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Dr. Flaherty performed the very first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) in the state of Kentucky

CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH: Dr. Michael Flaherty Describes Why the TAVR Procedure Could Become the Gold Standard for More Heart Patients

Dr. Flaherty performed the first percutaneous ventricular assist device (Impella) procedure in the Kentuckiana Region

DAIC: Study Finds Impella Heart Pump Reduces Kidney Injury Risk During High-Risk PCI​

TCTMD: Impella Assisted PCI: Can This Strategy Prevent AKI in High-Risk Patients?​

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CARDIOVASCULAR BUSINESS: Impella Heart Pump Reduces Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in High-Risk Patients

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AHA JOURNALS: Hemodynamic Support With a Microaxial Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device (Impella) Protects Against Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention​

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TCTMD: Renal Function Contrast Media Dosing in High Risk Patient Populations​

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AJA JOURNALS: Impella Is Renal Protective During High-Risk PCI​

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DAIC: Impella Heart Pump and Reduced Occurrence of Acute Kidney Injury in High-Risk PCI​

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CARDIO BUSINESS: How Impella Affects Kidney Disease in HRPCI

Dr. Flaherty performed the first Alcohol-Septal Ablation as treatment for HOCM in the Kentuckiana Region

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Dr. Flaherty performed the very first Mitra-clip mitral valve repair in the Kentuckiana Region

JEWISH LOUISVILLE: Jewish Hospital Expands Heart Care Options with MitraClip

Dr. Flaherty’s Selected Research Publications 

PUBMED: Impella Support and Acute Kidney Injury during High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Global cVAD Renal Protection Study​

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PUBMED: Early Initiation of Impella in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock Improves Survival: A Meta-Analysis

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PUBMED: Stent Thrombosis with Bioabsorbable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents: Insights from the Food and Drug Administration Database

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PUBMED: Femoral Arterial Closure using ProGlide® is More Efficacious and Cost-Effective when Ambulating Early Following Cardiac Catheterization​

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PUBMED: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Complication Rates in Teaching Vs Non-Teaching Centers in the United States

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PUBMED: Transcatheter Closure of Five Arial Septal Communications in the Presence of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Severe Left Ventricular Non-Compliance

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PUBMED: Predictors and Clinical Impact of Pre-Existing and Acquired Thrombocytopenia following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

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PUBMED: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Novel Abdominal Transaortic Approach

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PUBMED: Noncanonical Wnt11 Signaling is Sufficient to Induce Cardiomyogenic Differentiation in Unfractionated Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells

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PUBMED: Noncanonical Wnt11 Signaling and Cardiomyogenic Differentiation​

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PUBMED: Management of Recurrent Leaks following Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Repairs