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End-organ Function in Patients on Long-term Circulatory Support With Continuous- or Pulsatile-flow Assist Devices by Radovancevic, Branislav, MD, Vrtovec, Bojan, MD, de Kort, Elizabeth, BS, Radovancevic, Rajko, MD, Gregoric, Igor D., MD, Frazier, O.H., MD

“…Background Limited data exist about the long-term effects of continuous-flow vs pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) on end-organ function…”
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Multicenter clinical evaluation of the HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist system in patients awaiting heart transplantation by Frazier, O.H., Rose, Eric A., Oz, Mehmet C., Dembitsky, Walter, McCarthy, Patrick, Radovancevic, Branislav, Poirier, Victor L., Dasse, Kurt A.

“…Background: Despite advances in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, mortality among transplant candidates remains high. Better ways are…”
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Atorvastatin Therapy May Reduce the Incidence of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Advanced Chronic Heart Failure by Vrtovec, Bojan, MD, PhD, Okrajsek, Renata, MD, PhD, Golicnik, Alenka, MD, Ferjan, Mateja, MD, Starc, Vito, MD, PhD, Schlegel, Todd T., MD, PhD, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD

“…Abstract Background In retrospective studies, statin therapy has been related to decreased incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in heart failure. We sought…”
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Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Transplantation: Experience in 498 Consecutive Cases by Cohn, William E., MD, Gregoric, Igor D., MD, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD, Wolf, Randall K., MD, Frazier, O.H., MD

“…Background Some contemporary surgical treatments for atrial fibrillation involve creating only a subset of the lesions made in the classic Cox Maze procedure…”
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Induced pulsation of a continuous-flow total artificial heart in a mock circulatory system by Khalil, Hassan A., BS, Kerr, Daniel T., BS, Schusterman, Mark A., BS, Cohn, William E., MD, Frazier, O.H., MD, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD

“…Background We studied the hemodynamic effects of inducing an artificial pulse in a continuous-flow total artificial heart consisting of 2 axial-flow pumps in a…”
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Photopheresis for the Prevention of Rejection in Cardiac Transplantation by Barr, Mark L, Meiser, Bruno M, Eisen, Howard J, Roberts, Randall F, Livi, Ugolino, Dall'Amico, Roberto, Dorent, Richard, Rogers, Joseph G, Radovančević, Branislav, Taylor, David O, Jeevanandam, Valluvan, Marboe, Charles C, Franco, Kenneth L, Ventura, Hector O, Michler, Robert E, Griffith, Bartley P, Boyce, Steven W, Reichart, Bruno, Gandjbakhch, Iradj

“…Modern immunosuppressive regimens, consisting of cyclosporine-based triple-drug therapy, with or without monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies, have dramatically…”
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Regression of fibrosis and hypertrophy in failing myocardium following mechanical circulatory support by Bruckner, B A, Stetson, S J, Perez-Verdia, A, Youker, K A, Radovancevic, B, Connelly, J H, Koerner, M M, Entman, M E, Frazier, O H, Noon, G P, Torre-Amione, G

“…The cellular and structural changes that occur during long-term ventricular unloading leading to cardiac recovery are poorly understood. However, we have…”
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Retransplantation in 7,290 primary transplant patients: a 10-year multi-institutional study by Radovancevic, Branislav, McGiffin, David C, Kobashigawa, Jon A, Cintron, Guillermo B, Mullen, G Martin, Pitts, Douglas E, O'Donnell, Jacqueline, Thomas, Cindi, Bourge, Robert C, Naftel, David C

“…Cardiac retransplantation is a controversial procedure due to the disparity between donor heart demand and supply. Of 7,290 patients undergoing primary cardiac…”
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A Felt Plug Simplifies Left Ventricular Assist Device Removal After Successful Bridge to Recovery by Cohn, William E., MD, Gregoric, Igor D., MD, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD, Frazier, O.H., MD

“…In this report we describe the insertion of a felt plug into the sewing ring attached to the left ventricular apex after explantation of a left ventricular…”
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Continuous axial-flow left ventricular assist device (Jarvik 2000) maintains kidney and liver perfusion for up to 6 months by Letsou, George V, Myers, Timothy J, Gregoric, Igor D, Delgado, Reynolds, Shah, Nyma, Robertson, Kimberly, Radovancevic, Branislav, Frazier, O.H

“…The Jarvik 2000 axial flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD), under development for the past decade, has the potential to support patients temporarily…”
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Hemodynamics and patient safety during pump-off studies of an axial-flow left ventricular assist device by Myers, Timothy J, Frazier, O H, Mesina, Hernando S, Radovancevic, Branislav, Gregoric, Igor D

“…Axial-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), when inactivated, may result in regurgitant blood flow. We assessed the effects of regurgitant pump flow…”
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Short QT Interval and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Without Structural Heart Disease by Poglajen, Gregor, Fister, Misa, Radovancevic, Branislav, Vrtovec, Bojan

“…Atrial fibrillation can occur in the absence of detectable organic heart disease, so-called "lone AF," in about 30% of cases (4). Because the pathophysiology…”
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Location and Density of α- and β-Adrenoreceptor Sub-types in Myocardium After Mechanical Left Ventricular Unloading by Schnee, Pippa M., BA, Shah, Naeema, MS, Bergheim, Marianne, BA, Poindexter, Brian J., MS, Buja, L. Maximilian, MD, Gemmato, Courtney, MS, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD, Letsou, George V., MD, Frazier, O. Howard, MD, Bick, Roger J., FAHA, MIBiol

“…Background We hypothesized that not all subtypes of α- and β-adrenoreceptors undergo similar upregulation and redistribution in human myocardium after…”
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First-in-Man Implantation of Left Ventricular Partitioning Device in a Patient With Chronic Heart Failure: Twelve-Month Follow-up by Otasevic, Petar, MD, Sagic, Dragan, MD, PhD, Antonic, Zelimir, MD, Nikolic, Serjan D., PhD, Khairakhan, Alexander, MSC, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD, Gradinac, Sinisa, MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background The ventricular partitioning device (VPD) (Cardiokinetix Inc., Redwood City, Calif) is a novel device that is deployed percutaneously in…”
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Semiquantitative histomorphometric analysis of myocardium following partial left ventriculectomy: 1-year follow-up by Vasiljević, Jovan D., Otašević, Petar, Popović, Zoran B., Nešković, Aleksandar N., Vidaković, Radoslav, Popović, Zoran V., Radovančević, Branislav, Frazier, O. Howard, Gradinac, Siniša

“…Background: Although partial left ventriculectomy (PLV) may have beneficial clinical effects in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), there are no…”
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Symptomatic Relief: Left Ventricular Assist Devices Versus Resynchronization Therapy by Delgado, Reynolds M., MD, Radovancevic, Branislav, MD

“…In patients who have end-stage heart failure, medical therapy is of limited use, and heart transplantation is frequently not an option because of the shortage…”
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High Left Ventricular Assist Device Flows Resulting From Combined Native Aortic Valve and Outflow Valve Regurgitation by Amir, Offer, Kar, Biswajit, Delgado, Reynolds M., Younis, Antoine G., Gregoric, Igor D., Smart, Frank W., Radovancevic, Branislav, Frazier, O.H.

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Modification of a Volume-Overload Heart Failure Model to Track Myocardial Remodeling and Device-Related Reverse Remodeling by Tuzun, Egemen, Bick, Roger, Kadipasaoglu, Cihan, Conger, Jeffrey L., Poindexter, Brian J., Gregoric, Igor D., Frazier, O. H., Towbin, Jeffrey A., Radovancevic, Branislav

“…Purpose. To provide an ovine model of ventricular remodeling and reverse remodeling by creating congestive heart failure (CHF) and then treating it by…”
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Low serum cholesterol levels predict high perioperative mortality in patients supported by a left-ventricular assist system by Richartz, B M, Radovancevic, B, Frazier, O H, Vaughn, W K, Taegtmeyer, H

“…Although the use of a left-ventricular assist system (LVAS) provides circulatory support for end-stage heart failure patients awaiting heart transplantation,…”
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in a cardiac transplant recipient by MCMULLAN, David Michael, RADOVANCEVIC, Branislav, JACKOW, Clotilde M, FRAZIER, O. H, DUVIC, Madeleine

“…Mycosis fungoides, an uncommon form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, arises in the skin and frequently progresses to generalized lymphadenopathy Although the…”
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