Posts by Dhaval S. Kolte, MBBS, PhD, MBBS
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Cerebral Embolic Protection Device May Not Reduce Stroke Risk After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Dhaval Kolte, MD, PhD, and Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, and colleagues determined from a nationally representative database that using a cerebral embolic protective device during transcatheter aortic valve implantation was not associated with lower rates of in-hospital stroke, transient ischemic attack or mortality.
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Viewpoint: New Insights Into Plaque Erosion as a Mechanism of Acute Coronary Syndromes
Plaque erosion deserves more attention as a distinct entity in patients with acute coronary syndromes—notably because it may potentially be managed with antithrombotic therapy alone without stenting, according to Dhaval Kolte, MD, PhD, and Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD, of the Cardiology Division, and a colleague.
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Thrombotic Events Not Uncommon in Non–COVID-19 Viral Pneumonia
Researchers in the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues found that even in the pre–COVID-19 era, 3% of patients hospitalized for viral pneumonia had acute thrombotic complications.
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