Biswajit Kar, MD

Use of the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
to Support Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary In

08/01/2008

Reynolds Delgado , MD;

Biswajit Kar , MD;

Matthew D. Forrester , BS, MD;

Courtney Gemmato , BS ;

Andrew Civitello , MD;

Pranav Loyalka , MD;

Timothy Myers , BS;

Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the preferred treatment for disease in an unprotected left main coronary artery or left main equivalent, patients with serious comorbid conditions may be unsuitable for surgical intervention....

Although coronary artery bypass...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Recurrent Cardiovascular Events with Paclitaxel-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions: Insights from the SOS (Stenting of Saphenous Vein Grafts) Trial

05/26/2011

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

Donald Haagen , RCIS, MD;

Tayo Addo , MD;

Aristotelis C. Papayannis , MD;

Abdul-Rahman Abdel-Karim , MD;

Bilal Saeed , MD;

Panagiotis Karyofillis , MD;

Biswajit Kar , MD;

Peter B. Berger , MD;

Christopher Lichtenwalter , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Owen Obel , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Joseph K. Bissett , MD;

Rajesh Sachdeva , MD;

Vassilios V. Voudris , MD, PhD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

James Rossen , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Panayotis Fasseas , MD;

James A. de Lemos , MD;

ABSTRACT: The Stenting of Saphenous Vein Grafts (SOS) trial demonstrated a reduction in clinical and angiographic adverse events with paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS) in saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions,...

ABSTRACT: The Stenting of...

05/26/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Paravalvular Regurgitation After TAVR: Time Heals, or Not?

10/01/2015

Biswajit Kar , MD;

Ali E. Denktas , MD;

David Paniagua , MD;

Hani Jneid , MD;

The authors comment on Toggweiler et al’s September 2015 article, which investigated the natural course of paravalvular regurgitation (PAR) with serial TEE measurements. They review the history of PAR, the implications of the Toggweiler...

The authors comment on...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Long-Term Outcomes of Veteran Patients After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

09/01/2021

Riyad Y. Kherallah , MD;

Biswajit Kar , MD;

Lorraine Cornwell , MD;

Alvin Blaustein , MD;

Ourania Preventza , MD;

Ernesto Jimenez , MD;

Ali E. Denktas , MD;

David Paniagua , MD;

Hani Jneid , MD;

Douglas Farmer , MD;

We examined consecutive patients who underwent TAVR at a single Veterans Affairs medical center through 2019. The 189 consecutive patients enrolled (mean age, 76.6 ± 8.4 years) had a median Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) score of 6.0...

We examined consecutive patients...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology