2011
A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance
Popescu WM, Bell R, Duffy AJ, Katz KH, Perrino AC. A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2011, 25: 943-949. PMID: 21232976, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnesthesia, InhalationBlood PressureCardiac OutputEchocardiographyEchocardiography, TransesophagealFemaleGastric BypassHeart DiseasesHeart Function TestsHeart RateHemodynamicsHumansLaparoscopyMaleMiddle AgedMitral ValveObesity, MorbidPilot ProjectsPneumoperitoneum, ArtificialPostureStroke VolumeVascular ResistanceConceptsDiastolic dysfunctionAbdominal insufflationCardiac performanceSystolic dysfunctionSevere obesityHeart diseaseLaparoscopic surgeryLaparoscopic gastric bypass surgerySingle-center university hospitalReverse Trendelenburg positionSignificant heart diseaseGastric bypass surgeryTotal systemic resistanceArterial blood pressureCoronary artery diseaseEffects of pneumoperitoneumInduction of anesthesiaFractional area changeImpaired cardiac performanceRelative young ageSurgical pneumoperitoneumBypass surgeryDiastolic functionObese patientsArtery disease
2003
Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery
Esposito CJ, Popescu WM, Rinder HM, Schwartz JJ, Smith BR, Rinder CS. Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2003, 90: 1128-1134. PMID: 14652647, DOI: 10.1160/th03-04-0226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral vascular diseasePeripheral vascular surgeryGraft occlusionLeukocyte-platelet adhesionOcclusion groupPlatelet turnoverVascular surgeryPMN activationPeripheral vascular surgery patientsLower extremity peripheral vascular diseaseEtiology of thrombosisVascular surgery patientsLate graft occlusionEarly postoperative periodSurface CD11b expressionProgression of atherosclerosisGraft lossPVD patientsGraft patientsPostoperative dayPostoperative periodSurgery patientsAcute thrombosisGraft patencyVascular disease