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PUBLICATIONS 2001
Ali A, Malik FS, Dinshaw H, Jenkins JS, Collins T, White CJ, Ramee SR: Reduction in QT
dispersion with rheolytic thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction: Evidence of
electrical stability with reperfusion therapy. Catheterization and Cardiovascular
Interventions 52:56-58, 2001.
Ali A, Mehra MR, Malik FS, Uber PA, Ventura HO: Insights into ventricular repolarization
abnormalities in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. American Journal of Cardiology
87:367-368, 2001.
Araghizadeh F, Beck DE: Abdominal wound closures. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
14:57-64, 2001.
Araghizadeh FY, Timmcke AE, Opelka FG, Hicks TC, Beck DE: Colonoscopic perforations.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 44:713-716, 2001.
Area L, York J: Scanning the literature. Ochsner Journal 3:102-109, 2001.
*Audler BA: the backbone to CODING. Chalmette, LA: Audler Publications, LLC, 2001, 173
pages.
Basa ALP, Garber AJ: Cardiovascular disease and diabetes: Modifying risk factors other than
glucose control. Ochsner Journal 3:132-137, 2001.
Bazzett L, Fox C, Marquis P: Scanning the literature. Ochsner Journal 3:226-234, 2001.
Beck DE: Complications of anal surgery. Problems in General Surgery 18:86-92, 2001.
Beck DE: Editorial: Colorectal cancer screening. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
14:115-116, 2001.
Beck DE: Editorial: CT colonography or virtual colonoscopy—what's in a name. Clinics in
Colon and Rectal Surgery 14:5-6, 2001.
Beck DE: Foreword. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 14:3-4, 2001.
Beck DE: Foreword: Introduction of Scott A. Strong, M.D. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
14:111-112, 2001.
Beck DE: Management of anorectal Crohn's fistulas. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
14:117-128, 2001.
Beck DE: Operative procedures for pilonidal disease. Operative Techniques in General Surgery:
Anorectal Surgery I 3:124-131, 2001.
2001-2.
Beck DE: Understanding colorectal cancer. Ostomy Quarterly, Spring:54-57, 2001.
Beck DE, Ramirez RT: Sexually transmitted diseases and the anorectum. In: Phillips RKS (ed).
Colorectal Surgery, 2nd ed. London: Harcourt Publishing, 2001:365-395.
Beckman EN, Mehra MR, Park MH, Scott RL: Utility of heart biopsy in transplant patients.
Ochsner Journal 3:219-222, 2001.
Bellot S: Ochsner surgical case study. Ochsner Journal 3:236, 2001.
Blonde L: Epidemiology, costs, consequences, and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes: An
American epidemic. Ochsner Journal 3:126-131, 2001.
Blumberg D, Opelka FG, Hicks TC, Timmcke AE, Beck DE: Restorative proctocolectomy:
Ochsner Clinic experience. Southern Medical Journal 94:467-471, 2001.
Bluth E: A new paradigm for radiology (editorial). Decisions in Imaging Economics 14:9, 2001.
Bluth EI: Contrast agents for the GI tract. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 20:S6, 2001.
Bluth EI: Power Doppler imaging to evaluate flow-limiting stenoses (letter). Radiology
221:557-561, 2001.
*Bluth EI, Arger PH, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ (editors): Ultrasonography in Urology: A
Practical Approach. New York: Thieme, 2001, 204 pp.
*Bluth EI, Arger PH, Benson CB, Ralls PW, Siegel MJ (editors): Ultrasonography in Vascular
Diseases: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems. New York: Thieme, 2001, 84 pp.
Bradford WD, Kleit AN, Krousel-Wood MA, Re RN: Stochastic frontier estimation of cost
methods within the hospital. Review of Economics and Statistics 83:302-309, 2001.
Bradford WD, Kleit AN, Krousel-Wood MA, Re RN: Testing efficacy with detection controlled
estimation: An application to telemedicine. Health Economics 10:553-564, 2001.
Breault J, Schechtman A: Scanning the literature. Ochsner Journal 3:30-36, 2001.
Briggs DE, Felberg RA, Malkoff MD, Bratina P, Grotta JC: Should mild or moderate stroke
patients be admitted to an intensive care unit? Stroke 32:871-876, 2001.
Bronfin DR: Misshapen heads in babies: Position or pathology? Ochsner Journal 3:191-199,
2001.
Buck AC, Serebro LH, Quinet RJ: Subacute abdominal pain requiring hospitalization in a
systemic lupus erythematosus patient: A retrospective analysis and review of the literature.
Lupus 10:491-495, 2001.
Burshell A: Issue editor. Ochsner Journal 3:122, 2001.
2001-3.
Campese VM, Messerli FH: Vincent Louis DeQuattro, MD, FACP, FACC: 1933-2001
(In memoriam). American Journal of Hypertension 38:E27, 2001.
Carroll ML, Roy-Engel AM, Nguyen SV, Salem AH, Vogel E, Vincent B, Myers J, Ahmad Z,
Nguyen L, Sammarco M, Watkins WS, Henke J, Makalowski W, Jorde LB, Deininger PL,
Batzer MA: Large-scale analysis of the Alu Ya5 and Yb8 subfamilies and their contribution
to human genomic diversity. Journal of Molecular Biology 311:17-40, 2001.
Chambers RB, Krousel-Wood MA, Re R: Combined quality improvement ratio: A method for a
more robust evaluation of changes in screening rates. Joint Commission Journal on
Quality Improvement 27:101-106, 2001.
Chastain MA, Reed RJ, Pankey GA: Deep dermatophytosis: Report of 2 cases and review of the
literature. Cutis 67:457-462, 2001.
Church J, Timothy SK, Hicks TC, Opelka FG, Timmcke AE, Beck DE: Invited commentary.
Diseases of Colon & Rectum 44:1848-1849, 2001.
Cohen DJ, Ramee S, Baim DS, Sharma S, Carrozza JP, Cosgrove R, Jones N, Berezin RH, Cutlip
DE, Ho KK, Kuntz RE; Vein Graft AngioJet Study (VeGAS) 2 Investigators. Economic
assessment of rheolytic thrombectomy versus intracoronary urokinase for treatment of
extensive intracoronary thrombus: Results from a randomized clinical trial. American
Heart Journal 142:648-656, 2001.
Colletti L, Hillhouse L: Profitability under PPS. Contemporary Longterm Care 24:38-40, 2001.
Comanor L, Anderson F, Ghany M, Perrillo R, Heathcote EJ, Sherlock C, Zitron I, Hendricks D,
Gordon SC: Transcription-mediated amplification is more sensitive than conventional
PCR-based assays for detecting residual serum HCV RNA at end of treatment. American
Journal of Gastroenterology 96:2968-2972, 2001.
Cook JL, Zhang Z, Re RN: In vitro evidence for an intracellular site of angiotensin action.
Circulation Research 89:1138-1146, 2001.
Copley JB: Resistance training enhances the value of protein restriction in the treatment of chronic
kidney disease. Annals of Internal Medicine 135:999-1001, 2001.
Copley JB, Lindberg JS: Nontransplant therapy for dialysis-related amyloidosis. Seminars in
Dialysis 14:94-98, 2001.
Dean MM, Finan MA, Kline RC: Predictors of complications and hospital stay in gynecologic
cancer surgery. Obstetrics & Gynecology 97:721-724, 2001.
Demello AB: Uterine artery embolization. AORN Journal (Association of Operating Room
Nurses) 73:790-792, 794-798, 800-804 passim; quiz 809-814, 2001.
2001-4.
Diez J, Frohlich ED: Fourth international seminar on cardiovascular biology and medicine.
Hypertension 38:1198, 2001.
Dozier TJ, Figueroa RT, Kalmar J: Sinus tarsai syndrome. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical
Society 153:458-461, 2001.
Eason JD, Blazek J, Mason A, Nair S, Loss GE: Steroid-free immunosuppression through
thymoglobulin induction in liver transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings
33:1470-1471, 2001.
Eason JD, Loss GE, Blazek J, Nair S, Mason AL: Steroid-free liver transplantation using rabbit
antithymocyte globulin induction: Results of a prospective randomized trial. Liver
Transplantation 7:693-697, 2001.
Eguchi D, Weiler D, Alam J, Nath K, Katusic ZS: Protective effect of heme oxygenase-1 gene
transfer against oxyhemoglobin-induced endothelial dysfunction. Journal of Cerebral
Blood Flow and Metabolism 21:1215-1222, 2001.
Eisen HJ, Hobbs RE, Davis SF, Carrier M, Mancini DM, Smith A, Valantine H, Ventura HO,
Mehra MR, et al: Safety, tolerability and efficacy of cyclosporine microemulsion in heart
transplant recipients: A randomized, multi-center, double-blind comparison with the oil
based formulation of cyclosporine—results at twenty-four months after transplantation.
Transplantation 71:70-78, 2001.
Emery RW, Eales F, Van Meter CH Jr, Knudson MB, Solien EE, Tweden KS: Ventriculocoronary
artery bypass results using a mesh-tipped device in a porcine model. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery 72:S1004-S1008, 2001.
Erffmeyer JE: Adverse drug reactions. Journal of Louisiana State Medical Society 153:259-260,
2001.
Eustis HS, Leoni R: Early reoperation after vertical rectus muscle surgery. J AAPOS (Journal of
American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) 5:217-220, 2001.
Farrell TM, Richardson WS, Halkar R, Lyon CP, Galloway KD, Waring JP, Smith CD, Hunter JG:
Nissen fundoplication improves gastric motility in patients with delayed gastric emptying.
Surgical Endoscopy 15:271-274, 2001.
Farrell TM, Richardson WS, Trus TL, Smith CD, Hunter JG: Response of atypical symptoms of
gastro-oesophageal reflux to antireflux surgery. British Journal of Surgery 88:1649-1652,
2001.
Feighner JP, Ehrensing RH, Kastin AJ, Patel A, Sverdlov L, Hlavka J, Abajian HB, Noble JF,
Nicolau G: Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of INN 00835 (netamiftide) in the
treatment of outpatients with major depression. International Clinics of
Psychopharmacology 16:345-352, 2001.
2001-5.
Figueroa RT, Dozier T, Kalmar J: Os trigonum syndrome. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical
Society 153:402-405, 2001.
Fisher B, Anderson S, Tan-Chiu E, Wolmark N, Wickerham DL, Fisher ER, Dimitrov NV, Atkins
JN, Abramson N, Merajver S, Romond EH, Kardinal CG, et al: Tamoxifen and
chemotherapy for axillary node-negative, estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer:
Findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-23. Journal of
Clinical Oncology 19:931-942, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Book review: Clinical Trials in Hypertension. Black HR (ed). New England
Journal of Medicine 345:1217-1218, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Editor's note: In memoriam – David H. P. Streeten, MB, DPhil, FRCP.
Hypertension 37:1045-1046, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Editor's note: In memoriam – Donald Jeffrey Reis, MD, September 9,
1931-November 1, 2000. Hypertension 37:825-826, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Fibrosis and ischemia: The real risks in hypertensive heart disease. American
Journal of Hypertension 14(6 Pt 2):194S-199S, 2001.
Frohlich ED: “Hale” and farewell: An epilogue after 8 years (editorial). Hypertension
38:1233-1243, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Humanism versus terrorism (editorial). Hypertension 38:1244, 2001.Frohlich ED:
Hypertension. Current Treatment in Cardiovascular Medicine 3:333-345, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Hypertension. Current Treatment in Cardiovascular Medicine 3:333-345, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Hypertension. In: DeMaria AN, Ben-Yehuda O (eds). Educational Review Manual
in Cardiovascular Disease (CD-ROM also). New York: Castle Connolly Graduate
Medical Publishing, 2001:1-51.
Frohlich ED: Hypertension online only: July 2001. Hypertension 38:153, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Hypertension online only: October 2001. Hypertension 38:962, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Hypertension: Our major challenges (editorial). Hypertension 38:990-991, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Internal medicine. In: Frohlich ED (ed). Rypins’ Clinical Sciences Review.
Chapter 3 CD-ROM. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001:73-183.
Frohlich ED: Left ventricular enlargement in hypertension: It’s not only LVH. In: Giles TD (ed).
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE): Clinical and Experimental Insights. Fort Le, NJ:
Health Care Comm., 2001:189-195.
Frohlich ED: Local hemodynamic changes in hypertension: Insights for therapeutic preservation
of target organs. Hypertension 38:1388-1394, 2001.
2001-6.
Frohlich ED: Medical qualifying examinations. In: Frohlich ED (ed). Rypins’ Clinical Sciences
Review. Chapter 1 CD-ROM. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001:1-7.
Frohlich ED: Preventive cardiology: More than just lipid lowering. Preventive Cardiology
4:101-102, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Professor John Douglas Swales. In memoriam. Hypertension 37:1198, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Profiles in cardiology – Harriet P. Dustan. Clinical Cardiology 24:789-790, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Promise of prevention and reversal of target organ involvement in hypertension.
Journal of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System 2(Suppl 1):4-9, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Pulse pressure: A new marker of cardiovascular risk, practical implications.
Medicographia 23:220-223, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Pulse pressure: A predictive. In: New Frontiers in Hypertension, No. 2, Servier
Laboratories, 2001:6.
Frohlich ED: Renin-angiotensin system inhibition improves coronary flow reserve in
hypertension. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 37(Suppl 1):S35-S39, 2001.
*Frohlich, ED, editor: Rypins' Basic Sciences Review, 18th edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, 2001, 810 pages.
*Frohlich ED (editor): Rypins’ Clinical Sciences Review. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins, 2001, 441 pages.
*Frohlich ED, editor: Rypins' Questions & Answers for Basic Sciences Review, 18th edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001, 285 pages (w/CD Rom).
Frohlich ED: Sixtieth anniversary of angiotensin (editorial). Hypertension 38:1245, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Society of Geriatric Cardiology President’s Message. American Journal of
Geriatric Cardiology 10(1):68, 2001.
Frohlich ED: Society of Geriatric Cardiology president's message, Cardiovascular disease in the
elderly: Challenges. American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 10:111, 2001.
Frohlich ED: A time for renewed leadership in medicine. Ochsner Journal 3:187-189, 2001.
Frohlich ED, Navar LG, Re RN: Annual progress report and our thanks to referees (editorial).
Hypertension 37:1-5, 2001.
Garcia-Diaz JB, Palau L, Pankey GA: Resolution of rhinocerebral zygomycosis associated with
adjuvant administration of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Clinical
Infectious Diseases 32:el45-50, 2001.
2001-7.
Glickman MH, Stokes GK, Ross JR, Schuman ED, Sternbergh WC III, Lindberg JS, Money SM,
Lorber MI: Multicenter evaluation of a polyurethaneurea vascular access graft as
compared with the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular access graft in hemodialysis
applications. Journal of Vascular Surgery 34:465-473, 2001.
Gong P, Hu B, Stewart D, Ellerbe M, Figueroa YG, Blank V, Beckman BS, Alam J: Cobalt
induces heme oxygenase-1 expression by a hypoxia inducible factor-independent
mechanism in Chinese hamster ovary cells: Regulation by Nrf2 and MafG transcription
factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276:27018-27025, 2001.
Gostout BS, Hartmann LC, Suman VJ, Fay NE, Jefferies JA, Morton RF, Gaffey TA, Farr GH Jr,
et al: A randomized trial of interferon-alpha in cervical dysplasia. International Journal of
Gynaecology and Obstetrics 74:207-210, 2001.
Granier S, Cook J: Scanning the literature. Ochsner Journal 3:164-170, 2001.
Grant A III, Uber PA, Park MH, Scott RL, Mehra MR: Difficult cases in heart failure. Novel
diagnostic markers in heart failure: An emerging paradigm shift? Congestive Heart Failure
7:274-276, 2001.
Grossman E, Messerli FH, Goldbourt U: Antihypertensive therapy and the risk of malignancies.
European Heart Journal 22:1343-1352, 2001.
Grosz S, Flick J, Dawson D, Alonzo M, Cooper D: Ambulatory case management of the nursing
home population. Nursing Economics 19:135-137, 2001.
Guarisco JS: Using computer technology in the automation of clinical and operating systems in
Emergency Medicine. Ochsner Journal 3:57-69, 2001.
Harjai KJ, Cameron AC, Shah M, Stapleton D: Length of hospital stay in patients with
decompensated heart failure from moderate to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
American Journal of Cardiology 88:909-911, A8, 2001.
Harjai KJ, Nunez E, Turgut T, Newman J: Effect of combined aspirin and angiotensin-converting
enzyme inhibitor therapy versus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy alone on
readmission rates in heart failure. American Journal of Cardiology 87:483-487, 2001.
Harjai KJ, Thompson HW, Turgut T, Shah M: Simple clinical variables are markers of the
propensity for readmission in patients hospitalized with heart failure. American Journal of
Cardiology 87:234-237, 2001.
Hawkins RB: A microdosimetric-kinetic model for the sensitization of v79 cells to radiation by
incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine. Radiation Research 155:698-702, 2001.
Hawkins RB: A simple method of radiation treatment of craniospinal fields with patient supine.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics 49:261-264, 2001.
2001-8.
He CH, Gong P, Hu B, Stewart D, Choi ME, Choi AM, Alam J: Identification of activating
transcription factor 4 (ATF4) as an Nrf2-interacting protein. Implication for heme
oxygenase-1 gene regulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276:20858-20865, 2001.
Hemelt BA, Begneaud WP, Finan MA: Is colposcopy always necessary with atypical glandular
cells of undetermined significance on Papanicolaou smears? Primary Care Update for
Ob/Gyns 8:18-21, 2001.
Hicks TC. Fistula-in-ano. In: Frühmorgen P, Bruch H-P (eds). Non-neoplastic Diseases of the
Anorectum: An Interdisciplinary Approach, vol. 118 of Falk Symposium (book series).
Lancaster, UK: Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2001:205-217.
Inguaggiato P, Gonzalez-Michaca L, Croatt AJ, Haggard JJ, Alam J, Nath KA: Cellular
overexpression of heme oxygenase-1 up-regulates p21 and confers resistance to apoptosis.
Kidney International 60:2181-2191, 2001.
Jacob S: The pros and cons of web-based distance education in nursing. Distance Education in the
Health Sciences (Readings in Distance Education) No. 8:71-77, 2001.
Jayarag K, Davis ED, McNeill D: New therapies for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ochsner Journal
3:138-143, 2001.
Jenkins JS, Collins TJ, Ramee SR, White CJ: Global revascularization. Ochsner Journal 3:70-77,
2001.
Jenkins JS, White CJ, Ramee SR, Collins TJ, Chilakamarri VK, McKinley KL, Jain SP: Vertebral
artery stenting. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention 54:1-5, 2001.
Jones DW, Frohlich ED, Grim CM, Grim CE, Taubert KA: Mercury sphygmomanometers should
not be abandoned: An advisory statement from the Council for High Blood Pressure
Research, American Heart Association. Hypertension 37:185-186, 2001.
Justice CM, Den Z, Nguyen SV, Stoneking M, Deininger PL, Batzer MA, Keats BJ: Phylogenetic
analysis of the Friedreich ataxia GAA trinucleotide repeat. Journal of Molecular Evolution
52:232-238, 2001.
Kardinal CG, Cole JT: Chemotherapy of breast cancer. In: Perry MC (ed). The Chemotherapy
Source Book, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001:647-689.
Kazi AA, Blonde L: Classification of diabetes mellitus. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 21:1-13,
2001.
Khasani S, Ramee SR, Felberg RA; Ochsner Acute Stroke Intervention Service (OASIS). Therapy
of postoperative stroke: report of intra-arterial thrombolysis of a hyperacute embolic stroke
5 days following CABG. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 54:339-341,
2001.
2001-9.
King TA, Farr GH Jr, Cederbom GJ, Smetherman DH, Bolton JS, Stolier AJ, Fuhrman GM: A
mass on breast imaging predicts coexisting invasive carcinoma in patients with a core
biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ. American Surgeon 67:907-912, 2001.
King TA, Fuhrman GM: Image-guided breast biopsy. Seminars in Surgical Oncology
20:197-205, 2001.
King TA, Hayes DH, Cederbom GJ, Champaign JL, Smetherman DH, Farr GH, Bolton JS,
Fuhrman GM: Biopsy technique has no impact on local recurrence after breast conserving
therapy. Breast Journal 7:19-24, 2001.
Kot JB, Van Meter CH. “Piggy-back” placement of supra-annular mitral valve. Austin, TX:
Sulzer Carbomedics, November 2001, 3 pp.
Krousel-Wood MA, Re RN, Abdoh A, Bradford D, Kleit A, Chambers R, Altobello C, Ginther B,
Gomez N: Patient and physician satisfaction in a clinical study of telemedicine in a
hypertensive patient population. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 7:206-211, 2001.
Krousel-Wood MA, Re RN, Abdoh A, Chambers R, Altobello C, Ginther B, Bradford D, Kleit A:
The effect of education on patients' willingness to participate in a telemedicine study.
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 7:281-287, 2001.
Krousel-Wood MA, Re RN, Abdoh A, Gomez N, Chambers RB, Bradford D, Kleit A: A method
to report utilization for quality initiatives in medical facilities. Ochsner Journal 3:200-206,
2001.
Lavie CJ, Milani RV: Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training programs in elderly
coronary patients. American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 10:323-327, 2001.
Lavie CJ, Milani RV: Niacin in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease.
American Journal of Cardiology 87:1137-1138, 2001.
Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Marks P, de Gruiter H: Exercise and the heart: Risks, benefits, and
recommendations for providing exercise prescriptions. Ochsner Journal 3:207-212, 2001.
Lee JR, Joshi V, Griffin JW Jr, Lasota J, Miettinen M: Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor:
Immunohistochemical and molecular identity with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
American Journal of Surgical Pathology 25:979-987, 2001.
Leier CV, Silver MA, Massie BM, Young JB, Fowler MB, Ventura HO, Hershberger RE.
Nuggets, pearls, and vignettes of master heart failure clinicians. Part 1—the medical
history. Congestive Heart Failure 7:245-249, 2001.
2001-10.
Leier CV, Young JB, Levine TB, Pina I, Armstrong PW, Fowler MB, Warner-Stevenson L, Cohn
JN, O’Connell JB, Bristow MR, Nicklas JM, Johnstone DE, Howlett J, Ventura HO, Giles
TD, Greenberg BH, Chatterjee K, Bourge RC, Yancy CW, Gottlieb SS. Nuggets, pearls,
and vignettes of master heart failure clinicians. Part 2—the physical examination.
Congestive Heart Failure 7:297-308, 2001.
Lepore MR Jr, Money SR: Complications related to percutaneous arterial access and arterial
closure devices. In: Yao JST, Pearce WH (eds). Current Techniques in Vascular Surgery.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001:381-388.
Lepore MR Jr, Sternbergh WC III, Salartash K, Tonnessen B, Money SR: Influence of
NASCET/ACAS trial eligibility on outcome after carotid endarterectomy. Journal of
Vascular Surgery 34:581-586, 2001.
Lindberg J: Treatment strategies for renal bone disease. Nephrology News Issues 15(9):21-24,
2001.
Lindberg J, Martin KJ, Gonzalez EA, Acchiardo SR, Valdin JR, Soltanek C: A long-term,
multicenter study of the efficacy and safety of paricalcitol in end-stage renal disease.
Clinical Nephrology 56:315-323, 2001.
Lindberg J, Slowik M, Figueroa JE, Husserl F, Copley B, Sadler R, Savoie J, Best J, Szerlip M,
Boudreaux D, Schulte K, French MA, Ross J, Traina D, Petitfils J, Jackson D, James C,
Sagastame R. Ochsner Healthy Start Renal Clinic: Guide to Understanding End Stage Renal
Disease. New Orleans, LA:Ochsner Publication, 2001:75 pages.
Lindberg JS: New vitamin D analogs. Seminars in Dialysis 14:229-230, 2001.
Lindberg JS, Sprague S: New insights into causes and treatment of nephrolithiasis. Journal of
Critical Illness 16:446-459, 2001.
Loss GE, Grewal HP: Transplant therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ochsner Journal
3:144-148, 2001.
Loss GE, Mason AL, Blazek J, Dick D, Lipscomb J, Guo L, Perrillo RP, Eason JD:
Transplantation of livers from HBc Ab positive donors into HBc Ab negative recipients: A
strategy and preliminary results. Clinical Transplantation 15(Suppl 6):55-58, 2001.
Loyalka P, Smart FW, Wiley JM, Ventura HO. Programas de insuficiencia cardiaca: Proveer su
cuidado costo-benefico. Revista Argentina de Medicina III(2):51-56, 2001.
Macon WR, Levy NB, Kurtin PJ, Salhany KE, Elkhalifa MY, Casey TT, et al: Hepatosplenic
alphabeta T-cell lymphomas: A report of 14 cases and comparison with hepatosplenic
gammadelta T-cell lymphomas. American Journal of Surgical Pathology 25:285-296,
2001.
2001-11.
Martin KJ, Gonzalez E, Lindberg JS, Taccetta C, Amdahl M, Malhotra K, Llach F: Paricalcitol
dosing according to body weight or severity of hyperparathyroidism: A double-blind,
multicenter, randomized study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases
38(5 Suppl 5):S57-S63, 2001.
Mason A: Viral induction of type 2 diabetes and autoimmune liver disease. Journal of Nutrition
131:2805S-2808S, 2001.
Mason AL, Alexander GJM: Viruses and diabetes: Is there something sweet about hepatitis C
infection? Ochsner Journal 3:158-163, 2001.
McDuffie RH, Struck L, Burshell A: Empowerment for diabetes management: Integrating true
self-management into the medical treatment and management of diabetes mellitus.
Ochsner Journal 3:149-157, 2001.
McFadden PM: Invited commentary. (Re: Yamashita K, Kazui T, Terada H, et al. Cerebral
oxygenation monitoring for total arch replacement using selective cerebral perfusion.)
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 72:508, 2001.
Mehra MR: Valvular heart disease: Introduction to a four-article symposium. Postgraduate
Medicine 110(2):27, 2001.
Mehra MR, Uber PA: The dilemma of late-stage heart failure. Rationale for chronic parenteral
inotropic support. Cardiology Clinics 19:627-636, 2001.
Mehra MR, Uber PA: Novel therapeutic strategies for heart failure. Emergency Medicine
33:53-63, 2001.
Mehra MR, Uber PA, Park MH, Prasad AK, Scott RL: A randomized comparison of an
immunosuppressive strategy using tacrolimus and cyclosporine in black heart transplant
recipients. Transplantation Proceeding 33:1606-1607, 2001.
Mehra MR, Uber PA, Park MH, Scott RL, Milani RV. Does HDL-cholesterol level predict clinical
outcome in advanced heart failure? Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 20:165,
2001.
Mehra MR, Uber PA, Scott RL, Prasad AK, Park MH: Racial differences in clinical outcome
using tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil immunosuppression in heart transplantation.
Transplantation Proceedings 33:1613-1614, 2001.
Messerli FH: Antihypertensive effects of losartan and candesartan (letter). Clinical Therapeutics
23:516, 2001.
Messerli FH: Antihypertensive therapy: Beta-blockers and diuretics – what is the evidence?
Journal of Clinical and Basic Cardiology 4:201-204, 2001.
2001-12.
Messerli FH: Antihypertensive therapy: Beta-blockers and diuretics—Why do physicians not
always follow guidelines? Congress of Nephrology in Internet www.uninet.edu/cin2001.
Messerli FH: Book review: Epstein M, Brunner HR (eds). Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists.
Philadelphia, PA: Hanley & Belfus, Inc, 2001, 384 pages. Journal of Human
Hypertension 15:507, 2001.
Messerli FH: Confusing press releases and the PREVENT study (letter). Circulation online only:
October 2001. Circulation 104:e95, 2001.
Messerli FH: Doxazosin and congestive heart failure (editorial). Journal of the American College
of Cardiology 38:1295-1296, 2001.
Messerli FH: Editor's comments. (Re: Lindholm et al: Comparison of antihypertensive treatment
in preventing cardiovascular events in elderly diabetic patients: Results from the Swedish
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