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Eric J. Topol, MD

08/01/2008
As compared with balloon angioplasty alone, coronary stent implantation has resulted in improved clinical outcomes and lower clinical restenosis rates.1–3 The latter is not due to less neointimal proliferation, but rather to a larger initial...
As compared with balloon angioplasty alone, coronary stent implantation has resulted in improved clinical outcomes and lower clinical restenosis rates.1–3 The latter is not due to less neointimal proliferation, but rather to a larger initial...
As compared with balloon...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study was designed to assess the feasibility and safety of enoxaparin in combination with glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as part of an early invasive strategy...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study was designed to assess the feasibility and safety of enoxaparin in combination with glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as part of an early invasive strategy...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Obesity affects over 20% of the U.S. population and most countries in the developing world.1,2 It is an independent risk factor for premature coronary artery disease and is associated with an increase in cardiac morbidity and mortality,...
Obesity affects over 20% of the U.S. population and most countries in the developing world.1,2 It is an independent risk factor for premature coronary artery disease and is associated with an increase in cardiac morbidity and mortality,...
Obesity affects over 20% of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Percutaneous carotid artery stenting is increasingly being used for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, particularly in patients who are not candidates for surgical endarterectomy.1–3 In addition, it is currently being investigated as...
Percutaneous carotid artery stenting is increasingly being used for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis, particularly in patients who are not candidates for surgical endarterectomy.1–3 In addition, it is currently being investigated as...
Percutaneous carotid artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
When clopidogrel is added to background aspirin therapy, it reduces the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)1 or percutaneous revascularization.2 The most...
When clopidogrel is added to background aspirin therapy, it reduces the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)1 or percutaneous revascularization.2 The most...
When clopidogrel is added to...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
The timing of, and risk factors for, very early (< 24 hours) major adverse clinical events (death, myocardial infarction [MI], urgent target vessel revascularization [uTVR], and major bleeding) following percutaneous coronary intervention...
The timing of, and risk factors for, very early (< 24 hours) major adverse clinical events (death, myocardial infarction [MI], urgent target vessel revascularization [uTVR], and major bleeding) following percutaneous coronary intervention...
The timing of, and risk factors...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology