Donald S. Baim, MD

Boston Scientific Addresses Safety Concerns in Drug-Eluting Stents

06/19/2008

The Impact of DES Since their introduction in 2003, drug-eluting stents (DES) have shown clear and substantial benefits in patients with coronary artery disease. Compared to their predecessors, bare-metal stents (BMS), DES reduce rates of...

The Impact of DES Since their...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

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Boston Scientific Addresses Safety Concerns in Drug-Eluting Stents

06/19/2008

Donald S. Baim , MD;

The Impact of DES Since their...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

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Randomized Trial of a Distal Embolic Protection Device During Percutaneous Intervention of Saphenous Vein Aorto-Coronary Bypass

08/01/2008

Kalon K.L. Ho , MD, MSc;

Martin B. Leon , MD;

Dennis Wahr , MD;

Barry S. George , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Joel Greenberg , MD;

Unsal Kaya , MS;

Richard E. Kuntz , MD, MSc;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Donald E. Cutlip , MD;

Donald S. Baim , MD;

ABSTRACT: Background. Stents provide effective treatment for stenotic saphenous venous aorto-coronary bypass grafts, but their placement carries a 20% incidence of procedure-related complications, which potentially are related to the distal...

ABSTRACT: Background. Stents...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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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

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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

Approaches to Mechanical Coronary Thrombectomy

08/01/2008

Donald S. Baim , MD;

Against an atherosclerotic background of progressive accumulation of mural lipid, the episodic acute exacerbations of coronary artery disease (acute myocardial infarction [MI] and unstable angina) invariably involve the deposition of...

Against an atherosclerotic...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology