary atherosclerotic plaque volume analysis in coronary computed tomography angiography: comparison with intravascular ultrasound. Eur Radiol. 2015 Dec 2.

Wang L, Parodi G, Maehara A, Valenti R, Migliorini A, Vergara R, Carrabba N, Mintz GS, Antoniucci D. Variable underlying morphology of culprit plaques associated with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an optical coherence tomography analysis from the SMART trial. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec;16(12):1381-9.

Brener SJ, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Weisz G, de Bruyne B, Serruys PW, Stone GW. Effect of Prior Aspirin Treatment on Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the PROSPECT Study. J Invasive Cardiol. 2015 Dec;27(12):536-41.

Xu B, Zhang YJ, Sun ZW, Qiao SB, Chen SL, Zhang RY, Pan DR, Pang S, Zhang Q, Xu L, Yang YJ, Leon MB, Gao RL.Comparison of long-term in-stent vascular response between abluminal groove-filled biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent and durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent: 3-year OCT follow-up from the TARGET I trial. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec;31(8):1489-96.

Prasad A, Ortiz-Lopez C, Kaye DM, Byrne M, Nanayakkara S, Ahmed SH, Bailey SR, Mehran R, Sethi S, Banerjee A, Eng M. The use of the AVERT system to limit contrast volume administration during peripheral angiography and intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 1;86(7):1228-33.

Kobayashi N, Maehara A, Brener SJ, Généreux P, Witzenbichler B, Guagliumi G, Peruga JZ, Mehran R, Mintz GS, Stone GW.Usefulness of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Wrapping Around the Left Ventricular Apex to Predict Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Anterior Wall ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Harmonizing Outcomes With Revascularization and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 1;116(11):1658-65.

Shan P, Mintz GS, McPherson JA, De Bruyne B, Farhat NZ, Marso SP, Serruys PW, Stone GW, Maehara A. Usefulness of Coronary Atheroma Burden to Predict Cardiovascular Events in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes (from the PROSPECT Study). Am J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 1;116(11):1672-7.

Gao R, Yang Y, Han Y, Huo Y, Chen J, Yu B, Su X, Li L, Kuo HC, Ying SW, Cheong WF, Zhang Y, Su X, Xu B, Popma JJ, Stone GW; ABSORB China Investigators. Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Versus Metallic Stents in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: ABSORB China Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 1;66(21):2298-309.

Rizik DG, Cannon L, Stone GW, Kennedy M, Piard-Ruster K, Staehr P, Ellis SG, Kereiakes DJ. Systemic Pharmacokinetics of Everolimus Eluted From the Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold: An ABSORB III Substudy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Dec 1;66(21):2467-9.

Danad I, Ó Hartaigh B, Min JK. Dual-energy computed tomography for detection of coronary artery disease. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015 Dec;13(12):1345-56. 

Chandrasekhar J, Mehran R. Poor mobility independently predicts mortality in TAVI: Are we closer to a universal definition for frailty? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 1;86(7):1278-9.

Yu J, Mehran R, Clayton T, Gibson CM, Brodie BR, Witzenbichler B, Lincoff AM, Deliargyris EN, Gersh BJ, Pocock SJ, Stone GW, Dangas GD. Prediction of 1-year mortality and impact of bivalirudin therapy according to level of baseline risk: A patient-level pooled analysis from three randomized trials. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec 1.

Pineda AM, Mihos CG, Singla S, Santana O, Rhodes J 3rd, Sommer RJ, Rihal CS, Beohar N. Percutaneous Closure of Intracardiac Defects in Adults: State of the Art. J Invasive Cardiol. 2015 Dec;27(12):561-72.

Dohi T, Maehara A, Witzenbichler B, Rinaldi MJ, Mazzaferri EL Jr, Duffy PL, Weisz G, Neumann FJ, Henry TD, Cox DA, Stuckey TD, Brodie BR, Litherland C, Brener SJ, Kirtane AJ, Mintz GS, Stone GW. Etiology, Frequency, and Clinical Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction After Successful Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: Two-Year Follow-Up From the ADAPT-DES Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12).

Bittl JA, He Y, Lang CD, Dangas GD. Factors Affecting Bleeding and Stent Thrombosis in Clinical Trials Comparing Bivalirudin With Heparin During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12).

Arnold SV, Spertus JA, Vemulapalli S, Dai D, O'Brien SM, Baron SJ, Kirtane AJ, Mack MJ, Green P, Reynolds MR, Rumsfeld JS, Cohen DJ. Association of Patient-Reported Health Status With Long-Term Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Report From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12).

Wang L, Zheng J, Maehara A, Yang C, Billiar KL, Wu Z, Bach R, Muccigrosso D, Mintz GS, Tang D. Morphological and Stress Vulnerability Indices for Human Coronary Plaques and Their Correlations with Cap Thickness and Lipid Percent: An IVUS-Based Fluid-Structure Interaction Multi-patient Study. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Dec 9;11(12):e1004652.

Hoffmann U, Akers SR, Brown RK, Cummings KW, Cury RC, Greenberg SB, Ho VB, Hsu JY, Min JK, Panchal KK, Stillman AE, Woodard PK, Jacobs JE. ACR Appropriateness Criteria Acute Nonspecific Chest Pain-Low Probability of Coronary Artery Disease. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Dec;12(12 Pt A):1266-71.

Prati F, Romagnoli E, Limbruno U, Pawlowski T, Fedele S, Gatto L, Di Vito L, Pappalardo A, Ramazzotti V, Picchi A, Trivisonno A, Materia L, Pfiatkosky P, Paoletti G, Marco V, Tavazzi L, Versaci F, Stone GW. Randomized evaluation of intralesion versus intracoronary abciximab and aspiration thrombectomy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The COCTAIL II trial.Am Heart J. 2015 Dec;170(6):1116-23.

Chandrasekhar J, Mastoris I, Baber U, Sartori S, Schoos M, Bansilal S, Dangas G, Mehran R. Antithrombotic strategy variability in ATrial fibrillation and obstructive coronary disease revascularized with PCI-rationale and study design of the prospective observational multicenter AVIATOR 2 registry. Am Heart J. 2015 Dec;170(6):1234-42.

Douglas PS, Hahn RT. Echocardiography in Clinical Trials for TAVR: Getting to the Core of the Matter. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec;8(12):1376-8.