John Conte

Publications

• Renal Failure After Cardiac Operations: Not All Acute Kidney Injury Is the Same
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28434550
• The Paradoxical Relationship Between Donor Distance and Survival After Heart Transplantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28366459
• Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients
  The New England Journal of Medicine. 04, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28304219
• Causes of Death from the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-Risk Trial
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28249691
• Lung Transplant Mortality Is Improving in Recipients With a Lung Allocation Score in the Upper Quartile
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 28223052
• Complications After Cardiac Operations: All Are Not Created Equal
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27884410
• Planned Versus Unplanned Reexplorations for Bleeding: A Comparison of Morbidity and Mortality
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27666782
• Attributable Harm of Severe Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery in Hemodynamically Stable Patients
  General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27650660
• Experience With the Cardiac Surgery Simulation Curriculum: Results of the Resident and Faculty Survey
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27570163
• Simulation-Based Training in Cardiac Surgery
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27570162
• Variation in Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices During Cardiac Operations Among Centers in Maryland: Results From a State Quality-Improvement Collaborative
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27553501
• Development and Validation of a Score to Predict the Risk of Readmission After Adult Cardiac Operations
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2017  |   Pubmed ID: 27546600
• Early Extubation: A Proposed New Metric
  Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Summer, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 28043432
• Phase of Care Mortality Analysis: A Unique Method for Comparing Mortality Differences Among Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Patients
  Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Summer, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 28043424
• Fairness in Heart Allocation
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27640946
• Neurological Events Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Their Predictors: A Report From the CoreValve Trials
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27601429
• Outcomes in the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk Trial in Patients With a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score of 7% or Less
  JAMA Cardiology. Nov, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27541162
• Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR In Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation
  JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging. Aug, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27491485
• Differential Outcomes of Type A Dissection with Malperfusion According to Affected Organ System
  Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. May, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27386407
• Relationship of Annular Sizing Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging and Clinical Outcomes After Self-Expanding CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27369803
• Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting: Does Graft Configuration Affect Outcome?
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27343909
• Blood Pressure Deviations From Optimal Mean Arterial Pressure During Cardiac Surgery Measured With a Novel Monitor of Cerebral Blood Flow and Risk for Perioperative Delirium: A Pilot Study
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27321787
• Association of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors with Transfusion in Surgical Patients
  Anesthesia and Analgesia. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27159071
• The Risk and Extent of Neurologic Events Are Equivalent for High-risk Patients Treated with Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27085389
• 3-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27050187
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging is the Future of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Implantation … and Always Will Be
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. May, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26778378
• Perioperative Optimal Blood Pressure As Determined by Ultrasound Tagged Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Its Association with Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery Patients
  Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26763042
• Mini-aortic Valve Replacements Are Not Associated with an Increased Incidence of Patient-prosthesis Mismatch: a Propensity-scored Analysis
  General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Mar, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26688505
• Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Floyd D. Loop (1936-2015)
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Mar, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26602897
• Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26433523
• Left Atrial Thrombus Associated With Interatrial Septal Occluder 5 Years After Implantation
  Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. Oct, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26399266
• 2-Year Outcomes After Iliofemoral Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Deemed Extreme Risk for Surgery
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Sep, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26383718
• Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring with Ultrasound-Tagged Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Cardiac Surgery Patients
  Anesthesia and Analgesia. Nov, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26334746
• Hypotension After Cardiac Operations Based on Autoregulation Monitoring Leads to Brain Cellular Injury
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26089226
• The STICH Trial Data: Keep It Simple
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26060012
• Trends, Clinical Outcomes, and Cost Implications of Mitral Valve Repair Versus Replacement, Concomitant with Aortic Valve Replacement
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26060006
• Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Timothy Joseph Gardner
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26060004
• 2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jul, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26055947
• The Survival Benefit of Simultaneous Heart-kidney Transplantation Extends Beyond Dialysis-dependent Patients
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25707587
• A Pharmacometric Pulmonary Model Predicting the Extent and Rate of Distribution from Plasma to Epithelial Lining Fluid and Alveolar Cells--using Rifampicin As an Example
  European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Mar, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25620089
• Preoperative Performance Status Impacts Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality After Lung Transplantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25528724
• IgG4-related Disease of the Aortic Valve: a Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature
  Cardiovascular Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. Jan-Feb, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25283128
• Self-expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using Alternative Access Sites in Symptomatic Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Deemed Extreme Risk of Surgery
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25152474
• An Easily Calculable and Highly Predictive Risk Index for Postoperative Renal Failure After Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24993619
• Invited Commentary
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24882289
• Transcatheter Aortic-valve Replacement with a Self-expanding Prosthesis
  The New England Journal of Medicine. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24678937
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Self-expanding Bioprosthesis in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis at Extreme Risk for Surgery
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24657695
• Does Recipient Age Impact Functional Outcomes of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation?
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24656958
• Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Produce Concordant Improvements in Regional Function, Tissue Perfusion, and Fibrotic Burden when Administered to Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: The Prospective Randomized Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (PROMETHEUS) Trial
  Circulation Research. Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24565698
• Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Robert B. Wallace
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24521963
• General and Acute Care Surgical Procedures in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
  World Journal of Surgery. Apr, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24357244
• Understanding Variability in Hospital-specific Costs of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Represents an Opportunity for Standardizing Care and Improving Resource Use
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24100097
• Trends in Repair of Intact and Ruptured Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms in the United States: a Population-based Analysis
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 23993033
• Trends and Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve Surgery in North America: an Analysis of More Than 50,000 Patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Nov, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24070702
• Functional Status Is Highly Predictive of Outcomes After Redo Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of 390 Cases in the Modern Era
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23968759
• Reply: To PMID 22626758
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23522228
• Septuagenarians Bridged to Heart Transplantation with a Ventricular Assist Device Have Outcomes Similar to Younger Patients
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23462263
• Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the Elderly: Nationwide Outcomes in the United States
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Mar, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23387349
• Pre-transplant Malignancy: an Analysis of Outcomes After Thoracic Organ Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23265911
• Operative Outcomes in Mitral Valve Surgery: Combined Effect of Surgeon and Hospital Volume in a Population-based Analysis
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 22914251
• Nationwide Outcomes of Surgical Embolectomy for Acute Pulmonary Embolism
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 22341655
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration for the Treatment of Heart Failure
  Nature Reviews. Cardiology. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23149831
• Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation is Preserved After Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23122299
• The Effect of Center Volume on the Incidence of Postoperative Complications and Their Impact on Survival After Lung Transplantation
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22995727
• The Spectrum of Complications Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22978843
• Institutional Factors Beyond Procedural Volume Significantly Impact Center Variability in Outcomes After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  Annals of Surgery. Oct, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22964734
• Reoperative Sternotomy is Associated with Increased Mortality After Heart Transplantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22959569
• Lung Transplantation in Patients 70 Years Old or Older: Have Outcomes Changed After Implementation of the Lung Allocation Score?
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Nov, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22944081
• Should Patients 60 Years and Older Undergo Bridge to Transplantation with Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices?
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22858277
• Simple Score to Assess the Risk of Rejection After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  Circulation. Jun, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22634267
• Surgical Repair of Ventricular Septal Defect After Myocardial Infarction: Outcomes from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22626761
• Should Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Using Marginal Donors Be Limited to Higher Volume Centers?
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22626758
• Contemporary Etiologies, Risk Factors, and Outcomes After Pericardiectomy
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22621875
• Risk Factors for Early Death in Patients Bridged to Transplant with Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22429670
• Acute Kidney Injury Increases Mortality After Lung Transplantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22325467
• Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients with Metabolic Risk Factors
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22305053
• Factors Associated with 5-year Survival in Older Heart Transplant Recipients
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22248684
• Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964)
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22248679
• The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure
  Cardiovascular Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. Sep-Oct, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22227365
• What Predicts Long-term Survival After Heart Transplantation? An Analysis of 9,400 Ten-year Survivors
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22226494
• Identifying Recipients at High Risk for Graft Failure After Heart Retransplantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22226492
• A Novel Method of Measuring Cardiac Preservation Injury Demonstrates University of Wisconsin Solution is Associated with Less Ischemic Necrosis Than Celsior in Early Cardiac Allograft Biopsy Specimens
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22209353
• Portal Venous Air Resulting in Pneumocardia: a Rare Presentation of Intestinal Ischemia
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22186483
• Institutional Volume and the Effect of Recipient Risk on Short-term Mortality After Orthotopic Heart Transplant
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22172752
• Development of a Quantitative Donor Risk Index to Predict Short-term Mortality in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22093382
• Insurance and Education Predict Long-term Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in the United States
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21959122
• Historical Perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Brian B. Blades (1906-1977)
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Apr, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 21820678
• Left Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections
  Cardiology Clinics. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 22062200
• Marital Status Improves Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Dec, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21907593
• Creation of a Quantitative Recipient Risk Index for Mortality Prediction After Cardiac Transplantation (IMPACT)
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21871277
• Report of the 2010 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21865107
• Effect of Sensitization in US Heart Transplant Recipients Bridged with a Ventricular Assist Device: Update in a Modern Cohort
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21839482
• Capnocytophagia Canimorsus Sepsis in an Asplenic Heart Transplant Candidate with a Left Ventricular Assist System
  Progress in Transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.). Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21736240
• Organ Storage with University of Wisconsin Solution is Associated with Improved Outcomes After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21683620
• Association of Operative Time of Day with Outcomes After Thoracic Organ Transplant
  JAMA. Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21632483
• Mathematical Modeling of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Therapy: Insights from a Prototype Model with Rifampin
  Journal of Theoretical Biology. Aug, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21605569
• Results of the Post-U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approval Study with a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device As a Bridge to Heart Transplantation: a Prospective Study Using the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support)
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21545946
• Working Formulation for the Standardization of Definitions of Infections in Patients Using Ventricular Assist Devices
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Apr, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21419995
• Bleeding Complications and Blood Product Utilization with Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21352991
• Effects of Aspirin Responsiveness and Platelet Reactivity on Early Vein Graft Thrombosis After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21349398
• Allograft Cardiectomy and Biventricular Assist Device Placement As a Salvage Maneuver in a Heart Transplant Recipient
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21235630
• The Impact of Volume Reduction on Early and Long-term Outcomes in Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Severe Heart Failure
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21172496
• Infectious Complications After Pulsatile-flow and Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Feb, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20888258
• Impact of the Lung Allocation Score on Resource Utilization After Lung Transplantation in the United States
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20869886
• Insurance Status is an Independent Predictor of Long-term Survival After Lung Transplantation in the United States
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20869264
• Acute Cholecystitis Preceding Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm in a Heart Transplant Recipient
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21044152
• The STICH Trial Unravelled
  European Journal of Heart Failure. Oct, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20861131
• The Risk of Ventricular-assist Device Infections Differs by Device Type
  Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20684681
• Low Potassium Dextran is Superior to University of Wisconsin Solution in High-risk Lung Transplant Recipients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Dec, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20634098
• Surgical Mystery: Where is the Missing Pituitary Rongeur Tip?
  Spine. Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20628330
• A North American, Prospective, Multicenter Assessment of the Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Prosthesis
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20609765
• The Impact of Recipient Body Mass Index on Survival After Lung Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20558085
• Steady-state Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Posaconazole in Lung Transplant Recipients
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20516276
• Invited Commentary
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20494059
• The Impact of Race on Survival After Heart Transplantation: an Analysis of More Than 20,000 Patients
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20494056
• Post-cardiac Transplant Survival After Support with a Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: Impact of Duration of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support and Other Variables
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20447659
• Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Micafungin in Adult Lung Transplant Patients
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20439610
• Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Improves Functional Capacity and Quality of Life of Advanced Heart Failure Patients
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Apr, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20413033
• Post-operative Heparin May Not Be Required for Transitioning Patients with a HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System to Long-term Warfarin Therapy
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20400335
• An Indictment of the STICH Trial: "True, True, and Unrelated"
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. May, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20382350
• Factors Indicative of Long-term Survival After Lung Transplantation: a Review of 836 10-year Survivors
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19932034
• Quality of Life and Functional Status in Patients Surviving 12 Months After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Mar, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19837607
• EuroSCORE Predicts Short- and Mid-term Mortality in Combined Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Patients
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Nov-Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 20078709
• Renal and Hepatic Function Improve in Advanced Heart Failure Patients During Continuous-flow Support with the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
  Circulation. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19933938
• Evaluation of Risk Indices in Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19932256
• Lung Allocation Score Predicts Survival in Lung Transplantation Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19932231
• Advanced Heart Failure Treated with Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device
  The New England Journal of Medicine. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19920051
• Survival After Single Versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation for High-risk Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19853121
• The Impact of Donor-recipient Sex Matching on Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Analysis of 18 000 Transplants in the Modern Era
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19808369
• Impact of Recipient Body Mass Index on Organ Allocation and Mortality in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19782581
• Impact of Donor-recipient Race Matching on Survival After Lung Transplantation: Analysis of over 11,000 Patients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19782288
• The Impact of Center Volume on Survival in Lung Transplantation: an Analysis of More Than 10,000 Cases
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19766782
• Heart Transplantation for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19699904
• Glenn Shunt Facilitated Weaning of Right Ventricular Mechanical Support
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19699877
• Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction
  The New England Journal of Medicine. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19645080
• Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on Survival After Lung Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19632571
• Extended Mechanical Circulatory Support with a Continuous-flow Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19608028
• Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Produce Reverse Remodelling in Chronic Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
  European Heart Journal. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19586959
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Treated with Surgical Correction and Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19559243
• Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide Following Lung Transplantation
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. May-Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19438780
• Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel and Risk of Infection After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  Archives of Internal Medicine. Apr, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19398691
• Population Modeling and Monte Carlo Simulation Study of the Pharmacokinetics and Antituberculosis Pharmacodynamics of Rifampin in Lungs
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19380594
• Aortic Valve Replacement in a Diseased Bicuspid Valve Eleven Years After Transplantation
  Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. May, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19223305
• Lung Transplantation in Older Patients with Cystic Fibrosis: Analysis of UNOS Data
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19201338
• Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Posaconazole at Steady State in Healthy Subjects
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19029316
• Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Apical Tissue Removed for HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
  Cardiovascular Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. Jul-Aug, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18706833
• Disparities in Access to Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy
  The Journal of Surgical Research. Mar, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 18466923
• PDE5A Inhibitor Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension After Mechanical Circulatory Support
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Nov, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19808294
• Fusion of Aortic Valve Commissures in Patients Supported by a Continuous Axial Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Dec, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 19059105
• Impact of Donor-to-recipient Weight Ratio on Survival After Heart Transplantation: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database
  Circulation. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18824775
• Increased Mortality at Low-volume Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Centers: Should Current Standards Change?
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Oct, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18805171
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration Versus Cardiac Transplantation: a Comparison of Cost, Outcomes, and Survival
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18722319
• Right Heart Dysfunction After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: a Comparison of the Pulsatile HeartMate I and Axial-flow HeartMate II Devices
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18721570
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with or Without Surgical Ventricular Restoration: a Comparison
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18721565
• The Impact of Surgical Ventricular Restoration on Mitral Valve Regurgitation
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18721553
• Pretransplant Panel Reactive Antibodies in Human Lung Transplantation: an Analysis of over 10,000 Patients
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18498795
• Cellular Immunity Impaired Among Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device for 6 Months. Invited Commentary
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18442561
• Outcomes in Bicaval Versus Biatrial Techniques in Heart Transplantation: an Analysis of the UNOS Database
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Feb, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18267224
• Impact of Septal Myocardial Infarction on Outcomes After Surgical Ventricular Restoration
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jan, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18154799
• Successful Management of an Unruptured Mycotic Coronary Aneurysm
  The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. Dec, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 18180529
• Invited Commentary. Myocardial Infarction Leads to Both Immediate and Delayed Morbidity and Mortality
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dec, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 18036926
• Influence of Pretransplant Panel-reactive Antibody on Outcomes in 8,160 Heart Transplant Recipients in Recent Era
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Nov, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17954062
• Reducing the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation
  Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). Sep, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17875834
• Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Refractory Hypoxemia After HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement
  The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. Sep, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17827518
• Use of a Continuous-flow Device in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation
  The New England Journal of Medicine. Aug, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17761592
• Intrapulmonary Pharmacodynamics of High-dose Levofloxacin in Subjects with Chronic Bronchitis or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Nov, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17716873
• Outcomes Following Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Patients with Clinically Advanced Congestive Heart Failure (New York Heart Association Class IV)
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Aug, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17675056
• Impact of Lateral Wall Myocardial Infarction on Outcomes After Surgical Ventricular Restoration
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jun, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17532390
• Outcomes Following Surgical Ventricular Restoration in Elderly Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. Mar-Apr, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17380614
• Aortic Valve Replacement and Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass: Assessing the Impact of Multiple Grafts
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17307443
• Impact of Bilateral Versus Single Lung Transplantation on Survival in Recipients 60 Years of Age and Older: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Database
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17258596
• Initial United States Experience with the Paracor HeartNet Myocardial Constraint Device for Heart Failure
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17198812
• Ventricular Assist Device Placement Following Surgical Ventricular Restoration
  Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. Apr, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17670523
• Lung Transplantation in Scleroderma Compared with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  Arthritis and Rheumatism. Dec, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17133609
• A Long and Bumpy Road
  The American Journal of Medicine. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17071156
• Aortic Root Aneurysm Due to Donor Cystic Medial Degeneration After Heart-lung Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Oct, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17045942
• Clinical Outcomes of Noninfectious Sternal Dehiscence After Median Sternotomy
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16928505
• Surgical Ventricular Restoration for Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: Should Pulmonary Hypertension Be a Contraindication?
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Sep, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16928501
• Invited Commentary
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16863746
• Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of High-dose Levofloxacin in Healthy Volunteer Subjects
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Aug, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16837169
• International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2006 Update--a Consensus Report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16818116
• Resuscitation and Recovery from Acute Right Ventricular Failure Using a Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Device
  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16763986
• Invited Commentary
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Feb, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16427832
• Impact of Donor Lung Organisms on Post-lung Transplant Pneumonia
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16399537
• Surgical Ventricular Remodeling for Patients with Clinically Advanced Congestive Heart Failure and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16364872
• Surgical Ventricular Remodeling for Multiterritory Myocardial Infarction: Defining a New Patient Population
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16308018
• Mediastinal Mass Due to Aspergillus Fumigatus After Lung Transplantation: a Case Report
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16297812
• Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Meropenem
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16280244
• Attenuation of DNA Damage in Canine Hearts Preserved by Continuous Hypothermic Perfusion
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16242460
• Antibody-mediated Rejection in Human Cardiac Allografts: Evaluation of Immunoglobulins and Complement Activation Products C4d and C3d As Markers
  American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Nov, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16212640
• Treatment of Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infection with Vacuum-assisted Closure System
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Oct, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16181898
• Impact of Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension on Lung Transplant Outcome
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16143242
• Mild Vs Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Before Heart Transplantation: Different Effects on Posttransplantation Pulmonary Hypertension and Mortality
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16102433
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction
  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16039253
• Gene Expression in Giant Cell Myocarditis: Altered Expression of Immune Response Genes
  International Journal of Cardiology. Jul, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15982506
• Steady-state Serum and Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Tigecycline
  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Jun, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15885987
• Gene Expression Analysis of Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Shared and Distinct Genes in the Development of Heart Failure
  Physiological Genomics. May, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15769906
• Identification of a Gene Expression Profile That Differentiates Between Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
  Circulation. Nov, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15557369
• Antithymocyte Globulin is Associated with Complement Deposition in Cardiac Transplant Biopsies
  Human Immunology. Nov, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15556677
• Use of A-Med Paraflow System for Right Heart Support After Heart Transplantation
  ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). Sep-Oct, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15497396