Chronic total occlusions in peripheral vasculature: techniques and devicesShishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Center, 9301 West Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ 85037, USA
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 7:1283-95. 2009
..This article will focus on some of the techniques in crossing chronic total occlusions lesions, as well as the available devices to improve long-term patency...
- A novel method of ventricular closure following transapical access
Shishir Murarka
Divison of Internal Medicine, Banner Estrella Medical Center, 9201 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85037, USA
Future Cardiol 6:881-7. 2010
..One potential problem encountered is the closure of the ventricular puncture incision in a beating heart. Our aim was to develop a sutureless closure technique that does not leave behind a foreign body exposed on the endocardial surface...
Correlation between estimated ejection fraction measured by echocardiography with ejection fraction estimated by cardiac catheterization in patients awaiting cardiac transplantationShishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Centre, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 22:571-3. 2010
..In the clinical arena, the correlation and agreement between ejection fraction (EF) measured by echocardiography versus catheterization in pre-heart transplant patients has not been studied...
- Polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stents: 15 years of hope, success and failure
Shishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 8:645-50. 2010
..However, they are no longer routinely used in the treatment of saphenous venous graft disease. Future research may be aimed at premedicating them to effectively treat saphenous venous graft lesions...
- Chronic total occlusions: successful recanalization of very old lesions
Shishir Murarka
Division of Internal Medicine, Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 81:802-9. 2013
..In the past, an old occlusion was not likely to be treated successfully percutaneous. We have had success in revascularizing some very old 20 plus year old occlusions percutaneously...
- Collagen mechanics: a rationale for radiofrequency energy to treat mitral regurgitaton
Shishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
J Interv Cardiol 22:184-90. 2009
..The mitral and tricuspid annuli are areas of dense collagen. Application of heat, in the form of radiofrequency energy, can be used to shrink mitral valve annuli and offers a promising approach to the treatment of mitral regurgitation...
- Review of Movahed's sign (D shaped left ventricle seen on gated SPECT) suggestive of right ventricular overload
Shishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 26:553-7. 2010
..This is an important finding that should be a part of nuclear gated SPECT interpretation...
- Diabetic cardiomyopathy
Shishir Murarka
Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
J Card Fail 16:971-9. 2010
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