Refat Jabara, MD, FACC

Toxic Vessel Reaction to an Absorbable Polymer-Based Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Pig Coronary Arteries

08/01/2008

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have significantly reduced restenosis. One of the most intensely studied agents considered and currently in clinical use for DES-based local delivery is paclitaxel. Efficacy of paclitaxel-loaded, biostable...

Drug-eluting stents (DES) have...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

The Broken Heart Within

11/05/2008

Refat Jabara , MD, FACC;

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

A 50-year-old male, chronic crack-cocaine abuser, presented with angina after a “binge.” He had undergone left anterior descending drug-eluting stent deployment 3 weeks earlier for myocardial infarction and admitted to medication...

A 50-year-old male, chronic...

11/05/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Comparison of the Clinical Characteristics of Apical and Non-Apical Variants of ‚ÄúBroken Heart‚Äù (full title below)

05/04/2009

Nicolas A.F. Chronos , MD;

Spencer B. King III, MD;

Refat Jabara , MD, FACC;

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Lakshmana Pendyala , MD;

Radhika Gadesam , MD;

ABSTRACT: Objectives. The present study was designed to delineate and compare the clinical characteristics of patients with apical and non-apical takotsubo syndrome in a high-volume U.S. hospital. Background. A comparison between apical and...

ABSTRACT: Objectives. The...

05/04/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology