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Raj R. Makkar, MD1; Sung-Han Yoon, MD1; Tarun Chakravarty, MD1; Samir R. Kapadia, MD2; Amar Krishnaswamy, MD2; Pinak B. Shah, MD3; Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD3; Eric R. Skipper, MD4; Michael Rinaldi, MD4; Vasilis Babaliaros, MD5; Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD6; Alfredo Trento, MD1; Wen Cheng, MD1; Susheel Kodali, MD7; Michael J. Mack, MD8; Martin B. Leon, MD7; Vinod H. Thourani, MD9. Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid vs Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis and Mortality or Stroke Among Patients at Low Surgical Risk. JAMA. 2021;326(11):1034-1044. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.13346


Molly Szerlip, Konstantinos S. Spargias, Raj Makkar, Saibal Kar, Robert M. Kipperman, William W. O’Neill, Martin K.C. Ng, Robert L. Smith, Neil P. Fam, Michael J. Rinaldi, O. Christopher Raffel, Darren L. Walters, Justin Levisay, Matteo Montorfano, Azeem Latib, John D. Carroll, Georg Nickenig, Stephan Windecker, Leo Marcoff, Gideon N. Cohen, Ulrich Schäfer, John G. Webb, and D. Scott Lim. 2-Year Outcomes for Transcatheter Repair in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation From the CLASP Study. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. May 18, 2021. Epublished DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.001


Michael J. Mack, JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, Saibal Kar, D. Scott Lim, Jacob M. Mishell, Brian K. Whisenant, Paul A. Grayburn, Michael J. Rinaldi, Samir R. Kapadia, Vivek Rajagopal, Ian J. Sarembock, Andreas Brieke, Jason H. Rogers, Steven O. Marx, David J. Cohen, Neil J. Weissman, Gregg W. Stone, and for the COAPT Investigators. 3-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Mar, 77 (8) 1029–1040


Lerakis S, Kini AS, Asch FM, Kar S, Lim DS, Mishell JM, Whisenant BK, Grayburn PA, Weissman NJ, Rinaldi MJ, Sharma SK, Kapadia SR, Rajagopal V, Sarembock IJ, Brieke A, Tang GHL, Li D, Crowley A, Lindenfeld J, Abraham WT, Mack MJ, Stone GW. Outcomes of transcatheter mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation by severity of left ventricular dysfunction. EuroIntervention. 2021 Feb 16:EIJ-D-20-01265. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-20-01265.


Lim DS, Kar S, Spargias K, Kipperman RM, O'Neill WW, Ng MKC, Fam NP, Walters DL, Webb JG, Smith RL, Rinaldi MJ, Latib A, Cohen GN, Schäfer U, Marcoff L, Vandrangi P, Verta P, Feldman TE. Transcatheter Valve Repair for Patients With Mitral Regurgitation: 30-Day Results of the CLASP Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Jul 22;12(14):1369-1378. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.04.034. Epub 2019 Jun 26.PMID: 31255562


Paul A. Grayburn, Anna Sannino, David J. Cohen, Saibal Kar, D. Scott Lim, Jacob M. Mishell, Brian K. Whisenant, Michael J. Rinaldi, Samir R. Kapadia, Vivek Rajagopal, Aaron Crowley, Lak N. Kotinkaduwa, JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, Michael J. Mack and Gregg W. Stone. Predictors of Clinical Response to Transcatheter Reduction of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation The COAPT Trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume 76, Issue 9, September 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.010


Michael J. Rinaldi, Jonathan G. Schwartz, Noreen Kelly. Left Ventricular Size and Secondary MR: A Harbinger of PMVR Success? Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 21 (2020) 865–866


John G. Webb, Mark Hensey, Molly Szerlip, Ulrich Schäfer, Gideon N. Cohen, Saibal Kar, Raj Makkar, Robert M. Kipperman, Konstantinos Spargias, William


O’Neill, Martin K.C. Ng, Neil P. Fam, Michael J. Rinaldi, Robert L. Smith, Darren L. Walters, Christopher O. Raffel, Justin Levisay, Azeem Latib, Matteo Montorfano, Leo Marcoff, Maithili Shrivastava, Robert Boone, Suzanne Gilmore, Ted E. Feldman and D. Scott Lim. 1-Year Outcomes for Transcatheter Repair in Patients With Mitral Regurgitation From the CLASP Study. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. Volume 13, Issue 20, October 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.06.019


Baron SJ, Wang K, Arnold SV, Magnuson EA, Whisenant B, Brieke A, Rinaldi M, Asgar AW, Lindenfeld J, Abraham WT, Mack MJ, Stone GW, Cohen DJ; COAPT Investigators. Cost-Effectiveness of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair versus Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Results from the COAPT Trial. Circulation. 2019 Sep 29. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043275.


Anderson HV, Bersin RM, Abbott JD, Aronow HD, Bass TA, Brilakis ES, Cavaye DM, Cohen MG, Dean LS, Dippel E, Garratt KN, Greenbaum AB, Hanzel GS, Helmy T, Lerman A, Magd AA, Marshall JJ, Medigo A, Mooney MR, Naidu SS, O’Neill B, Pichard AD, Rinaldi MJ, Sorajja P, Szerlip M, Wood DA, Zidar JP; the IAGS Writing Group. Clinical Conference Proceedings: 15th Biennial International Andreas Gruentzig Society Meeting. Routine vs Selective Use of Cerebral Protection for TAVR: A Debate. J Invasive Cardio. Epub E98-132. June 2019


Raj R. Makkar, MD1; Sung-Han Yoon, MD1; Martin B. Leon, MD2; et al Tarun Chakravarty, MD1; Michael Rinaldi, MD3; Pinak B. Shah, MD4; Eric R. Skipper, MD3; Vinod H. Thourani, MD5; Vasilis Babaliaros, MD6; Wen Cheng, MD1; Alfredo Trento, MD1; Sreekanth Vemulapalli, MD7; Samir R. Kapadia, MD8; Susheel Kodali, MD2; Michael J. Mack, MD9; Gilbert H. L. Tang, MD, Msc, MBA10; Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD4. Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid vs Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis and Mortality or Stroke. JAMA. 2019;321(22):2193-2202. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.7108


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Scott Lim, Saibal Kar, Konstantinos Spargias, Robert M. Kipperman, William W. O’Neill, Martin K.C. Ng, Neil P. Fam, Darren L. Walters, John G. Webb, Robert L. Smith, Michael J. Rinaldi, Azeem Latib, Gideon N. Cohen, Ulrich Schäfer, Leo Marcoff, Prashanthi Vandrangi, Patrick Verta and Ted E. Feldman. Transcatheter Valve Repair for Patients With Mitral Regurgitation: 30-Day Results of the CLASP Study. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. June 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.04.034


G.W. Stone, J.A. Lindenfeld, W.T. Abraham, S. Kar, D.S. Lim, J.M. Mishell, B. Whisenant, P.A. Grayburn, M. Rinaldi, S.R. Kapadia, V. Rajagopal, I.J. Sarembock, A. Brieke, S.O. Marx, D.J. Cohen, N.J. Weissman, and M.J. Mack. Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure. NEJM. September 23, 2018 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1806640


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Siegel RJ, Biner S, Rafique AM, Rinaldi MJ, Lim S, Fail P, Hermiller J, Smalling R, Whitlow PL, Herrmann Howard C, Foster E, Feldman T, Glower D, Kar S. The Acute Hemodynamic Effects of Mitraclip Therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;57:1658-1665.


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