Stephen R. Ramee, MD

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Questions and Answers (May 15, 2002)

08/01/2008

May 15, 2002 Scott McMahon: Our first question is as follows: Do drug-eluting stents eliminate the need for IIb/IIIa platelet inhibitors and their associated costs which are reimbursed in DRG 516? William O’Neill: Dean, could you comment on...

May 15, 2002 Scott McMahon: Our...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

Bare Metal Stents – RIP?

10/02/2022

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

William M. Suh , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Dean J. Kereiakes , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

For at least a decade, we have been in a drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Almost all studies point to superiority of DES over bare metal stents with regard to restenosis, but past controversies included the incidence of thrombosis and short...

For at least a decade, we have...

10/02/2022

Cath Lab Digest

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Questions and Answers (May 16, 2002)

08/01/2008

Dean J. Kereiakes , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

William W. O'Neill , MD;

Gregory Braden , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

May 16, 2002 Scott McMahon: The first question this evening is as follows: What is your estimate of the aggregate increase or decrease in PCI procedures at one, two and five years following the introduction of drug-eluting stents? William...

May 16, 2002 Scott McMahon: The...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Futility in Patients With STEMI – Do All for All? (Includes Video Discussion)

03/02/2021

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Spencer B. King III, MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Richard Chazal , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

How should we manage the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patient coming to the emergency department (ED) who appears to be so critically ill that further care would be futile?

How should we manage the...

03/02/2021

Cath Lab Digest

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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

Clinical Editor's Corner

Turnover of Cath Lab Staff: Is Complexity to Blame?

04/03/2022

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Andrew Youmans , RN;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Dr. Kern and other expert contributors recently discussed TAVR: Who Should Prep the Device?1 (January 2022), outlining the role of industry representatives compared to cath lab staff. In this article, several contributors cited the staffing...

Dr. Kern and other expert...

04/03/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Outcomes of Unselected Recipients of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents: The Cypher¬Æ Stent U.S. Post-Marketing Surveillance Registry

02/02/2010

Peter C. Block , MD;

Hiram G. Bezerra , MD, PhD;

Emerson C. Perin , MD, PhD;

Marco A. Costa , MD, PhD;

Gary L. Schaer , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Stanley Katz , MD, FACC;

Peter B. Berger , MD;

Eric J. Dippel , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Sidney A. Cohen , MD, PhD;

Mirle A. Kellett , MD;

Suzanne Britto , RN;

ABSTRACT: Objective. To examine the 1-year safety and clinical outcomes associated with the post-marketing early unselected use of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in the United States. Background. The safety and effectiveness of SES has been...

ABSTRACT: Objective. To examine...

02/02/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

TAVR: Who Should Prep the Device? The Role of Industry Representatives’ Participation in the Cath Lab

01/03/2022

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Ramon Quesada , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Susheel K. Kodali , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Amir Kaki , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

William F. Fearon , MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

After years of having the industry clinical support staff prep the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) valves in the lab (without a single adverse event because of faulty prep, to my knowledge) some administrators have now begun to...

After years of having the...

01/03/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: “Contrast Reactions Redux”

07/01/2015

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

James E. Tcheng , MD;

Joseph D. Babb , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

“We have been referred a patient with a recurrent VSD [ventricular septal defect] after surgical closure in the remote past. She has a history of anaphylaxis despite proper premedication for contrast media allergy during her recent cath....

“We have been referred a patient...

07/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Boomer to Zoomer – Transforming to the Post-Pandemic World

07/06/2020

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter C. Block , MD;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

E. Magnus Ohman , MD;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Chet Rihal ;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Michael J. Lim , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...

Like many of my contemporaries,...

07/06/2020

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