Georgia S. Karanasiou, Michail I. Papafaklis, Claire Conway, Lampros K. Michalis, Rami Tzafriri, Elazer R. Edelman, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis. Stents: Biomechanics, Biomaterials, and Insights from Computational Modeling Summary: Coronary stents have revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease. Improvement in clinical outcomes requires detailed evaluation of the performance of stent biomechanics and the effectiveness as well […]
Category Archives: Publications
World Pharma Today: Cell-based Therapy and FDA Review: Partnering for Success at Your pre-IND Meeting
by Michael Naimark, Director of Business Development, CBSET, Inc. Regenerative and cell-based therapies have only recently begun to deliver on the promise they have portended for years, creating opportunities to positively impact patient outcomes and professional success. In the same way that these new and exciting biological approaches have the potential to revolutionize therapeutics, their […]
Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Anatomical and Procedural Determinants of Catheter-based Renal Denervation
S Ewen; C Ukena; T Luscher; M Bergmann; P Blankestijn; B Cremers; E Blessing; O Doerr; H Nef; M Schlaich; F Sharif; MVoskuil; T Zeller; AR Tzafriri; E Edelman; Ml Boehm; FMahfoud. Anatomical and procedural determinants of catheter-based renal denervation Summary: Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) can reduce blood pressure (BP) and sympathetic activity in certain […]
Interventional Cardiology Clinics: Pathology of Endovascular Stents
K Nakamura, MD; JH Keating, DVM; ER Edelman, MD, PhD. Pathology of Endovascular Stents. Summary: Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents the leading cause of death worldwide, attributed to more than 17.5 million deaths annually, accounting for approximately 1 of every 3 deaths. In the United States, contemporary decreases in CAD-related mortality correlate with the 2 decades after the Surgeon General report […]
Interventional Cardiology Clinics: Endovascular Drug Delivery and Drug Elution Systems: First Principles
AR Tzafriri, PhD; ER Edelman, MD, PhD. Endovascular Drug Delivery and Drug Elution Systems: First Principles. Summary: Endovascular drug delivery continues to revolutionize the treatment of atherosclerosis in coronary and peripheral vasculature. The key has been to identify biological agents that can counter the hyperplastic tissue responses to device expansion/implantation and to develop effective local delivery […]
Ann Biomed Eng: Vascular Response to Experimental Stent Malapposition and Under-Expansion
O’Brien CC, Lopes AC, Kolandaivelu K, Kunio M, Brown J, Kolachalama VB, Conway C, Bailey L, Markham P, Costa M, Ware J, Edelman ER. Vascular Response to Experimental Stent Malapposition and Under-Expansion. Summary: Up to 80% of all endovascular stents have malapposed struts, and while some impose catastrophic events others are inconsequential. Thirteen stents were implanted […]
Biomaterials: A tunable delivery platform to provide local chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Indolfi L, Ligorio M, Ting DT, Xega K, Tzafriri AR, Bersani F, Aceto N, Thapar V, Fuchs BC, Deshpande V, Baker AB, Ferrone CR, Haber DA, Langer R, Clark JW, Edelman ER. A tunable delivery platform to provide local chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Summary: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most devastating and […]
JACC Cardiology Interventions: Ridaforolimus Eluting Stents with Customizable Diffusion Controlled Release Kinetics and Tissue Uptake
Tzafriri AR, Markham PM, LaRochelle AW, Spognardi AM, Bailey L, Cohen I, Elmalak O, Richter Y, Edelman ER. ‘Ridaforolimus Eluting Stents with Customizable Diffusion Controlled Release Kinetics and Tissue Uptake.’ Poster presentation at: Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT); 2016 Feb 20-23; Washington, DC. Background Drug release from spray coatings applied to cylindrical stents is difficult to customize […]
Ann Biomed Eng: Sustained Efficacy and Arterial Drug Retention by a Fast Drug Eluting Cross-Linked Fatty Acid Coronary Stent Coating
Artzi N, Tzafriri AR, Faucher KM, Moodie G, Albergo T, Conroy S, Corbeil S, Martakos P, Virmani R, Edelman ER. Sustained Efficacy and Arterial Drug Retention by a Fast Drug Eluting Cross-Linked Fatty Acid Coronary Stent Coating. Summary: The long held assumption that sustained drug elution from stent coatings over weeks to months is imperative for […]
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Applied Biomaterials: Evaluation of an intramedullary bone stabilization system using a light-curable monomer in sheep
Zani BG, Baird R, Stanley JR, Markham PM, Wilke M, Zeiter S, Beck A, Nehrbass D, Kopia GA, Edelman ER, Rabiner R. Evaluation of an intramedullary bone stabilization system using a light-curable monomer in sheep. Abstract: Percutaneous intramedullary fixation may provide an ideal method for stabilization of bone fractures, while avoiding the need for large […]