Guilherme V. Silva, MD

Original Contribution

Assessing Intermediate Coronary Lesions: Angiographic
Prediction of Lesion Severity on Intravascular Ultrasound

08/01/2008

Marlos R. Fernandes , MD, MSc;

Guilherme V. Silva , MD;

Adriano Caixeta , MD, PhD;

Miguel Rati , MD;

Nelson A. de Sousa e Silva , MD, PhD;

Emerson C. Perin , MD, PhD;

Conventional angiography is the gold standard in clinical practice for diagnosing atherosclerotic compromise of the coronary artery tree. However, coronary angiography has several known limitations, including a lack of correlation between the...

Conventional angiography is the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Serial Assessment of Coronary Artery Healing of a Biodegradable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stent at 1, 2, and 3 Months by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)—The REPAIR Trial

05/01/2023

Fausto Feres , MD, PhD;

Guilherme V. Silva , MD;

Andre Manica , MD;

Rafael A. Meneguz-Moreno , MD, PhD;

J. Ribamar Costa Jr., MD, PhD;

Daniel Chamié , MD, PhD;

Jose Airton Arruda , MD, PhD;

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Amanda G.R.M. Sousa , MD, PhD;

Ricardo A. Costa , MD, PhD;

In this study, the authors assessed the vessel-healing pattern of the sirolimus-eluting Inspiron DES using serial optical coherence tomography, assuming that this thin-strut, biodegradable-polymer DES promotes a faster healing.

In this study, the authors...

05/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology