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Arteriotomy closure devices for cardiovascular procedures: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2010) 1.53

Prediction of long-term mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in older adults: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation (2012) 1.50

Relationship between procedure indications and outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions by American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force Guidelines. Circulation (2005) 1.47

Management of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization. Ann Intern Med (2003) 1.44

Current operator volumes of invasive coronary procedures in Medicare patients: implications for future manpower needs in the catheterization laboratory. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2012) 1.44

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Survival benefit from early revascularization in elderly patients with cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction: a cohort study. J Invasive Cardiol (2009) 1.41

Development of a risk adjustment mortality model using the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR) experience: 1998-2000. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.35

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Report of a new anomaly of the left anterior descending artery: type VI dual LAD. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 1.23

Temporal trends in and factors associated with bleeding complications among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.17

Temporal changes in the use of drug-eluting stents for patients with non-ST-Segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention from 2006 to 2008: results from the can rapid risk stratification of unstable angina patients supress ADverse outcomes with early implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines (CRUSADE) and acute coronary treatment and intervention outcomes network-get with the guidelines (ACTION-GWTG) registries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2009) 1.12

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection following low-intensity blunt chest trauma: a case report and review of current treatment options. J Invasive Cardiol (2002) 1.09

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Incidence and outcomes of no-reflow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention among patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol (2012) 1.09

Acceptance, panic, and partial recovery the pattern of usage of drug-eluting stents after introduction in the U.S. (a report from the American College of Cardiology/National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 1.09

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Patterns and outcomes of drug-eluting coronary stent use in clinical practice. Am Heart J (2006) 1.07

Occupational hazards of interventional cardiologists: prevalence of orthopedic health problems in contemporary practice. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 1.01

Risk-adjusted mortality analysis of percutaneous coronary interventions by American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommendations. Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.99

Coronary artery disease in young adults. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 0.97

Trends in the association between age and in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: National Cardiovascular Data Registry experience. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 0.97

Drug-eluting stent task force: final report and recommendations of the working committees on cost-effectiveness/economics, access to care, and medicolegal issues. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 0.94

Updated risk adjustment mortality model using the complete 1.1 dataset from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR). J Invasive Cardiol (2003) 0.92

Incidence and predictors of stroke associated with percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Cardiol (2009) 0.92

Ad hoc percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with stable coronary artery disease--a study of prevalence, safety, and variation in use from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2006) 0.91

Tumor blush in primary cardiac tumors. J Invasive Cardiol (2012) 0.90

Atherosclerosis regression, vascular remodeling, and plaque stabilization. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 0.89

Evaluation of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions lesion classification system in the current "stent era" of coronary interventions (from the ACC-National Cardiovascular Data Registry). Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.86

ASCERT: the American College of Cardiology Foundation--the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 0.86

Utilization of distal embolic protection in saphenous vein graft interventions (an analysis of 19,546 patients in the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry). Am J Cardiol (2007) 0.85

Current usage and attitudes among interventional cardiologists regarding the performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the outpatient setting. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2005) 0.85

Sex proportion of offspring and exposure to radiation in male invasive cardiologists. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2007) 0.82

Combined impact of age and estimated glomerular filtration rate on in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction (from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry). Am J Cardiol (2009) 0.82

On- versus off-label use of drug-eluting coronary stents in clinical practice (report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry [NCDR]). Am J Cardiol (2006) 0.82

Pathophysiology of coronary vascular remodeling: relationship with traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease. Cardiol Rev (2013) 0.81

Long-term outcomes of older diabetic patients after percutaneous coronary stenting in the United States: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2004 to 2008. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 0.80

Occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory: time for a safer environment. Heart Rhythm (2009) 0.80

Acute coronary syndromes in young patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries. Am Heart J (2006) 0.79

Changes in coronary endothelial function predict progression of allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant (2004) 0.79

SCAI membership survey of the 2005 AHA/ACC/SCAI PCI guideline: a summary report from the Interventional Committee. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2006) 0.79

Is patient frailty the unmeasured confounder that connects subacute stent thrombosis with increased periprocedural bleeding and increased mortality? J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 0.78

Conversations in cardiology: bridging antiplatelet therapy before surgery. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2014) 0.78

Improved in-hospital outcomes in acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina/non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) despite similar TIMI risk scores. J Invasive Cardiol (2003) 0.77

Risk stratification post-myocardial infarction: is early coronary angiography the more effective strategy? Prog Cardiovasc Dis (2002) 0.77

Fractional flow reserve: physiological basis, advantages and limitations, and potential gender differences. Curr Cardiol Rev (2015) 0.77

Clinical and economic outcomes of embolic complications and strategies for distal embolic protection during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts. J Invasive Cardiol (2006) 0.76

Hormone therapy and selective estrogen receptor modulators for prevention of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women estrogen replacement from the cardiologist's perspective. Cardiol Rev (2004) 0.76

Vascular complications in women: why can't a woman be more like a man? J Invasive Cardiol (2010) 0.75

Prognostic value of lesion classification for the clinical outcome after stent placement. Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.75

Risk-adjusted models of 30-day mortality following coronary intervention: how can they be made more clinically relevant? JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2013) 0.75

Cutting balloon angioplasty: to cut is to cure? J Invasive Cardiol (2002) 0.75

Cardiogenic shock: art and science. Crit Care Med (2004) 0.75

Diagnosis of cardiac tamponade in the presence of complex medical illness. Crit Care Med (2002) 0.75

The dark side of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors during percutaneous coronary interventions. Am J Cardiol (2003) 0.75

Optimizing operator protection by proper radiation shield positioning in the interventional cardiology suite. JACC Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 0.75

Cardiac enzyme elevations after apparently successful percutaneous interventions are a marker of extensive coronary artery disease and complex stenoses. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2009) 0.75

The bifurcation lesion: more evidence that a new lesion classification system should be widely adopted. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2002) 0.75

Troponin T in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: intriguing insights, unanswered questions. Crit Care Med (2002) 0.75

Coexistent coronary artery disease and Kawasaki's disease of the coronary vessels: demonstration by intravascular ultrasound. Cardiology (2003) 0.75

Evaluation of the Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions' lesion classification system in 14,133 patients with percutaneous coronary interventions in the current stent era. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2002) 0.75

Impact of home warfarin use on the treatment and outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Cardiol (2008) 0.75

SCAI statement on drug-eluting stents: practice and health care delivery implications. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2003) 0.75

Drug eluting stents: case study in the acceptance of a new medical technology. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2005) 0.75

Frequency of abrupt vessel closure and side branch occlusion after percutaneous coronary intervention in a 6.5-year period (1994 to 2000) at a single medical center. Am J Cardiol (2002) 0.75

Consideration of a new definition of clinically relevant myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization: an expert consensus document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2013) 0.75

Occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory: progress report of the Multispecialty Occupational Health Group. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2010) 0.75

Pulmonic valvular stenosis in adults: diagnosis and treatment. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2003) 0.75

Occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory: progress report of the Multispecialty Occupational Health Group. J Neurointerv Surg (2010) 0.75

Angiographic validation of the American College of Cardiology Foundation-the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2014) 0.75

Determinants of embolic protection device use: case study in the acceptance of a new medical technology. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2005) 0.75

Conversation in cardiology: should FFR and IVUS be counted as PCI? Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2013) 0.75

The neurointerventional procedure room of the future: predicting likely innovations in design and function. J Neurointerv Surg (2011) 0.75

SCAI statement on ad hoc versus the separate performance of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2004) 0.75

Coronary angiographic morphology in unstable angina: comparative observations of culprit lesions in saphenous vein grafts versus native coronary arteries. J Invasive Cardiol (2002) 0.75

Delayed healing of a coronary artery plaque ulceration associated with acute myocardial infarction related to a paclitaxel-eluting stent. J Invasive Cardiol (2005) 0.75

Report of an undeployed stent causing the unraveling of a coronary artery guidewire being used for sidebranch protection. J Invasive Cardiol (2002) 0.75

First use of intracoronary beta-radiation to prevent recurrent in-stent restenosis in a transplanted heart. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2002) 0.75

Alternative therapeutic strategies for patients with severe end-stage coronary artery disease not amenable to conventional revascularization. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2003) 0.75

Supplemental value of troponin I combined with a clinical risk model to predict in-hospital events in intermediate and high risk patients with acute coronary syndromes. J Invasive Cardiol (2002) 0.75

Right ventricular assist devices in right ventricular infarction: do they augment right ventricular function sufficiently to improve prognosis? J Invasive Cardiol (2011) 0.75

Special communication--occupational health hazards in the interventional laboratory: progress report of the multispecialty occupational health group. J Am Coll Radiol (2010) 0.75