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2009-2010 HOUSE STAFF RESEARCH
Published and Submitted Manuscripts
Weiner DE, Bartolomei KR, Scott T, Price LL, Griffith JL, Rosenberg I, Levey AS, Folstein MF, Sarnak MJ. Albuminuria, Cognitive Functioning and White Matter Hyperintensities in Homebound Elders... American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2009 Mar; 53(3): 438-447.
Beitler JR, Link RN, Bails D, Hurdle K, Chong DH. Reduction in hospital-wide mortality following implementation of a novel rapid response team system. Submitted for publication, in review.
Marcie Claybon and Lesley Stevens: "Evaluation of the CKD-EPI Equation in Multiple Races and Ethnicities" Accepted for publication in Kidney International.
Castaldi PJ, Cho MH, Cohn M, Langerman F, Moran S, Tarragona N, Moukhachen H, Venugopal R, Hasimja D, Kao E, Wallace B, Hersh CP, Bagade S, Bertram L, Silverman EK, Trikalinos TA. The COPD genetic association compendium: a comprehensive online database of COPD genetic associations... Human Molecular Genetics. 2010 Feb; 19(3): 526-534
Falcone EL, Alam A, Tangri N. “Mycobacterium avium complex peritonitis in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis”. Clin Nephro 2008 May 69(5): 387-390.
Falcone, EL, Mangili, A, Polak, JF, Skinner, SC, Wanke, CA. “Framingham Risk Score and Markers of Early Atherosclerosis in a Cohort of Subjects Infected with HIV”. Accepted to Antiviral Therapy
Falcone EL, Mangili A, Polak JF, Tang AM, Woods MN, Jones C, Wanke CA. “Serum Micronutrient Levels and Markers of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in HIV Infected Adults”. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1213-9.
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Paula Mooney, Carey D. Kimmelstiel, Richard H. Karas, Jeffery T. Kuvin. Extended-release niacin reduces LDL particle number without changing total LDL cholesterol in patients with stable CAD. J Clin Lipidol. 2009; 3: 45-50.
Haseeb Jafri, Richard H. Karas, Jeffrey T. Kuvin. Effects of Niacin on LDL Particle Number. Clinical Lipidol. 2009; 4: 565-571.
Kevin Heffernan, Richard H. Karas, Eshan A. Patvardhan, Haseeb Jafri, Jeffrey T. Kuvin. Peripheral arterial tonometry for risk stratification in men with coronary artery disease. Clin Cardiol. [In Press]
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H. Karas. Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol are associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk in Statin-Treated Patients: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials. [Submitted].
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H. Karas. HDL-Cholesterol and the Risk of Incident Cancer in Randomized Controlled Trials of Lipid Altering Therapy. [Submitted].
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H. Karas. Statin-Mediated Reduction in Risk of Stroke Is Independent of the Extent of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering. [Submitted].
Jafri H, Alsheikh-Ali A, Karas RH. Higher HDL-C Levels are Associated with a Lower Risk of Cancer. Submitted
Dale Okorodudu, Marwan Jumean, Abel Romero-Corral, Virend Somers, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez. Diagnostic Performance of Body Mass Index to Diagnose Body Adiposity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Obesity, 2 Feb 2010
Randal J Thomas, Kashish Goel, Marwan Jumean, Charles Mullany, Brian Lahr, Ray Gibbons. Short- and Long-term Impact of an In-patient Quality Improvement Initiative: Results of the CABG-GAP Practice Improvement Project. “Submitted to American Heart Journal”
Jumean, Marwan F; MD, Korenfeld, Yoel; MD, Somers, Virend; MD, PhD, Vickers-Douglas, Kristin S; PhD, Thomas, Randal J; MD, Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; MD, MSc. Impact of Receiving the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome on Risk Perception, Willingness to Change, and Actual Lifestyle Change: A Randomized Trial "Submitted to Archives of Internal Medicine"
Rowin EJ, Yucel KE, Salomon R, Maron MS. Adipositas Cordis: An Uncommon Cardiomyopathy Identifies by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Circulation. Accepted for publication August 24, 2010.
Rowin EJ, Appelbaum E, Hauser T, Harrigan C, Buros JL, Biller L, Gibson CM, Lesser JR, Hass TS, Udelson JE, Manning WJ, Maron BJ, Maron MS. “Role of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram in the Assessment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study” Poster presentation, SCMR, Phoenix AZ, January 24, 2010. Submitted for publication to The American Journal of Cardiology, October 2010.
Rowin, EJ, Yucel, KE, Salomon R, Maron MS. Adipositas Cordis: An Uncommon Cardiomyopathy Identified by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Accepted for publication in Circulation.
Rowin EJ, Lucier D, Pauker SG, Kumar S, Chen J, Salem DS. Does error and adverse event reporting by physicians and nurses differ: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Sar. 2008: 34 (9): 537-45.
M. Link, F. Laden, H. Luttmann-Gibson, B. Wessler, S. Vainer, A. Telles, B. Coull, H.
Suh, B. Udelhofen, M. Owen, J. Schwartz, M. Mittleman, D. Gold, D. Dockery.
Rationale and Design of the Air Pollution and ICD Detected Arrhythmia Study. Submitted
B Wessler, C. Madias, N. Pandian, M. Link. Short Term Effects of Ketamine and
Isoflurane on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in an Experimental Swine Model. Submitted
B. Wessler, J. Kelly, D. Kramer, T. Trikalinos, D. Kent, M. Konstam, J. Udelson.
Therapeutic Effects on Peak VO2, 6-minute Walk Distance, and Natriuretic Peptides as Predictors of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials. In Preparation
Abstracts and Presentations
Keith Bartolomei, Mark J Sarnak, Marshal Folstein, Daniel E Weiner
"Orthostatic Hypertension and Hypotension in the Elderly" Accepted for presentation at the ASN's Renal Week 2008 in Philadelphia
Weiner, D., Bartolomei, K., Price, L., Scott, T., Griffith, J., Levey, A., Rosenberg, I., Folsteine, M., Sarnak, M.. (2008, November). Albuminuria, Cognitive Function and White Matter Hyperintensities in Homebound Elders. Poster presented at: American Society of Nephrology; Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Bartolomei, K., Sarnak, M., Folstein, M., Weiner, D. (2008, November). Orthostatic Hypertension and Hypotension in the Elderly. Poster presented at: American Society of Nephrology; Philadelphia, PA.
Bartolomei, K. Sarnak, M., Folstein, M., Weiner, D. (2009, October). Cystatin C, Albuminuria, Cognition and Cerebrovascular Disease in the Elderly. Poster to be presented at American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA.
Beitler JR, Chong DH, Bails D, Hurdle K, Link RN. Reduction in hospital-wide mortality following implementation of a rapid response team program. American Thoracic Society 2010 International Conference. New Orleans, LA 2010. Oral presentation 18 May 2010.
Rappo U, Beitler J, Faulhaber J, Firoz B, Henning J, Thomas K, Maslow M, Goldfarb D, Horowitz H. Expanding the horizons of histoplasmosis: disseminated histoplasmosis in a renal transplant patient after a trip to Bangladesh. Transplant Infectious Disease. 17 July 2009.
Christina W. Chen, Jenny Ruan , Emilia Falcone, Laura K. Snydman, Richard Kopelman . Curious Case of Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis Secondary to Herpes Zoster. Submitted for presentation at ACP.
Dad M, Jafri H, Alsheikh-Ali A, Abourjaily P, Link MS, Estes NAM III, Karas RH. Sub-optimal Lipid Levels are Highly Prevalent in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Defibrillators. Submitted to ACC
Lauren Dowling, John Leung, Kathleen Viveiros "Risk of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in Autoimmune Hepatitis" will be presented at the 2009 AASLD Annual Meeting.
David Drew and Daniel Weiner. Transvenous cardiac device wires and vascular access in hemodialysis patients To be presented at American Society of Nephrology, 2010
Lauren Epstein; M.B. Laws; Y.S. Bradshaw; Y. Lee; A. Greenhill; T. Taubin; E. Howe; M. Nguyen; W. Rogers; I.B. Wilson . Shorter Office Visits tend to be less patient-centered. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine national meeting in Miami, 2009.
E. Falcone. A lung mass with “minimal” effects. Poster Presentation: March 2008
The Society of General Internal Medicine.
Emelia Falcone and C. Wanke. Serum Micronutrient Levels and Markers of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in HIV-Infected Adults Poster Presentation: October 2008
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Emelia Falcone and C. Wanke. Framingham Risk Score and Markers of Early Atherosclerosis in Cohort of HIV Infected Subjects. Abstract presented at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, CA, 2009.
Daria Homenko "Acute pancreatitis within hours of 6-mercaptopurine use." Presented at the 2009 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Research & Clinical Conference.
Daria Homenko, Kathleen Viveiros and Harmon Allison. Elevated liver function tests and its association with obstructive sleep in young obese individuals. Presented at Digestive Disease Week in New Orleans, LA in 2010.
Daria Philip F Binkley, Haseeb Jafri. Abstract 1009-23: Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy Who Have Recovered Normal Ventricular Function Remain at Increased Risk for Sudden Death. JACC 51: S_A49. Presented at the 2008 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois 2008.
Haseeb Jafri, Jeffrey T Kuvin, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Paula Mooney, Carey D Kimmelstiel, and Richard H Karas. Abstract 5144: Extended-Release Niacin Reduces LDL-C Particle Number Even In The Absence Of Changes In Total LDL-C Levels. Circulation 118: S_1150-c. Presented at the 2008 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2008.
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H Karas. Abstract 1012-79: Absolute LDL-C Lowering Is a Better Predictor of Risk Reduction Than Percent LDL-C Lowering in Lipid Intervention Trials. JACC 53: S_A200. Presented at the 2009 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Haseeb Jafri, Richard H. Karas. Abstract 1012-84: Magnitude of Benefit in Statin Trials is Directly Related to On-Treatment Differential in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. JACC 53: S_A202. Presented at the 2009 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Haseeb Jafri, Carey Kimmelstiel, Richard H Karas. Abstract 1012-90: Statin-Mediated Reduction in Risk of Stroke Is Independent of the Extent of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering. JACC 53: S_A203. Presented at the 2009 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H Karas. Abstract 1048-70: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Contribute Significantly to Residual Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Statin-Treated Patients. JACC 53: S_A225. Presented at the 2009 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H Karas. High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels are Inversely Associated With Cancer Risk. To be presented at the 2009 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Haseeb Jafri, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Richard H Karas. Statin Therapy Does Not Reduce the Increased Cardiovascular Risk Associated with Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials. To be presented at the 2009 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida 2009.
Jafri H, Alsheikh-Ali A, Mooney P, Kimmelstiel CD, Karas RH, Kuvin JT. Extended-Release Niacin reduces LDL-C particle number even in the absence in total LDL-C Levels. Presented at the AHA in 2008.
Dena E. Rifkin MD, MS; Alin John, MD; Jill Melendez Young, MD, MS; Lisa McDevitt, Pharm. D; Richard Freeman, MD; Ronald D. Perrone, MD Thymoglobulin use, leukopenia, and adverse events in the first post-transplant year: Retrospective analysis of 85 consecutive patients. Presented at the American Society of Nephrology meeting in San Diego in Oct, 2009.
Marwan Jumean Metabolic Syndrome: Impact of Receiving the Diagnosis and Education Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification and Willingness to Change. Presented at European Society of Cardiology Congress, September 2008,
Marwan Jumean. The Diagnostic Performance of Body Mass Index to Diagnose Body Fatness: A Meta-analysis. Poster presentation at The Scientific Meeting of the National Obesity Society, October 2008
Jumean Marwan, Kashish Goel, Mullany Charles, Gibbons Raymond, Thomas Randal. In-Patient Quality Improvement Initiative and Long-term Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Poster Presentation at the AHA Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Conference, Washington D.C., April 2009. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2009;2e8
Goel K, Jumean MF, Lahr BD, Thomas RJ. Use of preventive medications and impact on long-term mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery. Poster presentation. American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation annual meeting, October 1-3, 2009, Pittsburgh. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):262-74. PMID: 19628990
Jumean Marwan, Okorodudu Dale, Romero-Corral Abel, Lopez-Jimenez F, Somers V: The Diagnostic Performance of Body Mass Index to Diagnose Body Fatness: A Meta-analysis. Poster presentation at The Scientific Meeting of the National Obesity Society, October 2008.
Jumean Marwan, Yoel Korenfeld, Vickers-Douglas K, Lopez-Jimenez F. Metabolic Syndrome: Impact of Receiving the Diagnosis and Education Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factor Modification and Willingness to Change. Presented at European Society of Cardiology Congress, September 2008
Christine Jun (With B. Walkey and L. Snydman) Case report of lupus-associated Pancreatitis Presenting with a Pancreatic Mass. Accepted for presentation at ACP regional meeting, 2010.
Paul Lavigne. Case report of a woman with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Accepted for presentation at regional ACP meeting, 2010.
Kapur NK, Nguyen TA, Yunis AA, Newfell BG, Trivedi A, Parpos P, Sahasrabudhe NA, Cross BJ, Weintraub A, Kimmelstiel C, Jaffe IZ, Mendelsohn M. Soluble Endoglin and FLT-1 Expression in ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): Markers of Angiogenic Imbalance. Presented at Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions in May, 2009.
Kapur NK, Nguyen TA, Yunis AA, Cross BJ, Jaffe IZ, Mendelsohn ME. Soluble fms-like Tyrosine Kinase (sFLTI): A Biomarker of Endothelial Origin in Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). Presented at American Health Association in Fall, 2009.
Ethan J. Rowin, MD, Evan Appelbaum, MD, Caitlin Harrigan, BA, Jacki Buros, BA Leah Biller, BA, C. Michael Gibson, MD, MS, John R. Lesser, MD, Tammy S. Haas, RN, James E. Udelson, MD, Warren J. Manning, MD, Barry J. Maron, MD, Martin S. Maron, MD. Is the 12-lead Electrocardiogram of Value in the Prognostic Assessment of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy? Presented at Society of Cardiac MRI in Arizona, 2010.
Rebecca Kurnik Seshasai, MD. A Ronit Katz, PhD, Ian H. de Boer, MD, David Siscovick, Michael G. Shlipak, MD, Dena E. Rifkin, MD and Mark J. Sarnak, MD, FASN poliprotein E and Kidney Function Decline in Older Adults. Presented at the American Society of Nephrology.
Leon Shao, Haseeb Jafri, Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, Richard Karas. Abstract 1013-95: Intensive LDL-C Reduction Can Induce Cholesterol Plaque Regression: Data From Coronary Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Angiography Studies. JACC 53: S_A419. Presented at the 2009 American Cardiology of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, 2009.
Virginia Soong. Patient with presumed catastrophic antiphospholipd syndrome. Accepted for presentation at ACP regional conference, 2010.
BenWessler , J. Udelson, M. Konstam, D. Kent , T. Trikalinos, D. Kramer. Drug and Device Effects on Peak Oxygen Consumption as a Predictor of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials Presented at the American Heart Association Conference 2009.
B. Wessler, D. Kramer, T. Trikalinos, D. Kent, M. Konstam, J. Udelson. Abstract 3015: Drug and Device Effects on Peak Oxygen Consumption as a Predictor of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials. Circulation. 2009;120:S733.
B. Wessler, J. Kelly, D. Kramer, T. Trikalinos, D. Kent, M. Konstam, J. Udelson. Therapeutic Effects on 6-minute Walk Distance as a Predictor of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials. Journal of Cardiac Failure August2010. Vol. 16, Issue 8, Supplement, Pages S85-S86.
M. Link, H. Luttmann-Gibson, F. Laden, B. Wessler, A. Telles, S. Vainer, M. Owen, B. Coull, J. Schwartz, D. Gold, D. Dockery. Acute Exposure to Air Pollution Associated with an Increased Risk of Atrial Arrhythmias. Accepted for presentation at American Heart Association: Scientific Sessions Chicago, Illinois 2010
B. Wessler, D. Kramer, T. Trikalinos, D. Kent, M. Konstam, J. Udelson. Drug and Device Effects on Peak Oxygen Consumption as a Predictor of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials. Poster presentation of abstract at American Heart Association: Scientific Sessions Orlando, Florida 2009.
B. Wessler, J. Kelly, D. Kramer, T. Trikalinos, D. Kent, M. Konstam, J. Udelson. Drug and Device Effects on 6 Minute Walk Distance as a Predictor of Therapeutic Effects on Mortality in Heart Failure Randomized Trials. Poster presentation of abstract at Heart Failure Society of America Meeting San Diego, California 2010
Ongoing Projects
Vivian Asare Gastroenterologist from Brigham and Women's Hospital. I was working on a retrospective study looking at adherence to guidelines and the impact of early cholecystectomy for the prevention of recurrent gallstone pancreatitis.
Sarah Beesley Dr Pham, Navin Kapur and Mike Kiernan compiling a database of VAD patients that will hopefully help to answer the question about how we could predict RV failure prior to placement of an LVAD using PA pressures.
Angela Bien (with H. Lee) Best practices in HBV screening: Improving screening rates in the greater Boston Asian community
Beth Charipar Data analysis and manuscript preparation on correlation of ECG parameters of left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial enlargement with CT
Supervisor: Udo Hoffmann, MD
Christina Chen 1) (with M. Wagner) The effect of proton pump inhibitors on anemia – Will be doing a retrospective study using the Logician data base in GMA clinic to see if there is a higher rate of anemia in the population taking proton pump inhibitors compared to a similar population that does not take proton pump inhibitors. .
2) (with M. Rao) Assessing genetic conservation of the apoptotic pathway in patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM).
3) (with R. Kopelman) Case Study: Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis secondary to herpes zoster.
Misha Dad (with H. Jafri and A. Al-Sheikh) abstract about lipids in pt with ICD's
Lauren Dowling Retrospective study looking at ischemic colitis in the young.
Dave Drew (with S. Rao and V. Balakrishnan) Genetic polymorphisms in type 1 diabetic nephropathy.
John Duell (with A. Garlitski). Gender Differences in Atrial Fibrillation.
Lauren Epstein Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV care
Falcone, EL. “Neurotoxoplasmosis Complicating Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis with Mycophenolate Mofetil”. Manuscript in progress.
Falcone, EL, Sprague, K. “Progression of CML to AML presenting as a Spinal Chlorma in the Absence of Haematological disease.: Manuscript in progress.
Kristen Farwell (with R. Freeman) Endoscopic Mucosal Resection to removal large sessile cecal polyps.
(with R. Freeman) Reviewing the UNOS database for transplantation and HCC, looking at overall outcomes in HCC transplants.
(with M. Wagner) QI project in GMA looking at colonoscopy rates in our practice and the attendings patients compared to resident patients
(with A. Bonder) Treatment of schatzki rings with jumbo forcep biopsies rather than balloon dilation.
Jessie Fields (with J. Rencic) Case report about a patient with atypical presentation of hyperthyroidism.
JP Flores (with D. Blazey Martin and M. Wagner) QI project looking into Prostate Cancer screening in GMA.
(with R. Martell and the Center for Drug Development) Looking into trends for recently approved oncology drugs and what indication was used for approval as well as how that related to outcomes data and possibly further indications
Adi Ganz (with N. Pandian) 3D Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
David Goldberg (with Dr. Tearney) Studying a new imaging modality called Optical Frequency Domain Imaging (OFDI)
David Halpin (with E. Garpestad). Infection control in the ICU.
Daria Homenko(with K. Viveiros) Looking at colitis in patients taking Cellcept after kidney & liver transplants.
(with J. Weinstock and J. Leung ) Recurrent oral aphthous ulcers and its association with subclinical inflammatory bowel disease
(with K. Viveiros) Is diverticulosis a risk factor for recurrent clostridium difficile infection.
Seth Homer (with T. Knox) Looking at the relationship between alcohol and drug use in Hep C and HIV infected individuals.
2) case report where multiple biliary stents where used to prevent reflux of food up the biliary system causing cholangitis in a patient with a large sphincterotomy and largely dilated CBD.
Christine Jun - - 1) (with. D. Homenko and K. Viveiros) Retrospective analysis: Prevalence of diverticulosis in patients with recurrent Clostridium Difficile infection.
2) ( with. H Lee) Chart review for a study looking at best practices in Hepatitis B screening among primary care physicians serving Asian American patients in Boston.
Esther Kao 1) (With M. Sullivan and M. Geulrud) Phase 1 study of using HALO device in gastrointestinal metaplasia
2) Case report on gastrointestinal plasmacytoma.
Anand Kenia (with M. Link) meta-analysis looking at the use and safety of adenosine in wide complex tachycardias.
Paul Lavigne (with D. Karas) The relationship between lipid levels and cancer.
Samar Malaeb (with A. Pittas) The effect of dietary macronutrient composition on short term energy-regulating gastrointestinal hormones. A systematic review
Sema Mehta (with L. Davidson, D, Poutsiaka and H. Boucher) Looking at posaconazole and break through fungal infections.
Kevin Morine (with N. Kapur) Look at a particular cytokine that is known to regulate muscle mass - myostatin - after STEMI and revascularization
Tuan Nguyen (with M. Link and A. Alshiekh-Ali) Risk and Predictors of One Year Mortality after ICD implantation
( with N. Kapur) Cardiac Protein Endoglin Level and Coronary Blood Flow and Ventricular Filling Pressure
(with M. Link and A. Alshiekh-Ali) Equivalent Risk of Implantable Defibrillator Discharges in a Primary Prevention Population with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction 31-35% Compared to < 30%
(with M. Link and A. Alshiekh-Ali) Are High Impact Cardiovascular Trials Migrating Out of the United States? Trends Over the Past Decade
Ann Nguyen-Trexler (with J.Leung-) Eosinophilic esophagitis, and using nitric oxide breathalyzer as an alternative way to diagnose EE instead of EGD/biopsy
Ross Okimoto (with K. Miller) case report on Paraneoplastic Hypercalcemia in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia.
(with. R. Van Etten) Review article on optimal initial therapy for newly diagnosed CML"
Rob Piotrowski (with A. Garlitski) Systematic review of VT ablations in the setting of scarred myocardium secondary to MI.
(with R. Blanton) Role of Protein Kinase G (PKG) in the protection against hypertrophy in a mouse model of heart failure
Stefan Richter (with K. Roberts) working on a database comparing the characteristics of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 pulmonary hypertension, and will likely have an abstract for a conference by the end of this month.
(with N. Hill) Project involving the use of Precedex to improve outcomes in non-invasive positive pressure ventilation.
Eleonora Teplinsky (with P. Mathew) Literature review on CNS relapse in systemic well controlled lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
(with A. Klein) Participating in retrospective study evaluating the prognostic value of a bone marrow on day 14 after induction chemotherapy for AML
Roxanne Wadia (with G. Strauss) Looking at the "healthy volunteer effect" in random population based trials.
Diana Winston (with C. Wanke) Studying the association between HIV and Hepatitis C infections and lipid levels among a cohort of Argentinean drug users.
(with M. Kaplan)It is a retrospective chart review to determine the prevalence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-Autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap syndrome.
Antibiotic Prophylaxis after Orthotropic Liver Transplant with Choledocho-Jejunal Roux-en-Y Anastomosis for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Case Series.
(with T Knox) Examining the association of the Age-Platelet Index with nutritional status in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
Sandy Wong (with K Sprague) Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSCT) Using Photopheresis and Reduced-Intensity conditioning in Patients with Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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