Tom A. Lassar, MD

The Use of Clopidogrel and Pathways of Platelet Function Testing at University Hospitals

09/05/2012

Tell us about the cath labs at University Hospital (UH) Case Medical Center and your satellite facilities.Case Medical Center UH Main has two cath labs and we have just added an eleventh interventionalist.

Tell us about the cath labs at...

09/05/2012

Cath Lab Digest

Platelet Inhibition With the P2Y12 Inhibitor Cangrelor

10/06/2019

Tom A. Lassar , MD;

Think of the P2Y12 receptor as being shaped like a crown. If you drop a ball into the central part of the crown, that is the ADP site of the receptor. Clopidogrel, prasugrel, and cangrelor occupy that central site. Ticagrelor, however, is a...

Think of the P2Y12 receptor as...

10/06/2019

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Anomalies

Stress-Induced NSTEMI Reveals Absent Left Main and Mid Left Anterior Descending Coronary Arteries

07/06/2020

Juan A. Siordia , MD;

Christopher Angus , MD;

Sundeep Shenoy , MD;

Tushar Acharya , MD;

Tom A. Lassar , MD;

Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood. This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered...

Abstract. Left main coronary...

07/06/2020

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New Technique

Novel Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Left Ventricular and Aortic Pressure Gradient in the Era of Langston Catheter Recall: University of Arizona Technique

08/01/2022

Bilaval Javed , MD;

Muhammad Ajmal , MD;

Tom A. Lassar , MD;

We report our experience with the simultaneous measurement of aortic and LV pressures with the use of a Twin-Pass microcatheter (Teleflex), a standard .014-inch angioplasty workhorse wire, and standard 5 or 6 Fr interventional guiding...

We report our experience with...

08/01/2022

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