John Conte

Outcomes following surgical ventricular restoration for patients with clinically advanced congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class IV).

Use of A-Med Paraflow System for right heart support after heart transplantation.

Antithymocyte globulin is associated with complement deposition in cardiac transplant biopsies.

Identification of a gene expression profile that differentiates between ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy.

Gene expression analysis of ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy: shared and distinct genes in the development of heart failure.

Steady-state serum and intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of tigecycline.

Gene expression in giant cell myocarditis: Altered expression of immune response genes.

Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of surgical ventricular reconstruction.

Mild vs severe pulmonary hypertension before heart transplantation: different effects on posttransplantation pulmonary hypertension and mortality.

Impact of secondary pulmonary hypertension on lung transplant outcome.

Treatment of ventricular assist device driveline infection with vacuum-assisted closure system.

Antibody-mediated rejection in human cardiac allografts: evaluation of immunoglobulins and complement activation products C4d and C3d as markers.

Attenuation of DNA damage in canine hearts preserved by continuous hypothermic perfusion.

Intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of meropenem.

Mediastinal mass due to Aspergillus fumigatus after lung transplantation: a case report.

Surgical ventricular remodeling for multiterritory myocardial infarction: defining a new patient population.

Surgical ventricular remodeling for patients with clinically advanced congestive heart failure and severe left ventricular dysfunction.

Impact of donor lung organisms on post-lung transplant pneumonia.

Invited commentary.

Resuscitation and recovery from acute right ventricular failure using a percutaneous right ventricular assist device.

International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2006 update--a consensus report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of high-dose levofloxacin in healthy volunteer subjects.

Invited commentary.

Surgical ventricular restoration for advanced congestive heart failure: should pulmonary hypertension be a contraindication?

Clinical outcomes of noninfectious sternal dehiscence after median sternotomy.

Aortic root aneurysm due to donor cystic medial degeneration after heart-lung transplantation.

A long and bumpy road.

Lung transplantation in scleroderma compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Initial United States experience with the Paracor HeartNet myocardial constraint device for heart failure.

Impact of bilateral versus single lung transplantation on survival in recipients 60 years of age and older: analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing database.

Aortic valve replacement and concomitant coronary artery bypass: assessing the impact of multiple grafts.

Outcomes following surgical ventricular restoration in elderly patients with congestive heart failure.

Impact of lateral wall myocardial infarction on outcomes after surgical ventricular restoration.

Ventricular assist device placement following surgical ventricular restoration.

Intrapulmonary pharmacodynamics of high-dose levofloxacin in subjects with chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Use of a continuous-flow device in patients awaiting heart transplantation.

Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale for refractory hypoxemia after HeartMate II left ventricular assist device placement.

Reducing the incidence of atrial fibrillation.

Influence of pretransplant panel-reactive antibody on outcomes in 8,160 heart transplant recipients in recent era.

Invited commentary. Myocardial infarction leads to both immediate and delayed morbidity and mortality.

Impact of septal myocardial infarction on outcomes after surgical ventricular restoration.

Successful management of an unruptured mycotic coronary aneurysm.

Outcomes in bicaval versus biatrial techniques in heart transplantation: an analysis of the UNOS database.

Cellular immunity impaired among patients on left ventricular assist device for 6 months. Invited commentary.

Disparities in access to left ventricular assist device therapy.

Pretransplant panel reactive antibodies in human lung transplantation: an analysis of over 10,000 patients.

Prognostic value of left ventricular apical tissue removed for HeartMate II left ventricular assist device placement.

The impact of surgical ventricular restoration on mitral valve regurgitation.

Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without surgical ventricular restoration: a comparison.

Right heart dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation: a comparison of the pulsatile HeartMate I and axial-flow HeartMate II devices.

Surgical ventricular restoration versus cardiac transplantation: a comparison of cost, outcomes, and survival.

Increased mortality at low-volume orthotopic heart transplantation centers: should current standards change?

Impact of donor-to-recipient weight ratio on survival after heart transplantation: analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database.

Intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of posaconazole at steady state in healthy subjects.

Fusion of aortic valve commissures in patients supported by a continuous axial flow left ventricular assist device.

Lung transplantation in older patients with cystic fibrosis: analysis of UNOS data.

Aortic valve replacement in a diseased bicuspid valve eleven years after transplantation.

Population modeling and Monte Carlo simulation study of the pharmacokinetics and antituberculosis pharmacodynamics of rifampin in lungs.

Aspirin plus clopidogrel and risk of infection after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Effects of inhaled nitric oxide following lung transplantation.

Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm treated with surgical correction and concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting.

Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce reverse remodelling in chronic ischaemic cardiomyopathy.

Extended mechanical circulatory support with a continuous-flow rotary left ventricular assist device.

Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on survival after lung transplantation.

Surgical ventricular reconstruction.

Glenn shunt facilitated weaning of right ventricular mechanical support.

Heart transplantation for adults with congenital heart disease: analysis of the United network for organ sharing database.

The impact of center volume on survival in lung transplantation: an analysis of more than 10,000 cases.

Impact of donor-recipient race matching on survival after lung transplantation: analysis of over 11,000 patients.

Impact of recipient body mass index on organ allocation and mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation.

PDE5A inhibitor treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension after mechanical circulatory support.

The impact of donor-recipient sex matching on survival after orthotopic heart transplantation: analysis of 18 000 transplants in the modern era.

Quality of life and functional status in patients surviving 12 months after left ventricular assist device implantation.

Survival after single versus bilateral lung transplantation for high-risk patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

Advanced heart failure treated with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.

Factors indicative of long-term survival after lung transplantation: a review of 836 10-year survivors.

Lung allocation score predicts survival in lung transplantation patients with pulmonary fibrosis.

Evaluation of risk indices in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients.

Renal and hepatic function improve in advanced heart failure patients during continuous-flow support with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.

EuroSCORE predicts short- and mid-term mortality in combined aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass patients.

An indictment of the STICH trial: "True, true, and unrelated".

Post-operative heparin may not be required for transitioning patients with a HeartMate II left ventricular assist system to long-term warfarin therapy.

Continuous flow left ventricular assist device improves functional capacity and quality of life of advanced heart failure patients.

Intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of micafungin in adult lung transplant patients.

Post-cardiac transplant survival after support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: impact of duration of left ventricular assist device support and other variables.

The impact of race on survival after heart transplantation: an analysis of more than 20,000 patients.

Invited commentary.

Steady-state intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of posaconazole in lung transplant recipients.

The impact of recipient body mass index on survival after lung transplantation.

A North American, prospective, multicenter assessment of the Mitroflow aortic pericardial prosthesis.

Surgical mystery: where is the missing pituitary rongeur tip?

Low potassium dextran is superior to University of Wisconsin solution in high-risk lung transplant recipients.

The risk of ventricular-assist device infections differs by device type.

The STICH trial unravelled.

Insurance status is an independent predictor of long-term survival after lung transplantation in the United States.

Impact of the lung allocation score on resource utilization after lung transplantation in the United States.

Infectious complications after pulsatile-flow and continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.

Acute cholecystitis preceding mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm in a heart transplant recipient.

The impact of volume reduction on early and long-term outcomes in surgical ventricular restoration for severe heart failure.

Allograft cardiectomy and biventricular assist device placement as a salvage maneuver in a heart transplant recipient.

Effects of aspirin responsiveness and platelet reactivity on early vein graft thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Bleeding complications and blood product utilization with left ventricular assist device implantation.

Working formulation for the standardization of definitions of infections in patients using ventricular assist devices.

Results of the post-U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approval study with a continuous flow left ventricular assist device as a bridge to heart transplantation: a prospective study using the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support).

Mathematical modeling of pulmonary tuberculosis therapy: Insights from a prototype model with rifampin.

Association of operative time of day with outcomes after thoracic organ transplant.

Organ storage with University of Wisconsin solution is associated with improved outcomes after orthotopic heart transplantation.

Capnocytophagia canimorsus sepsis in an asplenic heart transplant candidate with a left ventricular assist system.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Brian B. Blades (1906-1977).

Effect of sensitization in US heart transplant recipients bridged with a ventricular assist device: update in a modern cohort.

Report of the 2010 society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery practice and manpower survey.

Creation of a quantitative recipient risk index for mortality prediction after cardiac transplantation (IMPACT).

Marital status improves survival after orthotopic heart transplantation.

Insurance and education predict long-term survival after orthotopic heart transplantation in the United States.

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections.

Development of a quantitative donor risk index to predict short-term mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation.

Institutional volume and the effect of recipient risk on short-term mortality after orthotopic heart transplant.

Portal venous air resulting in pneumocardia: a rare presentation of intestinal ischemia.

A novel method of measuring cardiac preservation injury demonstrates University of Wisconsin solution is associated with less ischemic necrosis than Celsior in early cardiac allograft biopsy specimens.

Identifying recipients at high risk for graft failure after heart retransplantation.

What predicts long-term survival after heart transplantation? An analysis of 9,400 ten-year survivors.

The pathophysiology of heart failure.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Alfred Blalock (1899-1964).

Factors associated with 5-year survival in older heart transplant recipients.

Orthotopic heart transplantation in patients with metabolic risk factors.

Acute kidney injury increases mortality after lung transplantation.

Nationwide outcomes of surgical embolectomy for acute pulmonary embolism.

Risk factors for early death in patients bridged to transplant with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices.

Contemporary etiologies, risk factors, and outcomes after pericardiectomy.

Should orthotopic heart transplantation using marginal donors be limited to higher volume centers?

Surgical repair of ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction: outcomes from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database.

Simple score to assess the risk of rejection after orthotopic heart transplantation.

Should patients 60 years and older undergo bridge to transplantation with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices?

Operative outcomes in mitral valve surgery: combined effect of surgeon and hospital volume in a population-based analysis.

Lung transplantation in patients 70 years old or older: have outcomes changed after implementation of the lung allocation score?

Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased mortality after heart transplantation.

Institutional factors beyond procedural volume significantly impact center variability in outcomes after orthotopic heart transplantation.

The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement.

The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation.

Cerebral blood flow autoregulation is preserved after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation.

Surgical ventricular restoration for the treatment of heart failure.

Pre-transplant malignancy: an analysis of outcomes after thoracic organ transplantation.

Ventricular assist device implantation in the elderly: nationwide outcomes in the United States.

Septuagenarians bridged to heart transplantation with a ventricular assist device have outcomes similar to younger patients.

Reply: To PMID 22626758.

Functional Status Is Highly Predictive of Outcomes After Redo Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of 390 Cases in the Modern Era.

Trends in repair of intact and ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in the United States: a population-based analysis.

Trends and outcomes of tricuspid valve surgery in North America: an analysis of more than 50,000 patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database.

Understanding variability in hospital-specific costs of coronary artery bypass grafting represents an opportunity for standardizing care and improving resource use.

General and acute care surgical procedures in patients with left ventricular assist devices.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Robert B. Wallace.

Autologous mesenchymal stem cells produce concordant improvements in regional function, tissue perfusion, and fibrotic burden when administered to patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: The Prospective Randomized Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (PROMETHEUS) trial.

Does recipient age impact functional outcomes of orthotopic heart transplantation?

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients with severe aortic stenosis at extreme risk for surgery.

Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding prosthesis.

Invited commentary.

An easily calculable and highly predictive risk index for postoperative renal failure after heart transplantation.

Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery.

IgG4-related disease of the aortic valve: a report of two cases and review of the literature.

Preoperative performance status impacts perioperative morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation.

A pharmacometric pulmonary model predicting the extent and rate of distribution from plasma to epithelial lining fluid and alveolar cells--using rifampicin as an example.

The survival benefit of simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation extends beyond dialysis-dependent patients.

2-Year Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgical or Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Timothy Joseph Gardner.

Trends, clinical outcomes, and cost implications of mitral valve repair versus replacement, concomitant with aortic valve replacement.

The STICH trial data: Keep it simple.

Hypotension After Cardiac Operations Based on Autoregulation Monitoring Leads to Brain Cellular Injury.

Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring with Ultrasound-Tagged Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Cardiac Surgery Patients.

2-Year Outcomes After Iliofemoral Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Deemed Extreme Risk for Surgery.

Left Atrial Thrombus Associated With Interatrial Septal Occluder 5 Years After Implantation.

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Floyd D. Loop (1936-2015).

Mini-aortic valve replacements are not associated with an increased incidence of patient-prosthesis mismatch: a propensity-scored analysis.

Perioperative optimal blood pressure as determined by ultrasound tagged near infrared spectroscopy and its association with postoperative acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients.

Magnetic resonance imaging is the future of transcatheter aortic valve replacement implantation … and always will be.

3-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Patients Who Underwent Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

The risk and extent of neurologic events are equivalent for high-risk patients treated with transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement.

Association of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors with Transfusion in Surgical Patients.

Blood Pressure Deviations From Optimal Mean Arterial Pressure During Cardiac Surgery Measured With a Novel Monitor of Cerebral Blood Flow and Risk for Perioperative Delirium: A Pilot Study.

Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: Does graft configuration affect outcome?

Relationship of Annular Sizing Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging and Clinical Outcomes After Self-Expanding CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Differential outcomes of type A dissection with malperfusion according to affected organ system.

Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation.

Outcomes in the Randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High Risk Trial in Patients With a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Score of 7% or Less.

Development and Validation of a Score to Predict the Risk of Readmission After Adult Cardiac Operations.

Variation in Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices During Cardiac Operations Among Centers in Maryland: Results From a State Quality-Improvement Collaborative.

Simulation-Based Training in Cardiac Surgery.

Experience With the Cardiac Surgery Simulation Curriculum: Results of the Resident and Faculty Survey.

Neurological Events Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Their Predictors: A Report From the CoreValve Trials.

Fairness in heart allocation.

Attributable harm of severe bleeding after cardiac surgery in hemodynamically stable patients.

Planned Versus Unplanned Reexplorations for Bleeding: A Comparison of Morbidity and Mortality.

Complications After Cardiac Operations: All Are Not Created Equal.

Phase of Care Mortality Analysis: A Unique Method for Comparing Mortality Differences Among Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Patients.

Early Extubation: A Proposed New Metric.

Lung Transplant Mortality Is Improving in Recipients With a Lung Allocation Score in the Upper Quartile.

Causes of death from the randomized CoreValve US Pivotal High-Risk Trial.

Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients.

The Paradoxical Relationship Between Donor Distance and Survival After Heart Transplantation.

Renal Failure After Cardiac Operations: Not All Acute Kidney Injury Is the Same.