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Heart reduction surgery can reconstitute the residual stress-strain state of the left ventricle by Kresh, J Y, Wechsler, A S

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Inhibition of accelerated coronary atherosclerosis with dehydroepiandrosterone in the heterotopic rabbit model of cardiac transplantation by EICH, D. M, NESTLER, J. E, JOHNSON, D. E, DWORKIN, G. H, DAIJIN KO, WECHSLER, A. S, HESS, M. L

“…Accelerated coronary atherosclerosis has become a critical problem in cardiac transplantation. Although the pathogenesis of this disease is unknown,…”
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Elective cardiac arrest with a hyperpolarizing adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel opener. A novel form of myocardial protection? by Cohen, N M, Wise, R M, Wechsler, A S, Damiano, Jr, R J

“…Hyperkalemic depolarized cardiac arrest has been the cornerstone of myocardial protection during cardiac surgery for more than 30 years. Many of the advances…”
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Genes play a part in protecting the heart--a bit of poetic license by Wechsler, A S

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Transcriptional Regulation of Phospholamban Gene and Translational Regulation of SERCA2 Gene Produces Coordinate Expression of These Two Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Proteins during Skeletal Muscle Phenotype Switching by Hu, Ping, Yin, Chang, Zhang, Ke-Min, Wright, Leon D., Nixon, Todd E., Wechsler, Andrew S., Spratt, John A., Briggs, F. Norman

“…Chronic 1 Hz stimulation of the canine latissimus dorsi muscle produced a time-dependent switch from the fast-twitch to the slow-twitch phenotype. This…”
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A clinical comparison of mitral valve repair versus valve replacement in ischemic mitral regurgitation by Rankin, J S, Feneley, M P, Hickey, M S, Muhlbaier, L H, Wechsler, A S, Floyd, R D, Reves, J G, Skelton, T N, Califf, R M, Lowe, J E

“…Severe mitral regurgitation caused by acute myocardial infarction has been a particularly difficult management problem with disappointing clinical results…”
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Acute brain death alters left ventricular myocardial gene expression by Yeh, Thomas, Wechsler, Andrew S., Graham, Laura J., Loesser, Kathryn E., Sica, Domenic A., Wolfe, Luke, Jakoi, Emma R.

“…Objectives: The depressed myocardial function observed in brain dead organ donors has been attributed to massive sympathetic discharge and catecholamine…”
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Cardiac trauma. Diagnosis, management, and current therapy by Olsovsky, M R, Wechsler, A S, Topaz, O

“…In cardiac trauma the two main mechanisms of injury are blunt and penetrating trauma. Common cardiac effects of trauma include myocardial rupture, contusion,…”
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Cost-Effective Management of High-Risk Patients: A Case-Map Approach by Wechsler, Andrew S

“…Background. The case-management approach to patient care used by most cardiac surgical practices frequently highlights patients designated as high-risk…”
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Coronary artery disease in identical twins by Samuels, Louis E, Samuels, Fania S, Thomas, Matthew P, Morris, Rohinton J, Wechsler, Andrew S

“…The incidence of coronary artery disease in identical twins is unknown. The knowledge of ischemic heart disease in this patient population is represented by…”
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Cerebral protection during cardiac operations by Wechsler, Andrew S

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Thymectomy as primary therapy in myasthenia gravis by Olanow, C W, Wechsler, A S, Sirotkin-Roses, M, Stajich, J, Roses, A D

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Absence of vasospasm in radial artery CABG on high-dose norepinephrine by Yeh, Thomas, Wechsler, Andrew S

“…One of the concerns in using radial artery as coronary artery bypass grafts centers around its unusual propensity for vasospasm when experimentally exposed to…”
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Decreased Expression of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 1 in Stunned Myocardium by Baghelai, Kourosh, Marktanner, Ralph, Dattilo, Jeffery B., Dattilo, Mary Peace M., Jakoi, Emma R., Yager, Dorne R., Makhoul, Raymond G., Wechsler, Andrew S.

“…Ultrastructural studies of stunned myocardium have shown disorganization and loss of extracellular collagen and increased collagenase activity early after…”
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Surgical survival benefits for coronary disease patients with left ventricular dysfunction by Bounous, E P, Mark, D B, Pollock, B G, Hlatky, M A, Harrell, Jr, F E, Lee, K L, Rankin, J S, Wechsler, A S, Pryor, D B, Califf, R M

“…Controversy still exists about the proper selection of patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction for coronary bypass surgery. To…”
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Nucleoside trapping during reperfusion prevents ventricular dysfunction, stunning, in absence of adenosine : possible separation between ischemic and reperfusion injury by ABD-ELFATTAH, A. S, JESSEN, M. E, WECHSLER, A. S

“…A previous study has shown that endogenous adenosine trapping during ischemia (by blocking adenine nucleoside transport and inhibiting adenosine breakdown)…”
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Limiting edema in neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass with narrow-range molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch by Yeh, Jr, T, Parmar, J M, Rebeyka, I M, Lofland, G K, Allen, E L, Dignan, R J, Dyke, C M, Wechsler, A S

“…The marked edema observed in neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass is thought to result from pathologic increases in capillary permeability. Pentafraction is a…”
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Rapid cooling contracture of the myocardium. The adverse effect of prearrest cardiac hypothermia by Rebeyka, I M, Hanan, S A, Borges, M R, Lee, K F, Yeh, Jr, T, Tuchy, G E, Abd-Elfattah, A S, Williams, W G, Wechsler, A S

“…Hypothermic total circulatory arrest for repair of congenital heart lesions in neonates requires a period of rapid core cooling on cardiopulmonary bypass…”
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Hyperdynamic circulation of arteriovenous fistula preconditions the heart and limits infarct size by Mahgoub, Mahmoud A, Guo, Jian-Hau, Gao, Shi-Ping, Taher, Mohiuddin M, Salter, David D, Wechsler, Andrew S, Abd-Elfattah, Anwar S

“…Background. Chronic arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) create sustained hyperdynamic circulation. It is not known whether hyperdynamic circulation alters myocardial…”
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Ischemic mitral regurgitation by Rankin, J S, Hickey, M S, Smith, L R, Muhlbaier, L, Reves, J G, Pryor, D B, Wechsler, A S

“…At a time when hospital mortality for adult cardiac operations is continuing to fall, the ischemic mitral regurgitation subset remains at relatively high risk…”
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