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Send to a FriendSome selected, recent publications are listed below. A complete list of our publications (clinical and laboratory) can be found at http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/tcv-lab/pubsmain.cfm
Selected Clinical Publications
Reece TB, Tribble CG, Smith RL, Singh RR, Stiles BM, Peeler BB, Kern JA, and Kron IL. Central cannulation is safe in acute aortic dissection repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133:428-434, 2007.
Singh RR, Warren PS, Reece TB, Ellman P, Peeler BB, and Kron IL. Early repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect is safe and effective. Ann Thorac Surg 82:1598-1601, 2006.
Ellman PI, Kron IL, Alvis JS, Tache-Leon C, Maxey TS, Reece TB, et al. Acute sleep deprivation in the thoracic surgical resident does not affect operative outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg 80:60-64; discussion 64-65, 2005.
Reece TB, Tribble CG, Ellman PI, Maxey TS, Woodford RL, Dimeling GM, et al. Mitral repair is superior to replacement when associated with coronary artery disease. Ann Surg 239:671-675, 2004.
Maxey TS, Reece TB, Ellman PI, Butler PD, Kern JA, Tribble CG, et al. Coronary artery bypass with ventricular restoration is superior to coronary artery bypass alone in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:428-434, 2004.
Long SM, Tribble CG, Raymond DP, Fiser SM, Kaza AK, Kern JA, et al. Preoperative shock determines outcome for acute type A aortic dissection. Ann Thorac Surg 75:520-524, 2003.
Maxey TS, Reece TB, Ellman PI, Kern JA, Tribble CG, and Kron IL. The beating heart approach is not necessary for the Dor procedure. Ann Thorac Surg 76:1571-1574, 2003.
Kaza AK, Cope JT, Fiser SM, Long SM, Kern JA, Kron IL, et al. Elimination of fat microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 75:555-559, 2003.
Kron IL, and Cope JT. Fate of the unligated vertical vein after surgical correction with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in early infancy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 123:829, 2002.
Cope JT, Fraser GD, Kouretas PC, and Kron IL. Complete versus partial atrioventricular canal: equal risks of repair in the modern era. Ann Surg 236:514-520, 2002.
Selected Laboratory Publications
Sharma AK, Fernandez LG, Awad AS, Kron IL, and Laubach VE. Proinflammatory response of alveolar epithelial cells is enhanced by alveolar macrophage-produced TNF-alpha during pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. Amer. J. Physiol. – Lung. (In Press)
Gazoni LM, Tribble CG, Zhao MQ, Unger EB, Farrar RA, Ellman PI, Fernandez LG, Laubach VE, Kron IL. Pulmonary macrophage inhibition and inhaled nitric oxide attenuate lung ischemia reperfusion injury. Ann. Thorac. Surg. (In Press)
Zhao M, Fernandez LG, Doctor A, Sharma AK, Zarbock A, Tribble CG, Kron IL, and Laubach VE. Alveolar macrophage activation is a key initiation signal for acute lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. Am J Physiol - Lung 291:L1018-1026, 2006.
Maxey TS, Fernandez LG, Reece TB, Keeling WB, Kron IL, and Laubach VE. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase is essential for postpneumonectomy compensatory vasodilation. Ann Thorac Surg 81:1234-1238, 2006.
Reece TB, Laubach VE, Tribble CG, Maxey TS, Ellman PI, Warren PS, Schulman AM, Linden J, Kern JA, and Kron IL. Adenosine A2A receptor agonist improves cardiac dysfunction from pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ann Thorac Surg 79:1189-1195, 2005.
Reece TB, Ellman PI, Maxey TS, Crosby IK, Warren PS, Chong TW, et al. Adenosine A2A receptor activation reduces inflammation and preserves pulmonary function in an in vivo model of lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129:1137-1143, 2005.
Le Cras TD, Fernandez LG, Pastura PA, and Laubach VE. Vascular growth and remodeling in compensatory lung growth following right lobectomy. J Appl Physiol 98(3):1140-1148, 2005.
Ellman PI, Alvis JS, Tache-Leon C, Singh R, Reece TB, Kern JA, et al. Hyperoxic ventilation exacerbates lung reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130:1440, 2005.
Maxey TS, Enelow RI, Gaston B, Kron IL, Laubach VE, and Doctor A. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha from resident lung cells is a key initiating factor in pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:541-547, 2004.
Kaza AK, Kron IL, Leuwerke SM, Tribble CG, and Laubach VE. Keratinocyte growth factor enhances post-pneumonectomy lung growth by alveolar proliferation. Circulation 106:I120-124, 2002.
Fiser SM, Tribble CG, Long SM, Kaza AK, Cope JT, Laubach VE, et al. Lung transplant reperfusion injury involves pulmonary macrophages and circulating leukocytes in a biphasic response. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 121:1069-1075, 2001.