2008
Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe in Patients with Few Comorbid Medical Conditions
Bazan HA, Pradhan S, Westvik TS, Sumpio BE, Gusberg RJ, Dardik A. Urgent Carotid Endarterectomy Is Safe in Patients with Few Comorbid Medical Conditions. Annals Of Vascular Surgery 2008, 22: 505-512. PMID: 18462920, DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh perioperative mortalityUrgent carotid endarterectomyPerioperative mortalityComorbid medical conditionsCarotid endarterectomyCardiac complicationsMedical conditionsLower bed capacityElective carotid endarterectomyPerioperative cardiac complicationsPatient risk factorsRecords of patientsSubset of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionHigh-risk groupLarge treatment centreBed capacityLower ratesPerioperative strokePerioperative complicationsRenal insufficiencyUrgent admissionHospital factorsSymptomatic patientsRenal disease
2005
Cilostazol Inhibits Leukocyte Integrin Mac-1, Leading to a Potential Reduction in Restenosis After Coronary Stent Implantation
Sumpio BE, Aruny J. Cilostazol Inhibits Leukocyte Integrin Mac-1, Leading to a Potential Reduction in Restenosis After Coronary Stent Implantation. Perspectives In Vascular Surgery And Endovascular Therapy 2005, 17: 265-267. PMID: 16273169, DOI: 10.1177/153100350501700317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary stent implantationCoronary stentingStent implantationRate of restenosisLeukocyte integrin Mac-1Mechanism of restenosisP-selection expressionIntegrin Mac-1Cilostazol groupConsecutive patientsStent placementPhosphodiesterase IIIRestenosisMac-1Granule releasePatientsCilostazolStentingP-selectionLower ratesUpregulationPlateletsImplantationInhibitsTiclopidine