Publications


CRF has a long history of landmark publications, spanning clinical and preclinical subjects in both abstracts and manuscripts. The papers and presentations serve to educate the physician, research, and regulatory communities on clinical outcomes, the viability of models and their translation to the clinical experience, essential to the advancement of the field


2017
Vesga B, Hernandez H, Moncada M, Gasior P, Higuera S, Dager A, Arana C, Delgado JA, Généreux P, Maehara A, Granada JF. Three-month evaluation of strut healing using a novel optical coherence tomography analytical method following bioresorbable polymer everolimus-eluting stent implantation in humans: the TIMELESS study. Coron Artery Dis. 2017; 28: 126-134.
2016
Vahl TP, Gasior P, Gongora CA, Ramzipoor K, Lee C, Cheng Y, McGregor J, Shibuya M, Estrada EA, Conditt GB, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Four-year polymer biocompatibility and vascular healing profile of a novel ultrahigh molecular weight amorphous PLLA bioresorbable vascular scaffold: an OCT study in healthy porcine coronary arteries. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12: 1510-1518.

Cheng Y, Gasior P, Shibuya M, Ramzipoor K, Lee C, Estrada EA, Dokko D, McGregor JC, Conditt GB, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Comparative Characterization of Biomechanical Behavior and Healing Profile of a Novel Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Amorphous Poly-l-Lactic Acid Sirolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Oct;9(10). pii: e004253.

Cheng Y, Shibuya M, McGregor J, Conditt GB, Yi GH, Kaluza GL, Gray W, Doshi M, Sojitra P, Granada JF. Biological effect on restenosis and vascular healing of encapsulated paclitaxel nanocrystals delivered via coated balloon technology in the familial hypercholesterolaemic swine model of in-stent restenosis. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12:1164-1173.

Pérez-Medina C, Binderup T, Lobatto ME, Tang J, Calcagno C, Giesen L, Wessel CH, Witjes J, Ishino S, Baxter S, Zhao Y, Ramachandran S, Eldib M, Sánchez-Gaytán BL, Robson PM, Bini J, Granada JF, Fish KM, Stroes ES, Duivenvoorden R, Tsimikas S, Lewis JS, Reiner T, Fuster V, Kjær A, Fisher EA, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ. In Vivo PET Imaging of HDL in Multiple Atherosclerosis Models. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016; 9: 950-61.

Tarantini G, Masiero G, Granada JF, Rapoza RJ. The BVS concept. From the chemical structure to the vascular biology: the bases for a change in interventional cardiology. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2016; 64: 419-41.

Granada JF, Tellez A, Baumbach WR, Bingham B, Keng YF, Wessler J, Conditt G, McGregor J, Stone G, Kaluza GL, Leon MB. In vivo delivery and long-term tissue retention of nano-encapsulated sirolimus using a novel porous balloon angioplasty system. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12: 740-7.

Li Y, Tellez A, Rousselle SD, Dillon KN, Garza JA, Barry C, Granada JF. Biological effect on drug distribution and vascular healing via paclitaxel-coated balloon technology in drug eluting stent restenosis swine model. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016; 88: 89-98.

Vahl TP, Gasior P, Gongora CA, Ramzipoor K, Lee C, Cheng Y, McGregor J, Shibuya M, Estrada EA, Conditt GB, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Four-year polymer biocompatibility and vascular healing profile of a novel ultrahigh molecular weight amorphous PLLA bioresorbable vascular scaffold: an OCT study in healthy porcine coronary arteries. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12: 1510-1518.

Cheng Y, Gasior P, Shibuya M, Ramzipoor K, Lee C, Estrada EA, Dokko D, McGregor JC, Conditt GB, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Comparative Characterization of Biomechanical Behavior and Healing Profile of a Novel Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Amorphous Poly-l-Lactic Acid Sirolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Oct;9(10). pii: e004253.

Cheng Y, Shibuya M, McGregor J, Conditt GB, Yi GH, Kaluza GL, Gray W, Doshi M, Sojitra P, Granada JF. Biological effect on restenosis and vascular healing of encapsulated paclitaxel nanocrystals delivered via coated balloon technology in the familial hypercholesterolaemic swine model of in-stent restenosis. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12:1164-1173.

Pérez-Medina C, Binderup T, Lobatto ME, Tang J, Calcagno C, Giesen L, Wessel CH, Witjes J, Ishino S, Baxter S, Zhao Y, Ramachandran S, Eldib M, Sánchez-Gaytán BL, Robson PM, Bini J, Granada JF, Fish KM, Stroes ES, Duivenvoorden R, Tsimikas S, Lewis JS, Reiner T, Fuster V, Kjær A, Fisher EA, Fayad ZA, Mulder WJ. In Vivo PET Imaging of HDL in Multiple Atherosclerosis Models. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016; 9: 950-61.

Tarantini G, Masiero G, Granada JF, Rapoza RJ. The BVS concept. From the chemical structure to the vascular biology: the bases for a change in interventional cardiology. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2016; 64: 419-41.

Granada JF, Tellez A, Baumbach WR, Bingham B, Keng YF, Wessler J, Conditt G, McGregor J, Stone G, Kaluza GL, Leon MB. In vivo delivery and long-term tissue retention of nano-encapsulated sirolimus using a novel porous balloon angioplasty system. EuroIntervention. 2016; 12: 740-7.

Li Y, Tellez A, Rousselle SD, Dillon KN, Garza JA, Barry C, Granada JF. Biological effect on drug distribution and vascular healing via paclitaxel-coated balloon technology in drug eluting stent restenosis swine model. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016; 88: 89-98.

Cheng Y, Leon MB, Granada JF. An update on the clinical use of drug-coated balloons in percutaneous coronary interventions. Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2016;13: 859-72.

Cortese B, Granada JF, Scheller B, Schneider PA, Tepe G, Scheinert D, Garcia L, Stabile E, Alfonso F, Ansel G, Zeller T. Drug-coated balloon treatment for lower extremity vascular disease intervention: an international positioning document. Eur Heart J. 2016; 37: 1096-103.

Balter S, Simon D, Itkin M, Granada JF, Melman H, Dangas G. Significant radiation reduction in interventional fluoroscopy using a novel eye controlled movable region of interest. Med Phys. 2016; 43: 1531-8.

Cheng Y, Leon MB, Granada JF. An update on the clinical use of drug-coated balloons in percutaneous coronary interventions. Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2016;13: 859-72.

Cortese B, Granada JF, Scheller B, Schneider PA, Tepe G, Scheinert D, Garcia L, Stabile E, Alfonso F, Ansel G, Zeller T. Drug-coated balloon treatment for lower extremity vascular disease intervention: an international positioning document. Eur Heart J. 2016; 37: 1096-103.

Balter S, Simon D, Itkin M, Granada JF, Melman H, Dangas G. Significant radiation reduction in interventional fluoroscopy using a novel eye controlled movable region of interest. Med Phys. 2016; 43: 1531-8.

2015
Stone GW, Granada JF. Very Late Thrombosis After Bioresorbable Scaffolds: Cause for Concern? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Oct 27;66(17):1915-7.

Gongora CA, Shibuya M, Wessler JD, McGregor J, Tellez A, Cheng Y, Conditt GB, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Impact of paclitaxel dose on tissue pharmacokinetics and vascular healing: a comparative drug-coated balloon study in the familial hypercholesterolemic swine model of superficial femoral in-stent restenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015; 8: 1115-23.

Suter MJ, Kashiwagi M, Gallagher KA, Nadkarni SK, Asanani N, Tanaka A, Conditt GB, Tellez A, Milewski K, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Bouma BE, Tearney GJ. Optimizing flushing parameters in intracoronary optical coherence tomography: an in vivo swine study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015; 31: 1097-106.

Cheng Y, Yi GH, Annest LS, Van Bladel K, Brown R, Wechsler A, Shibuya M, Conditt GB, Peppas A, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Early feasibility evaluation of thoracoscopically assisted transcatheter ventricular reconstruction in an experimental model of ischaemic heart failure with left anteroapical aneurysm. EuroIntervention. 2015; 10: 1480-7.

Gongora CA, Shibuya M, Ramzipoor K, Lee C, Cheng Y, McGregor JC, Estrada EA, Granada JF, Kaluza GL. Vessel caging versus vascular restoration in the same artery: long-term vascular remodeling and healing in response to overlapping metal stent and bioresorbable polymer scaffold. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015; 8: 631-2.

Schneider PA, Giasolli R, Ebner A, Virmani R, Grananda JF. Early experimental and clinical experience with a focal implant for lower extremity post-angioplasty dissection. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015; 8: 347-54.
2014
Granada JF, Stenoien M, Buszman PP, Tellez A, Langanki D, Kaluza GL, Leon MB, Gray W, Jaff MR, Schwartz RS. Mechanisms of tissue uptake and retention of paclitaxel-coated balloons: impact on neointimal proliferation and healing. Open Heart. 2014 Aug 6;1(1):e000117. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2014-000117. eCollection 2014.

Tellez A, Dattilo R, Mustapha JA, Gongora CA, Hyon CM, Palmieri T, Rousselle S, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Biological effect of orbital atherectomy and adjunctive paclitaxel-coated balloon therapy on vascular healing and drug retention: early experimental insights into the familial hypercholesterolaemic swine model of femoral artery stenosis. EuroIntervention. 2014; 10: 1002-8.

Tellez A, Afari ME, Buszman PP, Seifert P, Cheng Y, Milewski K, McGregor JC, Garza JA, Roberts MB, Yi GH, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Peri-strut low-intensity areas in optical coherence tomography correlate with peri-strut inflammation and neointimal proliferation: an in-vivo correlation study in the familial hypercholesterolemic coronary swine model of in-stent restenosis. Coron Artery Dis. 2014; 25: 595-601.

Weisz G, Smilowitz NR, Metzger DC, Caputo R, Delgado J, Marshall JJ, Vetrovec G, Reisman M, Waksman R, Pichard A, Granada JF, Moses JW, Carrozza JP. The association between experience and proficiency with robotic-enhanced coronary intervention-insights from the PRECISE multi-center study. Acute Card Care. 2014; 16: 37-40.

Tellez A, Seifert PS, Donskoy E, Sushkova N, Pennington DE, Milewski K, Krueger CG, Kaluza GL, Eppihimer MJ, Huibregtse BA, Dawkins KD, Granada JF. Experimental evaluation of efficacy and healing response of everolimus-eluting stents in the familial hypercholesterolemic swine model: a comparative study of bioabsorbable versus durable polymer stent platforms. Coron Artery Dis. 2014; 25: 198-207.

Aboodi MS, Milewski K, Tellez A, Cheng Y, Yi GH, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Long term impact of balloon post-dilatation on neointimal formation: an experimental comparative study between 2nd generation self-expanding versus balloon-expandable stent technologies. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2014; 83: 397-404.

2013
Cheng Y, Conditt G, Yi G, Tellez A, Corcoran M, Rousselle S, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. First in-vivo evaluation of a flexible self-apposing left atrial appendage closure device in the canine model. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Oct 15. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25255. [Epub ahead of print]

Cheng Y, Aboodi MS, Annest LS, Wechsler AS, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Yi GH. Off-pump epicardial ventricular reconstruction restores left ventricular twist and reverses remodeling in an ovine anteroapical aneurysm model. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Kim JS, Afari ME, Ha J, Tellez A, Milewski K, Conditt G, Cheng Y, Hua Yi G, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Neointimal patterns obtained by optical coherence tomography correlate with specific histological components and neointimal proliferation in a swine model of restenosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Cheng Y, Aboodi MS, Wechsler AS, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Van Bladel K, Annest LS, Yi GH. Epicardial catheter-based ventricular reconstruction: a novel therapy for ischaemic heart failure with anteroapical aneurysm. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Buszman PP, Tellez A, Afari ME, Cheng Y, Conditt GB, McGregor JC, Milewski K, Stenoien M, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Stent healing response following delivery of paclitaxel viadurable polymeric matrix versus iopromide-based balloon coating in the familial hypercholesterolaemic swine model of coronary injury. EuroIntervention. 2013; 9: 510-516.

Buszman PP, Tellez A, Afari ME, Peppas A, Conditt GB, Rousselle SD, McGregor JC, Stenoien M, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Tissue uptake, distribution, and healing response after delivery of paclitaxel via second-generation iopromide-based balloon coating: A comparison with the first-generation technology in the iliofemoral porcine model. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2013; 6: 883-890.

Tellez A, Rousselle S, Palmieri T, Rate WR 4th, Wicks J, Degrange A, Hyon CM, Gongora CA, Hart R, Grundy W, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Renal artery nerve distribution and density in the porcine model: biologic implications for the development of radiofrequency ablation therapies. Transl Res. 2013;Jul 30, doi:pii: S1931-5244(13)00210-7. 10.1016/j.trsl.2013.07.002.

Eppiheimer MJ, Sushkova N, Grimsby JL, Efimova N, Kai W, Larson S, Forsyth B, Huibregtse BA, Dawkins KD, Wilson GJ, Granada JF. Impact of stent surface on thrombogenicity and vascular healing: A comparative analysis of metallic and polymeric surfaces. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jul 30 [Epub ahead of print]

Dardenne A, Fernandez C, Wagner A, Milewski K, Ordanes DR, Mount PA, Cheng Y, Yi GH, Conditt GB, Tellez A, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Feeney WP. Benefits of standardizing the treatment of arrhythmias in the sheep (Ovis aries) model of chronic heart failure after myocardial infarction. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2013; 52 :290-4.

Yi GH, Cheng Y, Aboodi MS, Farnan R, Kar S, Burkhoff D, Farnan G, Granada JF. Safety and feasibility of percutaneous delivery of a novel circulatory assist device (CircuLite® SYNERGY®) in the swine model. EuroIntervention. 2013; Jun 22;9(2):259-68.

Cortese B, Sgueglia GA, Granada JF. Paclitaxel coated balloons, the time for awareness has come. Int J Cardiol 2013; 164: 1-2.

Bahls M, Bidwell CA, Hu J, Tellez A, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Krueger CG, Reed JD, Laughlin MH, Van Alstine WG, Newcomer SC. Gene expression differences during the heterogeneous progression of peripheral atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemic swine. BMC Genomics. 2013; 14: 443.

Weisz G, Metzger DC, Caputo RP, Delgado JA, Marshall JJ, Vetrovec GW, Reisman M, Waksman R, Granada JF, Novack V, Moses JW, Carrozza JP. Safety and feasibility of robotic percutaneous coronary intervention: PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotically-Enhanced Coronary Intervention) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013; 61: 1596-1600.

Cheng Y, Yi G, Conditt GB, Sheehy A, Kolodgie FD, Tellez A, Polyakov I, Gu A, Aboodi MS, Wallace-Bradley D, Schuster M, Martens T, Itescu S, Kaluza GL, Basu S, Virmani R, Granada JF, Sherman W. Catheter-Based endomyocardial delivery of mesenchymal precursor cells using 3D echo guidance improves cardiac function in a chronic myocardial injury ovine model. Cell Transplant 2013; 22: 2299-309.

2012
Wykrzykowska JJ, Diletti R, Gutierrez-Chico JL, van Geuns RJ, van der Giessen WJ, Ramcharitar S, Duckers HE, Schultz C, de Feyter P, van der Ent M, Regar E, de Jaegere P, Garcia-Garcia HM, Pawar R, Gonzalo N, Ligthart J, de Schepper J, van den Berg N, Milewski K, Granada JF, Serruys PW. Plaque sealing and passivation with a mechanical self-expanding low outward force nitinol vShield device for the treatment of IVUS and OCT-derived thin cap fibroatheromas (TCFAs) in native coronary arteries: report of the pilot study vShield Evaluated at Cardiac hospital in Rotterdam for Investigation and Treatment of TCFA (SECRITT). EuroIntervention. 2012 ;8: 945-54.

Choi JH, Granada JF, Kim JS, Song YB, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Tellez A, Milewski K, Hong MK, Jang Y, Lee SH, Gwon HC. OCT-verified peri-strut low-intensity areas and the extent of neointimal formation after 3 years following stent implantation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012; 5: 1156-1160.

Cheng Y, Yi G, Conditt GB, Sheehy A, Kolodgie FD, Tellez A, Polyakov I, Gu A, Aboodi MS, Wallace-Bradley D, Schuster M, Martens T, Itescu S, Kaluza GL, Basu S, Virmani R, Granada JF, Sherman W. Catheter-based endomyocardial delivery of mesenchymal precursor cells using 3D echo guidance improves cardiac function in a chronic myocardial injury ovine model. Cell Transplant 2012; Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print].

Buszman PP, Granada JF. Renal denervation therapies for refractory hypertension. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2012; 14: 619-25.

Milewski K, Afari ME, Tellez A, Aboodi MS, Kim JS, Cheng Y, Conditt GB, McGregor JC, Yi GH, Stenoien M, Langanki D, Kruger CG, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Evaluation of efficacy and dose response of different paclitaxel-coated balloon formulations in a novel swine model of iliofemoral in-stent restenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 5: 1081-8.

Fleg JL, Stone GW, Fayad ZA, Granada JF, Hatsukami TS, Kolodgie FD, Ohayon J, Pettigrew R, Sabatine MS, Tearney GJ, Waxman S, Domanski MJ, Srinivas PR, Narula J. Detection of high-risk atherosclerotic plaque: report of the NHLBI Working Group on current status and future directions. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012; 5: 941-55.

Sprague EA, Tio F, Ahmed SH, Granada JF, Bailey SR. Impact of parallel micro-engineered stent grooves on endothelial cell migration, proliferation, and function: an in vivo correlation study of the healing response in the coronary swine model. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 5: 499-507.

Rowley JW, Finn AV, French PA, Jennings LK, Bluestein D, Gross PL, Freedman JE, Steinhubl SR, Zimmerman GA, Becker RC, Dauerman HL, Smyth SS; 2011 Platelet Colloquium Participants. Cardiovascular devices and platelet interactions: understanding the role of injury, flow, and cellular responses. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 5: 296-304.

Aboodi MS, Milewski K, Tellez A, Cheng Y, Yi GH, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Long term impact of balloon post-dilatation on neointimal formation: an experimental comparative study between 2nd generation self-expanding versus balloon-expandable stent technologies. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; Apr 18. doi: 10.1002/ccd.24452. [Epub ahead of print].

Cremers B, Milewski K, Clever YP, Aboodi MS, Biedermann M, Thim T, Kelsch B, Kaluza GL, Scheller B, Granada JF. Long-term effects on vascular healing of bare metal stents delivered via paclitaxel coated balloons in the porcine model of restenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012; 80: 603-10.

Tearney GJ, Regar E, Akasaka T, Adriaenssens T, Barlis P, Bezerra HG, Bouma B, Bruining N, Cho JM, Chowdhary S, Costa MA, de Silva R, Dijkstra J, Di Mario C, Dudek D, Falk E, Feldman MD, Fitzgerald P, Garcia-Garcia HM, Gonzalo N, Granada JF, Guagliumi G, Holm NR, Honda Y, Ikeno F, Kawasaki M, Kochman J, Koltowski L, Kubo T, Kume T, Kyono H, Lam CC, Lamouche G, Lee DP, Leon MB, Maehara A, Manfrini O, Mintz GS, Mizuno K, Morel MA, Nadkarni S, Okura H, Otake H, Pietrasik A, Prati F, Räber L, Radu MD, Rieber J, Riga M, Rollins A, Rosenberg M, Sirbu V, Serruys PW, Shimada K, Shinke T, Shite J, Siegel E, Sonoda S, Suter M, Takarada S, Tanaka A, Terashima M, Thim T, Uemura S, Ughi GJ, van Beusekom HM, van der Steen AF, van Es GA, van Soest G, Virmani R, Waxman S, Weissman NJ, Weisz G; International Working Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IWG-IVOCT). Consensus standards for acquisition, measurement, and reporting of intravascular optical coherence tomography studies: a report from the International Working Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Standardization and Validation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 59: 1058-72.

Strandberg E, Zeltinger J, Schulz DG, Kaluza GL. Late positive remodeling and late lumen gain contribute to vascular restoration by a non-drug eluting bioresorbable scaffold: a four-year intravascular ultrasound study in normal porcine coronary arteries. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012;5: 39-46.

2011
Choi JH, Min JK, Labounty TM, Lin FY, Mendoza DD, Shin DH, Ariaratnam NS, Koduru S, Granada JF, Gerber TC, Oh JK, Gwon HC, Choe YH. Intracoronary transluminal attenuation gradient in coronary CT angiography for determining coronary artery stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011; 4: 1149-57.

Granada JF, Milewski K, Uribe MP, Moncada M, Fernandez A, Blanco G, Kaluza GL, Wykrzykowska JJ, Serruys PW, Stone GW, Delgado JA. First clinical evaluation of a luminal self-expanding shield in patients with intermediate coronary lesions. Eurointervention 2011;7: 780-788.

Granada JF, Milewski K, Zhao H, Stankus JJ, Tellez A, Aboodi MS, Kaluza GL, Krueger CG, Virmani R, Schwartz LB, Nikanorov A. Vascular response to zotarolimus coated balloons in injured superficial femoral arteries of the familial hypercholesterolemic swine. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2011; 4: 447-455.

Kim JS, Wallace-Bradley D, Alviar CL, Milewski K, Afari M, Cheng Y, Gallego C, Tellez A, Stone GW, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Correlation of angiographic late loss with neointimal proliferation in stents evaluated by optical coherence tomography and histology in porcine coronary arteries. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011;4;1002-1010.

Tellez A, Schuster DS, Alviar C, Lopez-Berenstein G, Sanguino A, Ballantyne C, Dai Perrard XY, Schulz DG, Rousselle S, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Intramural coronary lipid injection induces atheromatous lesions expressing pro-inflammatory chemokines: implications for the development of a porcine model of atherosclerosis. Cardiovac Revasc Med. 2011;12:304-311.

Carpenter JP, Carpenter JT, Tellez A, Webb JG, Yi GH, Granada JF. A percutaneous aortic device for cerebral embolic protection during cardiovascular intervention. J Vasc Surg. 2011; 54: 174-181.

Milewski K, Tellez A, Aboodi MS, Conditt GB, Yi GH, Thim T, Stenoien M, McGregor JC, Gray WA, Virmani R, Granada JF, Kaluza GL. Paclitaxel-Iopromide coated balloon followed by "bail-out" bare metal stent in porcine iliofemoral arteries – first report on biological effects in peripheral circulation. Eurointervention. 2011;7:362-368.

Bahls M, Bidwell CA, Hu J, Krueger CG, Reed JD, Tellez A, Kaluza GL, Granada JF, Van Alstine WG, Newcomer SC. Gene expression differences in healthy brachial and femoral arteries of Rapacz familial hypercholesterolemic swine. Physiol Genomics. 2011;43:781-788.

Granada JF, Delgado JA, Uribe MP, Fernandez A, Blanco G, Leon MB, Weisz G. First-in-human evaluation of a novel robotic-assisted coronary angioplasty system. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011; 4: 460-5.

Granada JF, Moses JW. Assessing the durability of durable stent polymers: will they pass the test of time? J Interv Cardiol. 2011 Apr;24(2):162-4.
2010
Tellez A, Krueger CG, Seifert P, Winsor-Hines D, Piedrahita C, Cheng Y, Milewski K, Aboodi MS, Yi GH, McGregor JC, Crenshaw T, Reed JD, Huibregtse B, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Coronary bare metal stent implantation in homozygous LDL receptor deficient swine induces a neointimal formation pattern similar to humans. Atherosclerosis. 2010; 213: 518-524.

Schinkel AFL, Kruger C, Tellez A, Granada J, Reed J, Hall A, Zang W, Owens C, Kaluza GL, Staub D, Coll B, ten Cate F, Feinstein S. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for imaging vasa vasorum: comparison with histopathology in a swine model of atherosclerosis. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010, 11: 659-664.

Granada JF, Huibregtse BA, Dawkins KD. New stent design for use in small coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention. Med Devices (Auckl). 2010; 3: 57-66.

Gray WA, Granada JF. Drug-coated balloons for the prevention of vascular restenosis. Circulation. 2010; 121: 2672-80.

Thim T, Hagensen MK, Drouet L, Bal Dit Sollier C, Bonneau M, Granada JF, Nielsen LB, Paaske WP, Bøtker HE, Falk E. Familial hypercholesterolaemic downsized pig with human-like coronary atherosclerosis: a model for preclinical studies. EuroIntervention. 2010; 6: 261-8.

Alviar CL, Tellez A, Wallace-Bradley D, Lopez-Berestein G, Sanguino A, Schulz DG, Builes A, Ballantyne CM, Yang CY, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. Impact of adventitial neovascularization on atherosclerotic plaque composition and vascular remodeling in a porcine model of coronary atherosclerosis. Eurointervention. 2010; 5: 981-988.

Thim T, Hagensen MH, Wallace-Bradley D, Granada JF, Kaluza GL, Drouet L, Paaske WP, Boettker HE, Falk E. Unreliable assessment of necrotic core by VH™ IVUS in porcine coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010, 3:384-391.

Granada JF, Inami S, Aboodi MA, Tellez A, Milewski K, Wallace-Bradley D, Parker S, Rowland S, Nakazawa G, Vorpahl M, Kolodgie FD, Kaluza GL, Leon MB, Virmani R. Development of a novel prohealing stent designed to deliver sirolimus from a biodegradable abluminal matrix. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010, 3: 257-266.

Tellez A, Cheng YP, Yi GH, Conditt G, McGregor J, Flynn A, Ordanes D, Mintz GS, Kaluza GL, Granada JF. In vivo intravascular ultrasound analysis of the absorption rate of the Angio-Seal™ vascular closure device in the porcine femoral artery. Eurointervention. 2010; 5: 731-736.

Murata A, Wallace-Bradley D, Tellez A, Aboodi M, Sheehy A, Coleman L, Perkins L, Nakazawa G, Mintz G, Kaluza GL, Virmani R, Granada JF. Accuracy of optical coherence tomography in the evaluation of vascular healing following drug eluting stent implantation: a histological correlation study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010; 3: 76-84.

Nakazawa G, Granada JF, Alviar CL, Tellez A, Kaluza GL, Yoklavich Guilhermier M, Parker S, Rowland SM, Kolodgie FD, Leon MB, Virmani R. Anti-CD34 antibodies immobilized on the surface of sirolimus eluting stents enhance stent endothelialization. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010; 3: 68-75.
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