Recently Published Works

Amedee RG. Visual loss in the setting of allergic fungal sinusitis: Pathophysiology and outcome. Am J Rhinol. 2008 Mar–Apr;22(2):218.

Anand RG, Alkadri M, Lavie CJ, Milani RV. The role of fish oil in arrhythmia prevention. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2008 Mar–Apr;28(2):92–8.

Anand RG, Ventura HO, Mehra MR. Is heart failure more prevalent in patients with peripheral arterial disease? A meta-analysis. Congest Heart Fail. 2007 Nov–Dec;13(6):319–22.

Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV. Cardiac rehabilitation programs markedly improve high-risk profiles in coronary patients with high psychological distress. South Med J. 2008 Mar;101(3):262–7.

Artham SM, N'Dandu Z, Jenkins JS. Apical ballooning syndrome or takotsubo syndrome: a novel cardiac syndrome. Congest Heart Fail. 2007 Nov–Dec;13(6):352–5.

Bates MJ, Farkas E, Taylor D, McFadden PM. Pulmonary resection of metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Feb;85(2):412–5.

Beck DE. Colorectal cancer. (editorial) Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):2–3.

Beck DE. Evaluation and management of constipation. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):25–31.

Beck DE. Miscellaneous disorders of the rectum and anus. In: Charles J. Yeo, ed. Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 6^th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 2007:2062–79.

Beck DE. Seprafilm review and meta-analysis. World J Surg. 2008 Feb 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Billeter M, Zervos MJ, Chen AY, Dalovisio JR, Kurukularatne C. Dalbavancin: a novel once-weekly lipoglycopeptide antibiotic. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):577–83.

Blonde L, Kan HJ, Gutterman EM, L'italien GJ, Kim MS, Hanssens L, McQuade RD. Predicted risk of diabetes and coronary heart disease in patients with schizophrenia: aripiprazole versus standard of care. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 22;:e1–e8 [Epub ahead of print].

Bluth EI, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ, editors. Ultrasonography in Urology: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems. 2^nd ed. New York: Thieme, 2008. 180 pages.

Bluth EI, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ, editors. Ultrasonography in Vascular Diseases: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems. 2^nd ed. New York: Thieme, 2008. 134 pages.

Bluth EI, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ, editors. Ultrasound: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems. 2^nd ed. New York: Thieme, 2008. 736 pages.

Brown AW Jr. Myeloma therapy – a new paradigm. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):4.

Brown RE, Scanlan MC, Burshell AL, Richardson WS. Guess the case from the Ochsner Clinic. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):185–8.

Burka AA. Resiliency building program for children. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4): 177– 180.

Cary S, Schroeder K, Cary S, Schroeder K. Caring for patients on kidney dialysis in a disaster. Am J Nurs. 2008 Jan;108(1):26–32.

Casey K, Tonnessen BH, Mannava K, Noll R, Money SR, Sternbergh WC 3rd. Brachial versus basilic vein dialysis fistulas: a comparison of maturation and patency rates. J Vasc Surg. 2008 Feb;47(2):402–6.

Chi YW, Jaff MR. Optimal risk factor modification and medical management of the patient with peripheral arterial disease. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Feb 28;71(4):475–89.

Cunningham RJ 3rd. Is pediatric hypertension underdiagnosed? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Mar;5(3):128–9.

Cupples S, Dumas-Hicks D, Burnapp L. Transplant complications: infectious diseases. In: Ohler L, Cupples S, eds. Core Curriculum for Transplant Nurses. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier, 2007:135–200.

Deitelzweig SB, Hoekstra JW. Peripheral arterial disease and the hospitalist: The rationale for early detection and optimal therapy. J Hosp Med. 2008 Apr 25;3(S2):S4–S8.

Deitelzweig SB, McKean SC, Amin AN, Brotman DJ, Jaffer AK, Spyropoulos AC. Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the orthopedic surgery patient. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Apr;75(S3):S27–S36.

Del Prato S, Blonde L, Martinez L, Göke B, Woo V, Millward A, Gomis R, Canovatchel B, Strack T, Lawrence D, Freemantle N; on behalf of the EXPERIENCE Trial Team. The effect of the availability of inhaled insulin on glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes failing on oral therapy: the evaluation of Exubera(R) as a therapeutic option on insulin initiation and improvement in glycaemic control in clinical practice (EXPERIENCE) trial. Diabet Med. 2008 Apr 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Dumas-Hicks D. Heart transplantation. In: Rudow DL, Ohler L, Shafer T, eds. A Clinician's Guide to Donation and Transplantation. Lenexa, KS: Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc, 2007:427–40.

Ellis KJ. Disaster readiness: lessons from Katrina. Nephrol Nurs J. 2007 Jan–Feb;34(1):82–3, 98.

Ellis KJ. Who should provide continuous renal replacement therapies? Nephrology nurses are better prepared to provide CRRT. Nephrol Nurs J. 2007 Mar–Apr;34(2):228–9.

Frohlich ED. The role of salt in hypertension: the complexity seems to become clearer. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Jan;5(1):2–3.

Good D, Lavie CJ. Possible aortic dissection. Emerg Med. 2008 Apr;40(4):12–17.

Grant AG, White CJ, Collins TJ, Jenkins JS, Reilly JP, Ramee SR. Infrapopliteal drug-eluting stents for chronic limb ischemia. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Jan 1;71(1):108–11.

Hicks TC. William H. Harridge lecture: the medical malpractice crisis in surgery. Am J Surg. 2008 Mar;195(3):288–91.

Hutson LR Jr, Young E, Guarisco L. Tracheal anomalies complicating ventilation of an infant with Apert syndrome. J Clin Anesth. 2007 Nov;19(7):551–4.

Jaffer AK, Amin AN, Brotman DJ, Deitelzweig SB, McKean SC, Spyropoulos AC. Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the hospitalized medical patient. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Apr;75(S3):S7–S16.

Kontoyiannis DP, Lewis RE, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Gupta KL, John GT, Del Busto R, Klintmalm GB, Somani J, Lyon GM, Pursell K, Stosor V, Munoz P, Limaye AP, Kalil AC, Pruett TL, Garcia-Diaz J, Humar A, Houston S, House AA, Wray D, Orloff S, Dowdy LA, Fisher RA, Heitman J, Albert ND, Wagener MM, Singh N. Calcineurin-inhibitor agents interact synergistically with antifungal agents in vitro against Cryptococcus neoformans isolates: correlation with outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb;52(2):735–8.

Kowey PR, Wenger NK, Weber MA, Lavie CJ. The geriatric paradox. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2008 Feb;17(2):69–70.

Krousel-Wood MA, Berger L, Jiang X, Blonde L, Myers L, Webber L. Does home-based exercise improve body mass index in patients with type 2 diabetes? Results of a feasibility trial. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2008 Feb;79(2):230–6.

Krousel-Wood MA, Radosevich DM, Erikson C, Blonde L, Sanderson-Austin J. Quality of care indicators, health behaviors, and physical functioning in adults with diabetes. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):158–66.

Lavie CJ. Making exercise and fitness a high priority. (editorial) Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):154–57.

Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Artham SSM, Gilliland Y. Psychological factors and cardiac risk and impact of exercise training programs – A review of Ochsner studies. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):167–72.

Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Shah SB, Gilliland YE, Bernal JA, Dinshaw H, Ventura HO. Impact of left ventricular geometry on prognosis – a review of Ochsner studies. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):11–7.

Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO, Cardenas GA, Mehra MR, Messerli FH. Disparate effects of left ventricular geometry and obesity on mortality in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Nov 1;100(9):1460–4.

Lee JH, O'Keefe JH, Lavie CJ, Marchioli R, Harris WS. Omega-3 fatty acids for cardioprotection. Mayo Clin Proc. 2008 Mar;83(3):324–32.

Lincoln DR, Steele RW. Rash and desquamating skin in a neonate. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Nov;46(9):850–1.

Lohmann-Bigelow J, Longo SA, Jiang X, Robichaux AG III. Does dilation and curettage affect future pregnancy outcomes? Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):173–6.

Mains LM, Magnus M, Finan M. Perioperative morbidity and mortality from major gynecologic surgery in the elderly woman. J Reprod Med. 2007 Aug;52(8):677–84.

Margolin DA. New options for the treatment of fecal incontinence. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):18–24.

Maroo BP, Lavie CJ, Milani RV. Efficacy and safety of intensive statin therapy in the elderly. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2008 Feb;17(2):92–100.

Mehra MR, Maisel A. B-type natriuretic peptide in heart failure: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic use. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2005 Mar;4(1):10–20.

Milani RV, Lavie CJ. The role of exercise training in peripheral arterial disease. Vasc Med. 2007 Nov;12(4):351–8.

Mullangi PK, Pankey GA. Tigecycline in critical care. Crit Care Clin. 2008 Apr;24(2):365–75.

N'Dandu ZM, Badawi RA, White CJ, Grise MA, Reilly JP, Jenkins JS, Collins TJ, Ramee SR. Optimal treatment of renal artery in-stent restenosis: Repeat stent placement versus angioplasty alone. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Mar 21;71(5):701–5.

Noll RE Jr, Tonnessen BH, Mannava K, Money SR, Sternbergh C 3rd. The thoracic endograft: a minimally invasive treatment option for aortic diseases. J La State Med Soc. 2007 Sep–Oct;159(5):253–6, 258–60.

Nossaman BD. Tranfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI): report of 2 cases and a review of the literature. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):32–8.

Patel SN, White CJ, Collins TJ, Daniel GA, Jenkins JS, Reilly JP, Morris RF, Ramee SR. Catheter-based treatment of the subclavian and innominate arteries. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Mar 26; [Epub ahead of print].

Payne TN, Dauterive FR. A comparison of total laparoscopic hysterectomy to robotically assisted hysterectomy: surgical outcomes in a community practice. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2008 May–Jun;15(3):286–91.

Phillips TW Jr, Broussard DM, Sumrall WD 3rd, Hart SR. Intraoperative oxygen administration does not reduce the incidence or severity of nausea or vomiting associated with neuraxial anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Anesth Analg. 2007 Oct;105(4):1113–7, table of contents.

Piazza J. Education update. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):189–90.

Re RN. Ochsner research update. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):44–5.

Re RN, Cook JL. The basis of an intracrine pharmacology. J Clin Pharmacol. 2008 Mar;48(3):344–50.

Re RN, Cook JL. Mechanisms of disease: Intracrine physiology in the cardiovascular system. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2007 Oct;4(10):549–57.

Reinoso MA, Mukherjee P, Marcheselli V, Bergsma D, Hesse R, Bazan N. PEDF promotes biosynthesis of a novel anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic mediator NPD₁ in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):39–43.

Richardson WS, Apelgren K, Fanelli RD, Earle D. Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in laparoscopy: an evidence-based review. Surg Endosc. 2007 Dec;21(12):2335–8.

Sarkar S, Brumund M, Darling R, Snyder CS. Survival of a newborn with 2:1 atrioventricular block, long QT syndrome, Torsades de Pointes. Ochsner J. 2007 Winter;7(4):181–4.

Snyder CS, Bishara J, Darling R, Lucas V. Verapamil-sensitive ventricular tachycardia in an infant. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006 May;1(3):124–6.

Snyder CS, Moodie DS. 39th South-east Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting: September 27–28, Atlanta, Georgia. Congenit Heart Dis. 2007 Jan;2(1):88–90.

Snyder CS, Moodie DS. The 40th Annual Southeast Pediatric Cardiology Society, New Orleans, Louisiana–September 13–15, 2007. Congenit Heart Dis. 2007 Nov;2(6):451–2.

Snyder CS, Moodie D. Abstracts: the American College of Cardiology meeting. Congenit Heart Dis. 2007 Sep;2(5):359–62.

Snyder CS, Moodie D. Abstracts: Heart Rhythm 2007 Meeting. Congenit Heart Dis. 2008 Jan;3(1):77–9.

Snyder CS, Moodie DS. Review of abstracts from the association for European Paediatric Cardiology meeting, May 24–27, Basel, Switzerland. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006 Sep;1(5):254–6.

Spyropoulos AC, Brotman DJ, Amin AN, Deitelzweig SB, Jaffer AK, McKean SC. Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the cancer surgery patient. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Apr;75(S3):S17–S26.

Steele RW. Epidermolysis bullosa and congenital cytomegalovirus. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Nov;46(9):851.

Susic D. Cross-link breakers as a new therapeutic approach to cardiovascular disease. Biochem Soc Trans. 2007 Nov;35(Pt 5):853–6.

Susic D, Frohlich ED. The aging hypertensive heart: a brief update. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Feb;5(2):104–10.

Susic D, Frohlich ED. Optimal treatment of hypertension with diastolic heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2008 Jan;4(1):117–24.

Susic D, Vargic J, Frohlich ED. Coronary circulation in hypertension and aging: an experimental study. Ochsner J. 2008 Spring;8(1):5–10.

White CJ. Catheter-based therapy for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2007 Sep–Oct;50(2):136–50.

White CJ, Anderson HV, Brindis RG, Cates CU, Cohen DJ, Ho K, Hopkins LN, Jaff MR, Koroshetz WJ, Rosenfield KA. The Carotid Artery Revascularization and Endarterectomy (CARE) registry: objectives, design, and implications. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 May 1;71(6):721–5.

White CJ, Gray WA. Endovascular therapies for peripheral arterial disease: an evidence-based review. Circulation. 2007 Nov 6;116(19):2203–15.

Witherspoon LR. Electronic health records: maybe a matter of life and death. Health Data Manag. 2007 Dec;15(12):64.

Witherspoon LR. Why use electronic records? Health Data Manag. 2008 Mar;16(3):56.

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