Drug-coated balloons for treatment of coronary artery disease: updated recommendations from a consensus group

FX Kleber, H Rittger, K Bonaventura, U Zeymer… - Clinical Research in …, 2013 - Springer
Aims Drug-coated balloon catheters (DCB) are a new clinical treatment modality for
coronary and peripheral artery disease. The goal of the consensus group is to develop …

Incidence and predictors of target vessel revascularization and clinical event rates of the sirolimus-eluting coronary stent (results from the prospective multicenter …

R Zahn, CW Hamm, S Schneider, U Zeymer… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Randomized trials have demonstrated the ability of drug-eluting stents to decrease the risk
of restenosis after coronary stent implantation. However, the incidences of major …

Combined assessment of myocardial perfusion and late gadolinium enhancement in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass grafts: a multicenter …

P Bernhardt, J Spiess, B Levenson, G Pilz… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to assess the accuracy of an integrated cardiac magnetic resonance
(CMR) protocol for the diagnosis of relevant coronary artery or bypass graft stenosis in …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptance and safety of femoral versus radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): results from a large monitor-controlled German registry …

J Reifart, S Göhring, A Albrecht, W Haerer… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2015 and 2018, European Society of Cardiology guidelines for
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) favoring radial access over femoral access were …

Oral anticoagulation in heart failure complicated by atrial fibrillation: A nationwide routine data study

M Möckel, S Pudasaini, HT Baberg, B Levenson… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background This nationwide routine data analysis evaluates if oral anticoagulant (OAC) use
in patients with heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) leads to a lower mortality and …

Prediction of necessity for coronary artery revascularization by adenosine contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

P Bernhardt, T Engels, B Levenson, K Haase… - International journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Assessing myocardial first-pass wash-in during pharmacological induced
stress allows detection of perfusion deficits and indicates stenotic coronary arteries (CA) …

Detection of cardiac small vessel disease by adenosine-stress magnetic resonance

P Bernhardt, B Levenson, A Albrecht, T Engels… - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Patients testing positive for myocardial ischemia but without significant
coronary artery (CA) stenosis in coronary angiography (CXA) are characterized as having …

Coronary Stenting with the Sirolimus‐Eluting Stent in Clinical Practice: Final Results from the Prospective Multicenter German Cypher Stent Registry

R Zahn, CW Hamm, S Schneider… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Drug‐eluting coronary stents (DES) have gained widespread use for the treatment of
coronary artery disease. However, because of safety concerns and frequent “off‐label” use …

[HTML][HTML] New ACC global heart attack treatment initiative: improving STEMI Care worldwide

B Levenson, C Herrera, BH Wilson - Journal of the American College of …, 2020 - jacc.org
The World Health Organization reports that each year 17.9 million people die from
cardiovascular (CV) disease, equaling 31% of all deaths globally (1). Of these deaths, the …

High adherence to therapy and low cardiac mortality and morbidity in patients after acute coronary syndrome systematically managed by office-based cardiologists in …

F Goss, J Brachmann, CW Hamm… - Vascular Health and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We aimed to assess patient acceptance and effectiveness of a 12-month structured
management program in patients after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event who were …