Abraham Rami Tzafriri PhD, Fernando Garcia-Polite PhD, John Keating DVM DACVP, Raffaele Melidone DVM DACVP, Jennifer Knutson BS, Peter Markham MS, Elazer R. Edelman MD PhD, Felix Mahfoud MD. “Morphometric analysis of the human common hepatic artery (CHA) reveals a rich and accessible target for sympathetic liver denervation.” FULL ARTICLE Summary: Treatment of type 2 […]
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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society: An in silico trials platform for the evaluation of effect of the arterial anatomy configuration on stent implantation
Georgia S Karanasiou, Panagiota I Tsompou, Nikolaos Tachos, Gianna E Karanasiou, Antonis Sakellarios, Savvas Kyriakidis, Luca Antonini, Giancarlo Pennati, Lorenza Petrini, Frank Gijsen, Farhad Rikhtegar Nezami, Rami Tzafriri, Martin Fawdry, Dimitrios I Fotiadis. “An in silico trials platform for the evaluation of effect of the arterial anatomy configuration on stent implantation.” Abstract: The introduction of […]
Biomaterials: Balloon-based drug coating delivery to the artery wall is dictated by coating micro-morphology and angioplasty pressure gradients
Abraham R. Tzafriri, Benny Muraj, Fernando Garcia-Polite, Antonio G. Salazar-Martín, Peter Markham, Brett Zani, Anna Spognardi, Mazen Albaghdadi, Steve Alston, Elazer R. Edelman. “Balloon-based drug coating delivery to the artery wall is dictated by coating micro-morphology and angioplasty pressure gradients.” Summary: Paclitaxel coated balloon catheters (PCB) were developed as a polymer-free non-implantable alternative to drug […]
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc: Design and implementation of in silico clinical trial for Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds
Georgia S Karanasiou, Panagiota I Tsobou, Nikolaos S Tachos, Luca Antonini, Lorenza Petrini, Giancarlo Pennati, Frank Gijsen, Farhad Rikhtegar Nezami, Rami Tzafriri, Ted Vaughan, Martin Fawdry, Dimitrios I Fotiadis. “Design and implementation of in silico clinical trial for Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds.” Summary: In the recent years, Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds (BVS) for the treatment of atherosclerosis […]
Circulation: Mortality and Paclitaxel-Coated Devices: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis
Krishna J. Rocha-Sing , Sue Duval, Michael R. Jaff, Peter A. Schneider, Gary M. Ansel, Sean P. Lyden, Christopher M. Mullin, John P.A. Ioannidis, Sanjay Misra, Abraham R. Tzafriri, Elazer R. Edelman, Juan F. Granada, Christopher J. White, and Joshua A. Beckman. “Mortality and Paclitaxel-Coated Devices: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.” Summary: Paclitaxel-containing devices (PTXD) significantly […]
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology: Analysis: Intravascular Devices with a Higher Risk of Polymer Emboli: The Need for Particulate Generation Testing
Chopra AM, Rapkiewicz A, Daggubati R, Sequeira A, Hu YC, Bhatt DL, Sharma SK, Cruz JP, Tzafriri AR, Edelman ER. “Analysis: Intravascular Devices with a Higher Risk of Polymer Emboli: The Need for Particulate Generation Testing.” Summary: Hydrophilic polymer coatings on intravascular devices lower friction between the device and vasculature, thereby reducing trauma during interventional procedures. […]
Journal of Controlled Release: Taking paclitaxel coated balloons to a higher level: Predicting coating dissolution kinetics, tissue retention and dosing dynamics
Abraham R.Tzafriri, Sahil A.Parikh, Elazer R.Edelman. “Taking paclitaxel coated balloons to a higher level: Predicting coating dissolution kinetics, tissue retention and dosing dynamics.” Summary: Paclitaxel coated balloons (PCBs) are a promising non-implantable alternative to drug-eluting stents, whereby drug is delivered to the arterial wall in solid form as a semi-continuous solid coating or as micro drug […]
Translational Research: Splenic artery denervation: target micro-anatomy, feasibility, and early preclinical experience
Mazen Albaghdadi, Fernando Garcia-Polite, Brett Zani, John Keating, Raffaele Melidone, Anna Spognardi, Peter Markham, Abraham Tzafriri. “Splenic artery denervation: target micro-anatomy, feasibility, and early preclinical experience.” Summary: This study sought to evaluate perisplenic artery nerve distribution and the feasibility of splenic artery denervation (SDN). The NEXION radiofrequency catheter was used to perform SDN in healthy and […]
Hypertension: Procedural and Anatomical Determinants of Multielectrode Renal Denervation Efficacy
Hypertension editors selected this paper for their 2019 Fall Collection of High Impact Papers. Tzafriri AR, Mahfoud F, Keating JH, Spognardi AM, Markham PM, Wong G, Highsmith D, O’Fallon P, Fuimaono K, Edelman ER. Procedural and Anatomical Determinants of Multielectrode Renal Denervation Efficacy. Summary: Radiofrequency renal denervation is under investigation for treatment of hypertension with […]
EuroIntervention: Pulmonary Artery Denervation Using Catheter based Ultrasonic Energy.
Rothman A, Jonas M, Castel D, Tzafriri AR, Traxler H, Shav D, Leon MB, Ben-Yehuda O, Rubin L. “Pulmonary Artery Denervation Using Catheter based Ultrasonic Energy.” Summary: Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a devastating disease characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling and right heart failure. Radio-frequency pulmonary artery denervation (PDN) improves pulmonary hemodynamics in pre-clinical and early clinical […]