Selected recent publications:

• Petkova-Kirova PS, London B, Salama G, Rasmusson RL, and Bondarenko VE. Mathematical Modeling Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Transgenic Mouse Heart Overexpressing TNF-α.  Am. J. Physiology. In press
• Chen G, Yang X, Kerchner KJ, Salama NR, Alber S, Shusterman V, London B, Salama G Sex-differences in sodium/calcium exchange expression is a determinant of the arrhythmia
  phenotype in pre-pubertal rabbit hearts with Long QT type 2, Heart Rhythm, in press
• Chen G, Yang X, Albers S, Shusterman V, and Salama G. Regional Genomic Regulation of cardiac sodium-calcium exchanger by estrogen, J. Physiol. (London) in press
• Nĕmec J, Kim JJ, Gabris B and Salama G Ca2+ Oscillations and T-wave lability precede early afterdepolarizations in acquired long QT type 2 Heart Rhythm 7:1686-1697, 2010
• Shusterman V, McTiernan CF, Goldberg A, Saba S, Salama G, London B. Adrenergic stimulation promotes T-wave alternans and arrhythmia inducibility in a TNF-alpha genetic mouse model of congestive heart failure. Am J Physiol. Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Feb;298(2):H440-50.
• Saba S, Mehdi H, Mathier MA, Islam ZM, Salama G, and London B. Effect of Right Ventricular Versus Biventricular Pacing on Electrical Remodeling in the Normal Heart
  Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Dec 30, 2009. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20042767
• Ng AG, Mantravadi R, Gabris B, Choi B-R, de Groat W, and Salama G. Sympathetic Nerve Stimulation produced spatial heterogeneities of action potential Restitution. Heart Rhythm 6(5): 696-706, 2009
• Salama G, Baker L, Wolk R, Barhanin J and London B and London B. Mouse Model of Human Long QT type 2. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 24:77-87, 2009
• Sims C, Reisenweber S, Viswanathan PC, Choi BR, Walker WH, Salama G. Sex, Age, and Regional Differences in L-Type Calcium Current Are Important Determinants of Arrhythmia Phenotype in Rabbit Hearts With Drug-Induced Long QT Type 2. Circ Res. Ultra Rapid Communication Apr 24 102(9):e86-e100, 2008
• Saba S, Mathier MA, Mehdi H, Gursoy E, Liu T, Choi B-R, Salama, G, London B. Prevention of Adverse Electrical and Mechanical Remodeling with Bi-Ventricular Pacing in a Rabbit Model of Myocardial Infarction.  Heart Rhythm, 5:124-130, 2008
• Saba S, Mathier MA, Mehdi H, Gursoy E, Liu T, Choi B-R, London B, Salama, G. Dual-Dye Optical Mapping after Myocardial Infarction, Does the Site of Ventricular Stimulation Alter the Properties of Electrical Propagation? Journal of Cardiac Electrophysiology, 19(2):197-202, 2008
• Tallini, YN, Brekke JF, Shui B, Doran R, Hwang S, Nakai J, Salama G, Segal SS, and Kotlikoff MI. Propagated endothelial Ca2+ waves and arteriolar dilation in vivo: measurements in Cx40BAC–GCaMP2 transgenic mice, Circulation Research, 101(12): 1300-1309, 2007 PMID: 17932328
• Roell W, Lewalter T, Choi B-R, Tallini YN, Hashemi T, Becher U, Sasse P, Hwang S, Doran R, Breitbach M, Reining S, Gabris B, Welz A, Salama G, Schrickel JW, Kotlikoff MI, Fleischmann BK. Cellular replacement in heart: A novel antiarrhythmic therapy Nature, 450:819-824, 2007.
• Salama G and Choi B-R. Imaging Ventricular Fibrillation. Journal of Electrocardiology 40:S56-61, 2007
• Patrick MJ, Ernst LA, Waggoner AS, Tai CS, and Salama G. Enhanced aqueous solubility of long wavelength voltage-sensitive dyes by covalent linkage of polyethylene glycol chain. Org. Biomol. Chem. 5, 3347 – 3353, 2007
• Choi B-R, Jang, W, and Salama G. Spatially Discordant Voltage Alternans cause wavebreaks in ventricular fibrillation, Heart Rhythm, 4(8):1057-1068, 2007.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Guy Salama
Phone: (412) 648-9354
Email: gsalama@pitt.edu