Prosthesis Design

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Real world" thoracic endografting: results with the Gore TAG device 2 years after U.S. FDA approval. 
  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS expert consensus document on transcatheter aortic valve replacement: developed in collabration with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Failure Society of America, Mended Hearts, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 
  • 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing. 
  • 2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. 
  • 3-Year Outcomes of the Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve for Conduit Failure in the Pulmonary Position From the COMPASSION Multicenter Clinical Trial. 
  • 3-year follow-up of the SISR (Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Vascular Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis) trial. 
  • A 'top down' or 'cognitive neuroscience' approach to cochlear implant designs and fittings. 
  • A 30-mm cemented stem extension provides adequate fixation of the tibial component in revision knee arthroplasty. 
  • A Fully Magnetically Levitated Circulatory Pump for Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device - Final Report. 
  • A Novel Technique for Creating an Articulating Cement Spacer for Ankle Prosthetic Joint Infections. 
  • A Practical Approach to Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Interventional Perspective. 
  • A comparison between the HeRO graft and conventional arteriovenous grafts in hemodialysis patients. 
  • A critical review of hemodynamic changes and left ventricular remodeling after surgical aortic valve replacement and percutaneous aortic valve replacement. 
  • A hybrid approach using a composite endovascular and open graft procedure for a symptomatic common femoral aneurysm extending well above the inguinal ligament. 
  • A new era of prospective real-world safety evaluation primary report of XIENCE V USA (XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System condition-of-approval post-market study). 
  • A new wide-field temporary keratoprosthesis. 
  • A novel drug eluting ureteral stent: a prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a ketorolac loaded ureteral stent. 
  • A proposal for pathologic processing of breast implant capsules in patients with suspected breast implant anaplastic large cell lymphoma. 
  • A prospective randomized study of a collar versus a collarless femoral prosthesis. 
  • A prospective study of 100 consecutive Harris-Galante porous total hip arthroplasties. 2-5-year results. 
  • A prospective study of a titanium femoral component for cemented total hip arthroplasty. 
  • A strategy for atrial septal defect closure in small children that eliminates long-term wall erosion risk. 
  • Acceptance, panic, and partial recovery the pattern of usage of drug-eluting stents after introduction in the U.S. (a report from the American College of Cardiology/National Cardiovascular Data Registry). 
  • Acetabular liner fixation by cement. 
  • Acute Intraprosthetic Dissociation of a Dual-Mobility Hip in the United States. 
  • Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. 
  • Advances in hip arthroplasty in the treatment of osteonecrosis. 
  • Advancing Toward 3D Printing of Bioresorbable Shape Memory Polymer Stents. 
  • Afferent sensory feedback for lower extremity prosthesis. 
  • Agility to INBONE: anterior and posterior approaches to the difficult revision total ankle replacement. 
  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines on selected topics in mechanical circulatory support. 
  • Amplatzer vascular plug closure of a subclavian arteriovenous fistula associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. 
  • An attempt to improve bilateral cochlear implants by increasing the distance between electrodes and providing complementary information to the two ears. 
  • An expanded series of distal bypass using the distal vein patch technique to improve prosthetic graft performance in critical limb ischemia. 
  • Analysis of Failed Ankle Arthroplasty Components. 
  • Analysis of tilt of the Günther Tulip filter. 
  • Aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery: treatment with PTFE covered stentgraft. 
  • Aneurysmal ascending to descending aorta bypass graft compressing the pulmonary artery. 
  • Application of hydrogels in heart valve tissue engineering. 
  • Aqueous drainage device surgery in refractory pediatric glaucoma: II. Ocular motility consequences. 
  • Aqueous drainage device surgery in refractory pediatric glaucomas: I. Long-term outcomes. 
  • Are There Differences in Gait Mechanics in Patients With A Fixed Versus Mobile Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty? A Randomized Trial. 
  • Aseptic lymphocyte-dominated vasculitis-associated lesion: a clinicopathologic review of an underrecognized cause of prosthetic failure. 
  • Assessing the impact of ureteral stent design on patient comfort. 
  • Association Between Pseudotumor Formation and Patient Factors in Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty Population. 
  • Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement. 
  • Atrial fibrillation and quality of life after pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome: data from the Mode Selection Trial (MOST). 
  • Balloon Post-Dilation Following Implantation of a Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis. 
  • Bearing Surfaces for Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Benefits and Risks of Extended Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Everolimus-Eluting Stents. 
  • Benefits of a novel percutaneous ventricular assist device for right heart failure: The prospective RECOVER RIGHT study of the Impella RP device. 
  • Better speech recognition with cochlear implants. 
  • Bioabsorbable Intracoronary Matrix for Prevention of Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Bioengineered hemodialysis access grafts. 
  • Bioengineered human acellular vessels for dialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease: two phase 2 single-arm trials. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of 4 different lateral plate constructs for distal fibula fractures. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of hallux valgus correction using the proximal chevron osteotomy fixed with a medial locking plate and the Ludloff osteotomy fixed with two screws. 
  • Biventricular Support With Intracorporeal, Continuous Flow, Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  • Bridge-to-decision therapy with a continuous-flow external ventricular assist device in refractory cardiogenic shock of various causes. 
  • CT-Defined Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Downgrades Frequency and Severity, and Demonstrates No Association With Adverse Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Can locking screws allow smaller, low-profile plates to achieve comparable stability to larger, standard plates? 
  • Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip in Patients with Heart Failure and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Design and rationale of the COAPT trial. 
  • Cardiovascular events and hospital resource utilization pre- and post-transcatheter mitral valve repair in high-surgical risk patients. 
  • Carotid Endarterectomy to Remove Retained Solitaire Stent Retriever inside Carotid Stent after Mechanical Thrombectomy. 
  • Cementation of a polyethylene liner into a metal shell. 
  • Cementless porous-coated anatomic total hip arthroplasty at Duke: 18- to 24-year follow-up. 
  • Characterization of visual phenomena with the Array multifocal intraocular lens. 
  • Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life With an Ambulatory Counterpulsation Pump in Advanced Heart Failure Patients: Results of the Multicenter Feasibility Trial. 
  • Clinical and angiographic efficacy of a self-expanding nitinol stent in saphenous vein graft atherosclerotic disease: the Stent Comparative Restenosis (SCORES) Saphenous Vein Graft Registry. 
  • Clinical and radiographic results of the Total Condylar III and Constrained Condylar total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Clinical comparison of St. Jude and porcine mitral valve prostheses. 
  • Clinical outcomes in real-world patients with bifurcation lesions receiving Xience V everolimus-eluting stents: Four-year results from the Xience V USA study. 
  • Clinical outcomes in real-world patients with small vessel disease treated with XIENCE V® everolimus-eluting stents: one year results from the XIENCE V® USA condition of approval post-market study. 
  • Clinical presentation and outcomes of drug-eluting stent-associated coronary aneurysms. 
  • Cochlear implants: a remarkable past and a brilliant future. 
  • Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities. 
  • Cochlear implants: some likely next steps. 
  • Collar versus collarless cemented HD-II femoral prostheses. 
  • Combining clinical and angiographic variables for estimating risk of target lesion revascularization after drug eluting stent placement. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of drug-eluting stents on long-term outcomes in elderly patients treated for in-stent restenosis: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Comparative studies of speech processing strategies for cochlear implants. 
  • Comparison of First- and Second-Generation Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty Using a Modular Intramedullary Tibial Component. 
  • Comparison of a hydroxyapatite-coated sleeve and a porous-coated sleeve with a modular revision hip stem. A prospective, randomized study. 
  • Comparison of bare-metal and drug-eluting stents in patients with chronic kidney disease (from the NHLBI Dynamic Registry). 
  • Comparisons of the uptake and in-hospital outcomes associated with second-generation drug-eluting stents between men and women: results from the CathPCI Registry. 
  • Complete resolution of systemic venous baffle obstruction and baffle leak using the Gore Excluder covered stent in two patients with transposition of the great arteries and prior Mustard procedure. 
  • Complications Are Not Increased With Acetabular Revision of Metal-on-metal Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Complications and solutions in presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy. 
  • Comprehensive Echocardiographic Assessment of Normal Transcatheter Valve Function. 
  • Compression screw fixation of the syndesmosis. 
  • Computed Tomography-Based Oversizing Degrees and Incidence of Paravalvular Regurgitation of a New Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve. 
  • Computer-assisted navigation in hip resurfacing arthroplasty - a single-surgeon experience. 
  • Contemporary incidence and predictors of stent thrombosis and other major adverse cardiac events in the year after XIENCE V implantation: results from the 8,061-patient XIENCE V United States study. 
  • Contribution of prosthetic therapy in the management of nasopharyngeal stenosis following uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. 
  • Covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts: accuracy of ultrasound in detecting shunt malfunction. 
  • Current Trends in Revision Hip Arthroplasty: Indications and Types of Components Revised. 
  • Custom 3D-Printed Total Talar Prostheses Restore Normal Joint Anatomy Throughout the Hindfoot. 
  • Cyclodialysis implants in human eyes. 
  • Design and evaluation of a continuous interleaved sampling (CIS) processing strategy for multichannel cochlear implants. 
  • Design features of current total ankle replacements: implants and instrumentation. 
  • Designing a biomechanics investigation: choosing the right model. 
  • Detailed analysis of polymer response to delivery balloon expansion of drug-eluting stents versus bare metal stents. 
  • Determinants of 15-year outcome with 1,119 standard Carpentier-Edwards porcine valves. 
  • Determinants of reoperation after 960 valve replacements with Carpentier-Edwards prostheses. 
  • Development and evaluation of a pliable biological valved conduit. Part I: Preparation, biochemical properties, and histological findings. 
  • Discriminant analysis of native thoracic aortic curvature: risk prediction for endoleak formation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Dislocation of primary total hip arthroplasty with 36 and 40-mm femoral heads. 
  • Do Fixed or Mobile Bearing Implants Have Better Survivorship in Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty? A Study From the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry. 
  • Do Surface Porosity and Pore Size Influence Mechanical Properties and Cellular Response to PEEK? 
  • Does Increased Coefficient of Friction of Highly Porous Metal Increase Initial Stability at the Acetabular Interface? 
  • Does computer-assisted surgery improve accuracy and decrease the learning curve in hip resurfacing? A radiographic analysis. 
  • Does femoral component loosening predispose to femoral fracture?: an in vitro comparison of cemented hips. 
  • Drug-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stents in Older Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. 
  • Drug-coated stents versus bare metal stents in Academic Research Consortium-defined high bleeding risk patients. 
  • Drug-eluting versus bare metal stenting in acute myocardial infarction. A clinical review. 
  • Durability and Efficacy of Tricuspid Valve Repair in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. 
  • Durability of a cruciate-retaining TKA with modular tibial trays at 20 years. 
  • Durable mechanical circulatory support devices. 
  • Dynamic internal compliance of a vascular prosthesis. 
  • Early Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Novel Self-Expanding Bioprosthesis in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Who Are Suboptimal for Surgery: Results of the Evolut R U.S. Study. 
  • Early failure of a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty design with an all-polyethylene tibial component. 
  • Early failure of revision total hip arthroplasty with cemented precoated femoral components: comparison with uncemented components at 2 to 8 years. 
  • Early follow-up of a custom non-fluted diaphyseal press-fit tumour prosthesis. 
  • Early infection risk with primary versus staged Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) graft implantation. 
  • Early to Midterm Clinical and Radiographic Survivorship of the All-Polyethylene Versus Modular Metal-Backed Tibia Component in Primary Total Knee Replacement. 
  • Early to mid-term results of fixed-bearing total ankle arthroplasty with a modular intramedullary tibial component. 
  • Echocardiographic characteristics of successful deployment of the Das AngelWings atrial septal defect closure device: initial multicenter experience in the United States. 
  • Echocardiographic imaging of procedural complications during balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Effect of SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Valve Implantation on Health Status in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Intermediate Surgical Risk: Results From the PARTNER S3i Trial. 
  • Effect of changing indications and techniques on total hip resurfacing. 
  • Effectiveness of high rate and delayed detection ICD programming by race: A MADIT-RIT substudy. 
  • Embolism after inferior vena cava filter mesh fragmentation. 
  • Embolization of patent foramen ovale closure devices: incidence, role of imaging in identification, potential causes, and management. 
  • Endovascular Treatment of a Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury in an Eight-Year Old Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature. 
  • Endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysms: results with "on-label" application in the post Food and Drug Administration approval era. 
  • Endovascular repair will be the best option for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in 2020. 
  • Etiology of osteolysis around porous-coated cementless total hip arthroplasties. 
  • European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus document on management of arrhythmias and cardiac electronic devices in the critically ill and post-surgery patient, endorsed by Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), Cardiac Arrhythmia Society of Southern Africa (CASSA), and Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS). 
  • Evaluating the impact of public health notification: Duke clopidogrel experience. 
  • Evaluation of a dissolvable ureteral drainage stent in a Swine model. 
  • Evaluation of different choices of n in an n of m processor for cochlear implants. 
  • Evaluation of the Medtronic (Driver) cobalt-chromium alloy coronary stent system. 
  • Examining the viability of carbon fiber reinforced three-dimensionally printed prosthetic feet created by composite filament fabrication. 
  • Exercise blood pressure response during assisted circulatory support: comparison of the total artificial [corrected] heart with a left ventricular assist device during rehabilitation. 
  • Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane alters tissue response to implanted Ahmed glaucoma valve. 
  • Experience with the AMS 600 malleable penile prosthesis. 
  • Factors influencing the longer-term survival of uncemented acetabular components used in total hip revisions. 
  • Failure of a cemented all-polyethylene patellar component of a Press-Fit Condylar Total Knee arthroplasty. 
  • Femoral head size and wear of highly cross-linked polyethylene at 5 to 8 years. 
  • Fenestrated and branched endografts for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. 
  • Fifteen-year survival and osteolysis associated with a modular posterior stabilized knee replacement. A concise follow-up of a previous report. 
  • Finite element analysis of the current-density and electric field generated by metal microelectrodes. 
  • First-in-human experience with Aortix intraaortic pump. 
  • Five-year clinical and echocardiographic evaluation of the Das AngelWings atrial septal occluder. 
  • Fixation, survival and osteolysis with a modern posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Focus on total ankle arthroplasty. 
  • Forearm versus upper arm grafts for vascular access. 
  • Fracture of highly cross-linked all-polyethylene patella after total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Fracture of the femur in revision hip arthroplasty with a fully porous-coated component. 
  • From Patient to Procedure: The Process of Creating a Custom 3D-Printed Medical Device for Foot and Ankle Pathology. 
  • Fully covered self-expandable metallic stents in the management of complex biliary leaks: preliminary data - a case series. 
  • Functional recordings from awake, behaving rodents through a microchannel based regenerative neural interface. 
  • Futility, benefit, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Genetic manipulation of vein grafts. 
  • Getting a decent (but sparse) signal to the brain for users of cochlear implants. 
  • Global Approach to High Bleeding Risk Patients With Polymer-Free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents: The LF II Study. 
  • Gone but not forgotten: the case for drug-eluting stents in percutaneous revascularization of the chronic coronary total occlusion. 
  • Heparin bonding increases patency of long microvascular prostheses. 
  • Hip resurfacing arthroplasty. 
  • Hip resurfacing-keys to success. 
  • Hot Topics in Biomechanics: Hip Fracture Fixation. 
  • Hybrid procedures in the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. 
  • Hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: concomitant visceral revascularization and endovascular aneurysm exclusion. 
  • Hybrid total knee arthroplasty. Two- to five-year results using the Miller-Galante prosthesis. 
  • Hybrid transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement with a SAPIEN S3 valve after pulmonary artery banding via left lateral thoracotomy. 
  • Identification of Severe Mitral Stenosis Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography During an Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion. 
  • Imaging for Predicting and Assessing Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Impact of Aortic Root Anatomy and Geometry on Paravalvular Leak in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Extremely Large Annuli Using the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve. 
  • Impact of concurrent surgical valve procedures in patients receiving continuous-flow devices. 
  • Impact of drug eluting stent length on outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (from the EVENT registry). 
  • Impact of perioperative myocardial infarction on angiographic and clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting (from PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection [PREVENT] IV). 
  • Implant design and techniques for patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead revision following left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • In vivo testing of a novel blood pump for short-term extracorporeal life support. 
  • In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts (from the DIVA Trial). 
  • In-hospital and 1-year outcomes among unselected percutaneous coronary intervention patients treated with either sirolimus- or paclitaxel-eluting stents: results from the EVENT (Evaluation of Drug Eluting Stents and Ischemic Events) registry. 
  • Incidence of Periprosthetic Femur Fractures Utilizing the Posterior Approach with a Single Wedge Tapered Stem. 
  • Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis From the U.S. Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry. 
  • Increased Early Revision Rate With the INFINITY Total Ankle Prosthesis. 
  • Inflatable Penile Prosthesis: Considerations in Revision Surgery. 
  • Inflatable penile prosthesis: effect of device modification on functional longevity. 
  • Initial Experience of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support for Adult Patients with Transposition of the Great Vessels. 
  • Initial Stability of Cemented vs Cementless Tibial Components Under Cyclic Load. 
  • Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients. 
  • Initial stability of press-fit acetabular components under rotational forces. 
  • Instability after total hip arthroplasty: treatment with large femoral heads vs constrained liners. 
  • Integrating valve-inspired design features into poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering. 
  • Intramedullary screw fixation of Jones fractures. 
  • Intraoperative Fracture of a Dual Modular Delta Ceramic Femoral Head During Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report. 
  • Intrapericardial Left Ventricular Assist Device for Advanced Heart Failure. 
  • Intravascular ultrasound insights from the Cobalt Chromium Stent With Antiproliferative for Restenosis II (COSTAR II) trial comparing CoStar and Taxus paclitaxel-eluting stents. 
  • Invasive hemodynamic evaluation in patients with mechanical aortic valves. 
  • Is Metal-On-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty Associated With Neurotoxicity? 
  • Is There a Benefit to Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene in Posterior-stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Randomized Trial. 
  • Is there a problem with modular dual mobility acetabular components in revision total hip arthroplasty at mid-term follow-up? 
  • Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database. 
  • J. Leonard Goldner Award 2011: changes in pain, function, and gait mechanics two years following total ankle arthroplasty performed with two modern fixed-bearing prostheses. 
  • KAST Study: The Kiva System As a Vertebral Augmentation Treatment-A Safety and Effectiveness Trial: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial Comparing the Kiva System With Balloon Kyphoplasty in Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. 
  • Large Metal Heads and Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Provide Low Wear and Complications at 5-13 Years. 
  • Late loosening of press-fit cementless acetabular components. 
  • Late safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of a zotarolimus-eluting stent compared with a paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with de novo coronary lesions: 2-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial (Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Taxus Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Late-term clinical outcomes with zotarolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents. 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR III (A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Leadless pacemaker implant, anticoagulation status, and outcomes: Results from the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System Post-Approval Registry. 
  • Left ventricular assist device failure due to outflow graft compression by thrombofibrotic exudate. 
  • Limb salvage procedures in children with osteosarcoma. 
  • Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Silzone Era St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valves. 
  • Long-Term Survival After Bovine Pericardial Versus Porcine Stented Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Does Valve Choice Matter? 
  • Long-term clinical and economic analysis of the Endeavor drug-eluting stent versus the Driver bare-metal stent: 4-year results from the ENDEAVOR II trial (Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Medtronic AVE ABT-578 Eluting Driver Coronary Stent in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Long-term clinical and economic analysis of the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent versus the cypher sirolimus-eluting stent: 3-year results from the ENDEAVOR III trial (Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeavor Drug [ABT-578] Eluting Coronary Stent System Versus the Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions). 
  • Long-term efficacy and safety of Zotarolimus-eluting stent in patients with diabetes mellitus: pooled 5-year results from the ENDEAVOR III and IV trials. 
  • Loosely implanted cementless stems may become rotationally stable after loading. 
  • Maintenance of valvular integrity with Impella left heart support: Results from the multicenter PROTECT II randomized study. 
  • Management of cardiogenic shock. 
  • Management of the Implant With Taper Corrosion: What to Change and What to Change It to? 
  • Medical Management of Patients With a Left Ventricular Assist Device for the Non-Left Ventricular Assist Device Specialist. 
  • Meeting report ESC forum on drug eluting stents, European Heart House, Nice, 27-28 September 2007. 
  • Melody pulmonary valve bacterial endocarditis: experience in four pediatric patients and a review of the literature. 
  • Metal ion levels in maternal and placental blood after metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Metal-on-metal hip resurfacing: a skeptic's view. 
  • Mid-Term Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Extremely Large Annuli With Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve. 
  • Mid-term results of tibial cones : reasonable survivorship but increased failure in those with significant bone loss and prior infection. 
  • Midabdominal aortic coarctation presenting with severe pre-eclampsia. 
  • Midterm Outcomes of a Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Arthroplasty With Deformity Analysis. 
  • Midterm Results of the Salto Talaris Total Ankle Arthroplasty. 
  • Midterm Success of a Custom, Non-Fluted, Diaphyseal, Press-Fit Stem Used With a Tumor Megaprosthesis System. 
  • Midterm outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers using the RelayPlus stent graft. 
  • Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable versus static interbody devices: radiographic assessment of sagittal segmental and pelvic parameters. 
  • Minimizing leg-length inequality in total hip arthroplasty: use of preoperative templating and an intraoperative x-ray. 
  • Mobile bearings in primary knee arthroplasty. 
  • Mortality reduction in relation to implantable cardioverter defibrillator programming in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT). 
  • Multi-center experience of 164 consecutive Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow [HeRO] graft implants for hemodialysis treatment. 
  • Multicenter randomized trial of the spiral Z-stent compared with the Wallstent for malignant biliary obstruction. 
  • My approach to evaluation of patients prior to high-risk PCI with left ventricular support devices. 
  • Natural history and clinical effect of aortic valve regurgitation after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Neurocognitive function in destination therapy patients receiving continuous-flow vs pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist device support. 
  • One-Year Outcomes After MitraClip for Functional Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • One-year outcomes from the international multicenter study of the Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft for thoracic endovascular repair. 
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgeons' role in the first successful modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis performed in the United States. 
  • Outcomes After Extracorporeal Right Ventricular Assist Device Combined With Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. 
  • Outcomes After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Renal Disease. 
  • Outcomes and complications following spinous process fixation: a single-center analysis of 192 cases. 
  • Outcomes of Modular Dual Mobility Acetabular Components in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Outcomes of Planned Two-Stage Hybrid Aortic Repair With Dacron-Replaced Proximal Landing Zone. 
  • Outcomes of Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention With and Without Embolic Protection Device: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis. 
  • Outcomes of metallic stents for malignant ureteral obstruction. 
  • Pan-aortic hybrid treatment of mega-aorta syndrome. 
  • Patellofemoral complications with the Insall-Burstein II posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiogenic Shock. 
  • Percutaneous atrial septal occluder devices and cardiac erosion: a review of the literature. 
  • Percutaneous heart valve replacement for aortic stenosis: state of the evidence. 
  • Percutaneous interventions on the hemodialysis reliable outflow vascular access device. 
  • Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: A review of current devices, clinical evidence, patient selection, and post procedural antithrombotic management. 
  • Percutaneous repair or surgery for mitral regurgitation. 
  • Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve closure successfully treats left ventricular assist device-associated aortic insufficiency and improves cardiac hemodynamics. 
  • Performance Comparison of Single-Radius Versus Multiple-Curve Femoral Component in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Study Using the Lower Quarter Y-Balance Test. 
  • Pericardial cells for graft seeding: isolation, culture and identification. 
  • Peripheral nerve repair with bioresorbable prosthesis. 
  • Peripheral nerve repair with collagen conduits. 
  • Polyethylene liner exchange of the Harris-Galante porous I and II acetabular components without cement: results and complications. 
  • Porous Tantalum Buttress Augments for Severe Acetabular Posterior Column Deficiency. 
  • Porous metal metaphyseal cones for severe bone loss: when only metal will do. 
  • Porous-coated acetabular components with screw fixation. Five to ten-year results. 
  • Porous-coated total hip arthroplasty in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Post-cardiac transplant survival after support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: impact of duration of left ventricular assist device support and other variables. 
  • Post-market surveillance to detect adverse events associated with Melody® valve implantation. 
  • Posterior cruciate-retaining modular total knee arthroplasty: a 9- to 12-year follow-up investigation. 
  • Postoperative evaluation of the total ankle arthroplasty. 
  • Precoated femoral component in primary hybrid total hip arthroplasty: results at a mean 10-year follow-up. 
  • Precoated femoral component with proximal and distal centralizers: results at 5 to 12 years. 
  • Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) trial and registry. 
  • Preliminary observations using optical coherence tomography to assess neointimal coverage of a metal stent in a porcine model. 
  • Preoperative positioning of the protruding premaxilla in the bilateral cleft lip patient. 
  • Prospective Evaluation of TMVR for Failed Surgical Annuloplasty Rings: MITRAL Trial Valve-in-Ring Arm 1-Year Outcomes. 
  • Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Mobile-Bearing and Fixed-Bearing Total Ankle Replacement. 
  • Prospective analysis of uncemented and hybrid primary porous coated anatomic total hip arthroplasties in a community setting. 
  • Prospective controlled trial of STAR total ankle replacement versus ankle fusion: initial results. 
  • Prospective randomized trial of standard versus highly crosslinked tibial polyethylene in primary posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty: clinical and radiological follow-up at 2 to 11 years. 
  • Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Aortic Valve Replacement in the PARTNER 2 Trial and Registry. 
  • Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. 
  • Prosthetic arthroplasty of the hand. 
  • Provisional stenting strategies: systematic overview and implications for clinical decision-making. 
  • Provoked exercise desaturation in patent foramen ovale and impact of percutaneous closure. 
  • Pseudoaneurysm formation after medtronic freestyle porcine aortic bioprosthesis implantation: a word of caution. 
  • Quantification of recruitment properties of multiple contact cuff electrodes. 
  • Randomized trial in malignant biliary obstruction: plastic vs partially covered metal stents. 
  • Rationale and design of PROACT Xa: A randomized, multicenter, open-label, clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apixaban versus warfarin in patients with a mechanical On-X Aortic Heart Valve. 
  • Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial. 
  • Rationale and design of the Japan-USA harmonized assessment by randomized, multicenter study of OrbusNEich's combo StEnt (Japan-USA HARMONEE): Assessment of a novel DES platform for percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic coronary disease and non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Recurrent Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Controversies and Solutions. 
  • Reduction in Inappropriate ICD Therapy in MADIT-RIT Patients Without History of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia. 
  • Regenerative scaffold electrodes for peripheral nerve interfacing. 
  • Registry Assessment of Peripheral Interventional Devices (RAPID): Registry assessment of peripheral interventional devices core data elements. 
  • Regulation Without Representation: Cardiac Device Patient Knowledge and Attitudes About the FDA Regulatory Process. 
  • Relationship of Annular Sizing Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging and Clinical Outcomes After Self-Expanding CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Relationship of femoral head and acetabular size to the prevalence of dislocation. 
  • Remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED). 
  • Replacement of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device via left subcostal incision. 
  • Results of a second-generation constrained condylar prosthesis in primary total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Results of knee arthroplasty using the cemented press-fit condylar prosthesis. Based on a preliminary report. 
  • Results of total ankle arthroplasty. 
  • Results with titanium ossicular reconstruction prostheses. 
  • Resurfacing for Perthes disease: an alternative to standard hip arthroplasty. 
  • Retrieval Analysis of Porous Titanium Glenoid Posts: An Evaluation of Osteointegration. 
  • Retrograde ascending aortic dissection as an early complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Revision INBONE total ankle replacement. 
  • Revision of a total hip arthroplasty with a Harris-Galante porous-coated acetabular component inserted without cement. A follow-up note on the results at five to twelve years. 
  • Revision of the acetabulum without cement with use of the Harris-Galante porous-coated implant. Two to eight-year results. 
  • Revision total hip arthroplasty with the BIAS (Biologic Ingrowth Anatomic System) femoral component. Three to six-year results. 
  • Risk Factors for Failure of Total Ankle Arthroplasty With a Minimum Five Years of Follow-up. 
  • Risk factors for mesh/suture erosion following sacral colpopexy. 
  • Risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia from heparin-bonded vascular prostheses. 
  • Risk-adjusted survival after tissue versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: a 23-year assessment. 
  • Routine surveillance of modular PFC TKA shows increasing failures after 10 years. 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation. 
  • Safety and Use of Anticoagulation After Aortic Valve Replacement With Bioprostheses: A Meta-Analysis. 
  • Safety and efficacy metrics for primary nitinol stenting in femoropopliteal occlusive disease: a meta-analysis and critical examination of current methodologies. 
  • Second-generation modular acetabular components provide fixation at 10 to 16 years. 
  • Second-generation proximally coated titanium femoral component: minimum 7-year results. 
  • Selecting stent grafts for the endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Selection of Stent Type in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Presenting With Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Analysis From the ACTION (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network) Registry-Get With the Guidelines. 
  • Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery. 
  • Serum metal ion concentration: comparison between small and large head metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Sex Differences in Inappropriate ICD Device Therapies: MADIT-II and MADIT-CRT. 
  • Sharing the care of mechanical circulatory support: collaborative efforts of patients/caregivers, shared-care sites, and left ventricular assist device implanting centers. 
  • Stability of total hip arthroplasty in patients 75 years or older. 
  • Stable bony integration with and without short-term indomethacin prophylaxis. A 5-year follow-up. 
  • Stacked proximal aortic cuffs: an "off-the-shelf" solution for treating focal thoracic aortic pathology. 
  • Stair ascending and descending in hip resurfacing and large head total hip arthroplasty patients. 
  • Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document. 
  • Statement regarding the pre and post market assessment of durable, implantable ventricular assist devices in the United States. 
  • Statement regarding the pre and post market assessment of durable, implantable ventricular assist devices in the United States: executive summary. 
  • Stent parameters predict major adverse clinical events and the response to platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade: findings of the ESPRIT trial. 
  • Stream segregation on a single electrode as a function of pulse rate in cochlear implant listeners. 
  • Style preference survey: a report on the psychometric properties and a cross-validation experiment. 
  • Subclavian vein to right atrial appendage bypass without sternotomy to maintain arteriovenous access in patients with complete central vein occlusion, a new approach. 
  • Subclavian/Axillary Access for Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Renders Equivalent Outcomes as Transfemoral. 
  • Success of ureteral stents for intrinsic ureteral obstruction. 
  • Suitability study of current endovascular aortic repair devices based on real-life anatomic data. 
  • Surgical Sutureless and Sutured Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients. 
  • Surgical correction of aortic valve insufficiency after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Surgical treatments for advanced heart failure. 
  • Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Bridge to Transplantation With the HeartWare HVAD Versus the Heartmate II. 
  • Survival after primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement among patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Survivorship analysis of cemented high modulus total hip arthroplasty. 
  • Systemic hypersensitivity reaction to endovascular stainless steel stent. 
  • Tantalum Components in Difficult Acetabular Revisions Have Good Survival at 5 to 10 Years: Longer Term Followup of a Previous Report. 
  • Tantalum components in difficult acetabular revisions. 
  • Technological Improvements in Three-Piece Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Design over the Past 40 Years. 
  • Temporary extracorporeal left ventricular assist device support for implantable left ventricular assist device replacement cases. 
  • Ten-year survival and clinical results of constrained components in primary total knee arthroplasty. 
  • The "final" 5-year follow-up from the ENDEAVOR IV trial comparing a zotarolimus-eluting stent with a paclitaxel-eluting stent. 
  • The "ideal" replacement heart valve. 
  • The Calpain Gene is Correlated With Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Failures. 
  • The Cobalt chromium STent with Antiproliferative for Restenosis II (COSTAR II) trial study design: advancing the active-control evaluation of second-generation drug-eluting stents. 
  • The EVEREST II Trial: design and rationale for a randomized study of the evalve mitraclip system compared with mitral valve surgery for mitral regurgitation. 
  • The East-West late lumen loss study: Comparison of angiographic late lumen loss between Eastern and Western drug-eluting stent study cohorts. 
  • The Effect of Lens Sphere and Cylinder Power on Residual Astigmatism and Its Resolution After Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation. 
  • The Effect of Post-Dilatation on Outcomes in the PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 Registry. 
  • The Evolution of the Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Reservoir and Surgical Placement. 
  • The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • The MitraClip and survival in patients with mitral regurgitation at high risk for surgery: A propensity-matched comparison. 
  • The OPTIMIZE randomized trial to assess safety and efficacy of the Svelte IDS and RX Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent Systems for the Treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: Trial design and rationale. 
  • The PARACHUTE IV trial design and rationale: percutaneous ventricular restoration using the parachute device in patients with ischemic heart failure and dilated left ventricles. 
  • The PESSRI study: symptom relief outcomes of a randomized crossover trial of the ring and Gellhorn pessaries. 
  • The Utility of Polyether-Ether-Ketone Implants Adjacent to Sinus Cavities After Craniofacial Trauma. 
  • The Vancouver 3M (Multidisciplinary, Multimodality, But Minimalist) Clinical Pathway Facilitates Safe Next-Day Discharge Home at Low-, Medium-, and High-Volume Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers: The 3M TAVR Study. 
  • The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2017. 
  • The bipolar endoprosthesis in avascular necrosis of the femoral head. 
  • The clinical and radiographic impact of center of rotation lateralization in reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review. 
  • The clinical evaluation of the Endeavor zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent in Japanese patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions: primary results and 3-year follow-up of the Endeavor Japan study. 
  • The clinical impact of incomplete left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman Device in patients with atrial fibrillation: a PROTECT AF (Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage Versus Warfarin Therapy for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) substudy. 
  • The effect of frequency estimation on speech recognition using an acoustic model of a cochlear implant. 
  • The efficacy and safety of cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with implantable cardioverter defibrillator for heart failure: a meta-analysis of 5674 patients. 
  • The failed total ankle. 
  • The influence of patient-related factors and the position of the acetabular component on the rate of dislocation after total hip replacement. 
  • The jumbo acetabular component for acetabular revision: Curtain Calls and Caveats. 
  • The morphology of the femur in developmental dysplasia of the hip. 
  • The posterior stabilized condylar prosthesis: a modification of the total condylar design. Two to four-year clinical experience. 
  • The process of bringing new drug-eluting stents to market will they see the light of day? 
  • The rates of osteolysis and loosening associated with a modular posterior stabilized knee replacement. Results at five to fourteen years. 
  • The role of aspiration and contrast-enhanced arthrography in evaluating the uncemented hip arthroplasty. 
  • The stability of the hip after the use of a proximal femoral endoprosthesis for oncological indications: analysis of variables relating to the patient and the surgical technique. 
  • The use of constrained components in total hip arthroplasty. 
  • The use of dual-mobility components in total hip arthroplasty. 
  • The withdrawn ASR™ THA and hip resurfacing systems: how have our patients fared over 1 to 6 years? 
  • Thirty-Day Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement for Degenerated Mitral Bioprostheses (Valve-in-Valve), Failed Surgical Rings (Valve-in-Ring), and Native Valve With Severe Mitral Annular Calcification (Valve-in-Mitral Annular Calcification) in the United States: Data From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology/Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Thromboembolic Events with Enterprise Versus Pipeline: Porcine In Vivo Experiment. 
  • Thrombosis and drug-eluting stents: an objective appraisal. 
  • Thrombus on the inflow cannula of the HeartWare HVAD: an update. 
  • Tissue expansion of the lower limb: complications in a cohort of 103 cases. 
  • Total ankle arthroplasty in the setting of valgus deformity. 
  • Total ankle arthroplasty. 
  • Total ankle arthroplasty. Indications, techniques, and results. 
  • Total ankle replacement systems available in the United States. 
  • Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • Total hip replacement for coxarthrosis secondary to congenital dysplasia and dislocation of the hip. Long-term results. 
  • Total hip resurfacing in patients who are sixty years of age or older. 
  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients with severe aortic stenosis at extreme risk for surgery. 
  • Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis. 
  • Transcatheter interventions across an inferior vena cava filter. 
  • Transcorporal artificial urinary sphincter cuff placement in cases requiring revision for erosion and urethral atrophy. 
  • Treatment of Arm Swelling in Hemodialysis Patients with Ipsilateral Arteriovenous Access and Central Vein Stenosis: Conversion to the Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow Graft versus Stent Deployment. 
  • Trunnion corrosion in metal-on-polyethylene hip arthroplasty: a simple diagnosis and treatment? 
  • Two new directions in speech processor design for cochlear implants. 
  • Two-Year Outcomes with a Magnetically Levitated Cardiac Pump in Heart Failure. 
  • Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications. 
  • Understanding operator stent choice in the catheterization laboratory using a pre-procedure survey: Opportunities for quality improvement. 
  • Unexpected abrupt increase in left ventricular assist device thrombosis. 
  • Unexpected high rate of revision of a modern cemented fixed bearing modular posterior-stabilized knee arthroplasty. 
  • Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: factors influencing the outcome. 
  • Unicuspid Aortic Valve Repair Using Geometric Ring Annuloplasty. 
  • Use of Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Titanium Implants for Complex Foot and Ankle Limb Salvage, Deformity Correction, and Arthrodesis Procedures. 
  • Use of a continuous-flow device in patients awaiting heart transplantation. 
  • Use of an alumina-on-alumina bearing system in total hip arthroplasty for osteonecrosis of the hip. 
  • Use of an inverted On-X mitral valve in the aortic position in a resource limited setting. 
  • Use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention in older patients: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. 
  • Use of metal-on-metal total hip resurfacing for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head. 
  • Use of modular large femoral heads without liners in hip arthroplasty. 
  • Using a Regent Aortic Valve in a Small Annulus Mitral Position Is a Viable Option. 
  • Utility of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures for patients undergoing implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular device. 
  • Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Valve Implantation in the Nonaortic Position. 
  • Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation for degenerated bioprosthetic heart valves. 
  • Varus-Valgus Constrained Implants in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Mean Clinical Follow-Up of Six Years. 
  • Wear and Osteolysis of Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene at 10 to 14 Years: The Effect of Femoral Head Size. 
  • What can be learned from minimum 20-year followup studies of knee arthroplasty? 
  • What is the survivorship of fully coated femoral components in revision hip arthroplasty? 
  • Wire-reinforced ureteral stents to rescue from nephrostomy tube in extrinsic ureteral obstruction. 
  • Worldwide Experience of a Durable Centrifugal Flow Pump in Pediatric Patients. 
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  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Attarian, David Edward, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery, Urology
  • Stinnett, Sandra Sue, Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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