Education/CredentialsFellowship: University of Cincinnati (Interventional Cardiology)Fellowship : Marshall University School of Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease)Residency: Marshall University School of Medicine (Internal Medicine)Medical Degree: King Edward Medical College (Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery Degree M.B.B.S.) Board Certifications & LicensesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (Certification Date: 2003-11-05) - (Recertification Date: 2023-11-08) SpecialtiesCardiovascular DiseaseEchocardiographyInternal MedicineInterventional CardiologyNuclear Cardiology Contact Information Medical Sciences Building 3563 Office 513-558-4272 Email arifin@ucmail.uc.edu Research InterestsResearch Interest and Areas of Expertise: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Structural Heart Disease Coronary and Peripheral Arterial Disease Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Interventions Percutaneous Management of Structural Heart Disease Vascular Heart Disease and Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinical Interests CardiologyCardiology InterventionalCardiovascular DiseaseEchocardiographyNuclear Medicine Peer Reviewed Publications Khan, Muhammad H; Biondi, Nicholas L; Zulfiqar, Shaheer; Arif, Imran; Das, Manisha; Budhiraja, Mehak; Aronow, Wilbert S; Sukhija, Rishi; Vimal, Mehta 2023. Challenging Case of Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve-in-Valve Replacement. The American journal of case reports, 24 , e938415Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Piek, Jan J; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd; Arif, Imran 2018. Evaluation of lesion flow coefficient for the detection of coronary artery disease in patient groups from two academic medical centers. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 19 3 Pt B, 348-354Hebbar, Ullhas Udaya; Effat, Mohamed A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Arif, Imran; Banerjee, Rupak K 2017. Delineation of epicardial stenosis in patients with microvascular disease using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot outcome study. World journal of cardiology, 9 12, 813-821Kolli, Kranthi K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Leesar, Massoud A; Imran, Arif; Piek, Jan J; Helmy, Tarek A 2016. Diagnostic cutoff for pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve: A patient-level analysis. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 87 2, 273-82Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Arif, Imran; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Kerr, Hanan 2015. Benefit of ECG-gated rest and stress N-13 cardiac PET imaging for quantification of LVEF in ischemic patients. Nuclear medicine communications, 36 10, 986-98Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, Mohamed; Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Back, Lloyd H; Banerjee, Rupak 2015. Lesion flow coefficient: a combined anatomical and functional parameter for detection of coronary artery disease--a clinical study. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 27 1, 54-64Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Helmy, Tarek A; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K 2014. Diagnostic performance of pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 26 5, 188-95Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, M A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Leesar, M A; Helmy, T A; Imran, Arif; Banerjee, R K 2014. Hyperemia-free delineation of epicardial and microvascular impairments using a basal index. Annals of biomedical engineering, 42 8, 1681-90Peelukhana, Srikara V; Kerr, Hanan; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Gerson, Myron; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Banerjee, Rupak 2014. Benefit of cardiac N-13 PET CFR for combined anatomical and functional diagnosis of ischemic coronary artery disease: a pilot study. Annals of nuclear medicine, 28 8, 746-60Alsidawi, Said; Abdalla, Mouhamad; Arif, Imran; López-Candales, Angel 2013. Congenital anastomosis between left anterior mammary and pulmonary vasculatures. The American journal of the medical sciences, 345 2, 158-9Bhatt, Deepak L; Stone, Gregg W; Mahaffey, Kenneth W; Gibson, C Michael; Steg, P Gabriel; Hamm, Christian W; Price, Matthew J; Leonardi, Sergio; Gallup, Dianne; Bramucci, Ezio; Radke, Peter W; Widimský, Petr; Tousek, Frantisek; Tauth, Jeffrey; Spriggs, Douglas; McLaurin, Brent T; Angiolillo, Dominick J; Généreux, Philippe; Liu, Tiepu; Prats, Jayne; Todd, Meredith; Skerjanec, Simona; White, Harvey D; Harrington, Robert A 2013. Effect of platelet inhibition with cangrelor during PCI on ischemic events. The New England journal of medicine, 368 14, 1303-13Kolli, K K; Helmy, T A; Peelukhana, S V; Arif, I; Leesar, M A; Back, L H; Banerjee, R K; Effat, M A 2013. Functional diagnosis of coronary stenoses using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot study in humans. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, , Peelukhana, Srikara Viswanath; Kolli, Kranthi K; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Helmy, Tarek A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, Eric W; Succop, Paul; Banerjee, Rupak K 2013. Effect of myocardial contractility on hemodynamic end points under concomitant microvascular disease in a porcine model. Heart and vessels, , Rahman, Shahid; Leesar, Tara; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud A 2013. Impact of kissing balloon inflation on the main vessel stent volume, area, and symmetry after side-branch dilation in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound study. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 6 9, 923-31Kolli, Kranthi K; Banerjee, R K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, M A; Leesar, M A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, E W; Succop, Paul; Gottliebson, W M; Helmy, Tarek A 2012. Effect of changes in contractility on pressure drop coefficient and fractional flow reserve in a porcine model. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 24 1, 6-12Roe, Matthew T; Armstrong, Paul W; Fox, Keith A A; White, Harvey D; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Goodman, Shaun G; Cornel, Jan H; Bhatt, Deepak L; Clemmensen, Peter; Martinez, Felipe; Ardissino, Diego; Nicolau, Jose C; Boden, William E; Gurbel, Paul A; Ruzyllo, Witold; Dalby, Anthony J; McGuire, Darren K; Leiva-Pons, Jose L; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Gottlieb, Shmuel; Topacio, Gracita O; Hamm, Christian; Pavlides, Gregory; Goudev, Assen R; Oto, Ali; Tseng, Chuen-Den; Merkely, Bela; Gasparovic, Vladimir; Corbalan, Ramon; Cintez?, Mircea; McLendon, R Craig; Winters, Kenneth J; Brown, Eileen B; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Aylward, Philip E; Huber, Kurt; Hochman, Judith S; Ohman, E Magnus 2012. Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization. The New England journal of medicine, 367 14, 1297-309Schwartz, Gregory G; Olsson, Anders G; Abt, Markus; Ballantyne, Christie M; Barter, Philip J; Brumm, Jochen; Chaitman, Bernard R; Holme, Ingar M; Kallend, David; Leiter, Lawrence A; Leitersdorf, Eran; McMurray, John J V; Mundl, Hardi; Nicholls, Stephen J; Shah, Prediman K; Tardif, Jean-Claude; Wright, R Scott 2012. Effects of dalcetrapib in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome. The New England journal of medicine, 367 22, 2089-99Hakeem, Abdul; Arif, Imran; Leesar, Massoud A 2011. Letter by Hakeem et al regarding article, "Drug-eluting or bare metal stents for the treatment of saphenous vein graft disease: a Bayesian meta-analysis". Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions, 4 2, e14; author reply e1Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2011. Drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft lesions. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 4 5, 590Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Munsif, Siddharth; Bhatti, Sabha; Mazraeshahi, Reza; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2011. Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stents compared with bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions: a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies comprising 7,994 patients. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 77 3, 343-55Kolli, Kranthi K; Banerjee, R K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Helmy, T A; Leesar, M A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, E W; Hand, Dwight; Succop, Paul; Gottliebson, W M; Effat, M A 2011. Influence of heart rate on fractional flow reserve, pressure drop coefficient, and lesion flow coefficient for epicardial coronary stenosis in a porcine model. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 300 1, H382-7Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Munsif, Siddharth; Bhatti, Sabha; Mazraeshahi, Reza; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2010. Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stents compared with bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions: A comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies comprising 7,994 patients. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, , Hussain, Sayed T; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek 2010. Recurrent stent fracture: first reported image of everolimus-eluting stent fracture leading to recurrent restenosis in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 22 12, 617-8Arif, Imran; Callihan, Richard; Helmy, Tarek 2008. Novel use of twin-pass catheter in successful recanalization of a chronic coronary total occlusion. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 20 6, 309-11Choudary, Jithendra; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek 2007. Multivessel PCI versus CABG: one-year outcomes and cost analysis. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 19 11, 476-7Wright, G L; Wang, S; Fultz, M E; Arif, I; Matthews, K; Chertow, B S 2002. Effect of vitamin A deficiency on cardiovascular function in the rat. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 80 1, 1-7Hakeem, Abdul; Bhatti, Sabha; Arif, Imran; Effat, Mohamed; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet . Fibrinolytic therapy for very late stent thrombosis--is it a viable option? Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 11 4, 264.e13-5Zulfiqar, Shaheer; Saleem, Maryam; Jilani, Mohammad Hashim; Siddiqui, Fayez; Arif, Imran; Waqar, Fahad . Sinus Arrest Associated With Ticagrelor Therapy: A Case Report and Review of Literature. American journal of therapeutics, 29 5, e585-e588
Research InterestsResearch Interest and Areas of Expertise: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Structural Heart Disease Coronary and Peripheral Arterial Disease Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Interventions Percutaneous Management of Structural Heart Disease Vascular Heart Disease and Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Clinical Interests CardiologyCardiology InterventionalCardiovascular DiseaseEchocardiographyNuclear Medicine
Peer Reviewed Publications Khan, Muhammad H; Biondi, Nicholas L; Zulfiqar, Shaheer; Arif, Imran; Das, Manisha; Budhiraja, Mehak; Aronow, Wilbert S; Sukhija, Rishi; Vimal, Mehta 2023. Challenging Case of Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve-in-Valve Replacement. The American journal of case reports, 24 , e938415Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Piek, Jan J; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd; Arif, Imran 2018. Evaluation of lesion flow coefficient for the detection of coronary artery disease in patient groups from two academic medical centers. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 19 3 Pt B, 348-354Hebbar, Ullhas Udaya; Effat, Mohamed A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Arif, Imran; Banerjee, Rupak K 2017. Delineation of epicardial stenosis in patients with microvascular disease using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot outcome study. World journal of cardiology, 9 12, 813-821Kolli, Kranthi K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Leesar, Massoud A; Imran, Arif; Piek, Jan J; Helmy, Tarek A 2016. Diagnostic cutoff for pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve: A patient-level analysis. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 87 2, 273-82Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Arif, Imran; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Kerr, Hanan 2015. Benefit of ECG-gated rest and stress N-13 cardiac PET imaging for quantification of LVEF in ischemic patients. Nuclear medicine communications, 36 10, 986-98Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, Mohamed; Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Back, Lloyd H; Banerjee, Rupak 2015. Lesion flow coefficient: a combined anatomical and functional parameter for detection of coronary artery disease--a clinical study. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 27 1, 54-64Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Helmy, Tarek A; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K 2014. Diagnostic performance of pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 26 5, 188-95Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, M A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Leesar, M A; Helmy, T A; Imran, Arif; Banerjee, R K 2014. Hyperemia-free delineation of epicardial and microvascular impairments using a basal index. Annals of biomedical engineering, 42 8, 1681-90Peelukhana, Srikara V; Kerr, Hanan; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Gerson, Myron; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Banerjee, Rupak 2014. Benefit of cardiac N-13 PET CFR for combined anatomical and functional diagnosis of ischemic coronary artery disease: a pilot study. Annals of nuclear medicine, 28 8, 746-60Alsidawi, Said; Abdalla, Mouhamad; Arif, Imran; López-Candales, Angel 2013. Congenital anastomosis between left anterior mammary and pulmonary vasculatures. The American journal of the medical sciences, 345 2, 158-9Bhatt, Deepak L; Stone, Gregg W; Mahaffey, Kenneth W; Gibson, C Michael; Steg, P Gabriel; Hamm, Christian W; Price, Matthew J; Leonardi, Sergio; Gallup, Dianne; Bramucci, Ezio; Radke, Peter W; Widimský, Petr; Tousek, Frantisek; Tauth, Jeffrey; Spriggs, Douglas; McLaurin, Brent T; Angiolillo, Dominick J; Généreux, Philippe; Liu, Tiepu; Prats, Jayne; Todd, Meredith; Skerjanec, Simona; White, Harvey D; Harrington, Robert A 2013. Effect of platelet inhibition with cangrelor during PCI on ischemic events. The New England journal of medicine, 368 14, 1303-13Kolli, K K; Helmy, T A; Peelukhana, S V; Arif, I; Leesar, M A; Back, L H; Banerjee, R K; Effat, M A 2013. Functional diagnosis of coronary stenoses using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot study in humans. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, , Peelukhana, Srikara Viswanath; Kolli, Kranthi K; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Helmy, Tarek A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, Eric W; Succop, Paul; Banerjee, Rupak K 2013. Effect of myocardial contractility on hemodynamic end points under concomitant microvascular disease in a porcine model. Heart and vessels, , Rahman, Shahid; Leesar, Tara; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud A 2013. Impact of kissing balloon inflation on the main vessel stent volume, area, and symmetry after side-branch dilation in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound study. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 6 9, 923-31Kolli, Kranthi K; Banerjee, R K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, M A; Leesar, M A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, E W; Succop, Paul; Gottliebson, W M; Helmy, Tarek A 2012. Effect of changes in contractility on pressure drop coefficient and fractional flow reserve in a porcine model. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 24 1, 6-12Roe, Matthew T; Armstrong, Paul W; Fox, Keith A A; White, Harvey D; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Goodman, Shaun G; Cornel, Jan H; Bhatt, Deepak L; Clemmensen, Peter; Martinez, Felipe; Ardissino, Diego; Nicolau, Jose C; Boden, William E; Gurbel, Paul A; Ruzyllo, Witold; Dalby, Anthony J; McGuire, Darren K; Leiva-Pons, Jose L; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Gottlieb, Shmuel; Topacio, Gracita O; Hamm, Christian; Pavlides, Gregory; Goudev, Assen R; Oto, Ali; Tseng, Chuen-Den; Merkely, Bela; Gasparovic, Vladimir; Corbalan, Ramon; Cintez?, Mircea; McLendon, R Craig; Winters, Kenneth J; Brown, Eileen B; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Aylward, Philip E; Huber, Kurt; Hochman, Judith S; Ohman, E Magnus 2012. Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization. The New England journal of medicine, 367 14, 1297-309Schwartz, Gregory G; Olsson, Anders G; Abt, Markus; Ballantyne, Christie M; Barter, Philip J; Brumm, Jochen; Chaitman, Bernard R; Holme, Ingar M; Kallend, David; Leiter, Lawrence A; Leitersdorf, Eran; McMurray, John J V; Mundl, Hardi; Nicholls, Stephen J; Shah, Prediman K; Tardif, Jean-Claude; Wright, R Scott 2012. Effects of dalcetrapib in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome. The New England journal of medicine, 367 22, 2089-99Hakeem, Abdul; Arif, Imran; Leesar, Massoud A 2011. Letter by Hakeem et al regarding article, "Drug-eluting or bare metal stents for the treatment of saphenous vein graft disease: a Bayesian meta-analysis". Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions, 4 2, e14; author reply e1Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2011. Drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft lesions. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 4 5, 590Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Munsif, Siddharth; Bhatti, Sabha; Mazraeshahi, Reza; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2011. Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stents compared with bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions: a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies comprising 7,994 patients. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 77 3, 343-55Kolli, Kranthi K; Banerjee, R K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Helmy, T A; Leesar, M A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, E W; Hand, Dwight; Succop, Paul; Gottliebson, W M; Effat, M A 2011. Influence of heart rate on fractional flow reserve, pressure drop coefficient, and lesion flow coefficient for epicardial coronary stenosis in a porcine model. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 300 1, H382-7Hakeem, Abdul; Helmy, Tarek; Munsif, Siddharth; Bhatti, Sabha; Mazraeshahi, Reza; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Leesar, Massoud; Arif, Imran 2010. Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stents compared with bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions: A comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies comprising 7,994 patients. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, , Hussain, Sayed T; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek 2010. Recurrent stent fracture: first reported image of everolimus-eluting stent fracture leading to recurrent restenosis in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 22 12, 617-8Arif, Imran; Callihan, Richard; Helmy, Tarek 2008. Novel use of twin-pass catheter in successful recanalization of a chronic coronary total occlusion. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 20 6, 309-11Choudary, Jithendra; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek 2007. Multivessel PCI versus CABG: one-year outcomes and cost analysis. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 19 11, 476-7Wright, G L; Wang, S; Fultz, M E; Arif, I; Matthews, K; Chertow, B S 2002. Effect of vitamin A deficiency on cardiovascular function in the rat. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 80 1, 1-7Hakeem, Abdul; Bhatti, Sabha; Arif, Imran; Effat, Mohamed; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet . Fibrinolytic therapy for very late stent thrombosis--is it a viable option? Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 11 4, 264.e13-5Zulfiqar, Shaheer; Saleem, Maryam; Jilani, Mohammad Hashim; Siddiqui, Fayez; Arif, Imran; Waqar, Fahad . Sinus Arrest Associated With Ticagrelor Therapy: A Case Report and Review of Literature. American journal of therapeutics, 29 5, e585-e588
Khan, Muhammad H; Biondi, Nicholas L; Zulfiqar, Shaheer; Arif, Imran; Das, Manisha; Budhiraja, Mehak; Aronow, Wilbert S; Sukhija, Rishi; Vimal, Mehta 2023. Challenging Case of Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve-in-Valve Replacement. The American journal of case reports, 24 , e938415Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Piek, Jan J; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd; Arif, Imran 2018. Evaluation of lesion flow coefficient for the detection of coronary artery disease in patient groups from two academic medical centers. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions, 19 3 Pt B, 348-354Hebbar, Ullhas Udaya; Effat, Mohamed A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Arif, Imran; Banerjee, Rupak K 2017. Delineation of epicardial stenosis in patients with microvascular disease using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot outcome study. World journal of cardiology, 9 12, 813-821Kolli, Kranthi K; van de Hoef, Tim P; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Leesar, Massoud A; Imran, Arif; Piek, Jan J; Helmy, Tarek A 2016. Diagnostic cutoff for pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve: A patient-level analysis. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 87 2, 273-82Peelukhana, Srikara V; Banerjee, Rupak; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Arif, Imran; Effat, Mohamed; Helmy, Tarek; Kerr, Hanan 2015. Benefit of ECG-gated rest and stress N-13 cardiac PET imaging for quantification of LVEF in ischemic patients. Nuclear medicine communications, 36 10, 986-98Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, Mohamed; Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud; Kerr, Hanan; Back, Lloyd H; Banerjee, Rupak 2015. Lesion flow coefficient: a combined anatomical and functional parameter for detection of coronary artery disease--a clinical study. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 27 1, 54-64Kolli, Kranthi K; Arif, Imran; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Helmy, Tarek A; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Banerjee, Rupak K 2014. Diagnostic performance of pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 26 5, 188-95Kolli, Kranthi K; Effat, M A; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Succop, Paul; Back, Lloyd H; Leesar, M A; Helmy, T A; Imran, Arif; Banerjee, R K 2014. Hyperemia-free delineation of epicardial and microvascular impairments using a basal index. Annals of biomedical engineering, 42 8, 1681-90Peelukhana, Srikara V; Kerr, Hanan; Kolli, Kranthi K; Fernandez-Ulloa, Mariano; Gerson, Myron; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Banerjee, Rupak 2014. Benefit of cardiac N-13 PET CFR for combined anatomical and functional diagnosis of ischemic coronary artery disease: a pilot study. Annals of nuclear medicine, 28 8, 746-60Alsidawi, Said; Abdalla, Mouhamad; Arif, Imran; López-Candales, Angel 2013. Congenital anastomosis between left anterior mammary and pulmonary vasculatures. The American journal of the medical sciences, 345 2, 158-9Bhatt, Deepak L; Stone, Gregg W; Mahaffey, Kenneth W; Gibson, C Michael; Steg, P Gabriel; Hamm, Christian W; Price, Matthew J; Leonardi, Sergio; Gallup, Dianne; Bramucci, Ezio; Radke, Peter W; Widimský, Petr; Tousek, Frantisek; Tauth, Jeffrey; Spriggs, Douglas; McLaurin, Brent T; Angiolillo, Dominick J; Généreux, Philippe; Liu, Tiepu; Prats, Jayne; Todd, Meredith; Skerjanec, Simona; White, Harvey D; Harrington, Robert A 2013. Effect of platelet inhibition with cangrelor during PCI on ischemic events. The New England journal of medicine, 368 14, 1303-13Kolli, K K; Helmy, T A; Peelukhana, S V; Arif, I; Leesar, M A; Back, L H; Banerjee, R K; Effat, M A 2013. Functional diagnosis of coronary stenoses using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot study in humans. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, , Peelukhana, Srikara Viswanath; Kolli, Kranthi K; Leesar, Massoud A; Effat, Mohamed A; Helmy, Tarek A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, Eric W; Succop, Paul; Banerjee, Rupak K 2013. Effect of myocardial contractility on hemodynamic end points under concomitant microvascular disease in a porcine model. Heart and vessels, , Rahman, Shahid; Leesar, Tara; Cilingiroglu, Mehmet; Effat, Mohamed; Arif, Imran; Helmy, Tarek; Leesar, Massoud A 2013. Impact of kissing balloon inflation on the main vessel stent volume, area, and symmetry after side-branch dilation in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound study. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, 6 9, 923-31Kolli, Kranthi K; Banerjee, R K; Peelukhana, Srikara V; Effat, M A; Leesar, M A; Arif, Imran; Schneeberger, E W; Succop, Paul; Gottliebson, W M; Helmy, Tarek A 2012. Effect of changes in contractility on pressure drop coefficient and fractional flow reserve in a porcine model. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 24 1, 6-12Roe, Matthew T; Armstrong, Paul W; Fox, Keith A A; White, Harvey D; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Goodman, Shaun G; Cornel, Jan H; Bhatt, Deepak L; Clemmensen, Peter; Martinez, Felipe; Ardissino, Diego; Nicolau, Jose C; Boden, William E; Gurbel, Paul A; Ruzyllo, Witold; Dalby, Anthony J; McGuire, Darren K; Leiva-Pons, Jose L; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Gottlieb, Shmuel; Topacio, Gracita O; Hamm, Christian; Pavlides, Gregory; Goudev, Assen R; Oto, Ali; Tseng, Chuen-Den; Merkely, Bela; Gasparovic, Vladimir; Corbalan, Ramon; Cintez?, Mircea; McLendon, R Craig; Winters, Kenneth J; Brown, Eileen B; Lokhnygina, Yuliya; Aylward, Philip E; Huber, Kurt; Hochman, Judith S; Ohman, E Magnus 2012. Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization. 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