Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT

Treating Patients with Complex Vascular Disease with a Multi-Disciplinary Approach

06/19/2008

Dr. Charles Dotter performed the first-ever percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in 1964.1 Since the first transluminal angioplasty, the numbers of interventional procedures performed have exploded worldwide. Initial percutaneous vascular...

Dr. Charles Dotter performed the...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Treating Patients with Complex Vascular Disease with a Multi-Disciplinary Approach

06/19/2008

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Aravinda Nanjundappa , MD, RVT, MBA;

Steven Powell , MD;

Dr. Charles Dotter performed the...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Commentary

Vascular Closure Devices: Have We Caught the Right FISH?

08/01/2008

Dominique Joyal , MD;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

The introduction of vascular closure devices (VCDs) in the mid-1990s has truly made a difference for the interventional cardiologist. Despite a multitude of studies showing either decreased, increased or similar rates of vascular...

The introduction of vascular...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Influence of Low (81 mg) versus High (325 mg) Doses of
ASA on the Incidence of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Thrombosis

08/01/2008

Jeffrey H. Freihage , MD;

Michael Tempelhof , MD;

Bruce E. Lewis , MD;

Dinesh Arab , MD;

Lowell H. Steen , MD;

Ferdinand Leya , MD;

Kevin P. Cohoon , MD;

Dominique Joyal , MD;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Conflicting opinions exist regarding the optimal dose of acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) to be given after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES). The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic...

Conflicting opinions exist...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Carotid Artery Stenting ‚Äî
Level the Playing Field?

08/01/2008

Ali Morshedi-Meibodi , MD;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Aravinda Nanjundappa , MD, RVT, MBA;

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has variably fallen in and out of favor. Some have argued that CAS should be reserved for those patients who are at highest risk, not only for endartectomy (CEA), but if only treated medically. Unfortunately,...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

COMMENTARY: Is the ‚ÄúBioabsorbable Stent‚Äù an Answer for Late Stent Thrombosis?

08/01/2008

Sangeeta Mandapaka , MD;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Aravinda Nanjundappa , MD, RVT, MBA;

Acute coronary syndrome is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States, and afflicts 879,000 Americans each year.1 Percutaneous treatment of acute coronary syndrome is a well-accepted remedy for relief of...

Acute coronary syndrome is one...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Percutaneous Revascularization of Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusion ‚Äî Which Patients, Why, and How?

08/01/2008

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Aravinda Nanjundappa , MD, RVT, MBA;

Recanalization of peripheral arterial total occlusion in lower extremities plays a pivotal role to improve claudication symptoms and limb salvage. Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalization has recently gathered controversy with...

Recanalization of peripheral...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Clinical Experience with Rotational Atherectomy in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

08/01/2008

Bruce E. Lewis , MD;

Lowell H. Steen , MD;

Ferdinand Leya , MD;

Ravi K. Ramana , DO;

Dominique Joyal , MD;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Dinesh Arab , MD;

Over the past decade there have been tremendous advancements in the technique and procedural success rates in the field of interventional cardiology. Many of these advancements have addressed percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) on...

Over the past decade there have...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

COMMENTARY: Can Distal Embolic Protection Yield Better Results in Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment?

08/01/2008

Proddutur Raghuveer Reddy , MD;

Aravinda Nanjundappa , MD, RVT, MBA;

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Distal embolic protection devices (DEPD) were developed from the necessity of protecting against macroparticle embolization. These devices are routinely used in saphenous vein graft (SVG) interventions and carotid artery stenting, and have...

Distal embolic protection...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Outcomes of Plaque Debulking with Rotational Atherectomy in Side-Branch Ostial Lesions to Treat (see full title below)

11/06/2009

Robert S. Dieter , MD, RVT;

Hiroki Ito , MD, MS;

Sheri Piel , MD;

Pranab Das , MD;

Vikram Chhokar , MD;

Ghazanfar Khadim , MD;

Robert Nierzwicki , MD;

Alexis Williams , MD;

Fred Leya , MD;

TITLE: Long-Term Outcomes of Plaque Debulking with Rotational Atherectomy in Side-Branch Ostial Lesions to Treat Bifurcation Coronary Disease ABSTRACT: Background. The prognosis after rotational atherectomy of a side-branch ostium to treat...

TITLE: Long-Term Outcomes of...

11/06/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology