Key Documents

NIH Biosketch available Online

Curriculum Vitae available Online

Paul Yock, MD

Professor - Med Center Line, Bioengineering
Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Mechanical Engineering
Professor - Med Center Line, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Member, Bio-X

Contact Information

Clinical Offices

James H Clark Center 318 Campus Dr E100 MC 5428 Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone Work (650) 736-1160 Fax (650) 724-8696
Academic Offices

Personal Information

Administrative Contact
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Clinical Focus

Cardiology (Heart)
Cardiovascular Disease

Administrative Appointments

Co-Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Bioengineering , (2003– 2006 )

Professional Education

Board Certification: Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine (1985)
Stanford University Medical Center (1985) CA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine (1982)
UCSF Medical Center (1982) CA
UCSF Medical Center (1980) CA USA
Harvard Medical School (1979) MA
M.D., Harvard Medical School Medicine (1979)
M.A., Trinity College, Oxford Philosophy and Physiology (1975)
A.B., Amherst College Philosophy and Chemistry (1973)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Pedram Afshar-Khajevand, Matthew Callaghan, Kevin Chao, Sandra Ruggles, Akhilesh Sista, Aravind Swaminathan

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Web Site Links

BioX Clark Center Faculty

Research Interests

Device development and testing in interventional, cardiology including angioplasty, atherectomy, and stents;, intravascular ultrasound: development and clinical trials; advanced, coronary imaging techniques including x-ray topography; coronary, hemodynamics especially velocity and pressure measurements

Publications

Intraoperative fluorescence imaging system for on-site assessment of off-pump coronary artery bypass graft. Waseda K, Ako J, Hasegawa T, Shimada Y, Ikeno F, Ishikawa T, Demura Y, Hatada K, Yock PG, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ, Takahashi M. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009; 2 (5): 604-12
Toward a 21st-century health care system: recommendations for health care reform. Arrow K, Auerbach A, Bertko J, Brownlee S, Casalino LP, Cooper J, Crosson FJ, Enthoven A, Falcone E, Feldman RC, Fuchs VR, Garber AM, Gold MR, Goldman D, Hadfield GK, Hall MA, Horwitz RI, Hooven M, Jacobson PD, Jost TS, Kotlikoff LJ, Levin J, Levine S, Levy R, Linscott K, Luft HS, Mashal R, McFadden D, Mechanic D, Meltzer D, Newhouse JP, Noll RG, Pietzsch JB, Pizzo P, Reischauer RD, Rosenbaum S, Sage W, Schaeffer LD, Sheen E, Silber BM, Skinner J, Shortell SM, Thier SO, Tunis S, Wulsin L, Yock P, Nun GB, Bryan S, Luxenburg O, van de Ven WP. Ann Intern Med. 2009; 150 (7): 493-5
Distribution pattern of neointimal hyperplasia following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation assessed by 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound. Kaneda H, Ako J, Terashima M, Waseda K, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Int J Cardiol. 2009; 135 (2): 243-5
Imaging gene expression in human mesenchymal stem cells: from small to large animals. Willmann JK, Paulmurugan R, Rodriguez-Porcel M, Stein W, Brinton TJ, Connolly AJ, Nielsen CH, Lutz AM, Lyons J, Ikeno F, Suzuki Y, Rosenberg J, Chen IY, Wu JC, Yeung AC, Yock P, Robbins RC, Gambhir SS. Radiology. 2009; 252 (1): 117-27
Coronary risk factors and coronary atheroma burden at severely narrowing segments. Kaneda H, Kataoka T, Ako J, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Int J Cardiol. 2008; 124 (1): 124-6
Predictive value of the index of microcirculatory resistance in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Fearon WF, Shah M, Ng M, Brinton T, Wilson A, Tremmel JA, Schnittger I, Lee DP, Vagelos RH, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008; 51 (5): 560-5
In vivo comparison between optical coherence tomography and intravascular ultrasound for detecting small degrees of in-stent neointima after stent implantation. Suzuki Y, Ikeno F, Koizumi T, Tio F, Yeung AC, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Fearon WF. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008; 1 (2): 168-73
Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in small coronary arteries: A three dimensional intravascular ultrasound study from the SIRIUS trial. Kaneda H, Ako J, Terashima M, Morino Y, Honda Y, Yock PG, Leon MB, Moses JW, Fitzgerald PJ. Int J Cardiol. 2008;
Transcriptome alteration in the diabetic heart by rosiglitazone: implications for cardiovascular mortality. Wilson KD, Li Z, Wagner R, Yue P, Tsao P, Nestorova G, Huang M, Hirschberg DL, Yock PG, Quertermous T, Wu JC. PLoS One. 2008; 3 (7): e2609
Impact of gender on neointimal hyperplasia following coronary artery stenting. Kaneda H, Ako J, Kataoka T, Takahashi T, Terashima M, Waseda K, Miyazawa A, Hassan AH, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2007; 99 (4): 491-3
Determinants of lumen loss between years 1 and 2 after cardiac transplantation. Sakurai R, Yamasaki M, Nakamura M, Hirohata A, Honda Y, Bonneau HN, Luikart H, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Valantine HA, Fearon WF. Transplantation. 2007; 84 (9): 1097-102
Detailed intravascular ultrasound analysis of Zotarolimus-eluting phosphorylcholine-coated cobalt-chromium alloy stent in de novo coronary lesions (results from the ENDEAVOR II trial). Sakurai R, Hongo Y, Yamasaki M, Honda Y, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Cutlip D, Popma JJ, Zimetbaum P, Fajadet J, Kuntz RE, Wijns W, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2007; 100 (5): 818-23
Neointimal progression and luminal narrowing in sirolimus-eluting stent treatment for bare metal in-stent restenosis: a quantitative intravascular ultrasound analysis. Sakurai R, Ako J, Hassan AH, Bonneau HN, Neumann FJ, Desmet W, Holmes DR, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Honda Y. Am Heart J. 2007; 154 (2): 361-5
Serial intravascular ultrasonic study of outcomes of coronary culprit lesions with plaque rupture following bare metal stent implantation in patients with angina pectoris. Hur SH, Hassan AH, Rekhi R, Ako J, Shimada Y, Nakamura M, Yamasaki M, Bonneau HN, Sudhir K, Yock PG, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2007; 99 (10): 1394-8
Changes in coronary anatomy and physiology after heart transplantation. Hirohata A, Nakamura M, Waseda K, Honda Y, Lee DP, Vagelos RH, Hunt SA, Valantine HA, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Fearon WF. Am J Cardiol. 2007; 99 (11): 1603-7
Comparison of vessel response following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation as assessed by serial 3-D intravascular ultrasound study. Waseda K, Ako J, Shimada Y, Morino Y, Tsujino I, Hongo Y, Sudhir K, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Honda Y. J Invasive Cardiol. 2007; 19 (4): 171-3
Heterogeneity of neointimal distribution of in-stent restenosis in patients with diabetes mellitus. Kaneda H, Ako J, Kataoka T, Takahashi T, Terashima M, Waseda K, Miyazawa A, Hassan A, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2006; 97 (3): 340-2
Location of focal vasospasm provoked by ergonovine maleate within coronary arteries in patients with vasospastic angina pectoris. Koizumi T, Yokoyama M, Namikawa S, Kuriyama N, Nameki M, Nakayama T, Kaneda H, Sudhir K, Yock PG, Komiyama N, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2006; 97 (9): 1322-5
Intravascular ultrasonic analysis of atherosclerotic vessel remodeling and plaque distribution of stenotic left anterior descending coronary arterial bifurcation lesions upstream and downstream of the side branch. Shimada Y, Courtney BK, Nakamura M, Hongo Y, Sonoda S, Hassan AH, Yock PG, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2006; 98 (2): 193-6
Predictors of recurrent in-stent restenosis after beta-radiation: An analysis from the START 40/20 trial. Kaneda H, Honda Y, Morino Y, Lansky AJ, Yock PG, Bonan R, Fitzgerald PJ. J Interv Cardiol. 2006; 19 (5): 376-80
Inventing our future: training the next generation of surgeon innovators. Krummel TM, Gertner M, Makower J, Milroy C, Gurtner G, Woo R, Riskin DJ, Binyamin G, Connor JA, Mery CM, Shafi BM, Yock PG. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2006; 15 (4): 309-18
Comparison of the efficacy of direct coronary stenting with sirolimus-eluting stents versus stenting with predilation by intravascular ultrasound imaging (from the DIRECT trial). Hirohata A, Morino Y, Ako J, Sakurai R, Buchbinder M, Caputo RP, Karas SP, Mishkel GJ, Mooney MR, O'shaughnessy CD, Raizner AE, Wilensky RL, Williams DO, Wong SC, Yock PG, Honda Y, Moses JW, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2006; 98 (11): 1464-7
Safety of beta radiation exposure to the non-target segment: an intravascular ultrasound dosimetric analysis. Kaneda H, Honda Y, Morino Y, Fox T, Crocker I, Lansky AJ, Yock PG, Bonan R, Fitzgerald PJ. J Invasive Cardiol. 2006; 18 (7): 309-12
Influence of plaque calcium on neointimal hyperplasia following bare metal and drug-eluting stent implantation. Shimada Y, Kataoka T, Courtney BK, Morino Y, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Grube E, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006; 67 (6): 866-9
Discordant changes in epicardial and microvascular coronary physiology after cardiac transplantation: Physiologic Investigation for Transplant Arteriopathy II (PITA II) study. Fearon WF, Hirohata A, Nakamura M, Luikart H, Lee DP, Vagelos RH, Hunt SA, Valantine HA, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006; 25 (7): 765-71
Effect of lumen narrowing within coronary stents on proximal and distal vessel segments following bare metal stent implantation. Kaneda H, Ako J, Kataoka T, Miyazawa A, Terashima M, Ikeno F, Sonoda S, Shimada Y, Morino Y, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96 (3): 376-8
Late incomplete stent apposition after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: a serial intravascular ultrasound analysis. Ako J, Morino Y, Honda Y, Hassan A, Sonoda S, Yock PG, Leon MB, Moses JW, Bonneau HN, Fitzgerald PJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46 (6): 1002-5
Predictors of edge stenosis following sirolimus-eluting stent deployment (a quantitative intravascular ultrasound analysis from the SIRIUS trial). Sakurai R, Ako J, Morino Y, Sonoda S, Kaneda H, Terashima M, Hassan AH, Leon MB, Moses JW, Popma JJ, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Honda Y. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96 (9): 1251-3
Impact of intravascular ultrasound lesion characteristics on neointimal hyperplasia following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. Kaneda H, Koizumi T, Ako J, Terashima M, Morino Y, Honda Y, Yock PG, Leon MB, Moses JW, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96 (9): 1237-41
Impact of asymmetric stent expansion on neointimal hyperplasia following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. Kaneda H, Ako J, Honda Y, Terashima M, Morino Y, Yock PG, Popma JJ, Leon MB, Moses JW, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96 (10): 1404-7
Impact of final stent dimensions on long-term results following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: serial intravascular ultrasound analysis from the sirius trial. Sonoda S, Morino Y, Ako J, Terashima M, Hassan AH, Bonneau HN, Leon MB, Moses JW, Yock PG, Honda Y, Kuntz RE, Fitzgerald PJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004; 43 (11): 1959-63
Validation of a thermographic guidewire for endoluminal mapping of atherosclerotic disease: an in vitro study. Courtney BK, Nakamura M, Tsugita R, Lilly R, Basisht R, Grube E, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004; 62 (2): 221-9
Microvascular resistance is not influenced by epicardial coronary artery stenosis severity: experimental validation. Fearon WF, Aarnoudse W, Pijls NH, De Bruyne B, Balsam LB, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Yock PG. Circulation. 2004; 109 (19): 2269-72
Evaluation of high-pressure retrograde coronary venous delivery of FGF-2 protein. Fearon WF, Ikeno F, Bailey LR, Hiatt BL, Herity NA, Carter AJ, Fitzgerald PJ, Rezaee M, Yeung AC, Yock PG. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004; 61 (3): 422-8
Early experience with a novel plaque excision system for the treatment of complex coronary lesions. Ikeno F, Hinohara T, Robertson GC, Rezaee M, Yock PG, Reimers B, Colombo A, Grube E, Simpson JB. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004; 61 (1): 35-43
Impact of deep vessel wall injury on acute response and remodeling of coronary artery segments after cutting balloon angioplasty. Nakamura M, Yock PG, Kataoka T, Bonneau HN, Suzuki T, Yamaguchi T, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2003; 91 (1): 6-11
Relationship between neointimal regrowth and mechanism of acute lumen gain during the treatment of in-stent restenosis with or without supplementary intravascular radiation. Morino Y, Limpijankit T, Honda Y, Somrantin M, Waksman R, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Mintz GS, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003; 58 (2): 162-7
Taxol-based eluting stents from theory to human validation: clinical and intravascular ultrasound observations. Sonoda S, Honda Y, Kataoka T, Bonneau HN, Sudhir K, Yock PG, Mintz GS, Fitzgerald PJ. J Invasive Cardiol. 2003; 15 (3): 109-14
Effect of a change in gender on coronary arterial size: a longitudinal intravascular ultrasound study in transplanted hearts. Herity NA, Lo S, Lee DP, Ward MR, Filardo SD, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Hunt SA, Yeung AC. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003; 41 (9): 1539-46
Cost-effectiveness of measuring fractional flow reserve to guide coronary interventions. Fearon WF, Yeung AC, Lee DP, Yock PG, Heidenreich PA. Am Heart J. 2003; 145 (5): 882-7
Late incomplete stent apposition and focal vessel expansion after bare metal stenting. Nakamura M, Kataoka T, Honda Y, Bonneau HN, Hibi K, Kitamura K, Tamai H, Aizawa T, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2003; 92 (10): 1217-9
Late incomplete apposition with excessive remodeling of the stented coronary artery following intravascular brachytherapy. Okura H, Lee DP, Lo S, Yeung AC, Honda Y, Waksman R, Kaluza GL, Ali NM, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Raizner AE, Mintz GS, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2003; 92 (5): 587-90
Simultaneous assessment of fractional and coronary flow reserves in cardiac transplant recipients: Physiologic Investigation for Transplant Arteriopathy (PITA Study). Fearon WF, Nakamura M, Lee DP, Rezaee M, Vagelos RH, Hunt SA, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC. Circulation. 2003; 108 (13): 1605-10
Comparison of coronary thermodilution and Doppler velocity for assessing coronary flow reserve. Fearon WF, Farouque HM, Balsam LB, Caffarelli AD, Cooke DT, Robbins RC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Yock PG. Circulation. 2003; 108 (18): 2198-200
Inhibition of delta-protein kinase C protects against reperfusion injury of the ischemic heart in vivo. Inagaki K, Chen L, Ikeno F, Lee FH, Imahashi K, Bouley DM, Rezaee M, Yock PG, Murphy E, Mochly-Rosen D. Circulation. 2003; 108 (19): 2304-7
Novel index for invasively assessing the coronary microcirculation. Fearon WF, Balsam LB, Farouque HM, Caffarelli AD, Robbins RC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC. Circulation. 2003; 107 (25): 3129-32
Effect of local delivery of L-arginine on in-stent restenosis in humans. Suzuki T, Hayase M, Hibi K, Hosokawa H, Yokoya K, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Cooke JP, Suzuki T, Yeung AC. Am J Cardiol. 2002; 89 (4): 363-7
Effects of transducer position on backscattered intensity in coronary arteries. Courtney BK, Robertson AL, Maehara A, Luna J, Kitamura K, Morino Y, Achalu R, Kirti S, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2002; 28 (1): 81-91
Late vascular response to repeat stenting for in-stent restenosis with and without radiation: an intravascular ultrasound volumetric analysis. Morino Y, Limpijankit T, Honda Y, Lansky AJ, Waksman R, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Mintz GS, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 2002; 105 (21): 2465-8
Discrimination of early/intermediate and advanced/complicated coronary plaque types by radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound analysis. Stähr PM, Höfflinghaus T, Voigtländer T, Courtney BK, Victor A, Otto M, Yock PG, Brennecke R, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2002; 90 (1): 19-23
Impact of deep vessel wall injury and vessel stretching on subsequent arterial remodeling after balloon angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Okura H, Shimodozono S, Hayase M, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am Heart J. 2002; 144 (2): 323-8
7-hexanoyltaxol-eluting stent for prevention of neointimal growth: an intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Study to COmpare REstenosis rate between QueST and QuaDS-QP2 (SCORE). Kataoka T, Grube E, Honda Y, Morino Y, Hur SH, Bonneau HN, Colombo A, Di Mario C, Guagliumi G, Hauptmann KE, Pitney MR, Lansky AJ, Stertzer SH, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 2002; 106 (14): 1788-93
Delivered dose and vascular response after beta-radiation for in-stent restenosis: retrospective dosimetry and volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis. Morino Y, Kaneda H, Fox T, Takagi A, Hassan AH, Bonan R, Crocker I, Lansky AJ, Laskey WK, Suntharalingam M, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Honda Y, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 2002; 106 (18): 2334-9
Quantitative and spatial relation of baseline atherosclerotic plaque burden and subsequent in-stent neointimal proliferation as determined by intravascular ultrasound. Hibi K, Suzuki T, Honda Y, Hayase M, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Yeung AC, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2002; 90 (10): 1164-7
New catheter-based technology for the treatment of restenosis. Kataoka T, Honda Y, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. J Interv Cardiol. 2002; 15 (5): 371-9
Mechanisms of acute lumen gain following cutting balloon angioplasty in calcified and noncalcified lesions: an intravascular ultrasound study. Okura H, Hayase M, Shimodozono S, Kobayashi T, Sano K, Matsushita T, Kondo T, Kijima M, Nishikawa H, Kurogane H, Aizawa T, Hosokawa H, Suzuki T, Yamaguchi T, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2002; 57 (4): 429-36
Predictors and outcomes of stent thrombosis: an intravascular ultrasound registry. Uren NG, Schwarzacher SP, Metz JA, Lee DP, Honda Y, Yeung AC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Eur Heart J. 2002; 23 (2): 124-32
Efficacy and feasibility of helixcision for debulking neointimal hyperplasia for in-stent restenosis. Nakamura M, Fitzgerald PJ, Ikeno F, Honda Y, Sousa JE, Abizaid A, de Brito FS, Tofte A, Grube E, Patterson GR, Yock PG, Yeung AC, Carter AJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2002; 57 (4): 460-6
Impact of pre-interventional arterial remodeling on subsequent vessel behavior after balloon angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study. Okura H, Hayase M, Shimodozono S, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001; 38 (7): 2001-5
Efficacy of postdeployment balloon dilatation for current generation stents as assessed by intravascular ultrasound. Hur SH, Kitamura K, Morino Y, Honda Y, Jones M, Korr KS, Reen B, Cooper CJ, Niess GS, Christie L, Corey W, Messenger J, Yock PG, Cummins F, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2001; 88 (10): 1114-9
Impact of plaque burden on subsequent intimal proliferation and remodeling of the stented coronary arteries following intracoronary beta-radiation therapy. Okura H, Lee DP, Yeung AC, Oesterle SN, Waksman R, Kaluza GL, Ali NM, Yock PG, Raizner AE, Fitzgerald PJ. Cardiovasc Radiat Med. 2001; 2 (1): 57
Photoangioplasty with local motexafin lutetium delivery reduces macrophages in a rabbit post-balloon injury model. Hayase M, Woodbum KW, Perlroth J, Miller RA, Baumgardner W, Yock PG, Yeung A. Cardiovasc Res. 2001; 49 (2): 449-55
Preintervention arterial remodeling affects clinical outcome following stenting: an intravascular ultrasound study. Okura H, Morino Y, Oshima A, Hayase M, Ward MR, Popma JJ, Kuntz RE, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001; 37 (4): 1031-5
Intravascular sonotherapy decreases neointimal hyperplasia after stent implantation in swine. Fitzgerald PJ, Takagi A, Moore MP, Hayase M, Kolodgie FD, Corl D, Nassi M, Virmani R, Yock PG. Circulation. 2001; 103 (14): 1828-31
Long-term vessel response to a self-expanding coronary stent: a serial volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis from the ASSURE Trial.A Stent vs. Stent Ultrasound Remodeling Evaluation. Kobayashi Y, Honda Y, Christie GL, Teirstein PS, Bailey SR, Brown CL, Matthews RV, De Franco AC, Schwartz RS, Goldberg S, Popma JJ, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001; 37 (5): 1329-34
Impact of peri-stent remodeling on restenosis: a volumetric intravascular ultrasound study. Nakamura M, Yock PG, Bonneau HN, Kitamura K, Aizawa T, Tamai H, Fitzgerald PJ, Honda Y. Circulation. 2001; 103 (17): 2130-2
Novel drug-delivery stent: intravascular ultrasound observations from the first human experience with the QP2-eluting polymer stent system. Honda Y, Grube E, de La Fuente LM, Yock PG, Stertzer SH, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 2001; 104 (4): 380-3
An optimal diagnostic threshold for minimal stent area to predict target lesion revascularization following stent implantation in native coronary lesions. Morino Y, Honda Y, Okura H, Oshima A, Hayase M, Bonneau HN, Kuntz RE, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2001; 88 (3): 301-3
Fractional flow reserve compared with intravascular ultrasound guidance for optimizing stent deployment. Fearon WF, Luna J, Samady H, Powers ER, Feldman T, Dib N, Tuzcu EM, Cleman MW, Chou TM, Cohen DJ, Ragosta M, Takagi A, Jeremias A, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Kern MJ, Yock PG. Circulation. 2001; 104 (16): 1917-22
Comparison of coronary stent expansion by intravascular ultrasonic imaging in younger versus older patients with diabetes mellitus. Gilutz H, Russo RJ, Tsameret I, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Am J Cardiol. 2000; 85 (5): 559-62
Effects of intravenous and intracoronary adenosine 5'-triphosphate as compared with adenosine on coronary flow and pressure dynamics. Jeremias A, Filardo SD, Whitbourn RJ, Kernoff RS, Yeung AC, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Circulation. 2000; 101 (3): 318-23
Final results of the Can Routine Ultrasound Influence Stent Expansion (CRUISE) study. Fitzgerald PJ, Oshima A, Hayase M, Metz JA, Bailey SR, Baim DS, Cleman MW, Deutsch E, Diver DJ, Leon MB, Moses JW, Oesterle SN, Overlie PA, Pepine CJ, Safian RD, Shani J, Simonton CA, Smalling RW, Teirstein PS, Zidar JP, Yeung AC, Kuntz RE, Yock PG. Circulation. 2000; 102 (5): 523-30
Selective regional myocardial infiltration by the percutaneous coronary venous route: A novel technique for local drug delivery. Herity NA, Lo ST, Oei F, Lee DP, Ward MR, Filardo SD, Hassan A, Suzuki T, Rezaee M, Carter AJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000; 51 (3): 358-63
Use of fractional myocardial flow reserve to assess the functional significance of intermediate coronary stenoses. Fearon WF, Takagi A, Jeremias A, Yeung AC, Joye JD, Cohen DJ, Chou TM, Kern MJ, Yock PG. Am J Cardiol. 2000; 86 (9): 1013-4, A10
Efficacies of sirolimus (rapamycin) and cyclosporine in allograft vascular disease in non-human primates: trough levels of sirolimus correlate with inhibition of progression of arterial intimal thickening. Ikonen TS, Gummert JF, Serkova N, Hayase M, Honda Y, Kobayase Y, Hausen B, Yock PG, Christians U, Morris RE. Transpl Int. 2000; 13 Suppl 1 S314-20
Multidimensional assessment of graft vascular disease (GVD) in aortic grafts by serial intravascular ultrasound in rhesus monkeys. Ikonen TS, Briffa N, Gummert JF, Honda Y, Hayase M, Hausen B, Billingham ME, Yock PG, Robbins RC, Morris RE. Transplantation. 2000; 70 (3): 420-9
Coronary artery compliance and adaptive vessel remodelling in patients with stable and unstable coronary artery disease. Jeremias A, Spies C, Herity NA, Pomerantsev E, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC. Heart. 2000; 84 (3): 314-9
Spatial orientation of atherosclerotic plaque in non-branching coronary artery segments. Jeremias A, Huegel H, Lee DP, Hassan A, Wolf A, Yeung AC, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Atherosclerosis. 2000; 152 (1): 209-15
Automated contour detection for high-frequency intravascular ultrasound imaging: a technique with blood noise reduction for edge enhancement. Takagi A, Hibi K, Zhang X, Teo TJ, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2000; 26 (6): 1033-41
Tissue characterization of atherosclerotic plaques by intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency signal analysis: an in vitro study of human coronary arteries. Komiyama N, Berry GJ, Kolz ML, Oshima A, Metz JA, Preuss P, Brisken AF, Pauliina Moore M, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am Heart J. 2000; 140 (4): 565-74
Adequacy of intracoronary versus intravenous adenosine-induced maximal coronary hyperemia for fractional flow reserve measurements. Jeremias A, Whitbourn RJ, Filardo SD, Fitzgerald PJ, Cohen DJ, Tuzcu EM, Anderson WD, Abizaid AA, Mintz GS, Yeung AC, Kern MJ, Yock PG. Am Heart J. 2000; 140 (4): 651-7
Sirolimus (rapamycin) halts and reverses progression of allograft vascular disease in non-human primates. Ikonen TS, Gummert JF, Hayase M, Honda Y, Hausen B, Christians U, Berry GJ, Yock PG, Morris RE. Transplantation. 2000; 70 (6): 969-75
Feasibility of a novel blood noise reduction algorithm to enhance reproducibility of ultra-high-frequency intravascular ultrasound images. Hibi K, Takagi A, Zhang X, Teo TJ, Bonneau HN, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 2000; 102 (14): 1657-63
Longitudinal plaque redistribution during stent expansion. Maehara A, Takagi A, Okura H, Hassan AH, Bonneau HN, Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 2000; 86 (10): 1069-72
Development of models of graft vascular disease in nonhuman primates: evaluation of GVD by intravascular ultrasound in a new cynomolgus model with arterial allograft exchange. Ikonen TS, Gummert JF, Honda Y, Hayase M, Perlroth J, Hausen B, Barlow C, Fitzgerald P, Yock PG, Morris RE. Transplant Proc. 1999 Feb-Mar; 31 (1-2): 687
New Approaches and Conduits: In Situ Venous Arterialization and Coronary Artery Bypass. Fitzgerald PJ, Hayase M, Yeung AC, Virmani R, Robbins RC, Burkhoff D, Makower J, Yock PG, Oesterle SN. Curr Interv Cardiol Rep. 1999; 1 (2): 127-137
Feasibility of in vivo intravascular ultrasound tissue characterization in the detection of early vascular transplant rejection. Jeremias A, Kolz ML, Ikonen TS, Gummert JF, Oshima A, Hayase M, Honda Y, Komiyama N, Berry GJ, Morris RE, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Circulation. 1999; 100 (21): 2127-30
Intravascular ultrasound volumetric assessment of intimal hyperplasia in stents treated with intracoronary radiation. Limpijankit T, Waksman R, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 1999; 84 (7): 850-4, A8
Ultrasound logic: the value of intracoronary imaging for the interventionist. Oesterle SN, Limpijankit T, Yeung AC, Stertzer S, Pomerantsev E, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999; 47 (4): 475-90
The progression of thrombus in an ex-vivo shunt model evaluated by intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency analysis. Komiyama N, Chronos NA, Uren NG, Moore MP, Kelly AB, Harker LA, Hanson SR, Metz JA, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1999; 25 (4): 561-6
Impact of residual plaque burden on clinical outcomes of coronary interventions. Honda Y, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999; 46 (3): 265-76
The future of minimally invasive myocardial revascularization: a cardiologist's view. Yock PG, J Card Surg. 1998; 13 (4): 310-5
Coronary stents: In vitro aspects of an angiographic and ultrasound quantification with in vivo correlation. Pomerantsev EV, Kobayashi Y, Fitzgerald PJ, Grube E, Sanders WJ, Alderman EL, Oesterle SN, Yock PG, Stertzer SH. Circulation. 1998; 98 (15): 1495-503
Orientation of intracoronary ultrasonography: looking beyond the artery. Fitzgerald PJ, Yock C, Yock PG. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1998; 11 (1): 13-9
Intravascular ultrasound: state of the art and future directions. Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Am J Cardiol. 1998; 81 (7A): 27E-32E
Enhancement of spatial orientation of intravascular ultrasound images with side holes in guiding catheters. Schwarzacher SP, Fitzgerald PJ, Metz JA, Yeung AC, Oesterle SN, Belef M, Kernoff RS, Yock PG. Am Heart J. 1998; 135 (6 Pt 1): 1063-6
The stent decade: 1987 to 1997. Stanford Stent Summit faculty. Oesterle SN, Whitbourn R, Fitzgerald PJ, Yeung AC, Stertzer SH, Dake MD, Yock PG, Virmani R. Am Heart J. 1998; 136 (4 Pt 1): 578-99
A new large-animal model for research of graft vascular disease. Gummert JF, Ikonen T, Briffa N, Honda Y, Hayase M, Perlroth J, Kobayashi Y, Hausen B, Barlow C, Billingham ME, Fitzgerald P, Yock PG, Robbins RC, Morris RE. Transplant Proc. 1998; 30 (8): 4023
Impact of curve distortion errors on intravascular ultrasound measurements and three-dimensional reconstructions. Schwarzacher SP, Honda Y, Metz JA, Asvar CA, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Am J Cardiol. 1997; 79 (3): 384-7
Vessel tearing at the edge of intracoronary stents detected with intravascular ultrasound imaging. Schwarzacher SP, Metz JA, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997; 40 (2): 152-5
Coronary AVE micro stents: serial quantitative angiography and histology in a canine model. Pomerantsev EV, Kim C, Kernoff RS, Oesterle SN, Yeung A, Fitzgerald PJ, Virmani R, Yock PG, Stertzer SH. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997; 41 (2): 213-24
Intravascular ultrasound: basic interpretation. Metz JA, Yock PG, Fitzgerald PJ. Cardiol Clin. 1997; 15 (1): 1-15
Clinical use of intravascular ultrasound. Schwarzacher SP, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Semin Interv Cardiol. 1997; 2 (1): 1-9
Ultrasound-guided atherectomy: the vision for the future? Yock PG, Yock CA, Fitzgerald PJ. Coron Artery Dis. 1996; 7 (4): 299-303
Validation of Automated Border Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images. Hausmann D, Friedrich G, Soni B, Daniel WG, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG. Echocardiography. 1996; 13 (6): 599-608
High-speed rotational atherectomy: six-month serial quantitative coronary angiographic follow-up. Stertzer SH, Pomerantsev EV, Fitzgerald PJ, Yock PG, Yeung AC, Shaw RE, Walton AS, Singer AH, Sanders WJ, Oesterle SN. Am Heart J. 1996; 131 (4): 639-48
Effects of technique modification on immediate results of high speed rotational atherectomy in 710 procedures on 656 patients. Stertzer SH, Pomerantsev EV, Fitzgerald PJ, Shaw RE, Walton AS, Singer AH, Yeung A, Yock PG, Oesterle SN. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995; 36 (4): 304-10
Doppler echocardiographic determination of the pressure gradient in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Sasson Z, Yock PG, Hatle LK, Alderman EL, Popp RL. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1988; 11 (4): 752-6