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	TITLE: Absence of decline in cognitive function one year after coronary bypass surgery: comparison to nonsurgical and healthy controls. Invited commentary. AUTHOR: Kurlansky, P PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg. 2008
	TITLE: Non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibition before periodic acceleratioin (pGz) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a porcine model of ventricular fibrillation. AUTHOR: Bassuk JA, Wu D, Lozano H, Aria J, Kurlansky P, Lamas GA, Adams JA. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation. 2008, January 30 (Epub ahead of print) ABSTRACT
	TITLE: Periodic acceleration (pGz) CPR in a swine model of asphyxia induced cardiac arrest: Short-term hemodynamic comparisons. AUTHOR: Adams JA, Bassuk JA, Arias J, Wu H, Jorapur V, Lamas GA, Kurlansky P. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation. 2008;77:132-8 ABSTRACT
	TITLE: Adrenomedullin is increased by pulsatile shear stress on the vascular endothelium via periodic acceleration (pGz). AUTHOR: Martinez A, Arias J. Bassuk JA, Wu H, Kurlansky P, Adams JA. PUBLICATION: Peptides. 2008;29:73-8 ABSTRACT
	TITLE: The effects of prostaglandin inhibition on whole–body ischemia-reperfusion in swine. AUTHOR: Lozano H, Wu D, Bassuk J, Arias J, Kurlansky P, Lamas G, Adams JA. PUBLICATION: American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2008;26:45-53 ABSTRACT
	TITLE: Nitric oxide synthase isoform inhibition before whole body ischemia reperfusion in pigs: Vital or protective? AUTHOR: Adams JA, Wu D, Bassuk J, Arias J, Lozano H, Kurlansky P, Lamas GA. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation 2007;74:516-25 ABSTRACT
	TITLE: Aortic valve replacement and concommitant coronary artery bypass: assessing the impact of multiple grafts. Invited commentary. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg, 2007;83:978
	TITLE: Differential role of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigs. AUTHOR: Wu D, Bassuk J, Arias J, Kurlansky P, Lozano H, Lamas G, Adams JA. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation. 2007;73:144-53 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Surgical management of aortic valve disease in elderly patients with and without coronary artery disease: Influence on quality of life. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Willliams DB, Traad EA, Carrillo RG, Schor JS, Zucker M, and Ebra G. TITLE: J.Cardiovascular Surgery (Torino). 2007;48:215-26 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Post-resuscitation reperfusion injury: Comparison of periodic Gz acceleration versus thumper CPR. AUTHOR: Wu D, Bassuk J, Arias J, Peschiera I, Lamet A, Kurlansky P, Adams JA. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation 2006;70:454-62 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, 2nd Edition. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA. Book Review. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg, 2006;82:772
	TITLE: Myocardial homing and neovascularization by human bone marrow angioblasts is regulated by IL-8/Gro CXC chemokines. AUTHOR: Kocher AA, Schuster MD, Bjonaros N, Lietz K, Xiang G, Martens TP, Kurlansky PA, Sondermeijer H, Witkowski P, Boyle A, Homma S, Wang SF, Itescu S. PUBLICATION: Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2006;40:455-464 ABST RACT
	TITLE: The valve of choice in elderly patients and its influence on quality of life: a long-term comparative study. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Williams DB, Traad EA, Carrillo RG, Schor JS, Zucker M, and Ebra G. PUBLICATION: J Heart Valve Dis, 2006;15:180-190 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Echocardiographic comparison of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using periodic acceleration (pGz) versus chest compression. AUTHOR: Nava G, Adams JA, Bassuk J, Wu D, Kurlansky P, Lamas G. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation 2005;66:91-7 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Periodic acceleration: Effects on vasoactive, fibrinolytic and coagulation factors. AUTHOR: Adams JA, Bassuk J, Wu D, Grana M, Kurlansky P, Sackner MA. PUBLICATION: J Appl Physiol 2005;98:1083-1090 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Impact of off-pump coronary bypass grafting on the prevalence of adverse perioperative outcome in women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. AUTHOR: Kurlansky P. Invited Commentary. PUBLICATION: Ann Thoracic Surg 2005;79:812-13
	TITLE: Recurrent third-trimester fetal loss and maternal mosaicism for Long-QT Syndrome. AUTHOR: Miller T, Estrella E, Myerburg R, Garcia J, Moreno N, Rusconi P, Ahearn ME, Baumbach L, Kurlansky P, Wolff G, and Bishopric NH. PUBLICATION: Circulation 2004; 109(24):3029-3034 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using periodic acceleration (pGz) in an older porcine model of ventricular fibrillation. AUTHOR: Adams JA, Wu D, Bassuk J, Kurlansky, P. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation 2004;60:327-34 ABST RACT
	TITLE: The influence of coronary Artery Disease on quality of life following mechanical valve replacement. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Williams DB, Traad EA, Carrillo RG, Schor JS, Zucker M, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: J Heart Valve Dis, 2004;13:260-71 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Is there a hypercoaguable state following off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery? What do we know and what can we do? AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA. PUBLICATION: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:7-10.
	TITLE: Arterial Grafting results in reduced operative mortality and enhanced long-term quality of life in octogenarians. AUTHOR: Kurlansky P, Williams DB, Traad EA, Carrillo RG, Schor JS, Singer S, Zucker M, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:418-27. ABST RACT
	TITLE: Survival and normal neurological outcome after CPR with periodic Gz acceleration and vasopressin. AUTHOR: Adams JA, Bassuk J, Wu D, Kurlansky P. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation 2003;56:215-21 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Outcomes experience with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in women. AUTHOR: Kurlansky P. Invited commentary. PUBLICATION: Ann Thoracic Surg 2002;74:2120
	TITLE: Coronary bypass surgery in women: A long-term comparative study of quality of life after bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in men and women. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Traad EA, Galbut DL, Singer S, Zucker M, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:1517-25 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Impact of community-wide police car deployment of automated external defibrillators on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. AUTHOR: Myerburg RJ., Fenster J., Velez M., Rosenberg D., Lai S., Kurlansky P., Newton S., Ramirez V. PUBLICATION: Circulation, 2002;106:1058-64. ABST RACT
	TITLE: Novel CPR with periodic gz acceleration. AUTHOR: Adams JA., Mangino M., Kurlansky P., et al. PUBLICATION: Resuscitation, 2001;51:55-62. ABST RACT
	TITLE: Regional blood flow during periodic gz acceleration. AUTHOR: Adams JA, Mangino M., Bassuk J., Kurlansky P., Sackner MA. et al PUBLICATION: Critical Care Medicine 2001;29:1983-1988 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Efficacy of single versus bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in women: a long-term study. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Traad EA, Galbut DL, Zucker M, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1949-58 ABST RACT
	TITLE: Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Women: A 21-Year Experience AUTHOR: Paul A. Kurlansky, MD, Malcolm J. Dorman, MD, David L. Galbut, MD, Niberto L. Moreno, MD, Ernest A. Traad, MD, Roger G. Carrillo, MD, Melinda Zucker, BSN, Luis Sanchez, MD, and George Ebra, EdD PUBLICATION:Ann of Thorac Surg 1996;62:63-69 ABST RACT

	TITLE: Coronary bypass grafting in the elderly: single versus bilateral internal mammary artery grafts. AUTHOR: Galbut DL, Traad EA, Dorman MJ, DeWitt PL, Larsen PB, Kurlansky PA, Carrillo RG, Gentsch TO, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: J of Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg 1993;106:128-136
	TITLE: Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting in patients with left main coronary artery disease. AUTHOR: Galbut DL, Traad EA, Dorman MJ, DeWitt PL, Larsen PB, Kurlansky PA, Carrillo RG, Gentsch TO, Ebra G. PUBLICATION: Journal of Cardiac Surgery 1993;8:18-24
	TITLE: Bilateral internal mammary artery grafts in reoperative and primary coronary bypass surgery. AUTHOR: Galbut DL, Traad EA, Dorman MJ, DeWitt PL, Larsen PB, Kurlansky PA, Button JH, Ally JM, Gentsch TO. PUBLICATION: Ann of Thorac Surg 1991;52:20-28
	TITLE: Seventeen-year experience with bilateral internal mammary artery grafts. AUTHOR: Galbut DL, Traad EA, Dorman MJ, DeWitt PL, Larsen PB, Kurlansky PA, Button JH, Ally JM, Gentsch TO. PUBLICATION: Ann of Thorac Surg 1990;49(2):195-201
	TITLE: Adjustable annolplasty for tricuspid insufficiency. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Rose EA, Malm JR. PUBLICATION: Ann Thorac Surg 1989; 48:457
	TITLE: Failure of donor specific pretransplant blood transfusions to prolong heterotopic cardiac allograft survival in rats. AUTHOR: Robbins RC, Sadeghi AM, Kurlansky PA, Smith CR, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplantation 1987;43(5):757-758
	TITLE: Cardiac xenotransplantation in primates. AUTHOR: Sadeghi AM, Robbins RC, Smith CR, Kurlansky PA, Michler RE, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: J of Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg 1987;93(6):809-814
	TITLE: Adjustable annuloplasty for tricuspid insufficiency. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Rose EA, Malm JR. PUBLICATION: Ann of Thorac Surg 1987;44:404-406
	TITLE: Pretransplant blood transfusion in a primate cardiac xenograft model. AUTHOR: Michler RE, Sadeghi AM, Kurlansky PA, Smith CR, Marboe C, Thomas WG, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Curr Surg 1987;44(1):42-44
	TITLE: Comparable survival of intraspecies and cross-species primate cardiac transplants. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Sadeghi AM, Michler RE, Smith CR, Marboe C, Thomas WG, Coppey L, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplant Proc 1987;19(1):1067-1071
	TITLE: Cardiac xenograft survival in baboons treated with cyclosporine in combination with conventional immunosuppression. AUTHOR: Sadeghi AM, Smith CR, Kurlansky PA, Michler RE, Thomas WG, Marboe C, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplant Proc 1987;19(1):1148-1152
	TITLE: The role of the carrier molecule in cyclosporine pharmacokinetics in the baboon. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Sadeghi AM, Michler RE, Coppey LJ, Re LP, Thomas WG, Smith CR, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: J Heart Transplant 1986;5(4):312-316
	TITLE: Prolongation of canine cardiac allograft survival using donor-specific buffy coat pre-transfusions. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Dresdale AR, Pierson R, McManus RP, Michler RE, Sachs HT, Thomas WG, Lau F, Hardy MA, Marboe C, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplantation 1986;42(1):98-100
	TITLE: Hemorrhagic pancreatitis following heart lung preservation in primates. AUTHOR: Sadeghi AM, Weber CJ, Chabot JA, Kurlansky PA, Michler RE, Rose EA, Reemstma K, SmithCR. PUBLICATION: Surgical Forum 1986;37:257-258
	TITLE: Post-operative bone marrow injections with cyclosporine or antithymocyte globulin in rat cardiac allografts. AUTHOR: Thomas WG, Sadeghi AM, Kurlansky PA, Michler RE, Smith CR, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplantation 1986;42(4):441-442
	TITLE: Prolonged cardiac xenograft survival: a favorable comparison with allografts in primates. AUTHOR: Kurlansky PA, Sadeghi AM, Michler RE, Smith CR, Marboe C, Thomas WG, Coppey LJ, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Curr Surg 1986;43(5):412-415
	TITLE: Heart allograft survival in outbred dogs treated with procarbazine hydrochloride and antithycocyte globulin. AUTHOR: Dresdale AR, Sachs HT, Thomas WG, Kurlansky PA, Marboe C, Reemstma K, Rose EA. PUBLICATION: Transplantation 1985;39(1):83-85

	TITLE: Shape and Area Measurement Considerations in the Assessment of Diabetic Plantar Ulcers. AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz PUBLICATION: Wounds (1997) 9(1), 21-28 The author has developed and tested a formula for estimating the area of ulcers on the sole of the foot which reduces error to less than 1%, compared to 10% to 12% for conventional formulas. Measurements of ulcer size are important for monitoring ulcer healing, and the use of such an estimator eliminates the need for slow and costly measures, according to the author.
	TITLE: Effects of Compression Bandaging on Leg Pulsatile Blood Flow AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Clinical Physiology (1997) 17, 105-117 Leg external compression bandaging is the mainstay of skin wound treatment. Using a noninvasive method (nuclear resonance flowmetry), the authors studied the effects of foot-to-knee compression bandaging on pulsating arterial blood flow below the knee in 14 healthy participants. They found that bandaged leg pulsating blood flow increases, both in peak flow and pulse width, and this may be one of the reasons for the accelerated healing of bandaged skin ulcers.
	TITLE: Final Outcome of the Multicenter Isradipine Diuretic Artherosclerosis Study (MIDAS): A Randomized Control Trial AUTHOR: N.O. Borhani, M. Mercuri, P.A. Borhani, V.M. Buckalew, M. Canossa-Terris, et al. PUBLICATION: JAMA (1996) 276, 785-791 This multicenter 3-year study of 833 patients, in which Miami Heart Research Institute participated, found that both isradipine, a calcium channel blocker, and hydrocholorothiazide, a long-used diuretic antihypertensive agent, were equally effective in reducing blood pressure. Carotid IMT (intima media thickness) measured by B-mode ultrasound was used to determine whether the calcium channel blocker reduced the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. However, no reduction in the atherosclerosis progression was observed. MIDAS unexpectedly found that the diuretic tretament was associated with fewer serious vascular complications than the calcium channel treatment.
	TITLE: The Effect of Pravastatin on Coronary Events after Myocardian Infarction in Patients with Average Cholesterol Levels AUTHOR: F.M. Sacks, M.A. Pfeffer, L.A. Moye, J.L. Rouleau, et al. for the cholesterol and recurrent events trial investigators PUBLICATION: New England Journal of Medicine (1996) 335, 1001-1009 CARE (Cholesterol and recurrent event) found that lowering cholesterol in patients with documented coronary heart disease and average cholesterol levels reduced the likelihood of additional heart attacks by 24%. Miami Heart Research Institute participated in this five-year study of over 4,100 coronary heart disease patients conducted in 80 centers throughout the United States and Canada. Patients on pravastatin (the drug of choice in this study) and diet also had 26% fewer coronary procedures, such as bypasses or angioplasties than did those on diet only. These benefits were observed among both smokers and nonsmokers, diabetics and nondiabetics and men and women.
	TITLE: Pulsatile Blood Flow Asymmetry in Paired Human Legs AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Clinical Physiology (1996) 16, 495-505 Leg blood flow has been extensively measured, but knowledge of the pulsating flow at specific leg cross-sections in normal or blood vessel impaired limbs is quite limited. Using a noninvasive method (magnetic resonance flowmetry), the authors sought to determine the symmetry in pulsating leg blood flow between paired legs and to assess the effect that lower extremity arterial disease might have on that symmetry. They found that, in people with healthy blood vessels, the pulsating blood flow in one leg mirrored the other. However, when lower extremity arterial disease was present, normal blood flow was disrupted (or disrupted more) in one leg, although the patients reported pain in both.
	TITLE: Pulsatile Blood Flow Indices in Lower Extremity Arterial Disease: Leg Only Compared with Leg and Cardiac Parameters AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Vascular Surgery (1996) 30 (4): 337-344 Peripheral arterial disease creates an obstruction to normal blood flow and is most common in the legs. The authors examined the cardiac stroke volume - the amount of blood pumped by the heart with each heartbeat (CSV) and leg blood flow measures (including both measures of flow per minute and flow per beat) in 100 patients with peripheral arterial disease in the legs. They found that, while CSV modifies the flow to the leg, measures of CSV do not improve the diagnostic information of peripheral arterial leg disease which leg blood flow measures, alone, provide.
	TITLE: Effects of Sustained Regional Compression on Lower Extremity Skin Microcirculation AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Marie Delgado PUBLICATION: Wounds (1996) 8(4): 111-117 External compression of limbs is used therapeutically for a variety of conditions including the treatment of venous ulcers. However, there has been little systematic study of the impact of extended compression directly on blood flow through the microscopic blood vessels of the skin of the leg. In the present study, the authors applied sustained (40 minute) compression pressure (similar to that of bandages) to a region of the lower leg and used a noninvasive means (laser Doppler) to determine the effects of that pressure further down the leg. They found that sustained compression pressure significantly reduced blood flow. These findings reinforce the need for caution and close monitoring in therapeutic compression levels (as in bandages) in patients with impaired circulation.
	TITLE: Effects of Foot-to-Knee Compression Bandaging on Sub-Bandage and Distal Microcirculation AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz PUBLICATION: Sixth World Congress for Microcirculation (1996) 25-30 This preliminary study of the effects of foot-to-knee bandaging on the circulation of blood through the microscopic blood vessels of the small toes indicates that small toe circulation might be impaired. However, measures of circulation change vary with posture and leg position.
	TITLE: Effect of Compression Bandaging on Lower Extremity Skin Microcirculation AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Marie Delgado PUBLICATION: Wounds (1996) 8(6): 200-207 The authors conducted this study to clarify the effect of bandaging on leg blood flow. They found that a particular 4-layer type of bandaging system which is used clinically for treating certain types of skin ulcers, resulted in an immediate increase in blood flow to the bandaged area. However, a leg bandage reduced blood flow to the toes when the patient was lying down, though not when the bandaged leg was dangling. Since about one-fifth of patients with leg ulcers also have compromised leg circulation, the levels, benefits, and risks of compression therapy need to be considered on a patient-to-patient basis.
	TITLE: A Preliminary Study to Evaluate the Effect of Pulsed Radio Frequency Field Treatment on Lower Extremity Peri-Ulcer Skin Microcirculation of Diabetic Patients AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Wounds (1995) 7(3): 90-93 Pulsed radio frequency energy has been used to accelerate healing of chronic wounds. The authors have applied this technique to the leg ulcers of diabetic patients and measured the flow of blood around the ulcers using laser Doppler. They found that the use of pulsed radio frequency energy causes an increase in the blood flow surrounding the ulcer. This increase in blood flow may be the cause of the accelerated healing produced by the pulsed radio frequency technique.
	TITLE: Functional Microcirculatory Impairment: A Possible Source of Reduced Skin Oxygen Tension in Human Diabetes Mellitus AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Microvascular Research (1996) 52: 115-126 People with diabetes have reduced blood circulation carrying oxygen to their legs. The authors used a series of noninvasive measures to compare blood flow and oxygen levels in the legs of diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. They found no differences in the oxygen levels and blood flow in larger blood vessels but that both were significantly reduced in the microscopic blood vessels of the diabetic group.
	TITLE: Standard and Near-Surface Laser-Doppler Perfusion in Foot Dorsum Skin of Diabetic and Nondiabetic Subjects with and without Coexisting Peripheral Arterial Disease AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Microvascular Research (1994) 48: 338-348 The authors measured blood flow through the microscopic blood vessels of the skin of the upper foot using the laser Doppler technique, a noninvasive laser light based system. They found that by using a cup-like plastic adapter (or spacer) they were able to narrow the focus of the laser Doppler to the upper levels of the skin, where the nutritional function can best be studied. Use of the spacer improved measurements of the speed of blood flow but reduced the effectiveness of measures of the volume of blood flow.
	TITLE: Assessment of the Microcirculation: Laser Doppler and Transcutaneous Oxygen AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz PUBLICATION: Journal Vascular Technology (1994) 18(5): 269-275 Two powerful tools to probe the circulation of blood in the tiniest vessels of the body are laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPO2). LDF provides a quantitative measure of the movement of red blood cells in the skin's microscopic blood vessels. TcPO2 assesses the supply of oxygen, through the walls of these blood vessels, to the tissue cells according to their needs. Together, these techniques can help the researcher and clinician to assess the health of the microcirculatory system in the area measured and, by inference, throughout the body.
	TITLE: Leg Blood Flow in Patients with Venous Ulcers: Relationship to Site and Ulcer Area AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Wounds (1994) 6(6): 195-200 Blood flow at five below-knee sites was measured in 10 patients, each with venous ulcers in only one leg prior to ulcer treatment and, again, after ulcer closure. Leg blood flow of the ulcer leg near the ulcer site was found to exceed that measured in the paired, nonulcer leg, while total below-knee flows were similar. This increase in ulcer-area blood flow increased with the size of the ulcer. After treatment, blood flow to the ulcer site was reduced, indicating that the metabolic demands of the site were probably reduced by treatment.
	TITLE: Periwound Skin Microcirculation of Venous Leg Ulcers AUTHOR: Harvey N. Mayrovitz and Parry B. Larsen PUBLICATION: Microvascular Research 48, 14-123 (1994) Skin measurements around ulcers show less oxygen, more carbon dioxide, and greater blood flow than normal. Using a noninvasive technique (laser Doppler), the authors found that this increased blood flow was due to both increased speed of flow and volume of flow in equal measure. Increased blood flow increases skin temperature and is accompanied by dramatically reduced oxygen pressure.

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