Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in blast-exposed military veterans and a blast neurotrauma mouse model

…, CA Tagge, XL Zhang, L Velisek, JA Sullivan… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Blast exposure is associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI), neuropsychiatric symptoms,
and long-term cognitive disability. We examined a case series of postmortem brains from US …

Coronary bypass surgery performed off pump does not result in lower in-hospital morbidity than coronary artery bypass grafting performed on pump

JF Légaré, KJ Buth, S King, J Wood, JA Sullivan… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— There is increasing evidence that cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be
responsible for the morbidity associated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. …

A NMDA receptor glycine site partial agonist, GLYX-13, simultaneously enhances LTP and reduces LTD at Schaffer collateral–CA1 synapses in hippocampus

X Zhang, JA Sullivan, JR Moskal, PK Stanton - Neuropharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors (NMDARs) are a key route for Ca 2+ influx into
neurons important to both activity-dependent synaptic plasticity and, when uncontrolled, …

[HTML][HTML] St Jude Medical Epic porcine bioprosthesis: results of the regulatory evaluation

…, VR Kshettry, KW Jones, TE David, JA Sullivan… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The St Jude Medical Epic heart valve (St Jude Medical, Inc, St Paul, Minn)
is a tricomposite glutaraldehyde-preserved porcine bioprosthesis. The St Jude Medical …

Is it safe to train residents to perform cardiac surgery?

…, CH Friesen, GM Hirsch, DB Ross, JA Sullivan - The Annals of thoracic …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background. The impact of surgical training on patient outcomes in cardiac surgery is
unknown. Methods. All cases performed by residents from 1998 to 2001 were compared to staff …

Identifying patients at risk of intraoperative and postoperative transfusion in isolated CABG: toward selective conservation strategies

RC Arora, JF Légaré, KJ Buth, JA Sullivan… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Allogeneic blood product use during cardiac operation is often reported to
exceed 40% despite published guidelines and costly blood conservation strategies. We …

Waiting for cardiac surgery: results of a risk-stratified queuing process

AA Ray, KJ Buth, JA Sullivan, DE Johnstone… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre uses a weekly peer-review
conference of cardiovascular experts to prioritize each surgical case to 1 of 4 queues with the …

Intraoperative graft flow measurements during coronary artery bypass surgery predict in-hospital outcomes

C Herman, JA Sullivan, K Buth… - … and thoracic surgery, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Transit-time flowmetry enables immediate intraoperative assessment of blood flow parameters
in coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). The present study assesses the predictive value …

Evidence of type 2 herpes simplex infection in human coronary arteries at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery.

…, GA Klassen, DA Murphy, JA Sullivan… - The Canadian journal …, 1995 - europepmc.org
Objective To examine histologically biopsies from the coronary arteries of patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for evidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-…

[BOOK][B] John L. Sullivan and His America

MT Isenberg - 1994 - books.google.com
… : no longer John Sullivan of Boston, he had long since been instantly recognized as "John
L."… the presidential victory of John F. Kennedy in 1960. No, the answers lie somewhere in what …