Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Medicine
School of Medicine

He trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he served as chief medical resident and instructor in medicine. He also completed general and interventional adult cardiology training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has been at UCSF since 2003.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Yeghiazarians is the Director of the Translational Cardiac Stem Cell Program at UCSF. His research interests are to study the role of stem cells in improving the cardiac function after a myocardial infarction.

• Premature coronary disease, in-stent restenosis and vascular complications in a young man with Behçet syndrome.
  BMJ case reports 2020 Stein NR, Ramakrishna S, Yeghiazarians Y
• Administration of Interleukin-15 Peptide Improves Cardiac Function in a Mouse Model of Myocardial Infarction.
  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2020 Ameri K, Bayardorj D, Samurkashian R, Fredkin M, Fuh E, Nguyen V, Yeghiazarians Y
• Echocardiographic determination of pulmonary arterial capacitance.
  The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2019 Papolos A, Fan E, Wagle RR, Foster E, Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y, MacGregor JS, Grossman W, Schiller NB, Ganz P, Tison GH
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Cardiovascular Disease: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Multidisciplinary Clinical Management Strategy.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 Tietjens JR, Claman D, Kezirian EJ, De Marco T, Mirzayan A, Sadroonri B, Goldberg AN, Long C, Gerstenfeld EP, Yeghiazarians Y
• TGF-β1/CD105 signaling controls vascular network formation within growth factor sequestering hyaluronic acid hydrogels.
  PloS one 2018 Browne S, Jha AK, Ameri K, Marcus SG, Yeghiazarians Y, Healy KE
• Aging is protective against pressure overload cardiomyopathy via adaptive extracellular matrix remodeling.
  American journal of cardiovascular disease 2017 Geng X, Hwang J, Ye J, Shih H, Coulter B, Naudin C, Jun K, Sievers R, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee RJ, Boyle AJ
• Three-Dimensional Bioprinting: Emerging Technology in Cardiovascular Medicine.
  Circulation 2017 Ameri K, Samurkashian R, Yeghiazarians Y
• Ferumoxytol MRA for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning with renal insufficiency.
  International journal of cardiology 2016 Kallianos K, Henry TS, Yeghiazarians Y, Zimmet J, Shunk KA, Tseng EE, Mahadevan V, Hope MD
• Matrix metalloproteinase-13 mediated degradation of hyaluronic acid-based matrices orchestrates stem cell engraftment through vascular integration.
  Biomaterials 2016 Jha AK, Tharp KM, Browne S, Ye J, Stahl A, Yeghiazarians Y, Healy KE
• Overexpression of Nitric Oxide Synthase Restores Circulating Angiogenic Cell Function in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Implications for Autologous Cell Therapy for Myocardial Infarction.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2016 Chen Q, Varga M, Wang X, Haddad DJ, An S, Medzikovic L, Derakhshandeh R, Kostyushev DS, Zhang Y, Clifford BT, Luu E, Danforth OM, Rafikov R, Gong W, Black SM, Suchkov SV, Fineman JR, Heiss C, …
• Measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow in humans using dynamic cardiac SPECT and 99mTc-tetrofosmin: Method and validation.
  Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2015 Shrestha U, Sciammarella M, Alhassen F, Yeghiazarians Y, Ellin J, Verdin E, Boyle A, Seo Y, Botvinick EH, Gullberg GT
• Cardiac stem cell therapy: Have we put too much hype in which cell type to use?
  Heart failure reviews 2015 Ye J, Yeghiazarians Y
• Treatment with hESC-Derived Myocardial Precursors Improves Cardiac Function after a Myocardial Infarction.
  PloS one 2015 Ye J, Gaur M, Zhang Y, Sievers RE, Woods BJ, Aurigui J, Bernstein HS, Yeghiazarians Y
• A Novel Method for Quantifying Smooth Regional Variations in Myocardial Contractility Within an Infarcted Human Left Ventricle Based on Delay-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
  Journal of biomechanical engineering 2015 Genet M, Chuan Lee L, Ge L, Acevedo-Bolton G, Jeung N, Martin A, Cambronero N, Boyle A, Yeghiazarians Y, Kozerke S, Guccione JM
• Molecular weight and concentration of heparin in hyaluronic acid-based matrices modulates growth factor retention kinetics and stem cell fate.
  Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 2015 Jha AK, Mathur A, Svedlund FL, Ye J, Yeghiazarians Y, Healy KE
• HIGD1A Regulates Oxygen Consumption, ROS Production, and AMPK Activity during Glucose Deprivation to Modulate Cell Survival and Tumor Growth.
  Cell reports 2015 Ameri K, Jahangiri A, Rajah AM, Tormos KV, Nagarajan R, Pekmezci M, Nguyen V, Wheeler ML, Murphy MP, Sanders TA, Jeffrey SS, Yeghiazarians Y, Rinaudo PF, Costello JF, Aghi MK, Maltepe E
• Enhanced survival and engraftment of transplanted stem cells using growth factor sequestering hydrogels.
  Biomaterials 2015 Jha AK, Tharp KM, Ye J, Santiago-Ortiz JL, Jackson WM, Stahl A, Schaffer DV, Yeghiazarians Y, Healy KE
• Cardiac steatosis potentiates angiotensin II effects in the heart.
  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2014 Glenn DJ, Cardema MC, Ni W, Zhang Y, Yeghiazarians Y, Grapov D, Fiehn O, Gardner DG
• Quantitative Signature of Coronary Steal in a Patient with Occluded Coronary Arteries Supported by Collateral Circulation Using Dynamic SPECT.
  IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium conference record. Nuclear Science Symposium 2014 Shrestha U, Botvinick EH, Yeghiazarians Y, Seo Y, Gullberg GT
• Trans-radial versus trans-femoral access in patients with end-stage liver disease undergoing cardiac catheterization.
  American journal of cardiovascular disease 2014 Feng K, Gupta V, Terrazas E, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports T, Gregoratos G, Tavakol M, Roberts JP, Boyle A
• High femoral artery bifurcation predicts contralateral high bifurcation: implications for complex percutaneous cardiovascular procedures requiring large caliber and/or dual access.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2014 Gupta V, Feng K, Cheruvu P, Boyer N, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Boyle AJ
• Patient and physician perspectives on outcomes weighting in revascularization. The POWR study.
  International journal of cardiology 2014 Pandit J, Gupta V, Boyer N, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Boyle AJ
• Coronary artery aneurysms in acute coronary syndrome: case series, review, and proposed management strategy.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2014 Boyer N, Gupta R, Schevchuck A, Hindnavis V, Maliske S, Sheldon M, Drachman D, Yeghiazarians Y
• IL-15: a novel prosurvival signaling pathway in cardiomyocytes.
  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2014 Yeghiazarians Y, Honbo N, Imhof I, Woods B, Aguilera V, Ye J, Boyle AJ, Karliner JS
• Cardiac stem cell therapy: review of the native cardiac progenitor cells and future direction.
  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2014 Ye J, Yeghiazarians Y
• The effects of aging on apoptosis following myocardial infarction.
  Cardiovascular therapeutics 2013 Boyle AJ, Hwang J, Ye J, Shih H, Jun K, Zhang Y, Fang Q, Sievers R, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee RJ
• Dietary flavanol intervention lowers the levels of endothelial microparticles in coronary artery disease patients.
  The British journal of nutrition 2013 Horn P, Amabile N, Angeli FS, Sansone R, Stegemann B, Kelm M, Springer ML, Yeghiazarians Y, Schroeter H, Heiss C
• The effects of intra-arterial vasodilators on radial artery size and spasm: implications for contemporary use of trans-radial access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2013 Boyer N, Beyer A, Gupta V, Dehghani H, Hindnavis V, Shunk K, Zimmet J, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports T, Boyle A
• Aging Impairs the Proliferative Capacity of Cardiospheres, Cardiac Progenitor Cells and Cardiac Fibroblasts: Implications for Cell Therapy.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2013 Ye J, Hom DS, Hwang J, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee RJ, Boyle AJ
• Nuclear localization of the mitochondrial factor HIGD1A during metabolic stress.
  PloS one 2013 Ameri K, Rajah AM, Nguyen V, Sanders TA, Jahangiri A, Delay M, Donne M, Choi HJ, Tormos KV, Yeghiazarians Y, Jeffrey SS, Rinaudo PF, Rowitch DH, Aghi M, Maltepe E
• Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine to dilate the radial artery prior to transradial cardiac catheterization: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial: the PRE-DILATE Study.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Beyer AT, Ng R, Singh A, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Boyle AJ
• Cellular microparticles in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension.
  The European respiratory journal 2012 Amabile N, Guignabert C, Montani D, Yeghiazarians Y, Boulanger CM, Humbert M
• CD45-positive cells are not an essential component in cardiosphere formation.
  Cell and tissue research 2012 Ye J, Boyle AJ, Shih H, Sievers RE, Wang ZE, Gormley M, Yeghiazarians Y
• Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine locally vasodilate the radial artery without affecting systemic blood pressure: a dose-finding phase I study.
  Journal of critical care 2012 Majure DT, Hallaux M, Yeghiazarians Y, Boyle AJ
• Injection of human bone marrow and mononuclear cell extract into infarcted mouse hearts results in functional improvement.
  The open cardiovascular medicine journal 2012 Angeli FS, Zhang Y, Sievers R, Jun K, Yim S, Boyle A, Yeghiazarians Y
• Fractionation of mouse bone-marrow cells limits functional efficacy in non-reperfused mouse model of acute myocardial infarction.
  Annals of medicine 2012 Koskenvuo JW, Sievers RE, Zhang Y, Angeli FS, Lee B, Shih H, Ye J, Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y
• Sca-1+ cardiosphere-derived cells are enriched for Isl1-expressing cardiac precursors and improve cardiac function after myocardial injury.
  PloS one 2012 Ye J, Boyle A, Shih H, Sievers RE, Zhang Y, Prasad M, Su H, Zhou Y, Grossman W, Bernstein HS, Yeghiazarians Y
• Advanced Donor Age Impairs Bone Marrow Cell Therapeutic Efficacy for Cardiac Disease.
  Journal of tissue science & engineering 2011 Wang X, Takagawa J, Haddad DJ, Pinnamaneni K, Zhang Y, Sievers RE, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y, Springer ML
• Myocardial improvement with human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes enriched by p38MAPK inhibition.
  Cytotherapy 2011 Yeghiazarians Y, Gaur M, Zhang Y, Sievers RE, Ritner C, Prasad M, Boyle A, Bernstein HS
• Higher fasting glucose levels are associated with reduced circulating angiogenic cell migratory capacity among healthy individuals.
  American journal of cardiovascular disease 2011 Aschbacher K, Chen Q, Varga M, Haddad DJ, Yeghiazarians Y, Epel E, Wolkowitz OM, Springer ML
• Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of the vitamin D receptor gene results in cardiac hypertrophy.
  Circulation 2011 Chen S, Law CS, Grigsby CL, Olsen K, Hong TT, Zhang Y, Yeghiazarians Y, Gardner DG
• Donor myocardial infarction impairs the therapeutic potential of bone marrow cells by an interleukin-1-mediated inflammatory response.
  Science translational medicine 2011 Wang X, Takagawa J, Lam VC, Haddad DJ, Tobler DL, Mok PY, Zhang Y, Clifford BT, Pinnamaneni K, Saini SA, Su R, Bartel MJ, Sievers RE, Carbone L, Kogan S, Yeghiazarians Y, Hermiston M, Springer ML
• Myocardial production and release of MCP-1 and SDF-1 following myocardial infarction: differences between mice and man.
  Journal of translational medicine 2011 Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y, Shih H, Hwang J, Ye J, Sievers R, Zheng D, Palasubramaniam J, Palasubramaniam D, Karschimkus C, Whitbourn R, Jenkins A, Wilson AM
• Evidence of diminished coronary flow in pulmonary hypertension: explaining angina pectoris in this patient group?
  Clinical physiology and functional imaging 2011 Koskenvuo JW, Mirsky R, Zhang Y, Helenius H, Angeli FS, De Marco T, Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y
• Post myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock: a review of current therapies.
  Journal of intensive care medicine 2011 Ng R, Yeghiazarians Y
• Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis--diagnosis and treatment.
  Mayo Clinic proceedings 2011 Lao D, Parasher PS, Cho KC, Yeghiazarians Y
• Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension with circulating angiogenic cells.
  American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2011 Mirsky R, Jahn S, Koskenvuo JW, Sievers RE, Yim SM, Ritner C, Bernstein HS, Angeli FS, Boyle AJ, De Marco T, Yeghiazarians Y
• Cardiomyopathy of aging in the mammalian heart is characterized by myocardial hypertrophy, fibrosis and a predisposition towards cardiomyocyte apoptosis and autophagy.
  Experimental gerontology 2011 Boyle AJ, Shih H, Hwang J, Ye J, Lee B, Zhang Y, Kwon D, Jun K, Zheng D, Sievers R, Angeli F, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee R
• A murine model of isolated cardiac steatosis leads to cardiomyopathy.
  Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2011 Glenn DJ, Wang F, Nishimoto M, Cruz MC, Uchida Y, Holleran WM, Zhang Y, Yeghiazarians Y, Gardner DG
• Closure of a para-valvular aortic leak: with the use of 2 AMPLATZER devices and real-time 2- and 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
  Texas Heart Institute journal 2011 Hoffmayer KS, Zellner C, Kwan DM, Konety S, Foster E, Moore P, Yeghiazarians Y
• Cytokine combination therapy with erythropoietin and granulocyte colony stimulating factor in a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction.
  Cardiovascular drugs and therapy 2010 Angeli FS, Amabile N, Shapiro M, Mirsky R, Bartlett L, Zhang Y, Virmani R, Chatterjee K, Boyle A, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y
• Subclavian artery stenosis: a review for the vascular medicine practitioner.
  Vascular medicine (London, England) 2010 Ochoa VM, Yeghiazarians Y
• Multivessel coronary artery disease predicts mortality, length of stay, and pressor requirements after liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2010 Yong CM, Sharma M, Ochoa V, Abnousi F, Roberts J, Bass NM, Niemann CU, Shiboski S, Prasad M, Tavakol M, Ports TA, Gregoratos G, Yeghiazarians Y, Boyle AJ
• Sterile radial artery granuloma after transradial procedures: a unique and avoidable complication.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2010 Zellner C, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Boyle AJ
• Sterile radial artery granuloma after transradial cardiac catheterization.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2010 Zellner C, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Ursell P, Boyle AJ
• Arteriotomy closure devices for cardiovascular procedures: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
  Circulation 2010 Patel MR, Jneid H, Derdeyn CP, Klein LW, Levine GN, Lookstein RA, White CJ, Yeghiazarians Y, Rosenfield K, American Heart Association Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Committee of…
• Timed inhibition of p38MAPK directs accelerated differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes.
  Cytotherapy 2010 Gaur M, Ritner C, Sievers R, Pedersen A, Prasad M, Bernstein HS, Yeghiazarians Y
• Nitric oxide synthase expression and functional response to nitric oxide are both important modulators of circulating angiogenic cell response to angiogenic stimuli.
  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2010 Heiss C, Schanz A, Amabile N, Jahn S, Chen Q, Wong ML, Rassaf T, Heinen Y, Cortese-Krott M, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y, Springer ML
• Timing of bone marrow cell therapy is more important than repeated injections after myocardial infarction.
  Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology 2010 Zhang Y, Sievers RE, Prasad M, Mirsky R, Shih H, Wong ML, Angeli FS, Ye J, Takagawa J, Koskenvuo JW, Springer ML, Grossman W, Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y
• Improvement of endothelial function with dietary flavanols is associated with mobilization of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with coronary artery disease.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010 Heiss C, Jahn S, Taylor M, Real WM, Angeli FS, Wong ML, Amabile N, Prasad M, Rassaf T, Ottaviani JI, Mihardja S, Keen CL, Springer ML, Boyle A, Grossman W, Glantz SA, Schroeter H, Yeghiazarians Y
• Granulocyte colony stimulating factor in myocardial infarction with low ejection fraction.
  Cytokine 2010 Angeli FS, Smith C, Amabile N, Shapiro M, Bartlett L, Virmani R, Chatterjee K, Boyle A, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y
• Cytokine combination therapy with long-acting erythropoietin and granulocyte colony stimulating factor improves cardiac function but is not superior than monotherapy in a mouse model of acute myocardial infarction.
  Journal of cardiac failure 2010 Yeghiazarians Y, Khan M, Angeli FS, Zhang Y, Jahn S, Prasad M, Mirsky R, Shih H, Minasi P, Boyle A, Grossman W
• Prolonged therapy with erythropoietin is safe and prevents deterioration of left ventricular systolic function in a porcine model of myocardial infarction.
  Journal of cardiac failure 2010 Angeli FS, Amabile N, Burjonroppa S, Shapiro M, Bartlett L, Zhang Y, Virmani R, Chatterjee K, Boyle A, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y
• A comparison of echocardiography to invasive measurement in the evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a rat model.
  The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2010 Koskenvuo JW, Mirsky R, Zhang Y, Angeli FS, Jahn S, Alastalo TP, Schiller NB, Boyle AJ, Chatterjee K, De Marco T, Yeghiazarians Y
• Cardiac CT and percutaneous mitral annuloplasty: a vision of the future?
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2010 Frey P, Yeghiazarians Y
• Left ventricular rupture due to HIV-associated T-cell lymphoma.
  Texas Heart Institute journal 2010 Armstrong EJ, Bhave P, Wong D, Ursell PC, Kaplan L, Yeghiazarians Y, Ai WZ
• Making a smooth vascular exit--does your kidney function matter?
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2010 Singh AK, Yeghiazarians Y
• Increased CD62e(+) endothelial microparticle levels predict poor outcome in pulmonary hypertension patients.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2009 Amabile N, Heiss C, Chang V, Angeli FS, Damon L, Rame EJ, McGlothlin D, Grossman W, De Marco T, Yeghiazarians Y
• Roles of matrix metalloproteinases in flow-induced outward vascular remodeling.
  Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2009 Ota R, Kurihara C, Tsou TL, Young WL, Yeghiazarians Y, Chang M, Mobashery S, Sakamoto A, Hashimoto T
• Left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction: characterization of a swine model on beta-blocker therapy.
  Comparative medicine 2009 Angeli FS, Shapiro M, Amabile N, Orcino G, Smith CS, Tacy T, Boyle AJ, Chatterjee K, Glantz SA, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y
• Patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: achieving closure.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2009 Ochoa V, Yeghiazarians Y
• Pre-PCI white blood cell count: should we care?
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2009 Lao D, Yeghiazarians Y
• Rotational vs. standard coronary angiography: an image content analysis.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2009 Garcia JA, Agostoni P, Green NE, Maddux JT, Chen SY, Messenger JC, Casserly IP, Hansgen A, Wink O, Movassaghi B, Groves BM, Van Den Heuvel P, Verheye S, Van Langenhove G, Vermeersch P, Van den Branden…
• Injection of bone marrow cell extract into infarcted hearts results in functional improvement comparable to intact cell therapy.
  Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 2009 Yeghiazarians Y, Zhang Y, Prasad M, Shih H, Saini SA, Takagawa J, Sievers RE, Wong ML, Kapasi NK, Mirsky R, Koskenvuo J, Minasi P, Ye J, Viswanathan MN, Angeli FS, Boyle AJ, Springer ML, Grossman W
• Peripheral arterial function in infants and young children with one-ventricle physiology and hypoxemia.
  The American journal of cardiology 2009 Natarajan S, Heiss C, Yeghiazarians Y, Fineman JR, Teitel DF, Tacy TA
• Safety of cardiac catheterization in patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.
  The American journal of cardiology 2009 Sharma M, Yong C, Majure D, Zellner C, Roberts JP, Bass NM, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Gregoratos G, Boyle AJ
• Magnesium sulfate for transradial cardiac catheterization: teaching an old dog new tricks.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2008 Zellner C, Boyle A, Yeghiazarians Y
• Impaired endothelial progenitor cell function predicts age-dependent carotid intimal thickening.
  Basic research in cardiology 2008 Keymel S, Kalka C, Rassaf T, Yeghiazarians Y, Kelm M, Heiss C
• Another kind of broken heart.
  The American journal of medicine 2008 Smith CS, Yeghiazarians Y
• Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008 Heiss C, Amabile N, Lee AC, Real WM, Schick SF, Lao D, Wong ML, Jahn S, Angeli FS, Minasi P, Springer ML, Hammond SK, Glantz SA, Grossman W, Balmes JR, Yeghiazarians Y
• Pleiotrophin induces nitric oxide dependent migration of endothelial progenitor cells.
  Journal of cellular physiology 2008 Heiss C, Wong ML, Block VI, Lao D, Real WM, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee RJ, Springer ML
• Stent thrombosis--a complication best avoided.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2008 Sharma M, Yeghiazarians Y
• Circulating endothelial microparticle levels predict hemodynamic severity of pulmonary hypertension.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2008 Amabile N, Heiss C, Real WM, Minasi P, McGlothlin D, Rame EJ, Grossman W, De Marco T, Yeghiazarians Y
• AAV serotype 1 mediates more efficient gene transfer to pig myocardium than AAV serotype 2 and plasmid.
  The journal of gene medicine 2008 Su H, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee A, Huang Y, Arakawa-Hoyt J, Ye J, Orcino G, Grossman W, Kan YW
• In vivo measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation in living rats using high-resolution ultrasound.
  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2007 Heiss C, Sievers RE, Amabile N, Momma TY, Chen Q, Natarajan S, Yeghiazarians Y, Springer ML
• DES for SVG stenosis -- we all want to do it, but are we there yet?
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2007 Smith CS, Yeghiazarians Y
• Secrets of success in unprotected left main intervention: patient and lesion selection.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2007 Sharma M, Yeghiazarians Y
• Is it time to burst the "balloon" for high-risk patients?
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2007 Burjonroppa SC, Boyle AJ, Yeghiazarians Y
• Interleukin-6 stimulates circulating blood-derived endothelial progenitor cell angiogenesis in vitro.
  Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2007 Fan Y, Ye J, Shen F, Zhu Y, Yeghiazarians Y, Zhu W, Chen Y, Lawton MT, Young WL, Yang GY
• Improved characterization of atherosclerotic plaques by gadolinium contrast during intravascular magnetic resonance imaging of human arteries.
  Atherosclerosis 2007 Larose E, Kinlay S, Selwyn AP, Yeghiazarians Y, Yucel EK, Kacher DF, Libby P, Ganz P
• Myocardial infarct size measurement in the mouse chronic infarction model: comparison of area- and length-based approaches.
  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 2007 Takagawa J, Zhang Y, Wong ML, Sievers RE, Kapasi NK, Wang Y, Yeghiazarians Y, Lee RJ, Grossman W, Springer ML
• Regions of low endothelial shear stress are the sites where coronary plaque progresses and vascular remodelling occurs in humans: an in vivo serial study.
  European heart journal 2007 Stone PH, Coskun AU, Kinlay S, Popma JJ, Sonka M, Wahle A, Yeghiazarians Y, Maynard C, Kuntz RE, Feldman CL
• Determination of adequate coronary stent expansion using StentBoost, a novel fluoroscopic image processing technique.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2007 Mishell JM, Vakharia KT, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Michaels AD
• Validation of the wall motion score and myocardial performance indexes as novel techniques to assess cardiac function in mice after myocardial infarction.
  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2006 Zhang Y, Takagawa J, Sievers RE, Khan MF, Viswanathan MN, Springer ML, Foster E, Yeghiazarians Y
• Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: a case series and brief review.
  Congenital heart disease 2006 Lee AC, Foster E, Yeghiazarians Y
• Phonocardiographic timing of third and fourth heart sounds during acute myocardial infarction.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2006 Harris IS, Lee E, Yeghiazarians Y, Drew BJ, Michaels AD
• Remodeling characteristics of minimally diseased coronary arteries are consistent along the length of the artery.
  The American journal of cardiology 2005 Feldman CL, Coskun AU, Yeghiazarians Y, Kinlay S, Wahle A, Olszewski ME, Rossen JD, Sonka M, Popma JJ, Orav J, Kuntz RE, Stone PH
• Characterization of human atherosclerotic plaques by intravascular magnetic resonance imaging.
  Circulation 2005 Larose E, Yeghiazarians Y, Libby P, Yucel EK, Aikawa M, Kacher DF, Aikawa E, Kinlay S, Schoen FJ, Selwyn AP, Ganz P
• Randomized study of the safety and clinical utility of rotational vs. standard coronary angiography using a flat-panel detector.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2005 Akhtar M, Vakharia KT, Mishell J, Gera A, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Michaels AD
• Closed-chest cell injections into mouse myocardium guided by high-resolution echocardiography.
  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2005 Springer ML, Sievers RE, Viswanathan MN, Yee MS, Foster E, Grossman W, Yeghiazarians Y
• Prediction of sites of coronary atherosclerosis progression: In vivo profiling of endothelial shear stress, lumen, and outer vessel wall characteristics to predict vascular behavior.
  Current opinion in cardiology 2003 Stone PH, Coskun AU, Yeghiazarians Y, Kinlay S, Popma JJ, Kuntz RE, Feldman CL
• Reproducibility of coronary lumen, plaque, and vessel wall reconstruction and of endothelial shear stress measurements in vivo in humans.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2003 Coskun AU, Yeghiazarians Y, Kinlay S, Clark ME, Ilegbusi OJ, Wahle A, Sonka M, Popma JJ, Kuntz RE, Feldman CL, Stone PH
• Effect of endothelial shear stress on the progression of coronary artery disease, vascular remodeling, and in-stent restenosis in humans: in vivo 6-month follow-up study.
  Circulation 2003 Stone PH, Coskun AU, Kinlay S, Clark ME, Sonka M, Wahle A, Ilegbusi OJ, Yeghiazarians Y, Popma JJ, Orav J, Kuntz RE, Feldman CL
• Early glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: are we ready to open the floodgates?
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003 Stone PH, Yeghiazarians Y
• ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
  Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine 2002 Yeghiazarians Y, Stone PH
• Unstable angina pectoris.
  The New England journal of medicine 2000 Yeghiazarians Y, Braunstein JB, Askari A, Stone PH
• Efficient reactivation of Xenopus erythrocyte nuclei in Xenopus egg extracts.
  Journal of cell science 1995 Wangh LJ, DeGrace D, Sanchez JA, Gold A, Yeghiazarians Y, Wiedemann K, Daniels S