Selected recent publications:
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Dew MA, Dimartini AF, De Vito Dabbs A, Zomak R, De Geest S, Dobbels F, Myaskovsky L, Switzer GE, Unruh M, Steel JL, Kormos RL, McCurry KR. Adherence to the medical regimen during the first two years after lung transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Jan 27;85(2):193-202.
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Tsukui H, Abla A, Teuteberg JJ, McNamara DM, Mathier MA, Cadaret LM, Kormos RL. Cerebrovascular accidents in patients with a ventricular assist device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Jul;134(1):114-23.
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Slaughter MS, Tsui SS, El-Banayosy A, Sun BC, Kormos RL, Mueller DK, Massey HT, Icenogle TB, Farrar DJ, Hill JD; IVAD Study Group. Results of a multicenter clinical trial with the Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist Device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Jun;133(6):1573-80. Erratum in: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Sep;134(3):A34.
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Dew MA, DiMartini AF, De Vito Dabbs A, Myaskovsky L, Steel J, Unruh M, Switzer GE, Zomak R, Kormos RL, Greenhouse JB. Rates and risk factors for nonadherence to the medical regimen after adult solid organ transplantation. Transplantation. 2007 Apr 15;83(7):858-73.
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Sajjadian A, Valerio IL, Acurturk O, Askari MA, Sacks J, Kormos RL, Manders EK.
Omental transposition flap for salvage of ventricular assist devices. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Sep 15;118(4):919-26; discussion 927. -
Kobashigawa JA, Starling RC, Mehra MR, Kormos RL, Bhat G, Barr ML, Sigouin CS, Kolesar J, Fitzsimmons W. Multicenter retrospective analysis of cardiovascular risk factors affecting long-term outcome of de novo cardiac transplant recipients.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Sep;25(9):1063-9. -
Sharma MS, Webber SA, Morell VO, Gandhi SK, Wearden PD, Buchanan JR, Kormos RL. Ventricular assist device support in children and adolescents as a bridge to heart transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Sep;82(3):926-32.
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Myaskovsky L, Dew MA, McNulty ML, Switzer GE, DiMartini AF, Kormos RL, McCurry KR. Trajectories of change in quality of life in 12-month survivors of lung or heart transplant. Am J Transplant. 2006 Aug;6(8):1939-47.
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Wearden PD, Morell VO, Keller BB, Webber SA, Borovetz HS, Badylak SF, Boston JR, Kormos RL, Kameneva MV, Simaan M, Snyder TA, Tsukui H, Wagner WR, Antaki JF, Diao C, Vandenberghe S, Gardiner J, Li CM, Noh D, Paden D, Paden B, Wu J, Bearnson GB, Jacobs G, Kirk J, Khanwilkar P, Long JW, Miles S, Hawkins JA, Kouretas PC, Shaddy RE. The PediaFlow pediatric ventricular assist device. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2006;:92-8. Review.
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Sharma MS, Webber SA, Gandhi SK, Morell VO, Winowich S, Buchanan JR, Kormos RL. Pulsatile paracorporeal assist devices in children and adolescents with biventricular failure. ASAIO J. 2005 Sep-Oct;51(5):490-4.
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Simon MA, Kormos RL, Gorcsan J 3rd, Dohi K, Winowich S, Stanford E, Carozza L, Murali S. Differential exercise performance on ventricular assist device support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Oct;24(10):1506-12.
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Tsukui H, Teuteberg JJ, Murali S, McNamara DM, Buchanan JR, Winowich S, Stanford E, Mathier MA, Cadaret LM, Kormos RL. Biventricular assist device utilization for patients with morbid congestive heart failure: a justifiable strategy. Circulation. 2005 Aug 30;112(9 Suppl):I65-72.
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Simon MA, Kormos RL, Murali S, Nair P, Heffernan M, Gorcsan J, Winowich S, McNamara DM. Myocardial recovery using ventricular assist devices: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes. Circulation. 2005 Aug 30;112(9 Suppl):I32-6.
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Dew MA, Myaskovsky L, Switzer GE, DiMartini AF, Schulberg HC, Kormos RL.
Profiles and predictors of the course of psychological distress across four years after heart transplantation. Psychol Med. 2005 Aug;35(8):1215-27. -
Hershberger RE, Starling RC, Eisen HJ, Bergh CH, Kormos RL, Love RB, Van Bakel A, Gordon RD, Popat R, Cockey L, Mamelok RD.Daclizumab to prevent rejection after cardiac transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 30;352(26):2705-13.
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Stilley CS, Dew MA, Pilkonis P, Bender A, McNulty M, Christensen A, McCurry KR, Kormos RL. Personality characteristics among cardiothoracic transplant recipients.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2005 Mar-Apr;27(2):113-8.
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Email: kormosrl@upmc.edu