Rajbabu Pakala, MD, PhD

Safety of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Alone in Symptomatic Patients with Moderate and Severe Valvular Aortic Stenosis and

08/01/2008

Lowell F. Satler , MD;

Kenneth M. Kent , MD, PhD;

Pramod K. Kuchulakanti , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Daniel A. Canos , MPH;

William O. Suddath , MD;

Ellen E. Pinnow , MS;

Seung-Woon Rha , MD, PhD;

Edouard Cheneau , MD;

Neil J. Weissman , MD;

Rajbabu Pakala , MD, PhD;

Ron Waksman , MD;

Aortic stenosis (AS) is prevalent in 2–7% of the population over 65 years of age.1 Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) coexists in 27–43% of patients with AS.2 Management of CAD in patients with AS poses special problems since...

Aortic stenosis (AS) is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Impact of Continued Hospitalization in Patients Pre-treated with Clopidogrel Prior to Coronary Angiography and Undergoing Corona

08/01/2008

Ron Waksman , MD;

William O. Suddath , MD;

Lowell F. Satler , MD;

Seung-Woon Rha , MD, PhD;

Kenneth M. Kent , MD, PhD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Pramod K. Kuchulakanti , MD;

Edouard Cheneau , MD;

Robert Lew , MD;

Rajbabu Pakala , MD, PhD;

Emmanouil I. Kapetanakis ;

Elizabeth Haile ;

Paul Corso ;

Clopidogrel is an oral antiplatelet agent which selectively and irreversibly inhibits the platelet adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) receptor. Antiplatelet effect is synergistic when administered with aspirin. Dual antiplatelet therapy with...

Clopidogrel is an oral...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

In Vivo Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Neointimal Hyperplasia Within Drug-Eluting- Versus Bare Metal Stents

06/28/2011

Neil J. Weissman , MD;

Kohei Wakabayashi , MD;

Cedric Delhaye , MD;

Ron Waksman , MD;

Yu Jeong Choi , MD;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Joon Hyung Doh , MD, PhD;

Lowell F. Satler , MD;

William O. Suddath , MD;

Itsik Ben-Dor , MD;

Kenneth M. Kent , MD, PhD;

Michael Gaglia Jr., MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Rajbabu Pakala , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Background. The process of in-stent neointimal hyperplasia (NIH) between drug-eluting stents (DES) and bare metal stents (BMS) might be different. We compared in vivo composition of in-stent NIH between DES and BMS using virtual...

ABSTRACT: Background. The...

06/28/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology