Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
PUBLICATIONS
Ali Irshad; Raflee, Parvaneh; Zheng, Yue; Johnson, Christopher; Banerjee, Banani; Haasler, George; Jacob, Howard; Shaker, Reza: Intramucosal Distribution of WNT Signaling Components in Human Esophagus. Am J of Physiology Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology (in print)
Almassi, GH, Beaulieu, PL, Sweeta, DG, Zafar, I, Butler, EG, Pagel, PS, Levy, JH, Aprotinin-Induced Cardiovascular Collapse after a Negative Test Dose in a Patient Scheduled for Repeat Mitral Valve Surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol 21, No 4, August 2007, pp 597-601
Almassi, GH, Invited Commentary, Lukac P, Hjortdal VE, Pedersen AK, et al, Prevention of Atrial Flutter with Cryoablation May Be Proarrhythmogenic, Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:1723
Andrew J. Braun, Rammohan Marla, Carla Schubert, Zafar Iqbal, Sandeep Markan, G. Hossein Almassi, Paul S. Pagel. Progressive dyspnea on exertion in a patient with known coronary artery disease and a remote history of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - Case Report – Accepted for publication in Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Baker JE, Kozik D, Hsu AK, Fu X, Tweddell JS, Gross GJ. Darbepoetin alfa protects the rat heart against infarction: dose-response, phase of action and mechanisms. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2007 Jun; 49(6):337-345
Baker JE, Su J, Fu X, Hsu A, Gross GJ, Tweddell JS, Hogg N. Nitrite confers protection against myocardial infarction: role of xanthine oxidoreductase, NADPH oxidase and KATP channels. J Mol Cell Cardiol 43:437-444, 2007
Baker JE, Su J, Hsu A, Shi Y, Zhao M, Xu H, Eis A, Komorowski R, Wang J, Fu X, Konorev E, Jensen ES, Tweddell JS, Gross GJ. Human thrombopoietin reduces myocardial infarct size, apoptosis and stunning following ischemia/reperfusion in rats. Cardiovasc Res 77:44-53, 2008
Brosig CL, Mussatto KA, Kuhn EM, Tweddell JS. Neurodevelopmental outcome in preschool survivors of complex congenital heart disease: Implications for clinical practice. J Pediatr Health Care. 2007 Jan-Feb;21(1):3-12.
Brosig CL, Mussatto KA, Kuhn Em, Tweddell JS. Psychosocial Outcomes for Preschool Children and Families After Surgery for Complex Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Jul-Aug: 28(4):255-62.
Cook RC, Nifong LW, Enterkin JE, Charland PJ, Reade CC, Kypson AP, Masroor S, Chitwood WR Jr. Significant reduction in annuloplasty operative time with the use of nitinol clips in robotically assisted mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;133(5):1264-7.
Das BB, Recto M, Shoemaker L, Mitchell M, Austin EH. Midaortic Syndrome Presenting as Neonatal Hypertension. Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Dec 1; [Epub ahead of print].
Draus JM, Hauck MA, Austin EH III, Goetsch M, Tomita-Mitchell A, Mitchell ME. Investigation of Somatic NKX2-5 Mutations in Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Medical Genetics. 2008. (accepted)
Frommelt PC, Sheridan DC, Mussatto KA, Hoffman GM, Ghanayem NS, Frommelt MA, Tweddell JS. Effect of Shunt Type on Echocardiographic Indices After Initial Palliations for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Blalock-Taussig Shunt Versus Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Conduit. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Jun 29; [Epub ahead of print]
Gandhi SD, Iqbal Z, Markan S, Almassi GH, Pagel PS, Massive retrograde type B aortic dissection in a post partum woman with a family history of Marfan syndrome, J Clinical Anesthesia 20: 50-53, 2008* Senior author
Gandy KL, Moulton MJ. Sternal Plating to Prevent Malunion of Transverse Sternotomy in Lung Transplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2008 Oct; 86(4):1384-5.
Giridharan GA, Koenic SC, Mitchell ME, Gartner M, Pantalos GM. A Computer Model of the Pediatric Circulatory System for Testing Pediatric Assist Devices. Am Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal. 2007; 53:74-81.
Glatz JA, Fedderly RT, Ghanayem NS, Tweddell JS. Impact of mitral stenosis and aortic atresia on survival in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jun;85(6):2057-62.
Iqbal Z, Gandhi S, Markan S, Nicolosi AC, Pagel PS: A widened mediastinum in a patient with a left parasternal stab wound. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21:307-9, 2007.
Johnson BA, Mussatto K, Uhing MR, Zimmerman H, Tweddell JS, Ghanayem N. Variability in the preoperative management of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 May;29(3):515-20. Epub 2007 Nov 22.
Kishan Patel, Larry Lindenbaum, Christopher J Plambeck, Rammohan Marla, Alfred C. Nicolosi, Paul S. Pagel. To Flow or Not to Flow: That is the question in this Aortic Dissection - Case Report - Accepted for publication in Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Litwin SB, Tweddell JS, Mitchell ME, Mussatto KA. The double patch repair for complete atrioventricularis communis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2007:21-7.
Masroor S and Alexander JC. Dacron patch aortoplasty of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm due to penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer. Innovations 2007;2:86-88.
Masroor S, Berkowitz R and Alexander JC. Chordal Tethering; A Unique Structural Cause of Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Video Presentation at New York Society of Thoracic Surgeons Spring Meeting, New York, April 19, 2007.
Masroor S, Berkowitz R and Alexander JC. Chordal Tethering; A Unique Structural Cause of Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Innovation (In Press)
Masroor S, Gilbert M, Cartier C, Lalonde JP, Chouinard S, MacNeil T, Coulombe N, Thibault B and Tremblay A. Beating-Heart Pulmonary Vein Isolation with Epicardial Cryoablation in a Porcine Model. Presented at 10th Annual Meeting of International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rome June 6-9, 2007.
Michael Edward Mitchell, M.D.; Michael McManus, M.D.; Julie Dietz, M.D.; Bruce, M Camitta, M.D.; Sara Szabo, M.D.; Peter Havens, M.D.Absidia Corymbifera Endocarditis: Survival from Disseminated Mucormycosis (Zygomycosis) with Radical Resection of Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricular Free Wall. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (accepted for publication July, 2008).
Mitchell ME, Litwin SB, Tweddell JS. Complex atrioventricular canal. Semin Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2007:32-41.
Mitchell ME, Sander TL, Klinker DB, Tomita-Mitchell, A. The Molecular Basis of Congenital Heart Disease. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Fall;19(3):228-37.
Nicolosi AC, Kwok CS, Logan B: Effects of gadolinium on regionally stunned myocardium: Temporal considerations. J Surg Research 139:286-91, 2007.
Nicolosi AC, Strande JL, Hsu A, Fu X, Su J, Gross GJ, Baker JE. Gadolinium limits myocardial infarction in the rat: dose-response, temporal relations and mechanisms. J Mol Cell Cardiol 44:345-351, 2008
Nigro JJ, Choi S, Graziano J, Gandy KL, Guerrero-Tiro LM, Cleveland DC. Modified Superior Repair for Supracardiac Total Anomolous Pulmonary Venous Connection in the Adult. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jul;84(1):312-3.
Pantalos GM, Giridharan G, Colyer J, Mitchell M, Speakman J, Lucci C, Johnson G, Gartner M, Koenig SC. Effect of continuous and pulsatile flow left ventricular assist on pulsatility in a pediatric animal model of left ventricular dysfunction: pilot observations. ASAIO J. 2007 May-Jun;53(3):385-91.
Pecsi, S, Almassi, GH, Bojrab, RB, Pagel, PS, Management of Hereditary Angioedema During Off-Pump Coronary Arterial Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 85(3), March 2008
Rajagopal SK, Ma Q, Obler D, Shen J, Manichaikul A, Tomita-Mitchell A, Boardman K, Briggs C, Garg V, Srivastava D, Goldmuntz E, Broman KW, Benson DW, Smoot LB, Spectrum of heart disease associated with murine and human GATA4 mutation. Pu WT. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2007 (Jun 21).
Redford DT, Quigley TW, Gandy KL, Barber BJ. Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Intraoperative Evaluation and Management of a Left Ventricular Vegitation. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2008 Jun; 106(6):1636-8.
Rofaiel, G, Giangiacomo, D, Nichols, M, Mao, L, Weng, J, Urashima, T, Domen, J, and Gandy, KL. Whole Bone Marrow injection improves function in Congenital Cardiomyopathy in mice. Submitted 2008.
Shankar V, Markan S, Gandhi SD, Iqbal Z, Novalija J, Nicolosi AC, Pagel PS: Perioperative implications of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease during coronary artery bypass surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21:567-9, 2007.
Shi Y, Jiang MT, Su J, Hutchins W, Konorev E, Baker JE. Mitochondrial big conductance KCa channel and cardioprotection in infant rabbit heart. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 50:497-502, 2007
Strande JL, Hsu A, Su J, Fu X, Gross GJ, Baker JE. Inhibiting protease-activated receptor 4 limits myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat hearts by unmasking adenosine signaling. J Pharmacol Exp Ther (In Press) 2008 DOI:10.1124/jpet.107.133595
Strande JL, Hsu A, Su J, Fu X, Gross GJ, Baker JE. SCH 79797, a selective PAR-1 antagonist, limits myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat hearts. Basic Res Cardiol 102:350-358, 2007
Tomita-Mitchell A, Maslen CL, Morris CD, Garg V, Goldmuntz E. GATA4 sequence variants in patients with congenital heart disease. J Med Genet. 2007 Dec;44(12):779-83.
Tweddell JS, Ghanayem NS, Mussato KA, Mitchell ME, Lamers LJ, Musa NL, Berger S, Litwin SB, Hoffman GM. Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring following stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Oct;84(4):1301-10; discussion 1310-1.
Vandrovec SM, Butler EG, May JA, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Nicolosi AC, Pagel PS: Near total eclipse of the aortic valve: an echocardiographic penumbra caused by a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis and its clinical implications. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21:610-11, 2007.
Zangwill S, Ellis T, Stendahl G, Zahn A, Berger S, Tweddell JS. Practical application of the virtual crossmatch. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Sep;11(6):650-4.