Dr. Paul C Armstrong MD
Surgeon
16000 Johnston Memorial Dr Suite 101 Abingdon VA, 24211Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Paul Armstrong is a general surgeon practicing in Abingdon, VA. Dr. Armstrong specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Armstrong provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1993
Provider Details
Expert Publications
- Antiplatelet actions of statins and fibrates are mediated by PPARs.
- Utility of 96-well plate aggregometry and measurement of thrombi adhesion to determine aspirin and clopidogrel effectiveness.
- Dual antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular disease: does aspirin increase clinical risk in the presence of potent P2Y12 receptor antagonists?
- GPVI and GPIbα mediate staphylococcal superantigen-like protein 5 (SSL5) induced platelet activation and direct toward glycans as potential inhibitors.
- Thrombosis is reduced by inhibition of COX-1, but unaffected by inhibition of COX-2, in an acute model of platelet activation in the mouse.
- Optical multichannel (optimul) platelet aggregometry in 96-well plates as an additional method of platelet reactivity testing.
- GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors: from bench to bedside and back to bench again.
- Novel single-chain antibody-targeted microbubbles for molecular ultrasound imaging of thrombosis: validation of a unique noninvasive method for rapid and sensitive detection of thrombi and monitoring of success or failure of thrombolysis in mice.
- Evidence that links loss of cyclooxygenase-2 with increased asymmetric dimethylarginine: novel explanation of cardiovascular side effects associated with anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Protocol for a human in vivo model of acute cigarette smoke inhalation challenge in smokers with COPD: monitoring the nasal and systemic immune response using a network biology approach.
- Prostaglandin E1 potentiates the effects of P2Y12 blockade on ADP-mediated platelet aggregation in vitro: Insights using short thromboelastography.
- Novel whole blood assay for phenotyping platelet reactivity in mice identifies ICAM-1 as a mediator of platelet-monocyte interaction.
- Drug-Free Platelets Can Act as Seeds for Aggregate Formation During Antiplatelet Therapy.
- Reply to letter regarding article, "evidence that links loss of cyclooxygenase-2 with increased asymmetric dimethylarginine: novel explanation of cardiovascular side effects associated with anti-inflammatory drugs".
- P2Y12 receptor blockade synergizes strongly with nitric oxide and prostacyclin to inhibit platelet activation.
Treatments
- Gastritis
- Pain
- Hernia
- Cellulitis
- Vascular Disease
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