WilliamBBachinskyMDFACC, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Endovascular Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Medicine

Director, Heart and Vascular Interventional Program Chairman, Cardiovascular Research Program UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg, Pa

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Office
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg
111 S Front St
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone+1 717-731-0101

Fax+1 717-441-0592
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Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1993 - 1997
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 1992 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MEDENT EMR/EHR, Community Computer Service, Inc., 2012
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

A Single Center Clinical Evaluation of Same Sitting Hybrid Revascularization: Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 14
Completed
Not Applicable
Best Endovascular vs. Best Surgical Therapy in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
ELUVIA™ Drug-eluting Stent Versus Zilver® PTX® Stent Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Clinical Trial to Assess the Agent Paclitaxel Coated PTCA Balloon Catheter for the Treatment of Subjects With In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) Start of enrollment: 2021 May 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Restoring Non-Emergent Cardiovascular Care in the Peri- COVID-19 Era Start of enrollment: 2020 Aug 01
Recruiting
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Rationale and design of a randomized study comparing the agent drug coated balloon to plain old balloon angioplasty in patients with In-stent restenosis.
Robert W. Yeh, William Bachinsky, Robert C. Stoler, Cinthia Bateman, Jennifer A. Tremmel, J. Dawn Abbott, Suhail Dohad, Wayne Batchelor, Paul Underwood, Dominic J. All...> ;American Heart Journal. 2021 Jul 24
40 citations
Intravascular Lithotripsy for Peripheral Artery Calcification: 30-Day Outcomes From the Randomized Disrupt PAD III Trial.
Gunnar Tepe, Marianne Brodmann, Martin Werner, William B. Bachinsky, Andrew Holden, Thomas Zeller, Sarang Mangalmurti, Claus Nolte-Ernsting, Barry D. Bertolet, Dierk S...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Jun 28
159 citations
Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Disease.
Jonathan M Hill, Dean J. Kereiakes, Richard Shlofmitz, Andrew J. Klein, Robert F. Riley, Matthew J. Price, Howard C. Herrmann, William B. Bachinsky, Ron Waksman, Gregg...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 Dec 1
249 citations
Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial
Michael Böhm, Kazuomi Kario, David E. Kandzari, Felix Mahfoud, Michael A. Weber, Roland E. Schmieder, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Stuart J. Pocock, Dimitris Konstantinidis,...> ;Lancet. 2020 May 2
17 citations
Effectiveness and Safety of a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for Superficial Femoral Artery Lesions up to 190 mm: One-Year Outcomes of the Single-Arm IMPERIAL Long Lesion Su...
Jaafer Golzar, Yoshimitsu Soga, Anvar Babaev, Osamu Iida, Daizo Kawasaki, William Bachinsky, James Park, Jeffery T Prem, Frank Vermassen, Juan Diaz-Cartelle, Stefan Mü...> ;Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2020 Jan 28
141 citations
A polymer-coated, paclitaxel-eluting stent (Eluvia) versus a polymer-free, paclitaxel-coated stent (Zilver PTX) for endovascular femoropopliteal intervention (IMPERIAL...
William A. Gray, Koen Keirse, Yoshimitsu Soga, Andrew Benko, Anvar Babaev, Yoshiaki Yokoi, Henrik Schroeder, Jeffery T Prem, Andrew Holden, Jeffrey J. Popma, Michael R...> ;Lancet. 2018 Oct 27
143 citations
Stellarex Drug-Coated Balloon for Treatment of Femoropopliteal Disease: Twelve-Month Outcomes From the Randomized ILLUMENATE Pivotal and Pharmacokinetic Studies.
Prakash Krishnan, Peter Faries, Khusrow Niazi, Ash Jain, Ravish Sachar, William Bachinsky, Joseph A. Cardenas, Martin Werner, Marianne Brodmann, Jihad A. Mustapha, Car...> ;Circulation. 2017 Sep 19
1 citations
The CLOSER trial: a multi-center study on the clinical safety and effectiveness of closer(TM) VSS, a novel resorbable transfemoral vascular access sealing system.
S. Chiu Wong, Roger Gammon, William Bachinsky, Charles O'Shaughnessy, Wayne Leimbach, Nelson L. Bernardo, Nick Cavros, Michael R. Jaff, Ping-Yu Liu, Geoffrey Bergman> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2017 Aug 23
TCT-369 The CLOSER Trial: A Multicenter Study on the Clinical Safety and Effectiveness of Closer™ VSS, a Novel Resorbable Transfemoral Vascular Access Sealing System.
Wong SC, Gammon R, Bachinsky W, O'Shaughnessy C, Leimbach W, Bernardo N, Cavros N, Jaff M, Bergman G> ;J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.. 2016-11-01
19 citations
One-year outcomes of the U.S. and Japanese regulatory trial of the Misago stent for treatment of superficial femoral artery disease (OSPREY study).
Takao Ohki, John F. Angle, Hiroyoshi Yokoi, Michael R. Jaff, Jeffrey J. Popma, Guy N. Piegari, Yuji Kanaoka, J. Fritz Angle, Andrew Feiring, Brian Nelson, Marc H. Glic...> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2016 Feb 1
1 citations
High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with a single coronary artery presenting as STEMI and cardiogenic shock.
Murad Abdelsalam, Mrinalini Krishnan, Sandeep Banga, William Bachinsky> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2015 Aug 14
49 citations
S.M.A.R.T. Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent for the Treatment of Atherosclerotic Lesions in the Superficial Femoral Artery (STROLL): 1-Year Outcomes
William A. Gray, Andrew Feiring, Marco Cioppi, Robert Hibbard, Bruce H. Gray, Yazan Khatib, David B. Jessup, William Bachinsky, Ernesto Rivera, Jeffrey Tauth, Roberto ...> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2015 Jan 1
7 citations
Cardiac troponin release following hybrid coronary revascularization versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
Ralf E. Harskamp, Murad Abdelsalam, Renato D. Lopes, Gouthami Boga, Sameer A. Hirji, Mrinalini Krishnan, Lukasz Kiljanek, Mubashir Mumtaz, Jan G.P. Tijssen, Christine ...> ;Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2014 Dec 1
17 citations
Proper patient selection yields significant and sustained reduction in systolic blood pressure following renal artery stenting in patients with uncontrolled hypertensi...
George S. Chrysant, Mark C. Bates, Timothy M. Sullivan, William Bachinsky, Jeffrey J. Popma, Lei Peng, Hend L Omran, Michael R. Jaff, Hercules Investigators> ;Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2014 Jul 1
73 citations
Clinical outcomes after hybrid coronary revascularization versus coronary artery bypass surgery: a meta-analysis of 1,190 patients.
Ralf E. Harskamp, Akshay Bagai, Michael E. Halkos, Sunil V. Rao, William Bachinsky, Manesh R. Patel, Robbert J. de Winter, Eric D. Peterson, John H. Alexander, Renato ...> ;American Heart Journal. 2014 Apr 1
4 citations
Noncoronary sinus of valsalva aneurysm rupture into right atrium.
Murad Abdelsalam, William Bachinsky, David Pawlush, Mubashir Mumtaz, John Goldman> ;Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2013 Jan 1
589 citations
Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization
Matthew T. Roe, Paul W. Armstrong, Keith A.A. Fox, Harvey D. White, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Shaun G. Goodman, Jan H. Cornel, Deepak L. Bhatt, Peter Clemmensen, Felipe Ma...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2012 Oct 3
63 citations
Comparative study of same sitting hybrid coronary artery revascularization versus off-pump coronary artery bypass in multivessel coronary artery disease
William Bachinsky, Murad Abdelsalam, Gouthami Boga, Lukasz Kiljanek, Mubashir Mumtaz, Christine McCarty> ;Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 2012 Oct 1
72 citations
A Randomized Comparison of a Novel Bioabsorbable Vascular Closure Device Versus Manual Compression in the Achievement of Hemostasis After Percutaneous Femoral Procedur...
S. Chiu Wong, William Bachinsky, Patrick A. Cambier, Robert C. Stoler, Janah Aji, Jason H. Rogers, James B. Hermiller, Ravi Nair, Herbert Hutman, Hong Wang, Eclipse Tr...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2009 Aug 1
64 citations
Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis in Routine Clinical Practice: Two-Year Outcomes and Predictors From the TAXUS ARRIVE Registries
John M. Lasala, David A. Cox, David Dobies, Kenneth W. Baran, William Bachinsky, Edwin W. Rogers, Jeffrey A. Breall, David H. Lewis, Aijun Song, Ruth M. Starzyk, Steph...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2009 Jul 22
85 citations
Carotid Artery Revascularization in High-Surgical-Risk Patients Using the Carotid WALLSTENT and FilterWire EX/EZ : 1-Year Outcomes in the BEACH Pivotal Group
Sriram S. Iyer, Christopher J. White, L. Nelson Hopkins, Barry T. Katzen, Robert D. Safian, Mark H. Wholey, William A. Gray, Rocco Ciocca, William Bachinsky, Gary M. A...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2008 Jan 29
728 citations
Effect of Torcetrapib on the Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis
Steven E. Nissen, Jean-Claude Tardif, Stephen J. Nicholls, James H. Revkin, Charles L. Shear, William T. Duggan, Witold Rużyłło, William Bachinsky, Gregory P. Lasala, ...> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2007 Mar 29
28 citations
Safety and Efficacy of the 2.25-mm Sirolimus-Eluting Bx Velocity Stent in the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions: the SIRIUS 2.25 Trial
Jeffrey W. Moses, Eugenia Nikolsky, Roxana Mehran, Patrick A. Cambier, William Bachinsky, Fred Leya, Richard E. Kuntz, Jeffrey J. Popma, Patricia A. Schleckser, Hong W...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2006 Dec 1
61 citations
Treatment of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Disease With Sirolimus-Eluting Stents
Neil Sawhney, Jeffrey W. Moses, Richard E. Kuntz, Jeffrey J. Popma, William Bachinsky, Theodore A. Bass, Samuel DeMaio, Edward T. A. Fry, David R. Holmes, Paul S. Teir...> ;Circulation. 2004 Jul 27
176 citations
Comparison of bivalirudin versus heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention (the Randomized Evaluation of PCI Linking Angiomax to Reduced Clinical Events [REPLA...
A. Michael Lincoff, John A. Bittl, Neal S. Kleiman, Ian J. Sarembock, J. Daniel Jackman, Sameer Mehta, Mark A. Tannenbaum, Alan Niederman, William Bachinsky, J Tift-Ma...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2004 May 1
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Press Mentions

UPMC: UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Is First in U.S. To Use Coronary Drug-Coated Balloon as Potential Therapy for Patients with in-Stent RestenosisJune 20th, 2021
BD Announces Launch of UltraScore™ 014 Focused Force PTA BalloonApril 1st, 2019
PinnacleHealth: Silent Heart Health ProblemsJuly 13th, 2017
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