Robert Kormos

Kashiyama, N., Kormos, R.L., Matsumura, Y., D'Amore, A., Miyagawa, S., Sawa, Y., & Wagner, W.R. (2022). Adipose-derived stem cell sheet under an elastic patch improves cardiac function in rats after myocardial infarction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 163(4), e261-e272.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.150.

Bourque, J.L., Liang, Q., Pagani, F.D., Zhang, M., Aaronson, K.D., Kormos, R.L., Likosky, D.S., & Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators. (2021). Durable mechanical circulatory support device use in the United States by geographic region and minority status. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 161(1), 123-133.e13.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.182.

Coyan, G.N., Pierce, B.R., Rhinehart, Z.J., Ruppert, K.M., Katz, W., Kilic, A., Kormos, R.L., & Sciortino, C.M. (2021). Impact of Pre-Existing Mitral Regurgitation Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 33(4), 988-995.Elsevier. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.12.007.

Dew, M.A., Hollenberger, J.C., Obregon, L.L., Hickey, G.W., Sciortino, C.M., Lockard, K.L., Kunz, N.M., Mathier, M.A., Ramani, R.N., Kilic, A., McNamara, D.M., Simon, M.A., Keebler, M.E., & Kormos, R.L. (2021). The Preimplantation Psychosocial Evaluation and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes During Mechanical Circulatory Support: What Information Is Most Prognostic?. Transplantation, 105(3), 608-619.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003287.

Guzman, S., Allegretti, A.L., Kormos, R.L., & Brienza, D.M. (2021). A comparison of air-cell and gel surgical table pads and an evaluation of the influence of pressure distribution and other factors on pressure injury prevention. J Tissue Viability, 30(1), 9-15.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2020.12.006.

Nayak, A., Hu, Y., Ko, Y.A., Mehta, A., Liu, C., Pennington, J., Xie, R., Cowger, J., Kirklin, J.K., Kormos, R.L., Simon, M.A., & Morris, A.A. (2021). Gender Differences in Mortality After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: A Causal Mediation Analysis Approach. ASAIO J, 67(6), 614-621.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001288.

Nayak, A., Hu, Y., Ko, Y.A., Steinberg, R., Das, S., Mehta, A., Liu, C., Pennington, J., Xie, R., Kirklin, J.K., Kormos, R.L., Cowger, J., Simon, M.A., & Morris, A.A. (2021). Creation and Validation of a Novel Sex-Specific Mortality Risk Score in LVAD Recipients. J Am Heart Assoc, 10(7), e020019.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.020019.

Pagani, F.D., Mehra, M.R., Cowger, J.A., Horstmanshof, D.A., Silvestry, S.C., Atluri, P., Cleveland, J.C., Lindenfeld, J., Roberts, G.J., Bharmi, R., Dalal, N., Kormos, R.L., & Rogers, J.G. (2021). Clinical outcomes and healthcare expenditures in the real world with left ventricular assist devices - The CLEAR-LVAD study. J Heart Lung Transplant, 40(5), 323-333.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.02.010.

Rame, J.E., Pagani, F.D., Kiernan, M.S., Oliveira, G.H., Birati, E.Y., Atluri, P., Gaffey, A., Grandin, E.W., Myers, S.L., Collum, C., Kormos, R.L., Kirklin, J.K., & Teuteberg, J.J. (2021). Evolution of Late Right Heart Failure With Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Association With Outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol, 78(23), 2294-2308.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.09.1362.

Seese, L., Movahedi, F., Antaki, J., Kilic, A., Padman, R., Zhang, Y., Kanwar, M., Burki, S., Sciortino, C., Keebler, M., Hirji, S., & Kormos, R. (2021). Delineating Pathways to Death by Multisystem Organ Failure in Patients With a Left Ventricular Assist Device. Ann Thorac Surg, 111(3), 881-888.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.164.

Aaronson, K.D., Stewart, G.C., Pagani, F.D., Stevenson, L.W., Palardy, M., McNamara, D.M., Mancini, D.M., Grady, K., Gorcsan, J., Kormos, R., Jeffries, N., Taddei-Peters, W.C., Richards, B., Khalatbari, S., Spino, C., Baldwin, J.T., Mann, D.L., & REVIVAL Investigators. (2020). Registry Evaluation of Vital Information for VADs in Ambulatory Life (REVIVAL): Rationale, design, baseline characteristics, and inclusion criteria performance. J Heart Lung Transplant, 39(1), 7-15.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.09.008.

Chandanabhumma, P.P., Fetters, M.D., Pagani, F.D., Malani, P.N., Hollingsworth, J.M., Funk, R.J., Aaronson, K.D., Zhang, M., Kormos, R.L., Chenoweth, C.E., Shore, S., Watt, T.M.F., Cabrera, L., & Likosky, D.S. (2020). Understanding and Addressing Variation in Health Care-Associated Infections After Durable Ventricular Assist Device Therapy: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc, 9(1), e14701.JMIR Publications. doi: 10.2196/14701.

Chandanabhumma, P.P., Fetters, M.D., Pagani, F.D., Malani, P.N., Hollingsworth, J.M., Funk, R.J., Aaronson, K.D., Zhang, M., Kormos, R.L., Chenoweth, C.E., Shore, S., Watt, T.M.F., Cabrera, L., & Likosky, D.S. (2020). Authorship Correction: Understanding and Addressing Variation in Health Care-Associated Infections After Durable Ventricular Assist Device Therapy: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc, 9(6), e18324.JMIR Publications. doi: 10.2196/18324.

Chonde, M., Escajeda, J., Elmer, J., Callaway, C.W., Guyette, F.X., Boujoukos, A., Sappington, P.L., Smith, A.J., Schmidhofer, M., Sciortino, C., & Kormos, R.L. (2020). Challenges in the development and implementation of a healthcare system based extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) program for the treatment of out of hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation, 148, 259-265.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.015.

Kagawa, H., Aranda-Michel, E., Kormos, R.L., Keebler, M., Hickey, G., Wang, Y., Mathier, M., & Kilic, A. (2020). Aortic Insufficiency After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Predictors and Outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg, 110(3), 836-843.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.12.030.

Kilic, A., Hickey, G., Mathier, M.A., Kormos, R.L., Sultan, I., Gleason, T.G., & Keebler, M.E. (2020). Outcomes of the First 1300 Adult Heart Transplants in the United States After the Allocation Policy Change. Circulation, 141(20), 1662-1664.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.045354.

Kilic, A., Seese, L., Pagani, F., & Kormos, R. (2020). Identifying Temporal Relationships Between In-Hospital Adverse Events After Implantation of Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices. J Am Heart Assoc, 9(8), e015449.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015449.

Kormos, R.L., Antonides, C.F.J., Goldstein, D.J., Cowger, J.A., Starling, R.C., Kirklin, J.K., Rame, J.E., Rosenthal, D., Mooney, M.L., Caliskan, K., Messe, S.R., Teuteberg, J.J., Mohacsi, P., Slaughter, M.S., Potapov, E.V., Rao, V., Schima, H., Stehlik, J., Joseph, S., Koenig, S.C., & Pagani, F.D. (2020). Updated definitions of adverse events for trials and registries of mechanical circulatory support: A consensus statement of the mechanical circulatory support academic research consortium. J Heart Lung Transplant, 39(8), 735-750.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.03.010.

Lockard, K.L., Dunn, E., Kunz, N., Pearsol, A., Schaub, R.D., Severyn, D.A., Lohmann, D., McCall, M., Morelli, B., Teuteberg, J.J., Kormos, R.L., Sciortino, C.M., & Dew, M.A. (2020). Evaluation of a Health Care Performance Improvement Initiative to Facilitate Optimal Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Ventricular Assist Device Support. Prog Transplant, 30(4), 376-381.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/1526924820958129.

Movahedi, F., Kormos, R.L., Lohmueller, L., Seese, L., Kanwar, M., Murali, S., Zhang, Y., Padman, R., & Antaki, J.F. (2020). Sequential Pattern Mining of Longitudinal Adverse Events After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform, 24(8), 2347-2358.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2019.2958714.

Salem, K.M., Abou Ali, A.N., Sue, E., Mohapatra, A., Eid, R.E., Kormos, R.L., Chaer, R.A., & Avgerinos, E.D. (2020). Maturation of arteriovenous fistulas in patients with ventricular assist devices. J Vasc Access, 21(2), 176-179.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/1129729819865706.

Chonde, M., Sappington, P., Kormos, R., Althouse, A., & Boujoukos, A. (2019). The Use of ECMO for the Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest or Postarrest Cardiogenic Shock Following In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A 10-Year Experience. J Intensive Care Med, 34(8), 615-621.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0885066617751398.

Fernandez, F.G., Shahian, D.M., Kormos, R., Jacobs, J.P., D'Agostino, R.S., Mayer, J.E., Kozower, B.D., Higgins, R.S.D., & Badhwar, V. (2019). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2019 Annual Report. Ann Thorac Surg, 108(6), 1625-1632.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.034.

Gulati, G., Grandin, E.W., Kennedy, K., Cabezas, F., DeNofrio, D.D., Kociol, R., Rame, J.E., Pagani, F.D., Kirklin, J.K., Kormos, R.L., Teuteberg, J., & Kiernan, M. (2019). Preimplant Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitor Use Is Associated With Higher Rates of Severe Early Right Heart Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail, 12(6), e005537.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.118.005537.

Kagawa, H., Coyan, G., Davis, K., Kilic, A., Hickey, G., Kormos, R., Mathier, M., Phillips, D., & Sciortino, C. (2019). Severe Dizziness and Syncope After HeartMate 3 Implantation Requiring Pump Exchange. Ann Thorac Surg, 108(3), e149-e151.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.067.

Kanwar, M.K., Lohmueller, L.C., Teuteberg, J., Kormos, R.L., Rogers, J.G., Benza, R.L., Lindenfeld, J., McIlvennan, C., Bailey, S.H., Murali, S., & Antaki, J.F. (2019). Risk Assessment in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device Across INTERMACS Profiles Using Bayesian Analysis. ASAIO J, 65(5), 436-441.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000910.

Kormos, R.L., Cowger, J., Pagani, F.D., Teuteberg, J.J., Goldstein, D.J., Jacobs, J.P., Higgins, R.S., Stevenson, L.W., Stehlik, J., Atluri, P., Grady, K.L., & Kirklin, J.K. (2019). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs database annual report: Evolving indications, outcomes, and scientific partnerships. J Heart Lung Transplant, 38(2), 114-126.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.11.013.

Kormos, R.L., Cowger, J., Pagani, F.D., Teuteberg, J.J., Goldstein, D.J., Jacobs, J.P., Higgins, R.S., Stevenson, L.W., Stehlik, J., Atluri, P., Grady, K.L., & Kirklin, J.K. (2019). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database Annual Report: Evolving Indications, Outcomes, and Scientific Partnerships. Ann Thorac Surg, 107(2), 341-353.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.11.011.

Madhani, S.P., Frankowski, B.J., Ye, S.H., Burgreen, G.W., Wagner, W.R., Kormos, R., D'Cunha, J., & Federspiel, W.J. (2019). In Vivo 5 Day Animal Studies of a Compact, Wearable Pumping Artificial Lung. ASAIO J, 65(1), 94-100.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000740.

Mahr, C., Thinh Pham, D., Mokadam, N.A., Silvestry, S.C., Cowger, J., Kiernan, M.S., D'alessandro, D.A., Coglianese, E.E., Faraz Masood, M., Kormos, R.L., Jacoski, M.V., & Teuteberg, J.J. (2019). Interpreting Neurologic Outcomes in a Changing Trial Design Landscape: An Analysis of HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device Using a Hybrid Intention to Treat Population. ASAIO J, 65(3), 293-296.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000931.

Orizondo, R.A., Cardounel, A.J., Kormos, R., & Sanchez, P.G. (2019). Artificial Lungs: Current Status and Future Directions. Current Transplantation Reports, 6(4), 307-315.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s40472-019-00255-0.

Pasupula, D.K., Siddappa Malleshappa, S.K., Bhatt, A.G., & Kormos, R.L. (2019). A case report of extramedullary haematopoiesis within left ventricle myocardium and apical thrombus in acute heart failure: diagnosis, treatment, and long-term outcome. In Cameli, M., Vágó, H., Milasinovic, D., Mukherjee, R., & Camm, C.F. (Eds.). Eur Heart J Case Rep, 3(2), ytz065.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytz065.

Sultan, I., Gleason, T.G., Kagawa, H., Keebler, M., Mathier, M., Kormos, R.L., & Kilic, A. (2019). The impact of centre volume on outcomes of orthotopic heart transplant in older recipients. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 29(4), 576-582.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivz148.

Thompson, M.P., Pagani, F.D., Liang, Q., Franko, L.R., Zhang, M., McCullough, J.S., Strobel, R.J., Aaronson, K.D., Kormos, R.L., Likosky, D.S., & Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators. (2019). Center Variation in Medicare Spending for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant Hospitalizations. JAMA Cardiol, 4(2), 153-160.American Medical Association (AMA). doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4717.

Bhama, J.K., Bansal, U., Winger, D.G., Teuteberg, J.J., Bermudez, C., Kormos, R.L., & Bansal, A. (2018). Clinical experience with temporary right ventricular mechanical circulatory support. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 156(5), 1885-1891.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.094.

Forest, S.J., Xie, R., Kirklin, J.K., Cowger, J., Xia, Y., Dipchand, A.I., Sivathasan, C., Merry, C., Lund, L.H., Kormos, R., Hannan, M.M., Nakatani, T., Jorde, U., & Goldstein, D.J. (2018). Impact of body mass index on adverse events after implantation of left ventricular assist devices: An IMACS registry analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant, 37(10), 1207-1217.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.06.004.

Kanwar, M.K., Lohmueller, L.C., Kormos, R.L., Teuteberg, J.J., Rogers, J.G., Lindenfeld, J., Bailey, S.H., McIlvennan, C.K., Benza, R., Murali, S., & Antaki, J. (2018). A Bayesian Model to Predict Survival After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. JACC Heart Fail, 6(9), 771-779.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2018.03.016.

Kormos, R.L. (2018). Extending the perspective on left ventricular assist device pump thrombosis to left ventricular assist device system thrombosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 155(1), e37-e38.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.09.079.

Kormos, R.L. (2018). Response by Kormos to Letter Regarding Article, "Left Ventricular Assist Device Malfunctions: It Is More Than Just the Pump". Circulation, 137(21), 2300-2301.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.033770.

Lander, M.M., Kunz, N., Dunn, E., Althouse, A.D., Lockard, K., Shullo, M.A., Kormos, R.L., & Teuteberg, J.J. (2018). Substantial Reduction in Driveline Infection Rates With the Modification of Driveline Dressing Protocol. J Card Fail, 24(11), 746-752.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.464.

Liang, Q., Ward, S., Pagani, F.D., Sinha, S.S., Zhang, M., Kormos, R., Aaronson, K.D., Althouse, A.D., Kirklin, J.K., Naftel, D., & Likosky, D.S. (2018). Linkage of Medicare Records to the Interagency Registry of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. Ann Thorac Surg, 105(5), 1397-1402.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.044.

Morgan, J.A., Kormos, R.L., Long, J.W., & Slaughter, M.S. (2018). Discussions in Cardiothoracic Treatment and Care: Mechanical Circulatory Support Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 30(1), 42-49.Elsevier. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.02.024.

Patil, M., Umanzor, F., Kormos, R., & Kumta, P.N. (2018). Platinum aptasensor wire arrays for cardiac biomarker detection. MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS, 15, 55-60.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2018.02.018.

Ward, S.T., Liang, Q., Pagani, F.D., Zhang, M., Kormos, R.L., Aaronson, K.D., Althouse, A.D., Nallamothu, B.K., & Likosky, D.S. (2018). A roadmap for evaluating the use and value of durable ventricular assist device therapy. J Heart Lung Transplant, 37(1), 146-150.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.06.008.

Chou, J., Bermudez, C., Kormos, R., & Teuteberg, J. (2017). Permanent Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices Use After Acute Stabilization for Cardiogenic Shock in Acute Myocardial Infarction. ASAIO J, 63(2), e13-e17.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000398.

Kanwar, M.K., Lohmueller, L.C., Kormos, R.L., Loghmanpour, N.A., Benza, R.L., Mentz, R.J., Bailey, S.H., Murali, S., & Antaki, J.F. (2017). Low Accuracy of the HeartMate Risk Score for Predicting Mortality Using the INTERMACS Registry Data. ASAIO J, 63(3), 251-256.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000494.

Khandhar, S.J., Althouse, A.D., Mulukutla, S., Kormos, R., Toma, C., Marroquin, O., Volz, E., Tefera, L., & Bermudez, C. (2017). Postoperative outcomes and management strategies for coronary artery disease in patients in need of a lung transplantation. Clin Transplant, 31(9).Wiley. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13026.

Kiernan, M.S., Grandin, E.W., Brinkley, M., Kapur, N.K., Pham, D.T., Ruthazer, R., Rame, J.E., Atluri, P., Birati, E.Y., Oliveira, G.H., Pagani, F.D., Kirklin, J.K., Naftel, D., Kormos, R.L., Teuteberg, J.J., & DeNofrio, D. (2017). Early Right Ventricular Assist Device Use in Patients Undergoing Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Incidence and Risk Factors From the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support. Circ Heart Fail, 10(10), e003863.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.003863.

Kirklin, J.K., Pagani, F.D., Kormos, R.L., Stevenson, L.W., Blume, E.D., Myers, S.L., Miller, M.A., Baldwin, J.T., Young, J.B., & Naftel, D.C. (2017). Eighth annual INTERMACS report: Special focus on framing the impact of adverse events. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(10), 1080-1086.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.07.005.

Kormos, R.L., McCall, M., Althouse, A., Lagazzi, L., Schaub, R., Kormos, M.A., Zaldonis, J.A., Sciortino, C., Lockard, K., Kuntz, N., Dunn, E., & Teuteberg, J.J. (2017). Left Ventricular Assist Device Malfunctions: It Is More Than Just the Pump. Circulation, 136(18), 1714-1725.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027360.

Madhani, S.P., Frankowski, B.J., Burgreen, G.W., Antaki, J.F., Kormos, R., D'Cunha, J., & Federspiel, W.J. (2017). In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a novel integrated wearable artificial lung. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(7), 806-811.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.02.025.

Maltais, S., Aaronson, K.D., Teuteberg, J.J., Slaughter, M.S., Najjar, S.S., Jeevanandam, V., Pham, D.T., McGee, E.C., Leadley, K., & Kormos, R.L. (2017). Adverse Event Rates Change Favorably Over Time for Patients Bridged With the HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO J, 63(6), 745-751.Wolters Kluwer. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000585.

Nayak, A., Neill, C., Kormos, R.L., Lagazzi, L., Halder, I., McTiernan, C., Larsen, J., Inashvili, A., Teuteberg, J., Bachman, T.N., Hanley-Yanez, K., McNamara, D.M., & Simon, M.A. (2017). Chemokine receptor patterns and right heart failure in mechanical circulatory support. J Heart Lung Transplant, 36(6), 657-665.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.12.007.

Singal, R.K., Jefferies, J.L., Kormos, R., & Arora, R.C. (2017). Mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the urgency to reanimate: Reconsidering the boundaries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 153(6), 1371-1372.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.010.

Althouse, A.D., Raffa, G.M., & Kormos, R.L. (2016). Your Results, Explained: Clarity Provided by Row Percentages Versus Column Percentages. Ann Thorac Surg, 101(1), 15-17.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.09.015.

Ikonomidis, J.S., Ad, N., Aldea, G.S., Argenziano, M., Galloway, A.C., Hagberg, R.C., Kormos, R.L., Lawton, J.S., Mihaljevic, T., Reece, T.B., & Tseng, E.E. (2016). Vascular Operations Performed by Cardiothoracic Surgeons: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Survey. Ann Thorac Surg, 102(2), 589-592.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.01.076.

Kirklin, J.K., Cantor, R., Mohacsi, P., Gummert, J., De By, T., Hannan, M.M., Kormos, R.L., Schueler, S., Lund, L.H., Nakatani, T., Taylor, R., & Lannon, J. (2016). First Annual IMACS Report: A global International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(4), 407-412.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.002.

Loghmanpour, N.A., Kormos, R.L., Kanwar, M.K., Teuteberg, J.J., Murali, S., & Antaki, J.F. (2016). A Bayesian Model to Predict Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. JACC Heart Fail, 4(9), 711-721.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.04.004.

Pagani, F.D., Aaronson, K.D., Kormos, R., Mann, D.L., Spino, C., Jeffries, N., Taddei-Peters, W.C., Mancini, D.M., McNamara, D.M., Grady, K.L., Gorcsan, J., Petrucci, R., Anderson, A.S., Glick, H.A., Acker, M.A., Eduardo Rame, J., Goldstein, D.J., Pamboukian, S.V., Miller, M.A., Timothy Baldwin, J., & REVIVE-IT Investigators. (2016). The NHLBI REVIVE-IT study: Understanding its discontinuation in the context of current left ventricular assist device therapy. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(11), 1277-1283.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.09.002.

Rosenthal, D.N., Almond, C.S., Jaquiss, R.D., Peyton, C.E., Auerbach, S.R., Morales, D.R., Epstein, D.J., Cantor, R.S., Kormos, R.L., Naftel, D.C., Butts, R.J., Ghanayem, N.S., Kirklin, J.K., & Blume, E.D. (2016). Adverse events in children implanted with ventricular assist devices in the United States: Data from the Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (PediMACS). J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(5), 569-577.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.03.005.

Schwartzman, D., Badhwar, V., Kormos, R.L., Smith, J.D., Campbell, P.G., & Weiss, L.E. (2016). A Plasma-Based, Amiodarone-Impregnated Material Decreases Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation in a Post-Cardiac Surgery Model. Innovations (Phila), 11(1), 59-63.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000240.

Shah, D.K., Deo, S.V., Althouse, A.D., Teuteberg, J.J., Park, S.J., Kormos, R.L., Burkhart, H.M., & Morell, V.O. (2016). Perioperative mortality is the Achilles heel for cardiac transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease: Evidence from analysis of the UNOS registry. J Card Surg, 31(12), 755-764.Hindawi. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12857.

Stevenson, L.W., Kormos, R.L., Young, J.B., Kirklin, J.K., & Hunt, S.A. (2016). Major advantages and critical challenge for the proposed United States heart allocation system. J Heart Lung Transplant, 35(5), 547-549.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.04.001.

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Griffith, B.P., Kormos, R.L., Hardesty, R.L., Armitage, J.M., & Dummer, J.S. (1988). The artificial heart: infection-related morbidity and its effect on transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg, 45(4), 409-414.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)90014-5.

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Kormos, R.L., Donato, W., Hardesty, R.L., Griffith, B.P., Kiernan, J., & Trento, A. (1988). The influence of donor organ stability and ischemia time on subsequent cardiac recipient survival. Transplant Proc, 20(1 Suppl 1), 980-983.

McKoy, R.C., Uretsky, B.F., Kormos, R., Hardesty, R.L., Griffith, B.P., & Salerni, R. (1988). Left ventricular hypertrophy in cyclosporine-induced systemic hypertension after cardiac transplantation. Am J Cardiol, 62(16), 1140-1142.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90570-x.

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