Omar Wever-Pinzon, MD

Journal Article

1. Badolia R, Ramadurai DKA, Abel ED, Ferrin P, Taleb I, Shankar TS, Thodou Krokidi A, Navankasattusas S, McKellar SH, Yin M, Kfoury AG, Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Chaudhuri D, Rutter J, Drakos SG (2020). The Role of Non-Glycolytic Glucose Metabolism in Myocardial Recovery upon Mechanical Unloading and Circulatory Support in Chronic Heart Failure. (Epub ahead of print) Circulation.
2. Yin MY, Strege J, Gilbert EM, Stehlik J, McKellar SH, Elmer A, Anderson T, Aljuaid M, Nativi-Nicolau J, Koliopoulou AG, Davis E, Fang JC, Drakos SG, Selzman CH, Wever-Pinzon O (2019). Impact of Shared Care in Remote Areas for Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. JACC Heart Fail, 8(4), 302-312.
3. Hydren JR, Kithas AC, Park SH, Wever-Pinzon O, Selzman CH, Perry W, Vargas CAS, Stehlik J, Drakos SG, Richardson RS (2019). Targeting Peripheral Vascular Pulsatility in Heart Failure Patients with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: The Impact of Pump Speed. ASAIO J, 66(3), 291-299.
4. Taleb I, Wever-Pinzon J, Wang W, Koliopoulou A, Dranow E, Yu T, Yin L, McKellar SH, Stehlik J, Fang JC, Wever-Pinzon O, Selzman CH, Drakos SG (2019). Outcomes of Asian-Americans Implanted With Left Ventricular Assist Devices: An Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) Analysis. (Epub ahead of print) Heart, Lung & Circulation.
5. Pepin ME, Drakos S, Ha CM, Tristani-Firouzi M, Selzman CH, Fang JC, Wende AR, Wever-Pinzon O (2019). DNA methylation reprograms cardiac metabolic gene expression in end-stage human heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 317(4), H674-H684.
6. Yin MY, Wever-Pinzon O, Mehra MR, Selzman CH, Toll AE, Cherikh WS, Nativi-Nicolau J, Fang JC, Kfoury AG, Gilbert EM, Kemeyou L, McKellar SH, Koliopoulou A, Vaduganathan M, Drakos SG, Stehlik J (2019). Post-transplant outcome in patients bridged to transplant with temporary mechanical circulatory support devices. J Heart Lung Transplant, 38(8), 858-869.
7. Symons JD, Deeter L, Deeter N, Bonn T, Cho JM, Ferrin P, McCreath L, Diakos NA, Taleb I, Alharethi R, McKellar S, Wever-Pinzon O, Navankasattusas S, Selzman CH, Fang JC, Drakos SG (2019). Effect of Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support on Coronary Artery Endothelial Function in Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail, 12(8), e006085.
8. Iosif Taleb, Antigone G Koliopoulou, Anwar Tandar, Stephen H McKellar, Joseph E Tonna, Jose Nativi-Nicolau, Miguel Alvarez Villela, Frederick Welt, Josef Stehlik, Edward M Gilbert, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Jack H Morshedzadeh, Elizabeth Dranow, Craig H Selzman, James C Fang, Stavros G Drakos (2019). Shock Team Approach in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support. Circ Heart Fail, 140(1), 98-100.
9. Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC (2019). Characterization of Sympathetic Innervation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. J Card Fail, S1071-9164(18), 31397-6.
10. Daud A, Xu D, Revelo MP, Shah Z, Drakos SG, Dranow E, Stoddard G, Kfoury AG, Hammond MEH, Nativi-Nicolau J, Alharethi R, Miller DV, Gilbert EM, Wever-Pinzon O, McKellar SH, Afshar K, Khan F, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Stehlik (2018). Microvascular Loss and Diastolic Dysfunction in Severe Symptomatic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Circ Heart Fail, 11(8:e004759).
11. Yin MY, Ruckel S, Kfoury AG, McKellar SH, Taleb I, Gilbert EM, Nativi-Nicolau J, Stehlik J, Reid BB, Koliopoulou A, Stoddard GJ, Fang JC, Drakos SG, Selzman CH, Wever-Pinzon O (2018). Novel Model to Predict Gastrointestinal Bleeding During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. Circ Heart Fail, 11(11), e005267.
12. Yin MY, Ruckel S, Kfoury AG, McKellar SH, Taleb I, Gilbert EM, Nativi-Nicolau J, Stehlik J, Reid BB, Koliopoulou A, Stoddard GJ, Fang JC, Drakos SG, Selzman CH, Wever-Pinzon O (2018). Novel Model to Predict Gastrointestinal Bleeding During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. Circ Heart Fail, 11(11), e005267.
13. Daud A, Xu D, Revelo MP, Shah Z, Drakos SG, Dranow E, Stoddard G, Kfoury AG, Hammond MEH, Nativi-Nicolau J, Alharethi R, Miller DV, Gilbert EM, Wever-Pinzon O, McKellar SH, Afshar K, Khan F, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Stehlik J (2018). Microvascular Loss and Diastolic Dysfunction in Severe Symptomatic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Circ Heart Fail, 11(8), e004759.
14. Bonios MJ, Koliopoulou A, Wever-Pinzon O, Taleb I, Stehlik J, Xu W, Wever-Pinzon J, Catino A, Kfoury AG, Horne BD, Nativi-Nicolau J, Adamopoulos SN, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Bax JJ, Drakos SG (2018). Cardiac rotational mechanics as a predictor of myocardial recovery in heart failure patients undergoing chronic mechanical circulatory support: a pilot study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 11(4), e007117.
15. Bonios MJ, Koliopoulou A, Wever-Pinzon O, Taleb I, Stehlik J, Xu W, Wever-Pinzon J, Catino A, Kfoury AG, Horne BD, Nativi-Nicolau J, Adamopoulos SN, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Bax JJ, Drakos SG (2017). Cardiac Rotational Mechanics As a Predictor of Myocardial Recovery in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Chronic Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Pilot Study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 11(4), e007117.
16. Zuniga Cisneros J, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Drakos SG, McKellar SH, Wever-Pinzon O (2018). Outcomes in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awaiting Heart Transplantation. Circ Heart Fail, 11(3), e004378.
17. Zuiga Cisneros J, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Drakos SG, McKellar SH, Wever-Pinzon O (2017). Outcomes in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Awaiting Heart Transplantation. Circ Heart Fail, 11(3), e004378.
18. Catino AB, Ferrin P, Wever-Pinzon J, Horne BD, Wever-Pinzon O, Kfoury AG, McCreath L, Diakos NA, McKellar S, Koliopoulou A, Bonios MJ, Al-Sarie M, Taleb I, Dranow E, Fang JC, Drakos SG (2018). Clinical and histopathological effects of heart failure drug therapy in advanced heart failure patients on chronic mechanical circulatory support. Eur J Heart Fail, 20(1), 164-174.
19. Saidi A, Selzman CH, Ahmadjee A, Al-Sarie M, Snow GL, Wever-Pinzon O, Alharethi R, Reid B, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG, Bader F (2018). Favorable Effects on Pulmonary Vascular Hemodynamics with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Are Sustained 5 Years After Heart Transplantation. ASAIO J, 64(1), 38-42.
20. Wever-Pinzon O, Edwards LB, Taylor DO, Kfoury AG, Drakos SG, Selzman CH, Fang JC, Lund LH, Stehlik J (2017). Association of recipient age and causes of heart transplant mortality: Implications for personalization of post-transplant management-An analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(4), 407-417.
21. Wever-Pinzon J, Selzman CH, Stoddard G, Wever-Pinzon O, Catino A, Kfoury AG, Diakos NA, Reid BB, McKellar S, Bonios M, Koliopoulou A, Budge D, Kelkhoff A, Stehlik J, Fang JC, Drakos SG (2016). Impact of Ischemic Heart Failure Etiology on Cardiac Recovery During Mechanical Unloading. J Am Coll Cardiol, 68(16), 1741-1752.
22. Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG, McKellar SH, Horne BD, Caine WT, Kfoury AG, Li DY, Fang JC, Stehlik J, Selzman CH (2016). Cardiac Recovery During Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. J Am Coll Cardiol, 68(14), 1540-53.
23. Ko BS, Drakos S, Kfoury AG, Hurst D, Stoddard GJ, Willis CA, Delgado JC, Hammond EH, Gilbert EM, Alharethi R, Revelo MP, Nativi-Nicolau J, Reid BB, McKellar SH, Wever-Pinzon O, Miller DV, Eckels DD, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Stehlik J (2016). Immunologic effects of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices before and after heart transplant. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(8), 1024-30.
24. Al-Sarie M, Rauf A, Kfoury AG, Catino A, Wever-Pinzon J, Bonios M, Horne BD, Diakos NA, Wever-Pinzon O, McKellar SH, Kelkhoff A, McCreath L, Fang J, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Drakos SG (2016). Myocardial Structural and Functional Response After Long-Term Mechanical Unloading With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device: Axial Versus Centrifugal Flow. JACC Heart Fail, 4(7), 570-576.
25. Wever-Pinzon O, Naka Y, Garan AR, Takeda K, Pan S, Takayama H, Mancini DM, Colombo P, Topkara VK (2016). National trends and outcomes in device-related thromboembolic complications and malfunction among heart transplant candidates supported with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(7), 884-92.
26. Pan S, Aksut B, Wever-Pinzon OE, Rao SD, Levin AP, Garan AR, Fried JA, Takeda K, Hiroo T, Yuzefpolskaya M, Uriel N, Jorde UP, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK (2015). Incidence and predictors of myocardial recovery on long-term left ventricular assist device support: Results from the united network for organ sharing database. J Heart Lung Transplant, 34(12), 1624-1629.
27. Pan S, Aksut B, Wever-Pinzon OE, Rao SD, Levin AP, Garan AR, Fried JA, Takeda K, Hiroo T, Yuzefpolskaya M, Uriel N, Jorde UP, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK (2015). Incidence and predictors of myocardial recovery on long-term left ventricular assist device support: Results from the United Network for Organ Sharing database. J Heart Lung Transplant, 34(12), 1624-9.
28. Romero J, Husain SA, Holmes AA, Kelesidis I, Chavez P, Mojadidi MK, Levsky JM, Wever-Pinzon O, Taub C, Makani H, Travin MI, Pina IL, Garcia MJ (2015). Non-invasive assessment of low risk acute chest pain in the emergency department: A comparative meta-analysis of prospective studies. Int J Cardiol, 187, 565-80.
29. Abdullah OM, Drakos SG, Diakos NA, Wever-Pinzon O, Kfoury AG, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Reid BB, Brunisholz K, Verma DR, Myrick C, Sachse FB, Li DY, Hsu EW (2014). Characterization of diffuse fibrosis in the failing human heart via diffusion tensor imaging and quantitative histological validation. NMR Biomed, 27(11), 1378-86.
30. Diakos NA, Selzman CH, Sachse FB, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG, Wever-Pinzon O, Catino A, Alharethi R, Reid BB, Miller DV, Salama M, Zaitsev AV, Shibayama J, Li H, Fang JC, Li DY, Drakos SG (2014). Myocardial atrophy and chronic mechanical unloading of the failing human heart: implications for cardiac assist device-induced myocardial recovery. J Am Coll Cardiol, 64(15), 1602-12.
31. Wever-Pinzon O, Romero J, Kelesidis I, Wever-Pinzon J, Manrique C, Budge D, Drakos SG, Pina IL, Kfoury AG, Garcia MJ, Stehlik J (2014). Coronary computed tomography angiography for the detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a meta-analysis of prospective trials. J Am Coll Cardiol, 63(19), 1992-2004.
32. Romero J, Kahan J, Kelesidis I, Makani H, Wever-Pinzon O, Medina H, Garcia MJ (2013). CMR imaging for the evaluation of myocardial stunning after acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of prospective trials. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 14(11), 1080-91.
33. Drakos SG, Wever-Pinzon O, Selzman CH, Gilbert EM, Alharethi R, Reid BB, Saidi A, Diakos NA, Stoker S, Davis ES, Movsesian M, Li DY, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG (2013). Magnitude and time course of changes induced by continuous-flow left ventricular assist device unloading in chronic heart failure: insights into cardiac recovery. J Am Coll Cardiol, 61(19), 1985-94.
34. Wever-Pinzon O, Selzman CH, Drakos SG, Saidi A, Stoddard GJ, Gilbert EM, Labedi M, Reid BB, Davis ES, Kfoury AG, Li DY, Stehlik J, Bader F (2013). Pulsatility and the risk of nonsurgical bleeding in patients supported with the continuous-flow left ventricular assist device HeartMate II. Circ Heart Fail, 6(3), 517-26.
35. Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG, Kfoury AG, Nativi JN, Gilbert EM, Everitt M, Alharethi R, Brunisholz K, Bader FM, Li DY, Selzman CH, Stehlik J (2013). Morbidity and mortality in heart transplant candidates supported with mechanical circulatory support: is reappraisal of the current United network for organ sharing thoracic organ allocation policy justified? Circulation, 127(4), 452-62.
36. Wever-Pinzon O, Suma V, Ahuja A, Romero J, Sareen N, Henry SA, De Benedetti Zunino M, Chaudhry FF, Suryadevara RS, Sherrid MV, Chaudhry FA (2012). Safety of echocardiographic contrast in hospitalized patients with pulmonary hypertension: a multi-center study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 13(10), 857-62.
37. Makani H, Messerli FH, Romero J, Wever-Pinzon O, Korniyenko A, Berrios RS, Bangalore S (2012). Meta-analysis of randomized trials of angioedema as an adverse event of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors. Am J Cardiol, 110(3), 383-91.
38. Yao SS, Wever-Pinzon O, Zhang X, Bangalore S, Chaudhry FA (2012). Prognostic value of stress echocardiogram in patients with angiographically significant coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol, 109(2), 153-8.
39. Wever-Pinzon O, Bangalore S, Romero J, Silva Enciso J, Chaudhry FA (2011). Inotropic contractile reserve can risk-stratify patients with HIV cardiomyopathy: a dobutamine stress echocardiography study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 4(12), 1231-8.
40. Wever Pinzon O, Stoddard G, Drakos SG, Gilbert EM, Nativi JN, Budge D, Bader F, Alharethi R, Reid B, Selzman CH, Everitt MD, Kfoury AG, Stehlik J (2011). Impact of donor left ventricular hypertrophy on survival after heart transplant. Am J Transplant, 11(12), 2755-61.
41. Wever Pinzon O, Silva Enciso J, Romero J, Makani H, Fefer J, Gandhi V, Bangalore S, Chaudhry FA (2011). Risk stratification and prognosis of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease referred for stress echocardiography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 4(4), 363-70.
42. Supariwala A, Uretsky S, Singh P, Memon S, Khokhar SS, Wever-Pinzon O, Atluri P, Hersh J, Koppuravuri HK, Rozanski A (2011). Synergistic effect of coronary artery disease risk factors on long-term survival in patients with normal exercise SPECT studies. J Nucl Cardiol, 18(2), 207-14; quiz 217.
43. Makani H, Bangalore S, Romero J, Wever-Pinzon O, Messerli FH (2011). Effect of renin-angiotensin system blockade on calcium channel blocker-associated peripheral edema. Am J Med, 124(2), 128-35.

Review

1. Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG, Fang JC (2015). Team-based Care for Advanced Heart Failure. [Review]. Heart Failure Clinics, 11(3), 467-77.
2. Wever-Pinzon O, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG, Terrovitis JV, Diakos NA, Charitos C, Li DY, Drakos SG (2012). Ventricular assist devices: pharmacological aspects of a mechanical therapy. [Review]. Pharmacol Ther, 134(2), 189-99.
3. Movsesian M, Wever-Pinzon O, Vandeput F (2011). PDE3 inhibition in dilated cardiomyopathy. [Review]. Curr Opin Pharmacol, 11(6), 707-13.
4. Wever-Pinzon OE, Myerson M, Sherrid MV (2009). Sudden cardiac death in young competitive athletes due to genetic cardiac abnormalities. [Review]. Anatol J Cardiol, 9 Suppl 2, 17-23.
5. Sherrid MV, Wever-Pinzon O, Shah A, Chaudhry FA (2009). Reflections of inflections in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. [Review]. J Am Coll Cardiol, 54(3), 212-9.

Book Chapter

1. Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC (2016). Heart Failure. In S.C. McKean, J.J. Ross, D.D. Dressler, D. Schurer (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine (2, pp. 941-953). NewYork, USA: McGraw Hill.
2. Diakos NA, Wever-Pinzon O, Zannas AS, Drakos SG (2013). Mechanical Unloading and Heart Remodeling Features. In EA Gabriel & SA Gabriel (Eds.), Inflammatory Response in Cardiovascular Surgery (1, pp. 413-8). New York: Springer.
3. Wever Pinzon O, Chaudhry FA (2011). Stress Echocardiography. In A.L. Klein & C.R. Asher (Eds.), Clinical Echocardiography Review: A self assessment tool (1, pp. 193-209). Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Case Report

1. Wever-Pinzon O, Givens RC, Flannery M, Naka Y, Jorde UP (2015). Repetitive HeartMate II pump stoppage induced by transitioning from battery to main power source: the short-to-shield phenomenon. J Heart Lung Transplant, 34(2), 270-1.
2. Wever-Pinzon O, Romero J, Cordova JP (2013). Dual chamber pacing relieves obstruction in Japanese-variant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Ther, 20(5), 588-90.
3. Bukharovich IF, Wever-Pinzon O, Shah A, Todd G, Chaudhry FA, Sherrid MV (2012). Arterial embolism caused by large mobile aortic thrombus in the absence of atherosclerosis, associated with iron deficiency anemia. Echocardiography, 29(3), 369-72.
4. Wever-Pinzon O, Wever-Pinzon J, Tami L (2011). Recurrent Takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting with different morphologic patterns. Int J Cardiol, 148(3), 379-81.
5. Wever-Pinzon O, Tami L (2010). Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a blood transfusion. Congest Heart Fail, 16(3), 129-31.

Editorial

1. Hydren JR, Richardson RS, Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG (2019). The "double whammy" of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device on von Willebrand factor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 159(3), 910-915.
2. Stehlik J, Wever-Pinzon O (2017). The Heart Transplant Waiting List and the Interplay of Policy and Practice: In Search of Fairness.LID - e004657 [pii]LID - 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004657 [doi]. Circ Heart Fail, 10(12).
3. Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG (2016). The Continuing Quest to Identify Ambulatory Patients With Advanced Heart Failure Who Benefit From Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. 9(11).
4. Fang JC, Wever-Pinzon O (2016). Dealing With Unintended Consequences: Continuous-Flow LVADs and Aortic Insufficiency. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 9(6), 652-4.

Letter

1. Taleb I, Koliopoulou AG, Tandar A, McKellar SH, Tonna JE, Nativi-Nicolau J, Alvarez Villela M, Welt F, Stehlik J, Gilbert EM, Wever-Pinzon O, Morshedzadeh JH, Dranow E, Selzman CH, Fang JC, Drakos SG (2019). Shock Team Approach in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock Requiring Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Proof of Concept. [Letter to the editor]. Circulation, 140(1), 98-100.
2. Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC (2019). Characterization of Sympathetic Innervation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. [Letter to the editor]. J Card Fail, 25(4), 314-315.
3. Wever-Pinzon O, Jorde UP (2014). Early power elevations and adverse events with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device: An unsettled issue. [Letter to the editor]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 33(11), 1200-1.
4. Wever-Pinzon O, Kfoury AG, Selzman CH, Li DY, Stehlik J, Drakos SG (2013). Reply: left ventricular assist devices in chronic heart failure: more questions than answers? [Letter to the editor]. J Am Coll Cardiol, 62(23), 2257-8.

Abstract

1. Nativi J, Hurst D, Bullock G, Bullock E, Delgado J, Pole A, Stehlik J, Afshar K, Drakos S, Doty JR, McKellar SH, Alharethi R, Wever-Pinzon O, Molina K, Fang J, Kfoury A (2017). Excellent Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in Stable, Highly-Sensitized Heart Transplant Recipients Using a Wait and Match Strategy [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(4), S395.
2. Bonios MJ, Taleb I, Larsen R, Wever-Pinzon O, Kfoury AG, Alharethi R, Nativi-Nicolau J, Caine W, McKellar SH, Koliopoulou A, Selzman CH, Drakos SG (2017). Cardiac Rotational Mechanics as a Predictor of Favorable Functional Response Induced by Cardiac Assist Devices in Advanced Heart Failure. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(4), S327.
3. Daud A, Xu WD, Revelo P, Drakos S, Dranow E, Kfoury A, Hammond E, Nativi-Nicolau J, Stoddard G, Alharethi R, Miller DV, Gilbert EM, Wever-Pinzon O, Budge D, McKellar SH, Afshar K, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Stehlik J (2017). Unique Characteristics of Allograft Microvasculature in Patients with Severe Symptomatic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(4), S293.
4. Revelo M, Hammond EH, Stehlik J, Alharethi R, Reid B, Drakos S, Selzman C, Afshar K, Wever-Pinzon O, McKellar S, Kfoury AG, Miller DV (2017). Ultrastructural Alterations in Explanted Failed Cardiac Allografts: Insights into "Chronic Rejection" [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(4), S446-447.
5. Nativi-Nicolau J, Jaramillo Morales J, Whipple M, Al-Dulaimi R, Stehlik J, Ryan J, Drakos S, Gilbert EMM, Wever-Pinzon O, Wilson B, Han F, Maurer MS, Fang J (2016). Amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy Demonstrates Distinct Echocardiographic Patterns Compared to Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. [Abstract]. J Card Failure, 22(8S), S50.
6. Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos SG, McKellar SH, Koliopoulou A, Stehlik J, Selzman CH (2016). LVAD Explantation for Cardiac Recovery: Insights from the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S11.
7. Miller DV, Kfoury AG, Snow GL, Revelo M, Lal A, Stehlik J, McKellar SH, Fang JC, Caine W, Ashfar K, Drakos SG, Wever-Pinzon O, Molina KM, Hammond MH (2016). Histologic Features of Mixed Rejection in Heart Transplantation: More Than Just Cellular + Antibody-Mediated Rejection? [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S107.
8. McCreath L, Drakos SG, Ferrin P, Diakos N, Navankasattusas S, Javan H, Budge D, McKellar SH, Caine WT, Wever-Pinzon O, Bonios M, Skedros K, Ragnhildstveit A, Afshar K, Li DY, Stehlik J, Kfoury AG, Selzman CH (2016). Association of Pre-Implant Inflammatory Profile and Functional Recovery with Chronic LVAD Unloading. J Heart Lung Transplant [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S11-12.
9. Kang T, Ko B, Drakos SG, Stehlik J, Gilbert EM, Nativi-Nicolau J, Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC, Koliopoulou A, Bott SI, Tonna JE, Selzman CH, McKellar SH (2016). Clinical Experience with Long-Distance Transportation of Patients on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S392-393.
10. Diakos N, Navankasattusas S, McKellar SH, Kfoury AG, Ferrin P, McCreath L, Miller D, Wright S, Skedros K, Al-Sari M, Ragnhildstveit A, Wever-Pinzon O, Russel G, Koliopoulou A, Reid B, Stehlik J, Selzman CH, Drakos SG (2016). Changes in Metabolic Substrate Utilization and Pyruvate Mitochondrial Oxidation Mismatch during Mechanical Unloading of the Failing Human Heart: Implications for Cardiac Reloading and Conditioning. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S56-57.
11. Ferrin P, McCreath L, Diakos N, Navankasattusas S, Kfoury AG, Wever-Pinzon O, Al-Sarie M, Catino A, Bonios M, Alharethi R, Russell G, Ragnhildstveit A, Skedros K, Hammond EH, Li DY, Selzman CH, Caine W, Stehlik J, Drakos SG (2016). Relationship of Myocardial Fibrosis with the Potential of Mechanical Unloading to Induce Favorable Cardiac Structural and Functional Response. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
12. Tabachnick D, Stehlik J, Gilbert E, Nativi-Nicolau J, Fang J, Wever-Pinzon O, Drakos S, Budge D, Kfoury B, Alharethi R, Caine W, Selzman C, McKellar S (2016). Characteristics and Co-Morbidities in Heart Transplant Recipients Who Survive into Their Eighties. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S211.
13. Ko B, Tandar A, Kang T, McKellar S, Stehlik J, Stoddard G, Morshedzadeh J, Koliopoulou A, Gilbert E, Nativi-Nicolau J, Wever-Pinzon O, Fang J, Selzman C, Welt F, Drakos S (2016). Role of a Multidisciplinary Shock Team in the Management of Cardiogenic Shock. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), S278-279.
14. Wever-Pinzon O, Farr M, Naka Y, Takayama H, George I, Colombo P, Mancini D, Schulze P (2015). Effect of the 2006 U.S. Donor Heart Allocation Policy Change on Waitlist Complications and Post-Transplant Mortality Among Candidates Supported with Mechanical Circulatory Support. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
15. Wever-Pinzon O, Levin AP, Fried J, Garan AR, Takeda K, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Mancini D, Naka Y, Colombo P, Topkara VK (2015). Effect Of Device Thrombosis And Malfunction On Clinical Outcomes Of Patients Bridging With Continuous-Flow LVADs. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
16. Pan S, Wever-Pinzon O, Rao S, Levin A, Garan AR, Takeda K, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK (2015). Myocardial Recovery From Short- And Long-Term Cardiac Support Devices: Results From The UNOS Registry. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
17. Biscotti M, Wever-Pinzon O, Yuzefpolskaya M, Takayama M, Naka Y, Rosenzweig EB, Bacchetta M (2015). Partial Pulmonary-Right heart Oxygenator (PROxy) Support System: A Novel Strategy for Management of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
18. Levin AP, Fried J, Wever-Pinzon O, Garan AR, Takeda K, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Jorde UP, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara VK (2015). Bridging to Transplant With Fully Implantable Biventricular Assist Devices vs. Total Artificial Heart Implantation in Patients With Advanced Biventricular Failure. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
19. Fried J, Cagliostro B, Levin A, Wever-Pinzon O, Garan AR, Te-Frey R, Ronquillo KO, Takeda K, Takayama H, Yuzefpolskaya M, Mancini DM, Naka Y, Colombo PC, Topkara V (2015). Driveline Infection Is Not Associated With Increased Risk of Thrombotic Events in CF-LVAD Patients [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant.
20. Wever-Pinzon J, Al-Sarie M, Catino A, McCubrey R, Stehlik J, Kfoury A, Reid B, Wever-Pinzon O, Alharethi R, Wright S, Li D, Gilbert E, Mckellar S, Barney J, Fang J, Selzman C, Drakos S (2015). Structural and Functional Myocardial Improvement Following Continuous-Flow Mechanical Unloading in Chronic Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant, 34(4), S126-127.
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