Lori Vales, MD

Original Contribution

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Use and Outcomes with Current Therapies

03/01/2011

ABSTRACT: Objectives. Our purpose was to describe the contemporary utilization, clinical outcomes and complication rates of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) therapy in this current age. Background. IABP use and outcomes, in the setting of...

ABSTRACT: Objectives. Our...

03/01/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Impact of Iso-Osmolar Contrast Use in Emergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

10/24/2011

Kengo Ayabe , MD;

Justin A. Ratcliffe , MD;

Lori Vales , MD;

Navin Nakra , MD;

Patricia Friedman , MS;

John T. Fox , MD;

Yumiko Kanei , MD;

Abstract: The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was previously reported to be as high as 19%. Iso-osmolar contrast has...

Abstract: The incidence of...

10/24/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Tips and Tricks for Stenting of Bifurcation Coronary Lesions

09/09/2010

Yumiko Kanei , MD;

Lori Vales , MD;

Michael Liou , MD;

Tak W. Kwan , MD, FACC;

Shao-Liang Chen , MD;

ABSTRACT: Although the provisional stenting technique to treat coronary bifurcation lesions is the preferred method, many bifurcation lesions still require a two-stent technique to optimize the result and clinical outcome. This manuscript...

ABSTRACT: Although the...

09/09/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Radial Access Technique

Transradial Measurement of Transvalvular Pressure Gradient in the Setting of Mechanical Aortic and Mitral Valve Prostheses Using a Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Guidewire

01/30/2012

Lori Vales , MD;

Tak W. Kwan , MD, FACC;

Sanjay Cherukuri , MD;

Abstract: Accurate measurement of transvalvular pressure gradients is essential to comprehensively evaluate whether mechanical prosthetic valves are functioning normally. Direct measurements can be technically complicated, traditionally...

Abstract: Accurate measurement...

01/30/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Physiologic Guidance of Infrainguinal Vascular Interventions Using the Pressure Wire

10/01/2015

Arzhang Fallahi , MD;

Cezar S. Staniloae , MD;

Seol YoungHan , MD;

Jan Sloves , RVT;

Lori Vales , MD;

Resting and hyperemic translesional peripheral gradients (RG, HG) are objective tools in defining the hemodynamic significance of an arterial stenosis. Our aim was to assess the relationship between the RG and HG with the functional and...

Resting and hyperemic...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Coronary Artery Occlusion and Myocardial Infarction Caused by Vasospasm within a Myocardial Bridge

04/07/2010

Yumiko Kanei , MD;

Lori Vales , MD;

John T. Fox , MD;

ABSTRACT: Myocardial bridging is a common congenital coronary anomaly that is clinically silent in the majority of cases. Case reports suggest myocardial ischemia and infarction can be caused by myocardial bridging. The proposed mechanisms by...

ABSTRACT: Myocardial bridging is...

04/07/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology