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1. Carolina Regional Heart Center
carolinaregionalheartcenter.co - [Cached]Published on: 2/9/2006 Last Visited: 11/5/2007
So, these studies might not predict the "real world" performance after a device is released for widespread use," says Barry Cheek, MD, cardiologist and principal investigator at Carolina Regional Heart Center. "We believe that the STENT registry is generating valuable post-approval device information for cardiologists." Dr. Cheek recently presented STENT research to the Transcatheter Therapies national meeting on the findings of drug eluting stents used in diabetic patients. Stents are inserted into a closed or clogged artery to open the vessel for improved cardiac function. "Our work has gained a lot of attention, and STENT research has been presented at every national cardiac meeting since 2004." Detailed information collected for each coronary interventional procedure is electronically entered into a centralized database. The database is maintained by an independent medical statistics firm, the Dickson institute in Charlotte, N.C. "Frankly, collecting this information can be tedious but we all realize that it is important," claims Dr. Cheek.
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The STENT group was started independently, without financial support or interference from device companies," says Dr. Cheek. There are now eight participating sites including: Carolina Regional Heart Center, High Point, N.C.; Carolinas Heart Institute, Charlotte, N.C.; Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, T.N.; Indiana Heart Institute, Indianapolis, I.N.; LeBauer Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, N.C.; McLeod Regional Memorial Hospital, Florence, S.C.; Providence Hospital, Columbia, S.C.; and St. Thomas Heart Institute Nashville, T.N; and Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N.C. Participating interventional cardiologists at High Point Regional are: Dr. Cheek, Dr. Steven Rohrbeck, Dr. Daryl Kalil, Dr. Zan Tyson, Dr. Helgi Oskarsson, Dr. Jim McGukin and Dr. Ernest Gumprect.
