Walter Markiewicz, MD

Original Contribution

Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors during Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction

08/01/2008

Michael Kapeliovich , MD;

Shlomo Amikam , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Haim Hammerman , MD;

Mahmoud Sileiman , MD;

Monther Boulus , MD;

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to re-establish normal blood flow in the occluded vessel.1,2 Failure to achieve prompt...

Fibrinolytic therapy for acute...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Impact of GP IIb/IIIa Inhibitors During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

08/01/2008

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Michael Kapeliovich , MD;

Monther Boulos , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Haim Hammerman , MD;

Shahar Lavi , MD, PhD;

Doron Aronson , MD;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

In the last decade, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has emerged as a superior strategy compared to thrombolytic therapy for coronary reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction patients.1–4 It is associated with lower...

In the last decade, primary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of Two Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors, Eptifibatide and Abciximab: Outcomes, Complications and Thrombocyto

08/01/2008

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Haim Hammerman , MD;

Monther Boulus , MD;

Alexander Goldberg , MD;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Doron Aronson , MD;

Mahmoud Suleiman , MD;

Majdi Halabi , MD;

The development of platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors has been a major advance in reducing ischemic complications among a broad spectrum of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1–9 Currently, three...

The development of platelet...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Diabetic Patients: Is Complete Revascularization Important?

08/01/2008

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Ariel Roguin , MD, PhD;

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Chandrashekhar V. Patil , MD;

Michael Kapeliovich , MD;

Sirouch Petcherski , MD;

Monther Boulos , MD;

Shlomo Amikam , MD;

Shai Linn , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Eugenia Nikolsky , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Background. The long-term prognosis of diabetic patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) treated by surgical or percutaneous coronary revascularization is significantly worse as compared to non-diabetics. Lower rates...

ABSTRACT: Background. The...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Traditional Versus Automated Injection Contrast System in Diagnostic and Percutaneous Coronary Interventional Procedures: Comp

08/01/2008

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Shlomo Amikam , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Eugenia Nikolsky , MD, PhD;

Monther Boulus , MD;

Ganeshkumar Anne , MD;

Akiva Huber ;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Contrast-induced nephropathy is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired acute or chronic renal insufficiency in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.1,2 The increasingly frequent use of contrast-enhancing imaging for both diagnosis and...

Contrast-induced nephropathy is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Five-Year Clinical Follow Up after Intracoronary Radiation for the Prevention of In-Stent Restenosis

08/01/2008

Eugenia Nikolsky , MD, PhD;

Arthur Kerner , MD;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Mahmoud Sileiman , MD;

Monther Boulus , MD;

Robert Caiati , MD;

Doron Aronson , MD;

Sirush Petchersky , MD;

Rafael Beyar , MD, DSc, MPH;

Ehud Grenadier , MD;

Walter Markiewicz , MD;

Intracoronary radiation therapy (IRT), utilizing both gamma- and beta-emitting radiation sources, was until recently the only effective method for the prevention of recurrent in-stent restenosis (ISR) and the need for additional...

Intracoronary radiation therapy...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology