Leonardo Rodriguez

Publications

• Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Postoperative Cardiovascular Pseudoaneurysms
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27720263
• Anticoagulation Versus Antiplatelet or No Therapy in Patients Undergoing Bioprosthetic Valve Implantation: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  Heart (British Cardiac Society). Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27487810
• TCT-713 Long-Term Impact of Severe Left Ventricular Hypertrophy on Patients Undergioing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Nov, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27970093
• Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With Aortic Regurgitation and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Nov, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27855803
• Early Surgery for Mixed Aortic Valve Disease: A Precocious or Premature Proposition?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Oct, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27765199
• Ammonia PET Imaging in Young People with Angina
  Journal of Nuclear Cardiology : Official Publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Oct, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27743300
• Strain Echocardiography and Functional Capacity in Asymptomatic Primary Mitral Regurgitation With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Nov, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27591831
• Temporal Variability of Global Longitudinal Strain in Stable Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy With Trastuzumab
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27553108
• Endoscopic Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Interim Analysis From the First-in-Human Proof-of-Concept Study
  Diabetes Care. Dec, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27519448
• Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes in Asymptomatic Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function Undergoing Exercise Echocardiography
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27406843
• Synergistic Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Asymptomatic Patients With Significant Primary Mitral Regurgitation and Preserved Systolic Function Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27342145
• Effect of Pulmonary Vascular Pressures On Long-Term Outcome in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27339493
• Initial Experience With High-Risk Patients Excluded From Clinical Trials: Safety of Short-Term Anticoagulation After Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
  Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27225288
• Severe Functional Tricuspid Stenosis Secondary to a Giant Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Aneurysm
  Circulation. May, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27217436
• Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: Unmet Need for Percutaneous Interventions
  Circulation. Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27142604
• Effect of Electrical Stimulation of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Patients Refractory to Proton Pump Inhibitors
  World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26855821
• Characteristics and Long-term Outcomes of Contemporary Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26825434
• Left Atrial Size and Function in a Canine Model of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure
  PloS One. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26771573
• Synergistic Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Left Ventricular Strain in Patients With Significant Aortic Stenosis
  Journal of the American Heart Association. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26732551
• Prognostic Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Asymptomatic Patients With Significant Mitral Regurgitation and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26651455
• Electrical Stimulation Therapy of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter is Successful in Treating GERD: Long-term 3-year Results
  Surgical Endoscopy. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26487200
• Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Severe Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Stenosis Undergoing Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
  Circulation. Nov, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26358259
• Early Bioprosthetic Valve Failure: Mechanistic Insights Via Correlation Between Echocardiographic and Operative Findings
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Oct, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26275752
• Early Bioprosthetic Valve Failure: A Pictorial Review of Rare Causes
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Jun, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26068290
• Two-year Results of Intermittent Electrical Stimulation of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  Surgery. Mar, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25726315
• Assessment of Paravalvular Aortic Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Intra-core Laboratory Variability
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Apr, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25681235
• Impact of Duration of Mitral Regurgitation on Outcomes in Asymptomatic Patients with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Undergoing Exercise Stress Echocardiography
  Journal of the American Heart Association. Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25672368
• Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation is Not an Innocent Finding to Be Ignored!
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25496539
• Importance of Exercise Capacity in Predicting Outcomes and Determining Optimal Timing of Surgery in Significant Primary Mitral Regurgitation
  Journal of the American Heart Association. Sep, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25213567
• Long-term Results of Electrical Stimulation of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter for Treatment of Proximal GERD
  Surgical Endoscopy. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25047169
• Stress Positron Emission Tomography is Safe and Can Guide Coronary Revascularization in High-risk Patients Being Considered for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  Journal of Nuclear Cardiology : Official Publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Oct, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24942611
• Venezuela: Violence, Human Rights, and Health-care Realities
  Lancet (London, England). Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24910225
• RpoS Integrates CRP, Fis, and PhoP Signaling Pathways to Control Salmonella Typhi HlyE Expression
  BMC Microbiology. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24885225
• Long-term Durability of Bicuspid Aortic Valve repair
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24680032
• Predictors of Long-term Outcomes in Patients with Significant Myxomatous Mitral Regurgitation Undergoing Exercise Echocardiography
  Circulation. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24396041
• Development of a Consensus Algorithm to Improve Interobserver Agreement and Accuracy in the Determination of Tricuspid Regurgitation Severity
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24373490
• Prognostic Value of Diastolic Dysfunction: State of the Art Review
  Cardiology in Review. Mar-Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 23707994
• Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Patients with Aortic Stenosis: Impact of Baseline Diastolic Dysfunction and Functional Capacity on Mortality and Aortic Valve Replacement
  Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24400204
• Incremental Prognostic Value of Diastolic Dysfunction in Low Risk Patients Undergoing Echocardiography: Beyond Framingham Score
  The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. Oct, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23842890
• Atrial Myxoma Mimicking a Clot in Transit
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23500228
• Effect of Age, Gender, and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function on Left Atrial Volume Index in Adults Without Known Cardiovascular Disease or Risk Factors
  The American Journal of Cardiology. May, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23433759
• Electrical Stimulation Therapy of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter is Successful in Treating GERD: Final Results of Open-label Prospective Trial
  Surgical Endoscopy. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23073680
• Relationship Between Baseline Resting Diastolic Function and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Treadmill Stress Echocardiography: a Cohort Study
  BMJ Open. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23242244
• Association of Myocardial Deformation with Outcome in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis with Normal Ejection Fraction
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. Nov, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23008423
• Role of Echocardiography in Percutaneous Mitral Valve Interventions
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22789942
• Development of a Consensus Document to Improve Multireader Concordance and Accuracy of Aortic Regurgitation Severity Grading by Echocardiography Versus Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22651878
• Accuracy and Interobserver Concordance of Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Size and Systolic Function: a Quality Control Exercise
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22542275
• Impact of Progression of Diastolic Dysfunction on Mortality in Patients with Normal Ejection Fraction
  Circulation. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22261198
• Avoiding Patient-prosthesis Mismatch is TAVI a New Solution?
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21999864
• Integration of 3D Imaging Data in the Assessment of Aortic Stenosis: Impact on Classification of Disease Severity
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21737600
• Outcome and Improvement Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
  The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21714416
• Percutaneous Aortic Valves and Imaging
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Feb, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21329895
• [Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) Glazed with Hydrocolloids As Alternative of Edible Coatings and Storaged at -10 Degrees C]
  Archivos Latinoamericanos De Nutricion. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21614824
• Accessory Mitral Valve Associated with Mitral Cleft, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, and Aortic Coarctation
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20951329
• Three-dimensional Imaging in the Context of Minimally Invasive and Transcatheter Cardiovascular Interventions Using Multi-detector Computed Tomography: from Pre-operative Planning to Intra-operative Guidance
  European Heart Journal. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20797981
• The Incorporated Aortomitral Homograft: a New Surgical Option for Double Valve Endocarditis
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19660273
• Pilot Clinical Study of an Endoscopic, Removable Duodenal-jejunal Bypass Liner for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
  Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19905889
• Recommendations for Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves with Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound: a Report From the American Society of Echocardiography's Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Task Force on Prosthetic Valves, Developed in Conjunction with the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Imaging Committee, Cardiac Imaging Committee of the American Heart Association, the European Association of Echocardiography, a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography, Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association, European Association of Echocardiography, a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography, and Canadian Society of Echocardiography
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19733789
• Late Surgical Mitral Valve Repair After Percutaneous Repair with the MitraClip System
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Nov-Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19682161
• Characterization and Outcome of Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Referred for Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19464460
• Radiographic Appearance of Endoscopic Duodenal-jejunal Bypass Liner for Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
  Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. May-Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19460677
• Morphology of the Patent Foramen Ovale in Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic (stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack) Patients
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19101242
• Quantitative Assessment of Severity of Mitral Regurgitation by Serial Echocardiography in a Multicenter Clinical Trial of Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17996523
• Echocardiographic Guidance and Assessment of Percutaneous Repair for Mitral Regurgitation with the Evalve MitraClip: Lessons Learned from EVEREST I
  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. Oct, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17570634
• Effect of Cell-based Intercellular Delivery of Transcription Factor GATA4 on Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  Circulation Research. Jun, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17495229
• Mitral Valve Hemodynamic Effects of Percutaneous Edge-to-edge Repair with the MitraClip Device for Mitral Regurgitation
  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. Dec, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17080467
• Chylous Pericardial Effusion After Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17062270
• Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of Left Ventricular Thrombus: a Comparison of Contrast-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transthoracic Echocardiography, and Transesophageal Echocardiography with Surgical or Pathological Validation
  American Heart Journal. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16824834
• Lack of Pain Assessment for Patients with Cancer Presenting to the Emergency Department with Pain Complaints: Can We Improve with a Simple Intervention?
  Journal of Palliative Medicine. Feb, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16430333
• Percutaneous Edge-to-edge Mitral Valve Repair: 2-year Follow-up in the First Human Case
  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. Feb, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16419054
• Reduced Systolic Performance by Tissue Doppler in Patients with Preserved and Abnormal Ejection Fraction: New Insights in Chronic Heart Failure
  International Journal of Cardiology. Apr, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 15922464
• Natural History of Valvular Regurgitation Using Side-by-side Echocardiographic Analysis in Anorexigen-treated Subjects
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16360362
• Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair Using the Edge-to-edge Technique: Six-month Results of the EVEREST Phase I Clinical Trial
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16325053
• [Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Disease]
  Archivos De Cardiologia De Mexico. Apr-Jun, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16138705
• Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Impact of the Left Ventricle and Mitral Valve in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15975362
• False-positive Exercise Echocardiograms: Impact of Sex and Blood Pressure Response
  American Heart Journal. Nov, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14597944
• Dysregulation of Endogenous Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide Production in Patients with Advanced Ischemic or Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Oct, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14516883
• Prosthesis-patient Size: Measurement and Clinical Implications
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Aug, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 12928620
• Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography for Prediction of Chronic Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Oct, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12435183
• Doppler-derived Myocardial Systolic Strain Rate is a Strong Index of Left Ventricular Contractility
  Circulation. Jan, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 11772883