Improved diabetic control in advanced heart failure patients treated with left ventricular assist devicesNir Uriel
Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 13:195-9. 2011
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of restoration of normal cardiac output using LVAD support on diabetes control in patients with advanced CHF...
- Acute myocardial infarction with spontaneous reperfusion: clinical characteristics and optimal timing for revascularization
Nir Uriel
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 9:243-6. 2007
..Spontaneous coronary reperfusion occurs in 7-27% of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction, and is an independent predictor of myocardial salvage, percutaneous coronary intervention success, and improved outcome...
- Cardiogenic shock in a young female with multiple sclerosis
Nir Uriel
Cardiology Department, ICCU, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, DN Beer Yacov 70300, Israel
Resuscitation 70:153-7. 2006
..We review the current literature on the relation between MS and left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure...
- [ST myocardial infarction with spontaneous coronary reperfusion]
Nir Uriel
Cardiology Department, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Harefuah 145:367-70, 397, 396. 2006
..This review addresses the clinical characteristics, natural history, prognosis and treatment strategies for this group, with special emphasis on the optimal timing for revascularization, and the role of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors...
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection and left ventricular assist devices: a case series
Daniel B Sims
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 30:1060-4. 2011
..With the ongoing donor shortage, implantation of an LVAD in advanced heart failure patients with HIV with controlled viremia on HAART represents a viable option...
- Mediastinal radiation and adverse outcomes after heart transplantation
Nir Uriel
Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 29:378-81. 2010
..In addition, long-term follow-up shows an elevated incidence of malignancies. Our results raise concern about the safety and efficacy of performing OHT in patients with MRT-associated cardiovascular disease...
- The benefits and safety of external counterpulsation in symptomatic heart failure
Edo Kaluski
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 8:687-90. 2006
..External counterpulsation is a safe and effective method of alleviating angina pectoris, but the mechanism of benefit is not understood...
- Aortic valve procedures at the time of ventricular assist device placement
Ayumi Goda
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 91:750-4. 2011
..The outcome of additional procedures to the aortic valve at the time of VAD placement is unclear...
- Acquired von Willebrand syndrome after continuous-flow mechanical device support contributes to a high prevalence of bleeding during long-term support and at the time of transplantation
Nir Uriel
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 56:1207-13. 2010
..The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of bleeding during continuous-flow left ventricular assist device support and to identify potential mechanisms for those bleeding events...
- Interventional cardiology in Israel at 2005 - state of practice
Edo Kaluski
Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Acute Card Care 9:104-10. 2007
..To assess the current practice of interventional cardiology in Israel...
- Rate responsive pacing using cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with chronotropic incompetence and chronic heart failure
Daniel B Sims
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Europace 13:1459-63. 2011
..Whether rate responsive pacing with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) would acutely improve exercise performance in patients with advanced CHF and severe CI (<70% age-predicted maximum heart rate) is unknown...
- Alteration in systemic vascular resistance and cardiac output during acute cellular rejection and recovery in heart transplant recipients
Arthur R Garan
Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 29:382-4. 2010
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- Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in post-myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock--an update
Edo Kaluski
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin, Israel
Clin Cardiol 29:482-8. 2006
..Current data regarding the physiologic effects of NO and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors on the cardiovascular system are reviewed. Clinical trials assessing the safety and efficacy of NOS inhibitors in CS are summarized...
- Short and long-term outcome of pregnant women with preexisting dilated cardiomypathy: an NTproBNP and echocardiography-guided study
Alex Blatt
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 12:613-6. 2010
..Little is known of the outcome of pregnant patients with previously diagnosed dilated cardiomyopathy. These patients are usually firmly advised against continuation of the pregnancy...
- Higher rate of comorbidities after cardiac retransplantation contributes to decreased survival
Lana Tsao
Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 28:1072-4. 2009
..Cardiac retransplantation is the definitive treatment for allograft failure despite decreased long-term survival in these patients. The cause of the poorer outcomes in cardiac retransplant patients is unclear...
- Adjunctive pharmacotherapy for coronary interventions-time to read the writing on the wall
Edo Kaluski
Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Acute Card Care 8:186-95. 2006
..After over three decades of PCI, it is time to engage in dose and duration optimizing studies for these agents...
- Predictors of mortality after short-term ventricular assist device placement
Berhane Worku
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
Ann Thorac Surg 92:1608-13. 2011
..Our goal was to devise a risk stratification system that may be used shortly after stabilization of hemodynamics with a short-term VAD to predict the likelihood of survival...
- Heart transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients
Nir Uriel
Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 28:667-9. 2009
..However, with the newer anti-retroviral drugs, the estimated 10-year survival after seroconversion is exceeds 90%. This case series describes the intermediate range outcome of HIV-positive cardiac transplant recipients...
- Use of ventricular assist devices in patients with mitral valve prostheses
Ayumi Goda
Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Card Surg 26:334-7. 2011
..The aim of this study was to report our experience of the use of VADs in patients with prosthetic mitral valves...
- Speckle tracking imaging in acute inflammatory pericardial diseases
Marina Leitman
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Echocardiography 28:548-55. 2011
..Left ventricular (LV) function in acute perimyocarditis is variable. We evaluated LV function in patients with acute perimyocarditis with speckle tracking...
- Ventricular assist device support as a bridge to heart transplantation in patients with giant cell myocarditis
Lindsay K Murray
Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY10032, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 14:312-8. 2012
..This study sought to determine the outcome of patients bridged with ventricular assist devices (VAD) to orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT)...
- Prevalence of de novo aortic insufficiency during long-term support with left ventricular assist devices
Sang Woo Pak
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 29:1172-6. 2010
..We compared the prevalence of aortic insufficiency (AI) after HeartMate II (HMII) vs HeartMate XVE (HMI) support and assessed the role of aortic root diameter and aortic valve opening in the development of AI...
- Effect of acute ?-blocker withholding on ventilatory efficiency in patients with advanced chronic heart failure
Pierantonio Laveneziana
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Card Fail 16:548-55. 2010
..This is the first study to examine the effect of acute (24-hour) beta-blocker withholding on ventilatory efficiency in patients with advanced chronic heart failure (CHF) during maximal incremental treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise test...
- Utilization of defibrillators and resynchronization therapy at the time of evaluation at a heart failure and cardiac transplantation center
Daniel B Sims
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 33:988-93. 2010
..The use of these devices in patients at the time of an initial evaluation at an advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation center is unknown...
- The daily incidence of acute heart failure is correlated with low minimal night temperature: cold immersion pulmonary edema revisited?
Olga Milo-Cotter
Department of Cardiology, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
J Card Fail 12:114-9. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: AHF rate is increased during days with lower trough night temperature. If confirmed, these results may have implications on issues related to climate control in houses of the elderly or patients susceptible to heart failure...
- Pre-operative and post-operative risk factors associated with neurologic complications in patients with advanced heart failure supported by a left ventricular assist device
Tomoko S Kato
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 31:1-8. 2012
..Neurologic complications (NCs) are the major adverse events after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery. Pre-operative and post-operative factors associated with NCs in patients with LVADs were investigated...
- Sinus rhythm restoration after atrial fibrillation: the clinical value of N-terminal pro-BNP measurements
Vladimir Danicek
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 31:955-60. 2008
..To examine the effects of sinus rhythm (SR) restoration on N-Terminal pro-BNP (NTP-BNP) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)...
- Inflammatory activation: cardiac, renal, and cardio-renal interactions in patients with the cardiorenal syndrome
Paolo C Colombo
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Heart Fail Rev 17:177-90. 2012
..Finally, it will require greater focus on volume overload as an increasingly significant source of systemic inflammation in the cardiorenal syndrome...
- Management of cardiac arrest in 2005: an update
Edo Kaluski
Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 7:589-94. 2005
..The persistent, discouraging, low functional survival rate (less than 5% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims) mandates reassessment of current strategies and guidelines...
- Echocardiographic ejection fraction in patients with acute heart failure: correlations with hemodynamic, clinical, and neurohormonal measures and short-term outcome
Nir Uriel
The Cardiology Department, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center, 70300, Zerifin, Israel
Eur J Heart Fail 7:815-9. 2005
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- Acute heart failure associated with high admission blood pressure--a distinct vascular disorder?
Olga Milo-Cotter
Duke University Medical Center and the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham NC, 27515, USA
Eur J Heart Fail 9:178-83. 2007
..Although blood pressure (BP) is elevated in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), first admission BP has not been meticulously recorded before treatment in previous studies...
