Published in Ann Thorac Surg on October 01, 1977
An 11 year evolution of coronary arterial surgery (1968-1978). Ann Surg (1979) 1.49
Blood cardioplegia delivery. Deleterious effects of potassium versus lidocaine. Ann Surg (1983) 0.77
Depressed high-energy phosphate content in hypertrophied ventricles of animal and man: the biologic basis for increased sensitivity to ischemic injury. Ann Surg (1982) 0.77
Coronary arteriography before aortic valve replacement. Br Med J (1979) 0.75
Anoxic hypothermic cardioplegia compared to intermittent anoxic fibrillatory cardiac arrest. Clinical and metabolic experience with 1080 patients. Ann Surg (1979) 0.75
Combined effect of glucose and verapamil in experimental cardioplegia. Tex Heart Inst J (1986) 0.75
Some sources of error in measuring regional blood flow with radioactive microspheres. J Appl Physiol (1971) 3.92
Experimental subendocardial ischemia in dogs with normal coronary arteries. Circ Res (1972) 3.53
Surgical anterior ventricular endocardial restoration (SAVER) in the dilated remodeled ventricle after anterior myocardial infarction. RESTORE group. Reconstructive Endoventricular Surgery, returning Torsion Original Radius Elliptical Shape to the LV. J Am Coll Cardiol (2001) 2.93
Spatial orientation of the ventricular muscle band: physiologic contribution and surgical implications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 2.10
Total and regional myocardial blood flow measurements with 25 micron, 15 micron, 9 micron, and filtered 1-10 micron diameter microspheres and antipyrine in dogs and sheep. Circ Res (1974) 1.87
Studies of myocardial protection in the immature heart. IV. Improved tolerance of immature myocardium to hypoxia and ischemia by intravenous metabolic support. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1991) 1.45
Role of L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway in myocardial reoxygenation injury. Am J Physiol (1992) 1.41
Use of hypocalcemic blood cardioplegia with clear extracorporeal primes containing albumin. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1994) 1.39
Studies on prolonged acute regional ischemia. I. Evidence for preserved cellular viability after 6 hours of coronary occlusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1989) 1.38
Controlled limb reperfusion in patients having cardiac operations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1996) 1.38
The structure and function of the helical heart and its buttress wrapping. I. The normal macroscopic structure of the heart. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 1.29
Restoration of contractile function in the enlarged left ventricle by exclusion of remodeled akinetic anterior segment: surgical strategy, myocardial protection, and angiographic results. J Card Surg (1999) 1.23
A proposed "solution" to the cardioplegic controversy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1979) 1.19
Regional myocardial ischemia--causes, prediction and prevention. Vasc Surg (1974) 1.15
Left ventricular subendocardial ischemia in severe valvar and supravalvar aortic stenosis. A common mechanism. Circulation (1974) 1.15
Regional myocardial blood flow in lambs with concentric right ventricular hypertrophy. Circ Res (1974) 1.14
Advantages of blood cardioplegia over continuous coronary perfusion or intermittent ischemia. Experimental and clinical study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1978) 1.12
Ischemic response to sudden strenuous exercise in healthy men. Circulation (1973) 1.12
Importance of alkalosis in maintenance of "ideal" blood pH during hypothermia. Surg Forum (1975) 1.11
Strategies and logic of cardioplegic delivery to prevent, avoid, and reverse ischemic and reperfusion damage. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1987) 1.10
Acute clinical hypocalcemic myocardial depression during rapid blood transfusion and postoperative hemodialysis: a preventable complication. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1976) 1.09
Studies of the effects of hypothermia on regional myocardial blood flow and metabolism during cardiopulmonary bypass. I. The adequately perfused beating, fibrillating, and arrested heart. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1977) 1.08
Subendocardial ischemia after cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1972) 1.08
Critical importance of ensuring cardioplegic delivery with coronary stenoses. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1981) 1.06
Depressed postoperative cardiac performance. Prevention by adequate myocardial protection during cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1975) 1.04
Pathophysiology of subendocardial ischaemia. Br Med J (1975) 1.01
Eelvated postoperative renal clearance of amylase without pancreatitis after cardiopulmonary bypass. Am J Surg (1977) 1.00
Reperfusion conditions: importance of ensuring gentle versus sudden reperfusion during relief of coronary occlusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 1.00
Studies of retrograde cardioplegia. I. Capillary blood flow distribution to myocardium supplied by open and occluded arteries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1989) 0.97
Defining the relationship between akinesia and dyskinesia and the cause of left ventricular failure after anterior infarction and reversal of remodeling to restoration. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1998) 0.97
Studies of retrograde cardioplegia. II. Advantages of antegrade/retrograde cardioplegia to optimize distribution in jeopardized myocardium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1989) 0.97
Pulmonary changes following hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in baboons. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1970) 0.96
Effects of isoprenaline on coronary blood flow: its distribution and myocardial performance. Cardiovasc Res (1973) 0.96
A further evaluation of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1967) 0.96
Effects of acute right ventricular systolic hypertension on regional myocardial blood flow in anesthetized dogs. Am Heart J (1973) 0.95
Factors determining the distribution and adequacy of left ventricular myocardial blood flow. Adv Exp Med Biol (1973) 0.95
Coronary vasodilator reserve and flow distribution during near-maximal exercise in dogs. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol (1977) 0.94
Studies of the effects of hypothermia on regional myocardial blood flow and metabolism during cardiopulmonary bypass. III. Effects of temperature, time, and perfusion pressure in fibrillating hearts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1977) 0.94
The myocardial supply:demand ratio--a critical review. Am J Cardiol (1978) 0.93
Reducing postischemic damage by temporary modification of reperfusate calcium, potassium, pH, and osmolarity. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1981) 0.93
Correlation of pancreatic blood flow and high-energy phosphates during experimental pancreatitis. Eur Surg Res (1982) 0.92
Warm induction of cardioplegia with glutamate-enriched blood in coronary patients with cardiogenic shock who are dependent on inotropic drugs and intra-aortic balloon support. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1983) 0.90
Experimental subendocardial ischemia during left ventricular hypertension. Surg Forum (1971) 0.90
Management of sclerosing fibrosis of the mediastinal and retroperitoneal areas. Ann Surg (1967) 0.90
Surgical anterior ventricular endocardial restoration (SAVER) for dilated ischemic cardiomyopathy. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 0.89
Studies of myocardial protection in the immature heart. II. Evidence for importance of amino acid metabolism in tolerance to ischemia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1990) 0.89
Asanguinous hypothermic liver perfusion in dogs. J Surg Res (1967) 0.89
Immediate functional recovery after six hours of regional ischemia by careful control of conditions of reperfusion and composition of reperfusate. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.89
A new simplified method of optimizing cardioplegic delivery without right heart isolation. Antegrade/retrograde blood cardioplegia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1990) 0.88
Studies of myocardial protection in the immature heart. I. Enhanced tolerance of immature versus adult myocardium to global ischemia with reference to metabolic differences. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1990) 0.88
The structure and function of the helical heart and its buttress wrapping. III. The electric spiral of the heart: The hypothesis of the anisotropic conducting matrix. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 0.88
Detrimental effects of premature use of inotropic drugs to discontinue cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1981) 0.87
Optimizing myocardial supply/demand balance with alpha-adrenergic drugs during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1978) 0.87
Studies of hypoxemic/reoxygenation injury: without aortic clamping. II. Evidence for reoxygenation damage. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1995) 0.86
Hypotension following revascularization of the anoxic liver: factors influencing its occurrence and prevention. Surgery (1968) 0.86
Effects of ventricular fibrillation on distribution and adequacy of coronary blood flow. Surg Forum (1972) 0.86
Pulmonary vasoconstriction due to impaired nitric oxide production after cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg (1996) 0.86
Effect of thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis. A sixteen year experience. Am J Surg (1974) 0.85
Limitations of the standard transthoracic electrocardiogram in detecting subendocardial ischemia. Am Heart J (1980) 0.84
Prolonged safe aortic clamping by combining membrane stabilization, multidose cardioplegia, and appropriate pH reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1977) 0.84
Reduced oxygen tension during cardiopulmonary bypass limits myocardial damage in acute hypoxic immature piglet hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1996) 0.83
Congestive heart failure: treat the disease, not the symptom--return to normalcy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 0.83
Myocardial protection during surgical coronary reperfusion. J Am Coll Cardiol (1983) 0.83
Superiority of controlled surgical reperfusion versus percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in acute coronary occlusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1993) 0.83
Effect of mannitol on coronary flow in ventricles made ischemic by fibrillation or arrest during bypass. Surg Forum (1975) 0.82
Reperfusion conditions: critical importance of total ventricular decompression during regional reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.82
Warm glutamate/aspartate-enriched blood cardioplegic solution for perioperative sudden death. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1992) 0.82
Reperfusate composition: interaction of marked hyperglycemia and marked hyperosmolarity in allowing immediate contractile recovery after four hours of regional ischemia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.82
The protean manifestations of sclerosing fibrosis. Surg Gynecol Obstet (1966) 0.82
Studies on prolonged acute regional ischemia. II. Implications of progression from dyskinesia to akinesia in the ischemic segment. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1989) 0.82
Myocardial damage caused by keeping pH 7.40 during systemic deep hypothermia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1981) 0.81
Safety of prolonged aortic clamping with blood cardioplegia. III. Aspartate enrichment of glutamate-blood cardioplegia in energy-depleted hearts after ischemic and reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.81
Effects of temperature, time, and perfusion pressure on coronary flow during ventricular fibrillation. Surg Forum (1974) 0.81
Reducing reperfusion injury with hypocalcemic, hyperkalemic, alkalotic blood during reoxygenation. Surg Forum (1978) 0.81
Reversal of ischemic damage with amino acid substrate enhancement during reperfusion. Surgery (1980) 0.81
Effects of "duration" of reperfusate administration versus reperfusate "dose" on regional functional, biochemical, and histochemical recovery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.81
Effects of tachycardia on the adequacy of subendocardial oxygen delivery in experimental aortic stenosis. Am Heart J (1975) 0.80
Donor hearts with impaired hemodynamics. Benefit of warm substrate-enriched blood cardioplegic solution for induction of cardioplegia during cardiac harvesting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1991) 0.80
Benefits of normothermic induction of blood cardioplegia in energy-depleted hearts, with maintenance of arrest by multidose cold blood cardioplegic infusions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1982) 0.80
Left ventricular O2 requirements of pressure and volume loading in the normal canine heart and inaccuracy of pressure-derived indices of O2 demand. Cardiovasc Res (1982) 0.80
Role of controlled cardiac reoxygenation in reducing nitric oxide production and cardiac oxidant damage in cyanotic infantile hearts. J Clin Invest (1994) 0.80
Myocardial energy replenishment and reversal of ischemic damage by substrate enhancement of secondary blood cardioplegia with amino acids during reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1980) 0.80
Reduction of postischemic myocardial damage by maintaining arrest during initial reperfusion. Surg Forum (1977) 0.80
The beating open heart for rebuilding ventricular geometry during surgical anterior restoration. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 0.80
Studies of hypoxemic/reoxygenation injury: without aortic clamping. IX. Importance of avoiding perioperative hyperoxemia in the setting of previous cyanosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1995) 0.80
Optimizing ventricular shape in anterior restoration. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2001) 0.80
Reversal of ischemic damage with secondary blood cardioplegia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1979) 0.80
Inaccuracies and variability of indirect pressure measurements during cardioplegia administration. Ann Thorac Surg (1994) 0.79
Endothelial stunning and myocyte recovery after reperfusion of jeopardized muscle: a role of L-arginine blood cardioplegia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1997) 0.79
Studies of hypoxemic/reoxygenation injury: without aortic clamping. III. Comparison of the magnitude of damage by hypoxemia/reoxygenation versus ischemia/reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1995) 0.79
Electron microscopic studies: importance of embedding techniques in quantitative evaluation of cardiac mitochondrial structure during regional ischemia and reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.79
Effects of intensive exercise training on myocardial performance and coronary blood flow. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol (1980) 0.79
High oxygen requirements of dyskinetic cardiac muscle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.79
Editorial: The importance of venting the left ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg (1975) 0.79
Reperfusate composition: benefits of marked hypocalcemia and diltiazem on regional recovery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (1986) 0.79
Reduction of reoxygenation injury and nitric oxide production in the cyanotic immature heart by controlling pO2. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (1995) 0.79
Advantages of intermittent blood cardioplegia over intermittent ischemia during prolonged hypothermic aortic clamping. Circulation (1978) 0.79
Superiority of blood cardioplegia over asanguinous cardioplegia--an experimental and clinical study. Chir Forum Exp Klin Forsch (1980) 0.79
Variable effects of heart rate on phasic and regional left ventricular muscle blood flow in anaesthetized dogs. Cardiovasc Res (1975) 0.79
Effects of conventional hypothermic ischemic arrest and pharmacological arrest on myocardial supply/demand balance during aortic cross-clamping. Ann Thorac Surg (1977) 0.78