Renu Virmani, MD, PhD

Pilot Study of Oral Rapamycin to Prevent Restenosis in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Therapy: Argentina Single-Center Study

08/01/2008

Miguel Russo , MD;

John A. Ambrose , MD;

Claudio Llaurado , BS;

Carlos Fernandez-Pereira , MD;

Alfredo E. Rodriguez , MD, PhD;

Renu Virmani , MD, PhD;

Maximo Rodriguez Alemparte , MD;

Cesar F. Vigo , MD;

Observational and randomized studies recently showed that sirolimus-coated stents were associated with a lower rate of restenosis than bare stents.1–3 Although the restenosis rate was lower, coated stents have a significantly higher cost than...

Observational and randomized...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

An Embolization Containment Device

08/01/2008

Patrick L. Whitlow , MD;

Stephen N. Oesterle , MD;

Motoya Hayase , MD;

John G. Webb , MD;

Renu Virmani , MD, PhD;

Donald S. Baim , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

ABSTRACT: A coaxial catheter system for containment of distal embolization is described. Utilizing a novel 0.014" hypotube with a distal elastomeric occlusion balloon, the PercuSurge GuardWire functions as a guidewire while trapping distal...

ABSTRACT: A coaxial catheter...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Retrieval and Analysis of Particulate Debris After Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention

08/01/2008

John G. Webb , MD;

Ronald G. Carere , MD;

Renu Virmani , MD, PhD;

Donald S. Baim , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Patrick L. Whitlow , MD;

Colleen McQueen , RN;

Frank D. Kolodgie , PhD;

Elizabeth Buller , RN;

Arthur Dodek , MD;

G.B. John Mancini , MD;

Stephen N. Oesterle , MD;

ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study was designed to evaluate the composition and quantity of particulate debris resulting from vein graft intervention. Background. Distal embolization and “no reflow” are frequent and important complications...

ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Preclinical Evaluation of Second-Generation Everolimus- and Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stents

07/30/2013

Saami K. Yazdani , PhD;

Alexander Sheehy ;

Marc Vorpahl , MD;

Masataka Nakano , MD;

Fumiyuki Otsuka , MD, PhD;

Gaku Nakazawa , MD;

Charles A. Simonton III, MD;

Rosy S. Donn ;

Laura E. Perkins , DVM, PhD;

Renu Virmani , MD, PhD;

Frank D. Kolodgie , PhD;

Second-generation DES have alleviated the safety concerns of late stent thrombosis by addressing issues of polymer biocompatibility, stent design and optimizing drug loads and release kinetics. This study was designed to evaluate the...

Second-generation DES have...

07/30/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Impact of Repositioning During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Embolized Debris

08/14/2019

Julia Seeger , MD;

Jochen Wohrle , MD;

Maria Romero , MD;

Carolin Schuh ;

Renu Virmani , MD, PhD;

We studied the impact of valve repositioning during TAVR on number and area of captured debris in cerebral embolic protection devices.