Publications – 1996

  • Lansky AJ, Popma JJ, Mintz GS, Bucher TA, Kent KM, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Leon MB. Frequency and Prognostic Importance of Creatine Phosphokinase Myocardial Isoforms after Successful Balloon and New Device Coronary Angioplasty. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996;8 Suppl C:3C-9C.
  • Popma JJ, Lansky AJ, Mintz GS, Hong MK, Brahimi A, Burwell N, Leon MB. Antithrombotic Therapy after Stent Deployment. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996;8 Suppl B:34B-42B.
  • Popma JJ, Lansky AJ, Purkayastha DD, Hall LR, Bonan R. Angiographic and Clinical Outcome after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996;8 Suppl A:12A-19A.
  • Satler LF, Hoffmann R, Lansky A, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Hong MK, Korzak N, Horton K, Cabellion S, Leon MB. Carotid Stent-Assisted Angioplasty: Preliminary Technique, Angiography, and Intravascular Ultrasound Observations. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996 Jan;8(1):23-30.
  • Hong MK, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Kent KM, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Wong SC, Bucher T, Leon MB. Angiographic Results and Late Clinical Outcomes Utilizing a Stent Synergy (Pre-Stent Atheroablation) Approach in Complex Lesion Subsets. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996 Jan;8(1):15-22.
  • Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Hong MK, Leon MB. Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of the Mechanisms and Predictors of Restenosis Following Coronary Angioplasty. J Invasive Cardiol. 1996 Jan;8(1):1-14.
  • Cannon CP. Time to Treatment: A Crucial Factor in Thrombolysis and Primary Angioplasty. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 1996;3(3):249-255. doi: 10.1007/BF00181669.
  • Cannon CP, Braunwald E. Time to Reperfusion: The Critical Modulator in Thrombolysis and Primary Angioplasty. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 1996;3(2):117-125. doi: 10.1007/BF00132404.
  • Leon MB, Popma JJ, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Kent KM. An overview of US coronary stent trials. Semin Interv Cardiol. 1996 Dec;1(4):247-54.
  • de Jaegere PP, Eefting FD, Popma JJ, Serruys PW. Clinical trials on intracoronary stenting. Semin Interv Cardiol. 1996 Dec;1(4):233-45.
  • Lopez JJ, Kuntz RE, Baim DS, Johnson RG, Kim D. Percutaneous occlusion of an iatrogenic aortosaphenous vein–coronary vein fistula via retrograde coronary sinus approach. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Mar;37(3):339-41. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199603)37:3<339::AID-CCD28>3.0.CO;2-B.
  • Baim DS. Is birfurcation stenting the answer?. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Mar;37(3):314-6. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199603)37:3<314::AID-CCD22>3.0.CO;2-G.
  • Caputo RP, Cohen DJ, Baim DS, Kuntz RE. Extravasation of thrombus into the aortic root: a complication following use of an infusion catheter for intragraft thrombolysis. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Mar;37(3):263-6. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199603)37:3<263::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-A.
  • Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Wong C, Hong MK, Kovach JA, Leon MB. Arterial remodeling after coronary angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation. 1996 Jul 1;94(1):35-43. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.1.35.
  • Cannon CP, Goldhaber SZ. Cardiovascular risk stratification of pulmonary embolism. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Nov 15;78(10):1149-51.
  • Hoffmann R, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Satler LF, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Walsh C, Mackell P, Leon MB. Chronic arterial responses to stent implantation: a serial intravascular ultrasound analysis of Palmaz-Schatz stents in native coronary arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Nov 1;28(5):1134-9. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(96)00278-1.
  • Baim DS, Carrozza JP Jr. Understanding the “no-reflow” problem. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Sep;39(1):7-8. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199609)39:1<7::AID-CCD2>3.0.CO;2-A.
  • Hong MK, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Kent KM, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Wong C, Brahimi A, Bucher T, Leon MB. Safety and efficacy of elective stent implantation following rotational atherectomy in large calcified coronary arteries. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996;Suppl 3:50-4.
  • Waksman R, Ghazzal ZM, Baim DS, Steenkiste AR, Yeh W, Detre KM, King SB 3rd. Myocardial infarction as a complication of new interventional devices. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Oct 1;78(7):751-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00415-8.
  • Antman EM, Tanasijevic MJ, Thompson B, Schactman M, McCabe CH, Cannon CP, Fischer GA, Fung AY, Thompson C, Wybenga D, Braunwald E. Cardiac-specific troponin I levels to predict the risk of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 1996 Oct 31;335(18):1342-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199610313351802.
  • Dussaillant GR, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Kent KM, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound, directional coronary atherectomy, and the Optimal Atherectomy Restenosis Study (OARS). Coron Artery Dis. 1996 Apr;7(4):294-8. doi: 10.1097/00019501-199604000-00005.
  • Baim DS, Cutlip D, Ho KK, Popma JJ, Senerchia C, Kuntz RE. Acute results of directional coronary atherectomy in the Balloon Versus Optimal Atherectomy Trial (BOAT) pilot phase. Coron Artery Dis. 1996 Apr;7(4):290-3. doi: 10.1097/00019501-199604000-00004.
  • Lin HJ, Wolf PA, Kelly-Hayes M, Beiser AS, Kase CS, Benjamin EJ, D’Agostino RB. Stroke severity in atrial fibrillation. The Framingham Study. Stroke. 1996 Oct;27(10):1760-4. doi: 10.1161/01.str.27.10.1760.
  • Popma JJ, Lansky AJ, Ito S, Mintz GS, Leon MB. Contemporary stent designs: technical considerations, complications, role of intravascular ultrasound, and anticoagulation therapy. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1996 Sep-Oct;39(2):111-28. doi: 10.1016/s0033-0620(96)80021-1.
  • Dussaillant GR, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Leon MB. Effect of rotational atherectomy in noncalcified atherosclerotic plaque: a volumetric intravascular ultrasound study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Oct;28(4):856-60. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00255-0.
  • Laham RJ, Carrozza JP, Berger C, Cohen DJ, Kuntz RE, Baim DS. Long-term (4- to 6-year) outcome of Palmaz-Schatz stenting: paucity of late clinical stent-related problems. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Oct;28(4):820-6. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00244-6.
  • Mehran R, Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Kent KM, Griffin J, Leon MB. Mechanisms and results of balloon angioplasty for the treatment of in-stent restenosis. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Sep 15;78(6):618-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00381-5.
  • Hoffmann R, Mintz GS, Dussaillant GR, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Satler LF, Kent KM, Griffin J, Leon MB. Patterns and mechanisms of in-stent restenosis. A serial intravascular ultrasound study. Circulation. 1996 Sep 15;94(6):1247-54. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.94.6.1247.
  • Pasternak RC, Brown LE, Stone PH, Silverman DI, Gibson CM, Sacks FM. Effect of combination therapy with lipid-reducing drugs in patients with coronary heart disease and “normal” cholesterol levels. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Harvard Atherosclerosis Reversibility Project (HARP) Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 1996 Oct 1;125(7):529-40. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-125-7-199610010-00001.
  • Mintz GS, Kovach JA, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Popma JJ, Satler LF, Griffin J, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound findings after excimer laser coronary angioplasty. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Feb;37(2):113-8. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<113::AID-CCD1>3.0.CO;2-G.
  • Scharfstein JS, Abendschein DR, Eisenberg PR, George D, Cannon CP, Becker RC, Sobel B, Cupples LA, Braunwald E, Loscalzo J. Usefulness of fibrinogenolytic and procoagulant markers during thrombolytic therapy in predicting clinical outcomes in acute myocardial infarction. TIMI-5 Investigators. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Sep 1;78(5):503-10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00353-0.
  • Duissaillant GR, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Griffin J, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound identification of calcified intraluminal lesions misdiagnosed as thrombi by coronary angiography. Am Heart J. 1996 Sep;132(3):687-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90256-2.
  • Laham RJ, Carrozza JP, Baim DS. Treatment of unprotected left main stenoses with Palmaz-Schatz stenting. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Jan;37(1):77-80. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199601)37:1<77::AID-CCD20>3.0.CO;2-S.
  • Birnbaum Y, Kloner RA, Sclarovsky S, Cannon CP, McCabe CH, Davis VG, Zaret BL, Wackers FJ, Braunwald E. Distortion of the terminal portion of the QRS on the admission electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction and correlation with infarct size and long-term prognosis (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 4 Trial). Am J Cardiol. 1996 Aug 15;78(4):396-403. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00326-8.
  • Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Hong MK, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound to discern device-specific effects and mechanisms of restenosis. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Aug 14;78(3A):18-22. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00493-6.
  • Wolf PA, Benjamin EJ, Belanger AJ, Kannel WB, Levy D, D’Agostino RB. Secular trends in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham Study. Am Heart J. 1996 Apr;131(4):790-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90288-4.
  • Becker RC, Cannon CP, Bovill EG, Tracy RP, Thompson B, Knatterud GL, Randall A, Braunwald B. Prognostic value of plasma fibrinogen concentration in patients with unstable angina and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction (TIMI IIIB Trial). Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jul 15;78(2):142-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)90386-0.
  • Kannel WB, D’Agostino RB, Belanger AJ, Sibershatz H, Tofler GT. Long-term influence of fibrinogen on initial and recurrent cardiovascular events in men and women. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jul 1;78(1):90-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00232-9.
  • Krumholz HM, McHorney CA, Clark L, Levesque M, Baim DS, Goldman L. Changes in health after elective percutaneous coronary revascularization. A comparison of generic and specific measures. Med Care. 1996 Aug;34(8):754-9. doi: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00003.
  • Hong MK, Satler LF, Mintz GS, Wong SC, Kent KM, Pichard AD, Popma JJ, Leon MB. Treatment of spontaneous coronary artery dissection with intracoronary stenting. Am Heart J. 1996 Jul;132(1 Pt 1):200-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90415-9.
  • Zhou YF, Leon MB, Waclawiw MA, Popma JJ, Yu ZX, Finkel T, Epstein SE. Association between prior cytomegalovirus infection and the risk of restenosis after coronary atherectomy. N Engl J Med. 1996 Aug 29;335(9):624-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199608293350903.
  • Dauerman HL, Cutlip DE, Sellke FW. Intracoronary thrombolysis in the treatment of graft closure immediately after CABG. Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Jul;62(1):280-3. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00175-0.
  • Walls RM, Cannon CP, Teich J. Thrombolysis “door-to-drug” interval. Acad Emerg Med. 1996 Mar;3(3):285; author reply 286-7.
  • Sullivan LM, D’Agostino RB. Robustness and power of analysis of covariance applied to data distorted from normality by floor effects: homogeneous regression slopes. Stat Med. 1996 Mar 15;15(5):477-96. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960315)15:5<477::AID-SIM217>3.0.CO;2-R.
  • Caputo RP, Chafizadeh ER, Stoler RC, Lopez JJ, Cohen DJ, Kuntz RE, Carrozza JP Jr, Baim DS. Stent jail: a minimum-security prison. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jun 1;77(14):1226-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00168-3.
  • Kannel WB, D’Agostino RB, Silbershatz H. Use of vital capacity for cardiac failure risk estimation in persons with coronary disease and left ventricular hypertrophy. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jun 1;77(14):1155-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00154-3.
  • Fuessl RT, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Leon MB. In vivo validation of intravascular ultrasound length measurements using a motorized transducer pullback system. Am J Cardiol. 1996 May 15;77(12):1115-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00145-2.
  • Selhub J, Jacques PF, Bostom AG, D’Agostino RB, Wilson PW, Belanger AJ, O’Leary DH, Wolf PA, Rush D, Schaefer EJ, Rosenberg IH. Relationship between plasma homocysteine, vitamin status and extracranial carotid-artery stenosis in the Framingham Study population. J Nutr. 1996 Apr;126(4 Suppl):1258S-65S. doi: 10.1093/jn/126.suppl_4.1258S.
  • Sytkowski PA, D’Agostino RB, Belanger AJ, Kannel WB. Secular trends in long-term sustained hypertension, long-term treatment, and cardiovascular mortality. The Framingham Heart Study 1950 to 1990. Circulation. 1996 Feb 15;93(4):697-703. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.93.4.697.
  • Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Salter LF, Chuang YC, Griffin J, Leon MB. Intravascular ultrasound predictors of restenosis after percutaneous transcatheter coronary revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Jun;27(7):1678-87. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00083-6.
  • Haffner SM, D’Agostino R, Saad MF, Rewers M, Mykkänen L, Selby J, Howard G, Savage PJ, Hamman RF, Wagenknecht LE, et al. Increased insulin resistance and insulin secretion in nondiabetic African-Americans and Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic whites. The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. Diabetes. 1996 Jun;45(6):742-8. doi: 10.2337/diab.45.6.742.
  • Sytkowski PA, D’Agostino RB, Belanger A, Kannel WB. Sex and time trends in cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality: the Framingham Heart Study, 1950-1989. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Feb 15;143(4):338-50. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008748.
  • Dussaillant GR, Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Bucher TA, Griffin J, Leon MB. Mechanisms and immediate and long-term results of adjunct directional coronary atherectomy after rotational atherectomy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 May;27(6):1390-7. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00026-5.
  • Braunwald E, Cannon CP. Non-Q wave and ST segment depression myocardial infarction: is there a role for thrombolytic therapy?. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 May;27(6):1333-4. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00007-1.
  • Laham RJ, Cohen DJ, Kuntz RE, Baim DS, Lorell BH, Simons M. Pericardial effusion in patients with cancer: outcome with contemporary management strategies. Heart. 1996 Jan;75(1):67-71. doi: 10.1136/hrt.75.1.67.
  • Myers RH, Schaefer EJ, Wilson PW, D’Agostino R, Ordovas JM, Espino A, Au R, White RF, Knoefel JE, Cobb JL, McNulty KA, Beiser A, Wolf PA. Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 association with dementia in a population-based study: The Framingham study. Neurology. 1996 Mar;46(3):673-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.46.3.673.
  • Kannel WB, D’Agostino RB, Cobb JL. Effect of weight on cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996 Mar;63(3 Suppl):419S-422S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.1602.
  • Laird JR, Popma JJ, Knopf WD, Yakubov S, Satler L, White H, Bergelson B, Hennecken J, Lewis S, Parks JM, Holmes DR. Angiographic and procedural outcome after coronary angioplasty in high-risk subsets using a decremental diameter (tapered) balloon catheter. Tapered Balloon Registry Investigators. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Mar 15;77(8):561-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89307-1.
  • Califf RM, Armstrong PW, Carver JR, D’Agostino RB, Strauss WE. 27th Bethesda Conference: matching the intensity of risk factor management with the hazard for coronary disease events. Task Force 5. Stratification of patients into high, medium and low risk subgroups for purposes of risk factor management. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Apr;27(5):1007-19. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)87733-3.
  • Safian RD, Freed M, Reddy V, Kuntz RE, Baim DS, Grines CL, O’Neill WW. Do excimer laser angioplasty and rotational atherectomy facilitate balloon angioplasty? Implications for lesion-specific coronary intervention. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Mar 1;27(3):552-9. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00495-5.
  • Becker RC, Cannon CP, Tracy RP, Thompson B, Bovill EG, Desvigne-Nickens P, Randall AM, Knatternud G, Braunwald E. Relation between systemic anticoagulation as determined by activated partial thromboplastin time and heparin measurements and in-hospital clinical events in unstable angina and non-Q wave myocardiaL infarction. Thrombolysis in Myocardial Ischemia III B Investigators. Am Heart J. 1996 Mar;131(3):421-33. doi: 10.1016/s0002-8703(96)90519-0.
  • Mintz GS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Popma JJ, Leon MB. Axial plaque redistribution as a mechanism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Feb 15;77(5):427-30. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89379-4.
  • Mintz GS, Popma JJ, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler LF, Chuang YC, DeFalco RA, Leon MB. Limitations of angiography in the assessment of plaque distribution in coronary artery disease: a systematic study of target lesion eccentricity in 1446 lesions. Circulation. 1996 Mar 1;93(5):924-31. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.93.5.924.
  • Gibson CM, Cannon CP, Daley WL, Dodge JT Jr, Alexander B Jr, Marble SJ, McCabe CH, Raymond L, Fortin T, Poole WK, Braunwald E. TIMI frame count: a quantitative method of assessing coronary artery flow. Circulation. 1996 Mar 1;93(5):879-88. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.93.5.879.