MarkATurcoMD

Cardiology • Providence, RI

Interventional Cardiology

Physician

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Office
261 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone+1 301-346-4374
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Education & Training

Temple University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1992 - 1995
George Washington UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2001 - 2017
DC State Medical License 2003 - 2016

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Symbiot III: A Prospective Randomized Trial Evaluating the Symbiot Covered Stent System in Saphenous Vein Grafts Start of enrollment: 2002 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Direct Stenting of TAXUS Liberté™-SR Stent for the Treatment of Patients With de Novo Coronary Artery Lesions Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of the TAXUS Liberté Stent for the Treatment of Long De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions Start of enrollment: 2005 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
TAXUS ATLAS: TAXUS Liberté™-SR Stent for the Treatment of de Novo Coronary Artery Lesions Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of the TAXUS Liberté Stent for the Treatment of de Novo Coronary Artery Lesions in Small Vessels Start of enrollment: 2005 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Pressure-Controlled Intermittent Coronary Sinus Occlusion: A Novel Approach to Improve Microvascular Flow and Reduce Infarct Size in STEMI.
C Michael Gibson, Issameddine Ajmi, Cajetan L von Koenig, Mark A Turco, Gregg W Stone> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2022 Dec 1
1 citations
Novel Catheter Device Using Renal Artery Protection to Reduce Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury.
Shmuel Chen, Mark Turco, Mark Reisman, Aloke V Finn> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2022 Dec 1
3 citations
Angiographic classification of patterns of restenosis following femoropopliteal artery intervention: A proposed scoring system.
Lawrence A. Garcia, Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, Prakash Krishnan, Thomas Zeller, Gunnar Tepe, Mark D. Fleming, Juan F. Granada, Mark Turco, Christopher Tieche, Michael R. ...> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2017 Oct 1
2 citations
Stenting for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is associated with less neointimal hyperplasia in the pooled IVUS analysis from HORIZONS-AMI and the TAXUS IV a...
Nobuaki Kobayashi, Akiko Maehara, Dominic J. Allocco, Bernard Witzenbichler, Stephen G. Ellis, Mark Turco, John A. Ormiston, Giulio Guagliumi, Songtao Jiang, Thomas Mc...> ;Coronary Artery Disease. 2014 Nov 1
4 citations
A provisional strategy for treating true bifurcation lesions employing a scoring balloon for the side branch: final results of the AGILITY trial.
D. Christopher Metzger, Henry A. Liberman, Charles O'Shaughnessy, John S. Douglas, Mark Turco, Roxana Mehran, Gary Gershony, Jeffrey W. Moses, > ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2013 Sep 1
10 citations
Percutaneous coronary intervention with second-generation paclitaxel-eluting stents versus everolimus-eluting stents in United States contemporary practice (REWARDS TL...
Ron Waksman, Magdi G.H. Ghali, Randy Goodroe, Thomas J. Ryan, Mark Turco, Michael E. Ring, Thomas F. McGarry, David Dobies, Nicolas Shammas, Daniel H. Steinberg, Stacy...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2012 Oct 15
3 citations
Economic modeling of new stent platforms to evaluate cost effectiveness: analysis of the TAXUS Liberté versus TAXUS express stents
Mark A. Turco, Anuraag R. Kansal, B A Sean Stern, Stacey L. Amorosi, Paul L. Underwood, M.P.H. Greg De Lissovoy Ph.D., Keith D. Dawkins> ;Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 2012 May 22
8 citations
Impact of Drug-Eluting Stents on Distal Vessels
Kohei Wakabayashi, Gary S. Mintz, Neil J. Weissman, Gregg W. Stone, Stephen G. Ellis, Eberhard Grube, John A. Ormiston, Mark Turco, Rajbabu Pakala, Zhenyi Xue, Sameer ...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Apr 1
10 citations
Propensity-Matched Patient-Level Comparison of the TAXUS Liberté and TAXUS Element (ION) Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents
Dean J. Kereiakes, Louis Cannon, John A. Ormiston, Mark Turco, Tift Mann, Gregory J. Mishkel, Thomas J. McGarry, Hong Wang, Paul Underwood, Keith D. Dawkins> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2011 Sep 15
10 citations
Improved strut coverage and less late incomplete apposition with thin-strut TAXUS Liberté vs. TAXUS Express: the importance of stent platform design for drug-eluting s...
Neil J. Weissman, Mark Turco, John A. Ormiston, Tift Mann, Louis Cannon, Thomas F. McGarry, Mark Webster, Jack J. Hall, Michael J. Lucca, Gregory J. Mishkel, Chiung-Je...> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2011 Jul 1
17 citations
The Integrity bare-metal stent made by continuous sinusoid technology.
Mark Turco> ;Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2011 May 1
87 citations
Late-term clinical outcomes with zotarolimus- and sirolimus-eluting stents. 5-year follow-up of the ENDEAVOR III (A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Medtronic Endeav...
David E. Kandzari, Laura Mauri, Jeffrey J. Popma, Mark Turco, Paul A. Gurbel, Peter J. Fitzgerald> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2011 May 1
8 citations
President's page: Quality and appropriateness of care: the response to allegations and actions needed by the cardiovascular professional.
Ralph G. Brindis, Samuel D. Goldberg, Mark Turco, Larry S. Dean> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011 Jan 4
Quality and appropriateness of care: the response to allegations and actions needed by the cardiovascular professional.
Ralph G. Brindis, Samuel D. Goldberg, Mark Turco, Larry S. Dean> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2011 Jan 1
7 citations
Long-Term Benefit of the TAXUS Liberte Stent in Small Vessels and Long Lesions : TAXUS ATLAS Program
John A. Ormiston, Mark Turco, Jack J. Hall, Louis Cannon, Steven J. Yakubov, Michael J. Lucca, Gregg W. Stone, Charles O'Shaughnessy, Joseph A. Kozina, Ian C. Gilchris...> ;Circulation Journal. 2011 Apr 25
41 citations
Influence of sex on long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention with the paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent: results of the "TAXUS Woman" analysis.
Ghada W. Mikhail, Robert Gerber, David A. Cox, Stephen G. Ellis, John M. Lasala, John A. Ormiston, Gregg W. Stone, Mark Turco, Anita A. Joshi, Donald S. Baim, Antonio ...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 Dec 1
168 citations
The ARBITER 6-HALTS Trial (Arterial Biology for the Investigation of the Treatment Effects of Reducing Cholesterol 6–HDL and LDL Treatment Strategies in Atherosclerosi...
Todd C. Villines, Eric J. Stanek, Patrick J. Devine, Mark Turco, Michael Miller, Neil J. Weissman, Len Griffen, Allen J. Taylor> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2010 Jun 15
61 citations
Long-term impact of routinely detected early and late incomplete stent apposition: an integrated intravascular ultrasound analysis of the TAXUS IV, V, and VI and TAXUS...
Daniel H. Steinberg, Gary S. Mintz, Lazar Mandinov, Alan Yu, Steven G. Ellis, Eberhard Grube, Keith D. Dawkins, John A. Ormiston, Mark Turco, Gregg W. Stone, Neil J. W...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 May 1
14 citations
Contemporary incidence and predictors of major adverse cardiac events after saphenous vein graft intervention with embolic protection (an AMEthyst trial substudy).
Srihari S. Naidu, Mark Turco, Laura Mauri, Alanna Coolong, Jeffrey J. Popma, Dean J. Kereiakes> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2010 Apr 15
87 citations
The Clinical Impact of Routine Angiographic Follow-Up in Randomized Trials of Drug-Eluting Stents: A Critical Assessment of “Oculostenotic” Reintervention in Patients ...
Takahiro Uchida, Jeffrey J. Popma, Gregg W. Stone, Stephen G. Ellis, Mark Turco, John A. Ormiston, Toshiya Muramatsu, Masato Nakamura, Shinsuke Nanto, Hiroyoshi Yokoi,...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010 Apr 1
506 citations
Extended-Release Niacin or Ezetimibe and Carotid Intima–Media Thickness
Allen J. Taylor, Todd C. Villines, Eric J. Stanek, Patrick Devine, Len Griffen, Michael Miller, Neil J. Weissman, Mark Turco> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2009 Dec 10
142 citations
Impact of post-intervention minimal stent area on 9-month follow-up patency of paclitaxel-eluting stents: an integrated intravascular ultrasound analysis from the TAXU...
Hiroshi Doi, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz, Alan Yu, Hong Wang, Lazar Mandinov, Jeffrey J. Popma, Stephen G. Ellis, Eberhard Grube, Keith D. Dawkins, Neil J. Weissman, ...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2009 Dec 1
101 citations
Long-term safety and efficacy with paclitaxel-eluting stents: 5-year final results of the TAXUS IV clinical trial (TAXUS IV-SR: Treatment of De Novo Coronary Disease U...
Stephen G. Ellis, Gregg W. Stone, David A. Cox, James B. Hermiller, Charles O'Shaughnessy, Tift Mann, Mark Turco, Ronald P. Caputo, Patrick Bergin, Thomas S. Bowman, D...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2009 Dec 1
12 citations
Correlations between epicardial flow, microvascular reperfusion, infarct size and clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior myocardial infarction...
Eugenia Nikolsky, Gregg W. Stone, Edwin Lee, Alexandra J. Lansky, John G. Webb, David A. Cox, Bruce R. Brodie, Mark Turco, Barry D. Rutherford, Anna Kalynych, David An...> ;Eurointervention. 2009 Sep 1
2 citations
Impact of thienopyridine administration prior to primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction.
Leroy E. Rabbani, Srinivas Iyengar, George Dangas, Cindy L. Grines, David A. Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E. Tcheng, John J. Griffin, Giulio Guagliumi, Thomas Stuckey, M...> ;Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 2009 Aug 1
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Press Mentions

Cardiac Implants Announces Successful Therapeutic Adjustment Procedure Using Tri-Ring™ Percutaneous Annuloplasty DeviceSeptember 14th, 2022
Chutes & Ladders—AltruBio Snags New CMO with Resume at Sublimity, Ardea, Amgen and AbbottSeptember 17th, 2021
Penn Partners with Medical Device Provider to Develop New Healthcare TechnologySeptember 16th, 2020
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