Sunil Vadlakonda Rao | Scholars@Duke

Sunil Vadlakonda Rao
Professor of Medicine

Focus of research is in the radial approach to PCI, transfusion physiology and outcomes in patients with ischemic heart disease, quality assessment and improvement through registries, and clinical trials in interventional cardiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2017
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2002

Contact Information

VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street (111a), Durham, NC 27705
(919) 286-0411

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 1999 - 2004
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1996 - 1999
- M.D., Ohio State University 1996
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2013 - 2017
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2011 - 2013
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2004 - 2010
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 14, 2016 WTVD
  
  Durham VA improving veteran care with upgraded facilities
- OCT 29, 2013
  
  Women Benefit from Less Used Wrist Access Site for Angioplasty
Research
Selected Grants
- Onyx awarded by Medtronic, Inc. 2015 - 2020
- AZ_CLiPPeR awarded by AstraZeneca LP 2018 - 2019
- OPTIMIZE awarded by Svelte Medical Systems, Inc. 2017 - 2019
- PACTTE-Partnership for Anemia: Clinical and Translational Trials in the Elderly awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2019
- Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) awarded by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2016 - 2018
- Efficiencies for Outcome Ascertainment throughout the Total Product Life Cycle awarded by Food and Drug Administration 2012 - 2017
- SAFE-PCI for Women: FDA awarded by Food and Drug Administration 2011 - 2013
- IPA - Marilyn Powell awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2011 - 2012
- REVEAL (Reduction of Infarct Expansion and Ventricular remodeling with Epo Administration after Large MI) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2011
- REVEAL Site awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2010
- Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2005 - 2007
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Chung, MJ, and Rao, SV. "Elinogrel." In Antiplatelet Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, 173-179. June 3, 2014. Full Text
  - Cohen, MG, and Rao, SV. "Radial artery approach." In Grossman & Baim's Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention: Eighth Edition, 170-190. October 5, 2013.
- Conference Papers
  - Dharma, S, Sukmawan, R, Andriantoro, H, Dakota, I, Siswanto, BB, and Rao, SV. "Off-hours versus regular hours admission and its relation with long-term mortality of patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention." August 1, 2015. Link to Item
  - Boyden, TF, McCoy, L, Neely, ML, Cavender, MA, Dixon, SR, Joynt, KE, Masoudi, F, Peterson, E, Rao, SV, and Gurm, HS. "A Tale of Two States: Comparison of PCI Case Mix in New York and Michigan." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Al-Hejily, WA, Dai, D, Shaw, RE, Trilesskaya, M, Rao, SV, Brilakis, E, Anstrom, K, Messenger, JC, Douglas, PS, and Sketch, M. "Contemporary Embolic Protection in Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention. 3-Year Outcomes From 49,325 Patients in the Medicare-Linked NCDR CathPCI Registry." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Kooiman, J, Seth, M, Rao, SV, LaLonde, T, Wohns, D, and Gurm, HS. "Does Radial Access Reduce the Risk of Contrast Induced Nephropathy in Patients undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2)." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Zhang, Z, Edwards, F, Kolm, P, Rao, SV, Sepulveda, MG, O'Brien, S, Shahian, D, Ponirakis, A, Klein, LW, Grover, FL, Garratt, KN, Mckay, C, and Weintraub, WS. "Risk Factors of 30-Day Readmission for Patients Undergoing Revascularization." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Harskamp, RE, Brennan, JM, Gaca, JG, Halkos, ME, Peterson, ED, Rao, SV, Williams, JB, De Winter, RJ, Alexander, JH, and Lopes, RD. "A systematic review of outcomes related to hybrid coronary revascularization in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era." August 2013. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Hess, C, Dai, DD, Peterson, E, and Douglas, P. "TEMPORAL TRENDS IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION OUTCOMES AMONG OLDER PATIENTS." March 27, 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brilakis, ES, Rao, SV, Banerjee, S, Goldman, S, Shunk, K, Holmes, DR, Honeycutt, E, and Roe, MT. "PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN NATIVE ARTERIES VS. BYPASS GRAFTS IN PRIOR CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING PATIENTS: A REPORT FROM THE CATHPCI REGISTRY (R)." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Katz, JN, Kolappa, K, Broderick, S, Shaw, LK, and Rao, SV. "UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION AS A CONTRAINDICATION TO CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION: EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wang, T, Kaltenbach, LA, Bhatt, DL, Rao, SV, Roe, MT, Resnic, FS, Cavender, MA, Messenger, JC, and Peterson, ED. "LONG-TERM MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIVESSEL VERSUS CULPRIT VESSEL ONLY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CATHPCI DATA REGISTRY." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kilaru, R, Povsic, TJ, Melloni, C, Melton, L, Kim, RJ, Heitner, J, Raman, S, Barsness, G, Ferrucci, L, Lakatta, EG, Harrington, RA, and Najjar, SS. "A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous Erythropoietin to Reduce Infarct Size After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Primary Results of the REVEAL Trial." November 23, 2010. Link to Item
  - Chan, M, Sun, JL, Wang, TY, Lopes, RD, Jolicoeur, ME, Pieper, KS, Rao, SV, Newby, LK, Mahaffey, KW, Harrington, RA, and Peterson, ED. "Discharge Without Antiplatelet Therapy After Inhospital Bleeding is an Independent Predictor of 6-Month Mortality Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Pooled Analysis From PURSUIT, PARAGON-A, PARAGON-B and SYNERGY." November 3, 2009. Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Lopes, RD, Stebbins, A, Rao, SV, Pieper, KS, Califf, RM, Alexander, JH, and Granger, CB. "Differences in Bleeding Rates Accounts for All of the Excess Mortality in African Americans Compared With Caucasians With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction treated With Fibrinolysis." November 3, 2009. Link to Item
  - Lin, GA, Redberg, RF, Anderson, HV, Shaw, RE, Milford-Beland, S, Rao, SV, Peterson, ED, and Dudley, RA. "Changing guidelines may affect assessments of quality of care for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions." May 27, 2008. Link to Item
  - Alexander, KP, Bach, RG, Chen, AY, Subherwal, S, Gage, BF, Rao, SV, Gibler, WB, Jr, PCV, Ohman, EM, Roe, MT, and Peterson, ED. "Bleeding and ischemic events run parallel in NSTEMI patients." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Burionroppa, SC, Varosy, PD, Roe, M, Peterson, E, Ou, F-S, Rao, SV, Singh, M, Shunk, KA, and Registry, NCD. "Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention compared to primary percutaneous intervention." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Cavender, MA, Milford-Beland, S, Weintraub, WS, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Prevalence and in-hospital outcomes of multivessel PCI during primary PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results from the American college of cardiology national cardiovascular data registry (ACC-NCDR)." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Kandzari, DE, Rao, SV, Moses, JW, Dzavik, V, Strauss, BH, Kutryk, MJ, III, SCA, Garg, J, Mancini, GBJ, and Buller, CE. "Clinical and angiographic outcomes with sirolimus-eluting stents in total coronary occlusions: ACROSS/TOSCA-4 trial." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, Dai, D, DeLong, ER, Rao, SV, Roe, MT, Ho, KL, Singh, M, Rumsfeld, JS, Shaw, RE, Weintraub, WS, Brindis, RG, and Spertus, JA. "Contemporary predictors of procedural mortality among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): Results from the ACC-NCDR." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Dal, D, Mehta, S, Marso, S, Peterson, ED, Sanborn, T, and Klein, LW. "Lack of impact of randomized trials on percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice: Data from the American college of cardiology national cardiovascular data registry (ACC-NCDR)." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kandzari, DE, Ryan, KA, Garg, J, Buller, CE, Strauss, BH, Kutryk, MJ, Moses, JW, Dzavik, V, and Mancini, GBJ. "Incidence and short-term outcomes of drug-eluting stent fracture in chronic total occlusions: Analysis from the ACROSS-Cypher trial." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Roe, MT, Cannon, CP, Chen, AY, Rao, SV, Rumsfeld, JS, Klein, LW, Ohman, EM, Gibler, WB, and Peterson, ED. "Decline in the use of drug-eluting stents for patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from the CRUSADE and ACTION registries." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Subherwal, S, Bach, RG, Chen, AY, Gage, BF, Rao, SV, Wang, TY, Gibler, WB, Ohman, EM, Peterson, ED, Roe, MT, and Alexander, KP. "The CRUSADE bleeding score to assess baseline risk of major bleeding in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Burjonroppa, SC, Varosy, P, Ou, F-S, Rao, SV, Peterson, E, Roe, M, Shunk, KA, and Registry, NCD. "Incidence and predictors of bleeding among patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed fibrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction." October 20, 2007. Link to Item
  - Burjonroppa, SC, Varosy, PD, Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Peterson, E, Roe, M, Shunk, KA, and CDR, ACCN. "Incidence and predictors of mortality among patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed filbrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction." October 16, 2007. Link to Item
  - Mehta, S, Fruitkin, AD, Rao, SV, Rossi, J, Ou, F-S, Peterson, ED, Spertus, JA, and Marso, SP. "Bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: A predictive model from 302,152 patients in the ACC-NCDR." October 16, 2007. Link to Item
  - Wang, TY, Dai, D, Peterson, ED, Rao, SV, and Roe, MT. "Challenges of using peri-procedural myocardial infarction as a quality measure among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention." October 16, 2007. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaul, P, Liao, L, Mark, DB, Eisenstein, EL, Armstrong, PW, Ohman, M, Granger, CB, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "Bleeding complications are a major driver of resource use among patients with acute coronary syndromes." March 6, 2007. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Wang, T, Shaw, RE, Brindis, R, Rumsfeld, JS, and Peterson, ED. "The radial approach to percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with a lower risk for complications regardless of radial procedure volume: A report from the American college of cardiology national cardiovascular data registry (ACC-NCDR)." March 6, 2007. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Banerjee, A, Pieper, K, Granger, CB, Newby, K, van de Werf, F, White, HD, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "Bleeding and blood transfusion rates are higher among acute coronary syndrome patients in the United States than in other countries." October 25, 2005. Link to Item
  - Voeltz, MD, Lincoff, AM, Feit, F, Rao, SV, Quyyumi, AA, Douglas, JS, and Manoukian, SV. "Anemic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have a higher mortality even in the absence of major bleeding complications." October 17, 2005. Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, Chen, AY, Yang, X, Roe, MT, Rao, SV, Brindis, RG, Gibler, WB, and Ohman, EM. "Blood transfusions in patients admitted with Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Results from CRUSADE." February 1, 2005. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Mahaffey, KW, Antman, E, Kleiman, NS, Ferguson, JJ, Califf, RM, Becker, RC, Goodman, SG, and Aylward, PE. "Predictors of major bleeding and transfusion in SYNERGY: Effects of pretreatment variables and treatment assignment." February 1, 2005. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, O'Grady, K, Pieper, K, Newby, K, Armstrong, PW, van de Werf, F, Mahaffey, KW, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "Bleeding among patients with acute coronary syndromes is associated with higher risk of short- and long-term death." October 26, 2004. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Shaw, RE, Peterson, ED, Klein, LW, Brindis, RG, and Weintraub, WS. "On- versus off-label use of drug-eluting Stents in clinical practice: from the American College of Cardiology - National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (ACC-NCDR)." October 26, 2004. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Shaw, RF, Brindis, RG, Klein, LW, and Peterson, ED. "Predictors of drug-eluting stent use in clinical practice: A report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (ACC-NCDR)." October 26, 2004. Link to Item
  - Meine, TJ, Patel, MR, DePuy, V, Curtis, L, Rao, SV, Schulman, KJ, and Jollis, JG. "Holiday heart: Decreased use of evidence-based therapies in patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted during holiday weeks." March 3, 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, MR, Meine, TJ, Radeva, J, Curtis, L, Rao, SV, Schulman, K, and Jollis, J. "The effect of state mandated continuing medical education on the use of proven therapies in patients with an acute myocardial infarction." March 3, 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kaul, P, Rao, SV, Armstrong, PW, Knight, JD, Sutherland, W, Clapp-Channing, NE, and Mark, DB. "Change in health status predicts five-year survival: Evidence from GUSTO-I." October 28, 2003. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Bethel, A, and Feinglos, MN. "Treatment of diabetes mellitus: Implications of the use of oral agents." November 1999. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Gaudino, M, Burzotta, F, Bakaeen, F, Bertrand, O, Crea, F, Di Franco, A, Fremes, S, Kiemeneij, F, Louvard, Y, Rao, SV, Schwann, TA, Tatoulis, J, Tranbaugh, RF, Trani, C, Valgimigli, M, Vranckx, P, Taggart, DP, and Arterial Grafting International Consortium Alliance, . "The Radial Artery for Percutaneous Coronary Procedures or Surgery?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 10 (March 2018): 1167-1175. (Review) Full Text
  - Sukul, D, Bhatt, DL, Seth, M, Zakroysky, P, Wojdyla, D, Rumsfeld, JS, Wang, T, Rao, SV, and Gurm, HS. "Appropriateness and Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Top-Ranked and Nonranked Hospitals in the United States." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 11, no. 4 (February 2018): 342-350. Full Text
  - Chung, MJ, Hansen, JD, Schulteis, RD, Boggan, JC, Jones, WS, Povsic, TJ, Roberts, S, Krucoff, MW, and Rao, SV. "Understanding operator stent choice in the catheterization laboratory using a pre-procedure survey: Opportunities for quality improvement." Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 18, no. 8 (December 2017): 588-591. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Paul, TK, Bhatheja, S, Panchal, HB, Zheng, S, Banerjee, S, Rao, SV, Guzman, L, Beohar, N, Zhao, D, Mehran, R, and Mukherjee, D. "Outcomes of Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention With and Without Embolic Protection Device: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 12 (December 2017). Full Text
  - Brilakis, ES, Banerjee, S, Edson, R, Shunk, K, Goldman, S, Holmes, DR, Bhatt, DL, Rao, SV, Smith, MW, Sather, M, Colling, C, Kar, B, Nielsen, L, Conner, T, Wagner, T, Rangan, BV, Ventura, B, Lu, Y, Holodniy, M, and Shih, M-C. "Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial." Clinical cardiology 40, no. 11 (November 2017): 946-954. Full Text
  - Damluji, AA, Nelson, DW, Valgimigli, M, Windecker, S, Byrne, RA, Cohen, F, Patel, T, Brilakis, ES, Banerjee, S, Mayol, J, Cantor, WJ, Alfonso, CE, Rao, SV, Moscucci, M, and Cohen, MG. "Transfemoral Approach for Coronary Angiography and Intervention: A Collaboration of International Cardiovascular Societies." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 22 (November 2017): 2269-2279. Full Text
  - Din, JN, Snow, TM, Rao, SV, Klinke, WP, Nadra, IJ, Della Siega, A, and Robinson, SD. "Variation in practice and concordance with guideline criteria for length of stay after elective percutaneous coronary intervention." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 90, no. 5 (November 2017): 715-722. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Dharma, S. "25 Years of Transradial Intervention: Looking Back and Anticipating What Is Ahead." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 22 (November 2017): 2266-2268. Full Text
  - Shlofmitz, E, Martinsen, BJ, Lee, M, Rao, SV, Généreux, P, Higgins, J, Chambers, JW, Kirtane, AJ, Brilakis, ES, Kandzari, DE, Sharma, SK, and Shlofmitz, R. "Orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions: evidence, technique, and best practices." Expert review of medical devices 14, no. 11 (November 2017): 867-879. Full Text
  - Valle, JA, Kaltenbach, LA, Bradley, SM, Yeh, RW, Rao, SV, Gurm, HS, Armstrong, EJ, Messenger, JC, and Waldo, SW. "Variation in the Adoption of Transradial Access for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the NCDR CathPCI Registry." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 22 (November 2017): 2242-2254. Full Text
  - Bazemore, TC, Nanna, MG, and Rao, SV. "Benefits and risks of P2Y12 inhibitor preloading in patients with acute coronary syndrome and stable angina." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 44, no. 3 (October 2017): 303-315. (Review) Full Text
  - Essandoh, M, Dalia, AA, Albaghdadi, M, George, B, Stoicea, N, Shabsigh, M, and Rao, SV. "Perioperative Management of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With New-Generation Drug-Eluting Metallic Stents and Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 31, no. 5 (October 2017): 1857-1864. (Review) Full Text
  - Kobayashi, T, Glorioso, TJ, Armstrong, EJ, Maddox, TM, Plomondon, ME, Grunwald, GK, Bradley, SM, Tsai, TT, Waldo, SW, Rao, SV, Banerjee, S, Nallamothu, BK, Bhatt, DL, Rene, AG, Wilensky, RL, Groeneveld, PW, and Giri, J. "Comparative Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Black and White Patients Treated at US Veterans Affairs Hospitals." JAMA cardiology 2, no. 9 (September 2017): 967-975. Full Text
  - Vora, AN, Wang, TY, Li, S, Chiswell, K, Hess, C, Lopes, RD, Rao, SV, and Peterson, ED. "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." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 8 (August 21, 2017). Full Text
  - Aminian, A, Saito, S, Takahashi, A, Bernat, I, Jobe, R, Kajiya, T, Gilchrist, I, Louvard, Y, Kiemeneij, F, Van Royen, N, Yamazaki, S, Matsukage, T, and Rao, S. "Comparison of a new slender 6 Fr sheath with a standard 5 Fr sheath for transradial coronary angiography and intervention: RAP and BEAT (Radial Artery Patency and Bleeding, Efficacy, Adverse evenT), a randomised multicentre trial." EuroIntervention 13, no. 5 (August 2017): e549-e556. Full Text
  - Doll, JA, Overton, R, Patel, MR, Rao, SV, Sketch, MH, Harrison, JK, and Tcheng, JE. "Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 10, no. 8 (August 2017). Full Text
  - Shah, R, Matin, K, Rogers, KC, and Rao, SV. "Effect of post-primary percutaneous coronary intervention bivalirudin infusion on net adverse clinical events and mortality: A comprehensive pairwise and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 90, no. 2 (August 2017): 196-204. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "Complete Coronary Revascularization: The End Justifies the Means, as Long as Something Justifies the End." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 14 (July 2017): 1425-1427. Full Text
  - Waldo, SW, O'Donnell, CI, Prouse, A, Plomondon, ME, Rao, SV, Maddox, TM, Ho, PM, and Armstrong, EJ. "Incidence, procedural management, and clinical outcomes of coronary in-stent restenosis: Insights from the National VA CART Program." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (June 28, 2017). Full Text
  - Fanaroff, AC, Zakroysky, P, Dai, D, Wojdyla, D, Sherwood, MW, Roe, MT, Wang, TY, Peterson, ED, Gurm, HS, Cohen, MG, Messenger, JC, and Rao, SV. "Outcomes of PCI in Relation to Procedural Characteristics and Operator Volumes in the United States." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 24 (June 2017): 2913-2924. Full Text
  - Garg, A, Rao, SV, Agrawal, S, Theodoropoulos, K, Mennuni, M, Sharma, A, Garg, L, Ferrante, G, Meelu, OA, Sargsyan, D, Reimers, B, Cohen, M, Kostis, JB, and Stefanini, GG. "Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease." The American journal of cardiology 119, no. 12 (June 2017): 1942-1948. (Review) Full Text
  - Jovin, IS, Shah, RM, Patel, DB, Rao, SV, Baklanov, DV, Moussa, I, Kennedy, KF, Secemsky, EA, Yeh, RW, Kontos, MC, and Vetrovec, GW. "Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Via Radial Access Anticoagulated With Bivalirudin Versus Heparin: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 11 (June 2017): 1102-1111. Full Text
  - Andò, G, Cortese, B, Russo, F, Rothenbühler, M, Frigoli, E, Gargiulo, G, Briguori, C, Vranckx, P, Leonardi, S, Guiducci, V, Belloni, F, Ferrari, F, de la Torre Hernandez, JM, Curello, S, Liistro, F, Perkan, A, De Servi, S, Casu, G, Dellavalle, A, Fischetti, D, Micari, A, Loi, B, Mangiacapra, F, Russo, N, Tarantino, F, Saia, F, Heg, D, Windecker, S, Jüni, P, Valgimigli, M, Salomone, M, Frigoli, E, Occhilupo, P, Lodolini, V, Monti, M, Mazzone, MG, Delos, E, Caruso, MT, Testa, M, and Ciociano, N et al. "Acute Kidney Injury After Radial or Femoral Access for Invasive Acute Coronary Syndrome Management." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 21 (May 2017): 2592-2603. Full Text
  - Ibrahim, H, and Rao, SV. "Oral antiplatelet drugs in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a review." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 43, no. 4 (May 2017): 519-527. (Review) Full Text
  - Mandawat, A, and Rao, SV. "Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiogenic Shock." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 5 (May 2017). (Review) Full Text
  - Roberts, JK, Rao, SV, Shaw, LK, Gallup, DS, Marroquin, OC, and Patel, UD. "Comparative Efficacy of Coronary Revascularization Procedures for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease." The American journal of cardiology 119, no. 9 (May 2017): 1344-1351. Full Text
  - Sekaran, NK, Crowley, AL, de Souza, FR, Resende, ES, and Rao, SV. "The Role for Cardiovascular Remodeling in Cardiovascular Outcomes." Current atherosclerosis reports 19, no. 5 (May 2017): 23-. (Review) Full Text
  - Vora, AN, Stanislawski, M, Grunwald, GK, Plomondon, ME, Rumsfeld, JS, Maddox, TM, Vidovich, MI, Woody, W, Nallamothu, BK, Gurm, HS, and Rao, SV. "Association Between Chronic Kidney Disease and Rates of Transfusion and Progression to End-Stage Renal Disease in Patients Undergoing Transradial Versus Transfemoral Cardiac Catheterization-An Analysis From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking (CART) Program." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 4 (April 18, 2017). Full Text
  - Banerjee, S, Angiolillo, DJ, Boden, WE, Murphy, JG, Khalili, H, Hasan, AA, Harrington, RA, and Rao, SV. "Use of Antiplatelet Therapy/DAPT for Post-PCI Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 14 (April 2017): 1861-1870. (Review) Full Text
  - Doll, JA, Dai, D, Roe, MT, Messenger, JC, Sherwood, MW, Prasad, A, Mahmud, E, Rumsfeld, JS, Wang, TY, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Assessment of Operator Variability in Risk-Standardized Mortality Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report From the NCDR." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 7 (April 2017): 672-682. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Harrington, RA. "Bleeding and Mortality With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: The Rashomon Effect." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 16 (April 2017): 2023-2025. Full Text
  - Roever, L, Biondi-Zoccai, G, and Rao, SV. "Lipid-lowering Therapy in Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk: Dose or Combination?." Clinical therapeutics 39, no. 3 (March 2017): 659-660. Full Text
  - Dharma, S, Kedev, S, Patel, T, Rao, SV, Bertrand, OF, and Gilchrist, IC. "Radial artery diameter does not correlate with body mass index: A duplex ultrasound analysis of 1706 patients undergoing trans-radial catheterization at three experienced radial centers." International journal of cardiology 228 (February 2017): 169-172. Full Text
  - Panchal, HB, Daggubati, R, Zhao, D, Rao, SV, and Paul, T. "Polymer-Free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease at High Bleeding Risk." Current cardiology reports 19, no. 2 (February 2017): 12-. (Review) Full Text
  - Swaminathan, RV, and Rao, SV. "Hospital Readmission as a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Performance Measure: Too Soon?." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 10, no. 1 (January 2017). Full Text
  - Essandoh, MK, Dalia, AA, George, BS, Flores, AS, Otey, AJ, Kirtane, AJ, Broderick, TM, and Rao, SV. "CASE 11-2016 Perioperative Coronary Thrombosis in a Patient With Multiple Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents: Is It Time for a Paradigm Shift?." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 30, no. 6 (December 2016): 1698-1708. Full Text
  - Rigattieri, S, Sciahbasi, A, Ratib, K, Alonzo, A, Cox, N, Chodór, P, Berni, A, Fedele, S, Pugliese, FR, Cooper, CJ, Louvard, Y, Nolan, J, and Rao, SV. "Comparison Between Radial Approach and Femoral Approach With Vascular Closure Devices on the Occurrence of Access-Site Complications and Periprocedural Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." The Journal of invasive cardiology 28, no. 12 (December 2016): 473-479.
  - Zeymer, U, Rao, SV, and Montalescot, G. "Anticoagulation in coronary intervention." European heart journal 37, no. 45 (December 2016): 3376-3385. (Review) Full Text
  - Carson, JL, Guyatt, G, Heddle, NM, Grossman, BJ, Cohn, CS, Fung, MK, Gernsheimer, T, Holcomb, JB, Kaplan, LJ, Katz, LM, Peterson, N, Ramsey, G, Rao, SV, Roback, JD, Shander, A, and Tobian, AAR. "Clinical Practice Guidelines From the AABB: Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds and Storage." JAMA 316, no. 19 (November 2016): 2025-2035. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Stone, GW. "Arterial access and arteriotomy site closure devices." Nature reviews. Cardiology 13, no. 11 (November 2016): 641-650. (Review) Full Text
  - Shah, R, Berzingi, C, Mumtaz, M, Jasper, JB, Goswami, R, Morsy, MS, Ramanathan, KB, and Rao, SV. "Meta-Analysis Comparing Complete Revascularization Versus Infarct-Related Only Strategies for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease." The American journal of cardiology 118, no. 10 (November 2016): 1466-1472. (Review) Full Text
  - Bazemore, TC, and Rao, SV. "Controversies in the Management of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Transradial Versus Transfemoral Approach." Interventional cardiology clinics 5, no. 4 (October 2016): 513-522. (Review) Full Text
  - Jones, WS, Roe, MT, Antman, EM, Pletcher, MJ, Harrington, RA, Rothman, RL, Oetgen, WJ, Rao, SV, Krucoff, MW, Curtis, LH, Hernandez, AF, and Masoudi, FA. "The Changing Landscape of Randomized Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Disease." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 17 (October 2016): 1898-1907. (Review) Full Text
  - Doll, JA, Ohman, EM, Patel, MR, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Wohns, DH, Kapur, NK, and Rao, SV. "A team-based approach to patients in cardiogenic shock." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 88, no. 3 (September 2016): 424-433. (Review) Full Text
  - Karrowni, W, Vora, AN, Dai, D, Wojdyla, D, Dakik, H, and Rao, SV. "Blood Transfusion and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 9 (September 2016). Full Text
  - Naidu, SS, Aronow, HD, Box, LC, Duffy, PL, Kolansky, DM, Kupfer, JM, Latif, F, Mulukutla, SR, Rao, SV, Swaminathan, RV, and Blankenship, JC. "SCAI expert consensus statement: 2016 best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: (Endorsed by the cardiological society of india, and sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia intervencionista; Affirmation of value by the Canadian Association of interventional cardiology-Association canadienne de cardiologie d'intervention)." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 88, no. 3 (September 2016): 407-423. (Review) Full Text
  - Shah, R, and Rao, SV. "Reply: The Hidden Players." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 18 (September 2016): 1973-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Dharma, S, Andriantoro, H, Purnawan, I, Dakota, I, Basalamah, F, Hartono, B, Rasmin, R, Isnanijah, H, Yamin, M, Wijaya, IP, Pratama, V, Gunarto, TB, Juwana, YB, Suling, FRW, Witjaksono, AMO, Lasanudin, HF, Iskandarsyah, K, Priatna, H, Tedjasukmana, P, Wahyumandradi, U, Kosasih, A, Budhiarti, IA, Pribadi, W, Wirianta, J, Lubiantoro, U, Pramesti, R, Widowati, DR, Aminda, SK, Basalamah, MA, and Rao, SV. "Characteristics, treatment and in-hospital outcomes of patients with STEMI in a metropolitan area of a developing country: an initial report of the extended Jakarta Acute Coronary Syndrome registry." BMJ open 6, no. 8 (August 31, 2016): e012193-. Full Text
  - Dery, J-P, Mahaffey, KW, Tricoci, P, White, HD, Podder, M, Westerhout, CM, Moliterno, DJ, Harrington, RA, Chen, E, Strony, J, Van de Werf, F, Ziada, KM, Held, C, Aylward, PE, Armstrong, PW, and Rao, SV. "Arterial access site and outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with and without vorapaxar." CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS 88, no. 2 (August 2016): 163-173. Full Text Link to Item
  - Déry, J-P, Mahaffey, KW, Tricoci, P, White, HD, Podder, M, Westerhout, CM, Moliterno, DJ, Harrington, RA, Chen, E, Strony, J, Van de Werf, F, Ziada, KM, Held, C, Aylward, PE, Armstrong, PW, and Rao, SV. "Arterial access site and outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with and without vorapaxar." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 88, no. 2 (August 2016): 163-173. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Zeymer, U, Douglas, PS, Al-Khalidi, H, White, JA, Liu, J, Levy, H, Guetta, V, Gibson, CM, Tanguay, J-F, Vermeersch, P, Roncalli, J, Kasprzak, JD, Henry, TD, Frey, N, Kracoff, O, Traverse, JH, Chew, DP, Lopez-Sendon, J, Heyrman, R, and Krucoff, MW. "Bioabsorbable Intracoronary Matrix for Prevention of Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 7 (August 2016): 715-723. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Shah, R. "The Fuzzy Math of Anticoagulation and Access Site: When 1 + 1 Does Not Always Equal 2." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 15 (August 2016): 1532-1534. Full Text
  - Ferrante, G, Rao, SV, Jüni, P, Da Costa, BR, Reimers, B, Condorelli, G, Anzuini, A, Jolly, SS, Bertrand, OF, Krucoff, MW, Windecker, S, and Valgimigli, M. "Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions Across the Entire Spectrum of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 14 (July 2016): 1419-1434. Full Text
  - Shah, R, Rogers, KC, Ahmed, AJ, King, BJ, and Rao, SV. "Effect of Post-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Bivalirudin Infusion on Acute Stent Thrombosis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 13 (July 2016): 1313-1320. Full Text
  - Brilakis, ES, O'Donnell, CI, Penny, W, Armstrong, EJ, Tsai, T, Maddox, TM, Plomondon, ME, Banerjee, S, Rao, SV, Garcia, S, Nallamothu, B, Shunk, KA, Mavromatis, K, Grunwald, GK, and Bhatt, DL. "Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Native Coronary Arteries Versus Bypass Grafts in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 9 (May 2016): 884-893. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Nolan, J, Fraser, DG, Mamas, MA, Bertrand, OF, Pancholy, SB, Bernat, I, Dharma, S, Kedev, S, Jolly, SS, and Valgimigli, M. "Efficacy of Radial Versus Femoral Access in the Acute Coronary Syndrome: Is It the Operator or the Operation That Matters?." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 9 (May 2016): 978-979. (Letter) Full Text
  - Schulman-Marcus, J, Feldman, DN, Rao, SV, Prasad, A, McCoy, L, Garratt, K, Kim, LK, Minutello, RM, Wong, S-C, Vora, AN, Singh, HS, Wojdyla, D, Mohsen, A, Bergman, G, and Swaminathan, RV. "Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Before Noncardiac Surgery: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry." JAMA internal medicine 176, no. 5 (May 2016): 611-618. Full Text
  - Serebruany, VL, Fortmann, SD, Rao, SV, Tanguay, J-F, Lordkipanidze, M, Hanley, DF, Can, M, Kim, MH, and Marciniak, TA. "Vorapaxar and diplopia: Possible off-target PAR-receptor mismodulation." Thrombosis and haemostasis 115, no. 5 (May 2016): 905-910. (Review) Full Text
  - Shroff, A, Kupfer, J, Gilchrist, IC, Caputo, R, Speiser, B, Bertrand, OF, Pancholy, SB, and Rao, SV. "Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Current Perspectives and Strategies for Implementation." JAMA cardiology 1, no. 2 (May 2016): 216-223. Full Text
  - Barria Perez, AE, Rao, SV, Jolly, SJ, Pancholy, SB, Plourde, G, Rimac, G, Poirier, Y, Costerousse, O, and Bertrand, OF. "Meta-Analysis of Effects of Bivalirudin Versus Heparin on Myocardial Ischemic and Bleeding Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." The American journal of cardiology 117, no. 8 (April 2016): 1256-1266. (Review) Full Text
  - Cohen, HJ, Walston, JD, Rao, SV, Schrier, SL, Artz, A, and Partnership for Anemia: Clinical and Translational Trials in the Elderly Consortium, . "Renal Toxicity Associated with Salsalate in Elderly Adults with Anemia." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 64, no. 4 (April 2016): 898-899. (Letter) Full Text
  - Fanaroff, AC, and Rao, SV. "Antiplatelet Therapy in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." Interventional cardiology clinics 5, no. 2 (April 2016): 221-237. (Review) Full Text
  - Vora, AN, Peterson, ED, McCoy, LA, Garratt, KN, Kutcher, MA, Marso, SP, Roe, MT, Messenger, JC, and Rao, SV. "The Impact of Bleeding Avoidance Strategies on Hospital-Level Variation in Bleeding Rates Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 8 (April 2016): 771-779. Full Text
  - Vora, AN, Dai, D, Gurm, H, Amin, AP, Messenger, JC, Mahmud, E, Mauri, L, Wang, TY, Roe, MT, Curtis, J, Patel, MR, Dauerman, HL, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI Registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, no. 3 (March 2016): e003070-. Full Text
  - Wang, TY, McCoy, LA, Bhatt, DL, Rao, SV, Roe, MT, Resnic, FS, Cavender, MA, Messenger, JC, and Peterson, ED. "Multivessel vs culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention among patients 65 years or older with acute myocardial infarction." American heart journal 172 (February 2016): 9-18. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Sketch, MH, Dai, D, Trilesskaya, M, Al-Hejily, W, Rao, SV, Brilakis, E, Messenger, JC, Shaw, RE, Anstrom, KJ, Peterson, ED, and Douglas, PS. "Safety and clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft intervention in older individuals: Results from the medicare-linked National Cardiovascular Data Registry(®) CathPCI Registry(®) (2005-2009)." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 87, no. 1 (January 2016): 43-49. Full Text
  - Dehmer, GJ, Jennings, J, Madden, RA, Malenka, DJ, Masoudi, FA, McKay, CR, Ness, DL, Rao, SV, Resnic, FS, Ring, ME, Rumsfeld, JS, Shelton, ME, Simanowith, MC, Slattery, LE, Weintraub, WS, Lovett, A, and Normand, S-L. "The National Cardiovascular Data Registry Voluntary Public Reporting Program: An Interim Report From the NCDR Public Reporting Advisory Group." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 2 (January 2016): 205-215. Full Text
  - Dharma, S, Kedev, S, Patel, T, Sukmawan, R, Gilchrist, IC, and Rao, SV. "Post-procedural/pre-hemostasis intra-arterial nitroglycerin after transradial catheterization: A gender based analysis." Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 17, no. 1 (January 2016): 10-14. Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, JA, Yusuf, S, Rokoss, MJ, Gao, P, Meeks, B, Kedev, S, Stankovic, G, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Chowdhary, S, Lavi, S, Niemela, K, Bernat, I, Cantor, WJ, Cheema, AN, Steg, PG, Welsh, RC, Sheth, T, Bertrand, OF, Avezum, A, Bhindi, R, Natarajan, MK, Horak, D, Leung, RCM, Kassam, S, Rao, SV, El-Omar, M, Mehta, SR, Velianou, JL, Pancholy, S, Džavík, V, and TOTAL Investigators, . "Outcomes after thrombus aspiration for ST elevation myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up of the prospective randomised TOTAL trial." Lancet (London, England) 387, no. 10014 (January 2016): 127-135. Full Text
  - Sawlani, N, Rao, SV, and Bhatt, DL. "A Call for Comprehensive Forearm Access?." The Journal of invasive cardiology 28, no. 1 (January 2016): 8-9.
  - Shah, R, Rogers, KC, Matin, K, Askari, R, and Rao, SV. "An updated comprehensive meta-analysis of bivalirudin vs heparin use in primary percutaneous coronary intervention." American heart journal 171, no. 1 (January 2016): 14-24. (Review) Full Text
  - Fanaroff, AC, Schulteis, RD, Pieper, KS, Rao, SV, and Newby, LK. "Simplified Predictive Instrument to Rule Out Acute Coronary Syndromes in a High-Risk Population." Journal of the American Heart Association 4, no. 12 (December 14, 2015). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Boyden, TF, Joynt, KE, McCoy, L, Neely, ML, Cavender, MA, Dixon, S, Masoudi, FA, Peterson, E, Rao, SV, and Gurm, HS. "Collaborative quality improvement vs public reporting for percutaneous coronary intervention: A comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention in New York vs Michigan." American heart journal 170, no. 6 (December 2015): 1227-1233. Full Text
  - Kadakia, MB, Rao, SV, McCoy, L, Choudhuri, PS, Sherwood, MW, Lilly, S, Kobayashi, T, Kolansky, DM, Wilensky, RL, Yeh, RW, and Giri, J. "Transradial Versus Transfemoral Access in Patients Undergoing Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Fibrinolytic Therapy." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 14 (December 2015): 1868-1876. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Nolan, J. "Proficiency With Vascular Access: Don't Rob Peter to Pay Paul." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 14 (December 2015): 1865-1867. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Vora, AN. "Transfusion in Ischemic Heart Disease: Correlation, Confounding, and Confusion." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, no. 22 (December 2015): 2519-2521. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "The Multidimensionality of Cardiovascular Procedures." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, no. 25 (December 2015): 2869-2871. Full Text
  - Hinohara, TT, and Rao, SV. "Current State of Radial Artery Catheterization in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction." Progress in cardiovascular diseases 58, no. 3 (November 2015): 241-246. (Review) Full Text
  - Plourde, G, Pancholy, SB, Nolan, J, Jolly, S, Rao, SV, Amhed, I, Bangalore, S, Patel, T, Dahm, JB, and Bertrand, OF. "Radiation exposure in relation to the arterial access site used for diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Lancet (London, England) 386, no. 10009 (November 2015): 2192-2203. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Zeymer, U, Douglas, PS, Al-Khalidi, H, Liu, J, Gibson, CM, Harrison, RW, Joseph, DS, Heyrman, R, and Krucoff, MW. "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of intracoronary application of a novel bioabsorbable cardiac matrix for the prevention of ventricular remodeling after large ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Rationale and design of the PRESERVATION I trial." American heart journal 170, no. 5 (November 2015): 929-937. Full Text
  - Wagener, JF, and Rao, SV. "A comparison of radial and femoral access for cardiac catheterization." Trends in cardiovascular medicine 25, no. 8 (November 2015): 707-713. (Review) Full Text
  - Jennings, HS, Rao, SV, Feldman, DN, Kolansky, DM, Kutcher, MA, Baker, NC, Chambers, CE, Petit, CJ, and Cigarroa, JE. "SCAI core curriculum for adult and pediatric interventional fellowship training in continuous quality assessment and improvement." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 86, no. 3 (September 2015): 422-431. Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Krucoff, MW, Sheng, S, Anstrom, KJ, Barham, WB, Gilchrist, IC, Harrington, RA, Jacobs, AK, Mehran, R, Messenger, JC, Mark, DB, and Rao, SV. "Comparison of quality-of-life measures after radial versus femoral artery access for cardiac catheterization in women: Results of the Study of Access Site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women quality-of-life substudy." American heart journal 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 371-379. Full Text
  - Pancholy, SB, Joshi, P, Shah, S, Rao, SV, Bertrand, OF, and Patel, TM. "Effect of Vascular Access Site Choice on Radiation Exposure During Coronary Angiography: The REVERE Trial (Randomized Evaluation of Vascular Entry Site and Radiation Exposure)." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 9 (August 2015): 1189-1196. Full Text
  - Pancholy, SB, Palamaner Subash Shantha, G, Romagnoli, E, Kedev, S, Bernat, I, Rao, SV, Jolly, S, Bertrand, OF, and Patel, TM. "Impact of access site choice on outcomes of patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis." American heart journal 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 353-361. (Review) Full Text
  - Baker, NC, Ansel, GM, Rao, SV, Jolly, SS, Pichard, AD, Steinberg, D, Lipinski, MJ, Escarcega, RO, Minha, S, Lhermusier, T, Magalhães, MA, and Waksman, R. "The choice of arterial access for percutaneous coronary intervention and its impact on outcome: An expert opinion perspective." American heart journal 170, no. 1 (July 2015): 13-22. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Blankenship, JC. "SCAI: Enhancing patient care through quality." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 86, no. 1 (July 2015): 1-2. Full Text
  - Valgimigli, M, Gagnor, A, Calabró, P, Frigoli, E, Leonardi, S, Zaro, T, Rubartelli, P, Briguori, C, Andò, G, Repetto, A, Limbruno, U, Cortese, B, Sganzerla, P, Lupi, A, Galli, M, Colangelo, S, Ierna, S, Ausiello, A, Presbitero, P, Sardella, G, Varbella, F, Esposito, G, Santarelli, A, Tresoldi, S, Nazzaro, M, Zingarelli, A, de Cesare, N, Rigattieri, S, Tosi, P, Palmieri, C, Brugaletta, S, Rao, SV, Heg, D, Rothenbühler, M, Vranckx, P, Jüni, P, and MATRIX Investigators, . "Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial." Lancet (London, England) 385, no. 9986 (June 2015): 2465-2476. Full Text
  - Gilchrist, IC, and Rao, SV. "De-implementing the Allen's Test." The Journal of invasive cardiology 27, no. 5 (May 2015): E74-.
  - James, S, Rao, SV, and Granger, CB. "Registry-based randomized clinical trials--a new clinical trial paradigm." Nature reviews. Cardiology 12, no. 5 (May 2015): 312-316. (Review) Full Text
  - James, S, Rao, SV, and Granger, CB. "Registry-based randomized clinical trials-a new clinical trial paradigm." NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY 12, no. 5 (May 2015): 312-316. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Kedev, S. "Approaching the post-femoral era for coronary angiography and intervention." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 8, no. 4 (April 20, 2015): 524-526. Full Text
  - Ducrocq, G, Jolly, S, Mehta, SR, Rao, SV, Patel, T, Moreno, R, Gao, P, and Steg, PG. "Activated clotting time and outcomes during percutaneous coronary intervention for non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the FUTURA/OASIS-8 Trial." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 4 (April 2015). Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Krucoff, MW, and Rao, SV. "Reply: Transradial PCI in Women: Zeroing in on Crossovers." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 4 (April 2015): 639-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, JA, Yusuf, S, Meeks, B, Pogue, J, Rokoss, MJ, Kedev, S, Thabane, L, Stankovic, G, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Chowdhary, S, Lavi, S, Niemelä, K, Steg, PG, Bernat, I, Xu, Y, Cantor, WJ, Overgaard, CB, Naber, CK, Cheema, AN, Welsh, RC, Bertrand, OF, Avezum, A, Bhindi, R, Pancholy, S, Rao, SV, Natarajan, MK, ten Berg, JM, Shestakovska, O, Gao, P, Widimsky, P, Džavík, V, and TOTAL Investigators, . "Randomized trial of primary PCI with or without routine manual thrombectomy." The New England journal of medicine 372, no. 15 (April 2015): 1389-1398. Full Text
  - Kwok, CS, Khan, MA, Rao, SV, Kinnaird, T, Sperrin, M, Buchan, I, de Belder, MA, Ludman, PF, Nolan, J, Loke, YK, and Mamas, MA. "Access and non-access site bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 4 (April 2015). (Review) Full Text
  - Pandie, S, Mehta, SR, Cantor, WJ, Cheema, AN, Gao, P, Madan, M, Niemela, K, Rao, SV, Schwalm, JD, Valentin, V, Velianou, JL, and Jolly, SS. "Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Angiography/Intervention in Women With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the RIVAL Trial (Radial Vs femorAL access for coronary intervention)." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 4 (April 2015): 505-512. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Kedev, S. "Approaching the post-femoral era for coronary angiography and intervention." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 4 (April 2015): 524-526. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "Radial Approach: Fundamental Techniques and Evidence." Interventional cardiology clinics 4, no. 2 (April 2015): ix-. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "The conundrum of reducing ischemic and bleeding events after PCI." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 14 (April 2015): 1421-1423. Full Text
  - Brennan, JM, Al-Hejily, W, Dai, D, Shaw, RE, Trilesskaya, M, Rao, SV, Brilakis, ES, Anstrom, KJ, Messenger, JC, Peterson, ED, Douglas, PS, and Sketch, MH. "Three-year outcomes associated with embolic protection in saphenous vein graft intervention: results in 49 325 senior patients in the Medicare-linked National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 3 (March 2015): e001403-. Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, JA, Yusuf, S, Meeks, B, Pogue, J, Rokoss, MJ, Kedev, S, Thabane, L, Stankovic, G, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Chowdhary, S, Lavi, S, Niemelä, K, Steg, PG, Bernat, I, Xu, Y, Cantor, WJ, Overgaard, CB, Naber, CK, Cheema, AN, Welsh, RC, Bertrand, OF, Avezum, A, Bhindi, R, Pancholy, S, Rao, SV, Natarajan, MK, Ten Berg, JM, Shestakovska, O, Gao, P, Widimsky, P, and Džavík, V. "Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy." The New England journal of medicine (March 2015).
  - Kwok, CS, Sherwood, MW, Watson, SM, Nasir, SB, Sperrin, M, Nolan, J, Kinnaird, T, Kiatchoosakun, S, Ludman, PF, de Belder, MA, Rao, SV, and Mamas, MA. "Blood transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, no. 3 (March 2015): 436-446. (Review) Full Text
  - Swaminathan, RV, Rao, SV, McCoy, LA, Kim, LK, Minutello, RM, Wong, SC, Yang, DC, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Singh, HS, Bergman, G, and Feldman, DN. "Hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes in older STEMI patients after primary PCI: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 12 (March 2015): 1161-1171. Full Text
  - Vora, AN, and Rao, SV. "Same day discharge following transradial PCI in India: Creating value for patients and providers." Indian Heart Journal 67, no. 2 (March 2015): 90-92. Full Text
  - Wagener, JF, and Rao, SV. "Radial artery occlusion after transradial approach to cardiac catheterization." Current atherosclerosis reports 17, no. 3 (March 2015): 489-. (Review) Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Peterson, ED, Neely, ML, Dai, D, Hillegass, WB, Krucoff, MW, Kutcher, MA, Messenger, JC, Pancholy, S, Piana, RN, and Rao, SV. "Response to letter regarding article, "The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the United States: a study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry"." Circulation 131, no. 8 (February 2015): e358-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Rao, SV, McCoy, LA, Neely, ML, Singh, M, Spertus, JA, Krone, RJ, Weaver, WD, and Peterson, ED. "Identification of hospital outliers in bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 8, no. 1 (January 2015): 15-22. Full Text
  - Kwok, CS, Sherwood, MW, Watson, SM, Nasir, SB, Sperrin, M, Nolan, J, Kinnaird, T, Kiatchoosakun, S, Ludman, PF, De Belder, MA, Rao, SV, and Mamas, MA. "Blood transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent adverse outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 8, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 436-446. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Tremmel, JA, Gilchrist, IC, Gulati, R, and Pancholy, SB. "Rebuttal: Response to letter by Chugh S. Regarding "Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group"." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 85, no. 1 (January 2015): 177-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Vora, AN, and Rao, SV. "The Open (Radial) Artery Hypothesis: How We Can Preserve a Better Arterial Access Site." Cardiology 131, no. 3 (January 2015): 139-141. Full Text
  - Vora, AN, and Rao, SV. "Temporal Trends in Bleeding among Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Is It Going Up or Down? Does It Matter?." Cardiology 132, no. 3 (January 2015): 159-162. Full Text
  - Price, E, Artz, AS, Barnhart, H, Sapp, S, Chelune, G, Ershler, WB, Walston, JD, Gordeuk, VR, Berger, NA, Reuben, D, Prchal, J, Rao, SV, Roy, CN, Supiano, MA, Schrier, SL, and Cohen, HJ. "A prospective randomized wait list control trial of intravenous iron sucrose in older adults with unexplained anemia and serum ferritin 20-200 ng/mL." Blood cells, molecules & diseases 53, no. 4 (December 2014): 221-230. Full Text
  - Price, E, Artz, AS, Barnhart, H, Sapp, S, Chelune, G, Ershler, WB, Walston, JD, Gordeuk, VR, Berger, NA, Reuben, D, Prchal, J, Rao, SV, Roy, CN, Supiano, MA, Schrier, SL, and Cohen, HJ. "A prospective randomized wait list control trial of intravenous iron sucrose in older adults with unexplained anemia and serum ferritin 20-200ng/mL." Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 53, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 221-230. Full Text
  - Valgimigli, M, and MATRIX investigators, . "Design and rationale for the Minimizing Adverse haemorrhagic events by TRansradial access site and systemic Implementation of angioX program." American heart journal 168, no. 6 (December 2014): 838-45.e6. Full Text
  - Vidovich, MI, Rao, SV, Gokhale, M, Plomondon, ME, Bryson, CL, Tsai, TT, Shroff, AR, and Bradley, SM. "Primary non-interventional operator vascular access choice is associated with lower use of radial PCI: insights from the VA CART." Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 15, no. 8 (November 2014): 439-441. (Letter) Full Text
  - Aggarwal, V, Stanislawski, MA, Maddox, TM, Nallamothu, BK, Grunwald, G, Adams, JC, Ho, PM, Rao, SV, Casserly, IP, Rumsfeld, JS, Brilakis, ES, and Tsai, TT. "Safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from the Veterans Affairs CART program." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 17 (October 21, 2014): 1825-1836. Full Text
  - Bertrand, OF, and Rao, SV. "Baseline bleeding risk and benefit of transradial PCI: making lemonade out of lemons." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 15 (October 2014): 1565-1567. Full Text
  - Gibson, CM, Krucoff, M, Kirtane, AJ, Rao, SV, Mackall, JA, Matthews, R, Saba, S, Waksman, R, and Holmes, D. "Design and rationale of the ANALYZE ST study: a prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter ST monitoring study to detect acute coronary syndrome events in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients." American heart journal 168, no. 4 (October 2014): 424-429.e1. Full Text
  - Vranckx, P, Leonardi, S, Tebaldi, M, Biscaglia, S, Parrinello, G, Rao, SV, Mehran, R, and Valgimigli, M. "Prospective validation of the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium classification in the all-comer PRODIGY trial." European heart journal 35, no. 37 (October 2014): 2524-2529. Full Text
  - Welsby, IJ, Phillips-Bute, B, Mathew, JP, Newman, MF, Becker, R, Rao, S, Milano, CA, and Stafford-Smith, M. "ABO blood group influences transfusion and survival after cardiac surgery." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 38, no. 3 (October 2014): 402-408. Full Text
  - Fokkema, ML, van der Meer, P, Rao, SV, Belonje, AM, Ferrario, M, Hillege, HL, Katz, SD, Lipšic, E, Ludman, AJ, Ott, I, Prunier, F, Choi, D-J, Toba, K, van Veldhuisen, DJ, and Voors, AA. "Safety and clinical outcome of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of individual patient data." American heart journal 168, no. 3 (September 2014): 354-362.e2. (Review) Full Text
  - Helfrich, CD, Tsai, TT, Rao, SV, Lemon, JM, Eugenio, EC, Vidovich, MI, Shroff, AR, Speiser, BS, and Bryson, CL. "Perceptions of advantages and barriers to radial-access percutaneous coronary intervention in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories." Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 15, no. 6-7 (September 2014): 329-333. Full Text
  - Huff, CM, Kapadia, S, and Rao, SV. "Mechanisms by which transradial approach may reduce mortality in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 7, no. 4 (August 2014): 621-627. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Hess, CN, Barham, B, Aberle, LH, Anstrom, KJ, Patel, TB, Jorgensen, JP, Mazzaferri, EL, Jolly, SS, Jacobs, A, Newby, LK, Gibson, CM, Kong, DF, Mehran, R, Waksman, R, Gilchrist, IC, McCourt, BJ, Messenger, JC, Peterson, ED, Harrington, RA, and Krucoff, MW. "A registry-based randomized trial comparing radial and femoral approaches in women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the SAFE-PCI for Women (Study of Access Site for Enhancement of PCI for Women) trial." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 7, no. 8 (August 2014): 857-867. Full Text
  - Bradley, SM, Rao, SV, Curtis, JP, Parzynski, CS, Messenger, JC, Daugherty, SL, Rumsfeld, JS, and Gurm, HS. "Change in hospital-level use of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention and periprocedural outcomes: insights from the national cardiovascular data registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 7, no. 4 (July 2014): 550-559. Full Text
  - Lee, MS, Applegate, B, Rao, SV, Kirtane, AJ, Seto, A, and Stone, GW. "Minimizing femoral artery access complications during percutaneous coronary intervention: a comprehensive review." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 84, no. 1 (July 2014): 62-69. (Review) Full Text
  - Lee, MS, Applegate, B, Rao, SV, Kirtane, AJ, Seto, A, and Stone, GW. "Minimizing femoral artery access complications during percutaneous coronary intervention: A comprehensive review." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 84, no. 1 (July 1, 2014): 62-69. (Review) Full Text
  - Pancholy, SB, and Rao, SV. "Improving outcomes in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Transradial is worth the time." American heart journal 168, no. 1 (July 2014): 1-3. Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Peterson, ED, Neely, ML, Dai, D, Hillegass, WB, Krucoff, MW, Kutcher, MA, Messenger, JC, Pancholy, S, Piana, RN, and Rao, SV. "The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the united states: A study from the national cardiovascular data registry." Circulation 129, no. 22 (June 3, 2014): 2277-2286. Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Peterson, ED, Neely, ML, Dai, D, Hillegass, WB, Krucoff, MW, Kutcher, MA, Messenger, JC, Pancholy, S, Piana, RN, and Rao, SV. "The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the United States: a study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." Circulation 129, no. 22 (June 2014): 2277-2286. Full Text
  - Kooiman, J, Seth, M, Dixon, S, Wohns, D, LaLonde, T, Rao, SV, and Gurm, HS. "Response to letters regarding article, "Risk of acute kidney injury after percutaneous coronary interventions using radial versus femoral vascular access: insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium"." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 7, no. 3 (June 2014): 421-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Cohen, MG. "Staying ahead of the curve." Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 15, no. 4 (June 2014): 193-194. Full Text
  - Vora, AN, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding Complications After PCI and the Role of Transradial Access." Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine 16, no. 5 (May 2014): 305-. Full Text
  - Harskamp, RE, Bagai, A, Halkos, ME, Rao, SV, Bachinsky, WB, Patel, MR, de Winter, RJ, Peterson, ED, Alexander, JH, and Lopes, RD. "Clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass surgery: a meta-analysis of 1,190 patients." American heart journal 167, no. 4 (April 2014): 585-592. (Review) Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Neely, ML, Piana, RN, Messenger, JC, and Peterson, ED. "Predicting target vessel revascularization in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era." American heart journal 167, no. 4 (April 2014): 576-584.e2. Full Text
  - Kern, MJ, Applegate, RJ, Bell, M, Brilakis, ES, Butman, SM, Bach, RG, Kaul, P, Klein, LW, Krucoff, MW, Moore, JA, Price, MJ, Rao, SV, Stone, GW, and Uretsky, BF. "Conversations in cardiology: bridging antiplatelet therapy before surgery." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 83, no. 5 (April 2014): 748-752. Full Text
  - Kooiman, J, Seth, M, Dixon, S, Wohns, D, LaLonde, T, Rao, SV, and Gurm, HS. "Risk of acute kidney injury after percutaneous coronary interventions using radial versus femoral vascular access: insights from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium." Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 7, no. 2 (April 2014): 190-198. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Sherwood, MW. "Isn't it about time we learned how to use blood transfusion in patients with ischemic heart disease?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 13 (April 2014): 1297-1299. Full Text
  - Swaminathan, RV, Rao, SV, McCoy, LA, Kim, LK, Minutello, RM, Wong, SC, Yang, DC, Saha-Chaudhuri, P, Singh, H, Bergman, G, and Feldman, DN. "LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AND ASSOCIATED CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS FOLLOWING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A REPORT FROM THE NCDR®." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 12 (April 2014): A139-A139. Full Text
  - Hawkins, BM, McCoy, LA, Neely, ML, Adusumalli, S, Messenger, JC, Drachman, DE, Bass, TA, O'Gara, PT, Rao, SV, and Yeh, RW. "Impact of academic year timing on percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes at training institutions." J Am Coll Cardiol 63, no. 10 (March 18, 2014): 1025-1026. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, J, Yusuf, S, Meeks, B, Shestakovska, O, Thabane, L, Niemelä, K, Steg, PG, Bertrand, OF, Rao, SV, Avezum, A, Cantor, WJ, Pancholy, SB, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Bhindi, R, Welsh, RC, Cheema, AN, Lavi, S, Rokoss, M, and Džavík, V. "Design and rationale of the TOTAL trial: a randomized trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus PCI ALone in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI." American heart journal 167, no. 3 (March 2014): 315-321.e1. Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, J, Yusuf, S, Meeks, B, Shestakovska, O, Thabane, L, Niemelä, K, Steg, PG, Bertrand, OF, Rao, SV, Avezum, A, Cantor, WJ, Pancholy, SB, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Bhindi, R, Welsh, RC, Cheema, AN, Lavi, S, Rokoss, M, and Džavík, V. "Design and rationale of the TOTAL trial: A randomized trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus PCI ALone in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI." American Heart Journal 167, no. 3 (March 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Sherwood, MW, Wang, Y, Curtis, JP, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Patterns and outcomes of red blood cell transfusion in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 311, no. 8 (February 28, 2014): 836-843. Full Text
  - Appleton, DL, Cooke, RH, Rao, SV, and Jovin, IS. "Anticoagulation in transradial percutaneous coronary intervention." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 237-242. Full Text
  - Bertrand, OF, Abdelaal, E, Rao, SV, Gilchrist, IC, Bernat, I, Shroff, AR, Caputo, RP, Costerousse, O, and Pancholy, SB. "Safety of same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention: what is the level of evidence?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 5 (February 2014): 491-492. (Letter) Full Text
  - Kutcher, MA, Brennan, JM, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Anstrom, KJ, Mustafa, N, Sedrakayan, A, Booth, ME, Douglas, PS, and Messenger, JC. "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." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 171-181. Full Text
  - Kutcher, MA, Brennan, JM, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Anstrom, KJ, Mustafa, N, Sedrakyan, A, Booth, ME, Douglas, PS, and Messenger, JC. "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." Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 83, no. 2 (February 2014): 171-181. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Tremmel, JA, Gilchrist, IC, Shah, PB, Gulati, R, Shroff, AR, Crisco, V, Woody, W, Zoghbi, G, Duffy, PL, Sanghvi, K, Krucoff, MW, Pyne, CT, Skelding, KA, Patel, T, Pancholy, SB, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention's Transradial Working Group, . "Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: a consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group." Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 83, no. 2 (February 2014): 228-236. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Tremmel, JA, Gilchrist, IC, Shah, PB, Gulati, R, Shroff, AR, Crisco, V, Woody, W, Zoghbi, G, Duffy, PL, Sanghvi, K, Krucoff, MW, Pyne, CT, Skelding, KA, Patel, T, and Pancholy, SB. "Best practices for transradial angiography and intervention: A consensus statement from the society for cardiovascular angiography and intervention's transradial working group." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 228-236. Full Text
  - Sherwood, MW, Wang, Y, Curtis, JP, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Patterns and outcomes of red blood cell transfusion in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention." JAMA 311, no. 8 (February 2014): 836-843. Full Text
  - Fokkema, ML, Van Der Meer, P, Rao, SV, Belonje, AM, Ferrario, M, Hillege, HL, Katz, SD, Lipšic, E, Ludman, AJ, Ott, I, Prunier, F, Choi, DJ, Toba, K, Van Veldhuisen, DJ, and Voors, AA. "Safety and clinical outcome of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A meta-analysis of individual patient data." American Heart Journal 168, no. 3 (January 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Gibson, CM, Krucoff, M, Kirtane, AJ, Rao, SV, Mackall, JA, Matthews, R, Saba, S, Waksman, R, and Holmes, D. "Design and rationale of the ANALYZE ST study: A prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter ST monitoring study to detect acute coronary syndrome events in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients." American Heart Journal 168, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 424-429.e1. Full Text
  - Green, SM, Klein, AJ, Pancholy, S, Rao, SV, Steinberg, D, Lipner, R, Marshall, J, and Messenger, JC. "The current state of medical simulation in interventional cardiology: A clinical document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention's (SCAI) Simulation Committee." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 37-46. Full Text
  - Hamon, M, Bonello, L, Marso, S, Rao, SV, Valgimigli, M, Verheugt, F, Gershlick, A, Wang, Y, Prats, J, Steg, GP, and Deliargyris, E. "Comparison of bivalirudin versus heparin(s) during percutaneous coronary interventions in patients receiving prasugrel: A propensity-matched study." Clinical Cardiology 37, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 14-20. Full Text
  - Harskamp, RE, Bagai, A, Halkos, ME, Rao, SV, Bachinsky, WB, Patel, MR, De Winter, RJ, Peterson, ED, Alexander, JH, and Lopes, RD. "Clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass surgery: A meta-analysis of 1,190 patients." American Heart Journal 167, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 585-592. Full Text
  - Hess, CN, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Neely, ML, Piana, RN, Messenger, JC, and Peterson, ED. "Predicting target vessel revascularization in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era." American Heart Journal 167, no. 4 (January 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, J, Yusuf, S, Meeks, B, Shestakovska, O, Thabane, L, Niemelä, K, Steg, PG, Bertrand, OF, Rao, SV, Avezum, A, Cantor, WJ, Pancholy, SB, Moreno, R, Gershlick, A, Bhindi, R, Welsh, RC, Cheema, AN, Lavi, S, Rokoss, M, and Džavík, V. "Design and rationale of the TOTAL trial: A randomized trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus PCI ALone in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI." American Heart Journal 167, no. 3 (2014): 315-321.e1.
  - Kern, MJ, Applegate, RJ, Bell, M, Brilakis, ES, Butman, SM, Bach, RG, Kaul, P, Klein, LW, Krucoff, MW, Moore, JA, Price, MJ, Rao, SV, Stone, GW, and Uretsky, BF. "Conversations in Cardiology: Bridging antiplatelet therapy before surgery." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 748-752. Full Text
  - Kwok, CS, Rao, SV, Myint, PK, Keavney, B, Nolan, J, Ludman, PF, de Belder, MA, Loke, YK, and Mamas, MA. "Major bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Open heart 1, no. 1 (January 2014): e000021-. Full Text
  - Pancholy, SB, and Rao, SV. "Improving outcomes in primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Transradial is worth the time." American Heart Journal 168, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 1-3. Full Text
  - Patel, T, Shah, S, Pancholy, S, Rao, S, Bertrand, OF, and Kwan, T. "Balloon-assisted tracking: A must-know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 83, no. 2 (2014): 211-220. Full Text
  - Welsby, IJ, Phillips-Bute, B, Mathew, JP, Newman, MF, Becker, R, Rao, S, Milano, CA, and Stafford-Smith, M. "ABO blood group influences transfusion and survival after cardiac surgery." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 38, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 402-408. Full Text
  - Chan, PS, Rao, SV, Bhatt, DL, Rumsfeld, JS, Gurm, HS, Nallamothu, BK, Cavender, MA, Kennedy, KF, and Spertus, JA. "Patient and hospital characteristics associated with inappropriate percutaneous coronary interventions." J Am Coll Cardiol 62, no. 24 (December 17, 2013): 2274-2281. Full Text Link to Item
  - Tantry, US, Bonello, L, Aradi, D, Price, MJ, Jeong, Y-H, Angiolillo, DJ, Stone, GW, Curzen, N, Geisler, T, Ten Berg, J, Kirtane, A, Siller-Matula, J, Mahla, E, Becker, RC, Bhatt, DL, Waksman, R, Rao, SV, Alexopoulos, D, Marcucci, R, Reny, J-L, Trenk, D, Sibbing, D, Gurbel, PA, and Working Group on On-Treatment Platelet Reactivity, . "Consensus and update on the definition of on-treatment platelet reactivity to adenosine diphosphate associated with ischemia and bleeding." J Am Coll Cardiol 62, no. 24 (December 17, 2013): 2261-2273. Full Text Link to Item
  - Romagnoli, E, De Vita, M, Burzotta, F, Cortese, B, Biondi-Zoccai, G, Summaria, F, Patrizi, R, Lanzillo, C, Lucci, V, Cavazza, C, Tarantino, F, Sangiorgi, GM, Lioy, E, Crea, F, Rao, SV, and Trani, C. "Radial versus femoral approach comparison in percutaneous coronary intervention with intraaortic balloon pump support: The RADIAL PUMP UP registry." American Heart Journal 166, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 1019-1026. Full Text
  - Epstein, AE, Abraham, WT, Bianco, NR, Kern, KB, Mirro, M, Rao, SV, Rhee, EK, Solomon, SD, and Szymkiewicz, SJ. "Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator use in patients perceived to be at high risk early post-myocardial infarction." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 62, no. 21 (November 19, 2013): 2000-2007. Full Text
  - Gutierrez, A, Chatzizisis, YS, and Rao, SV. "Progression of radial approach to PCI in the USA: from niche procedure to default approach." Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy 11, no. 10 (November 1, 2013): 1271-1273. (Review) Full Text
  - Povsic, TJ, Najjar, SS, Prather, K, Zhou, J, Adams, SD, Zavodni, KL, Kelly, F, Melton, LG, Hasselblad, V, Heitner, JF, Raman, SV, Barsness, GW, Patel, MR, Kim, RJ, Lakatta, EG, Harrington, RA, and Rao, SV. "EPC mobilization after erythropoietin treatment in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The REVEAL EPC substudy." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 36, no. 4 (November 1, 2013): 375-383. Full Text
  - Povsic, TJ, Najjar, SS, Prather, K, Zhou, J, Adams, SD, Zavodni, KL, Kelly, F, Melton, LG, Hasselblad, V, Heitner, JF, Raman, SV, Barsness, GW, Patel, MR, Kim, RJ, Lakatta, EG, Harrington, RA, and Rao, SV. "EPC mobilization after erythropoietin treatment in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the REVEAL EPC substudy." J Thromb Thrombolysis 36, no. 4 (November 2013): 375-383. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Turi, ZG, Wong, SC, Brener, SJ, and Stone, GW. "Radial versus femoral access." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 62, no. 17 SUPPL (October 22, 2013). (Review) Full Text
  - Carson, JL, Brooks, MM, Abbott, JD, Kelsey, SF, Triulzi, DJ, Menegus, MA, Marroquin, OC, Rao, SV, Smitherman, T, Vagaonescu, T, Wimmer, NJ, and Williams, DO. "Liberal versus restrictive transfusion strategy for patients with coronary artery disease Response." AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL 166, no. 4 (October 2013): E27-E28. Full Text Link to Item
  - Steg, PG, Mehta, SR, Jr, PCV, Bode, C, Cohen, M, French, WJ, Hoekstra, J, Rao, SV, Ruzyllo, W, Ruiz-Nodar, JM, Sabate, M, Widimsky, P, Kiss, RG, Navarro Estrada, JL, Hod, H, Kerkar, P, Guneri, S, Sezer, M, Ruda, M, Nicolau, JC, Cavallini, C, Ebrahim, I, Petrov, I, Kim, J-H, Jeong, M-H, Ramos Lopez, GA, Laanmets, P, Kovar, F, Gaudin, C, Fanouillere, KC, Minini, P, Hoffman, EB, Moryusef, A, Wiviott, SD, Sabatine, MS, and Investigators, TAO. "Anticoagulation With Otamixaban and Ischemic Events in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes The TAO Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 310, no. 11 (September 18, 2013): 1145-1155. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, McCoy, LA, Spertus, JA, Krone, RJ, Singh, M, Fitzgerald, S, and Peterson, ED. "An updated bleeding model to predict the risk of post-procedure bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report using an expanded bleeding definition from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 6, no. 9 (September 2013): 897-904. Full Text Link to Item
  - Payvar, S, Kim, S, Rao, SV, Krone, R, Neely, M, Paladugu, N, and Daggubati, R. "In-Hospital Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Extremely Obese and Normal-Weight Patients Findings From the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 62, no. 8 (August 20, 2013): 692-696. Full Text Link to Item
  - Baklanov, DV, Kim, S, Marso, SP, Subherwal, S, and Rao, SV. "Comparison of Bivalirudin and Radial Access Across a Spectrum of Preprocedural Risk of Bleeding in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Analysis From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS 6, no. 4 (August 2013): 347-353. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Curtis, JP, Dai, D, Fitzgerald, S, Khandelwal, AK, Spertus, JA, Rao, SV, Singh, M, Shaw, RE, Ho, KKL, Krone, RJ, Weintraub, WS, Weaver, WD, Peterson, ED, and National Cardiovascular Data Registry, . "Enhanced mortality risk prediction with a focus on high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: results from 1,208,137 procedures in the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry)." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 6, no. 8 (August 2013): 790-799. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gutierrez, A, Tsai, TT, Stanislawski, MA, Vidovich, M, Bryson, CL, Bhatt, DL, Grunwald, GK, Rumsfeld, J, and Rao, SV. "Adoption of Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Outcomes According to Center Radial Volume in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking (CART) Program." CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS 6, no. 4 (August 2013): 336-346. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Patel, MR. "The value proposition in percutaneous coronary intervention." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 6, no. 8 (August 2013): 835-837. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vavalle, JP, Clare, R, Chiswell, K, Rao, SV, Petersen, JL, Kleiman, NS, Mahaffey, KW, and Wang, TY. "Prognostic significance of bleeding location and severity among patients with acute coronary syndromes." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 6, no. 7 (July 2013): 709-717. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Krucoff, MW. "Radial first: paradox+proficiency=opportunity. (Published online)" J Am Heart Assoc 2, no. 3 (June 7, 2013): e000281-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carson, JL, Brooks, MM, Abbott, JD, Chaitman, B, Kelsey, SF, Triulzi, DJ, Srinivas, V, Menegus, MA, Marroquin, OC, Rao, SV, Noveck, H, Passano, E, Hardison, RM, Smitherman, T, Vagaonescu, T, Wimmer, NJ, and Williams, DO. "Liberal versus restrictive transfusion thresholds for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease." AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL 165, no. 6 (June 2013): 964-+. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, MR, and Rao, SV. "Ischemia-driven revascularization: demonstrating and delivering a mature procedure in a mature way." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 6, no. 3 (May 1, 2013): 250-252. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sherwood, MW, and Rao, SV. "Acute coronary syndromes: Blood transfusion in patients with acute MI and anaemia." Nature reviews. Cardiology 10, no. 4 (April 2013): 186-187. Full Text
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  - Jolly, SS, Cairns, J, Niemela, K, Steg, PG, Natarajan, MK, Cheema, AN, Rao, SV, Cantor, WJ, Dzavik, V, Budaj, A, Sheth, T, Valentin, V, Fung, A, Widimsky, P, Ferrari, E, Gao, P, Jedrzejowski, B, Mehta, SR, and Investigators, RIVAL. "Effect of Radial Versus Femoral Access on Radiation Dose and the Importance of Procedural Volume A Substudy of the Multicenter Randomized RIVAL Trial." JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS 6, no. 3 (March 2013): 258-266. Full Text Link to Item
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  - Kaul, MS, Rao, SV, Shaw, LK, Honeycutt, E, Ardoin, SP, and St Clair, EW. "Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with angiographically defined coronary artery disease: a retrospective cohort study." Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 65, no. 2 (February 2013): 266-273. Full Text Link to Item
  - Russo, JJ, Dzavik, V, Cairns, JA, Rao, SV, Niemela, KO, Natarajan, MK, Bertrand, OF, Eskola, M, Welsh, R, Maciejewski, P, Cheema, AN, Fung, A, Cantor, WJ, Lavi, S, Widimsky, P, and Jolly, SS. "An international survey of clinical practice during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a focus on aspiration thrombectomy." EUROINTERVENTION 8, no. 10 (February 2013): 1143-1148. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abdelaal, E, Rao, SV, Gilchrist, IC, Bernat, I, Shroff, A, Caputo, R, Costerousse, O, Pancholy, SB, and Bertrand, OF. "Same-day discharge compared with overnight hospitalization after uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis." JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 6, no. 2 (2013): 99-112. Full Text
  - Appleton, DL, Cooke, RH, Rao, SV, and Jovin, IS. "Anticoagulation in transradial percutaneous coronary intervention." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (2013). Full Text
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  - Carson, JL, Brooks, MM, Abbott, JD, Chaitman, B, Kelsey, SF, Triulzi, DJ, Srinivas, V, Menegus, MA, Marroquin, OC, Rao, SV, and al, E. "Liberal versus restrictive transfusion thresholds for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease." American Heart Journal (2013). Full Text
  - Chugh, SK, Chugh, S, Chugh, Y, and Rao, SV. "Feasibility and utility of pre-procedure ultrasound imaging of the arm to facilitate transradial coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures (PRIMAFACIE-TRI)." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 82, no. 1 (2013): 64-73. Full Text
  - Daugherty, SL, Thompson, LE, Kim, S, Rao, SV, Subherwal, S, Tsai, TT, Messenger, JC, and Masoudi, FA. "Patterns of use and comparative effectiveness of bleeding avoidance strategies in men and women following percutaneous coronary interventions: An observational study from the national cardiovascular data registry." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 20 (2013): 2070-2078. Full Text
  - Feldman, DN, Swaminathan, RV, Kaltenbach, LA, Baklanov, DV, Kim, LK, Wong, SC, Minutello, RM, Messenger, JC, Moussa, I, Garratt, KN, Piana, RN, Hillegass, WB, Cohen, MG, Gilchrist, IC, and Rao, SV. "Adoption of radial access and comparison of outcomes to femoral access in percutaneous coronary intervention an updated report from the national cardiovascular data registry (2007-2012)." Circulation 127, no. 23 (2013): 2295-2306. Full Text
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  - Green, SM, Klein, AJ, Pancholy, S, Rao, SV, Steinberg, D, Lipner, R, Marshall, J, and Messenger, JC. "The current state of medical simulation in interventional cardiology: A clinical document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention's (SCAI) Simulation Committee." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (2013).
  - Hamon, M, Bonello, L, Marso, S, Rao, SV, Valgimigli, M, Verheugt, F, Gershlick, A, Wang, Y, Prats, J, Steg, GP, and Deliargyris, E. "Comparison of bivalirudin versus heparin(s) during percutaneous coronary interventions in patients receiving prasugrel: A propensity-matched study." Clinical Cardiology (2013).
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  - Hess, CN, Rao, SV, Kong, DF, Aberle, LH, Anstrom, KJ, Gibson, CM, Gilchrist, IC, Jacobs, AK, Jolly, SS, Mehran, R, Messenger, JC, Newby, LK, Waksman, R, and Krucoff, MW. "Embedding a randomized clinical trial into an ongoing registry infrastructure: Unique opportunities for efficiency in design of the Study of Access site for Enhancement of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Women (SAFE-PCI for Women)." American Heart Journal 166, no. 3 (2013): 421-428.e1. Full Text
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  - Patel, T, Shah, S, Pancholy, S, Rao, S, Bertrand, OF, and Kwan, T. "Balloon-assisted tracking: A must-know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (2013). Full Text
  - Rao, S, Tate, DA, and Stouffer, GA. "Hemodynamic findings in severe tricuspid regurgitation." Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 81, no. 1 (January 2013): 162-169. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Hess, CN, Dai, D, Green, CL, Peterson, ED, and Douglas, PS. "Temporal trends in percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes among older patients in the United States." American Heart Journal 166, no. 2 (2013): 273-281.e4. Full Text
  - Romagnoli, E, Vita, MD, Burzotta, F, Cortese, B, Biondi-Zoccai, G, Summaria, F, Patrizi, R, Lanzillo, C, Lucci, V, Cavazza, C, and al, E. "Radial versus femoral approach comparison in percutaneous coronary intervention with intraaortic balloon pump support: The RADIAL PUMP UP Registry." American Heart Journal (2013). Full Text
  - Subherwal, S, Ohman, EM, Mahaffey, KW, Rao, SV, Alexander, JH, Wang, TY, Alexander, KP, Hasselblad, V, and Roe, MT. "Incorporation of bleeding as an element of the composite end point in clinical trials of antithrombotic therapies in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: Validity, pitfalls, and future approaches." American Heart Journal (2013). Full Text
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  - Mehta, SR, Jolly, SS, Cairns, J, Niemela, K, Rao, SV, Cheema, AN, Steg, PG, Cantor, WJ, Dzavik, V, Budaj, A, Rokoss, M, Valentin, V, Gao, P, Yusuf, S, and Investigators, RIVAL. "Effects of Radial Versus Femoral Artery Access in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes With or Without ST-Segment Elevation." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 60, no. 24 (December 18, 2012): 2490-2499. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carson, JL, Rao, SV, and Katz, LM. "Red Blood Cell Transfusion RESPONSE." ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 157, no. 10 (November 20, 2012): 754-755. Full Text Link to Item
  - Payvar, S, Kim, S, Rao, SV, Krone, R, and Daggubati, R. "In-Hospital Outcomes of Percutaneons Coronary Interventions in Extremely Obese and Normal Weight Patients: Findings front NCDR2." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Povsic, TJ, Rao, SV, Najjar, SS, Melton, LG, Prather, K, Zhou, J, Adams, SD, Zavodni, KL, Kelly, F, Hasselblad, V, Heitner, JF, Raman, SV, Barsness, GW, Patel, MR, Kim, RJ, Lakatta, EG, and Harrington, RA. "EPC Mobilization After Erythropoietin Treatment in Acute St-elevation Myocardial Infarction: The Reveal EPC Substudy." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Sherwood, MW, Wang, Y, Curtis, JP, Peterson, ED, and Rao, SV. "Patterns of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Use in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Contemporary Clinical Practice." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - "Rao SV, Dai D, Subherwal S, Weintraub WS, Brindis RS, Messenger JC, Lopes RD, Peterson ED. Association Between Periprocedural Bleeding and Long-Term Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2012;5:958–65." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 5, no. 11 (November 2012): 1192-1192. Full Text
  - Anderson, ML, Peterson, ED, Brennan, JM, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Anstrom, KJ, Piana, R, Popescu, A, Sedrakyan, A, Messenger, JC, and Douglas, PS. "Short- and long-term outcomes of coronary stenting in women versus men: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services cohort." Circulation 126, no. 18 (October 30, 2012): 2190-2199. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Ohman, EM. "Antithrombotic Strategies in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." (October 3, 2012): 236-245. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Bernat, I, and Bertrand, OF. "Clinical update: Remaining challenges and opportunities for improvement in percutaneous transradial coronary procedures." Eur Heart J 33, no. 20 (October 2012): 2521-2526. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Dai, D, Subherwal, S, Weintraub, WS, Brindis, RS, Messenger, JC, Lopes, RD, and Peterson, ED. "Association between periprocedural bleeding and long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 5, no. 9 (September 2012): 958-965. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hamon, M, Rao, SV, Steg, G, Valgimigli, M, Verheugt, F, Marso, S, Gershlick, A, Wang, Y, and Deliargyris, E. "Bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin in percutaneous coronary interventions of patients having received initial fondaparinux treatment: a propensity matched study." EUROINTERVENTION 8, no. 4 (August 2012): 486-492. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lopes, RD, Subherwal, S, Holmes, DN, Thomas, L, Wang, TY, Rao, SV, Magnus Ohman, E, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, and Alexander, KP. "The association of in-hospital major bleeding with short-, intermediate-, and long-term mortality among older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction." Eur Heart J 33, no. 16 (August 2012): 2044-2053. Full Text Link to Item
  - Thiele, RH, Williams, J, Moylan, CA, Rao, SV, and Bennett-Guerrero, E. "CASE 6--2012: suspected amiodarone hepatotoxicity after cardiac surgery." J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 26, no. 4 (August 2012): 729-732. Full Text Link to Item
  - Subherwal, S, Peterson, ED, Dai, D, Thomas, L, Messenger, JC, Xian, Y, Brindis, RG, Feldman, DN, Senter, S, Klein, LW, Marso, SP, Roe, MT, and Rao, SV. "Temporal trends in and factors associated with bleeding complications among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI Registry." J Am Coll Cardiol 59, no. 21 (May 22, 2012): 1861-1869. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Parsons, L, Rao, SV, Peterson, ED, and National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI) Investigators, . "Association of bleeding and in-hospital mortality in black and white patients with st-segment-elevation myocardial infarction receiving reperfusion." Circulation 125, no. 14 (April 10, 2012): 1727-1734. Full Text Link to Item
  - Brennan, JM, Dai, D, Patel, MR, Rao, SV, Armstrong, EJ, Messenger, JC, Curtis, JP, Shunk, KA, Anstrom, KJ, Eisenstein, EL, Weintraub, WS, Peterson, ED, Douglas, PS, and Hillegass, WB. "Characteristics and long-term outcomes of percutaneous revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in the United States: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2004 to 2008." J Am Coll Cardiol 59, no. 7 (February 14, 2012): 648-654. Full Text Link to Item
  - Angiolillo, DJ, Welsh, RC, Trenk, D, Neumann, F-J, Conley, PB, McClure, MW, Stephens, G, Kochman, J, Jennings, LK, Gurbel, PA, Wójcik, J, Dabrowski, M, Saucedo, JF, Stumpf, J, Buerke, M, Broderick, S, Harrington, RA, and Rao, SV. "Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of elinogrel: Results of the platelet function substudy from the intravenous and oral administration of elinogrel to evaluate tolerability and efficacy in nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention patients (INNOVATE-PCI) trial." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 5, no. 3 (2012): 347-356. Full Text
  - Baklanov, DV, Kaltenbach, LA, Marso, SP, Subherwal, SS, Feldman, DN, Garratt, KN, Curtis, JP, Messenger, JC, and Rao, SV. "The Prevalence and Outcomes of Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Analysis from the NCDR (2007 to 2011)." Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2012). Full Text
  - Bertrand, OF, Bélisle, P, Joyal, D, Costerousse, O, Rao, SV, Jolly, SS, Meerkin, D, and Joseph, L. "Comparison of transradial and femoral approaches for percutaneous coronary interventions: A systematic review and hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis." American Heart Journal 163, no. 4 (2012): 632-648. Full Text
  - Bertrand, OF, Jolly, SS, Rao, SV, Patel, T, Belle, L, Bernat, I, Parodi, G, Costerousse, O, and Mann, T. "Meta-analysis comparing Bivalirudin versus heparin monotherapy on ischemic and bleeding outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention." American Journal of Cardiology 110, no. 4 (2012): 599-606. Full Text
  - Carson, JL, Grossman, BJ, Kleinman, S, Tinmouth, AT, Marques, MB, Fung, MK, Holcomb, JB, Illoh, O, Kaplan, LJ, Katz, LM, Rao, SV, Roback, JD, Shander, A, Tobian, AAR, Weinstein, R, McLaughlin, LGS, and Djulbegovic, B. "Red blood cell transfusion: A Clinical practice guideline from the AABB." Annals of Internal Medicine 157, no. 1 (2012): 49-58. Full Text
  - Chang, H, Min, JK, Rao, SV, Patel, MR, Simonetti, OP, Ambrosio, G, and Raman, SV. "Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes targeted imaging to refine upstream risk stratification." Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging 5, no. 4 (2012): 536-546. Full Text
  - Gilchrist, IC, and Rao, SV. "Improving outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock: Achieving more through less." American Heart Journal (2012). Full Text
  - Jr, ELM, and Rao, SV. "Cardiogenic shock and awe." Cardiology 121, no. 1 (2012): 43-46. Full Text
  - Mehran, R, Steg, PG, White, HD, and Rao, SV. "Letter by Mehran et al regarding article, "bleeding academic research consortium consensus report: The food and drug administration perspective"." Circulation 125, no. 10 (2012): e460-. Full Text
  - Naidu, SS, Rao, SV, Blankenship, J, Cavendish, JJ, Farah, T, Moussa, I, Rihal, CS, Srinivas, VS, and Yakubov, SJ. "Clinical expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 80, no. 3 (2012): 456-464. Full Text
  - Nathan, S, and Rao, SV. "Radial versus femoral access for percutaneous coronary intervention: Implications for vascular complications and bleeding." Current Cardiology Reports 14, no. 4 (2012): 502-509. Full Text
  - Rao, S, Tate, DA, and Stouffer, GA. "Hemodynamic findings in severe tricuspid regurgitation." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 45, no. 4 (2012). Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Mehran, R. "Evaluating the bite of the BARC." Circulation 125, no. 11 (2012): 1344-1346. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Peterson, ED. "Same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention - Reply." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 307, no. 3 (2012): 252--. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "Observations from a transradial registry: Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 5, no. 1 (2012): 44-46. Full Text
  - Toma, C, Zahr, F, Moguilanski, D, Grate, S, Semaan, RW, Lemieux, N, Lee, JS, Cortese-Hassett, A, Mulukutla, S, Rao, SV, and Marroquin, OC. "Impact of anemia on platelet response to clopidogrel in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary stenting." American Journal of Cardiology 109, no. 8 (2012): 1148-1153. Full Text
  - Vavalle, JP, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding and the use of antiplatelet agents in the management of acute coronary syndromes and atrial fibrillation." Adv Cardiol 47 (2012): 125-140. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Welsh, RC, Rao, SV, Zeymer, U, Thompson, VP, Huber, K, Kochman, J, McClure, MW, Gretler, DD, Bhatt, DL, Gibson, CM, Angiolillo, DJ, Gurbel, PA, Berdan, LG, Paynter, G, Leonardi, S, Madan, M, French, WJ, and Harrington, RA. "A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled phase 2 trial to evaluate a novel selective and reversible intravenous and oral P2Y ₁₂ inhibitor elinogrel versus clopidogrel in patients undergoing nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention: The INNOVATE-PCI trial." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 5, no. 3 (2012): 336-346. Full Text
  - Chin, CT, Weintraub, WS, Dai, D, Mehta, RH, Rumsfeld, JS, Anderson, HV, Messenger, JC, Kutcher, MA, Peterson, ED, Brindis, RG, and Rao, SV. "Trends and predictors of length of stay after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the CathPCI registry." Am Heart J 162, no. 6 (December 2011): 1052-1061. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV. "Faster, Safer, Better: The New Paradigm for Managing ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction." JOURNAL OF INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY 23 (December 2011): 1-2. Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, Kaltenbach, LA, Singh, M, Spertus, JA, Krone, R, Weaver, WD, and Rao, SV. "Hospital Variation in Bleeding Complications Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaltenbach, LA, Spertus, J, Krone, RJ, Singh, M, and Peterson, ED. "Contemporary Predictors of Post-Procedural Bleeding Complications Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Tsai, TT, Maddox, TM, Nallamothu, BK, Stanislawski, MA, Adams, JC, Box, TL, Ho, PM, Rao, SV, Casserly, IP, Rumsfeld, JS, and Brilakis, ES. "Use and Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting versus Bare Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the National VA Clinical Assessment, Reporting and Tracking (CART) Program." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Halim, SA, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding and acute coronary syndromes: defining, predicting, and managing risk and outcomes." Curr Drug Targets 12, no. 12 (November 2011): 1831-1835. (Review) Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaltenbach, LA, Weintraub, WS, Roe, MT, Brindis, RG, Rumsfeld, JS, and Peterson, ED. "Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients." JAMA 306, no. 13 (October 5, 2011): 1461-1467. Full Text Link to Item
  - Najjar, SS, Rao, SV, and Harrington, RA. "Erythropoietin in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Reply." JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 306, no. 7 (August 17, 2011): 706-706. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehran, R, Rao, SV, Bhatt, DL, Gibson, CM, Caixeta, A, Eikelboom, J, Kaul, S, Wiviott, SD, Menon, V, Nikolsky, E, Serebruany, V, Valgimigli, M, Vranckx, P, Taggart, D, Sabik, JF, Cutlip, DE, Krucoff, MW, Ohman, EM, Steg, PG, and White, H. "Standardized bleeding definitions for cardiovascular clinical trials: a consensus report from the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium." Circulation 123, no. 23 (June 14, 2011): 2736-2747. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gutierrez, A, and Rao, SV. "Atrial fibrillation and percutaneous coronary intervention: stroke, thrombosis, and bleeding." Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 13, no. 3 (June 2011): 203-214. Full Text Link to Item
  - Najjar, SS, Rao, SV, Melloni, C, Raman, SV, Povsic, TJ, Melton, L, Barsness, GW, Prather, K, Heitner, JF, Kilaru, R, Gruberg, L, Hasselblad, V, Greenbaum, AB, Patel, M, Kim, RJ, Talan, M, Ferrucci, L, Longo, DL, Lakatta, EG, Harrington, RA, and REVEAL Investigators, . "Intravenous erythropoietin in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: REVEAL: a randomized controlled trial." JAMA 305, no. 18 (May 11, 2011): 1863-1872. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jolly, SS, Yusuf, S, Cairns, J, Niemelä, K, Xavier, D, Widimsky, P, Budaj, A, Niemelä, M, Valentin, V, Lewis, BS, Avezum, A, Steg, PG, Rao, SV, Gao, P, Afzal, R, Joyner, CD, Chrolavicius, S, Mehta, SR, and RIVAL trial group, . "Radial versus femoral access for coronary angiography and intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes (RIVAL): a randomised, parallel group, multicentre trial." Lancet 377, no. 9775 (April 23, 2011): 1409-1420. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mahaffey, KW, Pieper, KS, Lokhnygina, Y, Califf, RM, Antman, EM, Kleiman, NS, Goodman, SG, White, HD, Rao, SV, Hochman, JS, Cohen, M, Col, JJ, Roe, MT, Ferguson, JJ, and SYNERGY Investigators, . "The impact of postrandomization crossover of therapy in acute coronary syndromes care." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4, no. 2 (March 2011): 211-219. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Krucoff, MW. "Transradial PCI in women: problem solved or clinical equipoise?." J Invasive Cardiol 23, no. 3 (March 2011): 4 p preceding 101-. Link to Item
  - Banerjee, S, Weideman, RA, Weideman, MW, Little, BB, Kelly, KC, Gunter, JT, Tortorice, KL, Shank, M, Cryer, B, Reilly, RF, Rao, SV, Kastrati, A, Lemos, JAD, Brilakis, ES, and Bhatt, DL. "Effect of concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors after percutaneous coronary intervention." American Journal of Cardiology 107, no. 6 (2011): 871-878. Full Text
  - Bangalore, S, Cohen, DJ, Kleiman, NS, Regev-Beinart, T, Rao, SV, Pencina, MJ, and Mauri, L. "Bleeding risk comparing targeted low-dose heparin with bivalirudin in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Results from a propensity score-matched analysis of the evaluation of drug-eluting stents and ischemic events (EVENT) registry." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 5 (2011): 463-473. Full Text
  - Bell, BP, Pyne, CT, and Rao, SV. "Transradial percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes." Acute Coronary Syndromes 10, no. 2 (2011): 64-72.
  - Bertrand, OF, Rao, SV, and Mann, T. "Reply." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 4 (2011): 468-469. Full Text
  - Brilakis, ES, Rao, SV, Banerjee, S, Goldman, S, Shunk, KA, Jr, DRH, Honeycutt, E, and Roe, MT. "Reply." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 11 (2011): 1252--. Full Text
  - Brilakis, ES, Rao, SV, Banerjee, S, Goldman, S, Shunk, KA, Jr, DRH, Honeycutt, E, and Roe, MT. "Percutaneous coronary intervention in native arteries versus bypass grafts in prior coronary artery bypass grafting patients: A report from the national cardiovascular data registry." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 8 (2011): 844-850. Full Text
  - Burjonroppa, SC, Varosy, PD, Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Roe, M, Peterson, E, Singh, M, and Shunk, KA. "Survival of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 1 (2011): 42-50. Full Text
  - Caputo, RP, Tremmel, JA, Rao, S, Gilchrist, IC, Pyne, C, Pancholy, S, Frasier, D, Gulati, R, Skelding, K, Bertrand, O, and Patel, T. "Transradial arterial access for coronary and peripheral procedures: Executive summary by the transradial committee of the SCAI." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 78, no. 6 (2011): 823-839. Full Text
  - Cooper, HA, Rao, SV, Greenberg, MD, Rumsey, MP, McKenzie, M, Alcorn, KW, and Panza, JA. "Conservative versus liberal red cell transfusion in acute myocardial infarction (the CRIT Randomized Pilot Study)." American Journal of Cardiology 108, no. 8 (2011): 1108-1111. Full Text
  - Dauerman, HL, Rao, SV, Resnic, FS, and Applegate, RJ. "Bleeding avoidance strategies: Consensus and controversy." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 58, no. 1 (2011): 1-10. Full Text
  - Green, SM, Selzer, F, Mulukutla, SR, Tadajweski, EJ, Green, JA, Wilensky, RL, Laskey, WK, Cohen, HA, Rao, SV, Weisbord, SD, Lee, JS, Reis, SE, Kip, KE, Kelsey, SF, Williams, DO, and Marroquin, OC. "Comparison of bare-metal and drug-eluting stents in patients with chronic kidney disease (from the NHLBI dynamic registry)." American Journal of Cardiology 108, no. 11 (2011): 1658-1664. Full Text
  - Jolly, SS, Niemelä, K, Xavier, D, Widimsky, P, Budaj, A, Valentin, V, Lewis, BS, Avezum, A, Steg, PG, Rao, SV, Cairns, J, Chrolavicius, S, Yusuf, S, and Mehta, SR. "Design and rationale of the RadIal Vs. femorAL access for coronary intervention (RIVAL) trial: A randomized comparison of radial versus femoral access for coronary angiography or intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes." American Heart Journal 161, no. 2 (2011): 254-260.e4. Full Text
  - Klein, LW, Ho, KKL, Singh, M, Anderson, HV, Hillegass, WB, Uretsky, BF, Chambers, C, Rao, SV, Reilly, J, Weiner, BH, Kern, M, and Bailey, S. "Quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology: A position statement of the society of cardiovascular angiography and interventions, Part II: Public reporting and risk adjustment." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 78, no. 4 (2011): 493-502. Full Text
  - Klein, LW, Uretsky, BF, Chambers, C, Anderson, HV, Hillegass, WB, Singh, M, Ho, KKL, Rao, SV, Reilly, J, Weiner, BH, Kern, M, and Bailey, S. "Quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology: A position statement of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, part 1: Standards for quality assessment and improvement in interventional cardiology." Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 77, no. 7 (2011): 927-935. Full Text
  - Mehta, RH, Stebbins, A, Lopes, RD, Rao, SV, Bates, ER, Pieper, KS, Armstrong, PW, Van de Werf, F, White, HD, Califf, RM, Alexander, JH, and Granger, CB. "Race, Bleeding, and Outcomes in STEMI Patients Treated with Fibrinolytic Therapy." Am J Med 124, no. 1 (January 2011): 48-57. Full Text Link to Item
  - Najjar, SS, Rao, SV, and Harrington, RA. "In reply." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 306, no. 7 (2011): 706--.
  - Rao, SV, and Krucoff, MW. "Transradial PCI in women: Problem solved or clinical equipoise?." Journal of Invasive Cardiology 23, no. 3 (2011): 98-99.
  - Rao, SV. "A Case Report of Combining Procedural and Pharmacological Strategies to Reduce Bleeding Risk in a High Risk Patient Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." JOURNAL OF INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY 23, no. 1 (January 2011): B1-B4. Link to Item
  - Sciahbasi, A, Romagnoli, E, Trani, C, Burzotta, F, Sarandrea, A, Summaria, F, Patrizi, R, Rao, S, and Lioy, E. "Operator radiation exposure during percutaneous coronary procedures through the left or right radial approach: The TALENT dosimetric substudy." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 3 (2011): 226-231. Full Text
  - Steg, PG, Huber, K, Andreotti, F, Arnesen, H, Atar, D, Badimon, L, Bassand, J-P, Caterina, RD, Eikelboom, JA, Gulba, D, Hamon, M, Helft, G, Fox, KAA, Kristensen, SD, Rao, SV, Verheugt, FWA, Widimský, P, Zeymer, U, and Collet, J-P. "Bleeding in acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary interventions: Position paper by the Working Group on Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology." European Heart Journal 32, no. 15 (2011): 1854-1864. Full Text
  - Verheugt, FWA, Steinhubl, SR, Hamon, M, Darius, H, Steg, PG, Valgimigli, M, Marso, SP, Rao, SV, Gershlick, AH, Lincoff, AM, Mehran, R, and Stone, GW. "Incidence, prognostic impact, and influence of antithrombotic therapy on access and nonaccess site bleeding in percutaneous coronary intervention." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 2 (2011): 191-197. Full Text
  - Chan, MY, Sun, JL, Wang, TY, Lopes, RD, Jolicoeur, ME, Pieper, KS, Rao, SV, Newby, LK, Mahaffey, KW, Harrington, RA, and Peterson, ED. "Patterns of discharge antiplatelet therapy and late outcomes among 8,582 patients with bleeding during acute coronary syndrome: a pooled analysis from PURSUIT, PARAGON-A, PARAGON-B, and SYNERGY." Am Heart J 160, no. 6 (December 2010): 1056-1064.e2. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hanna, EB, Rao, SV, Manoukian, SV, and Saucedo, JF. "The evolving role of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention strategies to minimize bleeding risk and optimize outcomes." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 12 (December 2010): 1209-1219. Full Text Link to Item
  - Van De Car, DA, Rao, SV, and Ohman, EM. "Bivalirudin: a review of the pharmacology and clinical application." Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 8, no. 12 (December 2010): 1673-1681. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Dery, JP, Tizon-Marcos, H, Barbeau, G, Rodes-Cabau, J, Rinfret, S, Larose, E, Alexander, KP, Rao, SV, Nguyen, CM, Noel, B, Proulx, G, Roy, L, Gleeton, O, De Larochelliere, R, and Bertrand, OF. "Reduced Bleeding Rates and Improved Clinical Outcomes With the Use of Radial Access in Octogenarians Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention." CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010). Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Dai, D, Rumsfeld, JS, Wang, TY, Roe, MT, Marso, SP, Messenger, J, and Peterson, ED. "Association Between Periprocedural Bleeding and Long-term Mortality after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Elderly: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)(R)." CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010). Link to Item
  - Russo, JJ, Dzavik, V, Cairns, JA, Widimsky, P, Rao, SV, Eskola, M, Niemelae, KO, Bertrand, OF, Maciejewski, P, Natarajan, MK, Cheema, A, Fung, A, and Jolly, SS. "Use of Aspiration Thrombectomy and Practice Patterns During Primary PCI for STEMI - Results of an International Survey." CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010). Link to Item
  - Melloni, C, Rao, SV, Povsic, TJ, Melton, L, Kim, RJ, Kilaru, R, Patel, MR, Talan, M, Ferrucci, L, Longo, DL, Lakatta, EG, Najjar, SS, and Harrington, RA. "Design and rationale of the Reduction of Infarct Expansion and Ventricular Remodeling with Erythropoietin after Large Myocardial Infarction (REVEAL) trial." Am Heart J 160, no. 5 (November 2010): 795-803.e2. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bertrand, OF, Rao, SV, Pancholy, S, Jolly, SS, Rodés-Cabau, J, Larose, E, Costerousse, O, Hamon, M, and Mann, T. "Transradial approach for coronary angiography and interventions: results of the first international transradial practice survey." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 10 (October 2010): 1022-1031. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cavender, MA, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding associated with current therapies for acute coronary syndrome: what are the mechanisms?." J Thromb Thrombolysis 30, no. 3 (October 2010): 332-339. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Spinler, SA, Mahaffey, KW, Gallup, D, Levine, GN, Ferguson, JJ, Rao, SV, Gallo, R, Ducas, J, Goodman, SG, Antman, E, White, HD, Biasucci, L, Becker, RC, Col, JJ, Cohen, M, Harrington, RA, Califf, RM, and SYNERGY Trial Investigators, . "Relationship between renal function and outcomes in high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from SYNERGY." Int J Cardiol 144, no. 1 (September 24, 2010): 36-41. Full Text Link to Item
  - Krone, RJ, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Anderson, HV, Peterson, ED, Brown, MA, Brindis, RG, Klein, LW, Shaw, RE, Weintraub, WS, and ACC/NCDR Investigators, . "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)." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 9 (September 2010): 902-910. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lin, GA, Redberg, RF, Anderson, HV, Shaw, RE, Milford-Beland, S, Peterson, ED, Rao, SV, Werner, RM, and Dudley, RA. "Impact of changes in clinical practice guidelines on assessment of quality of care." Med Care 48, no. 8 (August 2010): 733-738. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leonardi, S, Rao, SV, Harrington, RA, Bhatt, DL, Gibson, CM, Roe, MT, Kochman, J, Huber, K, Zeymer, U, Madan, M, Gretler, DD, McClure, MW, Paynter, GE, Thompson, V, and Welsh, RC. "Rationale and design of the randomized, double-blind trial testing INtraveNous and Oral administration of elinogrel, a selective and reversible P2Y(12)-receptor inhibitor, versus clopidogrel to eVAluate Tolerability and Efficacy in nonurgent Percutaneous Coronary Interventions patients (INNOVATE-PCI)." Am Heart J 160, no. 1 (July 2010): 65-72. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV. "Scaling new heights in quality improvement: the PINNACLE (Practice Innovation And Clinical Excellence) program." J Am Coll Cardiol 56, no. 1 (June 29, 2010): 15-17. Full Text Link to Item
  - Eisenstein, EL, Honeycutt, EF, Anstrom, KJ, Becker, RC, Granger, CB, Rao, SV, Jolicoeur, ME, Ohman, EM, and CATCH Investigators, . "Economic assessment of thrombocytopenia: CATCH Registry." J Med Syst 34, no. 3 (June 2010): 379-386. Link to Item
  - Gutierrez, A, and Rao, SV. "Incidence, outcomes, and management of bleeding in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes." Cleve Clin J Med 77, no. 6 (June 2010): 369-379. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Cohen, MG, Kandzari, DE, Bertrand, OF, and Gilchrist, IC. "The transradial approach to percutaneous coronary intervention: historical perspective, current concepts, and future directions." J Am Coll Cardiol 55, no. 20 (May 18, 2010): 2187-2195. Full Text Link to Item
  - Peterson, ED, Dai, D, DeLong, ER, Brennan, JM, Singh, M, Rao, SV, Shaw, RE, Roe, MT, Ho, KKL, Klein, LW, Krone, RJ, Weintraub, WS, Brindis, RG, Rumsfeld, JS, Spertus, JA, and NCDR Registry Participants, . "Contemporary mortality risk prediction for percutaneous coronary intervention: results from 588,398 procedures in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." J Am Coll Cardiol 55, no. 18 (May 4, 2010): 1923-1932. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Califf, RM. "Is old blood bad blood?." Am Heart J 159, no. 5 (May 2010): 710-712. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Melloni, C, Myles-Dimauro, S, Broderick, S, Kosinski, AS, Kleiman, NS, Dzavík, V, Tanguay, JF, Chandna, H, Gammon, R, Rivera, E, Alexander, JH, Fier, I, Roach, J, Becker, RC, and EMINENCE Investigators, . "Evaluation of a new heparin agent in percutaneous coronary intervention: results of the phase 2 evaluation of M118 IN pErcutaNeous Coronary intErvention (EMINENCE) Trial." Circulation 121, no. 15 (April 20, 2010): 1713-1721. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Ohman, EM. "Anticoagulant therapy for percutaneous coronary intervention." Circ Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 1 (February 1, 2010): 80-88. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Amin, AP, Marso, SP, Rao, SV, Messenger, J, Chan, PS, House, J, Kennedy, K, Robertus, K, Cohen, DJ, and Mahoney, EM. "Cost-effectiveness of targeting patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for therapy with bivalirudin versus heparin monotherapy according to predicted risk of bleeding." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 3, no. 4 (2010): 358-365. Full Text
  - Brilakis, ES, Wang, TY, Rao, SV, Banerjee, S, Goldman, S, Shunk, K, Kar, B, Jr, DRH, Dai, D, Chin, CT, Harding, TM, and Roe, MT. "Frequency and predictors of drug-eluting stent use in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions: A report from the american college of cardiology national cardiovascular data CathPCI registry." JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 3, no. 10 (2010): 1068-1073. Full Text
  - Ko, DT, Yun, L, Wijeysundera, HC, Jackevicius, CA, Rao, SV, Austin, PC, Marquis, J-F, and Tu, JV. "Incidence, predictors, and prognostic implications of hospitalization for late bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention for patients older than 65 years." Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 3, no. 2 (2010): 140-147. Full Text
  - Lindsey, JB, Cohen, DJ, Stolker, JM, Mehta, SK, Mahoney, E, Robertus, K, House, JA, Kennedy, K, Riggs, L, Rao, SV, and Marso, SP. "The impact of bivalirudin on percutaneous coronary intervention-related bleeding." EuroIntervention 6, no. 2 (2010): 206-213. Full Text
  - Lopez, JJ, Keyes, MJ, Nathan, S, Piana, R, Pencina, M, Dhar, G, Marso, S, Rao, S, Shammo, S, Marquardt, W, Cohen, DJ, and Kleiman, NS. "Rapid adoption of drug-eluting stents: Clinical practices and outcomes from the early drug-eluting stent era." American Heart Journal 160, no. 4 (2010): 767-774.e1. Full Text
  - Marso, SP, Amin, AP, House, JA, Kennedy, KF, Spertus, JA, Rao, SV, Cohen, DJ, Messenger, JC, and Rumsfeld, JS. "Association between use of bleeding avoidance strategies and risk of periprocedural bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 303, no. 21 (2010): 2156-2164. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Gilchrist, IC. "Reply." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 56, no. 15 (2010): 1266--. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "Bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes: From a disturbing discovery to an important challenge." Revista Espanola de Cardiologia 63, no. 1 (2010): 1-4. Full Text
  - Rao, SV. "Hemorrhage in patients with acute coronary syndrome: from annoying observation to major challenge." Revista española de cardiología 63, no. 1 (2010): 1-4.
  - Rao, SV. "Bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes: From a disturbing discovery to an important challenge." Revista Espanola de Cardiologia 63, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 1-4. Full Text
  - Serebruany, V, Rao, SV, Silva, MA, Donovan, JL, Kannan, AO, Makarov, L, Goto, S, and Atar, D. "Correlation of inhibition of platelet aggregation after clopidogrel with post discharge bleeding events: Assessment by different bleeding classifications." European Heart Journal 31, no. 2 (2010): 227-235. Full Text
  - Steg, PG, Jolly, SS, Mehta, SR, Afzal, R, Xavier, D, Rupprecht, H-J, López-Sendón, JL, Budaj, A, Diaz, R, Avezum, Á, Widimsky, P, Rao, SV, Chrolavicius, S, Meeks, B, Joyner, C, Pogue, J, and Yusuf, S. "Low-dose vs standard-dose unfractionated heparin for percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes treated with fondaparinux: The FUTURA/OASIS-8 randomized trial." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 304, no. 12 (2010): 1339-1349. Full Text
  - Steg, PG, Mehta, S, Jolly, S, Xavier, D, Rupprecht, H-J, Lopez-Sendon, JL, Chrolavicius, S, Rao, SV, Granger, CB, Pogue, J, Laing, S, and Yusuf, S. "Fondaparinux with unfractionated heparin during revascularization in acute coronary syndromes (FUTURA/OASIS 8): A randomized trial of intravenous unfractionated heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes initially treated with fondaparinux." American Heart Journal 160, no. 6 (2010): 1029-1034.e1. Full Text
  - Ueno, M, Rao, SV, and Angiolillo, DJ. "Elinogrel: Pharmacological principles, preclinical and early phase clinical testing." Future Cardiology 6, no. 4 (2010): 445-453. Full Text
  - Becker, RC, Scheiman, J, Dauerman, HL, Spencer, F, Rao, S, Sabatine, M, Johnson, DA, Chan, F, Abraham, NS, Quigley, EMM, American College of Cardiology, , and American College of Gastroenterology, . "Management of platelet-directed pharmacotherapy in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease undergoing elective endoscopic gastrointestinal procedures." J Am Coll Cardiol 54, no. 24 (December 8, 2009): 2261-2276. Full Text Link to Item
  - Becker, RC, Scheiman, J, Dauerman, HL, Spencer, F, Rao, S, Sabatine, M, Johnson, DA, Chan, F, Abraham, NS, Quigley, EMM, and American College of Cardiology and the American College of Gastroenterology, . "Management of platelet-directed pharmacotherapy in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease undergoing elective endoscopic gastrointestinal procedures." Am J Gastroenterol 104, no. 12 (December 2009): 2903-2917. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Eikelboom, J, Steg, PG, Lincoff, AM, Weintraub, WS, Bassand, J-P, Rao, AK, Gibson, CM, Petersen, JL, Mehran, R, Manoukian, SV, Charnigo, R, Lee, KL, Moscucci, M, Harrington, RA, and Academic Bleeding Consensus Multidisciplinary Working Group, . "Standardized reporting of bleeding complications for clinical investigations in acute coronary syndromes: a proposal from the academic bleeding consensus (ABC) multidisciplinary working group." Am Heart J 158, no. 6 (December 2009): 881-886.e1. Full Text Link to Item
  - Melloni, C, Fier, I, Roach, J, Kosinski, AS, Broderick, S, Sigmon, K, Myles, S, Becker, RC, Rao, SV, and EMINENCE Investigators, . "Design and rationale of the Evaluation of M118 IN pErcutaNeous Coronary intErvention (EMINENCE) trial." Am Heart J 158, no. 5 (November 2009): 726-733. Full Text Link to Item
  - Povsic, TJ, Adams, SD, Zavodni, KL, Kelly, F, Melton, LG, Rao, SV, Najjar, SS, Harrington, RA, and Peterson, ED. "Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity allows reliable EPC enumeration in stored peripheral blood samples." J Thromb Thrombolysis 28, no. 3 (October 2009): 259-265. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV. "Strategies to reduce bleeding among patients with ischemic heart disease treated with antiplatelet therapies." Am J Cardiol 104, no. 5 Suppl (September 7, 2009): 60C-63C. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Roe, MT, Chen, AY, Cannon, CP, Rao, S, Rumsfeld, J, Magid, DJ, Brindis, R, Klein, LW, Gibler, WB, Ohman, EM, Peterson, ED, and CRUSADE and ACTION-GWTG Registry Participants, . "Temporal changes in the use of drug-eluting stents for patients with non-ST-Segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention from 2006 to 2008: results from the can rapid risk stratification of unstable angina patients supress ADverse outcomes with early implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines (CRUSADE) and acute coronary treatment and intervention outcomes network-get with the guidelines (ACTION-GWTG) registries." Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2, no. 5 (September 2009): 414-420. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cavender, MA, Milford-Beland, S, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, Weintraub, WS, and Rao, SV. "Prevalence, predictors, and in-hospital outcomes of non-infarct artery intervention during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry)." Am J Cardiol 104, no. 4 (August 15, 2009): 507-513. Full Text Link to Item
  - Vavalle, JP, and Rao, SV. "The association between the transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions and bleeding." J Invasive Cardiol 21, no. 8 Suppl A (August 2009): 21A-24A. (Review) Link to Item
  - Mehta, SK, Frutkin, AD, Lindsey, JB, House, JA, Spertus, JA, Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, Marso, SP, and National Cardiovascular Data Registry, . "Bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the development of a clinical risk algorithm from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2, no. 3 (June 2009): 222-229. Full Text Link to Item
  - Subherwal, S, Bach, RG, Chen, AY, Gage, BF, Rao, SV, Newby, LK, Wang, TY, Gibler, WB, Ohman, EM, Roe, MT, Pollack, CV, Peterson, ED, and Alexander, KP. "Baseline risk of major bleeding in non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: the CRUSADE (Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines) Bleeding Score." Circulation 119, no. 14 (April 14, 2009): 1873-1882. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lindsey, JB, Mehta, SK, Frutkin, AD, Spertus, JA, Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, and Marso, SP. "A Clinical Risk Prediction Tool for Post-PCI Bleeding From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (R) (NCDR (R))." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A23-A23. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Dai, D, Wang, TY, Roe, MT, Marso, SP, Rumsfeld, JS, Brindis, R, and Peterson, ED. "Annual Case Volume Is Not a Strong Predictor of Bleeding Complications After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A373-A373. Link to Item
  - Kandzari, DE, Rao, SV, Moses, JW, Dzavik, V, Strauss, BH, Kutryk, MJ, Simonton, CA, Garg, J, Lokhnygina, Y, Mancini, GBJ, Yeoh, E, Buller, CE, and ACROSS/TOSCA-4 Investigators, . "Clinical and angiographic outcomes with sirolimus-eluting stents in total coronary occlusions: the ACROSS/TOSCA-4 (Approaches to Chronic Occlusions With Sirolimus-Eluting Stents/Total Occlusion Study of Coronary Arteries-4) trial." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2, no. 2 (February 2009): 97-106. Full Text Link to Item
  - Happe, LE, Rao, SV, Horblyuk, R, Franklin, M, Lunacsek, OE, and Menditto, L. "Consequences of major bleeding in hospitalized patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes receiving injectable anticoagulants." Current Medical Research and Opinion 25, no. 2 (2009): 413-420. Full Text
  - Maynard, C, Rao, SV, Gregg, M, Phillips, RC, Reisman, M, Tucker, E, and Goss, JR. "The role of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in predicting hospital mortality for percutaneous coronary interventions in the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program." J Invasive Cardiol 21, no. 1 (January 2009): 1-5. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV. "Using procedural approaches to reduce complications related to percutaneous coronary interventions." Journal of Invasive Cardiology 21, no. 8 SUPPL.A (2009): 2--.
  - Vavalle, JP, and Rao, SV. "The association between the transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions and bleeding." Journal of Invasive Cardiology 21, no. 8 SUPPL.A (2009): 21-24.
  - Wang, TY, Xiao, L, Alexander, KP, Rao, SV, Kosiborod, MN, Rumsfeld, JS, Spertus, JA, and Peterson, ED. "Antiplatelet therapy use after discharge among acute myocardial infarction patients with in-hospital bleeding." Circulation 118, no. 21 (November 18, 2008): 2139-2145. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kim, JH-J, Newby, LK, Clare, RM, Shaw, LK, Lodge, AJ, Smith, PK, Jolicoeur, EM, Rao, SV, Becker, RC, Mark, DB, and Granger, CB. "Clopidogrel use and bleeding after coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Am Heart J 156, no. 5 (November 2008): 886-892. Full Text Link to Item
  - Krono, RJ, Rao, SV, Dai, D, Paterson, ED, Shaw, RE, Klein, LW, Anderson, HV, Weintraub, WS, and Brindis, RG. "Impact of Long-Term Safety Data and FDA Warnings on Drug-Eluting Stent Use in Clinical Practice: A Report from the ACC/National Cardiovascular Data Registry." CIRCULATION 118, no. 18 (October 28, 2008): S897-S897. Link to Item
  - Anstrom, KJ, Kong, DF, Shaw, LK, Califf, RM, Kramer, JM, Peterson, ED, Rao, SV, Matchar, DB, Mark, DB, Harrington, RA, and Eisenstein, EL. "Long-term clinical outcomes following coronary stenting." Arch Intern Med 168, no. 15 (August 11, 2008): 1647-1655. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cavender, MA, Rao, SV, and Ohman, EM. "Major bleeding: management and risk reduction in acute coronary syndromes." Expert Opin Pharmacother 9, no. 11 (August 2008): 1869-1883. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Cavender, MA, Rao, SV, and Ohman, EM. "Major bleeding: management and risk reduction in acute coronary syndromes." EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY 9, no. 11 (August 2008): 1869-1883. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Califf, RM, Kramer, JM, Peterson, ED, Gross, TP, Pepine, CJ, Williams, DO, Donohoe, D, Waksman, R, Mehran, R, and Krucoff, MW. "Postmarket evaluation of breakthrough technologies." Am Heart J 156, no. 2 (August 2008): 201-208. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Ou, F-S, Wang, TY, Roe, MT, Brindis, R, Rumsfeld, JS, and Peterson, ED. "Trends in the prevalence and outcomes of radial and femoral approaches to percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry." JACC Cardiovasc Interv 1, no. 4 (August 2008): 379-386. Full Text Link to Item
  - Alexander, KP, Chen, AY, Wang, TY, Rao, SV, Newby, LK, LaPointe, NMA, Ohman, EM, Roe, MT, Boden, WE, Harrington, RA, Peterson, ED, and CRUSADE Investigators, . "Transfusion practice and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes." Am Heart J 155, no. 6 (June 2008): 1047-1053. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wang, TY, Peterson, ED, Dai, D, Anderson, HV, Rao, SV, Brindis, RG, Roe, MT, and National Cardiovascular Data Registry, . "Patterns of cardiac marker surveillance after elective percutaneous coronary intervention and implications for the use of periprocedural myocardial infarction as a quality metric: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)." J Am Coll Cardiol 51, no. 21 (May 27, 2008): 2068-2074. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mehta, RH, Rao, SV, Ohman, EM, Bates, ER, Marcucci, G, Zhang, M, Pieper, KS, Armstrong, PW, White, HD, Van de Werf, F, Califf, RM, and Granger, CB. "Variation in the use of stress testing and outcomes in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from GUSTO IIb." Eur Heart J 29, no. 7 (April 2008): 880-887. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaul, PR, Liao, L, Armstrong, PW, Ohman, EM, Granger, CB, Califf, RM, Harrington, RA, Eisenstein, EL, and Mark, DB. "Association between bleeding, blood transfusion, and costs among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes." Am Heart J 155, no. 2 (February 2008): 369-374. Full Text Link to Item
  - Banerjee, S, Varghese, C, Samuel, J, Weideman, RA, Little, BB, Kelly, KC, Rao, SV, Reilly, RF, and Brilakis, ES. "Comparison of the Impact of Short (<1 Year) and Long-Term (≥1 Year) Clopidogrel Use Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Mortality." American Journal of Cardiology 102, no. 9 (2008): 1159-1162. Full Text
  - Cohen, M, Alexander, KP, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding after antithrombotic therapy in patients with acute ischemic heart disease." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 26, no. 3 (2008): 175-182. Full Text
  - Kleiman, NS, Freedman, JE, Tracy, PB, Furie, BC, Bray, PF, Rao, SV, Phillips, DR, Storey, RF, Rusconi, CP, French, PA, Steinhubl, SR, and Becker, RC. "Platelets: Developmental biology, physiology, and translatable platforms for preclinical investigation and drug development." Platelets 19, no. 4 (2008): 239-251. Full Text
  - Leung, S, Bailey, AL, and Rao, SV. "Bleeding and transfusion in the setting of ACS." Acute Coronary Syndromes 9, no. 2 (2008): 50-58.
  - Rao, SV, Chiswell, K, Sun, J-L, Granger, CB, Newby, LK, Van de Werf, F, White, HD, Armstong, PW, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "International variation in the use of blood transfusion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes." Am J Cardiol 101, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 25-29. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Kim, SYH. "Informing the consent process." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 1, no. 1 (2008): 7-8. Full Text
  - Roberts, WC, Granger, CB, Patel, MR, Rao, SV, Sinnaeve, PR, and Sulkes, DJ. "The Editor's Roundtable: Management and Treatment of Non-ST-Segment Elevation in Acute Coronary Syndromes." American Journal of Cardiology 101, no. 11 (2008): 1580-1598. Full Text
  - Mehta, SK, Frutkin, AD, Rao, SV, Wang, TY, Dai, DJ, Cohen, DJ, and Marso, SP. "Use of arteriotomy closure devices and the risk of vascular complications: An analysis of 227,879 patients in the ACC-NCDR." CIRCULATION 116, no. 16 (October 16, 2007): 377-377. Link to Item
  - Wallace, TW, and Rao, SV. "The challenge of defining bleeding among patients with acute coronary syndromes." Clin Cardiol 30, no. 10 Suppl 2 (October 2007): II16-II23. (Review) Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Eikelboom, JA, Granger, CB, Harrington, RA, Califf, RM, and Bassand, J-P. "Bleeding and blood transfusion issues in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes." Eur Heart J 28, no. 10 (May 2007): 1193-1204. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Mills, JS, and Rao, SV. "REPAIR-AMI: stem cells for acute myocardial infarction." Future Cardiol 3, no. 2 (March 2007): 137-140. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cohen, M, Diez, J, Levine, GN, III, JJF, Morrow, DA, Rao, SV, and Zidar, JP. "Pharmacoinvasive management of acute coronary syndrome: Incorporating the 2007 ACC/AHA Guidelines: The CATH (Cardiac Catheterization and Antithrombotic Therapy in the Hospital) Clinical Consensus Panel Report - III." Journal of Invasive Cardiology 19, no. 12 (2007): 525-540.
  - Rao, SV. "Implications of bleeding and blood transfusion in percutaneous coronary intervention." Rev Cardiovasc Med 8 Suppl 3 (2007): S18-S26. (Review) Link to Item
  - Wallace, TW, and Rao, SV. "The challenge of defining bleeding among patients with acute coronary syndromes." Clinical Cardiology 30, no. 10 SUPPL. (2007): II16-II23. Full Text
  - Wang, TY, and Rao, SV. "Anemia in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: current issues and future directions." Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 7, no. 4 (2007): 225-233. (Review) Link to Item
  - Domsic, RT, Honeycutt, E, Shaw, LK, and Rao, SV. "Revascularization improves survival compared with medical therapy in patients with rheumatologic disease and coronary artery disease." CIRCULATION 114, no. 18 (October 31, 2006): 607-607. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Honeycutt, E, and Kandzari, D. "Clinical outcomes with drug-eluting stents following atheroablation therapies." J Invasive Cardiol 18, no. 9 (September 2006): 393-396. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Shaw, RE, Brindis, RG, Klein, LW, Weintraub, WS, Krone, RJ, and Peterson, ED. "Patterns and outcomes of drug-eluting coronary stent use in clinical practice." Am Heart J 152, no. 2 (August 2006): 321-326. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Shaw, RE, Brindis, RG, Klein, LW, Weintraub, WS, Peterson, ED, and American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry, . "On- versus off-label use of drug-eluting coronary stents in clinical practice (report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry [NCDR])." Am J Cardiol 97, no. 10 (May 15, 2006): 1478-1481. Full Text Link to Item
  - Twomley, KM, Rao, SV, and Becker, RC. "Proinflammatory, immunomodulating, and prothrombotic properties of anemia and red blood cell transfusions." J Thromb Thrombolysis 21, no. 2 (April 2006): 167-174. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, O'Grady, K, Pieper, KS, Granger, CB, Newby, LK, Mahaffey, KW, Moliterno, DJ, Lincoff, AM, Armstrong, PW, Van de Werf, F, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "A comparison of the clinical impact of bleeding measured by two different classifications among patients with acute coronary syndromes." J Am Coll Cardiol 47, no. 4 (February 21, 2006): 809-816. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cohen, M, Diez, J, Fry, E, Rao, SV, 3rd, JJF, Zidar, J, Levine, G, and Shani, J. "Strategies for optimizing outcomes in the NSTE-ACS patient The CATH (cardiac catheterization and antithrombotic therapy in the hospital) Clinical Consensus Panel Report." The Journal of invasive cardiology 18, no. 12 (2006): 617-639.
  - Rao, SV. "Bleeding as a predictor of mortality risk." Rev Cardiovasc Med 7 Suppl 3 (2006): S12-S18. (Review) Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, O'Grady, K, Pieper, KS, Granger, CB, Newby, LK, Van de Werf, F, Mahaffey, KW, Califf, RM, and Harrington, RA. "Impact of bleeding severity on clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes." Am J Cardiol 96, no. 9 (November 1, 2005): 1200-1206. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yang, X, Alexander, KP, Chen, AY, Roe, MT, Brindis, RG, Rao, SV, Gibler, WB, Ohman, EM, Peterson, ED, and CRUSADE Investigators, . "The implications of blood transfusions for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: results from the CRUSADE National Quality Improvement Initiative." J Am Coll Cardiol 46, no. 8 (October 18, 2005): 1490-1495. Full Text Link to Item
  - Meine, TJ, Patel, MR, DePuy, V, Curtis, LH, Rao, SV, Gersh, BJ, Schulman, KA, and Jollis, JG. "Evidence-based therapies and mortality in patients hospitalized in December with acute myocardial infarction." Ann Intern Med 143, no. 7 (October 4, 2005): 481-485. Link to Item
  - Turer, AT, and Rao, SV. "Device therapy in the management of congestive heart failure." Cardiol Rev 13, no. 3 (May 2005): 130-138. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Harrington, RA, Califf, RM, and Stamler, JS. "Blood transfusion in patients with acute coronary syndrome - Reply." JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 293, no. 6 (February 9, 2005): 673-674. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rathore, SS, Radford, MJ, Krumholz, HM, Rao, SV, Harrington, RA, Califf, RM, and Stamler, JS. "Blood transfusion in patients with acute coronary syndrome [1] (multiple letters)." Journal of the American Medical Association 293, no. 6 (2005): 673-674.
  - Rao, SV, Jollis, JG, Harrington, RA, Granger, CB, Newby, LK, Armstrong, PW, Moliterno, DJ, Lindblad, L, Pieper, K, Topol, EJ, Stamler, JS, and Califf, RM. "Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes." JAMA 292, no. 13 (October 6, 2004): 1555-1562. Full Text Link to Item
  - Asher, CR, Moliterno, DJ, Bhapkar, MV, McGuire, DK, Rao, SV, Holmes, DR, Newby, LK, Bates, ER, Topol, EJ, and SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY Investigators, . "Association of race with complications and prognosis following acute coronary syndromes." Am J Cardiol 94, no. 6 (September 15, 2004): 792-794. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, MR, Meine, TJ, Radeva, J, Curtis, L, Rao, SV, Schulman, KA, and Jollis, JG. "State-mandated continuing medical education and the use of proven therapies in patients with an acute myocardial infarction." J Am Coll Cardiol 44, no. 1 (July 7, 2004): 192-198. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Schulman, KA, Curtis, LH, Gersh, BJ, and Jollis, JG. "Socioeconomic status and outcome following acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients." Arch Intern Med 164, no. 10 (May 24, 2004): 1128-1133. Full Text Link to Item
  - McCarthy, JJ, Parker, A, Salem, R, Moliterno, DJ, Wang, Q, Plow, EF, Rao, S, Shen, G, Rogers, WJ, Newby, LK, Cannata, R, Glatt, K, Topol, EJ, and GeneQuest Investigators, . "Large scale association analysis for identification of genes underlying premature coronary heart disease: cumulative perspective from analysis of 111 candidate genes." J Med Genet 41, no. 5 (May 2004): 334-341. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV. "Controversies surrounding the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors." Crit Pathw Cardiol 2, no. 4 (December 2003): 231-238. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wilmer, WA, Rovin, BH, Hebert, CJ, Rao, SV, Kumor, K, and Hebert, LA. "Management of glomerular proteinuria: a commentary." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY 14, no. 12 (December 2003): 3217-3232. Full Text Link to Item
  - Petersen, JL, Dery, J-P, Fischi, MC, Hernandez, AF, Hranitzky, PM, Rao, SV, Rebeiz, AG, and Singh, KP. "Highlights from the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions 2003: March 28 to April 2, 2003." Am Heart J 146, no. 1 (July 2003): 19-26. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaul, P, Newby, LK, Lincoff, AM, Hochman, J, Harrington, RA, Mark, DB, and Peterson, ED. "Poverty, process of care, and outcome in acute coronary syndromes." J Am Coll Cardiol 41, no. 11 (June 4, 2003): 1948-1954. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Ohman, EM, Granger, CB, Armstrong, PW, Gibler, WB, Christenson, RH, Hasselblad, V, Stebbins, A, McNulty, S, and Newby, LK. "Prognostic value of isolated troponin elevation across the spectrum of chest pain syndromes." Am J Cardiol 91, no. 8 (April 15, 2003): 936-940. Link to Item
  - Dery, J-P, Hernandez, AF, Kay, JD, Petersen, JL, Rao, SV, Rebeiz, AG, Singh, KP, Donahue, MP, and American Heart Association, . "Highlights from the American Heart Association annual scientific sessions 2002: November 17 to 20, 2002." Am Heart J 145, no. 3 (March 2003): 554-562. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Califf, RM. "Lessons learned from clinical trials: a roundtable discussion." Crit Pathw Cardiol 2, no. 1 (March 2003): 55-59. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Jollis, JG, and Sketch, MH. "Assessing quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory." Am Heart Hosp J 1, no. 4 (2003): 289-296. (Review) Link to Item
  - Wilmer, WA, Rovin, BH, Hebert, CJ, Rao, SV, Kumor, K, and Hebert, LA. "Management of Glomerular Proteinuria: A Commentary." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 14, no. 12 (2003): 3217-3232. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Stamler, JS. "Erythropoietin, anemia, and orthostatic hypotension: the evidence mounts." Clin Auton Res 12, no. 3 (June 2002): 141-143. (Review) Link to Item
  - McGuire, DK, Rao, SV, Joski, PJ, Barsness, GW, Peterson, ED, Jollis, JG, Feinglos, MN, and Granger, CB. "Diabetes is associated with a higher risk of death than is prior myocardial infarction in the setting of coronary disease: Results from the Duke cardiovascular database." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 39, no. 5 (March 6, 2002): 329A-329A. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Kaul, P, Newby, K, Harrington, RA, Mark, DB, and Peterson, ED. "Influence of poverty on process of care and outcome in acute coronary syndromes." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 39, no. 5 (March 6, 2002): 435A-435A. Link to Item
  - Kandzari, DE, Kay, J, O'Shea, JC, Trichon, BH, Donahue, M, Liao, L, and Rao, SV. "Highlights from the American Heart Association annual scientific sessions 2001: November 11 to 14, 2001." Am Heart J 143, no. 2 (February 2002): 217-228. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, and Jollis, JG. "Quality of care in percutaneous coronary intervention." Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports 23, no. 3 (2002): 165-173.
  - Rao, SV, Donahue, M, Pi-Sunyer, FX, and Fuster, V. "Results of Expert Meetings: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease. Obesity as a risk factor in coronary artery disease." Am Heart J 142, no. 6 (December 2001): 1102-1107. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Newby, LK, Ohman, EM, Granger, CB, Hasselblad, V, Gibler, BB, and Christenson, R. "Elevated cardiac markers across a spectrum of patients with ACS: Defining the role of isolated troponin or CK-MB elevation." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 708-709. Link to Item
  - Blumenthal, JA, Arias, P, Babyak, M, Baldewicz, T, Barefoot, J, Bennett, J, Biles, P, Carels, R, Coleman, E, Crenshaw, B, Curtis, S, Davis, L, Fath, K, Forman, L, Griggs, J, Gullette, EC, Gunnasdotir, D, Hackney, T, Hassett, A, Hegde, SB, Herman, SH, Hinderliter, A, Isley, D, Jackson, E, Khatri, P, Krishnan, R, Levenberg, S, Lewandowski, K, Mark, D, Marz, P, Matthews, J, McCarthy, R, McKee, M, Mieszkalski, K, Miller, C, Miller, G, Norten, J, O'Connor, C, Puma, J, Rutt, L, and Sessions, W et al. "Enhancing recovery in coronary heart disease (ENRICHD): Baseline characteristics." American Journal of Cardiology 88, no. 3 (2001): 316-322. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, Donahue, M, Pi-Sunyer, FX, and Fuster, V. "Obesity as a risk factor in coronary artery disease." American Heart Journal 142, no. 6 (2001): 1102-1107. Full Text
  - Rao, SV, and Jollis, JG. "Reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction: is the future in plastics?." Mayo Clin Proc 75, no. 10 (October 2000): 991-993. Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Bethel, MA, and Feinglos, MN. "Treatment of diabetes mellitus: implications of the use of oral agents." Am Heart J 138, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 1999): S334-S337. (Review) Link to Item
  - Rao, SV, Bethel, MA, and Feinglos, MN. "Treatment of diabetes mellitus: Implications of the use of oral agents." American Heart Journal 138, no. 5 I (1999): S334-S337. Full Text
  - Marks, LB, Munley, M, Anscher, MS, Sibley, G, and Bentel, G. "Response to Dr. Abratt." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS 41, no. 4 (July 1, 1998): 975-975. Link to Item

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