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Mark D. Iafrati
Researcher at Tufts Medical Center
Publications - 99
Citations - 4642
Mark D. Iafrati is an academic researcher from Tufts Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Venous thrombosis & Chronic venous insufficiency. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 91 publications receiving 4224 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark D. Iafrati include Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences & Tufts University.
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Reduction of hospital resources utilization in vascular surgery: A four-year experience
Sean P. Roddy,Thomas F. O'Donnell,Mark D. Iafrati,Lois A. Isaacson,Victoria E. Bailey,William C. Mackey +5 more
TL;DR: Case management for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy and infrainguinal bypass grafting involving an integrated team of vascular surgeons, surgical house staff, a dedicated vascular nurse, and a social work case manager resulted in dramatic reductions both in length of stay and hospital resource utilization.
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A systematic review of guidelines for lymphedema and the need for contemporary intersocietal guidelines for the management of lymphedema.
TL;DR: A systematic review of available LED CPGs demonstrates a limited number of guidelines, and it is imperative for vascular societies to develop contemporary high-quality evidence-based C PGs for LED, as they have for other vascular diseases.
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Risk factors associated with the venous leg ulcer that fails to heal after 1 year of treatment.
TL;DR: It is confirmed that risk factors known to be associated with the failure of a VLU to heal-deep venous disease and post-thrombotic etiology-were significant at 52 weeks, whereas depression and race (nonwhite) are novel risk factors.
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Radiofrequency thermal wire is a useful adjunct to treat chronic central venous occlusions.
TL;DR: Three patients with complicated central venous occlusions in whom conventional catheter and guidewire techniques were not successful and who were successfully treated using the PowerWire Radiofrequency Guidewire are reported.
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Quantitative colorimetry of atherosclerotic plaque using the L*a*b* color space during angioscopy for the detection of lipid cores underneath thin fibrous caps
Fumiyuki Ishibashi,Shinya Yokoyama,Kengo Miyahara,Alexandra Dabreo,Eric R. Weiss,Mark D. Iafrati,Masamichi Takano,Kentaro Okamatsu,Kyoichi Mizuno,Sergio Waxman,Sergio Waxman +10 more
TL;DR: Atherosclerotic plaque color can be consistently measured during angioscopy with quantitative colorimetry and high yellow color intensity, determined by this system, was associated with LCTCs.