Original Studies

Anderson C, Deepak V, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Zarich S. Benefits of Comprehensive In- Patient Education and Discharge Planning Combined with outpatient Support in Elderly Patients with Congestive Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2005;11:315-21.

Lampert R, Shusterman V, Burg M, Lee F, Earley C, Goldberg A, McPherson C, Batsford W, Soufer R. Effects of psychological Stress on repolarization and relationship to autonomic and hemodynamic factors. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2005;16:372-7.

Davids JS, McPherson CA, Earley C, Batsford WP, Lampert R. Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators:  A Patient Survey. Arch Phys Med and Rehab;2005;86:1924-8.

Goldberger ZD, Rosenfeld LE, Batsford WP, McPherson CA, Lampert RA. Cost Advantage of Dual versus Single Chamber Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:850-7.

Tilluckdharry L, Tickoo S, Manthous CA.  The effect of prolonged stay in the emergency department on outcomes of critically ill patients.  Am J Emerg Med 2005; May;23(3):336-9.

Upadya A, Muralidharan V, Tilluckdharry L, Obgata S, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.   Fluid balance and weaning outcomes.  Intensive Care Med  2005; 31(12):1643-7.

Manthous CA.  Comparing end-of-life statutes and the practices and attitudes of critical care practitioners.  Conn Med 2005;  69:  393-400.

Case Reports

Upadya A, Manthous CA.  Herpes simplex endobronchial mass.  Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 1117-1120.

Sachdeva R, Sivasankaran S, Fishman R, Zarich SW, McPherson CA. Coronary thrombosis related to Xenadrine Use. Tex Heart Inst J 2005;32:74-7.

Book Chapters/Review Articles

Zarich SW. The role of intensive glycemic control in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Cardiology Clinics 2005; 23:109-117.

Zarich S. Cardiovascular risk factors in the metabolic syndrome: Impact of insulin 

resistance on lipids, hypertension and the development of diabetes and cardiac events. 

Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2005;6(4):194-205.

Zarich S. Does metabolic syndrome impact outcome after acute myocardial infarction?    Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2005;1(1):2-3.

Abstracts

J. Albanese, N. Dainiak.  Ionizing radiation – induced transcriptional and translational upregulation of TNFRSFG and TNFSFG in a human bone marrow strained cell line: potential biomarkers for radiation exposure.  Presented in Denver, 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, October, 2005.

J. Albanese, V. Kristie, E. Forte, K. Kelley, N. Dainiak, J. L. Arnold. Building Connecticut’s clinical laboratory surge capacity to mitigate the health consequences of radiological and nuclear disasters. Presented in New Haven, New Haven, 1^st Yale New Haven International conference on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management, September,  2005. Prehospital and Dister Med – 20 (Supple 3): S156, 2005.

J. L. Arnold, V. Parwani, N. Dainiak, etal. Modifying the advanced disaster life support courses on DISASTER paradigm for in-hospital emergency response. Presented in New Haven, 1^st Yale New Haven International Conference on Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management. September, 2005. Prehospital and Diaster Med 20 (Supple 3) : S156, 2005.

Blendea D, Duncea C, Crisan S, Bedreaga M. Ianchis I, Marcu A, Zarich S. Changes in left ventricular function predict the onset of hypertension in adult normotensives with a family history of hypertensive disease: a seven year follow up study. Eur Heart J 2005 (presented at the European Congress of Cardiology Stockholm Sweden).

Upadya S, McPherson P, Hoq S, Banker J, Chu N, Lancaster G, Zarich S. Identifying Ventricular Synchrony: Comparison of pulsed doppler tissue imaging to other echocardiographic techniques. JACC 2005;1025-94:257A.

Upadya S, McPherson P, Hoq S, Banker J, Mudagol P, Lancaster G, Zarich, S. QRS duration does not predict ventricular dyssynchrony: A tissue doppler imaging study. JACC 2005;1136-271:117A.

Quintner S, Wright C, Wise A, Turner A, Zarich S. Women and Heart Disease Awareness: Examining the perception disconnect. Women, Heart Disease and Stroke 2005.

Blendea D, Duncea D, Crisan S, Bedreaga M, Vlaicu R, Zarich S. Left and right ventricular long axis function assessed by M-mode echocardiography during the process of onset of hypertension. J Amer Soc Echo 2005; 18 (5): 530.

Srinivasan J, Hoq MS, Upadya S, Tuohy E, Luciano A, Taikowski R, Zarich S. Case series of Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (Transient left ventricular apical ballooning)-Evaluation by myocardial perfusion echocardiography. Connecticut Medicine 2005 (69)2:85-86. (1^st prize for original case report poster presentation at the American College of Physicians-Connecticut Chapter and top 5 in National competition.

Abdullah A, b>Hoq S, Tickoo S, Chouhary R, Laifer S, Zarich S. Left Ventricular Systolic Function is Impaired During Pregnancy in Obese as Compared to Non-Obese Females. Circ 2005;112: 2171.

Upadya S, Srinivasan J, Mundakol P, Hoq S, Schussheim A, Luciano A, Zarich S. Apical Ballooning Syndrome is Likely due to Microvascular Disruption: A Perfusion Echocardiogram Study. Circ 2005; 112:3000.

Stopper MM, Jain D, Burg M, Joska T, McPherson C, Batsford W, Lampert R. electrophysiological characteristics of anger-triggered arrhythmias. Heart Rhythm 2005; 2:S1623.

Mahoney T, Clancy J, McPherson C, Rosenfeld L, Batsford W, Lampert R. Ejection fraction is a poor predictor of recurrent arrhythmias in patients receiving ICDs for primary prophylaxis. Heart Rhythm 2005;2:S244-5.

Moutantonakis SE, Moutzouris DA, McPherson CA. The impact of stress on heart rate variability of on-call physicians. Chest 2005;128:277S.

Nicolasora N, Pannala R, Shanmugan B, Mountantonakis S, DeGirolamo A, Kaapuraala K, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.  Hospitalized patients want to make decisions about life-sustaining therapies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005.

Tilluckdharry L, Tickoo S, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.  Outcomes of critically ill patients stratified by duration of emergency department length of stay.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005.  (Winner of the Connecticut Chapter ACP Original Science Poster Competition – 2005).

Peterson A, Muralidharan V, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA.  Gastric feeding as primary prophylaxis of major gastrointestinal hemorrhage in mechanically ventilated patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005.

Published Articles/Book Contributions

N Dainiak. Evolving role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in radiation injury: potentials and limitations. Brit J Radiol Supple 27, 169-174,2005.

N Dainiak,  S Schreyer, J Albanese. The search for mRNA biomarkers of exposure to radiation. Brit J Radiol Supple 27, 114-122, 2005.

N Dainiak. Radiation exposure module. PIER Project, American College of Physicians, Jan, 2005. http://pier.acponline.org

JL Arnold, L-M Dembry, M-C Tsai, N Dainiak, N. Rodoplu, DJ Schonfeld, V Parwani, J Paturas, C Cannon, S Selig.  Recommended modifications and applications of the hospital emergency incident command system for hospital emergency management.  Prehospital and Disaster Med 20: 290-300, 2005.

Other

Manthous CA.  Viox redux.  Am J Med 2005; 118; 1056-57.  

Thorevska N, Manthous CA.  Dynamic hyperinflation, intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure and respiratory rate.  Respir Care 2005; 50:  387.

Manthous CA.  Toward solving the critical care manpower crisis.  Respir Care 2006; (in press).  

Manthous CA.  Introducing the primer on medical ethics.  Chest 2006; (in press).