Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 1999 - 2004
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1996 - 1999
  • M.D., Ohio State University 1996
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  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
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  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
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  Selected Grants

  • Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2024
  • Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) 2016 - 2021
  • OPTIMIZE 2017 - 2020
  • Onyx 2015 - 2020
  • DRIP 2019 - 2020
  • PACTTE-Partnership for Anemia: Clinical and Translational Trials in the Elderly awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2020
  • Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) 2016 - 2019
  • 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 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
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Wegermann, Zachary K., Rajesh V. Swaminathan, and Sunil V. Rao. “Cath Lab Robotics: Paradigm Change in Interventional Cardiology?.” Curr Cardiol Rep 21, no. 10 (August 31, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-019-1218-5.
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    • Marquis-Gravel, Guillaume, Michel Zeitouni, Ajar Kochar, W Schuyler Jones, Michael H. Sketch, Sunil V. Rao, Manesh R. Patel, and E Magnus Ohman. “Technical consideration in acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock: A review of antithrombotic and PCI therapies..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, August 21, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28455.
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    • Urban, Philip, Roxana Mehran, Roisin Colleran, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Robert A. Byrne, Davide Capodanno, Thomas Cuisset, et al. “Defining high bleeding risk in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a consensus document from the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk..” Eur Heart J 40, no. 31 (August 14, 2019): 2632–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehz372.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Sasko Kedev, Tejas Patel, Ian C. Gilchrist, and Sunil V. Rao. “The Predictors of Post-Procedural Arm Pain after Transradial Approach in 1706 Patients Underwent Transradial Catheterization..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 20, no. 8 (August 2019): 674–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2018.09.006.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Samuel B. Latham, Jennifer M. Porta, Arshi Naz, Khalid Matin, and Sunil V. Rao. “Bivalirudin with a post-procedure infusion versus heparin monotherapy for the prevention of stent thrombosis..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94, no. 2 (August 1, 2019): 210–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28065.
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    • Urban, Philip, Roxana Mehran, Roisin Colleran, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Robert A. Byrne, Davide Capodanno, Thomas Cuisset, et al. “Defining High Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circulation 140, no. 3 (July 16, 2019): 240–61. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040167.
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    • Faridi, Kamil F., Jennifer A. Rymer, Sunil V. Rao, David Dai, Daniel Wojdyla, Robert W. Yeh, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable coronary artery disease: A report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry..” Am Heart J 216 (July 13, 2019): 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.07.004.
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    • Mauri, Laura, Gheorghe Doros, Sunil V. Rao, David J. Cohen, Steven Yakubov, John Lasala, S Chiu Wong, James Zidar, and Dean J. Kereiakes. “The OPTIMIZE randomized trial to assess safety and efficacy of the Svelte IDS and RX Sirolimus-eluting coronary stent Systems for the Treatment of atherosclerotic lesions: Trial design and rationale..” Am Heart J 216 (July 13, 2019): 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.07.003.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Enhancement of Risk Prediction With Machine Learning: Rise of the Machines..” Jama Netw Open 2, no. 7 (July 3, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6823.
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    • Chakravartti, Jaidip, and Sunil V. Rao. “Robotic Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Hype or Hope?.” J Am Heart Assoc 8, no. 13 (July 2, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012743.
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    • Faggioni, Michela, Usman Baber, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Samantha Sartori, William Weintraub, Sunil V. Rao, Birgit Vogel, et al. “Use of prasugrel and clinical outcomes in African-American patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 53–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28033.
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    • Ge, Zhen, Usman Baber, Bimmer E. Claessen, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Rishi Chandiramani, Shawn X. Li, Samantha Sartori, et al. “Associations between use of prasugrel vs clopidogrel and outcomes by type of acute coronary syndrome: an analysis from the PROMETHEUS registry..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 48, no. 1 (July 2019): 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-019-01842-9.
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    • Gutierrez, J Antonio, Deepak L. Bhatt, Subhash Banerjee, Thomas J. Glorioso, Kevin P. Josey, Rajesh V. Swaminathan, Thomas M. Maddox, et al. “Risk of obstructive coronary artery disease and major adverse cardiac events in patients with noncoronary atherosclerosis: Insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking (CART) Program..” Am Heart J 213 (July 2019): 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.04.004.
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    • Butt, Julia, Matthew G. Varga, and Meira Epplein. “Reply..” Gastroenterology 156, no. 8 (June 2019). https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.04.040.
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    • Shroff, Adhir R., Christopher Fernandez, Mladen I. Vidovich, Sunil V. Rao, Michael Cowley, Olivier F. Bertrand, Tejas M. Patel, and Samir B. Pancholy. “Contemporary transradial access practices: Results of the second international survey..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 93, no. 7 (June 1, 2019): 1276–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27989.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Babar Khan, Samuel B. Latham, Sajjad A. Khan, and Sunil V. Rao. “A Meta-Analysis of Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Context of Contemporary Preventive Strategies..” Am J Med, May 31, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.05.015.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Ajar Kochar, Connie N. Hess, Ian C. Gilchrist, John C. Messenger, Robert A. Harrington, et al. “Comparison of Rates of Bleeding and Vascular Complications Before, During, and After Trial Enrollment in the SAFE-PCI Trial for Women..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 5 (May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007086.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Sunil V. Rao, and David E. Kandzari. “Quantifying the Treatment Effect of Drug-Eluting Stents Optimized for Biocompatibility vs Bare-Metal Stents With a Single Month of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-Reply..” Jama Cardiol 4, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 494–95. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0556.
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    • Navarese, Eliano P., Sunil V. Rao, and Mitchell W. Krucoff. “Age, STEMI, and Cardiogenic Shock: Never Too Old for PCI?.” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 15 (April 23, 2019): 1901–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.088.
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    • Ambrosy, Andrew P., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Grace H. Tabada, Andrew Artz, Stanley Schrier, Sunil V. Rao, Huiman X. Barnhart, et al. “Incident Anemia in Older Adults with Heart Failure Rate, Etiology, and Association with Outcomes..” Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes, March 7, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcz010.
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    • Khan, Abdul Ahad, Hemang B. Panchal, Syed Imran M. Zaidi, Muralidhar R. Papireddy, Debabrata Mukherjee, Mauricio G. Cohen, Subhash Banerjee, Sunil V. Rao, Samir Pancholy, and Timir K. Paul. “Safety and efficacy of radial versus femoral access for rotational Atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 20, no. 3 (March 2019): 241–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2018.06.006.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Dennis T. Ko, and Brahmajee K. Nallamothu. “Policing or Learning?.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 12, no. 3 (March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005484.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “RESPONSE: Establishing a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Learning..” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 7 (February 26, 2019): 871–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.01.008.
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    • Elmariah, Sammy, Sunil V. Rao, Cindy L. Grines, Kirk N. Garratt, Ronald P. Caputo, Timothy D. Henry, Srihari S. Naidu, et al. “"How can SCAI and industry partners increase adherence and educate interventionalists on optimal medical therapy?".” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 93, no. 2 (February 2019): 305–8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27911.
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    • Ge, Zhen, Usman Baber, Bimmer E. Claessen, Serdar Farhan, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Shawn X. Li, Samantha Sartori, et al. “The prevalence, predictors and outcomes of guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing PCI, an analysis from the PROMETHEUS registry..” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 93, no. 3 (February 2019): E112–19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27860.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Supporting the Crucible of Peer Review..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 2 (February 2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.007835.
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    • Secemsky, Eric A., Enrico G. Ferro, Sunil V. Rao, Ajay Kirtane, Hector Tamez, Pearl Zakroysky, Daniel Wojdyla, Steven M. Bradley, David J. Cohen, and Robert W. Yeh. “Association of Physician Variation in Use of Manual Aspiration Thrombectomy With Outcomes Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry..” Jama Cardiol 4, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 110–18. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4472.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Ion S. Jovin, Amina Chaudhry, Showkat A. Haji, Raza Askari, Mallie M. Dennis, Chalak Berzingi, and Sunil V. Rao. “Safety and efficacy of switching from unfractionated heparin to bivalirudin during primary percutaneous coronary intervention..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 93, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 241–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27828.
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    • Hill, Joseph A., Stefan Agewall, Adrian Baranchuk, George W. Booz, Jeffrey S. Borer, Paolo G. Camici, Peng-Sheng Chen, et al. “Medical Misinformation: Vet the Message!.” Circulation, January 28, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.039193.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Pearl Zakroysky, Daniel Wojdyla, Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Matthew W. Sherwood, Matthew T. Roe, Tracy Y. Wang, et al. “Relationship Between Operator Volume and Long-Term Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circulation 139, no. 4 (January 22, 2019): 458–72. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.033325.
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    • Faggioni, Michela, Usman Baber, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Samantha Sartori, Bimmer E. Claessen, Sunil V. Rao, Birgit Vogel, et al. “Use of prasugrel vs clopidogrel and outcomes in patients with and without diabetes mellitus presenting with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention..” Int J Cardiol 275 (January 15, 2019): 31–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.10.071.
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    • Badjatiya, Anish, and Sunil V. Rao. “Advances in Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapies for NSTE-ACS..” Curr Cardiol Rep 21, no. 1 (January 12, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-019-1090-3.
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    • Kwok, Chun Shing, Sunil V. Rao, Ian C. Gilchrist, Jessica Potts, Vinayak Nagaraja, Mark Gunning, James Nolan, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Mamas A. Mamas. “Relation of Length of Stay to Unplanned Readmissions for Patients Who Undergo Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Am J Cardiol 123, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 33–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.09.028.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Sasko Kedev, Tejas Patel, Sunil V. Rao, and Ian C. Gilchrist. “Different Spasmolytic Regimens (Nitroglycerin vs Verapamil) and the Incidence of Radial Artery Occlusion After Transradial Catheterization..” J Invasive Cardiol 30, no. 12 (December 2018): 461–64.
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    • Lee, Michael S., Rigved V. Tadwalkar, William F. Fearon, Ajay J. Kirtane, Amisha J. Patel, Chetan B. Patel, Ziad Ali, and Sunil V. Rao. “Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: A review..” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 92, no. 7 (December 2018): E527–36. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27893.
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    • Moghaddam, Nima, Graham C. Wong, John A. Cairns, Shaun G. Goodman, Michele Perry-Arnesen, Wendy Tocher, Martha Mackay, et al. “Association of Anemia With Outcomes Among ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Receiving Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 12 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007175.
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    • Mulukutla, Suresh R., Joseph D. Babb, David A. Baran, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Shelley A. Hall, Henry S. Jennings, et al. “A quality framework for the role of invasive, non-interventional cardiologists in the present-day cardiac catheterization laboratory: A multidisciplinary SCAI/HFSA expert consensus statement..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 92, no. 7 (December 1, 2018): 1356–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27841.
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    • Hu, Peter T., W Schuyler Jones, Thomas J. Glorioso, Anna E. Barón, Gary K. Grunwald, Stephen W. Waldo, Thomas M. Maddox, Mladen Vidovich, Subhash Banerjee, and Sunil V. Rao. “Predictors and Outcomes of Staged Versus One-Time Multivessel Revascularization in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the VA CART Program..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 22 (November 26, 2018): 2265–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.07.055.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Preventing Acute Radial Artery Occlusion: A Battle on Multiple Fronts..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 22 (November 26, 2018): 2251–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.018.
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    • Amin, Amit P., Duane Pinto, John A. House, Sunil V. Rao, John A. Spertus, Mauricio G. Cohen, Samir Pancholy, et al. “Association of Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States With Costs and Outcomes..” Jama Cardiol 3, no. 11 (November 1, 2018): 1041–49. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3029.
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    • Aminian, Adel, Shigeru Saito, Akihiko Takahashi, Ivo Bernat, Robert Lee Jobe, Takashi Kajiya, Ian C. Gilchrist, et al. “Impact of sheath size and hemostasis time on radial artery patency after transradial coronary angiography and intervention in Japanese and non-Japanese patients: A substudy from RAP and BEAT (Radial Artery Patency and Bleeding, Efficacy, Adverse evenT) randomized multicenter trial..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 92, no. 5 (November 1, 2018): 844–51. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27526.
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    • Bossard, Matthias, Shahar Lavi, Sunil V. Rao, David J. Cohen, Warren J. Cantor, Kevin R. Bainey, Nicholas Valettas, Sanjit S. Jolly, and Shamir R. Mehta. “Heparin use for diagnostic cardiac catheterization with a radial artery approach: An international survey of practice patterns..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 92, no. 5 (November 1, 2018): 854–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27530.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Sunil V. Rao, Samuel B. Latham, and David E. Kandzari. “Efficacy and Safety of Drug-Eluting Stents Optimized for Biocompatibility vs Bare-Metal Stents With a Single Month of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Meta-analysis..” Jama Cardiol 3, no. 11 (November 1, 2018): 1050–59. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3551.
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    • Vora, Amit N., and Sunil V. Rao. “Percutaneous or surgical access for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation..” J Thorac Dis 10, no. Suppl 30 (November 2018): S3595–98. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2018.09.48.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Iwan Dakota, Renan Sukmawan, Hananto Andriantoro, Bambang Budi Siswanto, and Sunil V. Rao. “Two-year mortality of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction during regular working hours versus off-hours..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 19, no. 7 Pt B (October 2018): 826–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2018.03.011.
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    • Jolly, Sanjit S., John A. Cairns, Shahar Lavi, Warren J. Cantor, Ivo Bernat, Asim N. Cheema, Raul Moreno, et al. “Thrombus Aspiration in Patients With High Thrombus Burden in the TOTAL Trial..” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 14 (October 2018): 1589–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.07.047.
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    • Moussa Pacha, Homam, Fares Alahdab, Yasser Al-Khadra, Amr Idris, Firas Rabbat, Fahed Darmoch, Mohamad Soud, et al. “Ultrasound-guided versus palpation-guided radial artery catheterization in adult population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials..” Am Heart J 204 (October 2018): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.06.007.
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    • Seto, Arnold H., Adhir Shroff, Mazen Abu-Fadel, James C. Blankenship, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, Gregory J. Dehmer, et al. “Length of stay following percutaneous coronary intervention: An expert consensus document update from the society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 92, no. 4 (October 1, 2018): 717–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27637.
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    • Fudim, Marat, Lukasz P. Cerbin, Srikant Devaraj, Tarek Ajam, Sunil V. Rao, and Masoor Kamalesh. “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Heart Failure in Men Within the Veteran Affairs Health System..” Am J Cardiol 122, no. 2 (July 15, 2018): 275–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.04.007.
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    • Kwok, Chun Shing, Sunil V. Rao, Ian Gilchrist, Sara C. Martinez, Fakhr Al Ayoubi, Jessica Potts, Muhammad Rashid, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Phyo K. Myint, and Mamas A. Mamas. “Relation Between Age and Unplanned Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Findings from the Nationwide Readmission Database)..” Am J Cardiol 122, no. 2 (July 15, 2018): 220–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.03.367.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “The Future of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions: Changing, Creating, and Maturing..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 7 (July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007115.
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    • Swaminathan, Rajesh V., and Sunil V. Rao. “Robotic-assisted transradial diagnostic coronary angiography..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 92, no. 1 (July 2018): 54–57. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27480.
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    • Carson, Jeffrey L., Simon J. Stanworth, John H. Alexander, Nareg Roubinian, Dean A. Fergusson, Darrell J. Triulzi, Shaun G. Goodman, Sunil V. Rao, Carolyn Doree, and Paul C. Hebert. “Clinical trials evaluating red blood cell transfusion thresholds: An updated systematic review and with additional focus on patients with cardiovascular disease..” Am Heart J 200 (June 2018): 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.007.
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Robert Edson, Deepak L. Bhatt, Steven Goldman, David R. Holmes, Sunil V. Rao, Kendrick Shunk, et al. “Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein grafts: a double-blind, randomised trial..” Lancet 391, no. 10134 (May 19, 2018): 1997–2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30801-8.
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    • Kwok, Chun Shing, Sunil V. Rao, Jessica E. Potts, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Muhammad Rashid, Tim Kinnaird, Nick Curzen, James Nolan, Rodrigo Bagur, and Mamas A. Mamas. “Burden of 30-Day Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in 833,344 Patients in the United States: Predictors, Causes, and Cost: Insights From the Nationwide Readmission Database..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 7 (April 9, 2018): 665–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.01.248.
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    • Garg, Aakash, Lohit Garg, Manyoo Agarwal, Amit Rout, Hitesh Raheja, Sahil Agrawal, Sunil V. Rao, and Marc Cohen. “Routine Invasive Versus Selective Invasive Strategy in Elderly Patients Older Than 75 Years With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..” Mayo Clin Proc 93, no. 4 (April 2018): 436–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.11.022.
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    • Gaudino, Mario, Francesco Burzotta, Faisal Bakaeen, Olivier Bertrand, Filippo Crea, Antonino Di Franco, Stephen Fremes, et al. “The Radial Artery for Percutaneous Coronary Procedures or Surgery?.” J Am Coll Cardiol 71, no. 10 (March 13, 2018): 1167–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.01.013.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Mannu Nayyar, Ion S. Jovin, Abdul Rashid, Beatrix R. Bondy, Tai-Hwang M. Fan, Michael P. Flaherty, and Sunil V. Rao. “Device Closure Versus Medical Therapy Alone for Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis..” Ann Intern Med 168, no. 5 (March 6, 2018): 335–42. https://doi.org/10.7326/M17-2679.
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    • Nelson, Daniel W., Abdulla A. Damluji, Nish Patel, Marco Valgimigli, Stephan Windecker, Robert Byrne, James Nolan, et al. “Influence of operator experience and PCI volume on transfemoral access techniques: A collaboration of international cardiovascular societies..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 19, no. 2 (March 2018): 143–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2017.12.013.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Anemia and coronary artery disease: pathophysiology, prognosis, and treatment..” Coron Artery Dis 29, no. 2 (March 2018): 161–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000000598.
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    • Sukul, Devraj, Deepak L. Bhatt, Milan Seth, Pearl Zakroysky, Daniel Wojdyla, John S. Rumsfeld, Tracy Wang, Sunil V. Rao, and Hitinder S. Gurm. “Appropriateness and Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Top-Ranked and Nonranked Hospitals in the United States..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 4 (February 26, 2018): 342–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.10.042.
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    • Waldo, Stephen W., Colin I. O’Donnell, Andrew Prouse, Mary E. Plomondon, Sunil V. Rao, Thomas M. Maddox, P Michael Ho, and Ehrin J. Armstrong. “Incidence, procedural management, and clinical outcomes of coronary in-stent restenosis: Insights from the National VA CART Program..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 91, no. 3 (February 15, 2018): 425–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27161.
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    • Kumar, Anirudh, John F. Wagener, Daniel Wojdyla, W Schuyler Jones, Manesh R. Patel, and Sunil V. Rao. “Lower Repeat Revascularization Rates Among Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery are Due to Lack of Adequate Target Vessels..” J Invasive Cardiol 30, no. 2 (February 2018): 51–55.
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    • Washam, Jeffrey B., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Daniel M. Wojdyla, Manesh R. Patel, Andrew J. Klein, J Dawn Abbott, and Sunil V. Rao. “Anticoagulant Use Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Analysis From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 2 (February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005628.
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    • Koshy, Linda M., Laura H. Aberle, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Connie N. Hess, Ernest Mazzaferri, Sanjit S. Jolly, Alice Jacobs, et al. “Comparison of Radial Access, Guided Femoral Access, and Non-Guided Femoral Access Among Women Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” J Invasive Cardiol 30, no. 1 (January 2018): 18–22.
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    • Chung, Matthew J., Jonathan D. Hansen, Ryan D. Schulteis, Joel C. Boggan, W Schuyler Jones, Thomas J. Povsic, Susan Roberts, Mitchell W. Krucoff, and Sunil V. Rao. “Understanding operator stent choice in the catheterization laboratory using a pre-procedure survey: Opportunities for quality improvement..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 18, no. 8 (December 2017): 588–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2017.05.004.
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    • Paul, Timir K., Samit Bhatheja, Hemang B. Panchal, Shimin Zheng, Subhash Banerjee, Sunil V. Rao, Luis Guzman, et al. “Outcomes of Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention With and Without Embolic Protection Device: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 12 (December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005538.
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    • Damluji, Abdulla A., Daniel W. Nelson, Marco Valgimigli, Stephan Windecker, Robert A. Byrne, Fernando Cohen, Tejas Patel, et al. “Transfemoral Approach for Coronary Angiography and Intervention: A Collaboration of International Cardiovascular Societies..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 22 (November 27, 2017): 2269–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.08.035.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Surya Dharma. “25 Years of Transradial Intervention: Looking Back and Anticipating What Is Ahead..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 22 (November 27, 2017): 2266–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.08.047.
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    • Valle, Javier A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Steven M. Bradley, Robert W. Yeh, Sunil V. Rao, Hitinder S. Gurm, Ehrin J. Armstrong, John C. Messenger, and Stephen W. Waldo. “Variation in the Adoption of Transradial Access for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the NCDR CathPCI Registry..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 22 (November 27, 2017): 2242–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.07.020.
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Subhash Banerjee, Robert Edson, Kendrick Shunk, Steven Goldman, David R. Holmes, Deepak L. Bhatt, et al. “Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial..” Clin Cardiol 40, no. 11 (November 2017): 946–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22763.
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    • Din, Jehangir N., Thomas M. Snow, Sunil V. Rao, W Peter Klinke, Imad J. Nadra, Anthony Della Siega, and Simon D. Robinson. “Variation in practice and concordance with guideline criteria for length of stay after elective percutaneous coronary intervention..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 90, no. 5 (November 1, 2017): 715–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26992.
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    • Shlofmitz, Evan, Brad J. Martinsen, Michael Lee, Sunil V. Rao, Philippe Généreux, Joe Higgins, Jeffrey W. Chambers, et al. “Orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions: evidence, technique, and best practices..” Expert Rev Med Devices 14, no. 11 (November 2017): 867–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/17434440.2017.1384695.
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    • Bazemore, Taylor C., Michael G. Nanna, and Sunil V. Rao. “Benefits and risks of P2Y12 inhibitor preloading in patients with acute coronary syndrome and stable angina..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 44, no. 3 (October 2017): 303–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-017-1529-6.
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    • Essandoh, Michael, Adam A. Dalia, Mazen Albaghdadi, Barry George, Nicoleta Stoicea, Muhammad Shabsigh, and Sunil V. Rao. “Perioperative Management of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With New-Generation Drug-Eluting Metallic Stents and Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Undergoing Elective Noncardiac Surgery..” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 31, no. 5 (October 2017): 1857–64. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2017.04.046.
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    • Mamas, Mamas A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Editorial: Navigating the rough seas of anemia; caught between the devil and the deep blue sea..” J Interv Cardiol 30, no. 5 (October 2017): 500–501. https://doi.org/10.1111/joic.12411.
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    • Yeh, Robert W., Ajay J. Kirtane, and Sunil V. Rao. “Incentivizing Transradial Access for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention While Maintaining Timely Reperfusion..” Jama Cardiol 2, no. 10 (October 1, 2017): 1057–58. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2017.2348.
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    • Kobayashi, Taisei, Thomas J. Glorioso, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Thomas M. Maddox, Mary E. Plomondon, Gary K. Grunwald, Steven M. Bradley, et al. “Comparative Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Black and White Patients Treated at US Veterans Affairs Hospitals..” Jama Cardiol 2, no. 9 (September 1, 2017): 967–75. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2017.2180.
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    • Vora, Amit N., Tracy Y. Wang, Shuang Li, Karen Chiswell, Connie Hess, Renato D. Lopes, Sunil V. Rao, and Eric D. Peterson. “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..” J Am Heart Assoc 6, no. 8 (August 21, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.005280.
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    • Aminian, Adel, Shigeru Saito, Akihiko Takahashi, Ivo Bernat, Robert Lee Jobe, Takashi Kajiya, Ian C. Gilchrist, et al. “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 4, 2017): e549–56. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00816.
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    • Doll, Jacob A., Robert Overton, Manesh R. Patel, Sunil V. Rao, Michael H. Sketch, J Kevin Harrison, and James E. Tcheng. “Morbidity and Mortality Conference for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 10, no. 8 (August 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003538.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Khalid Matin, Kelly C. Rogers, and Sunil V. Rao. “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..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 90, no. 2 (August 1, 2017): 196–204. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26859.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Complete Coronary Revascularization: The End Justifies the Means, as Long as Something Justifies the End..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 14 (July 24, 2017): 1425–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.06.003.
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    • Posenau, J Trevor, Daniel M. Wojdyla, Linda K. Shaw, Karen P. Alexander, E Magnus Ohman, Manesh R. Patel, Peter K. Smith, and Sunil V. Rao. “Revascularization Strategies and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Multivessel Coronary Disease..” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 1 (July 2017): 107–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.053.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Pearl Zakroysky, David Dai, Daniel Wojdyla, Matthew W. Sherwood, Matthew T. Roe, Tracy Y. Wang, et al. “Outcomes of PCI in Relation to Procedural Characteristics and Operator Volumes in the United States..” J Am Coll Cardiol 69, no. 24 (June 20, 2017): 2913–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.032.
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    • Garg, Aakash, Sunil V. Rao, Sahil Agrawal, Kleanthis Theodoropoulos, Marco Mennuni, Abhishek Sharma, Lohit Garg, et al. “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..” Am J Cardiol 119, no. 12 (June 15, 2017): 1942–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.03.019.
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    • Jovin, Ion S., Rachit M. Shah, Dhavalkumar B. Patel, Sunil V. Rao, Dmitri V. Baklanov, Issam Moussa, Kevin F. Kennedy, et al. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 11 (June 12, 2017): 1102–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.03.021.
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    • Baber, Usman, Samantha Sartori, Melissa Aquino, Annapoorna Kini, Samir Kapadia, Sandra Weiss, Craig Strauss, et al. “Use of prasugrel vs clopidogrel and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary clinical practice: Results from the PROMETHEUS study..” Am Heart J 188 (June 2017): 73–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.02.013.
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    • Curtis, Lesley H., and Sunil V. Rao. “Putting Prognosis Into Perspective..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 10, no. 6 (June 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003956.
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    • Garg, Aakash, Sunil V. Rao, Gautam Visveswaran, Sahil Agrawal, Abhishek Sharma, Lohit Garg, Indrajeet Mahata, et al. “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgical Valve Replacement in Low-Intermediate Surgical Risk Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..” J Invasive Cardiol 29, no. 6 (June 2017): 209–16.
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    • Garg, Aakash, Sunil V. Rao, Gautam Visveswaran, Sahil Agrawal, Abhishek Sharma, Lohit Garg, Indrajeet Mahata, et al. “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgical Valve Replacement in Low-Intermediate Surgical Risk Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” Journal of Invasive Cardiology 29, no. 6 (June 1, 2017): 208–16.
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    • Andò, G., B. Cortese, F. Russo, M. Rothenbühler, E. Frigoli, G. Gargiulo, C. Briguori, et al. “Acute Kidney Injury After Radial or Femoral Access for Invasive Acute Coronary Syndrome Management: AKI-MATRIX.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 21 (May 30, 2017): 2592–2603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.070.
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    • Ibrahim, Homam, and Sunil V. Rao. “Oral antiplatelet drugs in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a review..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 43, no. 4 (May 2017): 519–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-017-1483-3.
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    • Mandawat, Aditya, and Sunil V. Rao. “Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiogenic Shock..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 5 (May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.116.004337.
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    • Roberts, John K., Sunil V. Rao, Linda K. Shaw, Dianne S. Gallup, Oscar C. Marroquin, and Uptal D. Patel. “Comparative Efficacy of Coronary Revascularization Procedures for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease..” Am J Cardiol 119, no. 9 (May 1, 2017): 1344–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.01.029.
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    • Sekaran, Nishant Krishna, Anna Lisa Crowley, Fernanda Rodrigues de Souza, Elmiro Santos Resende, and Sunil V. Rao. “The Role for Cardiovascular Remodeling in Cardiovascular Outcomes..” Curr Atheroscler Rep 19, no. 5 (May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11883-017-0656-z.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Robert A. Harrington. “Bleeding and Mortality With Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: The Rashomon Effect..” J Am Coll Cardiol 69, no. 16 (April 25, 2017): 2023–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.052.
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    • Vora, Amit N., Maggie Stanislawski, Gary K. Grunwald, Mary E. Plomondon, John S. Rumsfeld, Thomas M. Maddox, Mladen I. Vidovich, et al. “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..” J Am Heart Assoc 6, no. 4 (April 18, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004819.
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    • Banerjee, Subhash, Dominick J. Angiolillo, William E. Boden, Joseph G. Murphy, Houman Khalili, Ahmed A. Hasan, Robert A. Harrington, and Sunil V. Rao. “Use of Antiplatelet Therapy/DAPT for Post-PCI Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery..” J Am Coll Cardiol 69, no. 14 (April 11, 2017): 1861–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.012.
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    • Doll, Jacob A., Dadi Dai, Matthew T. Roe, John C. Messenger, Matthew W. Sherwood, Abhiram Prasad, Ehtisham Mahmud, et al. “Assessment of Operator Variability in Risk-Standardized Mortality Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report From the NCDR..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 7 (April 10, 2017): 672–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.12.019.
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    • Roever, Leonardo, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, and Sunil V. Rao. “Lipid-lowering Therapy in Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk: Dose or Combination?.” Clin Ther 39, no. 3 (March 2017): 659–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.01.029.
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    • Amin, Amit P., Mark Patterson, John A. House, Helmut Giersiefen, John A. Spertus, Dmitri V. Baklanov, Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, et al. “Costs Associated With Access Site and Same-Day Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Evaluation of the Current Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Care Pathways in the United States..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 4 (February 27, 2017): 342–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.11.049.
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    • Alnasser, Sami M., Akshay Bagai, Sanjit S. Jolly, Warren J. Cantor, Payam Dehghani, Sunil V. Rao, and Asim N. Cheema. “Transradial approach for coronary angiography and intervention in the elderly: A meta-analysis of 777,841 patients..” Int J Cardiol 228 (February 1, 2017): 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.207.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Sasko Kedev, Tejas Patel, Sunil V. Rao, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Ian C. Gilchrist. “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..” Int J Cardiol 228 (February 1, 2017): 169–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.145.
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    • Panchal, Hemang B., Ramesh Daggubati, David Zhao, Sunil V. Rao, and Timir Paul. “Polymer-Free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease at High Bleeding Risk..” Curr Cardiol Rep 19, no. 2 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-017-0819-0.
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    • Hamo, Carine E., Igor Klem, Sunil V. Rao, Vincent Songco, Samer Najjar, Edward G. Lakatta, Subha V. Raman, Robert A. Harrington, and John F. Heitner. “The Systematic Evaluation of Identifying the Infarct Related Artery Utilizing Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients Presenting with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction..” Plos One 12, no. 1 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169108.
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    • Swaminathan, Rajesh V., and Sunil V. Rao. “Hospital Readmission as a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Performance Measure: Too Soon?.” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 10, no. 1 (January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.116.004752.
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    • Vora, Amit N., Sunil V. Rao, and Gregg W. Stone. “Drug-Eluting or Bare-Metal Stents for Coronary Artery Disease..” N Engl J Med 375, no. 26 (December 29, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1613866.
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    • Essandoh, Michael K., Adam A. Dalia, Barry S. George, Antolin S. Flores, Andrew J. Otey, Ajay J. Kirtane, Thomas M. Broderick, and Sunil V. Rao. “CASE 11-2016 Perioperative Coronary Thrombosis in a Patient With Multiple Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents: Is It Time for a Paradigm Shift?.” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 30, no. 6 (December 2016): 1698–1708. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2016.03.157.
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    • Rigattieri, Stefano, Alessandro Sciahbasi, Karim Ratib, Alessandro Alonzo, Nicholas Cox, Piotr Chodor, Andrea Berni, et al. “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.” Journal of Invasive Cardiology 28, no. 12 (December 1, 2016): 475–81.
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    • Rigattieri, Stefano, Alessandro Sciahbasi, Karim Ratib, Alessandro Alonzo, Nicholas Cox, Piotr Chodór, Andrea Berni, et al. “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..” J Invasive Cardiol 28, no. 12 (December 2016): 473–79.
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    • Shroff, Adhir, Ian C. Gilchrist, and Sunil V. Rao. “Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Reply..” Jama Cardiol 1, no. 9 (December 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.3370.
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    • Zeymer, Uwe, Sunil V. Rao, and Gilles Montalescot. “Anticoagulation in coronary intervention..” Eur Heart J 37, no. 45 (December 1, 2016): 3376–85. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehw061.
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    • Carson, Jeffrey L., Gordon Guyatt, Nancy M. Heddle, Brenda J. Grossman, Claudia S. Cohn, Mark K. Fung, Terry Gernsheimer, et al. “Clinical Practice Guidelines From the AABB: Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds and Storage..” Jama 316, no. 19 (November 15, 2016): 2025–35. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.9185.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Chalak Berzingi, Mubashir Mumtaz, John B. Jasper, Rohan Goswami, Mohamed S. Morsy, Kodangudi B. Ramanathan, and Sunil V. Rao. “Meta-Analysis Comparing Complete Revascularization Versus Infarct-Related Only Strategies for Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease..” Am J Cardiol 118, no. 10 (November 15, 2016): 1466–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.08.009.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Gregg W. Stone. “Arterial access and arteriotomy site closure devices..” Nat Rev Cardiol 13, no. 11 (November 2016): 641–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2016.133.
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    • Jones, W Schuyler, Matthew T. Roe, Elliott M. Antman, Mark J. Pletcher, Robert A. Harrington, Russell L. Rothman, William J. Oetgen, et al. “The Changing Landscape of Randomized Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Disease..” J Am Coll Cardiol 68, no. 17 (October 25, 2016): 1898–1907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.781.
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    • Bazemore, Taylor C., and Sunil V. Rao. “Controversies in the Management of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Transradial Versus Transfemoral Approach..” Interv Cardiol Clin 5, no. 4 (October 2016): 513–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccl.2016.06.006.
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    • Shah, Rahman, and Sunil V. Rao. “Reply: The Hidden Players..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 18 (September 26, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.07.023.
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    • Doll, Jacob A., E Magnus Ohman, Manesh R. Patel, Carmelo A. Milano, Joseph G. Rogers, David H. Wohns, Navin K. Kapur, and Sunil V. Rao. “A team-based approach to patients in cardiogenic shock..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 88, no. 3 (September 2016): 424–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26297.
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    • Karrowni, Wassef, Amit Navin Vora, David Dai, Daniel Wojdyla, Habib Dakik, and Sunil V. Rao. “Blood Transfusion and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 9 (September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.115.003279.
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    • Naidu, Srihari S., Herbert D. Aronow, Lyndon C. Box, Peter L. Duffy, Daniel M. Kolansky, Joel M. Kupfer, Faisal Latif, et al. “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)..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 88, no. 3 (September 2016): 407–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26551.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Hananto Andriantoro, Ismi Purnawan, Iwan Dakota, Faris Basalamah, Beny Hartono, Ronaly Rasmin, et al. “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). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012193.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Uwe Zeymer, Pamela S. Douglas, Hussein Al-Khalidi, Jennifer A. White, Jingyu Liu, Howard Levy, et al. “Bioabsorbable Intracoronary Matrix for Prevention of Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction..” J Am Coll Cardiol 68, no. 7 (August 16, 2016): 715–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.053.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Rahman Shah. “The Fuzzy Math of Anticoagulation and Access Site: When 1 + 1 Does Not Always Equal 2..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 15 (August 8, 2016): 1532–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.06.024.
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    • Ferrante, Giuseppe, Sunil V. Rao, Peter Jüni, Bruno R. Da Costa, Bernhard Reimers, Gianluigi Condorelli, Angelo Anzuini, et al. “Radial Versus Femoral Access for Coronary Interventions Across the Entire Spectrum of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 14 (July 25, 2016): 1419–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.04.014.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Kelly C. Rogers, Agha J. Ahmed, Bryan J. King, and Sunil V. Rao. “Effect of Post-Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Bivalirudin Infusion on Acute Stent Thrombosis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 13 (July 11, 2016): 1313–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.03.031.
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Colin I. O’Donnell, William Penny, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Thomas Tsai, Thomas M. Maddox, Mary E. Plomondon, et al. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 9 (May 9, 2016): 884–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.01.034.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., James Nolan, Douglas G. Fraser, Mamas A. Mamas, Olivier F. Bertrand, Samir B. Pancholy, Ivo Bernat, et al. “Efficacy of Radial Versus Femoral Access in the Acute Coronary Syndrome: Is It the Operator or the Operation That Matters?.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 9 (May 9, 2016): 978–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.02.032.
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    • Serebruany, Victor L., Seth D. Fortmann, Sunil V. Rao, Jean-Francois Tanguay, Marie Lordkipanidze, Daniel F. Hanley, Mehmet Can, Moo Hyun Kim, and Thomas A. Marciniak. “Vorapaxar and diplopia: Possible off-target PAR-receptor mismodulation..” Thromb Haemost 115, no. 5 (May 2, 2016): 905–10. https://doi.org/10.1160/TH15-11-0882.
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    • Schulman-Marcus, Joshua, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Sunil V. Rao, Abhiram Prasad, Lisa McCoy, Kirk Garratt, Luke K. Kim, et al. “Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Before Noncardiac Surgery: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry..” Jama Intern Med 176, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 611–18. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0259.
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    • Shroff, Adhir, Joel Kupfer, Ian C. Gilchrist, Ronald Caputo, Bernadette Speiser, Olivier F. Bertrand, Samir B. Pancholy, and Sunil V. Rao. “Same-Day Discharge After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Current Perspectives and Strategies for Implementation..” Jama Cardiol 1, no. 2 (May 1, 2016): 216–23. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0148.
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    • Vora, Amit N., Eric D. Peterson, Lisa A. McCoy, Kirk N. Garratt, Michael A. Kutcher, Steven P. Marso, Matthew T. Roe, John C. Messenger, and Sunil V. Rao. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 8 (April 25, 2016): 771–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2016.01.033.
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    • Barria Perez, Alberto E., Sunil V. Rao, Sanjit J. Jolly, Samir B. Pancholy, Guillaume Plourde, Goran Rimac, Yann Poirier, Olivier Costerousse, and Olivier F. Bertrand. “Meta-Analysis of Effects of Bivalirudin Versus Heparin on Myocardial Ischemic and Bleeding Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Am J Cardiol 117, no. 8 (April 15, 2016): 1256–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.01.015.
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    • Cohen, Harvey J., Jeremy D. Walston, Sunil V. Rao, Stanley L. Schrier, Andrew Artz, and Andrew Partnership for Anemia: Clinical and Translational Trials in the Elderly Consortium. “Renal Toxicity Associated with Salsalate in Elderly Adults with Anemia..” J Am Geriatr Soc 64, no. 4 (April 2016): 898–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14065.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., and Sunil V. Rao. “Antiplatelet Therapy in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Interv Cardiol Clin 5, no. 2 (April 2016): 221–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccl.2015.12.007.
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    • Vora, Amit N., Dadi Dai, Hitinder Gurm, Amit P. Amin, John C. Messenger, Ehtisham Mahmud, Laura Mauri, et al. “Temporal Trends in the Risk Profile of Patients Undergoing Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's CathPCI Registry..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 9, no. 3 (March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.115.003070.
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    • Wang, Tracy Y., Lisa A. McCoy, Deepak L. Bhatt, Sunil V. Rao, Matthew T. Roe, Frederic S. Resnic, Matthew A. Cavender, John C. Messenger, and Eric D. Peterson. “Multivessel vs culprit-only percutaneous coronary intervention among patients 65 years or older with acute myocardial infarction..” Am Heart J 172 (February 2016): 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.017.
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    • Dehmer, Gregory J., Jonathan Jennings, Ruth A. Madden, David J. Malenka, Frederick A. Masoudi, Charles R. McKay, Debra L. Ness, et al. “The National Cardiovascular Data Registry Voluntary Public Reporting Program: An Interim Report From the NCDR Public Reporting Advisory Group..” J Am Coll Cardiol 67, no. 2 (January 19, 2016): 205–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.11.001.
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    • Jolly, Sanjit S., John A. Cairns, Salim Yusuf, Michael J. Rokoss, Peggy Gao, Brandi Meeks, Sasko Kedev, et al. “Outcomes after thrombus aspiration for ST elevation myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up of the prospective randomised TOTAL trial..” Lancet 387, no. 10014 (January 9, 2016): 127–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00448-1.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Michael H. Sketch, David Dai, Marina Trilesskaya, Wesam Al-Hejily, Sunil V. Rao, Emmanouil Brilakis, et al. “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)..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 87, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 43–49. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.25979.
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    • Dharma, Surya, Sasko Kedev, Tejas Patel, Renan Sukmawan, Ian C. Gilchrist, and Sunil V. Rao. “Post-procedural/pre-hemostasis intra-arterial nitroglycerin after transradial catheterization: A gender based analysis..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 17, no. 1 (January 2016): 10–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2015.12.002.
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    • Sawlani, Neal, Sunil V. Rao, and Deepak L. Bhatt. “A Call for Comprehensive Forearm Access?.” J Invasive Cardiol 28, no. 1 (January 2016): 8–9.
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    • Shah, Rahman, Kelly C. Rogers, Khalid Matin, Raza Askari, and Sunil V. Rao. “An updated comprehensive meta-analysis of bivalirudin vs heparin use in primary percutaneous coronary intervention..” Am Heart J 171, no. 1 (January 2016): 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.10.006.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “The Multidimensionality of Cardiovascular Procedures..” J Am Coll Cardiol 66, no. 25 (December 29, 2015): 2869–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.004.
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    • Kadakia, Mitul B., Sunil V. Rao, Lisa McCoy, Paramita S. Choudhuri, Matthew W. Sherwood, Scott Lilly, Taisei Kobayashi, et al. “Transradial Versus Transfemoral Access in Patients Undergoing Rescue Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Fibrinolytic Therapy..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 14 (December 21, 2015): 1868–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2015.07.028.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Jim Nolan. “Proficiency With Vascular Access: Don't Rob Peter to Pay Paul..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 14 (December 21, 2015): 1865–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2015.09.012.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Ryan D. Schulteis, Karen S. Pieper, Sunil V. Rao, and L Kristin Newby. “Simplified Predictive Instrument to Rule Out Acute Coronary Syndromes in a High-Risk Population..” J Am Heart Assoc 4, no. 12 (December 14, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.002351.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Amit N. Vora. “Transfusion in Ischemic Heart Disease: Correlation, Confounding, and Confusion..” J Am Coll Cardiol 66, no. 22 (December 8, 2015): 2519–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.058.
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    • Boyden, Thomas F., Karen E. Joynt, Lisa McCoy, Megan L. Neely, Matthew A. Cavender, Simon Dixon, Frederick A. Masoudi, Eric Peterson, Sunil V. Rao, and Hitinder S. Gurm. “Collaborative quality improvement vs public reporting for percutaneous coronary intervention: A comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention in New York vs Michigan..” Am Heart J 170, no. 6 (December 2015): 1227–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.09.006.
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    • Plourde, Guillaume, Samir B. Pancholy, Jim Nolan, Sanjit Jolly, Sunil V. Rao, Imdad Amhed, Sripal Bangalore, Tejas Patel, Johannes B. Dahm, and Olivier F. Bertrand. “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 386, no. 10009 (November 28, 2015): 2192–2203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00305-0.
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    • Hinohara, Tomoya T., and Sunil V. Rao. “Current State of Radial Artery Catheterization in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction..” Prog Cardiovasc Dis 58, no. 3 (November 2015): 241–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2015.07.007.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Uwe Zeymer, Pamela S. Douglas, Hussein Al-Khalidi, Jingyu Liu, C Michael Gibson, Robert W. Harrison, Diane S. Joseph, Reinilde Heyrman, and Mitchell W. Krucoff. “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..” Am Heart J 170, no. 5 (November 2015): 929–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.08.017.
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    • Wagener, John F., and Sunil V. Rao. “A comparison of radial and femoral access for cardiac catheterization..” Trends Cardiovasc Med 25, no. 8 (November 2015): 707–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2015.03.012.
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    • Jennings, Henry S., Sunil V. Rao, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Daniel M. Kolansky, Michael A. Kutcher, Nevin C. Baker, Charles E. Chambers, Christopher J. Petit, and Joaquin E. Cigarroa. “SCAI core curriculum for adult and pediatric interventional fellowship training in continuous quality assessment and improvement..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 86, no. 3 (September 2015): 422–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26029.
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    • Pancholy, Samir B., Pankaj Joshi, Sanjay Shah, Sunil V. Rao, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Tejas M. Patel. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 9 (August 17, 2015): 1189–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2015.03.026.
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    • Hess, Connie N., Mitchell W. Krucoff, Shubin Sheng, Kevin J. Anstrom, W Britt Barham, Ian C. Gilchrist, Robert A. Harrington, et al. “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..” Am Heart J 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 371–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.04.024.
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    • Pancholy, Samir B., Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha, Enrico Romagnoli, Sasko Kedev, Ivo Bernat, Sunil V. Rao, Sanjit Jolly, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Tejas M. Patel. “Impact of access site choice on outcomes of patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A systematic review and meta-analysis..” Am Heart J 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 353–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.05.001.
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    • Baker, Nevin C., Gary M. Ansel, Sunil V. Rao, Sanjit S. Jolly, Augusto D. Pichard, Daniel Steinberg, Michael J. Lipinski, et al. “The choice of arterial access for percutaneous coronary intervention and its impact on outcome: An expert opinion perspective..” Am Heart J 170, no. 1 (July 2015): 13–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2015.04.023.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and James C. Blankenship. “SCAI: Enhancing patient care through quality..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 86, no. 1 (July 2015): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.26027.
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    • Valgimigli, Marco, Andrea Gagnor, Paolo Calabró, Enrico Frigoli, Sergio Leonardi, Tiziana Zaro, Paolo Rubartelli, et al. “Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial..” Lancet 385, no. 9986 (June 20, 2015): 2465–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60292-6.
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    • Gilchrist, Ian C., and Sunil V. Rao. “De-implementing the Allen's Test..” J Invasive Cardiol 27, no. 5 (May 2015).
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    • James, Stefan, Sunil V. Rao, and Christopher B. Granger. “Registry-based randomized clinical trials--a new clinical trial paradigm..” Nat Rev Cardiol 12, no. 5 (May 2015): 312–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2015.33.
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    • Hess, Connie N., Mitchell W. Krucoff, and Sunil V. Rao. “Reply: Transradial PCI in Women: Zeroing in on Crossovers..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 4 (April 20, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2015.01.010.
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    • Pandie, Shaheen, Shamir R. Mehta, Warren J. Cantor, Asim N. Cheema, Peggy Gao, Mina Madan, Kari Niemela, et al. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 4 (April 20, 2015): 505–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2014.11.017.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Sasko Kedev. “Approaching the post-femoral era for coronary angiography and intervention..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 4 (April 20, 2015): 524–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2014.12.231.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “The conundrum of reducing ischemic and bleeding events after PCI..” J Am Coll Cardiol 65, no. 14 (April 14, 2015): 1421–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.012.
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    • Jolly, Sanjit S., John A. Cairns, Salim Yusuf, Brandi Meeks, Janice Pogue, Michael J. Rokoss, Sasko Kedev, et al. “Randomized trial of primary PCI with or without routine manual thrombectomy..” N Engl J Med 372, no. 15 (April 9, 2015): 1389–98. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1415098.
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    • Ducrocq, Gregory, Sanjit Jolly, Shamir R. Mehta, Sunil V. Rao, Tejas Patel, Raul Moreno, Peggy Gao, and Philippe Gabriel Steg. “Activated clotting time and outcomes during percutaneous coronary intervention for non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the FUTURA/OASIS-8 Trial..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 4 (April 2015). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.002044.
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    • Kwok, Chun Shing, Muhammad A. Khan, Sunil V. Rao, Tim Kinnaird, Matt Sperrin, Iain Buchan, Mark A. de Belder, et al. “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..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 4 (April 2015). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001645.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Radial Approach: Fundamental Techniques and Evidence..” Interv Cardiol Clin 4, no. 2 (April 2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccl.2015.01.005.
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    • Swaminathan, Rajesh V., Sunil V. Rao, Lisa A. McCoy, Luke K. Kim, Robert M. Minutello, S Chiu Wong, David C. Yang, et al. “Hospital length of stay and clinical outcomes in older STEMI patients after primary PCI: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry..” J Am Coll Cardiol 65, no. 12 (March 31, 2015): 1161–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2015.01.028.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Wesam Al-Hejily, David Dai, Richard E. Shaw, Marina Trilesskaya, Sunil V. Rao, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, et al. “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..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 3 (March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001403.
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    • Jolly, S. S., J. A. Cairns, S. Yusuf, B. Meeks, J. Pogue, M. J. Rokoss, S. Kedev, et al. “Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy..” The New England Journal of Medicine, March 2015.
    • Kwok, Chun Shing, Matthew W. Sherwood, Sarah M. Watson, Samina B. Nasir, Matt Sperrin, Jim Nolan, Tim Kinnaird, et al. “Blood transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 8, no. 3 (March 2015): 436–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2014.09.026.
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    • Vora, Amit N., and Sunil V. Rao. “Same day discharge following transradial PCI in India: Creating value for patients and providers..” Indian Heart J 67, no. 2 (March 2015): 90–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2015.03.009.
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    • Wagener, John F., and Sunil V. Rao. “Radial artery occlusion after transradial approach to cardiac catheterization..” Curr Atheroscler Rep 17, no. 3 (March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11883-015-0489-6.
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    • Hess, Connie N., Eric D. Peterson, Megan L. Neely, David Dai, William B. Hillegass, Mitchell W. Krucoff, Michael A. Kutcher, et al. “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 24, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013278.
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    • Hess, Connie N., Sunil V. Rao, Lisa A. McCoy, Megan L. Neely, Mandeep Singh, John A. Spertus, Ronald J. Krone, W Douglas Weaver, and Eric D. Peterson. “Identification of hospital outliers in bleeding complications after percutaneous coronary intervention..” Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 8, no. 1 (January 2015): 15–22. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000749.
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    • Vora, Amit N., and Sunil V. Rao. “The Open (Radial) Artery Hypothesis: How We Can Preserve a Better Arterial Access Site..” Cardiology 131, no. 3 (2015): 139–41. https://doi.org/10.1159/000381617.
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    • Vora, Amit N., and Sunil V. Rao. “Temporal Trends in Bleeding among Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Is It Going Up or Down? Does It Matter?.” Cardiology 132, no. 3 (2015): 159–62. https://doi.org/10.1159/000434641.
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    • Price, Elizabeth, Andrew S. Artz, Huiman Barnhart, Shelly Sapp, Gordon Chelune, William B. Ershler, Jeremy D. Walston, et al. “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 Mol Dis 53, no. 4 (December 2014): 221–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.06.003.
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    • Valgimigli, Marco, and Marco MATRIX investigators. “Design and rationale for the Minimizing Adverse haemorrhagic events by TRansradial access site and systemic Implementation of angioX program..” Am Heart J 168, no. 6 (December 2014): 838-45.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.08.013.
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    • Vidovich, Mladen I., Sunil V. Rao, Madhura Gokhale, Mary E. Plomondon, Christopher L. Bryson, Thomas T. Tsai, Adhir R. Shroff, and Steven M. Bradley. “Primary non-interventional operator vascular access choice is associated with lower use of radial PCI: insights from the VA CART..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 15, no. 8 (November 2014): 439–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2014.09.005.
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    • Aggarwal, Vikas, Maggie A. Stanislawski, Thomas M. Maddox, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Gary Grunwald, Jill C. Adams, P Michael Ho, et al. “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..” J Am Coll Cardiol 64, no. 17 (October 28, 2014): 1825–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1207.
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    • Bertrand, Olivier F., and Sunil V. Rao. “Baseline bleeding risk and benefit of transradial PCI: making lemonade out of lemons..” J Am Coll Cardiol 64, no. 15 (October 14, 2014): 1565–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1202.
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    • Gibson, C Michael, Mitchell Krucoff, Ajay J. Kirtane, Sunil V. Rao, Judith A. Mackall, Ray Matthews, Samir Saba, Ron Waksman, and David Holmes. “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..” Am Heart J 168, no. 4 (October 2014): 424-429.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.05.010.
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    • Vranckx, Pascal, Sergio Leonardi, Matteo Tebaldi, Simone Biscaglia, Giovanni Parrinello, Sunil V. Rao, Roxana Mehran, and Marco Valgimigli. “Prospective validation of the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium classification in the all-comer PRODIGY trial..” Eur Heart J 35, no. 37 (October 1, 2014): 2524–29. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu161.
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    • Welsby, Ian J., Barbara Phillips-Bute, Joseph P. Mathew, Mark F. Newman, Richard Becker, Sunil Rao, Carmelo A. Milano, and Mark Stafford-Smith. “ABO blood group influences transfusion and survival after cardiac surgery..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 38, no. 3 (October 2014): 402–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-013-1045-2.
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    • Fokkema, Marieke L., Peter van der Meer, Sunil V. Rao, Anne M. Belonje, Maurizio Ferrario, Hans L. Hillege, Stuart D. Katz, et al. “Safety and clinical outcome of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of individual patient data..” Am Heart J 168, no. 3 (September 2014): 354-362.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.04.020.
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    • Helfrich, Christian D., Thomas T. Tsai, Sunil V. Rao, Jaclyn M. Lemon, Evercita C. Eugenio, Mladen I. Vidovich, Adhir R. Shroff, Bernadette S. Speiser, and Chris L. Bryson. “Perceptions of advantages and barriers to radial-access percutaneous coronary intervention in VA cardiac catheterization laboratories..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 15, no. 6–7 (September 2014): 329–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2014.08.006.
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    • Huff, Christopher M., Samir Kapadia, and Sunil V. Rao. “Mechanisms by which transradial approach may reduce mortality in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 7, no. 4 (August 2014): 621–27. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001627.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Connie N. Hess, Britt Barham, Laura H. Aberle, Kevin J. Anstrom, Tejan B. Patel, Jesse P. Jorgensen, et al. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 7, no. 8 (August 2014): 857–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2014.04.007.
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    • Bradley, Steven M., Sunil V. Rao, Jeptha P. Curtis, Craig S. Parzynski, John C. Messenger, Stacie L. Daugherty, John S. Rumsfeld, and Hitinder S. Gurm. “Change in hospital-level use of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention and periprocedural outcomes: insights from the national cardiovascular data registry..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 7, no. 4 (July 2014): 550–59. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001020.
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    • Sherwood, Matthew W., Yongfei Wang, Jeptha P. Curtis, Eric D. Peterson, and Sunil V. Rao. “Patterns and outcomes of red blood cell transfusion in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention..” Jama 311, no. 8 (February 26, 2014): 836–43. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.980.
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    • Patel, Tejas, Sanjay Shah, Samir Pancholy, Sunil Rao, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Tak Kwan. “Balloon-assisted tracking: a must-know technique to overcome difficult anatomy during transradial approach..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 83, no. 2 (February 2014): 211–20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.24959.
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    • Naidu, Srihari S., Sunil V. Rao, James Blankenship, Jeffrey J. Cavendish, Tony Farah, Issam Moussa, Charanjit S. Rihal, Vankeepuram S. Srinivas, Steven J. Yakubov, and Steven J. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. “Clinical expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 80, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 456–64. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.24311.
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    • Bertrand, Olivier F., Sanjit S. Jolly, Sunil V. Rao, Tejas Patel, Loic Belle, Ivo Bernat, Guido Parodi, Olivier Costerousse, and Tift Mann. “Meta-analysis comparing bivalirudin versus heparin monotherapy on ischemic and bleeding outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention..” Am J Cardiol 110, no. 4 (August 15, 2012): 599–606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.03.051.
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    • Hamon, Martial, Sunil V. Rao, Gabriel Steg, Marco Valgimigli, Freek Verheugt, Steven Marso, Anthony Gershlick, Yamei Wang, and Efthymios Deliargyris. “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): 486–92. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJV8I4A76.
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    • Lopes, Renato D., Sumeet Subherwal, Dajuanicia N. Holmes, Laine Thomas, Tracy Y. Wang, Sunil V. Rao, Erik Magnus Ohman, Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson, and Karen P. Alexander. “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): 2044–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehs012.
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    • Nathan, Sandeep, and Sunil V. Rao. “Radial versus femoral access for percutaneous coronary intervention: implications for vascular complications and bleeding..” Curr Cardiol Rep 14, no. 4 (August 2012): 502–9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-012-0287-5.
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    • Thiele, Robert H., Jason Williams, Cynthia A. Moylan, Sunil V. Rao, and Elliott Bennett-Guerrero. “CASE 6--2012: suspected amiodarone hepatotoxicity after cardiac surgery..” J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 26, no. 4 (August 2012): 729–32. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2012.02.002.
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    • Chang, Henry, James K. Min, Sunil V. Rao, Manesh R. Patel, Orlando P. Simonetti, Giuseppe Ambrosio, and Subha V. Raman. “Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: targeted imaging to refine upstream risk stratification..” Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 5, no. 4 (July 2012): 536–46. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.970699.
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    • Welsh, Robert C., Sunil V. Rao, Uwe Zeymer, Vivian P. Thompson, Kurt Huber, Janusz Kochman, Matthew W. McClure, et al. “A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled phase 2 trial to evaluate a novel selective and reversible intravenous and oral P2Y12 inhibitor elinogrel versus clopidogrel in patients undergoing nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention: the INNOVATE-PCI trial..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 5, no. 3 (June 2012): 336–46. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964197.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Lori Parsons, Sunil V. Rao, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 1727–34. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.068668.
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    • Bertrand, Olivier F., Patrick Bélisle, Dominique Joyal, Olivier Costerousse, Sunil V. Rao, Sanjit S. Jolly, David Meerkin, and Lawrence Joseph. “Comparison of transradial and femoral approaches for percutaneous coronary interventions: a systematic review and hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis..” Am Heart J 163, no. 4 (April 2012): 632–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.01.015.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Roxana Mehran. “Evaluating the bite of the BARC..” Circulation 125, no. 11 (March 20, 2012): 1344–46. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.093856.
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    • Mehran, Roxana, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Harvey D. White, and Sunil V. Rao. “Letter by Mehran et al regarding article, "Bleeding academic research consortium consensus report: the food and drug administration perspective"..” Circulation 125, no. 10 (March 13, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.065888.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, David Dai, Manesh R. Patel, Sunil V. Rao, Ehrin J. Armstrong, John C. Messenger, Jeptha P. Curtis, et al. “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): 648–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.883.
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    • Rao, S. V., and E. D. Peterson. “Same-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention - Reply.” Jama  Journal of the American Medical Association 307, no. 3 (January 18, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.2017.
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    • Mazzaferri, Ernest L., and Sunil V. Rao. “Cardiogenic shock and awe..” Cardiology 121, no. 1 (2012): 43–46. https://doi.org/10.1159/000336150.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Observations from a transradial registry: our remedies oft in ourselves do lie..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 5, no. 1 (January 2012): 44–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2011.10.005.
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    • Vavalle, John P., and Sunil V. Rao. “Bleeding and the use of antiplatelet agents in the management of acute coronary syndromes and atrial fibrillation..” Adv Cardiol 47 (2012): 125–40. https://doi.org/10.1159/000338072.
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    • Peterson, Eric D., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Mandeep Singh, John A. Spertus, Ronald Krone, W. D. Weaver, and Sunil V. Rao. “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).
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, John Spertus, Ronald J. Krone, Mandeep Singh, and Eric D. Peterson. “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).
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    • Brilakis, E. S., S. V. Rao, S. Banerjee, S. Goldman, K. A. Shunk, D. R. Holmes, E. Honeycutt, and M. T. Roe. “Reply.” Jacc: Cardiovascular Interventions 4, no. 11 (November 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2011.10.001.
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    • Cooper, Howard A., Sunil V. Rao, Michael D. Greenberg, Maria P. Rumsey, Marcus McKenzie, Kirsten W. Alcorn, and Julio A. Panza. “Conservative versus liberal red cell transfusion in acute myocardial infarction (the CRIT Randomized Pilot Study)..” Am J Cardiol 108, no. 8 (October 15, 2011): 1108–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.014.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, William S. Weintraub, Matthew T. Roe, Ralph G. Brindis, John S. Rumsfeld, and Eric D. Peterson. “Prevalence and outcomes of same-day discharge after elective percutaneous coronary intervention among older patients..” Jama 306, no. 13 (October 5, 2011): 1461–67. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1409.
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    • Bangalore, Sripal, David J. Cohen, Neal S. Kleiman, Tal Regev-Beinart, Sunil V. Rao, Michael J. Pencina, Laura Mauri, and Laura EVENT Registry Investigators, Boston, MA. “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..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 4, no. 5 (October 1, 2011): 463–73. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.961912.
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Sunil V. Rao, Subhash Banerjee, Steven Goldman, Kendrick A. Shunk, David R. Holmes, Emily Honeycutt, and Matthew T. Roe. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 4, no. 8 (August 2011): 844–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2011.03.018.
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    • Dauerman, Harold L., Sunil V. Rao, Frederic S. Resnic, and Robert J. Applegate. “Bleeding avoidance strategies. Consensus and controversy..” J Am Coll Cardiol 58, no. 1 (June 28, 2011): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2011.02.039.
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    • Mehran, Roxana, Sunil V. Rao, Deepak L. Bhatt, C Michael Gibson, Adriano Caixeta, John Eikelboom, Sanjay Kaul, et al. “Standardized bleeding definitions for cardiovascular clinical trials: a consensus report from the Bleeding Academic Research Consortium..” Circulation 123, no. 23 (June 14, 2011): 2736–47. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.009449.
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    • Gutierrez, Antonio, and Sunil V. Rao. “Atrial fibrillation and percutaneous coronary intervention: stroke, thrombosis, and bleeding..” Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 13, no. 3 (June 2011): 203–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11936-011-0120-2.
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    • Sciahbasi, Alessandro, Enrico Romagnoli, Carlo Trani, Francesco Burzotta, Alessandro Sarandrea, Francesco Summaria, Roberto Patrizi, Sunil Rao, and Ernesto Lioy. “Operator radiation exposure during percutaneous coronary procedures through the left or right radial approach: the TALENT dosimetric substudy..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 4, no. 3 (June 2011): 226–31. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.961185.
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    • Najjar, Samer S., Sunil V. Rao, Chiara Melloni, Subha V. Raman, Thomas J. Povsic, Laura Melton, Gregory W. Barsness, et al. “Intravenous erythropoietin in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: REVEAL: a randomized controlled trial..” Jama 305, no. 18 (May 11, 2011): 1863–72. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.592.
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    • Burjonroppa, Sukesh C., Paul D. Varosy, Sunil V. Rao, Fang-Shu Ou, Matthew Roe, Eric Peterson, Mandeep Singh, and Kendrick A. Shunk. “Survival of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention: development and validation of a predictive tool..” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 4, no. 1 (January 2011): 42–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2010.09.020.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Amanda Stebbins, Renato D. Lopes, Sunil V. Rao, Eric R. Bates, Karen S. Pieper, Paul W. Armstrong, et al. “Race, Bleeding, and Outcomes in STEMI Patients Treated with Fibrinolytic Therapy..” Am J Med 124, no. 1 (January 2011): 48–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.07.028.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “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 1, 2011): B1–4.
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    • Chan, Mark Y., Jie L. Sun, Tracy Y. Wang, Renato D. Lopes, Marc E. Jolicoeur, Karen S. Pieper, Sunil V. Rao, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.001.
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    • Hanna, Elias B., Sunil V. Rao, Steven V. Manoukian, and Jorge F. Saucedo. “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): 1209–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2010.09.015.
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    • Van De Car, David A., Sunil V. Rao, and E Magnus Ohman. “Bivalirudin: a review of the pharmacology and clinical application..” Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy 8, no. 12 (December 2010): 1673–81. https://doi.org/10.1586/erc.10.158.
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    • Russo, Juan J., Vladimir Dzavik, John A. Cairns, Petr Widimsky, Sunil V. Rao, Markku Eskola, Kari O. Niemelae, et al. “Use of Aspiration Thrombectomy and Practice Patterns During Primary PCI for STEMI - Results of an International Survey.” Circulation 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010).
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Tracy Y. Wang, Sunil V. Rao, Subhash Banerjee, Steven Goldman, Kendrick Shunk, Biswajit Kar, et al. “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 Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 10 (October 2010): 1068–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2010.07.009.
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    • Lin, Grace A., Rita F. Redberg, H Vernon Anderson, Richard E. Shaw, Sarah Milford-Beland, Eric D. Peterson, Sunil V. Rao, Rachel M. Werner, and R Adams Dudley. “Impact of changes in clinical practice guidelines on assessment of quality of care..” Med Care 48, no. 8 (August 2010): 733–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181e35b3a.
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    • Amin, Amit P., Steven P. Marso, Sunil V. Rao, John Messenger, Paul S. Chan, John House, Kevin Kennedy, Katherine Robertus, David J. Cohen, and Elizabeth M. Mahoney. “Cost-effectiveness of targeting patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for therapy with bivalirudin versus heparin monotherapy according to predicted risk of bleeding..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3, no. 4 (July 2010): 358–65. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.957290.
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    • Leonardi, Sergio, Sunil V. Rao, Robert A. Harrington, Deepak L. Bhatt, C Michael Gibson, Matthew T. Roe, Janusz Kochman, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2010.04.008.
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    • Ueno, Masafumi, Sunil V. Rao, and Dominick J. Angiolillo. “Elinogrel: pharmacological principles, preclinical and early phase clinical testing..” Future Cardiol 6, no. 4 (July 2010): 445–53. https://doi.org/10.2217/fca.10.67.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.003.
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    • Marso, Steven P., Amit P. Amin, John A. House, Kevin F. Kennedy, John A. Spertus, Sunil V. Rao, David J. Cohen, John C. Messenger, John S. Rumsfeld, and John S. National Cardiovascular Data Registry. “Association between use of bleeding avoidance strategies and risk of periprocedural bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention..” Jama 303, no. 21 (June 2, 2010): 2156–64. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.708.
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    • Eisenstein, Eric L., Emily F. Honeycutt, Kevin J. Anstrom, Richard C. Becker, Christopher B. Granger, Sunil V. Rao, Marc E. Jolicoeur, E Magnus Ohman, and E Magnus CATCH Investigators. “Economic assessment of thrombocytopenia: CATCH Registry..” J Med Syst 34, no. 3 (June 2010): 379–86.
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    • Gutierrez, Antonio, and Sunil V. Rao. “Incidence, outcomes, and management of bleeding in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes..” Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 77, no. 6 (June 2010): 369–79. https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09142.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Mauricio G. Cohen, David E. Kandzari, Olivier F. Bertrand, and Ian C. Gilchrist. “The transradial approach to percutaneous coronary intervention: historical perspective, current concepts, and future directions..” J Am Coll Cardiol 55, no. 20 (May 18, 2010): 2187–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.01.039.
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    • Peterson, Eric D., David Dai, Elizabeth R. DeLong, J Matthew Brennan, Mandeep Singh, Sunil V. Rao, Richard E. Shaw, et al. “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): 1923–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.005.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Robert M. Califf. “Is old blood bad blood?.” Am Heart J 159, no. 5 (May 2010): 710–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.017.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Chiara Melloni, Shelley Myles-Dimauro, Samuel Broderick, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Neal S. Kleiman, Vladimír Dzavík, et al. “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): 1713–21. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.913277.
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    • Ko, Dennis T., Lingsong Yun, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Cynthia A. Jackevicius, Sunil V. Rao, Peter C. Austin, Jean-François Marquis, and Jack V. Tu. “Incidence, predictors, and prognostic implications of hospitalization for late bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention for patients older than 65 years..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 2 (April 2010): 140–47. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.928721.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and E Magnus Ohman. “Anticoagulant therapy for percutaneous coronary intervention..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 3, no. 1 (February 1, 2010): 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.884478.
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    • Rao, S. V. “Hemorrhage in patients with acute coronary syndrome: from annoying observation to major challenge..” Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 63, no. 1 (January 2010): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1885-5857(10)70001-3.
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    • Serebruany, Victor, Sunil V. Rao, Matthew A. Silva, Jennifer L. Donovan, Abir O. Kannan, Leonid Makarov, Shinya Goto, and Dan Atar. “Correlation of inhibition of platelet aggregation after clopidogrel with post discharge bleeding events: assessment by different bleeding classifications..” Eur Heart J 31, no. 2 (January 2010): 227–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp434.
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    • Becker, Richard C., James Scheiman, Harold L. Dauerman, Frederick Spencer, Sunil Rao, Marc Sabatine, David A. Johnson, et al. “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): 2261–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.012.
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    • Becker, Richard C., James Scheiman, Harold L. Dauerman, Frederick Spencer, Sunil Rao, Marc Sabatine, David A. Johnson, et al. “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): 2903–17. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2009.667.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., John Eikelboom, Ph Gabriel Steg, A Michael Lincoff, William S. Weintraub, Jean-Pierre Bassand, A Koneti Rao, et al. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.10.008.
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    • Melloni, Chiara, Ian Fier, James Roach, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Samuel Broderick, Kristina Sigmon, Shelley Myles, Richard C. Becker, Sunil V. Rao, and Sunil V. EMINENCE Investigators. “Design and rationale of the Evaluation of M118 IN pErcutaNeous Coronary intErvention (EMINENCE) trial..” American Heart Journal 158, no. 5 (November 2009): 726–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.020.
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    • Povsic, Thomas J., Stacie D. Adams, Katherine L. Zavodni, Francine Kelly, Laura G. Melton, Sunil V. Rao, Samer S. Najjar, Robert A. Harrington, and Eric D. Peterson. “Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity allows reliable EPC enumeration in stored peripheral blood samples..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 28, no. 3 (October 2009): 259–65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-009-0306-6.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.024.
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    • Roe, Matthew T., Anita Y. Chen, Christopher P. Cannon, Sunil Rao, John Rumsfeld, David J. Magid, Ralph Brindis, et al. “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): 414–20. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.850248.
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    • Cavender, Matthew A., Sarah Milford-Beland, Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson, William S. Weintraub, and Sunil V. Rao. “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): 507–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.016.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Using procedural approaches to reduce complications related to percutaneous coronary interventions..” J Invasive Cardiol 21, no. 8 Suppl A (August 2009).
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    • Vavalle, J. P., and S. V. Rao. “The association between the transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions and bleeding.” Journal of Invasive Cardiology 21, no. 8 SUPPL.A (August 1, 2009): 21–24.
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    • Mehta, Sameer K., Andrew D. Frutkin, Jason B. Lindsey, John A. House, John A. Spertus, Sunil V. Rao, Fang-Shu Ou, et al. “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): 222–29. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.108.846741.
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    • Subherwal, Sumeet, Richard G. Bach, Anita Y. Chen, Brian F. Gage, Sunil V. Rao, L Kristin Newby, Tracy Y. Wang, et al. “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): 1873–82. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.828541.
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    • Lindsey, Jason B., Sameer K. Mehta, Andrew D. Frutkin, John A. Spertus, Sunil V. Rao, Fang-Shu Ou, Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson, and Steven P. Marso. “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.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Dadi Dai, Tracy Y. Wang, Matthew T. Roe, Steven P. Marso, John S. Rumsfeld, Ralph Brindis, and Eric D. Peterson. “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.
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    • Happe, Laura E., Sunil V. Rao, Ruslan Horblyuk, Meg Franklin, Orsolya E. Lunacsek, and Laura Menditto. “Consequences of major bleeding in hospitalized patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes receiving injectable anticoagulants..” Curr Med Res Opin 25, no. 2 (February 2009): 413–20. https://doi.org/10.1185/03007990802649133.
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    • Kandzari, David E., Sunil V. Rao, Jeffrey W. Moses, Vladimir Dzavik, Bradley H. Strauss, Michael J. Kutryk, Charles A. Simonton, et al. “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. Cardiovascular Interventions 2, no. 2 (February 2009): 97–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2008.10.013.
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    • Maynard, Charles, Sunil V. Rao, Mary Gregg, Richard C. Phillips, Mark Reisman, Eben Tucker, and J Richard Goss. “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.
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    • Cohen, Marc, Karen P. Alexander, and Sunil V. Rao. “Bleeding after antithrombotic therapy in patients with acute ischemic heart disease: is it the drugs or how we use them?.” J Thromb Thrombolysis 26, no. 3 (December 2008): 175–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-007-0182-x.
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    • Leung, S., A. L. Bailey, and S. V. Rao. “Bleeding and transfusion in the setting of ACS.” Acute Coronary Syndromes 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2008): 50–58.
    • Wang, Tracy Y., Lan Xiao, Karen P. Alexander, Sunil V. Rao, Mikhail N. Kosiborod, John S. Rumsfeld, John A. Spertus, and Eric D. Peterson. “Antiplatelet therapy use after discharge among acute myocardial infarction patients with in-hospital bleeding..” Circulation 118, no. 21 (November 18, 2008): 2139–45. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.787143.
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    • Banerjee, Subhash, Cyril Varghese, Jepsin Samuel, Rick A. Weideman, Bertis B. Little, Kevin C. Kelly, Sunil V. Rao, Robert F. Reilly, and Emmanouil S. Brilakis. “Comparison of the impact of short (<1 year) and long-term (> or =1 year) clopidogrel use following percutaneous coronary intervention on mortality..” Am J Cardiol 102, no. 9 (November 1, 2008): 1159–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.058.
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    • Krono, Ronald J., Sunil V. Rao, David Dai, Eric D. Paterson, Richard E. Shaw, Lloyd W. Klein, H. V. Anderson, William S. Weintraub, and Ralph G. Brindis. “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.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Scott Y. H. Kim. “Informing the consent process..” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 1, no. 1 (September 2008): 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.810788.
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    • Anstrom, Kevin J., David F. Kong, Linda K. Shaw, Robert M. Califf, Judith M. Kramer, Eric D. Peterson, Sunil V. Rao, et al. “Long-term clinical outcomes following coronary stenting..” Arch Intern Med 168, no. 15 (August 11, 2008): 1647–55. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.168.15.1647.
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    • Cavender, Matthew A., Sunil V. Rao, and E Magnus Ohman. “Major bleeding: management and risk reduction in acute coronary syndromes..” Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 9, no. 11 (August 2008): 1869–83. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.9.11.1869.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Fang-Shu Ou, Tracy Y. Wang, Matthew T. Roe, Ralph Brindis, John S. Rumsfeld, and Eric D. Peterson. “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): 379–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2008.05.007.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Robert M. Califf, Judith M. Kramer, Eric D. Peterson, Thomas P. Gross, Carl J. Pepine, David O. Williams, et al. “Postmarket evaluation of breakthrough technologies..” Am Heart J 156, no. 2 (August 2008): 201–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.01.036.
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    • Alexander, Karen P., Anita Y. Chen, Tracy Y. Wang, Sunil V. Rao, L Kristin Newby, Nancy M Allen LaPointe, E Magnus Ohman, et al. “Transfusion practice and outcomes in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes..” Am Heart J 155, no. 6 (June 2008): 1047–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.01.009.
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    • Kleiman, Neal S., Jane E. Freedman, Paula B. Tracy, Barbara C. Furie, Paul F. Bray, Sunil V. Rao, David R. Phillips, et al. “Platelets: developmental biology, physiology, and translatable platforms for preclinical investigation and drug development..” Platelets 19, no. 4 (June 2008): 239–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537100801947442.
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    • Roberts, William C., Christopher B. Granger, Manesh R. Patel, Sunil V. Rao, Peter R. Sinnaeve, and Destry J. Sulkes. “The editor's roundtable: management and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation in acute coronary syndromes..” Am J Cardiol 101, no. 11 (June 1, 2008): 1580–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.02.050.
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    • Wang, Tracy Y., Eric D. Peterson, David Dai, H Vernon Anderson, Sunil V. Rao, Ralph G. Brindis, Matthew T. Roe, and Matthew T. 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): 2068–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.054.
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    • Mehta, Sarneer K., Andrew D. Frutkin, Sunil V. Rao, Tracy Y. Wang, David J. Dai, David J. Cohen, and Steven P. Marso. “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.
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    • Wang, Tracy Y., and Sunil V. Rao. “Anemia in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: current issues and future directions..” Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 7, no. 4 (2007): 225–33. https://doi.org/10.2165/00129784-200707040-00001.
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    • Cohen, Marc, Jose Diez, Edward Fry, Sunil V. Rao, James J. Ferguson, James Zidar, Glenn Levine, and Jacob Shani. “Strategies for optimizing outcomes in the NSTE-ACS patient The CATH (cardiac catheterization and antithrombotic therapy in the hospital) Clinical Consensus Panel Report..” J Invasive Cardiol 18, no. 12 (December 2006): 617–39.
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    • Domsic, Robyn T., Emily Honeycutt, Linda K. Shaw, and Sunil V. Rao. “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.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Emily Honeycutt, and David Kandzari. “Clinical outcomes with drug-eluting stents following atheroablation therapies..” J Invasive Cardiol 18, no. 9 (September 2006): 393–96.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Richard E. Shaw, Ralph G. Brindis, Lloyd W. Klein, William S. Weintraub, Ronald J. Krone, and Eric D. Peterson. “Patterns and outcomes of drug-eluting coronary stent use in clinical practice..” Am Heart J 152, no. 2 (August 2006): 321–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2006.03.005.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Richard E. Shaw, Ralph G. Brindis, Lloyd W. Klein, William S. Weintraub, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 1478–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.11.081.
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    • Twomley, Katie M., Sunil V. Rao, and Richard C. Becker. “Proinflammatory, immunomodulating, and prothrombotic properties of anemia and red blood cell transfusions..” Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 21, no. 2 (April 2006): 167–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-006-5206-4.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Kristi O’Grady, Karen S. Pieper, Christopher B. Granger, L Kristin Newby, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, David J. Moliterno, et al. “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): 809–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.060.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Bleeding as a predictor of mortality risk..” Rev Cardiovasc Med 7 Suppl 3 (2006): S12–18.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Kristi O’Grady, Karen S. Pieper, Christopher B. Granger, L Kristin Newby, Frans Van de Werf, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Robert M. Califf, and Robert A. Harrington. “Impact of bleeding severity on clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes..” Am J Cardiol 96, no. 9 (November 1, 2005): 1200–1206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.056.
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    • Yang, Xin, Karen P. Alexander, Anita Y. Chen, Matthew T. Roe, Ralph G. Brindis, Sunil V. Rao, W Brian Gibler, E Magnus Ohman, Eric D. Peterson, and Eric D. 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): 1490–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2005.06.072.
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    • Meine, Trip J., Manesh R. Patel, Venita DePuy, Lesley H. Curtis, Sunil V. Rao, Bernard J. Gersh, Kevin A. Schulman, and James G. Jollis. “Evidence-based therapies and mortality in patients hospitalized in December with acute myocardial infarction..” Ann Intern Med 143, no. 7 (October 4, 2005): 481–85. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-143-7-200510040-00006.
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    • Turer, Aslan T., and Sunil V. Rao. “Device therapy in the management of congestive heart failure..” Cardiol Rev 13, no. 3 (May 2005): 130–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.crd.0000151498.75329.71.
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    • Rathore, Saif S., Martha J. Radford, and Harlan M. Krumholz. “Blood transfusion in patients with acute coronary syndrome..” Jama 293, no. 6 (February 9, 2005). https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.6.673-a.
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    • “Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome—Reply.” Jama 293, no. 6 (February 9, 2005): 673–673. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.293.6.673-b.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., James G. Jollis, Robert A. Harrington, Christopher B. Granger, L Kristin Newby, Paul W. Armstrong, David J. Moliterno, et al. “Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes..” Jama 292, no. 13 (October 6, 2004): 1555–62. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.292.13.1555.
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    • Asher, Craig R., David J. Moliterno, Manjushri V. Bhapkar, Darren K. McGuire, Sunil V. Rao, David R. Holmes, L Kristin Newby, Eric R. Bates, Eric J. Topol, and Eric J. 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): 792–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.069.
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    • Patel, Manesh R., Trip J. Meine, Jasmina Radeva, Lesley Curtis, Sunil V. Rao, Kevin A. Schulman, and James G. Jollis. “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): 192–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2004.03.070.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Kevin A. Schulman, Lesley H. Curtis, Bernard J. Gersh, and James G. Jollis. “Socioeconomic status and outcome following acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients..” Arch Intern Med 164, no. 10 (May 24, 2004): 1128–33. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.164.10.1128.
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    • McCarthy, J. J., A. Parker, R. Salem, D. J. Moliterno, Q. Wang, E. F. Plow, S. Rao, et al. “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): 334–41. https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.2003.016584.
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    • Rao, Sunil V. “Controversies surrounding the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors..” Crit Pathw Cardiol 2, no. 4 (December 2003): 231–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hpc.0000099741.11873.0f.
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    • Wilmer, William A., Brad H. Rovin, Christopher J. Hebert, Sunil V. Rao, Karen Kumor, and Lee A. Hebert. “Management of glomerular proteinuria: a commentary..” J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 12 (December 2003): 3217–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.asn.0000100145.27188.33.
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    • Petersen, John L., Jean-Pierre Dery, Michael C. Fischi, Adrian F. Hernandez, Patrick M. Hranitzky, Sunil V. Rao, Abdallah G. Rebeiz, and Kanwar P. Singh. “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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00280-1.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Padma Kaul, L Kristin Newby, A Michael Lincoff, Judith Hochman, Robert A. Harrington, Daniel B. Mark, and Eric D. Peterson. “Poverty, process of care, and outcome in acute coronary syndromes..” J Am Coll Cardiol 41, no. 11 (June 4, 2003): 1948–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00402-9.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., E Magnus Ohman, Christopher B. Granger, Paul W. Armstrong, W Brian Gibler, Robert H. Christenson, Vic Hasselblad, Amanda Stebbins, Steven McNulty, and L Kristin Newby. “Prognostic value of isolated troponin elevation across the spectrum of chest pain syndromes..” Am J Cardiol 91, no. 8 (April 15, 2003): 936–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00107-3.
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    • Dery, Jean-Pierre, Adrian F. Hernandez, Joseph D. Kay, John L. Petersen, Sunil V. Rao, Abdallah G. Rebeiz, Kanwar P. Singh, Mark P. Donahue, and Mark P. 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): 554–62. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2003.188.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Robert M. Califf. “Lessons learned from clinical trials: a roundtable discussion..” Crit Pathw Cardiol 2, no. 1 (March 2003): 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.HPC.0000056943.80804.80.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., James G. Jollis, and Michael H. Sketch. “Assessing quality in the cardiac catheterization laboratory..” Am Heart Hosp J 1, no. 4 (2003): 289–96.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., and Jonathan S. Stamler. “Erythropoietin, anemia, and orthostatic hypotension: the evidence mounts..” Clin Auton Res 12, no. 3 (June 2002): 141–43.
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    • McGuire, D. K., S. V. Rao, P. J. Joski, G. W. Barsness, E. D. Peterson, J. G. Jollis, M. N. Feinglos, and C. B. Granger. “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.
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    • Rao, S. V., P. Kaul, K. Newby, R. A. Harrington, D. B. Mark, and E. D. Peterson. “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.
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    • Kandzari, David E., Joseph Kay, J Conor O’Shea, Benjamin H. Trichon, Mark Donahue, Lawrence Liao, and Sunil V. Rao. “Highlights from the American Heart Association annual scientific sessions 2001: November 11 to 14, 2001..” Am Heart J 143, no. 2 (February 2002): 217–28. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2002.121794.
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    • Rao, S. V., and J. G. Jollis. “Quality of care in percutaneous coronary intervention.” Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports 23, no. 3 (January 1, 2002): 165–73.
    • Rao, S. V., M. Donahue, F. X. Pi-Sunyer, and V. Fuster. “Results of Expert Meetings: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease. Obesity as a risk factor in coronary artery disease..” American Heart Journal 142, no. 6 (December 2001): 1102–7. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2001.119419.
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    • Rao, S. V., M. Donahue, F. X. Pi-Sunyer, and V. Fuster. “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): 1102–7. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhj.2001.119419.
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    • Rao, S. V., L. K. Newby, E. M. Ohman, C. B. Granger, V. Hasselblad, B. B. Gibler, and R. Christenson. “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): 708–9.
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    • ENRICHD Investigators, J. M. “Enhancing recovery in coronary heart disease (ENRICHD): baseline characteristics..” Am J Cardiol 88, no. 3 (August 1, 2001): 316–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01652-6.
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    • Rao, S. V., and J. G. Jollis. “Reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction: is the future in plastics?.” Mayo Clin Proc 75, no. 10 (October 2000): 991–93. https://doi.org/10.4065/75.10.991.
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    • Rao, S. V., M. A. Bethel, and M. N. Feinglos. “Treatment of diabetes mellitus: implications of the use of oral agents..” Am Heart J 138, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 1999): S334–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70032-3.
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  • Book Sections

    • Chung, M. J., and S. V. Rao. “Elinogrel.” In Antiplatelet Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease, 173–79, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118493984.ch21.
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    • Cohen, M. G., and S. V. Rao. “Radial artery approach.” In Grossman &amp; Baim’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention: Eighth Edition, 170–90, 2013.

  • Conference Papers

    • Crowley, Anna Lisa, Eric Yow, Dawn Rabineau, Casey Norris, Jennifer White, Melissa A. Daubert, Eric J. Velazquez, et al. “The Impact of a Rigorous Quality Program on 3D Echocardiography Data Quality in an International Multisite Randomized Trial..” In Jacc Cardiovasc Imaging, 11:1918–20, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.05.024.
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    • Faridi, Kamil, Jennifer Rymer, Sunil V. Rao, Dadi David Dai, Daniel Wojdyla, and Tracy Wang. “AD HOC PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: A REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DATA REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A257–A257. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)30798-8.
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    • Gutierrez, Antonio, Deepak Bhatt, Subhash Banerjee, Thomas Glorioso, Meg Plomondon, Rajesh Swaminathan, Thomas M. Maddox, et al. “RISK OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS: INSIGHTS FROM THE VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, REPORTING AND TRACKING (CART) PROGRAM.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A2029–A2029. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)32570-1.
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    • Hu, Peter, Schuyler Jones, Thomas Glorioso, Anna Baron, Gary Grunwald, Stephen Waldo, Thomas M. Maddox, Mladen Vidovich, Subhash Banerjee, and Sunil V. Rao. “PREDICTORS AND OUTCOMES OF STAGED VERSUS ONE-TIME COMPLETE REVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIVESSEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, REPORTING, AND TRACKING (CART) PROGRAM.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A1106–A1106. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)31647-4.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer, Lisa Kaltenbach, Ajar Kochar, Connie Hess, Mitchell Krucoff, Ian Gilchrist, John Messenger, et al. “COMPARISON OF RATES OF BLEEDING AND VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER TRIAL ENROLLMENT IN THE SAFE-PCI TRIAL FOR WOMEN.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A1159–A1159. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)31700-5.
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    • Sherwood, Matthew William, Jonathan Piccini, DaJuanicia Holmes, Karen Pieper, Gregg C. Fonarow, Peter Kowey, Bernard Gersh, Kenneth Mahaffey, Eric D. Peterson, and Sunil V. Rao. “OUTCOMES OF CARDIAC CATH/PCI IN PATIENTS WITH AF: INSIGHTS FROM THE ORBIT II REGISTRY.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A1319–A1319. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)31860-6.
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    • Zack, Chad J., Sunil V. Rao, Manesh Patel, and William Jones. “CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL TRENDS AND OUTCOMES OF ELDERLY PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71:A28–A28. Elsevier BV, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(18)30569-2.
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    • Cerbin, Lukasz P., Marat Fudim, Srikant Devaraj, Tarek Ajam, Sunil V. Rao, and Masoor Kamalesh. “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Heart Failure Among a Nationwide Sample of US Veterans.” In Circulation, Vol. 136. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2017.
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    • Schulman-Marcus, Joshua, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Sunil V. Rao, Abhiram Prasad, Lisa A. Mccoy, Kirk N. Garratt, Luke K. Kim, et al. “Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Before Noncardiac Surgery; The National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).” In Circulation, Vol. 132. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2015.
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    • Dharma, S., R. Sukmawan, H. Andriantoro, I. Dakota, B. B. Siswanto, and S. V. Rao. “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.” In European Heart Journal, 36:68–69, 2015.
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    • Chung, Matthew J., Sunil V. Rao, Thomas J. Povsic, W. S. Jones, and Ryan D. Schulteis. “Responses to a Pre-PCI Screening Questionnaire Influence Stent Type Used During PCI.” In Circulation, Vol. 130. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2014.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Ryan D. Schulteis, Sunil V. Rao, and L. K. Newby. “A Simple, Highly-Sensitive Clinical Prediction Rule to Exclude Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Population with a High Burden of Cardiac Risk Factors.” In Circulation, Vol. 130. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2014.
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    • Boyden, Thomas F., Lisa McCoy, Megan L. Neely, Matthew A. Cavender, Simon R. Dixon, Karen E. Joynt, Frederick Masoudi, Eric Peterson, Sunil V. Rao, and Hitinder S. Gurm. “A Tale of Two States: Comparison of PCI Case Mix in New York and Michigan.” In Circulation, Vol. 128. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013.
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    • Brennan, J Matthew, Wesam A. Al-Hejily, David Dai, Richard E. Shaw, Marina Trilesskaya, Sunil V. Rao, Emmanouil Brilakis, et al. “Contemporary Embolic Protection in Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention. 3-Year Outcomes From 49,325 Patients in the Medicare-Linked NCDR CathPCI Registry.” In Circulation, Vol. 128. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013.
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    • Kooiman, Judith, Milan Seth, Sunil V. Rao, Thomas LaLonde, David Wohns, and Hitinder S. Gurm. “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).” In Circulation, Vol. 128. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013.
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    • Zhang, Zugui, Fred Edwards, Paul Kolm, Sunil V. Rao, Maria Grau Sepulveda, Sean O’Brien, David Shahian, et al. “Risk Factors of 30-Day Readmission for Patients Undergoing Revascularization.” In Circulation, Vol. 128. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013.
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    • Harskamp, R. E., J. M. Brennan, J. G. Gaca, M. E. Halkos, E. D. Peterson, S. V. Rao, J. B. Williams, R. J. De Winter, J. H. Alexander, and R. D. Lopes. “A systematic review of outcomes related to hybrid coronary revascularization in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era.” In European Heart Journal, 34:834–834. OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2013.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Connie N. Hess, David Dai, Cynthia L. Green, Eric D. Peterson, and Pamela S. Douglas. “Temporal trends in percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes among older patients in the United States..” In Am Heart J, 166:273-281.e4, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.05.006.
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    • Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Sunil V. Rao, Subhash Banerjee, Steven Goldman, Kendrick Shunk, David R. Holmes, Emily Honeycutt, and Matthew T. Roe. “PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN NATIVE ARTERIES VS. BYPASS GRAFTS IN PRIOR CORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING PATIENTS: A REPORT FROM THE CATHPCI REGISTRY®.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 57:E1960–E1960. Elsevier BV, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(11)61960-8.
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    • Katz, Jason Neil, Kamal Kolappa, Samuel Broderick, Linda K. Shaw, and Sunil V. Rao. “UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION AS A CONTRAINDICATION TO CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION: EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 57:E618–E618. Elsevier BV, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(11)60618-9.
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    • Wang, Tracy, Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Deepak L. Bhatt, Sunil V. Rao, Matthew T. Roe, Frederic S. Resnic, Matthew A. Cavender, John C. Messenger, and Eric D. Peterson. “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.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 57:E914–E914. Elsevier BV, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(11)60914-5.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Rakhi Kilaru, Thomas J. Povsic, Chiara Melloni, Laura Melton, Raymond J. Kim, John Heitner, et al. “A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous Erythropoietin to Reduce Infarct Size After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Primary Results of the REVEAL Trial.” In Circulation, 122:2222–2222. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2010.
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    • Chan, Mark, Jie L. Sun, Tracy Y. Wang, Renato D. Lopes, Marc E. Jolicoeur, Karen S. Pieper, Sunil V. Rao, et al. “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.” In Circulation, 120:S1144–S1144. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Renato D. Lopes, Amanda Stebbins, Sunil V. Rao, Karen S. Pieper, Robert M. Califf, John H. Alexander, and Christopher B. Granger. “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.” In Circulation, 120:S522–23. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2009.
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    • Lin, Grace A., Rita F. Redberg, H. V. Anderson, Richard E. Shaw, Sarah Milford-Beland, Sunll V. Rao, Eric D. Peterson, and R. A. Dudley. “Changing guidelines may affect assessments of quality of care for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.” In Circulation, 117:E422–23. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2008.
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    • Alexander, Karen P., Richard G. Bach, Anita Y. Chen, Sumeet Subherwal, Brian F. Gage, Sunil V. Rao, W Brian Gibler, et al. “Bleeding and ischemic events run parallel in NSTEMI patients.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A207–8. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Burionroppa, Sukesh C., Paul D. Varosy, Matthew Roe, Eric Peterson, Fang-Shu Ou, Sunil V. Rao, Mandeep Singh, and Kendrick A. Shunk. “Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention compared to primary percutaneous intervention.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A208–A208. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Cavender, Matthew A., Sarah Milford-Beland, William S. Weintraub, Matthew T. Roe, Eric D. Peterson, and Sunil V. Rao. “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).” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A236–A236. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Kandzari, David E., Sunil V. Rao, Jeffrey W. Moses, Vladimir Dzavik, Bradley H. Strauss, Michael J. Kutryk, Charles A. Simonton, Jyotsna Garg, GB John Mancini, and Christopher E. Buller. “Clinical and angiographic outcomes with sirolimus-eluting stents in total coronary occlusions: ACROSS/TOSCA-4 trial.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:B4–B4. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Peterson, Eric D., David Dai, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Sunil V. Rao, Matthew T. Roe, Kalon L. Ho, Mandeep Singh, et al. “Contemporary predictors of procedural mortality among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): Results from the ACC-NCDR.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A270–A270. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Dadi Dal, Sameer Mehta, Steven Marso, Eric D. Peterson, Tim Sanborn, and Lloyd W. Klein. “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).” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A236–A236. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., David E. Kandzari, Kelley A. Ryan, Jyotsna Garg, Christopher E. Buller, Bradley H. Strauss, Michael J. Kutryk, Jeffrey W. Moses, Vladimir Dzavik, and GB John Mancini. “Incidence and short-term outcomes of drug-eluting stent fracture in chronic total occlusions: Analysis from the ACROSS-Cypher trial.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:B4–B4. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Roe, Matthew T., Christopher P. Cannon, Anita Y. Chen, Sunil V. Rao, John S. Rumsfeld, Lloyd W. Klein, E Magnus Ohman, W Brian Gibler, and Eric D. Peterson. “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.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A211–A211. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Subherwal, Sumeet, Richard G. Bach, Anita Y. Chen, Brian F. Gage, Sunil V. Rao, Tracy Y. Wang, W Brian Gibler, et al. “The CRUSADE bleeding score to assess baseline risk of major bleeding in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51:A212–A212. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008.
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    • Burjonroppa, Sukesh C., Paul Varosy, Fang-Shu Ou, Sunil V. Rao, Eric Peterson, Matthew Roe, and Kendrick A. Shunk. “Incidence and predictors of bleeding among patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed fibrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.” In American Journal of Cardiology, 100:192L-192L. EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007.
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    • Burjonroppa, Sukesh C., Paul D. Varosy, Sunil V. Rao, Fang-Shu Ou, Eric Peterson, Matthew Roe, and Kendrick A. Shunk. “Incidence and predictors of mortality among patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention after failed filbrinolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.” In Circulation, 116:674–674. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2007.
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    • Mehta, Sameer, Andrew D. Fruitkin, Sunil V. Rao, Joe Rossi, Fang-Shu Ou, Eric D. Peterson, John A. Spertus, and Steven P. Marso. “Bleeding in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: A predictive model from 302,152 patients in the ACC-NCDR.” In Circulation, 116:794–95. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2007.
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    • Wang, Tracy Y., David Dai, Eric D. Peterson, Sunil V. Rao, and Matthew T. Roe. “Challenges of using peri-procedural myocardial infarction as a quality measure among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.” In Circulation, 116:370–370. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2007.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Fang-Shu Ou, Tracy Wang, Richard E. Shaw, Ralph Brindis, John S. Rumsfeld, and Eric D. Peterson. “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).” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 49:3B-4B. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007.
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    • Rao, Sunil V., Padma Kaul, Lawrence Liao, Daniel B. Mark, Eric L. Eisenstein, Paul W. Armstrong, Magnus Ohman, Christopher B. Granger, Robert M. Califf, and Robert A. Harrington. “Bleeding complications are a major driver of resource use among patients with acute coronary syndromes.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 49:252A-252A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007.
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    • Rao, S. V., A. Banerjee, K. Pieper, C. B. Granger, K. Newby, F. van de Werf, H. D. White, R. M. Califf, and R. A. Harrington. “Bleeding and blood transfusion rates are higher among acute coronary syndrome patients in the United States than in other countries.” In Circulation, 112:U632–33. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2005.
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    • Voeltz, M. D., A. M. Lincoff, F. Feit, S. V. Rao, A. A. Quyyumi, J. S. Douglas, and S. V. Manoukian. “Anemic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have a higher mortality even in the absence of major bleeding complications.” In American Journal of Cardiology, 96:125H-125H, 2005.
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    • Peterson, E. D., A. Y. Chen, X. Yang, M. T. Roe, S. V. Rao, R. G. Brindis, W. B. Gibler, and E. M. Ohman. “Blood transfusions in patients admitted with Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Results from CRUSADE.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 45:232A-232A. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2005.
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    • Rao, S. V., K. W. Mahaffey, E. Antman, N. S. Kleiman, J. J. Ferguson, R. M. Califf, R. C. Becker, S. G. Goodman, and P. E. Aylward. “Predictors of major bleeding and transfusion in SYNERGY: Effects of pretreatment variables and treatment assignment.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 45:247A-247A, 2005.
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    • Rao, S. V., K. O’Grady, K. Pieper, K. Newby, P. W. Armstrong, F. van de Werf, K. W. Mahaffey, R. M. Califf, and R. A. Harrington. “Bleeding among patients with acute coronary syndromes is associated with higher risk of short- and long-term death.” In Circulation, 110:574–574, 2004.
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    • Rao, S. V., R. E. Shaw, E. D. Peterson, L. W. Klein, R. G. Brindis, and W. S. Weintraub. “On- versus off-label use of drug-eluting Stents in clinical practice: from the American College of Cardiology - National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (ACC-NCDR).” In Circulation, 110:688–688, 2004.
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    • Rao, S. V., R. F. Shaw, R. G. Brindis, L. W. Klein, and E. D. Peterson. “Predictors of drug-eluting stent use in clinical practice: A report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (ACC-NCDR).” In Circulation, 110:688–688, 2004.
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    • Meine, Trip J., Manesh R. Patel, Venita DePuy, Lesley Curtis, Sunil V. Rao, Kevin J. Schulman, and James G. Jollis. “1077-76 Holiday heart: Decreased use of evidence-based therapies in patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted during holiday weeks.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 43:A407–A407. Elsevier BV, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(04)91719-6.
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    • Patel, Manesh R., Trip J. Meine, Jasmina Radeva, Lesley Curtis, Sunil V. Rao, Kevin J. Schulman, and James Jollis. “1040-69 The effect of state mandated continuing medical education on the use of proven therapies in patients with an acute myocardial infarction.” In Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 43:A401–A401. Elsevier BV, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097(04)91695-6.
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    • Kaul, P., S. V. Rao, P. W. Armstrong, J. D. Knight, W. Sutherland, N. E. Clapp-Channing, and D. B. Mark. “Change in health status predicts five-year survival: Evidence from GUSTO-I.” In Circulation, 108:715–715. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2003.
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    • Rao, S. V., M. A. Bethel, and M. N. Feinglos. “Treatment of diabetes mellitus: implications of the use of oral agents..” In American Heart Journal, 138:S334–37, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-8703(99)70032-3.
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