Publications

  1. Huntley GD, Michelena HI, Thaden JJ, Alkurashi AK, Pislaru SV, Pochettino A, Crestanello JA, Maleszewski JJ, Brown RD Jr, Nkomo VT. Cerebral and Retinal Infarction in Bicuspid Aortic Valve. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Mar 21; e028789 [Epub ahead of print]
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  2. Naser JA, Pislaru SV, Stan MN, Lin G. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Graves Disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Mar 13 [Epub ahead of print]
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  3. Ibrahim H, Thaden JJ, Fabre KL, Scott CG, Greason KL, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Very Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Feb 15; 189:64-69 Epub 2022 Dec 09
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  4. Kane CJ, Salama AA, Pislaru C, Kane GC, Pislaru SV, Lin G. Low Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index by Echocardiography Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Pulmonary Hypertension. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Feb; 36 (2):189-195 Epub 2022 Sept 17
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  5. Naser JA, Lopez-Jimenez F, Chang AY, Baez-Suarez A, Attia ZI, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Lin G, Kapa S, Friedman PA, Noseworthy PA. Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Electrocardiogram in Determining Sex: Correlation with Sex Hormone Levels. Mayo Clin Proc. 2023 Jan 31 [Epub ahead of print]
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  6. Eleid MF, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Gersh BJ. Valvular Heart Disease: New Concepts in Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Approaches. Annu Rev Med. 2023 Jan 27; 74:155-170 Epub 2022 Nov 18
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  7. Anand V, Scott CG, Hyun MC, Lara-Breitinger K, Nkomo VT, Kane GC, Pislaru C, Kopecky KF, Schulte PJ, Pislaru SV. The 5 Phenotypes of Tricuspid Regurgitation: Insight From Cluster Analysis of Clinical and Echocardiographic Variables. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jan 23; 16 (2):156-165
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  8. Salama AA, Padang R, Thaden JJ, Kane CJ, Elwazir MY, Anand V, McCully RB, Pislaru C, Pislaru SV, Kane GC. Value of a Right Ventricular-Specific Longitudinal Systolic Strain Software Package in Risk Prediction in Patients With Known or Suspected Pulmonary Hypertension. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Jan 18 [Epub ahead of print]
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  9. Crestanello JA, Greason KL, Mathew J, Eleid MF, Nkomo VT, Rihal CS, Bagameri G, Holmes DR, Pislaru SV, Sandhu GS, Lee AT, King KS, Alkhouli M. The Interaction of FEV1 and NT-Pro-BNP with Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jan 16 [Epub ahead of print]
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  10. Alkurashi AK, Thaden JJ, Naser JA, El-Am EA, Pislaru SV, Greason KL, Negrotto SM, Clavel MA, Pellikka PA, Maleszewski JJ, Nkomo VT. Underestimation of Aortic Stenosis Severity by Doppler Mean Gradient during Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from Aortic Valve Weight. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Jan; 36 (1):53-59 Epub 2022 Oct 10
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  11. Bernstein ZS, Vaillant JJ, Michelena HI, Pislaru SV, DeSimone DC. Recurrent Neisseria cinerea bacteremia secondary to cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection. IDCases. 2023; 32:e01745 Epub 2023 Mar 09
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  12. Patlolla SH, Schaff HV, Nishimura RA, Stulak JM, Chamberlain AM, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT. Incidence and Burden of Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Dec 13; 80 (24):2289-2298
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  13. Egbe AC, Miranda WR, Connolly HM, Pislaru SV. Prophylactic anticoagulation for the prevention of bioprosthetic valve thrombosis: to be or not to be? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022 Dec 2; 63 (1)
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  14. Tunthong R, Salama AA, Lane CM, Fine NM, Anand V, Padang R, Thaden JJ, Pislaru SV, Kane GC. Right ventricular systolic strain in patients with pulmonary hypertension: clinical feasibility, reproducibility, and correlation with ejection fraction. J Echocardiogr. 2022 Nov 30 [Epub ahead of print]
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  15. Kronzer EK, Eleid MF, Alkhouli MA, Thaden JJ, Padang R, Nkomo VT, Rihal CS, Pislaru SV, Kane GC. Rates of Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Complications During Structural Heart Disease Procedures Under Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidance. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Nov 8 Epub 2022 Nov 08
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  16. Anand V, Kane GC, Lee AT, Scott CG, Pislaru SV, McCully RB, Pellikka PA, Pislaru C. Prognostic Role of Cardiac Power in a Large Cohort of Patients with Normal Ejection Fraction Referred for Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Nov; 35 (11):1139-1145.e3 Epub 2022 July 19
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  17. Bi X, Yeung DF, Thaden JJ, Nhola LF, Schaff HV, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Pochettino A, Greason KL, Nkomo VT, Villarraga HR. Characterization of myocardial mechanics and its prognostic significance in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement. Eur Heart J Open. 2022 Nov; 2 (6):oeac074 Epub 2022 Nov 05
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  18. Gray WA, Abramson SV, Lim S, Fowler D, Smith RL, Grayburn PA, Kodali SK, Hahn RT, Kipperman RM, Koulogiannis KP, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV, Whisenant BK, McCabe JM, Liu J, Dahou A, Puthumana JJ, Davidson CJ, Cardioband TR EFS Investigators. 1-Year Outcomes of Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System Early Feasibility Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Oct 10; 15 (19):1921-1932 Epub 2022 Sept 14
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  19. Wen S, Pislaru C, Monahan KH, Barnes SM, Hodge DO, Packer DL, Pislaru SV, Asirvatham SJ. Arrhythmia Recurrence After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Impact of Warfarin vs. Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 Oct; 36 (5):891-901 Epub 2021 May 18
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  20. Naser JA, Crestanello JA, Nkomo VT, Luis SA, Thaden JJ, Geske JB, Anderson JH, Sinak LJ, Michelena HI, Pislaru SV, Padang R. Immobile Leaflets at Time of Bioprosthetic Valve Implantation: A Novel Risk Factor for Early Bioprosthetic Failure: A Novel Risk Factor for Early Bioprosthetic Failure. Heart Lung Circ. 2022 Aug; 31 (8):1166-1175 Epub 2022 Mar 24
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  21. Wen S, Pislaru SV, Lin G, Scott CG, Lee AT, Asirvatham SJ, Pellikka PA, Kane GC, Pislaru C. Association of Postprocedural Left Atrial Volume and Reservoir Function with Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Aug; 35 (8):818-828.e3 Epub 2022 Mar 26
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  22. Lara-Breitinger KM, Scott CG, Nkomo VT, Pellikka PA, Kane GC, Chaliki HP, Shapiro BP, Eleid MF, Alkhouli M, Greason KL, Pislaru SV, Rihal CS. Tricuspid Regurgitation Impact on Outcomes (TRIO): A Simple Clinical Risk Score. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Aug; 97 (8):1449-1461 Epub 2022 Aug 01
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  23. Ezzeddine FM, Haq IU, Pessanha BS, Pislaru SV, Bois MC, Kummer T, Stanich JA. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Giant Left Atrial Mass. CASE (Phila). 2022 Aug; 6(6):243-246. Epub 2022 Aug 15.
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  24. Naser JA, Pislaru SV, Pislaru C, Jouni H, Alsidawi S, Thaden JJ, Scott CG, Nkomo VT. Averaged Transaortic Mean Gradient during Atrial Fibrillation Does Not Accurately Reflect Aortic Stenosis Severity. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Aug; 35 (8):885-887 Epub 2022 May 11
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  25. Naser JA, van Zyl M, Gruber LM, Gulati R, Friedman PA, Young WF Jr, Hemmati P, Foley TA, Schaff HV, Crestanello JA, Pislaru SV. Role of Multimodality Imaging and Preoperative Management in Intrapericardial Paragangliomas: Experience From a Case Series. JACC Case Rep. 2022 Jul 20; 4 (14):871-877 Epub 2022 July 20
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  26. Roslan AB, Naser JA, Nkomo VT, Padang R, Lin G, Pislaru C, Greason KL, Pellikka PA, Eleid MF, Thaden JJ, Miller FA Jr, Pislaru SV. Performance of Echocardiographic Algorithms for Assessment of High Aortic Bioprosthetic Valve Gradients. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Jul; 35 (7):682-691.e2 Epub 2022 Feb 11
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  27. Naser JA, Pislaru C, Roslan A, Ciobanu AO, Jouni H, Nkomo VT, Kane GC, Pislaru SV. Unfavorable Tricuspid Annulus Dynamics: A Novel Concept to Explain Development of Tricuspid Regurgitation in Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Jun; 35 (6):664-666 Epub 2022 Mar 01
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  28. Wen S, Pislaru C, Ommen SR, Ackerman MJ, Pislaru SV, Geske JB. Right Ventricular Enlargement and Dysfunction Are Associated With Increased All-Cause Mortality in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Jun; 97 (6):1123-1133 Epub 2022 Apr 27
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  29. Kato N, Guerrero M, Padang R, Amadio JM, Eleid MF, Scott CG, Lee AT, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT, Pellikka PA. Prevalence and Natural History of Mitral Annulus Calcification and Related Valve Dysfunction. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Jun; 97 (6):1094-1107
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  30. El Sabbagh A, Nishimura RA, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Rihal CS, Guerrero M, Hodge DO, Miranda WR. Invasive Hemodynamic Predictors of Survival in Patients With Mitral Stenosis Secondary to Mitral Annular Calcification. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 17; 11 (10):e023107 Epub 2022 May 16
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  31. Naser JA, Pislaru S, Stan MN, Lin G. Incidence, risk factors, natural history and outcomes of heart failure in patients with Graves' disease. Heart. 2022 May 12; 108 (11):868-874
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  32. Essayagh B, Benfari G, Antoine C, Maalouf J, Pislaru S, Thapa P, Michelena HI, Enriquez-Sarano M. Incremental Prognosis by Left Atrial Functional Assessment: The Left Atrial Coupling Index in Patients With Floppy Mitral Valves. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 3; 11 (9):e024814 Epub 2022 Apr 26
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  33. Kato N, Pellikka PA, Scott CG, Lee AT, Jain V, Eleid MF, Alkhouli MA, Reeder GS, Michelena HI, Pislaru SV, Bagameri G, Crestanello JA, Rihal CS, Guerrero M. Impact of mitral intervention on outcomes of patients with mitral valve dysfunction and annulus calcification. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 May; 99 (6):1807-1816 Epub 2022 Jan 23
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  34. Shahinian JH, Chan V, Pislaru SV. Chronic thrombosis of bioprostheses: Diagnosis and management. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 May-Jun; 72:15-20 Epub 2022 June 25
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  35. Park JR, Brady PA, Clavell AL, Maleszewski JJ, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Stulak JM, Lin G. Predictors and Long-Term Impact of De Novo Aortic Regurgitation in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Using Vena Contracta. ASAIO J. 2022 May 1; 68 (5):691-697 Epub 2021 Aug 29
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  36. Naser JA, Attia ZI, Pislaru SV, Stan MN, Pellikka PA, Noseworthy PA, Friedman PA, Lin G. Artificial Intelligence Application in Graves Disease: Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Failure and Menstrual Changes. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Apr; 97 (4):730-737 Epub 2022 Jan 22
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  37. Naser JA, Stulak JM, Petrescu I, Pislaru SV. An Extreme Case of Bioprosthetic Valve Thrombosis in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Mar; 97 (3):624-625
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  38. Davidson CJ, Abramson S, Smith RL, Kodali SK, Kipperman RM, Eleid MF, Reisman M, Whisenant BK, Puthumana J, Fowler D, Grayburn PA, Hahn RT, Koulogiannis K, Pislaru SV, Zwink T, Minder M, Deuschl F, Feldman T, Gray WA, Lim DS, Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System Early Feasibility Study Investigators. Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair With the Use of 4-Dimensional Intracardiac Echocardiography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Mar; 15 (3):533-538 Epub 2021 Mar 17
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  39. Alkurashi AK, Pislaru SV, Thaden JJ, Collins JD, Foley TA, Greason KL, Eleid MF, Sandhu GS, Alkhouli MA, Asirvatham SJ, Cha YM, Williamson EE, Crestanello JA, Pellikka PA, Oh JK, Nkomo VT. Doppler Mean Gradient Is Discordant to Aortic Valve Calcium Scores in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Jan; 35 (1):116-123 Epub 2021 Sept 08
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  40. Carlson KD, Pislaru C, Pislaru SV, Dragomir-Daescu D. Numerical wave speed sensitivity study for assessment of myocardial elasticity in a simplified linear elastic and isotropic left ventricle model. Med Eng Phys. 2021 Dec; 98:20-27 Epub 2021 Oct 06
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  41. Mahowald MK, Nishimura RA, Pislaru SV, Mankad SV, Nkomo VT, Padang R, Thaden JJ, Alkhouli M, Guerrero M, Rihal CS, Eleid MF. Reduction in Right Atrial Pressures Is Associated With Hemodynamic Improvements After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of the Tricuspid Valve. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Dec; 14 (12):e010557 Epub 2021 Nov 24
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  42. Barros-Gomes S, Roger VL, Pislaru SV, Kimura T, Pislaru C, Enriquez-Sarano M. Cardiac remodeling in acute myocardial infarction: Prospective insights from multimodality ultrasound imaging. Echocardiography. 2021 Dec; 38 (12):2032-2042 Epub 2021 Nov 29
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  43. Oguz D, Padang R, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT, Mankad SV, Alkhouli M, Guerrero M, Reeder GS, Eleid MF, Rihal CS, Thaden JJ. Clinical predictors and impact of postoperative mean gradient on outcome after transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Nov 15; 98 (6):E932-E937 Epub 2021 July 10
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  44. El-Sabawi B, Guerrero ME, Eleid MF, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Rihal CS. Hemolysis after transcatheter mitral valve replacement in degenerated bioprostheses, annuloplasty rings, and mitral annular calcification: Incidence, patient characteristics, and clinical outcomes. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Oct; 98 (4):776-785 Epub 2021 May 31
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  45. Ezzeddine FM, Bois MC, Pislaru SV, Schaff HV. Left ventricular chord masquerading as an aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2021 Sep; 5 (9):ytab369 Epub 2021 Sept 15
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  46. Padang R, Ali YZ, Mankad R, Bois MC, Maalouf JF, Sinak LJ, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT, Michelena HI, Luis SA. Thromboembolic Complications of Annuloplasty Rings. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Aug; 14 (8):1659-1665 Epub 2020 Nov 18
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  47. De Jesus T, Alashry MM, Padang R, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT, Pellikka PA, Pislaru C. Intrinsic cardiac elastography in patients with primary mitral regurgitation: predictive role after mitral valve repair. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jul 20; 22 (8):912-921
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  48. Alsidawi S, Khan S, Pislaru SV, Thaden JJ, El-Am EA, Scott CG, Morant K, Oguz D, Luis SA, Padang R, Lane CE, McCully RB, Pellikka PA, Oh JK, Nkomo VT. High Prevalence of Severe Aortic Stenosis in Low-Flow State Associated With Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jul; 14 (7):e012453 Epub 2021 July 12
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  49. Wen S, Indrabhinduwat M, Brady PA, Pislaru C, Miller FA, Ammash NM, Nkomo VT, Padang R, Pislaru SV, Lin G. Post Procedural Peak Left Atrial Contraction Strain Predicts Recurrence of Arrhythmia after Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2021 Jun 11; 19 (1):22 Epub 2021 June 11
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  50. Oguz D, Padang R, Rashedi N, Pislaru SV, Nkomo VT, Mankad SV, Malouf JF, Guerrero M, Reeder GS, Eleid MF, Rihal CS, Thaden JJ. Risk for Increased Mean Diastolic Gradient after Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair: A Quantitative Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Analysis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Jun; 34 (6):595-603.e2 Epub 2021 Jan 29
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  51. Misumida N, Guerrero M, Pislaru SV, Alkhouli M, Rihal CS, Eleid MF. Hemodynamic response to transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement in patients with severe mitral stenosis due to severe mitral annular calcification. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jun 1; 97 (7):E992-E1001 Epub 2020 Oct 01
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  52. Alkhouli M, Alqahtani F, Simard T, Pislaru S, Schaff HV, Nishimura RA. Predictors of Use and Outcomes of Mechanical Valve Replacement in the United States (2008-2017). J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 May 4; 10 (9):e019929 Epub 2021 Apr 19
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  53. Naser JA, Arghami A, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV. Severe tricuspid bioprosthetic valve stenosis as an unusual cause of pulmonary embolism: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2021 May; 5 (5):ytab169 Epub 2021 May 12
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  54. Naser JA, Petrescu I, Ionescu F, Nkomo VT, Pislaru C, Schaff HV, Pellikka PA, Connolly HM, Egbe AC, Pislaru SV. Gradient changes in bioprosthetic valve thrombosis: duration of anticoagulation and strategies to improve detection. Open Heart. 2021 May; 8 (1)
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  55. Ramsdell GC, Nelson JA, Pislaru SV, Ramakrishna H. Tricuspid Regurgitation in Congestive Heart Failure: Management Strategies and Analysis of Outcomes. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Apr; 35 (4):1205-1214 Epub 2020 June 12
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  56. Anand V, Yang L, Luis SA, Padang R, Michelena HI, Tsay JL, Mehta RA, Scott CG, Pislaru SV, Nishimura RA, Pellikka PA. Association of Left Ventricular Volume in Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Aortic Regurgitation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Apr; 34 (4):352-359 Epub 2020 Nov 27
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  57. Akkus Z, Aly YH, Attia IZ, Lopez-Jimenez F, Arruda-Olson AM, Pellikka PA, Pislaru SV, Kane GC, Friedman PA, Oh JK. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Empowered Echocardiography Interpretation: A State-of-the-Art Review. J Clin Med. 2021 Mar 30; 10 (7)
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  58. Naser JA, Kucuk HO, Ciobanu AO, Jouni H, Oguz D, Thaden JJ, Pislaru C, Pellikka PA, Foley TA, Eleid MF, Muraru D, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV. Atrial fibrillation is associated with large beat-to-beat variability in mitral and tricuspid annulus dimensions. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]
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  59. Kato N, Pislaru SV, Padang R, Pislaru C, Scott CG, Nkomo VT, Pellikka PA. A Novel Assessment Using Projected Transmitral Gradient Improves Diagnostic Yield of Doppler Hemodynamics in Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Mar; 14 (3):559-570 Epub 2021 Feb 10
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  60. Ito S, Miranda WR, Nkomo VT, Boler AN, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Crusan DJ, Lewis BR, Nishimura RA, Oh JK. Prognostic Risk Stratification of Patients with Moderate Aortic Stenosis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Mar; 34 (3):248-256 Epub 2020 Nov 05
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  61. Anand V, Kane GC, Scott CG, Pislaru SV, Adigun RO, McCully RB, Pellikka PA, Pislaru C. Prognostic value of peak stress cardiac power in patients with normal ejection fraction undergoing exercise stress echocardiography. Eur Heart J. 2021 Feb 14; 42 (7):776-785
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  62. Kodali S, Hahn RT, Eleid MF, Kipperman R, Smith R, Lim DS, Gray WA, Narang A, Pislaru SV, Koulogiannis K, Grayburn P, Fowler D, Hawthorne K, Dahou A, Deo SH, Vandrangi P, Deuschl F, Mack MJ, Leon MB, Feldman T, Davidson CJ, CLASP TR EFS Investigators. Feasibility Study of the Transcatheter Valve Repair System for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 2; 77 (4):345-356
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  63. Jentzer JC, Wiley BM, Anavekar NS, Pislaru SV, Mankad SV, Bennett CE, Barsness GW, Hollenberg SM, Holmes DR Jr, Oh JK. Noninvasive Hemodynamic Assessment of Shock Severity and Mortality Risk Prediction in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Feb; 14 (2):321-332 Epub 2020 Aug 19
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  64. Kawsara A, Alqahtani F, Nkomo VT, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV, Rihal CS, Nishimura RA, Schaff HV, Crestanello JA, Alkhouli M. Determinants of Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Jan 19; 10 (2):e018417 Epub 2021 Jan 05
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  65. Davidson CJ, Lim DS, Smith RL, Kodali SK, Kipperman RM, Eleid MF, Reisman M, Whisenant B, Puthumana J, Abramson S, Fowler D, Grayburn P, Hahn RT, Koulogiannis K, Pislaru SV, Zwink T, Minder M, Dahou A, Deo SH, Vandrangi P, Deuschl F, Feldman TE, Gray WA, Cardioband TR EFS Investigators. Early Feasibility Study of Cardioband Tricuspid System for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: 30-Day Outcomes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jan 11; 14 (1):41-50
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  66. Vogt JC, Michelena HI, Nishimura RA, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Reeder GS, Rihal CS, Eleid MF. Diastolic blood pressure predicts outcomes after aortic paravalvular leak closure. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jan 1; 97 (1):E79-E87 Epub 2020 Apr 07
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  67. Mahowald MK, Pislaru SV, Reeder GS, Padang R, Michelena HI, Mankad SV, Maalouf JF, Guerrero M, Alkhouli M, Rihal CS, Eleid MF. Institutional learning experience for combined edge-to-edge tricuspid and mitral valve repair. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Nov; 96 (6):1323-1330 Epub 2020 Mar 17
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  68. Anand V, Adigun RO, Thaden JT, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Nkomo VT, Greason KL, Pislaru C. Predictive value of left ventricular diastolic chamber stiffness in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct 1; 21 (10):1160-1168
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  69. Guerrero M, Wang DD, Pursnani A, Eleid M, Khalique O, Urena M, Salinger M, Kodali S, Kaptzan T, Lewis B, Kato N, Cajigas HM, Wendler O, Holzhey D, Pershad A, Witzke C, Alnasser S, Tang GHL, Grubb K, Reisman M, Blanke P, Leipsic J, Williamson E, Pellikka PA, Pislaru S, Crestanello J, Himbert D, Vahanian A, Webb J, Hahn RT, Leon M, George I, Bapat V, O'Neill W, Rihal C. A Cardiac Computed Tomography-Based Score to Categorize Mitral Annular Calcification Severity and Predict Valve Embolization. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Sep; 13 (9):1945-1957 Epub 2020 May 13
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  70. Balachandran P, Schaff HV, Lahr BD, Nguyen A, Daly RC, Maltais S, Pislaru SV, Dearani JA. Preoperative left atrial volume index is associated with postoperative outcomes in mitral valve repair for chronic mitral regurgitation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Sep; 160 (3):661-672.e5 Epub 2019 Sept 17
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  71. Ali MA, Hepinstall MJ, Cassidy CS, Lane CM, Pellikka PA, Thaden JJ, Pislaru SV, Kane GC. Agitated Blood-Saline Rather Than Agitated Air-Saline for Echocardiographic Shunt Studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Aug; 33 (8):1032-1033 Epub 2020 June 10
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  72. Kato N, Padang R, Scott CG, Guerrero M, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA. The Natural History of Severe Calcific Mitral Stenosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jun 23; 75 (24):3048-3057
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  73. Olgun Kucuk H, Jouni H, Oguz D, Thaden JJ, Nkomo VT, Pislaru C, Foley TA, Muraru D, Pellikka PA, Pislaru SV. Large, Unpredictable Beat-To-Beat Variability of Mitral Annulus Size in Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Percutaneous Interventions. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2020 Jun 8; 13 (11):1387-1389 Epub 2020 Feb 12
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  74. Thaden JJ, Balakrishnan M, Sanchez J, Adigun R, Nkomo VT, Eleid M, Dahl J, Scott C, Pislaru S, Oh JK, Schaff H, Pellikka PA. Left ventricular filling pressure and survival following aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis. Heart. 2020 Jun; 106 (11):830-837 Epub 2020 Feb 17
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  75. Elnagar M, Kurmann R, Pislaru SV, Mankad R. Unusual presentation of Ehlers-Danlos with arteriovenous malformations. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 May 1; 21 (5):585
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  76. Orde SR, Chung SY, Pulido JN, Suri RM, Stulak JM, Oh JK, Pislaru SV, Michelena HM, Daly RC, Kane GC. Changes in Right Ventricle Function After Mitral Valve Repair Surgery. Heart Lung Circ. 2020 May; 29 (5):785-792 Epub 2019 July 10
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  77. Alkhouli M, Eleid MF, Michellena H, Pislaru SV. Complementary roles of intracardiac and transoesophageal echocardiography in transcatheter tricuspid interventions. EuroIntervention. 2020 Apr 17; 15 (17):1514-1515
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  78. Ahmed AM, Greiten LE, Pislaru SV, Maalouf JF, Tweet MS. Mitral Valve Prosthesis Dehiscence with Severe Regurgitation and Pseudoaneurysm in a Young Woman with Recurrent Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis. CASE (Phila). 2020 Apr; 4 (2):66-68 Epub 2019 Nov 01
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  79. Luis SA, Dohaei A, Chandrashekar P, Scott CG, Padang R, Lokineni S, Kane GC, Crestanello JA, Abel MD, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA. Impact of Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis on Perioperative Outcomes Following Major Noncardiac Surgery. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Apr; 95 (4):727-737
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  80. Zhu D, Ito S, Miranda WR, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Villarraga HR, Pellikka PA, Crusan DJ, Oh JK. Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain Is Associated With Long-Term Outcomes in Moderate Aortic Stenosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Apr; 13 (4):e009958 Epub 2020 Apr 09
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  81. Padang R, Chandrashekar N, Indrabhinduwat M, Scott CG, Luis SA, Chandrasekaran K, Michelena HI, Nkomo VT, Pislaru SV, Pellikka PA, Kane GC. Aetiology and outcomes of severe right ventricular dysfunction. Eur Heart J. 2020 Mar 21; 41 (12):1273-1282
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  186. Boilson BA, Pislaru SV, McGregor CG. Accuracy of echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension severity and right ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2012 Jun; 60: (3)257-65.
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  187. Messika-Zeitoun D, Detaint D, Leye M, Tribouilloy C, Michelena HI, Pislaru S, Brochet E, Iung B, Vahanian A, Enriquez-Sarano M. Comparison of semiquantitative and quantitative assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation: clinical implications. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Nov; 24(11):1246-52. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
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  188. Fine NM, Booker JD, Pislaru SV, Williamson EE, Rihal CS. Percutaneous device closure of a large aortic root graft pseudoaneurysm using 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic guidance. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Oct 25; 58(18):e33.
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  189. Miller WL, Mahoney DW, Michelena HI, Pislaru SV, Topilsky Y, Enriquez-Sarano M. Contribution of ventricular diastolic dysfunction to pulmonary hypertension complicating chronic systolic heart failure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Sep; 4: (9)946-54.
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  192. Kermani TA, Pislaru SV, Osborn TG. Acrocyanosis from phenazopyridine-induced sulfhemoglobinemia mistaken for Raynaud phenomenon. J Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Apr; 15(3):127-9.
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  193. Chade AR, Zhu X, Lavi R, Krier JD, Pislaru S, Simari RD, Napoli C, Lerman A, Lerman LO. Endothelial progenitor cells restore renal function in chronic experimental renovascular disease. Circulation. 2009 Feb 3; 119 (4):547-57 Epub 2009 Jan 19
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  194. Pislaru SV, Harbuzariu A, Gulati R, Witt T, Sandhu NP, Simari RD, Sandhu GS. Magnetically targeted endothelial cell localization in stented vessels. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Nov 7; 48(9):1839-45. Epub 2006 Oct 17.
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  195. Pislaru SV, Harbuzariu A, Agarwal G, Witt T, Gulati R, Sandhu NP, Mueske C, Kalra M, Simari RD, Sandhu GS. Magnetic forces enable rapid endothelialization of synthetic vascular grafts. Circulation. 2006 Jul 4; 114(1 Suppl):I314-8.
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  196. Pislaru SV, Simari RD. Gene transfer for ischemic cardiovascular disease: is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end? Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2005 Mar; 2(3):138-44.
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  198. Pislaru SV, Van Ranst M, Pislaru C, Szelid Z, Theilmeier G, Ossewaarde JM, Holvoet P, Janssens S, Verbeken E, Van de Werf FJ. Chlamydia pneumoniae induces neointima formation in coronary arteries of normal pigs. Cardiovasc Res. 2003 Mar; 57(3):834-42.
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  199. Miller DL, Pislaru SV, Greenleaf JE. Sonoporation: mechanical DNA delivery by ultrasonic cavitation. Somat Cell Mol Genet. 2002 Nov; 27(1-6):115-34.
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  201. Singh R, Pislaru SV, Simari RD. ABCs of molecular cardiology and the impact of the Human Genome Project on clinical cardiology. Cardiol Rev. 2002 Jan-Feb; 10 (1):24-33
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  203. Ni Y, Pislaru C, Bosmans H, Pislaru S, Miao Y, Bogaert J, Dymarkowski S, Yu J, Semmler W, Van de Werf F, Baert AL, Marchal G. Intracoronary delivery of Gd-DTPA and Gadophrin-2 for determination of myocardial viability with MR imaging. Eur Radiol. 2001; 11(5):876-83.
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  204. Szilard M, Mesotten L, Maes A, Liu X, Nuyts J, Bormans G, De Groot T, Pislaru S, Huang Y, Qiang B, Dispersyn GD, Borgers M, Flameng W, Van De Werf F, Mortelmans L, De Scheerder I. A nonsurgical porcine model of left ventricular dysfunction. Validation of myocardial viability using dobutamine stress echocardiography and positron emission tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Intervent. 2000 Jun; 3(2):111-20.
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  207. Shivalkar B, Flameng W, Szilard M, Pislaru S, Borgers M, Vanhaecke J. Repeated stunning precedes myocardial hibernation in progressive multiple coronary artery obstruction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Dec; 34(7):2126-36.
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  208. Pislaru SV, Van de Werf F. TNK-tPA for acute myocardial infarction: the clinical experience. Thromb Haemost. 1999 Sep; 82(Suppl 1):117-20.
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  209. Pislaru SV, Van de Werf FJ. The current role of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Fibrinolysis & Proteolysis. 1999 Mar; 13(2):78-90.
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  212. Varenne O, Pislaru S, Gillijns H, Van Pelt N, Gerard RD, Zoldhelyi P, Van de Werf F, Collen D, Janssens SP. Local adenovirus-mediated transfer of human endothelial nitric oxide synthase reduces luminal narrowing after coronary angioplasty in pigs. Circulation. 1998 Sep 1; 98(9):919-26.
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  213. Pislaru SV, Pislaru C, Zhu X, Arnout J, Stassen T, Vanhove P, Herbert JM, Meuleman DG, Van de Werf F. Comparison of a synthetic antithrombin III-binding pentasaccharide and standard heparin as an adjunct to coronary thrombolysis. Thromb Haemost. 1998 Jun; 79(6):1130-5.
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  214. Ni Y, Pislaru C, Bosmans H, Pislaru S, Miao Y, Van de Werf F, Semmler W, Marchal G. Validation of intracoronary delivery of metalloporphyrin as an in vivo "histochemical staining" for myocardial infarction with MR imaging. Acad Radiol. 1998 Apr; 5(Suppl 1):S37-41; discussion S45-6.
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  215. Pislaru SV, Barrios L, Stassen T, Jun L, Pislaru C, Van de Werf F. Infarct size, myocardial hemorrhage, and recovery of function after mechanical versus pharmacological reperfusion: effects of lytic state and occlusion time. Circulation. 1997 Jul 15; 96(2):659-66.
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