2017
Anesthesia for nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery
Sunaga H, Blasberg JD, Heerdt PM. Anesthesia for nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2017, 30: 1-6. PMID: 27906718, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnesthesiaHumansIntubation, IntratrachealPatient SelectionPostoperative Nausea and VomitingThoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
2008
In Response:
Amar D, Heerdt PM, Desiderio DP, Kolker AC. In Response:. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2008, 107: 1082. PMID: 18713935, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181865e5c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnesthesiologyEquipment DesignHumansIntubation, IntratrachealThoracic Surgical ProceduresTracheaTreatment OutcomePractice Patterns in Choice of Left Double-Lumen Tube Size for Thoracic Surgery
Amar D, Desiderio DP, Heerdt PM, Kolker AC, Zhang H, Thaler HT. Practice Patterns in Choice of Left Double-Lumen Tube Size for Thoracic Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2008, 106: 379-383. PMID: 18227288, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181602e41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-lumen tubeFr double lumen tubeLung isolationDLT repositioningThoracic surgeryDouble-lumen tube sizeSized double-lumen tubePilot studyIntraoperative outcome measuresLeft mainstem bronchusProspective pilot studyIntraoperative hypoxemiaAirway traumaTransient hypoxemiaFiberoptic bronchoscopyMainstem bronchusIntraoperative outcomesSimilar incidenceBronchial cuffDLT sizePractice patternsOutcome measuresSurgeryHypoxemiaPatients
2005
Anesthetic-Induced Alteration in Expression of Myocardial Calcium Cycling Proteins
Heerdt PM, H.S. The A, Markov NP. Anesthetic-Induced Alteration in Expression of Myocardial Calcium Cycling Proteins. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2005, 19: 340-344. PMID: 16130061, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.02.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalcium cycling proteinsCycling proteinsSarcolemmal sodium-calcium exchangerMolecular remodelingInduction of anesthesiaNew Zealand white rabbitsEnd-tidal halothaneGroups of rabbitsZealand white rabbitsSodium-calcium exchangerHalothane doseWestern blot analysisPerioperative interventionsTracheal intubationUniversity research laboratorySubtype 2aPrior treatmentWhite rabbits