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Hector O Ventura
Transcatheter Potts shunt: an innovative IDEA.
Hassan Fares; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Vasodilating versus first-generation β-blockers for cardiovascular protection.
Tara K Jarreau; Carl J Lavie; John H Lee; Hector O Ventura
Should we start prescribing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in chronic heart failure?

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2013: Hector O Ventura
Transcatheter Potts shunt: an innovative IDEA.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2013;32(4):388-9.
2012: Hassan Fares; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Vasodilating versus first-generation β-blockers for cardiovascular protection.
Postgraduate medicine 2012;124(2):7-15.
2012: Tara K Jarreau; Carl J Lavie; John H Lee; Hector O Ventura
Should we start prescribing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in chronic heart failure?
Current heart failure reports 2012;9(1):8-13.
2011: Hector O Ventura; Marc A Silver
Natriuretic peptides as markers of cardiovascular risk: the story continues.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2011;86(12):1143-5.
2011: Carl J Lavie; Elise L Milani; Hector O Ventura
Relationship between arterial impedance and concentric remodeling in patients with normal systolic function: impact on prevalence and survival.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(6):283-7.
2011: Richard V Milani; Daniel P Morin; Mark H Drazner; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Progression from concentric left ventricular hypertrophy and normal ejection fraction to left ventricular dysfunction.
The American journal of cardiology 2011;108(7):992-6.
2011: Hector O Ventura; Krishna K Gaddam
Geographic variations of acute heart failure syndromes: the importance of clinical registries.
American heart journal 2011;162(1):1-2.
2011: Hector O Ventura
Nitroprusside in refractory heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(3):157.
2011: Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Weighing in on obesity and the obesity paradox in heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2011;17(5):381-3.
2011: Evgenij V Potapov; Thomas Krabatsch; Hector O Ventura; Roland Hetzer
Advances in mechanical circulatory support: year in review.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2011;30(5):487-93.
2011: Krishna K Gaddam; Hector O Ventura; Carl J Lavie
Metabolic syndrome and heart failure--the risk, paradox, and treatment.
Current hypertension reports 2011;13(2):142-8.
2011: Hector O Ventura; Carl J Lavie
Antihypertensive therapy for prehypertension: relationship with cardiovascular outcomes.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2011;305(9):940-1.
2011: Hector O Ventura
The use of nitroprusside in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(2):105.
2011: David J Homan; Dmitriy M Niyazov; Patrick W Fisher; Stacy Mandras; Hamang Patel; Michael Bates; Gene Parrino; Hector O Ventura
Heart transplantation for a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and end-stage heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(2):102-4.
2011: Clyde W Yancy; Tracy Y Wang; Hector O Ventura; Ileana L Piña; Krishnaswami Vijayaraghavan; Keith C Ferdinand; Laura Lee Hall
The coalition to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes (credo): why credo matters to cardiologists.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011;57(3):245-52.
2011: Hector O Ventura
Nitroprusside and the treatment of hypertension.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(1):49.
2011: Richard V Milani; Carl J Lavie; Mandeep R Mehra; Hector O Ventura
Impact of exercise training and depression on survival in heart failure due to coronary heart disease.
The American journal of cardiology 2011;107(1):64-8.
2010: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
The "obesity paradox" in coronary heart disease.
The American journal of cardiology 2010;106(11):1673.
2010: Hector O Ventura; Ileana Piña
Heart failure in Hispanic patients: coming together?
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2010;16(4):187-8.
2010: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Abel Romero-Corral
Body composition and heart failure prevalence and prognosis: getting to the fat of the matter in the "obesity paradox".
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2010;85(7):605-8.
2010: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2010;16(3):136-7.
2010: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Value of weight reduction in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine 2010;12(1):21-35.
2010: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2010;16(1):42-3.
2009: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Surya M Artham; Dharmendrakumar A Patel; Hector O Ventura
The obesity paradox, weight loss, and coronary disease.
The American journal of medicine 2009;122(12):1106-14.
2009: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Exercise training and heart failure in older adults-dismal failure or not enough exercise?
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009;57(11):2148-50.
2009: Hector O Ventura
Heart failure and cardiac catheterization.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(6):295.
2009: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Dharmendrakumar A Patel; Anil Verma; Hector O Ventura
Clinical impact of left ventricular hypertrophy and implications for regression.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2009;52(2):153-67.
2009: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Myung H Park; Hector O Ventura
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and prognosis in advanced heart failure.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2009;28(9):876-80.
2009: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular diseases.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;54(7):585-94.
2009: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(4):209.
2009: Carl J Lavie; James H O'Keefe; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
New data on the clinical impact of exercise training, fish oils, and statins in heart failure.
The Physician and sportsmedicine 2009;37(2):22-8.
2009: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Obesity and cardiovascular disease: risk factor, paradox, and impact of weight loss.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53(21):1925-32.
2009: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(3):156.
2009: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Dharmendrakumar Patel; Surya M Artham; Hector O Ventura
Disparate effects of obesity and left ventricular geometry on mortality in 8088 elderly patients with preserved systolic function.
Postgraduate medicine 2009;121(3):119-25.
2009: Rishi G Anand; Madhavi T Reddy; C L Yau; Leann Myers; Rohit R Amin; Paul F Stahls; Debbie Dumas; Edward D Frohlich; Hector O Ventura
Usefulness of heart rate as an independent predictor for survival after heart transplantation.
The American journal of cardiology 2009;103(9):1290-4.
2009: Anil Verma; Hector O Ventura
Cardiovascular outcomes and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors: beyond blood pressure control. Editorial to: "Secondary prevention of coronary disease with ACE inhibition--does blood pressure reduction with perindopril explain the benefits in EUROPA?" by Remme et al.
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 2009;23(2):109-11.
2009: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(2):101.
2009: Yabiz Sedghi; Krishna K Gaddam; Hector O Ventura
Emerging diuretics for the treatment of heart failure.
Expert opinion on emerging drugs 2009;14(1):195-204.
2009: Krishna K Gaddam; Pridhvi Yelamanchili; Yabiz Sedghi; Hector O Ventura
Advanced heart failure and management strategies.
The Ochsner journal 2009;9(4):227-33.
2009: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Obesity and hypertension, heart failure, and coronary heart disease-risk factor, paradox, and recommendations for weight loss.
The Ochsner journal 2009;9(3):124-32.
2009: Joaquin Crespo; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Yvonne E Gilliland; Hamang M Patel; Hector O Ventura
Metabolic parameters derived from cardiopulmonary stress testing for prediction of prognosis in patients with heart failure: the ochsner experience.
The Ochsner journal 2009;9(2):46-53.
2009: David Good; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Dietary intake of nuts and cardiovascular prognosis.
The Ochsner journal 2009;9(1):32-6.
2009: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(1):49.
2009: Carlos D Giraldo; Rishi G Anand; Hamang M Patel; Sangeeta A Shah; Hector O Ventura
Cardiac carcinoid.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2009;15(1):43-5.
2008: Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani
The "obesity paradox": is smoking/lung disease the explanation?
Chest 2008;134(5):896-8.
2008: Madhavi T Reddy; Hamang Patel; Hector O Ventura
Successful transition from intravenous to inhaled prostacyclin in a patient with pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2008;14(5):285-6.
2008: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2008;14(4):218.
2008: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
The obesity paradox: impact of obesity on the prevalence and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases.
Postgraduate medicine 2008;120(2):34-41.
2008: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Untangling the heavy cardiovascular burden of obesity.
Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine 2008;5(7):428-9.
2008: Hector O Ventura; Madhavi Reddy
The eye as an indicator of heart failure in diabetic patients.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;51(16):1579-80.
2008: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Sangeeta B Shah; Yvonne E Gilliland; Jose A Bernal; Homeyar Dinshaw; Hector O Ventura
Impact of left ventricular geometry on prognosis-a review of ochsner studies.
The Ochsner journal 2008;8(1):11-7.
2008: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Rishi G Anand; James H O'Keefe; Hector O Ventura
Fish oil in primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention.
The Ochsner journal 2008;8(2):49-60.
2008: David Good; Stephen A Morse; Hector O Ventura; Efrain Reisin
Obesity, hypertension, and the heart.
Journal of the cardiometabolic syndrome 2008;3(3):168-72.
2008: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Hamang M Patel; Hector O Ventura
Impact of obesity on the risk of heart failure and its prognosis.
Journal of the cardiometabolic syndrome 2008;3(3):155-61.
2008: Omar F Shams; Hector O Ventura
Device therapy for heart failure: when and for whom?
American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions 2008;8(3):147-53.
2008: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2008;14(1):54.
2007: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Hector O Ventura
Death messengers.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007;335(7633):1296-7.
2007: Rishi G Anand; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Is heart failure more prevalent in patients with peripheral arterial disease? A meta-analysis.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2007;13(6):319-22.
2007: Surya M Artham; Hector O Ventura
[The "obesity paradox" and heart failure: the story continues].
Revista española de cardiología 2007;60(11):1113-7.
2007: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Gustavo A Cardenas; Mandeep Mehra; Franz H Messerli
Disparate effects of left ventricular geometry and obesity on mortality in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
The American journal of cardiology 2007;100(9):1460-4.
2007: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
Obesity, heart disease, and favorable prognosis--truth or paradox?
The American journal of medicine 2007;120(10):825-6.
2007: Hector O Ventura
Dickinson Woodruff Richards and cardiac catheterization.
Clinical cardiology 2007;30(8):420-1.
2007: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2007;13(3):181.
2007: Surya M Artham; Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura
The obesity paradox and discrepancy between peak oxygen consumption and heart failure prognosis--it's all in the fat.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2007;13(3):177-80.
2007: Hector O Ventura
CAMELOT tales: trials and tribulations of Sir Lancelot and Lady Guinevere.
The American journal of cardiology 2007;99(6):878.
2007: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Peak oxygen consumption and heart failure prognosis in women.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007;49(3):375; author reply 375-6.
2007: Hector O Ventura
Research at ochsner clinic: highlights in its history.
The Ochsner journal 2007;7(2):74-6.
2006: Richard V Milani; Carl J Lavie; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura
Understanding the basics of cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2006;81(12):1603-11.
2006: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Franz H Messerli
Left ventricular geometry and mortality in patients >70 years of age with normal ejection fraction.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;98(10):1396-9.
2006: Gustavo A Cardenas; Hector O Ventura; John E Francis
Osborn waves in sepsis.
Southern medical journal 2006;99(11):1302-3.
2006: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(6):349.
2006: Chandra Bomma; Hector O Ventura; Gary Daniel; Hamang Patel
Adjunctive sildenafil for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension after mitral valve replacement.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(6):347-8.
2006: Richard V Milani; Mandeep Mehra; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Comparison of cardiac and peripheral arterial stiffening and ventriculovascular uncoupling in patients with uncomplicated hypertension versus patients with hypertension after heart transplantation.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;98(6):789-92.
2006: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(5):284.
2006: Magdi M Saba; Hector O Ventura; Mohamed Saleh; Mandeep Mehra
Ancient Egyptian medicine and the concept of heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2006;12(6):416-21.
2006: Mandeep Mehra; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani
Fish oils produce anti-inflammatory effects and improve body weight in severe heart failure.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2006;25(7):834-8.
2006: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(3):178.
2006: Hector O Ventura
Edward D. Freis--a true pioneer.
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;8(4):284-7.
2006: Richard V Milani; Carl J Lavie; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; Joshua D Kurtz; Franz H Messerli
Left ventricular geometry and survival in patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;97(7):959-63.
2006: Hector O Ventura
History vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(2):111.
2006: Hector O Ventura
H.J.C. "Jeremy" Swan, MD: in memory of his contributions to cardiovascular medicine.
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2006;67(2):171-4.
2006: Carl J Lavie; Richard V Milani; J Alberto Bernal; Homeyar Dinshaw; Yvonne E Gilliland; Hector O Ventura
Preventive cardiology and non-invasive cardiology research at the ochsner clinic foundation.
The Ochsner journal 2006;6(1):31-5.
2006: Lindsey Buchtel; Hector O Ventura
Lunar Society and the discovery of digitalis.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2006;158(1):26-30.
2006: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2006;12(1):54.
2005: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2005;11(6):335.
2005: Magdi M Saba; Salman A Arain; Carl J Lavie; Freddy M Abi-Samra; Salma S Ibrahim; Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani
Relation between left ventricular geometry and transmural dispersion of repolarization.
The American journal of cardiology 2005;96(7):952-5.
2005: Srinivasa Potluri; Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Myung H Park; Robert L Scott; Hector O Ventura
Relationship among epicardial coronary disease, tissue myocardial perfusion, and survival in heart transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2005;24(8):1019-25.
2005: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure. History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2005;11(4):219.
2005: Jason A Mitchell; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Early recognition and treatment of hypertensive heart disease.
Current opinion in cardiology 2005;20(4):282-9.
2005: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2005;11(3):162.
2005: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
The interaction of vascular stiffness and cardiovascular events in women: insights from The Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study.
Chest 2005;127(5):1477-80.
2005: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Bloodletting as a cure for dropsy: heart failure down the ages.
Journal of cardiac failure 2005;11(4):247-52.
2005: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Improvement of heart failure after renal transplantation: the complex maze of cardio-renal interaction.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005;45(7):1061-3.
2005: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2005;11(2):98.
2005: Hector O Ventura; Sandra J Taler; John E Strobeck
Hypertension as a hemodynamic disease: the role of impedance cardiography in diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic decision making.
American journal of hypertension 2005;18(2 Pt 2):26S-43S.
2005: Audrey H Wu; Christie M Ballantyne; Beth C Short; Guillermo Torre Amione; James B Young; Hector O Ventura; Howard J Eisen; Branislav Radovancevic; Barry K Rayburn; Kathleen D Lake; Clyde W Yancy; David O Taylor; Mandeep Mehra; Spencer Kubo; Daniel P Fishbein; Xue-Qiao Zhao; Kevin D O'Brien
Statin use and risks of death or fatal rejection in the Heart Transplant Lipid Registry.
The American journal of cardiology 2005;95(3):367-72.
2005: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2005;11(1):48.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Myung H Park; Hector O Ventura; Robert L Scott
Corticosteroid weaning in the tacrolimus and mycophenolate era in heart transplantation: clinical and neurohormonal benefits.
Transplantation proceedings 2004;36(10):3152-5.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; R V Milani; M B Richie; Patricia A Uber; Myung H Park; Hector O Ventura; Robert L Scott; Carl J Lavie
Ventricular-vascular uncoupling increases expression of B-type natriuretic peptide in heart transplantation.
Transplantation proceedings 2004;36(10):3149-51.
2004: Hector O Ventura
Benefits of inpatient initiation of beta-blockers.
American heart journal 2004;148(6):944-50.
2004: Carl J Lavie; Tulsidas Kuruvanka; Richard V Milani; Ananth Prasad; Hector O Ventura
Exercise capacity in adult African-Americans referred for exercise stress testing: is fitness affected by race?
Chest 2004;126(6):1962-8.
2004: Jamshid Alaeddini; Patricia A Uber; Myung H Park; Robert L Scott; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Efficacy and safety of sildenafil in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in severe heart failure.
The American journal of cardiology 2004;94(11):1475-7.
2004: Ali Morshedi-Meibodi; Robert Menuet; Michael McFadden; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Is it constrictive pericarditis or restrictive cardiomyopathy? A systematic approach.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2004;10(6):309-12.
2004: Myung H Park; Robert L Scott; Patricia A Uber; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of treatment outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2004;10(5):221-5.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Srinivasa Potluri; Hector O Ventura; Robert L Scott; Myung H Park
Usefulness of an elevated B-type natriuretic peptide to predict allograft failure, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and survival after heart transplantation.
The American journal of cardiology 2004;94(4):454-8.
2004: William A Zoghbi; Jorge R Alegria; George A Beller; W Daniel Doty; Robert H Jones; Arthur J Labovitz; Guy S Reeder; Hector O Ventura
Working group 4: International medical graduates and the cardiology workforce.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;44(2):245-51.
2004: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure. History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2004;10(4):203.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Myung H Park; Robert L Scott; Hector O Ventura; Bobbett C Harris; Edward D Frohlich
Obesity and suppressed B-type natriuretic peptide levels in heart failure.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;43(9):1590-5.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Hector O Ventura; Robert L Scott; Myung H Park
The impact of mode of donor brain death on cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an intravascular ultrasound study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;43(5):806-10.
2004: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Walter E Uber; Hector O Ventura
Destination therapy in late-stage heart failure.
Coronary artery disease 2004;15(2):87-90.
2004: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
White coat hypertension and sleep apnea: is there a link?
Chest 2004;125(3):805-7.
2004: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
The growing burden of heart failure: the "syndemic" is reaching Latin America.
American heart journal 2004;147(3):386-9.
2004: Hector O Ventura
"Read Guyton".
The American journal of cardiology 2004;93(4):516-7.
2004: Srinivasa Potluri; Hector O Ventura; Mahesh Mulumudi; Mandeep Mehra
Cardiac troponin levels in heart failure.
Cardiology in review 2004;12(1):21-5.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
The historical odyssey of cardiac transplantation.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2003;155(6):344-7.
2003: Georges Feghali; Jamshid Alaeddini; Stephen R Ramee; Hector O Ventura
Difficult cases in heart failure. Percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation in the management of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2003;9(6):343-6.
2003: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2003;9(5):293.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
C-Reactive protein and cardiac allograft vasculopathy. is inflammation the critical link?
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2003;42(3):483-5.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra
Hippocrates and prognosis in heart failure: the challenge of static and dynamic measurements.
American heart journal 2003;146(2):215-7.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Thomachan Kalapura
Beta-blocker therapy and severe heart failure: myth or reality?
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2003;9(4):197-202.
2003: Hector O Ventura
Historical vignettes in heart failure: history of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2003;9(4):196.
2003: Prakash Krishnan; Hector O Ventura; Patricia A Uber; Lee M Arcement; Mandeep Mehra
Treatment of hypertension for patients with diastolic dysfunction.
Current opinion in cardiology 2003;18(4):272-7.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Srinivasa Potluri; Mandeep Mehra
The conundrum of sleep breathing disorders in heart failure.
Chest 2003;123(5):1332-4.
2003: Hector O Ventura
History of heart failure.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2003;9(2):108.
2003: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; Patricia A Uber; Robert L Scott; Myung H Park
Is all intimal proliferation created equal in cardiac allograft vasculopathy? The quantity-quality paradox.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2003;22(2):118-23.
2003: Keshav Chander; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani
Benzocaine induced methemoglobinemia: a potentially fatal complication of transesophageal echocardiography.
The Ochsner journal 2003;5(2):34-5.
2003: Hector O Ventura; Eddy Randrup
Francis Earnest ("Duke") LeJeune, MD.
The Ochsner journal 2003;5(1):47-8.
2003: Eddy Randrup; Hector O Ventura
Merrill Odom Hines, MD: The Right Fellow for the Job.
The Ochsner journal 2003;5(3):30-3.
2002: Aditya K Samal; Hector O Ventura; Adam Eric Berman; Chika Okereke; Yvonne E Gilliland; Gladden W Willis
Myxosarcoma: a rare primary cardiac tumor.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 2002;154(6):308-12.
2002: Carl J Lavie; Richard Milani; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; Franz H Messerli
Obesity, weight reduction and survival in heart failure.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002;39(9):1563; author reply 1563-4.
2002: Mandeep Mehra; Patricia A Uber; Srinivasa Potluri; Hector O Ventura
Is heart failure with preserved systolic function an overlooked enigma?
Current cardiology reports 2002;4(3):187-93.
2002: Carl V Leier; Marc A Silver; Michael W Rich; Eric Eichhorn; Michael B Fowler; Thomas D Giles; David E Johnstone; Thierry H Le Jemtel; Justine S Lachmann; T Barry Levine; Paul W Armstrong; William G Dec; Mariell Jessup; Jonathan G Howlett; Ray E Hershberger; Jay N Cohn; Kirkwood F Adams; Wilson S Colucci; Lynne Warner-Stevenson; Jeffrey D Hosenpud; Michael R Bristow; Ileana Pina; Kenneth L Baughman; philip binkley; Hector O Ventura; Gary S Francis; Michel White; Leslie W Miller; Brandy Berry; Emil Missov
Nuggets, pearls, and vignettes of master heart failure clinicians. Part 4--treatment.
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2002;8(2):98-124.
2002: Hector O Ventura; Eddy Randrup
Curtis tyrone, MD.
The Ochsner journal 2002;4(4):245-6.
2002: Eddy Randrup; Hector O Ventura
Edgar burns.
The Ochsner journal 2002;4(3):180-2.
2002: Hector O Ventura
Guy Alvin Caldwell, MD: Physician and Administrator.
The Ochsner journal 2002;4(2):112-4.
2002: Hector O Ventura
Alton Ochsner, MD: Physician.
The Ochsner journal 2002;4(1):48-52.
2002: Annette C Barrios; Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani
The comprehensive management of anticoagulation: ochsner coumadin clinic.
The Ochsner journal 2002;4(1):37-40.
2001: Hector O Ventura
Albert Ochsner, MD: Chicago Surgeon and Mentor to Alton Ochsner.
The Ochsner journal 2001;3(4):223-5.
2001: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra; J B Young
Treatment of heart failure according to William Stokes: the enchanted mercury.
Journal of cardiac failure 2001;7(3):277-82.
2001: Hector O Ventura; K Muhammed
Historical perspectives on cardiac transplantation: the past as prologue to challenges for the 21st century.
Current opinion in cardiology 2001;16(2):118-23.
1999: Kishore J Harjai; H K Dinshaw; Eduardo Nunez; Mehul Shah; H Thompson; T Turgut; Hector O Ventura
The prognostic implications of outpatient diuretic dose in heart failure.
International journal of cardiology 1999;71(3):219-25.
1999: Kishore J Harjai; Eduardo Nunez; T Turgut; M P Shah; J S Humphrey; Jeff Newman; J Cheirif; FW Smart; Hector O Ventura
The independent effects of left ventricular ejection fraction on short-term outcomes and resource utilization following hospitalization for heart failure.
Clinical cardiology 1999;22(3):184-90.
1998: SP Jain; Stephen R Ramee; Christopher J White; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; S Zhang; J Stephen Jenkins; Tyrone J Collins
Coronary stenting in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998;32(6):1636-40.
1998: Kishore J Harjai; L M Boulos; FW Smart; T Turgut; M A Krousel-Wood; DD Stapleton; Mandeep Mehra; JP Murgo; Hector O Ventura
Effects of caregiver specialty on cost and clinical outcomes following hospitalization for heart failure.
The American journal of cardiology 1998;82(1):82-5.
1998: DR Richards; Yvonne E Gilliland; J A Bernal; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; Hector O Ventura; J Cheirif
Mitral inflow and pulmonary venous Doppler measurements do not predict pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in heart transplant recipients.
American heart journal 1998;135(4):641-6.
1997: Kishore J Harjai; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; Y M Lapeyre; JP Murgo; DD Stapleton; FW Smart
Home inotropic therapy in advanced heart failure: cost analysis and clinical outcomes.
Chest 1997;112(5):1298-303.
1997: DR Richards; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; Carl J Lavie; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; Richard V Milani
Usefulness of peak oxygen consumption in predicting outcome of heart failure in women versus men.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;80(9):1236-8.
1997: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra; DD Stapleton; FW Smart
Cyclosporine-induced hypertension in cardiac transplantation.
The Medical clinics of North America 1997;81(6):1347-57.
1997: DD Stapleton; Mandeep Mehra; D Dumas; FW Smart; Richard V Milani; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
Lipid-lowering therapy and long-term survival in heart transplantation.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;80(6):802-5.
1997: JD Manord; CL Garrard; Mandeep Mehra; W Charles Sternbergh; BA Ballinger; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; FW Smart; John C Bowen; Samuel R Money
Implications for the vascular surgeon with prolonged (3 to 89 days) intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation.
Journal of vascular surgery 1997;26(3):511-5; discussion 515-6.
1997: F S Malik; Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; John L Ochsner
Management of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by transmyocardial laser revascularization.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;80(2):224-5.
1997: Hector O Ventura; F S Malik; Mandeep Mehra; DD Stapleton; FW Smart
Mechanisms of hypertension in cardiac transplantation and the role of cyclosporine.
Current opinion in cardiology 1997;12(4):375-81.
1997: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; R B Chambers; K Ramireddy; FW Smart; DD Stapleton
The prognostic impact of immunosuppression and cellular rejection on cardiac allograft vasculopathy: time for a reappraisal.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1997;16(7):743-51.
1997: Mandeep Mehra; C A Cassidy; H G deGruiter; Hector O Ventura
The unique management of refractory advanced systolic heart failure.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care 1997;26(4):280-8.
1997: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; C Kapoor; DD Stapleton; D Zimmerman; FW Smart
Safety and clinical utility of long-term intravenous milrinone in advanced heart failure.
The American journal of cardiology 1997;80(1):61-4.
1997: DS Bhatia; John C Bowen; Samuel R Money; Clifford H Van Meter; P Michael McFadden; J B Kot; A K Pridjian; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra; FW Smart; John L Ochsner
The incidence, morbidity, and mortality of surgical procedures after orthotopic heart transplantation.
Annals of surgery 1997;225(6):686-93; discussion 693-4.
1997: Daniela Lucini; Richard V Milani; Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra; F H Messerli; JP Murgo; F Regenstein; B Copley; Alberto Malliani; M Pagani
Cyclosporine-induced hypertension: evidence for maintained baroreflex circulatory control.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1997;16(6):615-20.
1997: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; A K Karsan; FW Smart; Stephen R Ramee; Tyrone J Collins
Allograft aortopathy: an in vivo study of donor aorta involvement in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
American heart journal 1997;133(6):698-702.
1997: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; SP Jain; K Ramireddy; A Ali; DD Stapleton; FW Smart; Stephen R Ramee; Tyrone J Collins; Christopher J White
Heterogeneity of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: clinical insights from coronary angioscopy.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1997;29(6):1339-44.
1996: Richard V Milani; Mandeep Mehra; S Endres; Andreas Eigler; E S Cooper; Carl J Lavie; Hector O Ventura
The clinical relevance of circulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha in acute decompensated chronic heart failure without cachexia.
Chest 1996;110(4):992-5.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; R Chambers; Tyrone J Collins; Stephen R Ramee; M A Kates; FW Smart; DD Stapleton
Predictive model to assess risk for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: an intravascular ultrasound study.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1995;26(6):1537-44.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; FW Smart; DD Stapleton
Impact of converting enzyme inhibitors and calcium entry blockers on cardiac allograft vasculopathy: from bench to bedside.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1995;14(6 Pt 2):S246-9.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; FW Smart
The prognostic significance of intimal proliferation in cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a paradigm shift.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1995;14(6 Pt 2):S207-11.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; FW Smart; T C Collins; Stephen R Ramee
Presence of severe intimal thickening by intravascular ultrasonography predicts cardiac events in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1995;14(4):632-9.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; A Escobar; C A Cassidy; FW Smart; DD Stapleton
Does donor and recipient sex influence the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy?
Transplantation proceedings 1995;27(3):1926-9.
1995: A Ali; Mandeep Mehra; DD Stapleton; S A Kemmerly; K Ramireddy; FW Smart; S Augustine; Hector O Ventura
Vibrio vulnificus sepsis in solid organ transplantation: a medical nemesis.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1995;14(3):598-600.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; FW Smart; Tyrone J Collins; Stephen R Ramee; DD Stapleton
An intravascular ultrasound study of the influence of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and calcium entry blockers on the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
The American journal of cardiology 1995;75(12):853-4.
1995: Hector O Ventura; Mandeep Mehra; FW Smart; DD Stapleton
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: current concepts.
American heart journal 1995;129(4):791-9.
1995: P Michael McFadden; John L Ochsner; W B Emory; Clifford H Van Meter; A K Pridjian; G S Young; D E Harmon; FW Smart; Hector O Ventura; J C Scharfenberg
Lung transplantation in Louisiana: report of the first twenty lung transplants performed in the state.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 1995;147(1):37-42.
1995: C J Lavie; R V Milani; Hector O Ventura; F H Messerli; JP Murgo
Cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training, and preventive cardiology research at Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute.
Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 1995;22(1):44-52.
1995: Mandeep Mehra; Hector O Ventura; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; T J Collins; Stephen R Ramee; JP Murgo; C J White
New developments in the diagnosis and management of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 1995;22(2):138-44.
1994: A Escobar; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; Mandeep Mehra; Stephen R Ramee; Tyrone J Collins; SP Jain; FW Smart; Christopher J White
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy assessed by intravascular ultrasonography and nonimmunologic risk factors.
The American journal of cardiology 1994;74(10):1042-6.
1994: Mandeep Mehra; DD Stapleton; Hector O Ventura; A Escobar; C A Cassidy; FW Smart; Tyrone J Collins; Stephen R Ramee; Christopher J White
Influence of donor and recipient gender on cardiac allograft vasculopathy. An intravascular ultrasound study.
Circulation 1994;90(5 Pt 2):II78-82.
1994: Hector O Ventura
A heart for Mr Delcambre.
Postgraduate medicine 1994;95(5):27-9.
1994: Hector O Ventura; C J Lavie; F H Messerli; V Valentino; FW Smart; D D Stapleton; J L Ochsner
Cardiovascular adaptation to cyclosporine-induced hypertension.
Journal of human hypertension 1994;8(4):233-7.
1994: Clifford H Van Meter; FW Smart; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; C Cassidy; H deGruiter; John L Ochsner
High-risk surgery as an alternative to transplantation.
Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 1994;21(4):302-4.
1993: Hector O Ventura; Richard V Milani; C J Lavie; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; T S Toups; H L Price
Cyclosporine-induced hypertension. Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in patients after cardiac transplantation.
Circulation 1993;88(5 Pt 2):II281-5.
1993: Hector O Ventura; Christopher J White; SP Jain; FW Smart; A Jain; DD Stapleton; Tyrone J Collins; Stephen R Ramee
Assessment of intracoronary morphology in cardiac transplant recipients by angioscopy and intravascular ultrasound.
The American journal of cardiology 1993;72(11):805-9.
1993: SP Jain; Hector O Ventura; Stephen R Ramee; Tyrone J Collins; J M Isner; Christopher J White
Directional coronary atherectomy in heart transplant recipients.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1993;12(5):819-23.
1993: SP Jain; Christopher J White; Hector O Ventura
De novo appearance of a myocardial bridge in heart transplant: assessment by intravascular ultrasonography, Doppler, and angioscopy.
American heart journal 1993;126(2):453-6.
1993: DD Stapleton; Hector O Ventura; S E Grundtner; FW Smart; H L Price; Clifford H Van Meter; John L Ochsner
Induction immunosuppression with the monoclonal antibody OKT3 after cardiac transplantation.
The American journal of the medical sciences 1993;306(1):16-9.
1993: A P Rees; Richard V Milani; Carl J Lavie; FW Smart; Hector O Ventura
Valvular regurgitation and right-sided cardiac pressures in heart transplant recipients by complete Doppler and color flow evaluation.
Chest 1993;104(1):82-7.
1993: Hector O Ventura; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; T Toups; H L Price
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: current concepts.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 1993;145(5):195-8, 200-2.
1993: Clifford H Van Meter; FW Smart; P Michael McFadden; A K Pridjian; Hector O Ventura; C D Cassidy; John L Ochsner
Cardiac assist devices: bridging and beyond.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 1993;145(5):227-32.
1993: FW Smart; Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; C C Eiswirth; D H Dumas; H L Price
Cardiac transplantation: an overview of recipient selection.
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 1993;145(5):213-6.
1992: Hector O Ventura; DD Stapleton; Clifford H Van Meter; John L Ochsner
Cardiac transplantation: clinical aspects of recipient selection.
The Medical clinics of North America 1992;76(5):1196-206.
1992: Hector O Ventura; JP Murgo; FW Smart; DD Stapleton; H L Price
Current issues in advanced heart failure.
The Medical clinics of North America 1992;76(5):1057-82.
1992: L Mailander; Clifford H Van Meter; Hector O Ventura; H Price; M Cassidy; John L Ochsner
Chylopericardium after orthotopic heart transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1992;11(3 Pt 1):587-90.
1992: Hector O Ventura; Stephen R Ramee; A Jain; C J White; T J Collins; J E Mesa; JP Murgo
Coronary artery imaging with intravascular ultrasound in patients following cardiac transplantation.
Transplantation 1992;53(1):216-9.
1992: V A Valentino; Hector O Ventura; F M Abi-Samra; Clifford H Van Meter; H L Price
The signal-averaged electrocardiogram in cardiac transplantation. A noninvasive marker of acute allograft rejection.
Transplantation 1992;53(1):124-7.
1991: Hector O Ventura; C J Lavie; DD Stapleton; H L Price
Cardiac transplantation. How recipients are selected.
Postgraduate medicine 1991;90(2):131-2, 135-8.
1991: A P Rees; M Meadors; Hector O Ventura; G A Pankey
Diagnosis of disseminated cytomegalovirus infection and pneumonitis in a heart transplant recipient by skin biopsy: case report.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 1991;10(2):329-32.
1989: Franz H Messerli; B D Nunez; M M Nunez; G E Garavaglia; Roland E Schmieder; Hector O Ventura
Hypertension and sudden death. Disparate effects of calcium entry blocker and diuretic therapy on cardiac dysrhythmias.
Archives of internal medicine 1989;149(6):1263-7.
1987: Carl J Lavie; C Amodeo; Hector O Ventura; Franz H Messerli
Left atrial abnormalities indicating diastolic ventricular dysfunction in cardiopathy of obesity.
Chest 1987;92(6):1042-6.
1987: Franz H Messerli; B D Nunez; Hector O Ventura; D W Snyder
Overweight and sudden death. Increased ventricular ectopy in cardiopathy of obesity.
Archives of internal medicine 1987;147(10):1725-8.
1986: C Amodeo; I Kobrin; Hector O Ventura; Franz H Messerli; ED Frohlich
Immediate and short-term hemodynamic effects of diltiazem in patients with hypertension.
Circulation 1986;73(1):108-13.
1985: C Amodeo; Franz H Messerli; Hector O Ventura; I Kobrin; G Garavaglia; B Nuñez; ED Frohlich
Disparate cardiac effects of afterload reduction in hypertension.
Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension 1985;3(3):S371-3.
1985: I Kobrin; C Amodeo; Hector O Ventura; Franz H Messerli; ED Frohlich
Immediate hemodynamic effects of urapidil in patients with essential hypertension.
The American journal of cardiology 1985;55(6):722-5.