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Kurt Amplatz
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 470
Citations - 14417
Kurt Amplatz is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Percutaneous & Embolization. The author has an hindex of 57, co-authored 470 publications receiving 14202 citations. Previous affiliations of Kurt Amplatz include University of Nebraska Omaha & West Virginia University.
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Effect of partial ileal bypass surgery on mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease in patients with hypercholesterolemia. Report of the Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH)
Henry Buchwald,Richard L. Varco,John P. Matts,John M. Long,Laurie L. Fitch,Gilbert S. Campbell,Malcolm B. Pearce,Albert E. Yellin,W. Allan Edmiston,Robert D. Smink,Henry S. Sawin,Christian T. Campos,Betty J. Hansen,Naip Tuna,James N. Karnegis,Miguel E. Sanmarco,Kurt Amplatz,W R Castaneda-Zuniga,David W. Hunter,Joe K. Bissett,Frederic J. Weber,James W. Stevenson,Arthur S. Leon,Thomas C. Chalmers +23 more
TL;DR: The Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH) randomized clinical trial was designed to test whether cholesterol lowering induced by the partial ileal bypass operation would favorably affect overall mortality or mortality due to coronary heart disease.
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Left retrograde cardioangiography in acquired cardiac disease: Technic, indications and interpretations in 700 cases∗
TL;DR: Application of retrograde left cardioangiography to 700 patients, both adults and children, with acquired valvular diseases is described, and the value of this information in the surgical management of many forms of cardiac disease is emphasized.
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The mechanism of balloon angioplasty.
W R Castaneda-Zuniga,A Formanek,S. Murthy Tadavarthy,Zeev Vlodaver,Jesse E. Edwards,C Zollikofer,Kurt Amplatz +6 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that the stretched media distends following dilatation, carrying with the intima and atheromatous material, which adapts to the circulatory needs of the body.
Patent
Snare-type probe
TL;DR: In this article, a shape memory alloy is used to collapse the distal segment for passage through a catheter and yet automatically open into its original, unrestrained configuration upon emerging from distal tip of the catheter.
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Balloon dilation angioplasty of aortic coarctations in infants and children.
TL;DR: Balloon dilation angioplasty was attempted nine times in eight infants and children with aortic coarctation and was not associated with mortality or significant morbidity in this group of patients, its role in the management of children with coarCTation is yet to be determined.