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Obesity Is Not a Risk Factor for Heart Transplantation |
B. Sareyyupoglu, T. Horai, P. Bonde, C. Bermudez, J. Bhama, S. Tabata, N. Shigemura, R.N. Ramani, M. Simon, J.Teuteberg, M. Mathier, D. McNamara,, R. Kormos, Y. Toyoda, Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery, Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institute, UPMC |
Is History of Chronic Alcohol Abuse in a Donor a Contraindication for Heart Transplant? |
P. Bonde, J. Bhama, R. Kormos, C. Bermudez, B. Sareyyupoglu, T. Horai, S. Tabata, N. Shigemura, D. McNamara, Y. Toyoda, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, |
Are Donors Presenting with Cardiac Arrest but Successfully Resuscitated a Contraindication for Organ Donation in Heart Transplant? |
P. Bonde, C. Bermudez, R. Kormos, J. Bhama, B. Sareyyupoglu, T. Horai, S. Tabata, N. Shigemura, D. McNamara,, Y. Toyoda, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, |
Patient-Reported Outcomes after the Minimally Invasive Approach to Lung Transplantation |
A. DeVito Dabbs, M.A. Dew, D. Zaldonis, J. Aubrecht, M. Crespo, J. Pilewski, J. Bhama, S. Gilbert, C. Bermudez, Y. Toyoda, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Pychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiothoracic Transplantation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh |
Lung Transplantation with Lungs from Donors 55 Years or Older |
T. Horai, N. Shigemura, P. Bonde, B. Sareyyupoglu, S. Tabata, J. Pilewski, M. Crespo,, B. Johnson, P. George, M. Morrell, R. Kormos, J. Bhama, S. Gilbert, C. Bermudez, Y. Toyoda, Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Predictors and Outcomes Associated with Quality of Life (QOL) in Family Caregivers to Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients |
M.A. Dew, L. Myaskovsky, A.J. DeVito Dabbs, A.F. DiMartini, Y. Toyoda, R. Zomak, R. Kormos, Psychiatry, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Acute and Tertiary Care Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA; Psychiatry and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung and Esophageal Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Outcomes of Heart Transplantation for Patients with Systemic Muscular Disorders |
N. Cain, J.Teuteberg, B. Feingold, S. Miller, E. Quivers, V. Morell, P. Wearden, R. Kormos, Y. Toyoda, D. McNamara, C. Chrysostomou, V. Gerard, S. Webber Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA |
The Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Driveline: What Is the Price of Living with This Technology? |
P. Bonde, C. Bermudez, K.L. Lockard, G.A. Genovese, J.Teuteberg, J. Bhama, M. Simon, Y. Toyoda, H. Tetsuya, D. McNamara,, R. Kormos, Heart Lung and Esophageal Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Steroid Minimization Is Associated with Improved Survival in Patients with Diabetes after Heart Transplant |
P. Zymek, J.Teuteberg, M.A. Shullo, C. Bermudez, R. Kormos, J. Bhama, Y. Toyoda, D. McNamara, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Lung Transplantation in Patients with Scleroderma: A Single Center Experience |
M. Crespo,, D. Zaldonis, P. George, Y. Toyoda, B. Johnson, C. Bermudez, S.S. Haider, J. Bhama, M.R. Morell, J. Pilewski Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung and Esophageal Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
The Impact of Repeat HLA Mismatch on Pulmonary Retransplantation |
A. Zeevi, D. Zaldonis, K. Spichty, A. Girnita, J. Howe, L. Jelinek, J. Lomago, M. Crespo,, J. Pilewski, C. Bermudez, Y. Toyoda, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH |
Impact of Body Mass Index on Survival Following Lung Transplantation |
J. Bhama, D. Zaldonis, N. Shigemura, T. Horai, S. Tabata, P. Bonde, B. Sareyyupoglu, J. Pilewski, M. Crespo, B. Johnson, P. George, S. Gilbert, C. Bermudez, M.A. Zenati, Y. Toyoda, Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Division of Allery, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Initial Experience with Concomitant Surgery of Lung Transplantation and Tricuspid Valve Repair for Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension |
N. Shigemura, B. Sareyyupoglu, S. Tabata, T. Horai, P. Bonde, M. Crespo,, B. Johnson, J. Pilewski, J. Bhama, S. Gilbert, C. Bermudez, Y. Toyoda, Cardiothoracic Transplantation Surgery, The Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Pulmonary Transplant, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Patients with Chronic Cardiomyopathy: A Word of Caution |
C. Bermudez, Y. Toyoda, F. Avila, S. Mulukutla, O. Marroquin, J.Teuteberg, R. Kormos, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh |
Predictors of Subtherapeutic Serum Posaconazole Levels in Heart/Lung Transplant Recipients |
R.K. Shields, A.A. Vadnerkar, C.J. Clancy, E.J. Kwak, F. Silveira, M. Crespo,, J. Pilewski, Y. Toyoda, M.H. Nguyen University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Strategies for LVAD Therapy in INTERMACS: Intent Rate v. Event Rate |
J.Teuteberg, G.C. Stewart, M. Jessup, R. Kormos, B. Sun, O.H. Frazier, D.C. Naftel, L.W. Stevenson Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
Decreased Survival after Bi-VAD Implant: Is It the Bi-VAD or the Patient? |
J. Cleveland, T.B. Reece, D.C. Naftel, J.F. Antaki, M.A. Murray, J.K. Kirklin, R. Kormos, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO; Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplant, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic, Madison, WI; Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Peripheral Transcriptomes after Continuous Flow LVAD Support: Improved Inflammatory Signature after One Month
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J.Teuteberg, G.C. Stewart, M. Jessup, R. Kormos, B. Sun, O.H. Frazier, D.C. Naftel, L.W. Stevenson Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH; Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
Infection during Mechanical Circulatory Support: Can We Really Expect a Better Outlook with Continuous Flow Technology
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C.A. Milano, D.C. Naftel, R.F. Padera, R.C. Starling, D. McNamara,, S.V. Pamboukian, S.L. Myers, R. Kormos, Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cardiovascular, University of Pittsburgh Medical, Pittsburgh, PA |
Equivalent Outcomes of Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Patients by Gender in the Modern Era of Mechanical Support
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E.A. Genovese, M.A. Dew, J.Teuteberg, C. Bermudez, D. McNamara,, S. Winowich, A. Weimer, R. Kormos, Medical School, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Major Neurological Events after Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation Are Device Specific but Are Also Related to Pre-Implant Factors |
T. Horai, N.C. Ku, E.A. Genovese, C. Bermudez, J. Bhama, J.Teuteberg, S. Winowich, A. Weimer, G.C. O'Shea, Y. Toyoda, D. McNamara,, R. Kormos, Heart Lung and Esophageal Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Adding a Hydrogen-Producing Magnesium Stick to the Drinking Water Protects Cardiac Allografts and Reduces Allograft Vasculopathy in Rats |
A. Nakao, S. Lee, C.-S. Huang, Z. Wang, N. Shigemura, Y. Toyoda, Surgery, Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Applications of a Uniform Strategy of Virtual Cross Match in Heart Transplantation
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P. Bonde, A. Zeevi, Y. Toyoda, R. Kormos, J. Bhama, D. McNamara,, J.Teuteberg, B. Sareyyupoglu, T. Horai, M. Shullo, C. Bermudez,Section of Cardiothoracic Transplantation, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
Lower Incidence of New Onset Diabetes after Cardiac Transplant with Alemtuzumab Induction |
R. Jones, M.A. Shullo, R. Zomak, C. Newman, M. Rebel, C. Yost, M. Navoney,D. McNamara,, Y. Toyoda, R. Kormos, J.Teuteberg, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung, Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Alemtuzumab Induction Facilitates Steroid-Free Immunosuppression in Human Cardiac Transplantation: Two Year Outcomes |
M.A. Shullo, R. Zomak, J. Bhama, C. Bermudez, D. McNamara,, M. Navoney, R. Kormos, Y. Toyoda, J.Teuteberg, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung, Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
Switch to Sirolimus and Dose Reduced Calcineurin-Inhibitor after Cardiac Transplantation Is Safe and Results in Renal Stability over the Ensuing Three Years |
S. Khandhar, H. Shah, M. Shullo, C. Newman, M. Rebel, C. Yost, R. Zomak, D. McNamara, R. Kormos, Y. Toyoda, J.Teuteberg, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Heart, Lung and Esophageal Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |