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Abstract: Psoriasis is a common and significant illness characterized by systemic inflammation. In its mildest form, psoriasis can often be managed with relatively low-cost topical therapies; but for...

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12/14/2015

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Original Contribution

Evaluation of the Safety of Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) Implantation in Patients With Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions: Acute Procedural and Short-Term Clinical Results

10/01/2015

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Huseyin Uyarel , MD;

Aylin Hatice Yamac , MD;

Vasileios F. Panoulas , MD, MRCP, PhD;

Ahmet Tastan , MD;

Ercan Erdogan , MD;

Ibrahim Shah , MD;

Azeem Latib , MD, BCh, MBBCh;

Katsumasa Sato , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

The bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) (Abbott Vascular) provides temporary scaffolding while eluting everolimus. The current study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of BVS implantation in a selected patient cohort (n = 70) with...

The bioresorbable vascular...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Delayed Clopidogrel Transit During Myocardial Infarction Evident on Angiography

04/29/2015

C. Michael Gibson , MS, MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Joanna Ghobrial , MD, MS;

We describe the case of a patient with NSTEMI where oral clopidogrel loading prior to PCI was directly visualized on angiography, implying a very low likelihood of adequate absorption or antiplatelet effect. This observation raises the...

We describe the case of a...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology