MichaelRagostaMD

PubMed

• 152 citations
  Comparison between visual assessment and quantitative angiography versus fractional flow reserve for native coronary narrowings of moderate severity.
  Joshua J. Fischer, Habib Samady, John A. McPherson, Ian J. Sarembock, Eric R. Powers
  The American Journal of Cardiology. 2002-08-01
• 434 citations
  An Association between Collateral Blood Flow and Myocardial Viability in Patients with Recent Myocardial Infarction
  Peter J. Sabia, Eric R. Powers, Michael Ragosta, Ian J. Sarembock, Lawrence R. Burwell
  The New England Journal of Medicine. 1992-12-24
• 10 citations
  Characteristics and outcomes of surgically ineligible patients with multivessel disease treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Mary C Shields, Michelle Ouellette, Nicholas Kiefer, Luke Kohan, Angela M. Taylor
  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021-02-03

Journal Articles

• “Doc, This Wall Stress Is Killing Me!”  
  Michael Ragosta, MD, ScienceDirect
• Original Investigation Left Main Revascularization with PCI or CABG in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: EXCEL Trial  
  John D Puskas, David E Kandzari, Gennaro Giustino, Roxana Mehran, Martin B Leon, Philippe Genereux, Michael 3rd Ragosta, Charles A Simonton, Irving L Kron, Gregg W Stone, ScienceDirect
• A new single injury model of balloon angioplasty in cholesterol-fed rabbits: Beneficial effect of hirudin and comparison with double injury.  
  Barry WL, Wiegman P, Gimple LW, Kim J, McNamara CA, Powers ER, Ragosta M, Gertz SD, Sarembock IJ, Lab Invest
• Specific Factor Xa inhibition reduces restenosis following balloon angioplasty of atherosclerotic femoral arteries in rabbits.  
  Ragosta M, Gimple LW, Gertz SD, Dunwiddie CT, Vlasuk GP, Haber HL, Powers ER, Roberts WC, and Sarembock IJ, Circulation
• Predictors of luminal narrowing by neointima after angioplasty in atherosclerotic rabbits.  
  Gertz SD, Barry WL, Gimple LW, Banai S, Perez LS, McNamara CA, Powers ER, Ragosta M, Owens GK, Roberts WC, Sarembock IJ, Cardiovascular Research
• Myocardial viability in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and previous myocardial infarction: Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography and myocar...  
  Vernon S, Kaul S, Beller GA, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Am Heart J
• Improved outcome after coronary bypass surgery in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and residual myocardial viablity.  
  Pagley PR, Beller GA, Watson DD, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Circulation
• Thrombin and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation: Implications for atherosclerosis and restenosis.  
  McNamara CA, Sarembock IJ, Bachhuber BG, Stouffer GA, Ragosta M, Barry W, Gimple LW, Powers ER, Owens GK, Semin Thromb Hemost
• Effectiveness of hirulog in reducing restenosis after balloon angioplasty of atherosclerotic femoral arteries in rabbits.  
  Sarembock IJ, Gertz SD, Thome LM, McCoy KW, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Maraganore JM, Gimple LW, J Vasc Res
• Myocardial contrast echocardiography demonstrates that collateral flow can preserve myocardial function beyond a chronically occluded coronary artery.  
  Vernon SM, Camarano G, Kaul S, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Powers ER, Ragosta M, Am J Cardiol
• Aortocaval fistula complicating abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report and literature review.  
  Fenster MS, Dent JM, Tribble C, Angle JF, Sarembock IJ, Komada M, Ragosta M, Catheter Cardiovasc Diag
• The Effect of thrombin inhibition with desulfatohirudin on the early kinetics of cellular proliferation after balloon angioplasty in atherosclerotic rabbits.  
  Ragosta M, Barry W, Gimple LW, McCoy KW, Stouffer GA, McNamara CA, Powers ER, Owens G, and Sarembock IJ, Circulation
• Predisposing risk factors and natural history of acute neurological complications of left-sided heart catheterization.  
  Lazar JM, Uretsky BF, Denys BG, Reddy PS, Counihan PJ, and Ragosta M, Am J Cardiol
• Effect of mid-infrared Holmium:YSSG laser angioplasty with and without balloon angioplasty on acute outcome and restenosis in atherosclerotic femoral arteries in rabbits.  
  Ragosta M, Gertz SD, Sarembock IJ, Deckelbaum L, Haber HL, Powers ER, Roberts WC, and Gimple LW, Laser Surg Med
• Identification of viable myocardium with contrast echocardiography in patients with poor left ventricular systolic function caused by recent or remote myocardial infar...  
  Camarano G, Ragosta M, Gimple LW, Powers ER, and Kaul S, Am J Cardiol
• Angioscopic evaluation of incompletely obstructing coronary intraluminal filling defects: Comparison to angiography.  
  Uretsky BF, Denys BG, Counihan PC, and Ragosta M, Catheter Cardiovasc Diag
• Geometric remodeling is not the principal pathogenic process in restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Evidence from correlative angiographic-histomorphometric studies...  
  Gertz, SD, Gimple, LW, Banai S, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Roberts WC, Perez LS, and Sarembock IJ, Circulation
• Microvascular integrity indicates myocellular viability in patients with recent myocardial infarction: New insights using myocardial contrast echocardiography.  
  Ragosta M, Camarano G, Kaul S, Powers ER, Sarembock IJ, and Gimple LW, Circulation
• The noninvasive assessment of myocardial viability.  
  Ragosta, M and Beller GA, Clin Cardiol
• Relation between myocardial viability and abnormalities on the signal-averaged electrocardiogram in patients with low (<40%) ejection fraction and coronary artery dise...  
  Ragosta M, Pagley PR, DiMarco JP, Beller GA, Am J Cardiol
• Electromechanical mapping for detecting myocardial viability and ischemia in patients with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy.  
  Samady H, Liu YIH, Choi CJ, Ragosta M, Pfau SE, Cleman MW, Powers ER, Kramer CM, Wackers FJT, Beller GA and Watson DD, Am J Cardiol
• Detection of myocardial viability by contrast echocardiography in acute infarction predicts recovery of resting function and contractile reserve.  
  Balcells E, Powers ER, Wolfgang Lepper W, Belcik T, Wei K, Ragosta M, Samady H, Lindner JR, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and the safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.  
  Ragosta M, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Coronary collaterals, stenoses and stents. Is a new era of physiologic-guided percutaneous revascularization emerging?  
  Samady H, Ragosta M, Beller GA, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Comparison between visual assessment and quantitative angiography versus fractional flow reserve for native coronary narrowings of moderate severity.  
  Fischer JJ, Samady H, McPherson JA, Sarembock IJ, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Am J Cardiol
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Books/Book Chapters

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  Ragosta MSaunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia
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  Ragosta MSaunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia
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  Ragosta MSaunders/Elsevier, Philadelphia
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  Chapter: Special problems in nonpharmacological therapy 
  Ragosta MEditors: Crawford MH and DiMarco JP.Mosby International Ltd, LondonEdition 2,
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  Chapter: Special problems in nonpharmacological therapy 
  Ragosta MEditors: Crawford MH and DiMarco JP.Mosby International Ltd, LondonEdition 3,
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  Chapter: Angina pectoris: epidemiology, natural history, and pathophysiology 
  El-Ahdab FM and Ragosta MEditors: Sarembock IJ.Oxford, Clinical Publishing
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  Chapter: Angina pectoris: clinical evaluation 
  El-Ahdab FM and Ragosta MEditors: Sarembock IJ.Oxford, Clinical Publishing
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  Chapter: Coronary angiography and ancillary techniques for the invasive assessment of angina pectoris 
  Ragosta MEditors: Sarembock IJ.Oxford, Clinical Publishing
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  Chapter: Nonatherosclerotic causes of angina pectoris and ischemia 
  Ragosta MEditors: Sarembock IJ.Oxford, Clinical Publishing
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  Chapter: Basic Equipment: Guide Catheters, Guide Wires, and Balloons 
  Ragosta M and Douglas JSEditors: Kern M.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Cardiology. 
  Chapter: Special problems in nonpharmacological therapy 
  Ragosta MEditors: Crawford MH and DiMarco JP.Mosby International Ltd, LondonEdition 1,
• Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization. 
  Chapter: Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation 
  Ragosta MEditors: Uretsky, B.F.Blackwell Scientific Publications
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Abstracts/Posters

• International patterns in the care of acute MI patients in the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT): Characteristics of 1835 screened patients.
  Ragosta M, Maggioni AP, Michalis LK, Devlin G, Meciar P, Forman S, Lamas GA, Hochman JS, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Abnormal Coronary Flow Reserve in Diabetics with Normal Coronaries is Associated with Hypertension and Microangiopathy in Other Organs.
  Ragosta M, Isaacs R, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Samady H, Powers ER, Circulation
• Rapid progression of coronary artery disease in patients with end stage renal disease awaiting renal transplantation.
  McClintock D, Miller JR, Thompson N, Mathews F, Isaacs RB, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Circulation
• Non-invasive quantification of coronary flow reserve in humans using myocardial contrast echocardiography.
  Wei K, Ragosta M, Thorpe J, Coggins M, Moos S, Kaul S, Circulation
• Left ventricular electromechanical mapping of myocardial viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy: validation by magnetic resonance imaging.
  Samady H, Choi CJ, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Hunter JR, Snyder L, DiMaria JM, Kramer CM, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Viability index on electromechanical mapping can determine the extent of residual myocardial viability in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy as defined by quantitat...
  Samady H, Liu Y, Ragosta M, Pfau S, Cleman M, Powers ER, Choi CJ, Hunter JR, Wackers FJ, Beller GA, Kramer CM, Watson D, J Am Coll Cardiol
• The physiologic significance of moderate coronary stenoses defined by fractional flow reserve cannot be predicted by visual assessment of coronary angiograms.
  Fischer J, Samady H, Sarembock IJ, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Burwell LR, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Quantitative coronary angiography identifies patients with moderate coronary lesions who require further assessment using fractional flow reserve.
  Fischer J, Samady H, MacPherson J, Sarembock IJ, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Fractional flow reserve after coronary stent deployment is related to the baseline hemodynamic severity of coronary stenoses.
  Solis ST, Ragosta M, Powers ER, McPherson JA, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Burwell LR, Choi CJ, Samady H, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Electromechanical mapping predicts improvement of regional ventricular function in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing revascularization.
  Samady H, Choi CJ, Ragosta M, Unger S, Goode AR, Hunter J, Gimple L, Powers E, Sarembock I, Beller G, Kramer C, Watson D, Circulation
• Detection of Myocardial Viability After Primary Percutaneous Intervention with Intravenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.
  Balcells E , Lindner JR, Wei K, Ragosta M, Sarembock I, Gimple L, Burwell L, Samady H, Powers E, Circulation
• Difficulty of rest sestamibi imaging for predicting recovery of regional function after revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction, left ve...
  Samady H, Beller GA, Unger S, Ragosta M, Choi CJ, Hunter J, Goode AR, Watson DD, Circulation
• Predictors of left ventricular functional recovery in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.
  Balcells E, Lindner JR, Wei K, Ragosta M, Samady H, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Burwell L, Powers ER, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Moderate lesions with fractional flow reserve greater than 0.75 are associated with low rates of target vessel revascularization.
  Fischer JJ, Samady H, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Powers ER and Ragosta M, Circulation
• Risk of early and long-term events following coronary stenting are not predicted by traditional lesion classification.
  Webb LA, Powers ER, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Burwell LR, Ragosta M, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Fractional flow reserve of the infarct-related artery early after myocardial infarction identifies reversibility on dipyridamole sestamibi single-photon emission compu...
  Barringhaus KG, Bishop GG, Ragosta M, Watson DD, Garnett J, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Beller GA, Powers ER, Samady H, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Troponin I elevation following percutaneous coronary intervention does not predict future adverse outcomes.
  Phillips JW, Samady H, Snyder L, Christenson RH, Gibson J, Bruns DE, Sayre S, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Sarembock IJ, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Recent myocardial infarction does not limit the utility of fractional flow reserve for the physiologic assessment of lesion severity.
  McClish C, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Bishop GA, Fischer J, Barringhaus KG, Garnett J, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Samady H, J Am Coll Cardiol
• Progression of coronary stenosis severity leads to target vessel revascularization in patients with fractional flow reserve greater than 0.75 in whom percutaneous coro...
  Fischer JJ, Samady H, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Myocardial segments subtended by hemodynamically significant stenoses demonstrate recovery of function independent of reversibility or viability on perfusion imaging i...
  Barringhaus KG, Ragosta M, Powers ER, Watson DD, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Bishop G, Phillips JW, Garnett J, Samady H, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• High left ventricular mass does not limit the utility of fractional flow reserve for the physiologic assessment of lesion severity.
  Chhatriwalla AK, Barringhaus KG, Ragosta M, Powers ER, McClish JC, Fischer J, Bishop AH, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Choi CJ, Kramer CM, Samady H, Annual Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA
• The majority of patients with left main coronary artery disease have unfavorable angiographic characteristics for percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Dee S, Powers ER, Sarembock IJ, Choi CJ, Gimple LW, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Perfusion SPECT imaging fails to detect a substantial number of arteries with fractional flow reserve < 0.75 in patients with multi-vessel coronary disease.
  Bishop AH, Powers ER, Gimple LW, Sarembock IJ, Choi CJ, Watson DD, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
• Successful Implementation of Primary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Rural Environment.
  Fischer JJ, Lawson M, Ragosta M, Sarembock IJ, Powers ER, Lipson L, Choi CJ, Gimple LW, 5th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Washington, DC
• Outcome of patients with multi-vessel disease undergoing primary PCI for ST elevation MI based on initial management approach.
  El-Adhab F, Sarembock IJ, Gimple LW, Lipson LC, Fischer JJ, Powers ER, Ragosta M, Cath Cardiovasc Intervent
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Lectures

• Remaining Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology. 
  University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
• FFR in the Cath Lab: A User’s Guide: Multi-Vessel Disease. 
  Washington, DC
• Unprotected Left Main Coronary Disease: PCI is the Preferred Revascularization Strategy for Properly Selected Patients in 2010. 
  University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
• The Current Status and Role of Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  University of Virginia Health System
• Present State of Catheter Based Mitral and Aortic Valve Interventions. 
  Charlottesville, VA
• How to Assess Intermediate Coronary Lesions. 
  American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA
• What IVUS Findings Should Trigger PCI in the DES Era? 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL
• Experiences from a Recent Site Visit I. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific Sessions, Orlando, FL
• Beyond the Lumen: Invasive Methods of Understanding Coronary Artery Disease Other than Coronary Angiography. 
  University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
• Invasive Management of Complex Coronary Disease. 
  University of Virginia Department of Medicine; Charlottesville, VA
• Chronic Total Occlusions: New Approaches and How to Maintain Long Term Patency. 
  19th Annual Postgraduate Course, Charlottesville, VA
• Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. 
  Cardiology Grand Rounds, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Recent Myocardial Infarction. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific, Sessions, Chicago, IL
• On-Line Resources for Program Directors in Interventional Cardiology: CardioVillage.com. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL
• Fractional Flow Reserve Compared to Nuclear Scintigraphy in Patients with Multi-Vessel CAD. 
  Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT) Satellite Symposium, Washington, DC
• Open Artery Hypothesis. 
  American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session; Orlando, FL
• Alcohol Septal Ablation for HOCM. 
  18th Annual Postgraduate Course, Charlottesville, VA
• Use of an on-line curriculum to teach interventional cardiology: CardioVillage. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific, Jacksonville, FL
• Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Disease: A Cardiologist’s Perspective. 
  17th Annual Postgraduate Course, Charlottesville, VA
• FFR in Intermediate Lesions: Data Review. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA
• Adjuncts to Coronary Angiography. 
  Medical Grand Rounds, Ann Arbor, MI
• Comprehensive Office Evaluation of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. 
  16th Annual Postgraduate Course, Charlottesville, VA
• Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  Virginia Academy of Family Physicians Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA
• Comparison Between Visual Assessment and Fractional Flow Reserve and the Cost Implications of Using the FFR Strategy. 
  Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA
• Renal Insufficiency in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization. 
  American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL
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