Herbert B. Ward

Repetitive supply-demand ischemia with dobutamine increases glucose uptake in postischemic and remote myocardium.

Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery.

Coronary artery bypass grafting is superior to percutaneous coronary intervention in prevention of perioperative myocardial infarctions during subsequent vascular surgery.

Prognostic significance of elevated cardiac troponin I after heart surgery.

The energetic state within hibernating myocardium is normal during dobutamine despite inhibition of ATP-dependent potassium channel opening with glibenclamide.

Utility of N-acetylcysteine to prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Diagnostic coronary angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a sub-study of the Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis Trial.

Usefulness of revascularization of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease before elective vascular surgery for abdominal aortic and peripheral occlusive disease.

Dose dependent effect of statins on postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery among patients treated with beta blockers.

Perioperative complications after vascular surgery are predicted by the revised cardiac risk index but are not reduced in high-risk subsets with preoperative revascularization.

Preoperative pulmonary function and mortality after cardiac surgery.

Culprit coronary lesions requiring percutaneous coronary intervention after vascular surgery often arise from in-stent restenosis of bare metal stents.

Preoperative coronary artery revascularization and long-term outcomes following abdominal aortic vascular surgery in patients with abnormal myocardial perfusion scans: a subgroup analysis of the coronary artery revascularization prophylaxis trial.

Continued depression of maximal oxygen consumption and mitochondrial proteomic expression despite successful coronary artery bypass grafting in a swine model of hibernation.

Altered Expression of Mitochondrial Electron Transport Proteins and Improved Myocardial Energetic State During Late Ischemic Preconditioning.

Uncoupling protein-2 expression and effects on mitochondrial membrane potential and oxidant stress in heart tissue.

Utility of nuclear stress imaging for detecting coronary artery bypass graft disease.

Reduced expression of mitochondrial electron transport chain proteins from hibernating hearts relative to ischemic preconditioned hearts in the second window of protection.

Completeness of coronary revascularization and survival: Impact of age and off-pump surgery.

Perioperative outcomes after on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Expression of uncoupling protein-2 remains increased within hibernating myocardium despite successful coronary artery bypass grafting at 4 wk post-revascularization.

The Recovery of Hibernating Hearts Lies on a Spectrum: from Bears in Nature to Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Long-Term Outcomes of Patients Who Had Cardiac Arrest After Cardiac Operations.

Pioglitazone increases PGC1-α signaling within chronically ischemic myocardium.

Cardiac Strain in a Swine Model of Regional Hibernating Myocardium: Effects of CoQ10 on Contractile Reserve Following Bypass Surgery.

Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of cardiac function in a swine model of hibernating myocardium 3 months following bypass surgery.