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Microemboli and Microvascular Obstruction in Acute Coronary Thrombosis and Sudden Coronary Death Relation to Epicardial Plaque Histopathology.

Schwartz RS, Burke A, Farb A, Kaye D, Lesser JR, Henry TD, Virmani R.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Dec 1;54(23):2167-2173.PMID: 19942088 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Incidence and predictors of drug-eluting stent fracture in human coronary artery a pathologic analysis.

Nakazawa G, Finn AV, Vorpahl M, Ladich E, Kutys R, Balazs I, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Nov 17;54(21):1924-31.PMID: 19909872 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Do we really understand pimecrolimus?

Vorpahl M, Finn AV, Nakano M, Virmani R.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Oct;2(10):1025-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19850265 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Vascular remodeling after coronary stent implantation.

Vorpahl M, Virmani R, Ladich E, Finn AV.

Minerva Cardioangiol. 2009 Oct;57(5):621-8.PMID: 19838152 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Endothelial cell recovery, acute thrombogenicity, and monocyte adhesion and activation on fluorinated copolymer and phosphorylcholine polymer stent coatings.

Chin-Quee SL, Hsu SH, Nguyen-Ehrenreich KL, Tai JT, Abraham GM, Pacetti SD, Chan YF, Nakazawa G, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Ding NN, Coleman LA.

Biomaterials. 2010 Feb;31(4):648-57. Epub 2009 Oct 12.PMID: 19822362 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Relationship of Thrombus Healing to Underlying Plaque Morphology in Sudden Coronary Death.

Kramer MC, Rittersma SZ, de Winter RJ, Ladich ER, Fowler DR, Liang YH, Kutys R, Carter-Monroe N, Kolodgie FD, van der Wal AC, Virmani R.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19818571 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Differential healing after sirolimus, paclitaxel, and bare metal stent placement in combination with peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor gamma agonists: requirement for mTOR/Akt2 in PPARgamma activation.

Finn AV, John M, Nakazawa G, Polavarapu R, Karmali V, Xu X, Cheng Q, Davis T, Raghunathan C, Acampado E, Ezell T, Lajoie S, Eppihimer M, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Gold HK.

Circ Res. 2009 Nov 6;105(10):1003-12. Epub 2009 Sep 24.PMID: 19797172 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A pathobiologic link between risk factors profile and morphological markers of carotid instability.

Mauriello A, Sangiorgi GM, Virmani R, Trimarchi S, Holmes DR Jr, Kolodgie FD, Piepgras DG, Piperno G, Liotti D, Narula J, Righini P, Ippoliti A, Spagnoli LG.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19683236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Correlation Between Carotid Intimal/Medial Thickness and Atherosclerosis. A Point of View From Pathology.

Finn AV, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19679833 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Dual molecular imaging for targeting metalloproteinase activity and apoptosis in atherosclerosis: molecular imaging facilitates understanding of pathogenesis.

Haider N, Hartung D, Fujimoto S, Petrov A, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Ohshima S, Liu H, Zhou J, Fujimoto A, Tahara A, Hofstra L, Narula N, Reutelingsperger C, Narula J.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):753-62. Epub 2009 Aug 7.PMID: 19662466 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Are drug-eluting stents safe?: Definitely! Or probably... possibly? Or maybe not yet....

Nakazawa G, Ladich E, Virmani R.

Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Aug;86(2):127-30. No abstract available. PMID: 19621005 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Correlation of intravascular ultrasound findings with histopathological analysis of thrombus aspirates in patients with very late drug-eluting stent thrombosis.

Cook S, Ladich E, Nakazawa G, Eshtehardi P, Neidhart M, Vogel R, Togni M, Wenaweser P, Billinger M, Seiler C, Gay S, Meier B, Pichler WJ, Jüni P, Virmani R, Windecker S.

Circulation. 2009 Aug 4;120(5):391-9. Epub 2009 Jul 20.PMID: 19620501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A comparison of experimental aneurysm occlusion determination by angiography, scanning electron microscopy, MICROFIL perfusion, and histology.

Cruise GM, Rivera EA, Jones RM, Vestal M, Virmani R, Ding YH, Kallmes DF.

J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Nov;91(2):669-78.PMID: 19582862 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Anatomo-pathological analysis after CoreValve Revalving system implantation.

Noble S, Asgar A, Cartier R, Virmani R, Bonan R.

EuroIntervention. 2009 May;5(1):78-85.PMID: 19577986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of inflammatory response after implantation of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents in porcine coronary arteries.

Wilson GJ, Nakazawa G, Schwartz RS, Huibregtse B, Poff B, Herbst TJ, Baim DS, Virmani R.

Circulation. 2009 Jul 14;120(2):141-9, 1-2. Epub 2009 Jun 29.PMID: 19564562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Computed tomographic angiography characteristics of atherosclerotic plaques subsequently resulting in acute coronary syndrome.

Motoyama S, Sarai M, Harigaya H, Anno H, Inoue K, Hara T, Naruse H, Ishii J, Hishida H, Wong ND, Virmani R, Kondo T, Ozaki Y, Narula J.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 30;54(1):49-57.PMID: 19555840 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pharmacotherapy of coronary atherosclerosis.

Finn AV, Kramer MC, Vorpahl M, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2009 Jul;10(10):1587-603. Review.PMID: 19527187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Drug eluting or bare metal stent for acute myocardial infarction: an issue of safety?

Finn AV, Nakazawa G, Kolodgie F, Virmani R.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Aug;30(15):1828-30. Epub 2009 Jun 10. No abstract available. PMID: 19515688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Late stent expansion and neointimal proliferation of oversized Nitinol stents in peripheral arteries.

Zhao HQ, Nikanorov A, Virmani R, Jones R, Pacheco E, Schwartz LB.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2009 Jul;32(4):720-6. Epub 2009 May 30.PMID: 19484292 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The race to achieve the gold standard in coronary imaging.

Guagliumi G, Virmani R.

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2009 Jun;62(6):599-602. English, Spanish. No abstract available. PMID: 19480754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Temporal course of neointimal formation after drug-eluting stent placement: is our understanding of restenosis changing?

Finn AV, Nakazawa G, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Apr;2(4):300-2. No abstract available. Erratum in: JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Jun;2(6):581. PMID: 19463440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential healing responses in polymer- and nonpolymer-based sirolimus-eluting stents.

John MC, Wessely R, Kastrati A, Schömig A, Joner M, Uchihashi M, Crimins J, Lajoie S, Kolodgie FD, Gold HK, Virmani R, Finn AV.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Oct;1(5):535-44.PMID: 19463356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Milk fat globule protein epidermal growth factor-8: a pivotal relay element within the angiotensin II and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 signaling cascade mediating vascular smooth muscle cells invasion.

Fu Z, Wang M, Gucek M, Zhang J, Wu J, Jiang L, Monticone RE, Khazan B, Telljohann R, Mattison J, Sheng S, Cole RN, Spinetti G, Pintus G, Liu L, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Spurgeon H, Ingram DK, Everett AD, Lakatta EG, Van Eyk JE.

Circ Res. 2009 Jun 19;104(12):1337-46. Epub 2009 May 14.PMID: 19443842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

One step forward and two steps back with drug-eluting-stents: from preventing restenosis to causing late thrombosis and nouveau atherosclerosis.

Nakazawa G, Vorpahl M, Finn AV, Narula J, Virmani R.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 May;2(5):625-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19442951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Thin-walled microvessels in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques show incomplete endothelial junctions relevance of compromised structural integrity for intraplaque microvascular leakage.

Sluimer JC, Kolodgie FD, Bijnens AP, Maxfield K, Pacheco E, Kutys B, Duimel H, Frederik PM, van Hinsbergh VW, Virmani R, Daemen MJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Apr 28;53(17):1517-27.PMID: 19389562 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is the left atrial appendage more than a simple appendage?

Hara H, Virmani R, Holmes DR Jr, Buchbinder M, Lesser JR, Van Tassel RA, Mooney MR, Schwartz RS.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Aug 1;74(2):234-42. Review.PMID: 19360867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of lipid core coronary plaques in autopsy specimens with a novel catheter-based near-infrared spectroscopy system.

Gardner CM, Tan H, Hull EL, Lisauskas JB, Sum ST, Meese TM, Jiang C, Madden SP, Caplan JD, Burke AP, Virmani R, Goldstein J, Muller JE.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Sep;1(5):638-48.PMID: 19356494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does underlying plaque morphology play a role in vessel healing after drug-eluting stent implantation?

Finn AV, Nakazawa G, Ladich E, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jul;1(4):485-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19356471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of exogenous peripheral-blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells or unfractionated bone-marrow-derived cells on neointimal formation and inflammation in cholesterol-fed, balloon-denuded, and radiated iliac arteries of inbred rabbits.

Waksman R, Baffour R, Pakala R, Scheinowitz M, Hellinga D, Seabron R, Chan R, Kolodgie F, Virmani R.

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2009 Apr-Jun;10(2):110-6.PMID: 19327673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical feasibility of molecular imaging of plaque inflammation in atherosclerosis.

Tahara N, Imaizumi T, Virmani R, Narula J.

J Nucl Med. 2009 Mar;50(3):331-4. Epub 2009 Feb 17. Review.PMID: 19223412 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathophysiology of vascular healing and stent mediated arterial injury.

Nakazawa G, Ladich E, Finn AV, Virmani R.

EuroIntervention. 2008 Aug;4 Suppl C:C7-10.PMID: 19202684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Complete versus partial distal embolic protection during renal artery stenting.

Kanjwal K, Haller S, Steffes M, Virmani R, Shapiro JI, Burket MW, Cooper CJ, Colyer WR Jr.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 May 1;73(6):725-30. Erratum in: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Aug 1;74(2):375. PMID: 19198007 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A review of current devices and a look at new technology: drug-eluting stents.

Nakazawa G, Finn AV, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

Expert Rev Med Devices. 2009 Jan;6(1):33-42. Review.PMID: 19105778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Carotid plaque stabilization and progression after stroke or TIA.

Virmani R, Finn AV, Kolodgie FD.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Jan;29(1):3-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19092135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Drug-eluting stent safety: findings from preclinical studies.

Nakazawa G, Finn AV, Ladich E, Ribichini F, Coleman L, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2008 Nov;6(10):1379-91. Review.PMID: 19018691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A farnesyltransferase inhibitor prevents both the onset and late progression of cardiovascular disease in a progeria mouse model.

Capell BC, Olive M, Erdos MR, Cao K, Faddah DA, Tavarez UL, Conneely KN, Qu X, San H, Ganesh SK, Chen X, Avallone H, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R, Nabel EG, Collins FS.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 14;105(41):15902-7. Epub 2008 Oct 6. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Aug 4;106(31):13143. PMID: 18838683 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

PhotoPoint photodynamic therapy promotes stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques and inhibits plaque progression.

Waksman R, McEwan PE, Moore TI, Pakala R, Kolodgie FD, Hellinga DG, Seabron RC, Rychnovsky SJ, Vasek J, Scott RW, Virmani R.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Sep 16;52(12):1024-32.PMID: 18786486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Drug-eluting coronary stent very late thrombosis revisited.

Lanzer P, Sternberg K, Schmitz KP, Kolodgie F, Nakazawa G, Virmani R.

Herz. 2008 Jul;33(5):334-42. Epub 2008 Sep 5. Review.PMID: 18773153 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Delayed arterial healing and increased late stent thrombosis at culprit sites after drug-eluting stent placement for acute myocardial infarction patients: an autopsy study.

Nakazawa G, Finn AV, Joner M, Ladich E, Kutys R, Mont EK, Gold HK, Burke AP, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

Circulation. 2008 Sep 9;118(11):1138-45. Epub 2008 Aug 25.PMID: 18725485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Site-specific targeting of nanoparticle prednisolone reduces in-stent restenosis in a rabbit model of established atheroma.

Joner M, Morimoto K, Kasukawa H, Steigerwald K, Merl S, Nakazawa G, John MC, Finn AV, Acampado E, Kolodgie FD, Gold HK, Virmani R.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Nov;28(11):1960-6. Epub 2008 Aug 7.PMID: 18688017 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Endothelial cell recovery between comparator polymer-based drug-eluting stents.

Joner M, Nakazawa G, Finn AV, Quee SC, Coleman L, Acampado E, Wilson PS, Skorija K, Cheng Q, Xu X, Gold HK, Kolodgie FD, Virmani R.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jul 29;52(5):333-42.PMID: 18652940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Arithmetic of vulnerable plaques for noninvasive imaging.

Narula J, Garg P, Achenbach S, Motoyama S, Virmani R, Strauss HW.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Aug;5 Suppl 2:S2-10. Review.PMID: 18641603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterization of atherosclerosis plaques by measuring both backscattering and attenuation coefficients in optical coherence tomography.

Xu C, Schmitt JM, Carlier SG, Virmani R.

J Biomed Opt. 2008 May-Jun;13(3):034003.PMID: 18601548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A comparative evaluation of arterial blood flow and the healing response after femoral artery closure using angio-seal STS Plus and StarClose in a porcine model.

Sanghi P, Virmani R, Do D, Erikson J, Elliott J, Cilingiroglu M, Matthews H, Kazi M, Ricker R, Bailey SR.

J Interv Cardiol. 2008 Aug;21(4):329-36. Epub 2008 Jun 28.PMID: 18573159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel bioengineered small-caliber vascular graft incorporating heparin and sirolimus: excellent 6-month patency.

Ishii Y, Sakamoto S, Kronengold RT, Virmani R, Rivera EA, Goldman SM, Prechtel EJ, Hill JG, Damiano RJ Jr.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jun;135(6):1237-45; discussion 1245-6. Epub 2008 May 23.PMID: 18544361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Embolic protection and platelet inhibition during renal artery stenting.

Cooper CJ, Haller ST, Colyer W, Steffes M, Burket MW, Thomas WJ, Safian R, Reddy B, Brewster P, Ankenbrandt MA, Virmani R, Dippel E, Rocha-Singh K, Murphy TP, Kennedy DJ, Shapiro JI, D'Agostino RD, Pencina MJ, Khuder S.

Circulation. 2008 May 27;117(21):2752-60. Epub 2008 May 19.PMID: 18490527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pediatric heart tumors.

Burke A, Virmani R.

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2008 Jul-Aug;17(4):193-8. Epub 2008 Mar 4. Review.PMID: 18402818 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Total anomalous origin of the coronary circulation from the right pulmonary artery.

Tavora F, Burke A, Kutys R, Li L, Virmani R.

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2008 Jul-Aug;17(4):246-9. Epub 2007 Jul 5.PMID: 18402792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of intramural thrombus in coronary arteries on the accuracy of tissue characterization by in vivo intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis.

Nasu K, Tsuchikane E, Katoh O, Vince DG, Margolis PM, Virmani R, Surmely JF, Ehara M, Kinoshita Y, Fujita H, Kimura M, Asakura K, Asakura Y, Matsubara T, Terashima M, Suzuki T.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Apr 15;101(8):1079-83. Epub 2008 Feb 11.PMID: 18394436 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evaluation of a novel ventricular support device with defibrillation capabilities in canine and porcine animal models.

Killingsworth CR, Rippy MK, Virmani R, Rollins DL, McGiffin DC, Ideker RE.

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Aug;19(8):851-7. Epub 2008 Mar 26.PMID: 18373602 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles