Rogério Sarmento-Leite, MD, PhD

Predictive Score for Target Vessel Revascularization after Bare Metal Coronary Stenting

08/01/2008

Carlos A.M. Gottschall , MD, PhD, FSCAI, FIAGS;

Drug-eluting stents (DES) significantly decrease the need for a new target vessel revascularization (TVR) after coronary intervention,1–4 but its widespread use is still limited by cost issues.5,6 DES are currently used in more than 70% of...

Drug-eluting stents (DES)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Determination of the Minimum Inflation Time Necessary for Total Stent Expansion and Apposition: An In Vitro Study

09/09/2008

Marcelo Santos de Freitas , MD;

Carlos A.M. Gottschall , MD, PhD, FSCAI, FIAGS;

Ibsen Suetonio Trindade , MD, PhD;

Rogério Sarmento-Leite , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Objective. Determine minimum inflation time necessary for total stent expansion and apposition. Background. Complete stent expansion is needed to adequately support the increase in artery lumen and to accommodate neointimal growth....

ABSTRACT: Objective. Determine...

09/09/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Validation of a Risk Score for Target Vessel Revascularization after Coronary Stent Implantation

12/04/2009

Thais Modkovski , MD;

Rogério Sarmento-Leite , MD, PhD;

Carlos A.M. Gottschall , MD, PhD, FSCAI, FIAGS;

Alexandre S. Quadros , MD, PhD;

Fabiane Diemer , RN;

Dulce Welter , RN;

ABSTRACT: Objective. Our aim was to validate a risk score for new target vessel revascularization (TVR) after bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation. Methods. The risk score was developed in a cohort of patients previously treated with BMS at...

ABSTRACT: Objective. Our aim was...

12/04/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology