Patrick Ruchat

2018 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Increased Mortality, Postoperative Morbidity, and Cost After Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients Having Cardiac Surgery

2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease

Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary

Sternal Surgical-Site Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Prevalence, Microbiology, and Complications During a 42-Month Period

Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications

A Randomized Comparison of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent with a Standard Stent for Coronary Revascularization

A Comparison of Coronary-Artery Stenting with Angioplasty for Isolated Stenosis of the Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

Merkel Cells Activate Sensory Neural Pathways through Adrenergic Synapses

Stroke Recurrence and its Prevention in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale

Membrane potential determines calcium alternans through modulation of SR Ca 2+ load and L-type Ca 2+ current

Normal values for Doppler echocardiographic assessment of heart valve prostheses

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Embolism

Consensus statement on best practice management regarding the use of intravesical immunotherapy with BCG for bladder cancer

Surgical Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Prevention of Paradoxical Embolism-Related Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events

Clinical outcome in patients with 19-mm and 21-mm St. Jude aortic prostheses: comparison at long-term follow-up

Diagnostic evaluation of left-sided prosthetic heart valve dysfunction

SPIRIT 2013 explanation and elaboration: guidance for protocols of clinical trials

Management of multiple valve disease

Comparison of medical treatment with percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cryptogenic stroke

Aspirin plus Clopidogrel as Secondary Prevention after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Size reduction ascending aortoplasty: Is it dead or alive?

Experimental Study of One-Shot Vascular Anastomostic Device for Proximal Vein Graft Anastomoses

Surgery for active culture-positive endocarditis: determinants of early and late outcome

Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: an update

Medical Care Costs and Quality of Life after Randomization to Coronary Angioplasty or Coronary Bypass Surgery

Use of surgery in patients with native valve infective endocarditis: Results from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database

Recurrent Cerebrovascular Events Associated with Patent Foramen Ovale, Atrial Septal Aneurysm, or Both

Tratamento cirúrgico da fibrilação atrial por isolamento da parede posterior do átrio esquerdo em doentes com valvopatia mitral reumática crônica: um estudo randomizado com grupo controle

Bladder cancer

Should the ascending aorta be replaced more frequently in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease?

PedsQL™ 4.0: Reliability and Validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Version 4.0 Generic Core Scales in Healthy and Patient Populations

Patients enrolled in coronary intervention trials are not representative of patients in clinical practice: results from the Euro Heart Survey on Coronary Revascularization

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three-vessel disease and left main coronary disease: 5-year follow-up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial

A strongly adhesive hemostatic hydrogel for the repair of arterial and heart bleeds

Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism: Periprocedural results and midterm risk of recurrent neurologic events

Sickle-cell disease

Long-Term Clinical Impact of Functional Mitral Regurgitation After Aortic Valve Replacement

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease

Patent Foramen Ovale and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in a Multiethnic Population

Long-Term Outcomes of Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting versus Stent Implantation

Significant Mitral Regurgitation Left Untreated at the Time of Aortic Valve Replacement

Anastomotic Strategies to Improve Hemodialysis Access Patency—A Review

Effects of pretreatment with clopidogrel and aspirin followed by long-term therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the PCI-CURE study

Sirolimus-Eluting Stents versus Standard Stents in Patients with Stenosis in a Native Coronary Artery

Infective endocarditis

Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association

Long term follow up after percutaneous closure of PFO in 357 patients with paradoxical embolism: Difference in occlusion systems and influence of atrial septum aneurysm

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in older adults

Association of bacterial infection and red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery

Mitral valve repair with aortic valve replacement is superior to double valve replacement

Recurrent Stroke/TIA in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale

Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management

Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke

Surgical Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients

Strategies for Spinal Cord Protection during Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery: Up-to-date Experimental and Clinical Results - A review

Risk Factors for Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children

2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Surgical Patent Foramen Ovale Closure for Prevention of Paradoxical Embolism–Related Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events

Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease

ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Interatrial septal abnormalities and stroke

Patent Foramen Ovale in Young Adults with Unexplained Stroke

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary

Toll-like receptor 5 deficiency exacerbates cardiac injury and inflammation induced by myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion in the mouse

Guidelines for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

Critical Analysis of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A 30-Year Journey

Transcatheter Closure versus Medical Therapy of Patent Foramen Ovale and Presumed Paradoxical Thromboemboli

The Biological Basis for Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction

2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Focused Update of the Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention (revision of the 1993 PTCA guidelines)31This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in April 2001 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in March 2001.32When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association would appreciate the following citation format: Smith SC, Jr, Dove JT, Jacobs AK, Kennedy JW, Kereiakes D, Kern MJ, Kuntz RE, Popma JJ, Schaff HV, Williams DO. ACC/AHA guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1993 Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty). J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:2239i–lxvi.33This document is available on the ACC Web site at www.acc.organd the AHA Web site at www.americanheart.org(ask for reprint no. 71-0206). To obtain a reprint of the shorter version (executive summary and summary of recommendations) to be published in the June 15, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the June 19, 2001 issue of Circulation for $5 each, call 800-253-4636 (US only) or write the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. To purchase additional reprints up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1,000 or more copies, call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or E-mail: pubauth@heart.org(ask for reprint no. 71-0205).

The Transduction Cascade in Retinal ON-Bipolar Cells: Signal Processing and Disease

Systematic Review: The Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis

Differences in Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Patients With and Without Previous Cardiac Surgery

2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

High-Dose Atorvastatin after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Effect of Medical Treatment in Stroke Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale

ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines)—Executive Summary

Effects of Disturbed Flow on Vascular Endothelium: Pathophysiological Basis and Clinical Perspectives

Weekend versus Weekday Admission and Mortality from Myocardial Infarction

Five-Year Follow-Up of the Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study (MASS II)

Perioperative morbidity and mortality in combined aortic and mitral valve surgery.

Active cooling during open repair of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms improves outcome

Bacterial Flagellin Triggers Cardiac Innate Immune Responses and Acute Contractile Dysfunction

Surgery in native valve endocarditis: indications, results and risk factors

Acute ascending aortic dissection complicating open heart surgery: cerebral perfusion defines the outcome

Coronary angioplasty versus left internal mammary artery grafting for isolated proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis

St. Jude medical valve prosthesis: An analysis of long-term outcome and prognostic factors

Animal model to compare the effects of suture technique on cross-sectional compliance on end-to-side anastomoses

10-Year Follow-Up of a Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Bare-Metal Stenting With Internal Mammary Artery Grafting for Proximal, Isolated De Novo Left Anterior Coronary Artery Stenosis

Incidence of deep and superficial sternal infection after open heart surgeryA ten years retrospective study from 1981 to 1991

Candida dubliniensis in Recurrent Polymicrobial Tricuspid Endocarditis

Long-term results of mitral-aortic valve operations

Primary isolated aortic valve surgery in octogenarians

Kinetics of Atrial Repolarization Alternans in a Free‐Behaving Ovine Model

Drawback of Aortoplasty for Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta Associated With Aortic Valve Disease

Left Atrial Radiofrequency Compartmentalization for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation during Heart Surgery

Cardiac Sodium Channel Na _v 1.5 Is Regulated by a Multiprotein Complex Composed of Syntrophins and Dystrophin

Five-Year Outcome in Patients With Isolated Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis Treated by Angioplasty or Left Internal Mammary Artery Grafting

Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the new ATS medical prosthetic valve in the aortic position.

Systematic surgical closure of patent foramen ovale in selected patients with cerebrovascular events due to paradoxical embolism. Early results of a preliminary study,

Prognosis after stroke followed by surgical closure of patent foramen ovale