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Patient Perspectives of Managing Life with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: “I Could Connect How I Felt with What Was Going on.” A Qualitative Analysis by Sandau, K.E., Williams, M., Canakes, K., Martinez, B., Barone, H., Aronow, H., Hajj, J., Huie, N., Lindsay, M., Aguillon, M., Runyan, C., Cole, R., Coleman, B.

“…Clinicians recommend self-management interventions to patients with a variety of chronic conditions, but little is known about self-management perceptions and…”
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The Burden of Total Artificial Heart Patients and Complications after Heart Transplantation by Seguchi, O., Youn, J., Geft, D., Cole, R., Shen, A., Nishihara, K., Mersola, S., Runyan, C., Hajj, J., Ramzy, D., Kobashigawa, J.A., Moriguchi, J.

“…Increased perioperative risk has been observed in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and total artificial hearts (TAH) undergoing heart…”
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Threats to Resilience: How Well are We Preparing Caregivers of Patients Post-Mechanical Circulatory (MCS) Implant to Their Adjustment at Home? by Coleman, B., Williams, M., Canakes, K., Barone, H., Aronow, H., Hajj, J., Huie, N., Lindsay, M., Aguillon, M., Runyan, C., Chang, D.H., Sandau, K.E., Martinez, B.

“…The role of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) caregiver is crucial to preventing adverse patient outcomes and promoting patient adjustment…”
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Altered Memory T-Cell Responses to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin and Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination and Altered Cytokine Responses to Polyclonal Stimulation in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Kenyan Infants by Garcia-Knight, Miguel A, Nduati, Eunice, Hassan, Amin S, Gambo, Faith, Odera, Dennis, Etyang, Timothy J, Hajj, Nassim J, Berkley, James Alexander, Urban, Britta C, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L

“…Implementation of successful prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV strategies has resulted in an increased population of HIV-exposed uninfected…”
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Home Hemodialysis (HHD) Treatment as Effective yet Underutilized Treatment Modality in the United States by Hajj, Jihane J, Laudanski, Krzysztof

“…End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a major health burden and its incidence has been increasing yearly reaching 120,000 cases in 2014. Home hemodialysis (HHD) is…”
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Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Patients Bridged with Enoxaparin in the Outpatient Setting: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Experience by Lam, L.D., Czer, L.S., Rafijah, N., Wong, K., Chen, F., Morovati, D., Shaffer, J., Hajj, J., Huie, N., Lindsay, M., Aguillon, M., Passano, E., Runyan, C., Ramzy, D., Cole, R., Moriguchi, J., Kobashigawa, J.

“…MCS is a therapeutic option for end-stage heart failure patients. Due to inherent thrombotic risk associated with current MCS, success hinges on appropriate…”
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Increased Incidence of Cholecystitis with Total Artificial Heart versus Left Ventricular Assist Device by Runyan, C., Zabner, R., Ramzy, D., Esmailian, F., Emerson, D., Megna, D., Passano, E., Hajj, J., Huie, N., Lindsay, M., Aguillon, M., Lam, L., Chang, D.H., Kobashigawa, J., Moriguchi, J., Cole, R.

“…Cholecystitis after mechanical circulatory support (MCS) implantation is possibly related to hemodynamic changes related to continuous peripheral blood flow…”
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Mechanical Circulatory Support Caregiver Gender Burden and Benefit: Is There a Difference? by Coleman, B, Barone, H, Aronow, H, Runyan, C, Hajj, J, Huie, N, Passano, E, Czer, L, Kobashigawa, J.A, Moriguchi, J, Arabia, F

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Utilization of Transverse Abdominis Plexus Block for Treatment of Left Ventricular Assist Device Associated Driveline Pain / Abdominal Pain Refractory to Conventional Multi-Modal Therapy: A Case Series by Conte, A, Hajj, J, Yang, S, Passano, E, Barone, H, Chang, D, Esmailian, F, Czer, L, Kobashigawa, J, Moriguchi, J, Arabia, F

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Managing Driveline Repairs in Total Artificial Heart Patients: A Single Center Experience by Barone, H, Hajj, J, Runyan, C, Huie, N, Jocson, R, Geft, D, Passano, E, Czer, L, Moriguchi, J, Kobashigawa, J.A, Arabia, F

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Implementing Practices to Improve Self-Care Among Caregivers of Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support by Barone, H, Coleman, B, Aronow, H, Runyan, C, Hajj, J, Huie, N, Passano, E, Czer, L, Kobashigawa, J.A, Moriguchi, J, Arabia, F

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The Risk of Hospital Readmissions Following Mechanical Circulatory Support Placement by Arabia, F, Kittleson, M, Czer, L, Hajj, J, Passano, E, Liou, F, Siddiqui, S, Chang, D.H, Kobashigawa, J, Moriguchi, J, Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA

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Surgical Management of an Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma of the Superior Vena Cava Protruding into the Right Atrium by Allain, G., Hajj-Chahine, J., Lacroix, C., Tomasi, J., Corbi, P., Jayle, C.

“…Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EH) is a rare malignant tumor of vascular origin that often involves soft tissues and visceral organs, and less commonly,…”
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Discovery of a human peptide sequence signaling islet neogenesis by Levetan, Claresa S, Upham, Loraine V, Deng, Shaoping, Laury-Kleintop, Lisa, Kery, Vladimir, Nolan, Roger, Quinlan, Jack, Torres, Claudio, El-Hajj, Rita J

“…To identify triggers for islet neogenesis in humans that may lead to new treatments that address the underlying mechanism of disease for patients with type 1…”
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Monitoring the width of the tropical belt with GPS radio occultation measurements by Ao, Chi O., Hajj, Amanda J.

“…GPS radio occultation data collected over the period 2002–2011 were analyzed to examine the possible expansion of the tropical belt due to climate change. By…”
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Cytomegalovirus viraemia is associated with poor growth and T-cell activation with an increased burden in HIV-exposed uninfected infants by Garcia-Knight, Miguel A, Nduati, Eunice, Hassan, Amin S, Nkumama, Irene, Etyang, Timothy J, Hajj, Naseem J, Gambo, Faith, Odera, Denis, Berkley, James A, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L, Urban, Britta

“…Factors associated with poor health in HIV-exposed-uninfected (HEU) infants are poorly defined. We describe the prevalence and correlates of cytomegalovirus…”
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Estrogen−Nucleic Acid Adducts:  Dissection of the Reaction of 3,4-Estrone Quinone and Its Radical Anion and Radical Cation with Deoxynucleosides and DNA by Akanni, Abraham, Abul-Hajj, Yusuf J

“…Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that 3,4-estrone quinone (3,4-EQ) can redox-cycle and is capable of inducing single-strand DNA breaks in MCF-7…”
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Estrogen−Nucleic Acid Adducts:  Reaction of 3,4-Estrone-o-quinone Radical Anion with Deoxyribonucleosides by Akanni, Abraham, Abul-Hajj, Yusuf J

“…Metabolic activation of estradiol leading to the formation of catechol estrogens is believed to be a prerequisite for its genotoxic effects. Previous studies…”
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(1094) Why We Stay: A National Study of Ventricular Assist Device Coordinators in the Role for 10+ Years by Schettle, S., Bennett, J., Hajj, J., Pambakian, B., Robbins, T., Schroeder, S., Rosenbaum, A.

“…The Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) coordinator role is dynamic and has a high incidence of clinician turnover. Factors influencing long-term retention among…”
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An o-quinone form of estrogen produces free radicals in human breast cancer cells: Correlation with DNA damage by Nutter, Louise M, Wu, Yu Ying, Ngo, Emily O, Sierra, Esteban E, Gutierrez, Peter L, Abul-Hajj, Yusuf J

“…The o-quinone forms of 2,3- and 3,4-catechol estrogens have been implicated in the carcinogenicity of these hormones. The concomitant production of reactive…”
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