Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results in >19 million deaths annually, and coronary
heart disease accounts for the majority of this toll. Despite major advances in treatment of …

The committee consisted of acknowledged experts in IVUS representing the ACC (10 members)
and the European Society of Cardiology (2 members). Both the academic and private …

Identifying biomarkers for major depression is of high importance for improving diagnosis
and treatment of this common and debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder, as the field seeks to …

Background Preliminary reports of studies involving simple coronary lesions indicate that a
sirolimus-eluting stent significantly reduces the risk of restenosis after percutaneous coronary …

A potentially powerful information processing strategy in the brain is to take advantage of
the temporal structure of neuronal spike trains. An increase in synchrony within the neural …

Background— This study evaluated a large group of patients enrolled in a double-blind
randomized trial of the sirolimus-eluting stent to document whether the initial clinical …

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic plaque fracture and dissection of the arterial wall are frequent
concomitants of the balloon angioplasty process. The composition and morphology of …

Background— A relatively simple, invasive method for quantitatively assessing the status of
the coronary microcirculation independent of the epicardial artery is lacking. Methods and …

… Dr Fitzgerald reported serving as a consultant for Abbott Vascular. Dr Mahaffey reported
receiving research grants, consultancy fees, and speakers honoraria from Amgen, Bayer, Daiichi…

Background—Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can assess stent geometry more accurately
than angiography. Several studies have demonstrated that the degree of stent expansion as …