Journal Articles

1. Eksinar S, Gedevanishvili A, Koroglu M, Afzal A, Oto A, Conti V, Lick SD, Bungo MW. Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery in pulmonary hypertension. Jbr-Btr 2005;88(4):190-2.

2. He N, Li C, Zhang X, Sheng T, Chi S, Chen K, Wang Q, Vertrees R, Logrono R, Xie J. Regulation of lung cancer cell growth and invasiveness by beta-TRCP. Mol Carcinog 2005;42(1):18-28.

3. Helmy TA, Nicholson WJ, Lick S, Uretsky BF. Contained myocardial rupture: a variant linking complete and incomplete rupture. Heart 2005;91(2):e13.

4. Lick SD. RESTORE--from deduction to leap of faith. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46(3):562; author reply 562-3.

5. Lick SD, Edozie SN, Woodside KJ, Conti VR. Streptococcus viridans endocarditis from tongue piercing. J Emerg Med 2005;29(1):57-9.

6. Mandava P, Lick SD, Rahman MA, Langsjoen H, Reddy KV, Nelson J, Kent TA. Initial safety experience of abciximab and heparin for acute ischemic stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2005;19(4):276-8.

7. Vertrees RA, Das GC, Coscio AM, Xie J, Zwischenberger JB, Boor PJ. A mechanism of hyperthermia-induced apoptosis in ras-transformed lung cells. Mol Carcinog 2005;44(2):111-21.

8. Vertrees RA, Das GC, Popov VL, Coscio AM, Goodwin TJ, Logrono R, Zwischenberger JB, Boor PJ. Synergistic Interaction of Hyperthermia and Gemcitabine in Lung Cancer. Cancer Biol Ther 2005;4(10).

9. Wang D, Lick SD, Campbell KM, Loran DB, Alpard SK, Zwischenberger JB, Chambers SD. Development of ambulatory arterio-venous carbon dioxide removal (AVCO2R): the downsized gas exchanger prototype for ambulation removes enough CO2 with low blood resistance. Asaio J 2005;51(4):385-9.

10. Carmichael KD, Longo A, Lick S, Swischuk L. Posterior sternoclavicular epiphyseal fracture-dislocation with delayed diagnosis. Skeletal Radiol 2006;35(8):608-12.

11. Conti V, Lick SD. Cardiac surgery in the elderly: indications and management options to optimize outcomes. Clin Geriatr Med 2006;22(3):559-74.

12. Duarte AG, Sattar F, Granwehr B, Aronson JF, Wang Z, Lick S. Disseminated acanthamoebiasis after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006;25(2):237-40.

13. Gong B, Asimakis GK, Chen Z, Albrecht TB, Boor PJ, Pappas TC, Bell B, Motamedi M. Whole-body hyperthermia induces up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor accompanied by neovascularization in cardiac tissue. Life Sci 2006;79(19):1781-8.

14. Kollar A, Lick SD, Vasquez KN, Conti VR. Relationship of atrial fibrillation and stroke after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: when is anticoagulation indicated? Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82(2):515-23.

15. Rangasetty UC, Raza S, Lick S, Uretsky BF, Birnbaum Y. Chronic pseudoaneurysm and coarctation of the aorta: A rare delayed complication of trauma. Tex Heart Inst J 2006;33(3):368-70.

16. Huang MH, Wang HQ, Roeske WR, Birnbaum Y, Wu Y, Yang NP, Lin Y, Ye Y, McAdoo DJ, Hughes MG, Lick SD, Boor PJ, Lui CY, Uretsky BF. Mediating delta-opioid-initiated heart protection via the beta2-adrenergic receptor: role of the intrinsic cardiac adrenergic cell. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007;293(1):H376-84.

17. Kollar A. Valve-sparing reconstruction within the native aortic root: integrating the Yacoub and the David methods. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83(6):2241-3.

18. Salinas G, Kumar D, Lick S, Vijayakumar V, Rahman M, Uretsky BF. Infective coronary aneurysms: a complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Tex Heart Inst J 2007;34(1):91-4.

19. Wang D, Zhou X, Lick SD, Liu X, Qian K, Zwischenberger JB. An ambulatory pulmonary and right heart assist device (OxyRVAD) in an ovine survival model. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007;26(10):974-9.

20. Woodside KJ, Lick SD. Alemtuzumab (Campath 1H) as successful salvage therapy for recurrent steroid-resistant heart transplant rejection. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007;26(7):750-2.