Recent Publications

Listed below are a selection of recent publications by Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Dr. Iosif Gulkarov

  1. Kwak T, Lazzaro R, Pournik H, Ciaburri D, Tortolani A, Gulkarov I. Robotic thoracoscopic plication for symptomatic diaphragm paralysis. Journal of Robotic Surgery (in press)
  2. Gulkarov I, Ciaburri D, Tortolani T, Lazzaro R. Robotic Thoracoscopic Resection of Intralobar Sequestration. Journal of Robotic Surgery (in press)
  3. Steele J, Kadosh B, Gulkarov I, Salemi A. Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Cardiac Surgery: A Comprehensive Review . Journal of Blood Disorders and Transfusions (in press)
  4. On Chen MD, Nripen Dontineni MD, Ghaith Nahlawi MD, Geetha P. Bhumireddy MD, Seol Young Han MD, Yakoub Katri MD, Iosif M. Gulkarov MD, Daniel G. Ciaburri MD, Anthony J. Tortolani MD, Richard S. Lazzaro MD, Terrence J. Sacchi MD, Joshua A. Socolow MD, John F. Heitner MD.Serial Cardiac MRI of a Rapidly Progressing Liquefaction Necrosis of Mitral Annulus Calcification Associated with Embolic Stroke. Circulation Imaging (in press)

Dr. O. Wayne Isom

Honors and Awards

  1. Castle Connolly National Physician of the Year Award for Clinical Excellence
  2. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. America's Top Doctors
  3. National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award

Journal Articles

  1. Supino PG, Borer JS, Preibisz JJ, Franciosa JA, Isom OW, Krieger JH, Girardi LN, Herrold EM. Women have greater mid-term quality of life benefit than men after valvular surgery. J Am Cardiol. 2011;57:1363.
  2. Olafiranye O, Hochreiter C, Borer JS, Supino PG, Herrold EM, Kligfield P, Girardi LN, Krieger KH, Isom OW. Prognostic value of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and systolic dysfunction after surgery for non-ischemic mitral regurgitation. To be published in a special edition of Cardiology 2012 April
  3. Borer JS, Supino PG, Herrold EM, Innasimuthu A, Hochreiter C, Krieger KH, Girardi LN, Isom OW. Survival after aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation: prediction from pre-operative contractility measurement. To be published in a special edition of Cardiology 2012, April.

Abstracts

  1. M. Pangasa, N.S. Ivascu, S. Paul, P.C. Lee, J.L. Port, N.K. Altorki, L.N. Girardi, O. Isom, B.M. Stiles. Tracheostomy in critically ill cardiac surgical patients: safety and 30-day outcomes when performed by a dedicated cardiothoracic critical care team. To be presented at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. April, 2012
  2. Olafiranye O, Hochreiter C, Borer JS, Supino PG, Herrold EM, Kligfield P, Girardi LN, Krieger KH, Isom OW. Prognostic value of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and systolic dysfunction after surgery for non-ischemic mitral regurgitation. To be presented at Valves in the Heart of the Big Apple VII: Evaluation & Management of Valvular Heart Diseases. New York City, NY. 2012 . To be published in a special edition of Cardiology (April) 2012
  3. Borer JS, Supino PG, Herrold EM, Innasimuthu A, Hochreiter C, Krieger KH, Girardi LN, Isom OW. Survival after aortic valve replacement for aortic regurgitation: prediction from pre-operative contractility measurement. To be presented at Valves in the Heart of the Big Apple VII: Evaluation & Management of Valvular Heart Diseases. New York City, NY. 2012. To be published in a special edition of Cardiology (April) 2012.

Chapters

  1. Lee LY, DeBois WJ, Krieger KH, Isom OW. Transfusion therapy and blood conservation. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, fourth edition; LH Cohn, editor, McGraw Hill, New York, 2011.

Dr. John Laragh

  1. Enduring direct association of baseline plasma renin activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients. Gonzalez MC, Cohen HW, Sealey JE, Laragh JH, Alderman MH. Am J Hypertens. 2011 Nov; 24(11):1181-6. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2011.172. Epub 2011 Sep 22 PMID:21938071
  2. The plasma renin test reveals the contribution of body sodium-volume content (V) and renin-angiotensin ® vasoconstriction to long-term blood pressure. Laragh JH, Sealey JE. Am J Hypertens. 2011 Nov;24(11):1164-80. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2011.171. Epub 2011 Sep 22. Review.PMID:21938070
  3. More about plasma renin and cardiovascular mortality. Alderman MH, Laragh JH, Sealey JE. Eur Heart J. 2011 Nov;32(21):2610-2. Epub 2011 Jun 30. No abstract available. PMID:2171945

Dr. Arash Salemi

Articles

  1. Trocciola SM, Gulkarov I, Salemi A. Gastrointestinal Complications After Mitral Valve Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. (In press.)
  2. Steele J, Kadosh B, Gulkarov IM, Salemi A. Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Cardiac Surgery: A Comprehensive Review. J Blood Disord Transfus 2011;S2-7.

Book Chapters

  1. Salemi A, Gulkarov I. Native Valve Endocarditis with or without embolic stroke. Cardiothoracic Surgery Review. Kenneth L. Franco & Vinod H. Thourani, editors, 2012: pp 248-52.

Abstracts

  1. Zemedkun M, Lin F, Bergman G, Min J, Labounty T, Reynolds D, Devereux R, Salemi A, Wong SC. Prevalence and Increase Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. American College of Cardiology. Chicago, Illinois. March 25, 2012.
  2. Fontes M, Steinkamp M, Salemi A. Monitoring Intra-operative Anticoagulation with Activated Clotting Time in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and a Prolonged Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Chicago, Illinois. October 11, 2011.

Dr. Anthony Tortolani

Published Paper

  1. Kwak T, Lazzaro R, Pournik H, Ciaburri D, Tortolani A, Gulkarov I. Robotic thoracoscopic plication for symptomatic diaphragm paralysis, J Robotic Surg DOI 10.1007/s11701-011-0328-x

Published Abstracts

  1. Khusid F, Fahoum B, Fisher E, Tortolani A. Rescue Management in Severe Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure by the High Frequency Percussive Ventilation(Volumetric Diffusive Respirator — VDR) In The SICU. Supplement to Critical Care Medicine, December 2011, Volume 39, Number 12.
  2. Gorecki, P, Agarwal A, Lax E, Tortolani A, Gorecki W. Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Adolescents: A Prospective Analysis of Dynamic of Weight Loss. SAGES Annual Congress — San Diego, CA March 2012
  3. Gorecki P, Kabata K, PA, Eathiraju S, Parekh S, Tortolani A. The optimal technique of gastrojejunostomy in laparoscopic gastric bypass may be a hand sewn anastomosis. Comparison of out comes and costs. SAGES Annual Congress — San Diego, CA March 2012
  4. Kwak T, Pournik H, Kabata K, RPAC, Tortolani A, Gorecki P. Morbidly Obese Men Showed Decreased Testosterone Levels and Sexual Quality of Life Compared with Age Adjusted Men in the Community. SAGES Annual Congress — San Diego, CA March 2012
  5. Kwak T, Pournik H, Kabata K, RPAC, Tortolani A, Gorecki P. Bariatric Surgery I Increases Testosterone and Improves Male Sexual Function. A Pilot Study of Thirteen Morbidly Obese Men. SAGES Annual Congress — San Diego, CA March 2012

Thoracic Division

Dr. Nasser Altorki, Dr. Jeffrey Port, Dr. Paul C. Lee, Dr. Brendon Stiles, Dr. Vivek Mittal and Dr. Dingcheng Gao

  1. Wagner PL, Stiedl AC, Wilbertz T, Petersen K, Scheble V, Menon R, Reischl M, Mikut R, Rubin MA, Fend F, Moch H, Soltermann A, Weder W, Altorki NK, Perner S. Frequency and clinicopathologic correlates of KRAS amplification in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Lung Cancer. 2011 Oct;74(1):118-23. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
  2. Stiles BM, Mirza F, Towe CW, Ho VP, Port JL, Lee PC, Paul S, Yankelevitz D, Altorki NK. Cumulative Radiation Dose From Medical Imaging Procedures in Patients Undergoing Resection for Lung Cancer Ann Thorac Surg. 2011Oct;92(4):1170-9. Epub 2011 July 13.
  3. Paul S, Mirza FM, Nasar A, Port JL, Lee PC, Stiles BM, Nguyen AB, Sedrakyan A, Altorki NK. Prevalence, outcomes, and a risk-benefit analysis of diaphragmatic hernia admissions: An examination of the National Inpatient Sample database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Oct;142(4):747-54. Epub 2011 Jul 30.
  4. Stiles BM, Altorki NK. Screening for lung cancer: challenges for the thoracic surgeon. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2011 Oct;20(4):619-35.
  5. Sharaiha RZ, Halazun KJ, Mirza F, Port JL, Lee PC, Neugut AI, Altorki NK, Abrams JA. Elevated Preoperative Neutrophil:Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Nov;18(12):3362-9. Epub 2011 May 6.
  6. Port JL, Mirza FM, Lee PC, Paul S, Stiles BM, Altorki NK. Lobectomy in Octogenarians With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Ramifications of Increasing Life Expectancy and the Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Dec;92(6):1951-7. Epub 2011 Oct 7.
  7. Parashar B, Wernicke, AG, Pavese A, Prabhsimranjot S, Trichter S, Sabbas A, Kutler DI, Kuhel W, Port JL, Lee PC, Dattatreyudu N, Clifford Chao KS. Cesium-131 permanent seed brachytherapy: Dosimetric evaluation and radiation exposure to surgeons, radiation oncologists, and staff. Brachytherapy. 2011 Nov-Dec;10(6):508-13. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.04.002. Epub 2011 Jun 2.
  8. Jain S, Ward MM, O'Loughlin J, Boeck M, Wiener N, Chuang E, Cigler T, Moore A, Donovan D, Lam C, Cobham MV, Schneider S, Christos P, Baergen RN, Swistel A, Lane ME, Mittal V, Rafii S, Vahdat LT. Incremental increase in VEGFR1(+) hematopoietic progenitor cells and VEGFR2(+) endothelial progenitor cells predicts relapse and lack of tumor response in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Feb;132(1):235-42. Epub 2011 Dec 9.
  9. Field JK, Smith RA, Aberle DR, Oudkerk M, Baldwin DR, Yankelevitz D, Pedersen JH, Swanson SJ, Travis WD, Wisbuba II, Noguchi M, Mulshine JL, Altorki N,; IASLC CT Screening Workshop 2011 Participants. International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Computed Tomography Screening Workshop 2011 report. J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Jan;7(1):10-9.
  10. Dave B, Mittal V, Tan NM, Chang JC. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cancer stem cells and treatment resistance. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 19;14(1):202. [Epub ahead of print]
  11. Gao D, Joshi N, Choi H, Ryu S, Hahn M, Catena R, Sadik H, Argani P, Wagner P, Vahdat LT, Port JL, Stiles B, Sukumar S, Altorki NK, Rafii S, Mittal V. Myeloid Progenitor Cells in the Premetastatic Lung Promote Metastases by Inducing Mesenchymal to Epithelial Transition. Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 29. [Epub ahead of print]
  12. Stiles BM. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Feb;93(2):472.