Publications

• Contrada RJ, Goyal TM, Cather C, Rafalson L, Idler EL, Krause TJ. Psychosocial Factors in Outcomes of Heart Surgery: The Impact of Religious Involvement and Depressive Symptoms. Health Psychology. 2004, May, Vol. 23, No. 3, 227-238.
• Contrada RJ, Idler EL, Goyal TM, Cather C, Rafalson L, Krause TJ. Why Not Find Out Whether Religious Beliefs Predict Surgical Outcomes? If They Do, Why Not Find Out Way? Reply to Freeland (2004). Health Psychology. 2004, May, Vol. 23, No. 3, 243-246.
• Yan L, Zhang Q, Scholz PM, Weiss HR: Cyclic GMP protein kinase activity is reduced in thyroxine-induced hypertrophic cardiac myocytes. Clin Exp Pharma Physol 30:943-950, 2003 (August)
• Weiss HR, Gandhi, Scholz PM: Negative effect of nitric oxide on shortening-frequency relationship in cardiac myocytes is diminished after simulated ischemia-reperfusion. Basic Res Card 98: (2003) (August).
• Weiss HR, Lazar MJ, Punjabi K, Tse J, Scholz PM: Negative functional effects of cGMP are altered by cAMP phosphodiesterases in rabbit cardiac myocytes. Europ J Pharmacol 481 (2003) 25-31 (September)
• Su J, Zhang S, Tse J, Scholz PM, Weiss HR: Alterations in nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in ventricular myocytes from obese leptin-deficient mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 285(5), H2111-H2117, 2003 (November)
• Rodriguez R, Molino B, Weiss HR, Scholz PM: Negative metabolic and coronary flow effects of decreases in cAMP and increases in cGMP in control and renal hypertensive rabbit hearts. J Appl Physiol 97:439-445, 2004 (February)
• Anderson MB, Vasseur BG, Spotnitz AJ, Scholz PM, Krause TJ. Ventricular assist device support for acute graft failure following cardiac transplantation. J Cardiovasc Surg. October 2003; 44 (suppl. 1-5): 15.
• Anderson MB, Vasseur BG, Spotnitz AJ, Scholz PM, Krause TJ. Ventricular assist device support for acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock. J Cardiovasc Surg. October 2003; 44 (suppl. 1-5): 19.
• Anderson MB, Khaw K. Matonick J, Stoloff D. Pulsatility index variability along the length of saphenous vein grafts. J Cardiovasc Surg. October 2003; 44 (suppl. 1-5): 63.
• Vasseur BG, Anderson MB, Freudenberger R. Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a technical modification. Accepted for publication. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, June 2004.
• Freudenberger R, Lawrence-Nelson J, Boruchoff S, Anderson MB. Policies of U.S. heart transplant programs regarding transplantation of HIV positive patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. June 2004; 23 (6): 785.
• Anderson MB, Vasseur BG, Spotnitz AJ, Scholz PM, Krause TJ. On-pump beating heart CABG in hemodynamically unstable patients. J Cardiovasc Surg. October 2003; 44 (suppl.1-5): 37.
• Anderson MB, Vasseur BG, Spotnitz AJ, Scholz PM, Krause TJ. Common femoral artery cannulation for Abiomed BVS 5000 left ventricular assist device support. Accepted for publication. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, June 2004.
• Moalem J, Davidov, T, Katz E, Weiss HR, Scholz PM: Atrial natriuretic peptide reverses the effects of stunning in rabbit myocardium. Experimental Biology, April, 2004
• Zhang Q, He Y, Tse J, Scholz PM, Weiss HR: Effects of natriuretic peptides on ventricular myocyte contractility and role of cGMP-medicated signaling pathway. Experimental Biology, April, 2004.
• Su J, Scholz PM, Weiss HR: Differential effects of cyclic GMP produced by soluble and particulate guanylyl cyclase on mouse ventricular myocytes. Experimental Biology, April, 2004.