Incidence, mortality, and racial differences in peripartum cardiomyopathySomjot S Brar
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 100:302-4. 2007
..Our findings also suggest that the current mortality associated with PC may be less than reported in older series, perhaps because of the high utilization of modern HF therapy...
Impact of platelet reactivity on clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention. A collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant dataSomjot S Brar
Kaiser Permanente, Regional Cardiac Cath Lab, 4867 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 58:1945-54. 2011
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- Decision-making: stenting in acute myocardial infarction
Somjot S Brar
Regional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, 4867 Sunset Blvd, 3rd Floor, Room 3755, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Future Cardiol 6:301-14. 2010
..Reduced ischemic and hemorrhagic complications from new antithrombin and antiplatelet agents have further reduced mortality and improved event-free survival after primary PCI...
- Bifurcation stenting with drug-eluting stents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
Somjot S Brar
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
EuroIntervention 5:475-84. 2009
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Sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast induced-acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysisSomjot S Brar
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4:1584-92. 2009
..The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of hydration with sodium bicarbonate for the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI)...
- Use of drug-eluting stents in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Somjot S Brar
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 53:1677-89. 2009
..A secondary analysis was performed among registry studies...
- Sodium bicarbonate vs sodium chloride for the prevention of contrast medium-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing coronary angiography: a randomized trial
Somjot S Brar
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Ave, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
JAMA 300:1038-46. 2008
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- Long-term outcomes by clopidogrel duration and stent type in a diabetic population with de novo coronary artery lesions
Somjot S Brar
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 51:2220-7. 2008
..The purpose of this study was to determine whether long-term clinical outcomes differed between bare-metal stents (BMS) and drug-eluting stents (DES) by duration of clopidogrel use among diabetic patients...
- Racial/Ethnic differences in ischemic stroke rates and the efficacy of warfarin among patients with atrial fibrillation
Albert Yuh Jer Shen
Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 1526 Edgemont St, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
Stroke 39:2736-43. 2008
..Warfarin reduces stroke risk in studies of predominantly white patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Whether nonwhites also have lower rates of stroke while treated with warfarin is unclear...
- Effect of race/ethnicity on the efficacy of warfarin: potential implications for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
Albert Yuh Jer Shen
Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
CNS Drugs 22:815-25. 2008
..Whether the same net clinical benefit extends to persons of colour is unproven. Given the rapidly changing demographic nationally and internationally, additional research is needed to resolve this important question...
- Discontinuation of long-term clopidogrel therapy is associated with death and myocardial infarction after saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary intervention
Amit Sachdeva
Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 60:2357-63. 2012
..This study sought to examine the pattern of death and myocardial infarction (MI) after clopidogrel cessation in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
- Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation among older adults--a cross-sectional study
Albert Yuh Jer Shen
Department of Cardiology and the Center for Medical Education and Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 102:906-13. 2010
..This study was undertaken to define racial/ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation prevalence among a large community cohort...
- Racial/ethnic differences in the risk of intracranial hemorrhage among patients with atrial fibrillation
Albert Yuh Jer Shen
Department of Cardiology and the Center for Medical Education, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 50:309-15. 2007
..This study was designed to study racial/ethnic differences in the risk for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and the effect of warfarin on ICH risk among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)...
- Advances in percutaneous coronary intervention
Somjot S Brar
Columbia University Medical Center, The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY 10022, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 11:245-51. 2009
..An extensive evidence base of randomized clinical trials has established PCI as an important strategy with a pivotal role in the management of patients with coronary artery disease...
- Multivessel disease: percutaneous coronary intervention for classic coronary artery bypass grafting indications
Somjot S Brar
Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
Angiology 59:83S-8S. 2008
..In this article, we review the existing literature and discuss future directions in the management of the patient with multivessel disease...
