ArieBlitzMD

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• 101 citations
  Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results From the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial.
  Jessica G.Y. Luc, Michael A. Archer, Rakesh C. Arora, Edward M. Bender, Arie Blitz, David T. Cooke, Tamara Ni Hlci, Biniam Kidane, Maral Ouzounian, Thomas K. Varghese,...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jan 1
• 8 citations
  The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Jessica G.Y. Luc, Michael A. Archer, Rakesh C. Arora, Edward M. Bender, Arie Blitz, David T. Cooke, Stefan Elde, T. Sloane Guy, Alison L. Halpern, Caitlin A. Harringto...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 May 18
• 45 citations
  Social Media Improves Cardiothoracic Surgery Literature Dissemination: Results of a Randomized Trial
  Jessica G.Y. Luc, Michael A. Archer, Rakesh C. Arora, Edward M. Bender, Arie Blitz, David T. Cooke, Tamara Ni Hlci, Biniam Kidane, Maral Ouzounian, Thomas K. Varghese,...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Feb 1
• 16 citations
  The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early Experience and Lessons Learned
  Jessica G.Y. Luc, Maral Ouzounian, Edward M. Bender, Arie Blitz, Nikki Stamp, Thomas K. Varghese, David T. Cooke, Mara B. Antonoff> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Oct 1
• 13 citations
  The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early experience and lessons learned
  Jessica G.Y. Luc, Maral Ouzounian, Edward M. Bender, Arie Blitz, Nikki Stamp, Thomas K. Varghese, David T. Cooke, Mara B. Antonoff> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 Oct 1
• 58 citations
  Pump thrombosis-A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
  Arie Blitz> ;Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2014 Sep 1
• 170 citations
  Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Long-term Mortality and Morbidity in Multivessel Disease: Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinica...
  Ilke Sipahi, M. Hakan Akay, Sinan Dagdelen, Arie Blitz, Cem Alhan> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014 Feb 1
• 12 citations
  Harvesting the radial artery.
  Arie Blitz, Robert M. Osterday, Richard Brodman> ;Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2013 Jul 1
• 5 citations
  Use of an intravascular warming catheter to maintain normothermia during flap reconstruction of the sternum
  Andrew H. Tran, Foad Kiamanesh, Joni M. Maga, Arie Blitz, Christopher J. Salgado> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2012 Aug 1
• 7 citations
  Erosion of an Amplatzer Septal Occluder Device Into the Aortic Root
  Abdallah Kamouh, Mohammed Najeeb Osman, Noah Rosenthal, Arie Blitz> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2011 May 1
• 15 citations
  Successful Combined Use of Impella Recover 2.5 Device and Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support in Cardiogenic Shock from Acute Myocardial Infarction
  Dominik M. Wiktor, Neal Sawlani, Yogendra Kanthi, Ilke Sipahi, James C. Fang, Arie Blitz> ;ASAIO Journal. 2010 Nov 1
• Where is the outrage?
  Blitz A > ;Isr Med Assoc J . 2010 Feb
• 2 citations
  Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma Mimicking Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus
  Julio Barcena, Jon C. George, Christian Grommes, Arie Blitz, Robert C. Gilkeson, Brian D. Hoit> ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2008 Oct 1
• Surgical management of ascending aortic disease.
  Arie Blitz, Edmund Bagingito, Suzanne Weaver> ;Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2003 Jul 1
• 7 citations
  Use of leukocyte depletion to decrease injury after lung preservation and rewarming ischemia: an experimental model.
  Y. Shiraishi, Jeong Ryul Lee, H. Laks, Paul F. Waters, A. Meneshian, Daniel Marelli, A. Blitz, Paul Chang> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 1998 Mar 1
• 35 citations
  The alternate recipient list for heart transplantation: does it work?
  Hillel Laks, F G Scholl, Davis C. Drinkwater, A. Blitz, Michele A. Hamilton, J. D. Moriguchi, Gregg C. Fonarow, Jon A. Kobashigawa> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 1997 Jul 1
• 22 citations
  The Fontan procedure in adults.
  Richard N. Gates, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Lydia Lam, A. Blitz, John S. Child, Joseph K. Perloff> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1997 Apr 1
• 22 citations
  l-Arginine Administration During Reperfusion Improves Pulmonary Function
  Yuji Shiraishi, Jeong Ryul Lee, Hillel Laks, Paul F. Waters, A. Blitz, Keith A. Johnson, Lydia Lam, Paul Chang> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1996 Dec 1
• 43 citations
  Outcomes of patients undergoing transplantation with older donor hearts.
  Davis C. Drinkwater, H. Laks, A. Blitz, Jon A. Kobashigawa, A. Sabad, J. D. Moriguchi, Michele A. Hamilton> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 1996 Jul 1
• 19 citations
  Preservation of endothelium-dependent vasodilation with low-potassium university of wisconsin solution
  Jeongryul Lee, Davis C. Drinkwater, Hillel Laks, Albert K. Chong, Arie Blitz, Mary A. Chen, Louis J. Ignarro, Paul Chang> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1996 Jul 1
• 9 citations
  The role of coronary revascularization in the management of heart failure: identification of candidates and review of results.
  Arie Blitz, Hillel Laks> ;Current Opinion in Cardiology. 1996 May 1
• 45 citations
  Cardiac gene transfer by intracoronary infusion of adenovirus vector—mediated reporter gene in the transplanted mouse heart
  Jeongryul Lee, Hillel Laks, Davis C. Drinkwater, Arie Blitz, Lydia Lam, Yuji Shiraishi, Paul Chang, Thomas A. Drake, Abbas Ardehali> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1996 Jan 1
• 3 citations
  Wound healing after harvesting of the internal thoracic and the superior and inferior epigastric arteries
  Daniel Schwartz, Edwin Petrossian, Richard Brodman, Rosemary Frame, Jess D. Schwartz, Arie Blitz, David E. Mcloughlin, Stanley M. Levenson> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1994 May 1
• 10 citations
  Electrophysiological effect of the maze procedure on canine sinoatrial node function.
  David E. Mcloughlin, Arie Blitz, Jessica Simmons, Richard Brodman, Rosemary Frame, Steve Bator, John Adams, Daniel S. Schwartz, Seymour Furman, John D. Fisher> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 1992 Nov 1
• 12 citations
  Combined maze procedure and septal myectomy in a septuagenarian
  Arie Blitz, David E. Mcloughlin, Jay N. Gross, Daniel S. Schwartz, John D. Fisher, Soo G. Kim, Rosemary Frame, Richard Brodman> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1992 Aug 1
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Journal Articles

• Electrophysiological Effects of the Maze Procedure on Canine Sinoatrial Node Function.  
  McLoughlin DE, Blitz A, Simmons J, Brodman R, Frame R, Bator S, Adams J, Schwartz DS, Furman S, Fisher D, PACE: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, November 1992, 15 (11 pt 2): 2084-91
• Combined Maze Procedure and Septal Myomectomy in a Septuagenarian.  
  Blitz A, McLoughlin D, Gross J, Schwartz DS, Fisher JD, Kim SG, Frame R, Brodman RF, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, August 1992, 54 (2): 364-5
• Histological Evaluation of the Inferior Epigastric Artery in Patients with Known Atherosclerosis.  
  Schwartz DS, Factor SM, Schwartz JD, Petrossian E, Blitz A, McLoughlin D, Tellis V, Frame R, and Brodman RF, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1992, 6(8): 438-41
• Wound Healing after Harvesting of the Internal Thoracic and Superior and Inferior Epigastric Arteries.  
  Schwartz DS, Petrossian E, Brodman RF, Frame R, Schwartz JD, Blitz A, McLoughlin DE, Levenson SM, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 1994, 57 (5): 1252-5
• Wandering Spleen with Torsion: Appearance on CT and Ultrasound.  
  Bernkenblitt RG, Mohan S, Bhatt GM, Rosenzweig M, Blitz A, Abdominal Imaging, 1994, 19: 459-60
• The University of California and Lost Angeles Experience in Heart Transplantation.  
  Kobashigawa JA, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, Hamilton MA, Moriguchi JD, Fonarow G, Blitz A, Hage A, and Katawa N, Clinical Transplants, 1995: 129-35
• The Use of Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in the Management of Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.  
  Maddahi J, Blitz A, Phelps M, Laks H, Advances in Cardiac Surgery, 1996, 11(3): 276-90
• The Role of Coronary Revascularization in the Management of Heart Failure: Identification of Candidates and Review of Results.  
  Blitz A and Laks H, Current Opinion in Cardiology, 1996, 11 (3): 276-90
• Surgery for Chronic Heart Failure.  
  Blitz A, Scholl F, and Laks H, In Heart Failure: Scientific Principles and Clinical Practice
• Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Transplantation with Older Donor Hearts.  
  Drinkwater DC, Laks H, Blitz A, Kobashigawa J, Sabad A, Moriguchi J, Hamilton M, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1996, 15: 684-91
• L-Arginine Administration During Reperfusion Improves Pulmonary Function.  
  Shiraishi Y, Lee JR, Laks, H, Waters PF, Meneshian A, Blitz A, Johnson K, Lam L, Chang PA, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1996, 62: 1580-7
• Use of Leukocyte Depletion to Decrease Lung Injury after Lung Preservation and Rewarming Ischemia: An Experimental Model.  
  Shiraishi Y, Lee JR, Laks H, Waters PF, Meneshian A, Marelli D, Blitz A, Chang P, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation: 3, 250-8
• Cardiac Gene Transfer by Intracoronary Infusion of Adenovirus-Mediated Reporter Gene in the Transplanted Mouse Heart.  
  Lee J, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, Blitz A, Lam L, Shiraishi Y, Chang P, Drake TA, Ardehali A, Journal of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery, 1996, 111:246-52
• Preservation of Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation with Low Potassium University of Wisconsin Solution.  
  Lee J, Drinkwater DC, Laks, H, Chong A, Blitz A, Chen MA, Ignarro, LJ, Chang PA, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1996, 112: 103-10
• The Fontan Procedure in Adults.  
  Gates, RN, Laks H, Drinkwater DC, Lam L, Blitz A, Child JS, Perloff JK, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1997, 63: 1085-90
• The Alternative Recipient List for Heart Transplantation: Does It Work?  
  Laks H, Scholl F, Drinkwater DC, Blitz A, Hamilton M, Moriguchi J, Fonarow G, and Kobashigawa J, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1997, 16: 735-42
• Surgical treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms and dissections.  
  Blitz A, Bagingito E, Weaver S, Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2003, 44: 215-18
• Mechanical Circulatory Assistance.  
  Blitz A, Fang J, In Device Therapy in Heart Failure (Contemporary Cardiology) (Hardcover) by William H. Maisel
• Women and Heart Disease: The Myths and the CHOICES.  
  Blitz A, Binah Magazine
• The Hottest and Coolest Trends in Temperature Management.  
  Arie Blitz, Healthcare Purchasing News
• The Heart of the Matter: Debunking Myths and Fears.  
  Arie Blitz, Binah Magazine
• MetroHealth, Cleveland EMS opposition puts regional use of cardiac arrest therapy in doubt.  
  Arie Blitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper
• Wider use of cooling treatment for heart attacks is welcome – editorial.  
  Arie Blitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper
• At 19, heart transplant recipient Jack Kachmarik is figuring out how to make a difference with his life.  
  Arie Blitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper
• University Hospitals Doctor Boycotts Egyptian Conference Over Treatment of Israeli Physicians.  
  Arie Blitz, Plain Dealer Newspaper
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Books/Book Chapters

• Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique. 
  Chapter: Mechanical Circulatory Support 
  Blitz AEdition 4,
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Long-Term Mortality and Morbidity in Multivessel Disease: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials... 
  30. Sipahi I, Akay, Dagdelen, Blitz A, AlhanJAMA Internal Medicine

Abstracts/Posters

• A Novel Percutaneous Catheter for the Treatment of Hypothermia.
  Blitz A, Okada S, Aharon A, Foster J, Small S, Andrews J, Schomisch S, Critical Care Medicine

Lectures

• Improving Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery Through Temperature Management. 
  The New Orleans Conference, New Orleans
• Therapeutic Hypothermia. 
  The New Orleans Conference, New Orleans
• Methods of Cooling. 
  The Neurocritical Care Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
• Temperature Modulation During Cardiac Surgery. 
  Zoll Corporation Annual Sales Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona
• The Treatment of Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome. 
  The Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Annual Cardiovascular Conference, Spartanburg, SC
• Obamacare. 
  Cleveland, OH
• The Perils and Pitfalls of ECMO Therapy. 
  the North Cypress Medical Center, Cypress, TX
• Use of the RVAD for RV failure. 
  St. Martin, French West Indies
• Six lectures on Mechanical Circulatotory: Percutaneous VADs, The Permanent Artificial Heart, Managing Afterdrop Following Circulatory Arrest, Temperature Management af... 
  New Orleans
• Four invited lectures on Mechanical Circulatory: Transfusion Trigger Debate, American vs. Canadian Healthcare System Debate, Strategic Planning for a Successful Busine... 
  New Orleans
• Cardiology for the Primary Care Practitioner. 
  2010, 2011
• Percutaneous VAD Therapy. 
  Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
• Destination Therapy. 
  Grand Rounds. Saint John Medical Center, Westlake, OH
• Mechanical Circulatory Support. 
  The Duluth Clinic, Duluth, MN
• Current Status of Mechanical Circulatory Support. 
  Puerto Rico
• Mechanical Circulatory Support: Welcome to the Machine. 
  Cleveland, OH
• Four invited lectures at the New Orleans Conference: Antegrade vs. Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion, How Cardiac Surgery Will be Affected by Health Care Reform, Should Ev... 
  New Orleans
• Proof of Concept: Excellent Destination Therapy Survival Can Be Achieved in a Low Volume Program. 
  Vancouver, CA
• Update in Mechanical Circulatory Support. 
  Curacao
• Hypothermia and Cardiac Surgery: A Yin-Yang Paradigm. 
  Miami
• Four invited lectures at the New Orleans Conference: How To Have Successful VAD Outcomes, Pitfalls in Aortic Dissection Surgery, Stem Cell Therapy Update, Judge and Mo... 
  New Orleans
• Acute Electrophysiological Effects of the Maze Procedure. 
  New York
• Chronic Electrophysiological Effects of the Maze Procedure. 
  Nice, France
• Revascularization Versus Transplantation for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. 
  Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Florida
• What if Heart Failure Medications Don’t Work? 
  Beachwood, OH
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Other

• Heartmate II LVAD Operation. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4r5_3uS0Nc&feature=relmfu
• Repair of a Ruptured Type A Aortic Dissection. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O398CeblR3U&feature=relmfu
• Repair of a Type A Aortic Dissection with Tear of the Right Coronary Artery. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NIUHpLED6Q&feature=relmfu
• Heart Transplantation. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFU78wFA88&feature=relmfu
• Aortic Root Replacement. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6gHQ87yLpc
• Aortic Root Replacement for Endocarditis. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPzaXRsEVI&feature=channel&list=UL
• Repair of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_u6SfPhHyc&feature=relmfu
• Removal of an Aortic Valve Tumor. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ2py42LGF0&list=UUF9lxPX_MAmnAz9C0KMwdBQ&index=5&feature=plcp
• Aortic Valve replacement. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-sIdppyaPQ&feature=relmfu
• The Internet and Medical Information. 
  Arie Blitz, MSNBC Live Interview, Dr. Nancy Show
• Removal of Cardiac Tumor. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUFU78wFA88&feature=relmfu
• Axillary Artery Cannulation. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZGQp3VMHk
• Bypass Surgery on a Beating Heart. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGzyhuCs43o&list=UUF9lxPX_MAmnAz9C0KMwdBQ&index=1&feature=plcp
• ECMO for H1N1. 
  Arie Blitz, Nightline ABC News Segment
• Combined Maze Procedure, Mitral Valve Repair, and Tricuspid Valve Repair. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYbnGxychKk&list=UUF9lxPX_MAmnAz9C0KMwdBQ&index=6&feature=plcp
• Complex Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkymZ_eQN5w&list=UUF9lxPX_MAmnAz9C0KMwdBQ&index=8&feature=plcp
• Tort Reform and Healthcare Reform. 
  Arie Blitz, WKYC News Interview
• Mitral Valve Replacement for Rheumatic Heart Disease. 
  Arie Blitz
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vPzaXRsEVI&feature=channel&list=UL
• Big Advances Make Open Heart Surgery More Routine. 
  Arie Blitz, Go Red for Women Campaign. Channel 5 News Interview
• Update on Healthcare Reform. 
  Arie Blitz, WKYC Live News Interview
• Bionic Heart Takes College Student from Death Bed to Altar. 
  Arie Blitz, AOL Health Interview
• Dick Cheney Undergoes LVAD. 
  Arie Blitz, MSNBC Live News Interview
• Sitting Increases Risk of Death. 
  Arie Blitz, MSNBC Live News Interview
• Avon Lake Woman Defies Death. 
  Arie Blitz, WEWS News Segment
• Local Woman who Defies Death Faces Financial Hardship. 
  Arie Blitz, WEWS News Segment
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