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D A Kass

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1 Estimation of central aortic pressure waveform by mathematical transformation of radial tonometry pressure. Validation of generalized transfer function. Circulation 1997 4.63
2 Effective arterial elastance as index of arterial vascular load in humans. Circulation 1992 3.42
3 Mechanisms of altered excitation-contraction coupling in canine tachycardia-induced heart failure, I: experimental studies. Circ Res 1999 3.03
4 Ionic mechanism of action potential prolongation in ventricular myocytes from dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. Circ Res 1996 2.91
5 Left ventricular or biventricular pacing improves cardiac function at diminished energy cost in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle-branch block. Circulation 2000 2.90
6 Noninvasive single-beat determination of left ventricular end-systolic elastance in humans. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 2.64
7 The in vivo role of p38 MAP kinases in cardiac remodeling and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 2.36
8 Coupled systolic-ventricular and vascular stiffening with age: implications for pressure regulation and cardiac reserve in the elderly. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998 2.26
9 In vivo murine left ventricular pressure-volume relations by miniaturized conductance micromanometry. Am J Physiol 1998 2.22
10 Allopurinol improves myocardial efficiency in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2001 2.07
11 The pathogenesis of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: early and evolving effects from an alpha-cardiac myosin heavy chain missense mutation. Nat Med 1999 1.93
12 Predictors of systolic augmentation from left ventricular preexcitation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and intraventricular conduction delay. Circulation 2000 1.89
13 Cardiac phosphodiesterase 5 (cGMP-specific) modulates beta-adrenergic signaling in vivo and is down-regulated in heart failure. FASEB J 2001 1.81
14 Contribution of external forces to left ventricular diastolic pressure. Implications for the clinical use of the Starling law. Ann Intern Med 1995 1.75
15 Single-beat estimation of end-systolic pressure-volume relation in humans. A new method with the potential for noninvasive application. Circulation 1996 1.71
16 Intravenous allopurinol decreases myocardial oxygen consumption and increases mechanical efficiency in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. Circ Res 1999 1.71
17 Verapamil acutely reduces ventricular-vascular stiffening and improves aerobic exercise performance in elderly individuals. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 1.69
18 Nitroxyl anion exerts redox-sensitive positive cardiac inotropy in vivo by calcitonin gene-related peptide signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 1.63
19 Transgenic mouse model of stunned myocardium. Science 2000 1.62
20 Effect of reduced aortic compliance on cardiac efficiency and contractile function of in situ canine left ventricle. Circ Res 1992 1.51
21 Comparison of ventricular pressure relaxation assessments in human heart failure: quantitative influence on load and drug sensitivity analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 1.48
22 Determination of left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relationships by the conductance (volume) catheter technique. Circulation 1986 1.47
23 Validation of carotid artery tonometry as a means of estimating augmentation index of ascending aortic pressure. Hypertension 1996 1.42
24 Cellular basis of ventricular arrhythmias and abnormal automaticity in heart failure. Am J Physiol 1999 1.38
25 cGMP-independent inotropic effects of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite donors: potential role for nitrosylation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 1.34
26 Murine cardiac function: a cautionary tail. Circ Res 1998 1.34
27 Diminished contractile response to increased heart rate in intact human left ventricular hypertrophy. Systolic versus diastolic determinants. Circulation 1993 1.32
28 Comparison of two murine models of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ Res 2001 1.30
29 Cardiomyopathy in Irx4-deficient mice is preceded by abnormal ventricular gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 2001 1.28
30 Parametric model derivation of transfer function for noninvasive estimation of aortic pressure by radial tonometry. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 1999 1.26
31 Ventricular stroke work and efficiency both remain nearly optimal despite altered vascular loading. Am J Physiol 1993 1.20
32 Altered high-energy phosphate metabolism predicts contractile dysfunction and subsequent ventricular remodeling in pressure-overload hypertrophy mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006 1.18
33 Improved mechanoenergetics and cardiac rest and reserve function of in vivo failing heart by calcium sensitizer EMD-57033. Circulation 2000 1.16
34 Estimation of parallel conductance by dual-frequency conductance catheter in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000 1.16
35 Mechanical dyssynchrony in dilated cardiomyopathy with intraventricular conduction delay as depicted by 3D tagged magnetic resonance imaging. Circulation 2000 1.11
36 Ventricular systolic assessment in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy by preload-adjusted maximal power. Validation and noninvasive application. Circulation 1994 1.08
37 Contribution of caveolin protein abundance to augmented nitric oxide signaling in conscious dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. Circ Res 2000 1.07
38 Repolarization abnormalities, arrhythmia and sudden death in canine tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 1.06
39 Oxygen radical-mediated reduction in basal and agonist-evoked NO release in isolated rat heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001 1.04
40 Determinants of shear stress-stimulated endothelial nitric oxide production assessed in real-time by 4,5-diaminofluorescein fluorescence. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001 0.98
41 Endomyocardial gene expression during development of pacing tachycardia-induced heart failure in the dog. Circ Res 1994 0.97
42 Hemodynamic effects of unloading the old heart. Am J Physiol 1999 0.97
43 Cortisol-mediated synchrinization of circadian rhythm in urinary potassium excretion. Am J Physiol 1977 0.96
44 systolic flow augmentation in hearts ejecting into a model of stiff aging vasculature. Influence on myocardial perfusion-demand balance. Circ Res 1995 0.95
45 Marked discordance between dynamic and passive diastolic pressure-volume relations in idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1996 0.95
46 beta-blockade prevents sustained metalloproteinase activation and diastolic stiffening induced by angiotensin II combined with evolving cardiac dysfunction. Circ Res 2000 0.94
47 Mechanism of acute mechanical benefit from VDD pacing in hypertrophied heart: similarity of responses in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertensive heart disease. Circulation 1998 0.94
48 In vitro system to study realistic pulsatile flow and stretch signaling in cultured vascular cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000 0.93
49 Dependence of left ventricular twist-radial shortening relations on cardiac cycle phase. Am J Physiol 1989 0.91
50 Alterations in left ventricular mechanics, energetics, and contractile reserve in experimental heart failure. Circ Res 1992 0.91
51 Pulse pressure-related changes in coronary flow in vivo are modulated by nitric oxide and adenosine. Circ Res 1996 0.91
52 The physiological response to cardiovascular 'orphan' G protein-coupled receptor agonists. Nat Med 1999 0.91
53 Cardiac nitric oxide production due to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition decreases beta-adrenergic myocardial contractility in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001 0.91
54 Contractile strength and mechanical efficiency of left ventricle are enhanced by physiological afterload. Am J Physiol 1991 0.90
55 A simple new model of physiologically working heterotopic rat heart transplantation provides hemodynamic performance equivalent to that of an orthotopic heart. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999 0.89
56 Reduced left ventricular compliance in human mitral stenosis. Role of reversible internal constraint. Circulation 1992 0.88
57 Acute cardiovascular effects of OPC-18790 in patients with congestive heart failure. Time- and dose-dependence analysis based on pressure-volume relations. Circulation 1996 0.87
58 Internal organization of the circadian timing system in multicellular animals. Fed Proc 1976 0.87
59 Optimal preload adjustment of maximal ventricular power index varies with cardiac chamber size. Am Heart J 1998 0.85
60 Does volume catheter parallel conductance vary during a cardiac cycle? Am J Physiol 1990 0.84
61 Electrophysiological effect of volume load in isolated canine hearts. Am J Physiol 1989 0.84
62 Role of calcium-sensitive K(+) channels and nitric oxide in in vivo coronary vasodilation from enhanced perfusion pulsatility. Circulation 2001 0.83
63 Synergistic exacerbation of diastolic stiffness from short-term tachycardia-induced cardiodepression and angiotensin II. Circ Res 1998 0.83
64 Opposite effects of pressurized steady versus pulsatile perfusion on vascular endothelial cell cytosolic pH: role of tyrosine kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. Circ Res 2000 0.82
65 Validation of a method for noninvasive measurement of central arterial pressure. Hypertension 1993 0.81
66 Ventriculectomy. A direct application of Laplace's law. Arq Bras Cardiol 1996 0.81
67 Comparison of continuous left ventricular volumes by transthoracic two-dimensional digital echo quantification with simultaneous conductance catheter measurements in patients with cardiac diseases. Am J Cardiol 1997 0.81
68 Mechanism of global functional recovery despite sustained postischemic regional stunning. Circulation 1992 0.81
69 Relative contribution of preload and afterload to the reduction in cardiac output caused by nitric oxide synthase inhibition with L-N(G)-methylarginine hydrochloride 546C88. Crit Care Med 2000 0.81
70 Pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins influence nitric oxide synthase III activity and protein levels in rat heart. J Clin Invest 1998 0.80
71 Transient circadian internal desynchronization after light-dark phase shift in monkeys. Am J Physiol 1977 0.79
72 Hemodynamic dependence of myocardial oxygen consumption indexes. Am J Physiol 1990 0.79
73 Influence of site of regional ischemia on nonischemic thickening in anesthetized dogs. Am J Physiol 1989 0.78
74 Minimal role of nitric oxide in basal coronary flow regulation and cardiac energetics of blood-perfused isolated canine heart. J Physiol 1996 0.78
75 Influence of dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and cardiac transplantation on the relation between plasma atrial natriuretic factor and atrial pressures. Am J Cardiol 1991 0.78
76 Effect of altering filling pattern on diastolic pressure-volume curve. Circulation 1997 0.77
77 Pressure-volume analysis of changes in cardiac function in chronic cardiomyoplasty. Ann Thorac Surg 1993 0.77
78 Renal responses to central vascular expansion are suppressed at night in conscious primates. Am J Physiol 1980 0.77
79 Sustained vessel dilation induced by increased pulsatile perfusion of porcine carotid arteries in vitro. Acta Physiol Scand 1999 0.77
80 Reversal of glibenclamide-induced coronary vasoconstriction by enhanced perfusion pulsatility: possible role for nitric oxide. Cardiovasc Res 2000 0.77
81 Comparison of heart rate variability in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and controls. Clin Auton Res 1997 0.77
82 Preservation of canine myocardial high-energy phosphates during low-flow ischemia with modification of hemoglobin-oxygen affinity. J Clin Invest 1999 0.76
83 Specificity of synergistic coronary flow enhancement by adenosine and pulsatile perfusion in the dog. J Physiol 1999 0.76
84 Transient time course of cocaine-induced cardiac depression versus sustained peripheral vasoconstriction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993 0.76
85 Electrophysiological effect of varied rate and extent of acute in vivo left ventricular load increase. Cardiovasc Res 1991 0.76
86 Measuring critical heart data in the critical care setting. Crit Care Med 2000 0.75
87 Renal malignancies with normal excretory urograms. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1983 0.75
88 The histopathology of acute nitrofurantoin-associated penumonitis. Ann Allergy 1976 0.75
89 Chronic central vascular expansion induces hypokalemia in conscious primates. Physiologist 1980 0.75
90 Extracardiac pressure changes do not alter contractile function of the isolated left ventricle. Ann Biomed Eng 1987 0.75
91 Acute systolic and diastolic indices of left ventricular function after cardiomyoplasty in a chronic model of heart failure. ASAIO J 1996 0.75
92 Are ultradian and circadian rhythms in renal potassium excretion related? Chronobiologia 1981 0.75
93 Role of atrial contraction in diastolic pressure elevation induced by rapid pacing of hypertrophied canine ventricle. Circ Res 1995 0.75
94 Assessment of ventricular function in dilated cardiomyopathies. Curr Opin Cardiol 1995 0.75
95 Renal responses to prolonged central volume expansion in conscious primates. Am J Physiol 1982 0.75
96 Enhancement of contrast echocardiography by image variability analysis. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2001 0.75
97 Effects of acute changes in canine LV-chamber volume and shape on accuracy of impedance catheter estimates of LV-chamber volume. Biomed Instrum Technol 1994 0.75
98 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of mesenteric ischemia. Magn Reson Med 1987 0.75