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Publications

Guglin M, Zucker MJ, Borlaug BA, Breen E, Cleveland J, Johnson MR, Panjrath GS, Patel J, Starling RC, and Bozkurt B.  A Guide to Evaluation for Heart Transplantation and LVAD Implantation.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 75:1471-1487zz

DiVita M, Visveswaran GK, Makam K, Peyman N, Cohen M, Kapoor S, Saunders CR, Zucker MJ. Emergent Tandem Heart-ECMO for severe mitral regurgitation with cardiogenic shock and hypoxemia:  A case series.  Eur Ht J Case Report 2020; 4:1-6.

Baran DA, Rao P, Deo D, Zucker MJ. Differential gene expression in non-adherent heart transplant survivors: implications for regulatory t-cell expression. Clin Transpl 2020; Feb 19. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13834. [Epub ahead of print]

Harhash AA, Cassuto J, Hussein A, Achu E, Zucker MJ, Goldschmidt M, Alpert JS, Baran DA.  Safety of outpatient milrinone infusion in end stage heart failure: ICD-level data on atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Am J Med. 2019 Dec 26. pii: S0002-9343(19)31104-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.11.023.

Okoh AK, Chan O, Schultheis M, Fugar S, Kang N, Kaplon S, Karanam R, Russo M, Zucker M, Camacho M. Racial disparities and outcomes after left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to transplantation or destination therapy.  Innovations (Phila) 2019 May 3:1556984519836862. doi: 10.1177/1556984519836862. [Epub ahead of print]

Guglin M, Zucker MJ, Bazan VM, Bozkurt, El Banyosoy A, Estep JD, Gurley J, Nelson K, Maylala R, Panjrath GS, Zwischenberger JB, Pinney SP. Venoarterial ECMO for Adults – A JACC Scientific Expert Panel.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2019; 73:698-716

Zucker MJ. Rebuttal: Should wireless pulmonary artery hemodynamic monitoring be used to monitor patients with pulmonary hypertension? Chest 152:19-20, 2017

Zucker MJ Should wireless pulmonary artery hemodynamic monitoring be used to monitor patients with pulmonary hypertension? YES. Chest 152:13-15, 2017 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2016.12.011.

Ware JS, Li J, Mazaika E, Yasso CM, DeSouza T, Cappola TP, Tsai EJ, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Kamiya CA, Mazzorotto F, Cook SA, Halder I, Prasad SK, Pisarcik J, Hanley-Yanez K, Alharethi R, Damp J, Hsich E, Elkayam U, Sheppard R, Kealey A, Alexis J, Ramani G, Safirstein J, Boehmer J, Pauly DF, Wittstein IS, Thohan V, Zucker MJ, Liu P, Gorcsan J, McNamara DM, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Arany Z, for the IMAC-2 and IPAC investigators.  Shared genetic predisposition in peripartum and dilated cardiomyopathies.  NEJM 374:233-41, 2016 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505517

Sheppard R, Hsich E, Damp J, Elkayam U, Kealey A, Ramani G, Zucker M, Alexis JD, Horne BD, Hanley-Yanez K, Pisarcik J, Halder I, Fett JD, McNamara DM, for the IPAC Investigators.  GNB3 C825T polymorphism and myocardial recovery in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results of the multicenter IPAC study.  Circ Ht Fail 2016;9:e002683. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002683

Lo SC, Hung GC, Li B, Lei H, Li T, Nagamine K, Tsai S, Zucker MJ, Olesnicky L. Mixed group of rhizobiales microbes in lung and blood of a patient with fatal pulmonary illness.  Int J Clin Exp Pathol 8:13834-52, 2015

Wang L, Zucker MJ, Cohen M, Baran DA, Camacho M, Gidea C, Zheng H, Amponash M, Chen C. Pre-operative speckle-tracking imaging to predict the need for right ventricular support in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation. J Cardiovasc Disease Research 6:1-11, 2015 doi:10.5530/jcdr.2015.1.1

Ardehali A, Esmailian F, Deng M, Soltesz E, Hsich E, Naka Y, Mancini D, Camacho M, Zucker M, Leprince P, Padera R, Kobashigawa J for the PROCEED II Trial Investigators.  Ex-vivo perfusion of donor hearts for human heart transplantation (PROCEED II): a prospective, open-label, multicenter, randomized non-inferiority trial.  Lancet April 15, 2015; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60261-6

Meyer DM, Rogers JG, Edwards LG, Callahan ER, Webber SA, Johnson MR, Vega JD, Zucker MJ, Cleveland JC Jr.  The future direction of the adult heart allocation system in the United States.  Am J Transplant 15:44-54, 2015

Moazami N, Steffen RJ, Naka Y, Jorde U, Bailey S, Murali S, Camacho MT, Zucker M, Marascalco PJ, Rao V, Feldman D: SUSTAIN Investigators.  Lessons learned from the first fully magnetically levitated centrifugal LVAD trial in the United States;: the DuraHeart trial.  Ann Thorac Surg 98:541-47, 2014

Russo MJ, Gidea C, Karanam R, Baran DA, Saunders CR, Zucker MJ, Camacho MT.  Successful management of thrombosis of the proximal aorta after implantation with a biventricular assist device.  J Extra Corpor Technol 4:310-13, 2014

Lo S-C, Li B, Hung G-C, Lei H, Li T, Zhang J, Nagamine K, Tsai S, Zucker MJ, Olesnicky.  Isolation and charactizeration of two novel bacteria Afipia cberi and Mesorhizobium hominis from blood of a patient afflicted with fatal pulmonary illness. PLoS ONE 8(12): e82673. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082673 – 12/18/13

Goldstein, DJ, John R, Salerno C, SIlvestry S, Moazami N, Horstmanshof D, Adamson R, Boyle A, Zucker M, Rogers J, Russell S, Long J, Pagani F, Jorde U. Algorithm for the diagnosis and management of suspected pump thrombus. J Ht Lung Transp 32:667-70, 2013 doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.05.002

Boehmer JP, Starling RC, Cooper LT, Torre-Amione G, Wittstein I, Dec GW, Markham DW, Zucker MJ, Gorcsan III J,  McTiernan C,  Kip K, McNamara D. Left ventricular assist device support and myocardial recovery in recent onset cardiomyopathy. J Cardiac Fail 18:755-61, 2012

Sheppard R, Mather PJ, Alexis JD, Starling RC, Boehmer JP, Thohan V, Pauly DF, Markham DW, Zucker M, Kip KE, McNamara D. Implantable cardiac defibrillators and sudden death in recent onset non-ischemic cardiomyopathy – results of  IMAC2.  J Cardiac Fail 18:675-81, 2012

Redeker NS, Adams L, Berkowitz R, Blank L, Freudenberger R, Gilbert M, Walsleben J, Zucker MJ, Rapoport D: Nocturia, sleep and daytime function in stable heart failure. J Cardiac Fail 18:569-75, 2012

Cooper LT, Mather PJ, Alexis JD, Pauly DF, Torre-Amione, G, Wittstein IS, Dec GW, Zucker M, Narula J, Kip K, McNamara DM for the IMAC 2 Investigators: Myocardial recovery in peripartum cardiomyopathy: prospective comparison with recent onset cardiomyopathy in men and nonperipartum women. J Cardiac Fail 18:28-33, 2012

Potapov E, Meyer D, Swaminathan M, Ramsay M, El Banayosy A, Diehl C, Veyunovich B, Gregoric ID, Kukuchka M, Gromann TW, Mraczin N, Chittuluru K, Baldassarre J, Zucker MJ, Hetzer R: Inhaled nitric oxide after left ventricular assist device implantation: A prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial. J Ht Lung Transp 8:870-878, 2011

Wolski K, Olesnicky L, Qian F, Gass AL, Cohen M: A prospective randomized trial of single versus dual drug immunosuppression in heart transplantation: The tacrolimus in combination, tacrolimus alone compared (TICTAC) trial.  Circ Heart Fail 4:129-137, 2011

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