Bojan Cercek, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Surgeons

Smidt Heart Institute 127 S San Vicente Blvd #A3600 Los Angeles, CA 310-423-2726 https://health.usnews.com/doctors/bojan-cercek-305147

Speciality

Cardiology,Adult Congenital Heart Disease

About

Dr. Bojan Cercek is a cardiologist in Los Angeles, California and is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Hospital Affiliations

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA

#2 on Best Hospitals Honor Roll

#3 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery

High Performing in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Education & Experience

Medical School & Residency

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988-1989

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1985-1988

University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine

Medical School

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Cardiovascular Disease

CA State Medical License

Active through 2023

Awards, Honors & Recognitions

ACP Fellow, 1996

Super Doc

ACC Fellow

Publications

The Role of T Cells Reactive to the Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Plaque Calcification

Fernando Chernomordik, Bojan Cercek, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K Shah

Immunization using ApoB-100 peptide-linked nanoparticles reduces atherosclerosis.

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Paul C Dimayuga, Nicole Wm Lio, Bojan Cercek, Noah T Trac, Eun Ji Chung, Prediman K Shah

Sex differences in crude mortality rates and predictive value of intensive care unit-based scores when applied to the cardiac intensive care unit.

Romana Herscovici, James Mirocha, Jed Salomon, Noel Bairey Merz, Bojan Cercek, Michael Goldfarb

The Role of T Cells Reactive to the Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Plaque Calcification.

Fernando Chernomordik, Bojan Cercek, Wai Man Lio, Peter M. Mihailovic, Juliana Yano, Romana Herscovici, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Paul C. Dimayuga

Sex as a Determinant of Responses to a Coronary Artery Disease Self-Antigen Identified by Immune-Peptidomics.

Wai Man Lio, Bojan Cercek, Juliana Yano, Wei Yang, Jonathan Ghermezi, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Bo Zhou, Michael R. Freeman, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Paul C. Dimayuga

Noncardiovascular Disease and Critical Care Delivery in a Contemporary Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care Unit

Michael Goldfarb, Sean van Diepen, Mark Liszkowski, Jacob C. Jentzer, Isabel Pedraza, Bojan Cercek

IL-7R blockade reduces post-myocardial infarction-induced atherosclerotic plaque inflammation in ApoE-/- mice.

Peter M. Mihailovic, Wai Man Lio, Juliana Yano, Jianchang Zhou, Xiaoning Zhao, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Paul C. Dimayuga

Keratin 8 is a potential self-antigen in the coronary artery disease immunopeptidome: A translational approach.

Peter M. Mihailovic, Wai Man Lio, Romana Herscovici, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Juliana Yano, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Bo Zhou, Michael R. Freeman, Wei Yang, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Paul C. Dimayuga

Early mobility in frail and non-frail older adults admitted to the cardiovascular intensive care unit.

Michael Goldfarb, Jonathan Afilalo, Alice Chan, Romana Herscovici, Bojan Cercek

Cancellation of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab After Activation for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

David Lange, Stanley Conte, Effie Pappas-Block, David Hildebrandt, Mamoo Nakamura, Raj Makkar, Saibal Kar, Sam S. Torbati, Joel M. Geiderman, Nathan McNeil, Bojan Cercek, Steven W. Tabak, Ivan C. Rokos, Timothy D. Henry

Systematic review and directors survey of quality indicators for the cardiovascular intensive care unit

Michael Goldfarb, Lior Bibas, L. Kristin Newby, Timothy D. Henry, Jason N. Katz, Sean van Diepen, Bojan Cercek

The cathelicidin protein CRAMP is a potential atherosclerosis self-antigen in ApoE(-/-) mice.

Peter M. Mihailovic, Wai Man Lio, Juliana Yano, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Paul C. Dimayuga

Early Coronary Angiography for Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Without ST Elevation.

Michael Goldfarb, Bojan Cercek

Identification of apoB‐100 Peptide‐Specific CD8+ T Cells in Atherosclerosis

Paul C. Dimayuga, Xiaoning Zhao, Juliana Yano, Wai Man Lio, Jianchang Zhou, Peter M. Mihailovic, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Kuang-Yuh Chyu

Echo-Doppler determinants of outcomes in patients with unoperated significant mitral regurgitation in current era

Asim M. Rafique, Parham Zarrini, Nirmal Singh, Roy Beigel, Rigved V. Tadwalkar, Meshe Chonde, Leandro Slipczuk, Bojan Cercek, Saibal Kar, Robert J. Siegel

2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI focused update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST-elevation myocardial Infarction: An update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Glenn N. Levine, Eric R. Bates, James C. Blankenship, Steven R. Bailey, John A. Bittl, Bojan Cercek, Charles E. Chambers, Stephen G. Ellis, Robert A. Guyton, Steven M. Hollenberg, Umesh N. Khot, Richard A. Lange, Laura Mauri, Roxana Mehran, Issam Moussa, Debabrata Mukherjee, Henry H. Ting, Patrick T. O'Gara, Frederick G. Kushner, Deborah D. Ascheim, Ralph G. Brindis, Donald E. Casey, Mina K. Chung, James A. de Lemos, Deborah B. Diercks, James C. Fang, Barry A. Franklin, Christopher B. Granger, Harlan M. Krumholz, Jane A. Linderbaum, David A. Morrow, L. Kristin Newby, Joseph P. Ornato, Narith N. Ou, Martha J. Radford, Jacqueline E. Tamis-Holland, Carl L. Tommaso, Cynthia M. Tracy, Y. Joseph Woo, David Zhao, Jonathan L. Halperin, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Nancy M. Albert, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Kim K. Birtcher, Biykem Bozkurt, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, Lesley H. Curtis, Lee A. Fleisher, Federico Gentile, Samuel S. Gidding, Mark A. Hlatky, John S. Ikonomidis, Jose A. Joglar, Richard J. Kovacs, E. Magnus Ohman, Susan J. Pressler, Frank W. Sellke, Win Kuang Shen, Duminda N. Wijeysundera

2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Immunization with an ApoB-100 Related Peptide Vaccine Attenuates Angiotensin-II Induced Hypertension and Renal Fibrosis in Mice

Tomoyuki Honjo, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Paul C. Dimayuga, Wai Man Lio, Juliana Yano, Portia Trinidad, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Echo-Doppler Hemodynamics An Important Management Tool for Today’s Heart Failure Care

Roy Beigel, Bojan Cercek, Robert J. Siegel, Michele A. Hamilton

ApoB-100-related peptide vaccine protects against angiotensin II-induced aortic aneurysm formation and rupture.

Tomoyuki Honjo, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Paul C. Dimayuga, Juliana Yano, Wai Man Lio, Portia Trinidad, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Shuang Chen, Bojan Cercek, Moshe Arditi, Prediman K. Shah

Cholesterol Lowering Modulates T Cell Function In Vivo and In Vitro

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Wai Man Lio, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jianchang Zhou, Xiaoning Zhao, Juliana Yano, Portia Trinidad, Tomoyuki Honjo, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Echocardiography in the use of noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring

Roy Beigel, Bojan Cercek, Reza Arsanjani, Robert J. Siegel

CD8+CD25+ T cells reduce atherosclerosis in apoE(−/−) mice

Jianchang Zhou, Paul C. Dimayuga, Xiaoning Zhao, Juliana Yano, Wai Man Lio, Portia Trinidad, Tomoyuki Honjo, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Kuang-Yuh Chyu

Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes, Diagnostic Value, and Complications of Percutaneous Prolonged Drainage Versus Surgical Pericardiotomy of Pericardial Effusion Associated With Malignancy

Nimish Patel, Asim M. Rafique, Shervin Eshaghian, Fernando Mendoza, Simon Biner, Bojan Cercek, Robert J. Siegel

Noninvasive evaluation of right atrial pressure.

Roy Beigel, Bojan Cercek, Huai Luo, Robert J. Siegel

Reduced neointima formation after arterial injury in CD4-/- mice is mediated by CD8+CD28hi T cells.

Paul C. Dimayuga, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Wai Man Lio, Xiaoning Zhao, Juliana Yano, Jianchang Zhou, Tomoyuki Honjo, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Comparison between transradial and transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, Bojan Cercek, Rajendra Makkar, Harrison Dinh, Collins Kwarteng, James Mirocha, Asma Hussaini, Sarabjeet Singh, Suhail Dohad, Prediman K. Shah, Mehran Khorsandi, Saibal Kar

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

CD8+ T Cells Mediate the Athero-Protective Effect of Immunization with an ApoB-100 Peptide

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Xiaoning Zhao, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jianchang Zhou, Xiaojun Li, Juliana Yano, Wai Man Lio, Lai Fan Chan, Jonathan Kirzner, Portia Trinidad, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Immune-modulation by polyclonal IgM treatment reduces atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic apoE-/- mice.

Fernando H. Y. Cesena, Paul C. Dimayuga, Juliana Yano, Xiaoning Zhao, Jonathan Kirzner, Jianchang Zhou, Lai Fan Chan, Wai Man Lio, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Kuang-Yuh Chyu

Frequency of Recurrence of Pericardial Tamponade in Patients With Extended Versus Nonextended Pericardial Catheter Drainage

Asim M. Rafique, Nimish Patel, Simon Biner, Shervin Eshaghian, Fernando Mendoza, Bojan Cercek, Robert J. Siegel

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, Bailey SR, Bittl JA, Cercek B, Chambers CE, Ellis SG, Guyton RA, Hollenberg SM, Khot UN, Lange RA, Mauri L, Mehran R, Moussa ID, Mukherjee D, Nallamothu BK, Ting HH

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Enhanced neointima formation following arterial injury in immune deficient Rag-1-/- mice is attenuated by adoptive transfer of CD8 T cells.

Paul C. Dimayuga, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Jonathan Kirzner, Juliana Yano, Xiaoning Zhao, Jianchang Zhou, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Dose-dependent modulation of tissue factor protein and procoagulant activity in human monocyte-derived macrophages by oxidized low density lipoprotein.

Simcha R. Meisel, Xiao-Ping Xu, Thomas S. Edgington, Bojan Cercek, John M. Ong, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah

Immune responses regulating the response to vascular injury.

Paul C. Dimayuga, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Bojan Cercek

Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm Causing Left Atrial Compression and Cardiogenic Shock

Chee Yuan Ng, Steven Stevens, Mamta Buch, Suhail Dohad, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Kuang-Yuh Chyu

Prolonged hypercholesterolemia-induced tissue factor expression in rabbit vein grafts: a potential mechanism for graft failure.

Simcha R. Meisel, Yi Ouyang, Michael C. Fishbein, Thomas S. Edgington, Xin Min Ruan, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Aurelio Chaux

Natural antibodies and complement modulate intimal thickening after arterial injury

Paul C. Dimayuga, Fernando H. Y. Cesena, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Juliana Yano, Allen Amorn, Michael C. Fishbein, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Heart Failure Patients with Anemia: A Meta-Analysis

Faramarz Tehrani, Pavittarpaul Dhesi, Daniel Daneshvar, Anita Phan, Asim M. Rafique, Robert J. Siegel, Bojan Cercek

Intestinopericardial fistula presenting as cardiac tamponade.

David Singh, Bojan Cercek, Clark Fuller, Robert J. Siegel

Exogenous heat shock protein-70 inhibits cigarette smoke-induced intimal thickening

Michiaki Matsumoto, Paul C. Dimayuga, Charles Wang, Jonathan Kirzner, Miha Cercek, Juliana Yano, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Management of cocaine-associated chest pain and myocardial infarction: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology.

James McCord, Hani Jneid, Judd E. Hollander, James A. de Lemos, Bojan Cercek, Priscilla Y. Hsue, W. Brian Gibler, E. Magnus Ohman, Barbara J. Drew, George J. Philippides, L. Kristin Newby

Increased risk of mortality following antibiotic treatment in patients with coronary artery disease

Bojan Cercek

Development of Systems of Care for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients The Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction–Receiving) Hospital Perspective

Christopher B. Granger, Timothy D. Henry, W. Eric R. Bates, Bojan Cercek, W. Douglas Weaver, David O. Williams

Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody titers and cardiac calcifications: a cross-sectional serological-echocardiographic correlative study.

Shaul Atar, Kirsten Tolstrup, Bojan Cercek, Robert J. Siegel

Comparison of drug-eluting stents with bare metal stents in unselected patients with acute myocardial infarction.

L. Iri Kupferwasser, Allen Amorn, Nikhil Kapoor, Michael S. Lee, Saibal Kar, Bojan Cercek, Suhail Dohad, James Mirocha, James S. Forrester, Prediman K. Shah, Raj Makkar

Passive immunization with monoclonal IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine reduces accelerated vein graft atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-null mice

José Rocha Faria-Neto, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Xiaojun Li, Paul C. Dimayuga, Carmel Ferreira, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Immunization using an Apo B-100 related epitope reduces atherosclerosis and plaque inflammation in hypercholesterolemic apo E (-/-) mice.

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Xiaoning Zhao, Odette S. Reyes, Stephanie M. Babbidge, Paul C. Dimayuga, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Jan Nilsson, Prediman K. Shah

T Cell Modulation of Intimal Thickening After Vascular Injury

Paul C. Dimayuga, Hongyan Li, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Jan Nilsson, Michael C. Fishbein, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Comparison of effectiveness of hand-carried ultrasound to bedside cardiovascular physical examination.

Sergio Kobal, Luca Trento, Simin Baharami, Kirsten Tolstrup, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Bojan Cercek, Yoram Neuman, James Mirocha, Saibal Kar, James S. Forrester, Robert J. Siegel

Smoking increases inflammation and metalloproteinase expression in human carotid atherosclerotic plaques.

Simon Kangavari, Shlomo Matetzky, Prediman K. Shah, Juliana Yano, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Michael C. Fishbein, Bojan Cercek

Differential Effects of Apolipoprotein A-I–Mimetic Peptide on Evolving and Established Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Null Mice

Xiaojun Li, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Jose R. Faria Neto, Juliana Yano, Nitya Nathwani, Carmel Ferreira, Paul C. Dimayuga, Bojan Cercek, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah

Rapid reversal of endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E-null mice by recombinant apolipoprotein A-IMilano-phospholipid complex

Sanjay Kaul, Bryan Coin, Amir Hedayiti, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek, Kuang-Y. Chyu, Prediman K. Shah

Comparison of frequency of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in patients with a first acute myocardial infarction with versus without left ventricular hypertrophy

Yoram Neuman, Bojan Cercek, Joseph Aragon, Steve S. Lee, Sergio Kobal, Takashi Miyamoto, Huai Luo, Kirsten Tolstrup, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Yochai Birnbaum, Robert J. Siegel

Timing affects the efficacy of LDL immunization on atherosclerotic lesions in apo E (-/-) mice

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Odette S. Reyes, Xiaoning Zhao, Juliana Yano, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Effect of Exposure to Cigarette Smoke on Carotid Artery Intimal Thickening The Role of Inducible NO Synthase

Takeo Anazawa, Paul C. Dimayuga, Hongyan Li, Shigemasa Tani, Jason S. Bradfield, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Altered AP-1/Ref-1 redox pathway and reduced proliferative response in iNOS-deficient vascular smooth muscle cells:

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Paul C. Dimayuga, Xiaoning Zhao, Jan Nilsson, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Aberrant antibody responses to oxidized LDL and increased intimal thickening in apoE-/- mice exposed to cigarette smoke.

Shigemasa Tani, Paul C. Dimayuga, Takeo Anazawa, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Hongyan Li, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Differential Effects of Green Tea–Derived Catechin on Developing Versus Established Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Null Mice

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Stephanie M. Babbidge, Xiaoning Zhao, Ram Dandillaya, Anton G. Rietveld, Juliana Yano, Paul C. Dimayuga, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Platelet‐induced expression of tissue factor procoagulant activity in freshly isolated human mononuclear cells: implications for experimental use

Simcha R. Meisel, Michael Shechter, X.-P. Xu, Thomas S. Edgington, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K Shah

A Prospective, Nonrandomized, Open-Labeled Pilot Study Investigating the Use of Magnesium in Patients Undergoing Nonacute Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Stent Implantation:

Vladimir Rukshin, Raul D. Santos, Mitch Gheorghiu, Prediman K. Shah, Saibal Kar, Sriram Padmanabhan, Babak Azarbal, Vivian Tsang, Raj Makkar, Bruce Samuels, Norman E. Lepor, Ivor Geft, Steve Tabak, Mehran Khorsandhi, Neil A. Buchbinder, Neil Eigler, Bojan Cercek, Keta Hodgson, Sanjay Kaul

Insulin-like growth factor I prevents corticosteroid-induced diaphragm muscle atrophy in emphysematous hamsters.

Mario Fournier, Zhi-Shen Huang, Hongyan Li, Xiaoyu Da, Bojan Cercek, Michael I. Lewis

Intramural Delivery of Recombinant Apolipoprotein A-IMilano/Phospholipid Complex (ETC-216) Inhibits In-Stent Stenosis in Porcine Coronary Arteries

Sanjay Kaul, Vladimir Rukshin, Raul D. Santos, Babak Azarbal, Charles L. Bisgaier, Jan Johansson, Vivian Tsang, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Bojan Cercek, James Mirocha, Prediman K. Shah

Inflammation and cholesterol

Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Bo Hedblad, Göran Berglund, Ragnar Alm, Mikko P.S. Ares, Bojan Cercek, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson

Influence of varying degrees of malnutrition on IGF-I expression in the rat diaphragm.

Michael I. Lewis, Hongyan Li, Zhi-Shen Huang, Manmohan S. Biring, Bojan Cercek, Mario Fournier

Effects of GP IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor tirofiban (aggrastat) in ex vivo canine arteriovenous shunt model of stent thrombosis.

Vladimir Rukshin, Babak Azarbal, Ariel Finkelstein, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Vivian Tsang, Sanjay Kaul

Effect of short-term treatment with azithromycin on recurrent ischaemic events in patients with acute coronary syndrome in the Azithromycin in Acute Coronary Syndrome (AZACS) trial: a randomised controlled trial

Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Marko Noc, Doron Zahger, Uwe Zeymer, Shlomi Matetzky, Gerald Maurer, Peter R. Mahrer

Acute myocardial infarction in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

Shlomo Matetzky, Michelle Domingo, Saibal Kar, Marko Noc, Prediman K. Shah, Sanjay Kaul, Eric S. Daar, Bojan Cercek

Arterial injury in mice with severe insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) deficiency.

Hongyan Li, Paul C. Dimayuga, Makoto Yamashita, Juliana Yano, Mario Fournier, Michael I. Lewis, Bojan Cercek

Frequency of incomplete reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary angioplasty.

Marko Noc, Shlomo Matetzky, Michelle Domingo, Saibal Kar, Raj Makkar, Bojan Cercek, Frank Litvack

Comparative Antithrombotic Effects of Magnesium Sulfate and the Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Tirofiban and Eptifibatide in a Canine Model of Stent Thrombosis

Vladimir Rukshin, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Ariel Finkelstein, Vivian Tsang, Sanjay Kaul

Inhibitory Effect on Arterial Injury-Induced Neointimal Formation by Adoptive B-Cell Transfer in Rag-1 Knockout Mice

Paul C. Dimayuga, Bojan Cercek, Sumito Oguchi, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Juliana Yano, Prediman K. Shah, Stefan Jovinge, Jan Nilsson

Differentiation of adherent human monocytes into macrophages markedly enhances tissue factor protein expression and procoagulant activity

Simcha R. Meisel, Xiao-Ping Xu, Thomas S. Edgington, Paul C. Dimayuga, Sanjay Kaul, Stephen Lee, Michael C. Fishbein, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Exploiting the vascular protective effects of high-density lipoprotein and its apolipoproteins: an idea whose time for testing is coming, part II.

Shah PK, Kaul S, Nilsson J, Cercek B

Exploiting the Vascular Protective Effects of High-Density Lipoprotein and its Apolipoproteins

Prediman K. Shah, Sanjay Kaul, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek

IGF-Binding Protein-4 Expression and IGF-Binding Protein-4 Protease Activity Are Regulated Coordinately in Smooth Muscle During Postnatal Development and After Vascular Injury

Eric P. Smith, A. Kamyar, W. Niu, Jianwei Wang, Bojan Cercek, Steven D. Chernausek, James A. Fagin

Primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction in octogenarians.

Shlomi Matetzky, Tali Sharir, Marko Noc, Michelle Domingo, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Saibal Kar, Neal L. Eigler, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Intravenous Magnesium in Experimental Stent Thrombosis in Swine

Vladimir Rukshin, Babak Azarbal, Prediman K. Shah, Vivian Tsang, Michael Shechter, Ariel Finkelstein, Bojan Cercek, Sanjay Kaul

Milrinone echocardiographic viability test: A pilot study☆

Sanjay C. Dhar, Yochai Birnbaum, Sean W. Hayes, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Bojan Cercek, Carlos Blanche, Arnold C. Friedman, Alfredo Trento, Robert J. Siegel

High-dose recombinant apolipoprotein A-I(milano) mobilizes tissue cholesterol and rapidly reduces plaque lipid and macrophage content in apolipoprotein e-deficient mice. Potential implications for acute plaque stabilization.

Prediman K. Shah, Juliana Yano, Odette S. Reyes, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Sanjay Kaul, Bisgaier Charles L, Sandra Drake, Bojan Cercek

Absence of CD40 Signaling Is Associated With an Increase in Intimal Thickening After Arterial Injury

Mojca Remskar, Hongyan Li, Kuang Yuh Chyu, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Pacing stress echocardiography: an alternative to pharmacologic stress testing.

Shaul Atar, Tomoo Nagai, Bojan Cercek, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Huai Luo, Robert J. Siegel

Elevated troponin I level on admission is associated with adverse outcome of primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.

Shlomo Matetzky, Tali Sharir, Michelle Domingo, Marko Noc, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Sanjay Kaul, Neal L. Eigler, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Smoking Increases Tissue Factor Expression in Atherosclerotic Plaques Implications for Plaque Thrombogenicity

Shlomo Matetzky, Shigemasa Tani, Simon Kangavari, Paul C. Dimayuga, Juliana Yano, Helen Xu, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Michael C. Fishbein, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Transthoracic stress echocardiography with transesophageal atrial pacing for bedside evaluation of inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with new-onset chest pain.

Shaul Atar, Bojan Cercek, Tomoo Nagai, Huai Luo, Howard C. Lewin, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Robert J. Siegel

Monoclonal Antibody Against Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Inhibits Neointimal Formation After Periadventitial Carotid Artery Injury in Genetically Hypercholesterolemic Mice

Sumito Oguchi, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jenny Zhu, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Juliana Yano, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek

Tricuspid valve group b streptococcal endocarditis after an elective termination of pregnancy

Simon Kangavari, Jennifer Collins, Bojan Cercek, Shaul Atar, Robert Siegel

Polymeric-based perivascular delivery of a nitric oxide donor inhibits intimal thickening after balloon denudation arterial injury: role of nuclear factor-kappaB

Sanjay Kaul, Bojan Cercek, Jan Rengstrom, Xiao-Ping Xu, Mia D. Molloy, Paul C. Dimayuga, Akik K Parikh, Michael C. Fishbein, Jan Nilsson, Tripathi B. Rajavashisth, Prediman K. Shah

Decreased Neointimal Thickening After Arterial Wall Injury in Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice

Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jenny Zhu, Jan Nilsson, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek

Leukaemia inhibitory factor enhances tissue factor expression in human monocyte-derived macrophages: a gp130-mediated mechanism.

Simcha R. Meisel, Ilan Shimon, Thomas S. Edgington, Shlomo Melmed, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Evidence that high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is an independent predictor of acute platelet-dependent thrombus formation.

Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Prediman K. Shah, Pamela A. Ivey, Mia D. Molloy, Arun M. Thomas, Sandeep Panicker, Alaa Ahmed, Bojan Cercek, Sanjay Kaul

Reconstituted HDL Containing Human Apolipoprotein A-1 Reduces VCAM-1 Expression and Neointima Formation Following Periadventitial Cuff-Induced Carotid Injury in apoE Null Mice

Paul C. Dimayuga, Jenny Zhu, Sumito Oguchi, Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Xiao-Ou Helen Xu, Juliana Yano, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek

Antisense oligonucleotides to stromelysin mRNA inhibit injury-induced proliferation of arterial smooth muscle cells.

Cecilia Lövdahl, Johan Thyberg, Bojan Cercek, Karin Blomgren, Paul C. Dimayuga, Bengt Kallin, Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson

Phosphatase activity in the arterial wall after balloon injury: effect of somatostatin analog octreotide.

Makoto Yamashita, Paul C. Dimayuga, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K Shah, Jan Regnstrom, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek

Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Evidence for Activation by Proinflammatory Mediators

Tripathi B. Rajavashisth, Xiao-Ping Xu, Stefan Jovinge, Simcha R. Meisel, Xiao-Ou Xu, Ning-Ning Chai, Michael C. Fishbein, Sanjay Kaul, Bojan Cercek, Behrooz G. Sharifi, Prediman K. Shah

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein regulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 and its tissue inhibitor in human monocyte-derived macrophages.

Xiao-Ping Xu, Simcha R. Meisel, John M. Ong, Sanjay Kaul, Bojan Cercek, Tripathi B. Rajavashisth, Behrooz G. Sharifi, Prediman K. Shah

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac tuberculosis.

Sanjay C. Dhar, Sean W. Hayes, Bojan Cercek, Michael C. Fishbein

An Animal Model to Study Local Oxidation of LDL and Its Biological Effects in the Arterial Wall

Federico Calara, Paul C. Dimayuga, Audrey Niemann, Johan Thyberg, Ulf Diczfalusy, Joseph L. Witztum, Wulf Palinski, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Jan Nilsson, Jan Regnstrom

Therapeutic Concentrations of Heparin Augment Platelet Activation at the Time of Coronary Angiography

Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Prediman K. Shah, Pamela A. Ivey, Mia D. Molloy, Patricia Linn, Mariana Linker-Israeli, Bojan Cercek, Sanjay Kaul

Effects of Recombinant Apolipoprotein A-IMilano on Aortic Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E–Deficient Mice

Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson, Sanjay Kaul, Michael C. Fishbein, Hans Ageland, Anders Hamsten, Jan Johansson, Frederick Karpe, Bojan Cercek

Lipoprotein-like Phospholipid Particles Inhibit the Smooth Muscle Cell Cytotoxicity of Lysophosphatidycholine and Platelet-Activating Factor

Jan Nilsson, Britt Dahlgren, Mikko P.S. Ares, Jan Westman, Anna Hultgårdh Nilsson, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Immunization With Homologous Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein Reduces Neointimal Formation After Balloon Injury in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits

Jan Nilsson, Federico Calara, Jan Regnstrom, Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson, Sean Ameli, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Local Delivery of an Ultra-short-acting Nitric Oxide- releasing Compound, DMHD/NO, Is Highly Effective in Inhibiting Acute Platelet-Thrombus Formation on Injured Arterial Strips

Sanjay Kaul, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Michael C. Fishbein, Bojan Cercek, Juan J. Badimon, Thomas C. Hutsell, Sasha Thomas, Mia D. Molloy, Prediman K. Shah

Dissolution of Thrombotic Arterial Occlusion by High Intensity, Low Frequency Ultrasound and Dodecafluoropentane Emulsion: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study

Toshihiko Nishioka, Huai Luo, Michael C. Fishbein, Bojan Cercek, James S. Forrester, Chong-Jin Kim, Hans Berglund, Robert J. Siegel

Nuclear factor-κB activity and arterial response to balloon injury

Bojan Cercek, Makoto Yamashita, Paul C. Dimayuga, Jenny Zhu, Michael C. Fishbein, Sanjay Kaul, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson, Jan Regnstrom

Direct effects of somatostatin analog octreotide on insulin-like growth factor-I in the arterial wall.

K Yumi, James A. Fagin, Makoto Yamashita, Michael C. Fishbein, Prediman K Shah, Sanjay Kaul, W. Niu, Jan Nilsson, Bojan Cercek

Transcutaneous Ultrasound Augments Lysis of Arterial Thrombi In Vivo

Huai Luo, Toshihiko Nishioka, Michael C. Fishbein, Bojan Cercek, James S. Forrester, Chong-Jin Kim, Hans Berglund, Robert J. Siegel

Effect of Immunization With Homologous LDL and Oxidized LDL on Early Atherosclerosis in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits

Sean Ameli, Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson, Jan Regnstrom, Federico Calara, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson

Regulated Expression of the Ets-1 Transcription Factor in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vivo and In Vitro

Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson, Bojan Cercek, Jianwei Wang, Shinji Naito, Cecilia Lövdahl, Behrooz G. Sharifi, James S. Forrester, James A. Fagin

Autocrine Induction of DNA Synthesis by Mechanical Injury of Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells: Potential Role of FGF and PDGF

Federico Calara, Sean Ameli, Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson, Bojan Cercek, Joel M. Kupfer, Ulf Hedin, James S. Forrester, Prediman K. Shah, Jan Nilsson

Active Oxygen Species and Lysophosphatidylcholine Are Involved in Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein Activation of Smooth Muscle Cell DNA Synthesis

Ann Stiko, Jan Regnstrom, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Jan Nilsson

Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for positioning the intraaortic balloon pump in the operating room.

Toshihiko Nishioka, Arnold C. Friedman, Bojan Cercek, Aurelio Chaux, Huai Luo, Hans Berglund, Chong-Jin Kim, Carlos Blanche, Robert J. Siegel

Effect of External Ultrasound Frequency on Thrombus Disruption In Vitro.

Huai Luo, Toshihiko Nishioka, Hans Berglund, Chong-Jin Kim, Michele Carbone, Bojan Cercek, Robert J. Siegel

Incomplete recanalization as an important determinant of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 2 flow after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

Doron Zahger, Labros A. Karagounis, Bojan Cercek, Jeffrey L. Anaerson, Sherman Sorensen, Fidela Moreno, Prediman K. Shah

VCL, an antagonist of the platelet GP1b receptor, markedly inhibits platelet adhesion and intimal thickening after balloon injury in the rat.

Doron Zahger, Michael C. Fishbein, Leonard I. Garfinkel, Prediman K. Shah, James S. Forrester, Jan Regnstrom, Juliana Yano, Bojan Cercek

How do smokers differ from nonsmokers in their response to thrombolysis? (the TIMI-4 trial)

Doron Zahger, Bojan Cercek, Christopher P. Cannon, Matthew Jordan, Vicki G. Davis, Eugene Braunwald, Prediman K. Shah

Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Prior Coronary Bypass Surgery: Results from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 4 Trial.

Doron Zahger, Bojan Cercek, Christopher P. Cannon, Matthew B. Jordan, Prediman K. Shah

A DNA probe study on the origin of the cancer recognition, immunedefense suppression and serine protease protection peptide.

Cercek L, M Siaw, Bojan Cercek

Effect of the cancer recognition, immunedefense suppression, and serine protease protection peptide on DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes and human lymphocytes.

Cercek L, Carr Bi, M Siaw, Bojan Cercek

Recombinant apolipoprotein A-I Milano reduces intimal thickening after balloon injury in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.

Sean Ameli, Anna Hultgårdh-Nilsson, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, James S. Forrester, H Ageland, Jan Nilsson

Mechanical stimuli induce vascular parathyroid hormone-related protein gene expression in vivo and in vitro

Carlos José Pirola, Hai Mei Wang, Monica I. Strgacich, Amin Kamyar, Bojan Cercek, James S. Forrester, Thomas L. Clemens, James A. Fagin

Enhancement of thrombolysis by external ultrasound

Huai Luo, Wolfgang Steffen, Bojan Cercek, Siva Arunasalam, Gerald Maurer, Robert J. Siegel

Angiographic validation of bedside markers of reperfusion

Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, Allan S. Lew, William Ganz

Cancer-associated SCM-recognition, immunedefense suppression, and serine protease protection peptide. Part III. CRISPP peptide protection of serine proteases against inhibition.

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek

Cancer-associated SCM-recognition, immunedefense suppression, and serine protease protection peptide. Part II. Immunedefense suppressive effects of the CRISPPs peptide.

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek

Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I and its receptor in rat aorta after balloon denudation. Evidence for local bioactivity.

Mehran Khorsandi, James A. Fagin, Daniel Giannella-Neto, James S. Forrester, Bojan Cercek

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry in rat aorta after balloon denudation. Comparison with thymidine and bromodeoxyuridine labeling.

U. Zeymer, Michael C. Fishbein, James S. Forrester, Bojan Cercek

Effects of hypophysectomy on vascular insulin-like growth factor-I gene expression after balloon denudation in rats

Mehran Khorsandi, James A. Fagin, Michael C. Fishbein, James S. Forrester, Bojan Cercek

Cancer-associated SCM-recognition, immunedefense suppression, and serine protease protection peptide. Part I. Isolation, amino acid sequence, homology, and origin.

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek

Growth factors in pathogenesis of coronary arterial restenosis.

Bojan Cercek, Behrooz G. Sharifi, Peter Barath, Lee Bailey, James S. Forrester

Complicated acute myocardial infarction. Heart failure, shock, mechanical complications.

Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah

Critically ischemic myocardium in clinically stable patients following thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: Potential implications for early coronary angioplasty in selected patients

Allan S. Lew, Jamshid Maddahi, Prediman K. Shah, Bojan Cercek, William Ganz, Daniel S. Berman

Induction of insulin-like growth factor I messenger RNA in rat aorta after balloon denudation.

Bojan Cercek, Michael C. Fishbein, James S. Forrester, Richard H. Helfant, James A. Fagin

Selective decrease in lysis of old thrombi after rapid administration of tissue-type plasminogen activator

Ken Kanamasa, Ikuyoshi Watanabe, Bojan Cercek, Juliana Yang, Michael C. Fishbein, William Ganz

Usefulness of a rapid initial increase in plasma creatine kinase activity as a marker of reperfusion during thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction

Basil S. Lewis, William Ganz, Pierre Laramee, Bojan Cercek, Hanoch Hod, Prediman K. Shah, Allan S. Lew

Efficacy of a two-hour infusion of 150-mg tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction.

Allan S. Lew, Bojan Cercek, Basil S. Lewis, Hanoch Hod, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Inferior ST segment changes during acute anterior myocardial infarction: A marker of the presence or absence of concomitant inferior wall ischemia

Allan S. Lew, Hanoch Hod, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Ancrod enhances the thrombolytic effect of streptokinase and urokinase.

Bojan Cercek, Allan S. Lew, Hanoch Hod, Juliana Yano, Basil S. Lewis, K.N.N. Reddy, William Ganz

Time course and characteristics of ventricular arrhythmias after reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction

Bojan Cercek, Allan S. Lew, Pierre Laramee, Prediman K. Shah, Thomas Peter, William Ganz

Early atrial fibrillation during evolving myocardial infarction: a consequence of impaired left atrial perfusion.

Hanoch Hod, A S Lew, M Keltai, Bojan Cercek, Ivor Geft, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Mortality and morbidity rates of patients older and younger than 75 years with acute myocardial infarction treated with intravenous streptokinase.

Allan S. Lew, Hanoch Hod, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Usefulness of residual plasma fibrinogen after intravenous streptokinase for predicting delay or failure of reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction.

Allan S. Lew, Bojan Cercek, Hanoch Hod, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Enhancement of thrombolysis with tissue-type plasminogen activator by pretreatment with heparin.

Bojan Cercek, A S Lew, Hanoch Hod, Juliana Yano, N K Reddy, William Ganz

Elevated serum D dimer: a degradation product of cross-linked fibrin (XDP) after intravenous streptokinase during acute myocardial infarction.

Allan S. Lew, Linda Berberian, Bojan Cercek, Stephen Lee, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Interaction of SK-human plasmin, SK-dog plasmin complexes with α2 antiplasmin and α2macroglobulin

K.N.N. Reddy, Bojan Cercek, Allan S. Lew, William Ganz

The hypotensive effect of intravenous streptokinase in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

A S Lew, P Laramee, Bojan Cercek, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

The effects of the rate of intravenous infusion of streptokinase and the duration of symptoms on the time interval to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

A S Lew, Pierre Laramee, Bojan Cercek, L Rodriguez, Prediman K. Shah, William Ganz

Thrombolytic therapy with intracoronary or intravenous streptokinase during acute myocardial infarction.

A S Lew, P Laramee, Bojan Cercek, L Rodriguez, William Ganz

Sotalol‐induced torsade de pointes

Peter Rakovec, Bojan Cercek, Primoz Rode, Andrej Brucan, Matija Horvat

Heterogeneity of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in liver endoplasmic reticulum

Bojan Cercek, S R Wilson, Miles D. Houslay

Effect of specific growth inhibitors on fluorescein fluorescence polarization spectra in haemopoietic cells.

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek, Brian I Lord

Changes in SCM-responses of lymphocytes in mice after implantation with ehrlich ascites cells

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek

Comments on “the SCM test for cancer. An evaluation in terms of lymphocytes from healthy donors and cancer patients”

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek

Biophysical differentiation between lymphocytes from healthy donors, patients with malignant diseases and other disorders.

L Cercek, Bojan Cercek, C I V Franklin