Elad I. Levy, MD

Case Report

Cutting Balloon to Treat Carotid In-Stent Stenosis: Technical Note

08/01/2008

Bernard R. Bendok , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Alan S. Boulos , MD;

Elad I. Levy , MD;

Thos Limpijankit , MD;

Adnan I. Qureshi , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

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

Key words: angioplasty, carotid stent, cutting balloon, in-stent stenosis Carotid angioplasty with stenting for atherosclerotic stenosis is currently under examination in numerous trials as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and...

Key words: angioplasty, carotid...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Restenosis Rates following Vertebral Artery Origin Stenting: Does Stent Type Make a Difference?

03/03/2010

Elad I. Levy , MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Christopher S. Ogilvy , MD;

Xinyu Yang , MD, PhD;

Sabareesh K. Natarajan , MD, MS;

Erik F. Hauck , MD, PhD;

Luona Sun , BS ;

Laura Lewis-Mason , MS, ANP-C;

Adnan H. Siddiqui , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Objectives. To compare our experience with sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents (drug-eluting stents [DES]) and non-drug-eluting stents (NDES) for treatment of vertebral artery (VA) origin stenosis and review the literature....

ABSTRACT: Objectives. To compare...

03/03/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Editorial

Should Interventional Cardiologists Treat Ischemic Strokes? A Global Perspective

08/01/2008

Jay U. Howington , MD;

Stanley H. Kim , MD;

Mark R. Harrigan , MD;

Bernard R. Bendok , MD;

Elad I. Levy , MD;

Adnan I. Qureshi , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Michael J. Rinaldi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Need for stroke interventionists. More than 750,000 strokes occur annually in the United States.1,2 Currently, stroke is the third leading cause of death (60.2 deaths per 100,000 population) and the leading cause of severe neurological...

Need for stroke...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

New Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique Moves Lumbar Spinal Fusion to the Cath Lab.

06/19/2008

Elad I. Levy , MD;

The Conventional Approach Among the multiple therapeutic modalities and surgical techniques available to treat spinal conditions such as degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, or spinal fracture, one of the more...

The Conventional Approach Among...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

New Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique Moves Lumbar Spinal Fusion to the Cath Lab.

06/19/2008

Elad I. Levy , MD;

The Conventional Approach Among...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Acute Neuroform Stenting of a Symptomatic Petrous Dissection

08/01/2008

Elad I. Levy , MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Robert D. Ecker , MD;

Only two therapies for acute stroke intervention have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and the Merci retriever (Concentric Medical, Mountainview, California). Many patients...

Only two therapies for acute...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology