Christopher Lesar is a Cardiology physician affiliated with University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. OpenAlex indexes 25 publications with 889 citations (h-index 13).
Overview
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Clinical & industry
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20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
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Publications
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- Infrarenal Infected Aneurysm of Abdominal Aorta Caused by Clostridium Perfringens
The American Surgeon
2017 - Permissive Hypertension during Awake Eversion Carotid Endarterectomy: A Physiologic Approach for Cerebral Protection
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2014 - Comparison of covered stents versus bare metal stents for treatment of chronic atherosclerotic mesenteric arterial disease
Journal of Vascular Surgery
2013 - Covered Stents Convey Improved Performance Over Bare-Metal Stents for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis
Journal of Vascular Surgery
2013
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