Melanie B. Schernthaner, MD

Radial Access Technique

Prospective Comparison of Palpation Versus Ultrasound-Guided Radial Access for Cardiac Catheterization

09/27/2013

Prospective data comparing ultrasound- versus palpation-guided radial catheterization are largely lacking. This study of 183 patients indicates that ultrasound-guided radial access seems to provide no substantial additional benefit over...

Prospective data comparing...

09/27/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Effects of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty on Diastolic Function in Patients With Chronic Occlusion of Lower-Extremity Artery

10/15/2016

Victor N. Becerra , BS;

Juan M. Acuña , MD;

Barry T. Katzen , MD, FACC, FACR, FSIR;

Wonho Kim , MD;

Ramon Quesada , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Melanie B. Schernthaner , MD;

Raul E. Herrera , MD;

Juan-Carlos Zevallos , MD;

We investigated whether successful revascularization of total occlusion of a large lower-extremity artery is associated with improvement of left ventricular diastolic function.

We investigated whether...

10/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology