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Carotid endarterectomy and carotid stening procedures were compared with the help of patients at high surgical risks along with the follow-up data of three years. No significance difference was found in the cumulative incidence of major cardiovascular events between the two treatment groups.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.021 Byline: Hitinder S. Gurm (a), Thomas Boyden (a), Kathy B. Welch (b) Abstract: Drug-eluting stents have emerged as the favored device for percutaneous coronary intervention. It is not clear if there are differences in the currently available drug-eluting stents. We performed a meta-analysis to systematically evaluate currently available data comparing sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) with paclitaxel-eluting stents (PESs) in patients with coronary artery disease. Author Affiliation: (a) Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI (b) Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Article History: Received 30 July 2007; Accepted 9 November 2007 Article Note: (footnote) Hitinder Gurm is a consultant to ICON Interventional Systems, Cleveland, OH, and CardioMems Inc, Atlanta, GA.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.01.006 Byline: Ali Mahajerin (a), Hitinder S. Gurm (a), Thomas T. Tsai (a), Paul S. Chan (a), Brahmajee K. Nallamothu (a)(b) Abstract: The use of vasodilators to improve long-term outcomes in asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic insufficiency (AI) is controversial. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI (b) Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI Article History: Received 18 November 2006; Accepted 10 January 2007

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.031 Byline: Robert B. Fathi (a), Hitinder S. Gurm (a), Derek P. Chew (a)(b), Ritesh Gupta (a), Deepak L. Bhatt (a), Stephen G. Ellis (a) Abstract: Patients with chronic kidney disease frequently have worse outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared to patients with normal renal function. Furthermore, they more commonly have elevated serum markers of inflammation, which may be either directly or indirectly associated with a state of accelerated atherosclerosis. We sought to assess the relationship among glomerular filtration rate (GFR), systemic inflammation, and long-term death after PCI. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (b) Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Article History: Received 1 July 2004; Accepted 19 January 2005

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.031 Byline: Vivek Rajagopal (a), Hitinder S. Gurm (a), Richard C. Brunken (b), Claire E. Pothier (a), Deepak L. Bhatt (a), Michael S. Lauer (a) Abstract: Although practice guidelines do not recommend routine exercise testing of patients after coronary stenting, several small studies have suggested that stress myocardial perfusion imaging can provide prognostic information about future adverse cardiac events. We sought to determine if exercise nuclear testing provides independent prognostic information in patients after coronary stenting. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Cardiovascular, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (b) Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Article History: Received 25 February 2004; Accepted 24 August 2004