Thomas Noel

Area of research

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Surgery

Research interest

Research topics from publications: Computed tomography–derived skeletal muscle index: A novel predictor of frailty and hospital length of stay after transcatheter aortic valve replacement; Sarcopenia and health-related quality of life in older adults after transcatheter aortic valve replacement; Incidence, Prognosis and Predictors of Major Vascular Complications and Percutaneous Closure Device Failure Following Contemporary Percutaneous Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; Daily Passive Muscle Stretching Improves Flow-Mediated Dilation of Popliteal Artery and 6-minute Walk Test in Elderly Patients with Stable Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease; Ultrahigh-resolution ultrasound characterization of access site trauma and intimal hyperplasia following use of a 7F sheathless guide versus 6F sheath/guide combination for transradial artery PCI: Results of the PRAGMATIC trial; TCT-707 CT-Derived Skeletal Muscle Index: A Novel Predictor of Frailty and Hospital Length of Stay After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; Home-based Daily Calf Muscle Stretching Improves Endothelial Function of Lower Limb Artery and Walking Capacity in Elderly Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease; TCT-657 The PRAGMATIC Study: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial comparing Radial Artery Intimal Hyperplasia resulting from a 7F Sheathless Guide (Mach 1TM) vs. a 6F Transradial Sheath/Guide Combination in Coronary Intervention; Abstract 319: Effects of Muscle Stretching on Flow-Mediated Dilation of Popliteal Artery in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease. Representative work: Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) frequently have walking impairment due to lower extremity claudication. Our preliminary results in a rat model of aging indicate that a program of daily calf muscle stretching improves endothelium-dependent dilation of soleus muscle arterioles and increases soleus muscle blood flow during exercise. However, the effects of muscle stretching on the function of arteries supplying the legs of PAD patients is unknown. We hypothesized that daily calf muscle stretching improves vascular endothelial function and walking distance in PAD patients. To test our hypothesis, a randomized, non-blinded, crossover study was performed. Four weeks of muscle stretch

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