Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction found to have significant coronary artery disease on coronary angiography and managed medically: stratification according to renal functionElias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 70112, USA
Am Heart J 164:52-7.e1. 2012
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Use of the GuideLiner catheter for the treatment of a bifurcational total occlusion of the native left anterior descending artery through a tortuous composite venous graftElias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Oklahoma University, 920 S L Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 23:E40-2. 2011
..We report the first successful stenting of a complex native coronary artery occlusion through an angulated bypass graft with the support of a GuideLiner catheter...
- Left ventricular diastolic size in patients with normal ejection fraction and elevated left filling pressures
Elias B Hanna
Cardiology Department, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 323, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Echocardiography 27:501-4. 2010
..To evaluate the left-ventricular diastolic chamber size in patients with a normal ejection fraction and elevated left-sided filling pressures...
- Periprocedural myocardial infarction: review and classification
Elias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Clin Cardiol 33:476-83. 2010
..Some data suggest that PMI has a better prognosis than a spontaneously occurring myocardial infarction, and that its incidence is reduced with aggressive antiplatelet and statin therapy...
- The evolving role of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention strategies to minimize bleeding risk and optimize outcomes
Elias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Louisiana State University, 1542 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3:1209-19. 2010
..This review provides an update of the current literature that supports these measures, an insight on the tailored use of GPI, and a potential direction for future research addressing combined antithrombotic therapies...
- Combined reperfusion strategies in ST-segment elevation MI: Rationale and current role
Elias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 77:629-38. 2010
..The authors review the rationale behind three combined reperfusion strategies-facilitated PCI, pharmacoinvasive therapy, and rescue PCI-and data on their effectiveness...
- Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and chronic kidney disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Elias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 4:1002-8. 2011
..This specific population has not been evaluated previously...
Culprit-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention followed by contralateral angiography versus complete angiography in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarctionChadi Dib
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 39:359-64. 2012
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- Drug eluting versus bare metal stents in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a systematic review of literature
Tarun W Dasari
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 77:962-9. 2011
..The benefit of drug eluting stents (DES) over bare metal stents (BMS) in the treatment of such lesions is debatable. We therefore sought to do a literature search to review the available evidence comparing DES to BMS...
- Isolated pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for the management of chronic DVT
Reji Pappy
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
J Interv Cardiol 24:99-104. 2011
..We report a case series of successful chronic DVT management with pharmacomechanical thrombectomy utilizing the Trellis device...
- Isolated right ventricular infarction after modified Cabrol operation
Reji M Pappy
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 39:133-7. 2012
..We also discuss the impact of conservative and reperfusion strategies on prognosis and long-term outcomes in the setting of right ventricular infarction...
- Bifurcated aortic endograft limb occlusion managed with a novel method of isolated pharmacomechanical thrombectomy
Reji Pappy
Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Cardiovascular Section, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 76:895-900. 2010
..We report the first case utilizing the Trellis device to achieve localized and prompt isolated pharmacomechanical thrombectomy (PMT) for the treatment of acute limb thrombosis of a bifurcated aortic endograft...
- Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies in acute coronary syndromes
Elias B Hanna
Cardiology Department, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, 73190, USA
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 24:61-70. 2010
..Combining multiple antiplatelet agents and an anticoagulant is the standard of care for ACS...
- Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing an Invasive Strategy According to Hemoglobin Levels
Elias B Hanna
Cardiovascular Section, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Lousiana Electronic address
Am J Cardiol 111:1099-103. 2013
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- Resolution of anuric acute kidney injury after left renal angioplasty and stenting for a totally occlusive in-stent restenosis of a solitary kidney
Tarun W Dasari
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, 73190, USA
Am J Med Sci 341:163-5. 2011
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- Management of severe bilateral carotid artery stenosis concomitant to severely symptomatic coronary arterial disease requiring coronary artery bypass grafting: a case-based review
Elias B Hanna
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 S L Young Boulevard, WP No 3010, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 22:E192-6. 2010
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- ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats
Elias B Hanna
Cardiovascular Department, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 78:404-14. 2011
..This paper reviews how to distinguish the various causes of these abnormalities...
- A new era for antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Chadi Dib
Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
Am J Med Sci 340:407-11. 2010
..This article reviews the current evidence that supports the use of each of those agents and provides clinicians with an objective summary supporting their use...
- Use of Trellis thrombectomy system in acute aortofemoral graft occlusion
Elias B Hanna
Department of Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 75:838-42. 2010
..The Trellis system combines mechanical and local pharmacologic lysis of the thrombus, with more rapid and more effective thrombus dissolution and theoretically less risk of systemic dispersion of the thrombolytic agent and less bleeding...
- ECG of the month. Electrocardiogram in a woman with rheumatic heart disease. Normal sinus rhythm, left atrial enlargement with intra-atrial block; left ventricular hypertrophy with repolarization abnormality
D Luke Glancy
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA
J La State Med Soc 159:295-7. 2007
