Amir Lerman

Humanin preserves endothelial function and prevents atherosclerotic plaque progression in hypercholesterolemic ApoE deficient mice.

Cell therapy and satellite centers: the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network experience.

Increased glomerular filtration rate in early metabolic syndrome is associated with renal adiposity and microvascular proliferation.

Enhanced endothelial progenitor cell angiogenic potency, present in early experimental renovascular hypertension, deteriorates with disease duration.

Atorvastatin for prevention of atrial fibrillation recurrence following pulmonary vein isolation: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial.

Anatomic features of the left main coronary artery and factors associated with its bifurcation angle: a 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiographic study.

The association between renal atherosclerotic plaque characteristics and renal function before and after renal artery intervention.

Complications with a happy ending.

Sirolimus as primary immunosuppression attenuates allograft vasculopathy with improved late survival and decreased cardiac events after cardiac transplantation.

Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells improve revascularization outcomes to restore renal function in swine atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.

Age-dependent renal cortical microvascular loss in female mice.

Humanin, a cytoprotective peptide, is expressed in carotid atherosclerotic [corrected] plaques in humans.

Selective improvement in renal function preserved remote myocardial microvascular integrity and architecture in experimental renovascular disease.

Chocolate and cardiovascular disease: a sweet deal?

Polyphenol-rich cranberry juice has a neutral effect on endothelial function but decreases the fraction of osteocalcin-expressing endothelial progenitor cells.

Transition from obesity to metabolic syndrome is associated with altered myocardial autophagy and apoptosis.

Relationship between palpography and virtual histology in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Gender and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis, plaque composition, and clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndromes.

Novel functional risk factors for the prediction of cardiovascular events in vulnerable patients following acute coronary syndrome.

Spinal cord stimulation therapy for patients with refractory angina who are not candidates for revascularization.

Remote ischemic preconditioning immediately before percutaneous coronary intervention does not impact myocardial necrosis, inflammatory response, and circulating endothelial progenitor cell counts: a single center randomized sham controlled trial.

Cardiac micro-computed tomography imaging of the aging coronary vasculature.

Safety of coronary reactivity testing in women with no obstructive coronary artery disease: results from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation) study.

Plaque characteristics and arterial remodeling in coronary and peripheral arterial systems.

The ubiquitin-proteasome system and cardiovascular disease.

Trends in smoking cessation counseling: experience from American Heart Association-get with the guidelines.

Inflammatory and injury signals released from the post-stenotic human kidney.

Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Humanin prevents intra-renal microvascular remodeling and inflammation in hypercholesterolemic ApoE deficient mice.

Normal vascular function as a prerequisite for the absence of coronary calcification in patients free of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

The long-term effect of coronary stenting on epicardial and microvascular endothelial function.

Osteocalcin positive CD133+/CD34-/KDR+ progenitor cells as an independent marker for unstable atherosclerosis.

The assessment of endothelial function: from research into clinical practice.

Coronary microvascular dysfunction in the clinical setting: from mystery to reality.

Chronic renovascular hypertension is associated with elevated levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin.

IVUS detection of vasa vasorum blood flow distribution in coronary artery vessel wall.

Comparison of the effect of the metabolic syndrome and multiple traditional cardiovascular risk factors on vascular function.

Patients with an HbA1c in the prediabetic and diabetic range have higher numbers of circulating cells with osteogenic and endothelial progenitor cell markers.

A mitochondrial permeability transition pore inhibitor improves renal outcomes after revascularization in experimental atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.

Changes in glomerular filtration rate after renal revascularization correlate with microvascular hemodynamics and inflammation in Swine renal artery stenosis.

Role of circulating osteogenic progenitor cells in calcific aortic stenosis.

Low-flow motion in the vascular ocean.

Personalized medicine in cardiovascular diseases.

Mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells decrease renal injury in experimental swine renal artery stenosis through different mechanisms.

Effect of the use and timing of bone marrow mononuclear cell delivery on left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction: the TIME randomized trial.

The study of LoSmapimod treatment on inflammation and InfarCtSizE (SOLSTICE): design and rationale.

High leukocyte count is associated with peripheral vascular dysfunction in individuals with low cardiovascular risk.

Effects of bisphosphonate treatment on circulating osteogenic endothelial progenitor cells in postmenopausal women.

Age- and gender-related changes in plaque composition in patients with acute coronary syndrome: the PROSPECT study.

Long-term endothelin receptor antagonism attenuates coronary plaque progression in patients with early atherosclerosis.

Donor-specific antibodies to class II antigens are associated with accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a three-dimensional volumetric intravascular ultrasound study.

Long-term outcomes of fractional flow reserve-guided vs. angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary practice.

Combined heart and liver transplant attenuates cardiac allograft vasculopathy compared with isolated heart transplantation.

Hemodynamic determinants of perivascular collateral development in swine renal artery stenosis.

Response to letter regarding article, "the long-term effect of coronary stenting on epicardial and microvascular endothelial function".

Endothelial outgrowth cells shift macrophage phenotype and improve kidney viability in swine renal artery stenosis.

Comparison between three-dimensional angiographic reconstruction and intravascular ultrasound: imaging of the left main coronary artery.

The impact of glucose control on coronary plaque composition in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Diagnosis and management of STEMI arising from plaque erosion.

Drug attrition during pre-clinical and clinical development: understanding and managing drug-induced cardiotoxicity.

Coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with early coronary artery disease is associated with the increase in intravascular lipid core plaque.

Osteopontin: an emerging therapeutic target in uraemic vascular disease.

Renin inhibition with aliskiren lowers circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with early atherosclerosis.

Angiotensin receptor blockade has protective effects on the poststenotic porcine kidney.

Primary proteasome inhibition results in cardiac dysfunction.

Noninvasive monitoring of oxidative stress in transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells.

Obesity-metabolic derangement preserves hemodynamics but promotes intrarenal adiposity and macrophage infiltration in swine renovascular disease.

Concise review: mesenchymal stem cell treatment for ischemic kidney disease.

Repeated episodes of thrombosis as a potential mechanism of plaque progression in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.

Increased circulating inflammatory endothelial cells in blacks with essential hypertension.

Coronary atherosclerosis with vulnerable plaque and complicated lesions in transplant recipients: new insight into cardiac allograft vasculopathy by optical coherence tomography.

Mesenchymal stem cells improve medullary inflammation and fibrosis after revascularization of swine atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.

Attenuation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by sirolimus: Relationship to time interval after heart transplantation.

Impact of plaque composition on long-term clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery occlusive disease.

The importance of functional tests in personalized medicine.

The decline effect in cardiovascular medicine: is the effect of cardiovascular medicine and stent on cardiovascular events decline over the years?

Endothelial dysfunction occurs prior to clinical evidence of polycystic kidney disease.

Endothelial dysfunction over the course of coronary artery disease.

Mitochondrial targeted peptides attenuate residual myocardial damage after reversal of experimental renovascular hypertension.

Renal vein cytokine release as an index of renal parenchymal inflammation in chronic experimental renal artery stenosis.

Sex-related differences in fractional flow reserve-guided treatment.

Cardiac function in renovascular hypertensive patients with and without renal dysfunction.

Coronary endothelial function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Impaired coronary microvascular reactivity in women with apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo/stress cardiomyopathy).

Use of ranolazine in patients with incomplete revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention: design and rationale of the Ranolazine for Incomplete Vessel Revascularization Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (RIVER-PCI) trial.

Using an online, personalized program reduces cardiovascular risk factor profiles in a motivated, adherent population of participants.

Accelerated coronary plaque progression and endothelial dysfunction: serial volumetric evaluation by IVUS.

Fractional flow reserve with dobutamine challenge and coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction in symptomatic myocardial bridging.

Is high leukocyte count synonymous with the presence of endothelial dysfunction or atherosclerosis?

Obesity-metabolic derangement exacerbates cardiomyocyte loss distal to moderate coronary artery stenosis in pigs without affecting global cardiac function.

Safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave myocardial revascularization therapy for refractory angina pectoris.

Secretion of prohormone of B-type natriuretic peptide, proBNP1-108, is increased in heart failure.

Extrarenal atherosclerotic disease blunts renal recovery in patients with renovascular hypertension.

Time-trend analysis on the Framingham risk score and prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention without prior history of coronary vascular disease over the last 17 years: a study from the Mayo Clinic PCI registry.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with abnormal coronary microvascular function.

Valsartan regulates myocardial autophagy and mitochondrial turnover in experimental hypertension.

Aldosterone inhibition and coronary endothelial function in women without obstructive coronary artery disease: an ancillary study of the national heart, lung, and blood institute-sponsored women's ischemia syndrome evaluation.

Losmapimod, a novel p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a randomised phase 2 trial.

Mitochondrial protection restores renal function in swine atherosclerotic renovascular disease.

Microvascular endothelial dysfunction predicts the development of erectile dysfunction in men with coronary atherosclerosis without critical stenoses.

Renin inhibition improves the survival of mesenchymal stromal cells in a mouse model of myocardial infarction.

Preserved function of late-outgrowth endothelial cells in medically treated hypertensive patients under well-controlled conditions.

Ischemic cardiomyopathy is associated with coronary plaque progression and higher event rate in patients after cardiac transplantation.

Coronary artery tortuosity in spontaneous coronary artery dissection: angiographic characteristics and clinical implications.

The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and the Framingham Risk Score in patients undergoing percutaneous intervention over the last 17 years by gender: time-trend analysis from the Mayo Clinic PCI Registry.

An update on cardio-oncology.

Evaluation and management of patients with heart disease and cancer: cardio-oncology.

Coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction is an independent predictor of development of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

Coronary endothelial dysfunction is associated with inflammation and vasa vasorum proliferation in patients with early atherosclerosis.

Renal Vein Levels of MicroRNA-26a Are Lower in the Poststenotic Kidney.

Clinical usefulness of nonhyperemic baseline Pd/Pa as a hybrid baseline Pd/Pa-fractional flow reserve strategy.

The association between circulating microRNA levels and coronary endothelial function.

Experimental coronary artery stenosis accelerates kidney damage in renovascular hypertensive swine.

Circulating and renal vein levels of microRNAs in patients with renal artery stenosis.

Endothelial dysfunction and coronary artery disease: assessment, prognosis, and treatment.

Mitochondrial injury and dysfunction in hypertension-induced cardiac damage.

Mitochondria: a pathogenic paradigm in hypertensive renal disease.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: revascularization versus conservative therapy.

Intra-renal delivery of mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells attenuates hypertensive cardiomyopathy in experimental renovascular hypertension.

The Mediterranean diet, its components, and cardiovascular disease.

Drug delivery in aortic valve tissue engineering.

Treating coronary disease and the impact of endothelial dysfunction.

Osteogenic monocytes within the coronary circulation and their association with plaque vulnerability in patients with early atherosclerosis.

Predictive value of endothelial function by noninvasive peripheral arterial tonometry for coronary artery disease.

Impaired coronary artery distensibility is an endothelium-dependent process and is associated with vulnerable plaque composition.

Cardiorheumatology: cardiac involvement in systemic rheumatic disease.

Biomarkers of kidney injury and klotho in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease.

The beneficial effect of extracorporeal shockwave myocardial revascularization in patients with refractory angina.

Clinical implications of intracoronary imaging in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.

Intra-renal delivery of mesenchymal stem cells attenuates myocardial injury after reversal of hypertension in porcine renovascular disease.

Evaluation of coronary adventitial vasa vasorum using 3D optical coherence tomography--animal and human studies.

Adipose tissue remodeling in a novel domestic porcine model of diet-induced obesity.

Cells for tissue engineering of cardiac valves.

Extracorporeal shockwave myocardial therapy is efficacious in improving symptoms in patients with refractory angina pectoris--a multicenter study.

Attenuation in peripheral endothelial function after continuous flow left ventricular assist device therapy is associated with cardiovascular adverse events.

Secondary prevention strategy of cardiovascular disease using endothelial function testing.

Endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease.

Digital health interventions for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Autophagy Portends the Level of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Experimental Hypertensive Swine Model.

Utility of both carotid intima-media thickness and endothelial function for cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with angina-like symptoms.

Digital Health Intervention as an Adjunct to Cardiac Rehabilitation Reduces Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Rehospitalizations.

International collaboration: promises and challenges.

Prospective Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio to Assess Coronary Stenosis Relevance: Results of ADVISE II International, Multicenter Study (ADenosine Vasodilator Independent Stenosis Evaluation II).

Diagnostic Accuracy of Baseline Distal-to-Aortic Pressure Ratio to Assess Coronary Stenosis Severity: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the ADVISE II Study.

Three dimensional quantitative coronary angiography can detect reliably ischemic coronary lesions based on fractional flow reserve.

Dysfunction of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

The Vasa Vasorum in Atherosclerosis: The Vessel Within the Vascular Wall.

Cardiac metabolic alterations in hypertensive obese pigs.

Hypothyroidism Is Associated With Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction in Women.

Contemporary carotid imaging: from degree of stenosis to plaque vulnerability.

Complicated and Advanced Atherosclerosis in a Young Woman With Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Success and Challenges of BCR/ABL1-Targeted Cancer Therapy.

Bioprinting a cardiac valve.

Lack of correlation between the optimal glycaemic control and coronary micro vascular dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study.

In Vitro Model of a Fibrosa Layer of a Heart Valve.

The Hyperactive Lesion, Beyond Anatomy.

Prediction of Cardiac and Noncardiac Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Coronary microvascular obstruction in acute myocardial infarction.

Effects of Atorvastatin (80 mg) Therapy on Quantity of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.

Morphological Characteristics of Coronary Arteries in Patients With Vasospastic Angina: Another Form of Atherosclerosis?

Prevalence of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Among Patients With Chest Pain and Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease.

Perirenal Fat Promotes Renal Arterial Endothelial Dysfunction in Obese Swine through Tumor Necrosis Factor-α.

Low-Dose Gamma Irradiation of Decellularized Heart Valves Results in Tissue Injury In Vitro and In Vivo.

Carotid stiffness and cerebrovascular disease: the physiology beyond the anatomy.

Prognostic Value of Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Brachial Artery and Fingertip Artery for Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Electrocardiographic predictors of coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease: Utility of a novel T wave analysis program.

Human Ghrelin: A Gastric Hormone with Cardiovascular Properties.

Co-registration of angiography and intravascular ultrasound images through image-based device tracking.

Coronary microvascular dysfunction is associated with baseline QTc prolongation amongst patients with chest pain and non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

Association between the vasa vasorum and the atherosclerotic changes in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: volumetric analysis.

Comparison of Time Trends of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Framingham Risk Score Between Patients With and Without Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Intervention Over the Last 17 Years: From the Mayo Clinic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry.

Incidence and Morphological Predictors of Intrastent Coronary Thrombus After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation (from a Multicenter Registry).

Hypercholesterolemia Impairs Nonstenotic Kidney Outcomes After Reversal of Experimental Renovascular Hypertension.

Clinical outcomes of patients with hypothyroidism undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Utility of the Framingham Risk Score in predicting secondary events in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention: A time-trend analysis.

Noninvasive Monitoring of the Mitochondrial Function in Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.

Stress-coping skills and neuroticism in apical ballooning syndrome (Takotsubo/stress cardiomyopathy).

Early atherosclerosis aggravates renal microvascular loss and fibrosis in swine renal artery stenosis.

Coronary endothelial function testing provides superior discrimination compared with standard clinical risk scoring in prediction of cardiovascular events.

Reply: Microvascular Function in Ischemic Heart Disease: There May Be Room for Improvement.

Reply: Low Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction: An Intriguing Association.

Coronary endothelial dysfunction is associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism.

MicroRNAs: small molecule, big potential for coronary artery disease.

Differential Expression of microRNAs in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles Obtained From Hypertensive Patients.

Sex-Specific Genetic Variants are Associated With Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction.

Workplace Digital Health Is Associated with Improved Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Frequency-Dependent Fashion: A Large Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

Patients With Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction Have Impaired Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Reduced HDL Particle Concentration.

Multiple arterial grafts improve survival with coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary interventions.

Functional Plasticity of Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells During Development of Obesity.

Restoration of Mitochondrial Cardiolipin Attenuates Cardiac Damage in Swine Renovascular Hypertension.

Relation between fractional flow reserve value of coronary lesions with deferred revascularization and cardiovascular outcomes in non-diabetic and diabetic patients.

Low-Energy Shockwave Therapy Improves Ischemic Kidney Microcirculation.

The Emerging Role of Mitochondrial Targeting in Kidney Disease.

Urinary Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Identifies Chronic Renal Injury in Hypertensive Patients.

Proliferation of Coronary Adventitial Vasa Vasorum in Patients With Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

Use of fractional flow reserve in patients with coronary artery disease: The right choice for the right outcome.

Relationship between markers of plaque vulnerability in optical coherence tomography and atherosclerotic progression in adult patients with heart transplantation.

Role of endothelin in microvascular dysfunction following percutaneous coronary intervention for non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: a single-centre randomised controlled trial.

Age-Dependent Predictive Value of Endothelial Dysfunction for Arrhythmia Recurrence Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation.

Association between coronary microvascular function and the vasa vasorum in patients with early coronary artery disease.

Left Internal Mammary Artery Versus Coronary Stents: Impact on Downstream Coronary Stenoses and Conduit Patency.