David Cohen, MD MSc

All posts by David Cohen, MD MSc

January 23rd, 2012

Drug-Eluting vs. Bare-Metal Stents, Using Instrumental Variable Analysis

David J. Cohen, the principal investigator of an observational PCI registry study of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents, sheds light on a risk-adjustment technique called “instrumental variable analysis.” CardioExchange welcomes your thoughts on the value of this method and on the study it was used to elucidate. The Study Using data from a prospective observational PCI registry, researchers […]


March 16th, 2011

CABG vs. PCI for Angina Relief: Lessons from SYNTAX

CardioExchange welcomes David J. Cohen, Director of Cardiovascular Research at St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss the latest analysis from the SYNTAX randomized trial. The study has just been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and Dr. Cohen is the lead author. Questions to Dr. Cohen come […]