L. Nelson Hopkins, MD

The Mo.Ma® Ultra Proximal Cerebral Protection Device: An Effective New Tool

03/04/2010

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Gary M. Ansel , MD, FACC;

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03/04/2010

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Acute Neuroform Stenting of a Symptomatic Petrous Dissection

08/01/2008

Elad I. Levy , MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Robert D. Ecker , MD;

Only two therapies for acute stroke intervention have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and the Merci retriever (Concentric Medical, Mountainview, California). Many patients...

Only two therapies for acute...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Cutting Balloon to Treat Carotid In-Stent Stenosis: Technical Note

08/01/2008

Bernard R. Bendok , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Alan S. Boulos , MD;

Elad I. Levy , MD;

Thos Limpijankit , MD;

Adnan I. Qureshi , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Barry T. Katzen , MD, FACC, FACR, FSIR;

Key words: angioplasty, carotid stent, cutting balloon, in-stent stenosis Carotid angioplasty with stenting for atherosclerotic stenosis is currently under examination in numerous trials as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and...

Key words: angioplasty, carotid...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Perforation of External Carotid Artery Branch Arteries during Endoluminal Carotid Revascularization Procedures: Consequences and

08/01/2008

Robert D. Ecker , MD;

Charles A. Guidot , MD;

Ricardo A. Hanel , MD;

J. Christopher Wehman , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

Eric Sauvageau , MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Over 12,000 carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) procedures have been performed worldwide.1 More than 130,000 carotid endarterectomies (CEA) are performed annually in the United States.2 The FDA has already approved CAS with distal...

Over 12,000 carotid angioplasty...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Restenosis Rates following Vertebral Artery Origin Stenting: Does Stent Type Make a Difference?

03/03/2010

Elad I. Levy , MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Christopher S. Ogilvy , MD;

Xinyu Yang , MD, PhD;

Sabareesh K. Natarajan , MD, MS;

Erik F. Hauck , MD, PhD;

Luona Sun , BS ;

Laura Lewis-Mason , MS, ANP-C;

Adnan H. Siddiqui , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Objectives. To compare our experience with sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents (drug-eluting stents [DES]) and non-drug-eluting stents (NDES) for treatment of vertebral artery (VA) origin stenosis and review the literature....

ABSTRACT: Objectives. To compare...

03/03/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Meeting Update

VEITHSymposium — The Dawn of a New Era in Ischemic Stroke

02/03/2015

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

I can’t remember seeing anything else in medicine more exciting and impressive than what happens when a patient who is paralyzed on one side and unable to speak with a clot in his middle cerebral artery, within seconds of removing the clot,...

I can’t remember seeing anything...

02/03/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Editorial

Should Interventional Cardiologists Treat Ischemic Strokes? A Global Perspective

08/01/2008

Jay U. Howington , MD;

Stanley H. Kim , MD;

Mark R. Harrigan , MD;

Bernard R. Bendok , MD;

Elad I. Levy , MD;

Adnan I. Qureshi , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Michael J. Rinaldi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Need for stroke interventionists. More than 750,000 strokes occur annually in the United States.1,2 Currently, stroke is the third leading cause of death (60.2 deaths per 100,000 population) and the leading cause of severe neurological...

Need for stroke...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Working Together in the Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

08/01/2008

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

When I think about the way we treat carotid disease, I see a great example of multiple specialties that are not working together. Everybody has something to offer the specialty of carotid stenting, and everybody, in my view, needs to possess...

When I think about the way we...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

The Current State of Stroke and Stroke Treatment

08/01/2008

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

David Holmes really set the stage with his discussion, but let me also summarize what stroke means today. After suffering a major stroke, one-third of patients will recover, one-third will die, and one-third will be wrecked; it’s the latter...

David Holmes really set the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology