Hope and Healing

 
Clinical Research
Publications
2010

1. Garber PJ, Hussain F, Koenig JK, Maycher B, Jassal DS. Multimodality imaging of a coronary artery fistula after septal myomectomy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010. In press.

2. Lytwyn M, Fallah-Rad N, Walker JR, Bohonis S, Hussain F, Barac I, Jassal DS. The utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in the HIV population. Echocardiography. 2010. In press.

3. Han CS, Bohonis S, Walker JR, Vo M, Hussain F, Pascoe E, Jassal DS. An unusual presentation of left ventricular free wall rupture. Can J Cardiol. 2010. In press.

4. Walker JR, Lee J, Strzelczyk J, Jassal DS, Soni A. Congenital aorta to right atrial fistula. Cardiol J. 2010. In press.

5. Mousavi N, Czarnecki A, Ahmadie R, Fang T, Kumar K, Lytwyn M, Kumar A, Jassal DS. The utility of Tissue Doppler imaging for the noninvasive determination of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with septic shock. J Intensive Care Med. 2010;25(3):163-7.

6. Walker JR, Bhullar N, Fallah-Rad N, Lytwyn M, Golian M, Fang T, Summers AR, Singal PK, Barac I, Kirkpatrick ID, Jassal DS. The role of 3D echocardiography in breast cancer: comparison with 2D echocardiography, MUGA and cardiac MRI. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28(21):3429-36.

7. Ariyarajah V, Shaikh N, Garber PJ, Kirkpatrick IDC, McGregor R, Jassal DS. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in mild to moderate clozapine-induced myocarditis: is there a role in absence of electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities? J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010;31(6):1473-6.

8. Mousavi N, Jassal DS, Moon M, Shaikh N, Soni A. Thrombus in transit. Can J Cardiol. 2010 Mar;26(3):e133.

9. Jassal DS, Bhagirath KM, Tam JW, Sochowski RA, Dumesnil JG, Giannoccaro PJ, Jue J, Pandey AS, Joyner CD, Teo KK, Chan KL. Association of bicuspid aortic valve morphology and aortic root dimensions: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study. Echocardiography. 2010:27(2); 174-9.


2009


10. Ariyarajah V, Hussain F, McGregor R, Raabe M, Menkis A, Jassal DS. Progression of low-pressure to acute classic cardiac tamponade: a diagnostic dilemma in the setting of spontaneous left ventricular rupture. Am Heart Hosp J. 2009. In press.

11. Jassal DS, Moffat T, Ahmadie R, Fang T, Krahn J. Sharma S. Effect of strenuous endurance exercise on cardiac troponin T, creatinine kinase and myoglobin levels in a heterogeneous group of non-elite athletes. Int J Sports Med. 2009. In press.

12. Hildebrand AM, Bhagirath KM, Ariyarajah V, Walker JR, Houston DS, Zieroth S, Tam JW, Kirkpatrick IDC, Jassal DS. Myocardial siderosis due to hemochromatosis in an individual with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Can J Cardiol. 2009;25(12): e424-5.

13. Mousavi N, Kreml R, Kirkpatrick ID, Philipp R, Jassal DS. Multimodality imaging of a right saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm. Can J Cardiol. 2008 Dec;24(12):e106-7.

14. Mousavi N, Buksak R, Walker JR, Hussain F, Pascoe E, Kirkpatrick ID, Jassal DS. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: the role of multimodality imaging. Can J Cardiol. 2009 Nov;25(11):e389.

15. Nguyen T, Ahmadie R, Fang T, Lytwyn M, Francis A, Barac I, Hussain F, Zieroth S, Jassal DS. Stress echocardiography: abnormal Tissue Doppler imaging in the absence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients. Echocardiography. 2008 Nov 7.

16. Turgeman T, Hagai Y, Huebner K, Jassal DS, Anderson J, Genina O, Nagler A, Halevy O, Pines M. Muscle fibrosis prevention and muscle performance improvement in the mdx mouse by halifuginone. Neuromuscul Disord. 2008;18(11):857-68.

17. Elmayergi N, Jassal DS, Sinha S, Seifer CM. Sudden pacemaker failure. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009;32(10):e4-6.

18. Ludke AR, Al-Shudiefat AA, Dhingra S, Jassal DS, Singal PK. A concise description of cardioprotective strategies in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Can J Physio Pharmacol. 2009;87(10):756-63.

19. Wadhwa D, Fallah-Rad N, Grenier D, Krahn M, Fang T, Ahmadie R, Lister D, Arora RC, Barac I, Morris A, Jassal DS. Trastuzumab mediated cardiotoxicity in the setting of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a retrospective study. Breast Can Res Treat. 2009;117(2):357-64.

20. Ducas R, Jassal DS, Kirkpatrick I, Freed D, Zieroth S, Ducas J. Dynamic compression of the left main coronary artery by the left atrium. J Thorac Imag. 2009;24(3):237-40.

21. Mousavi N, Tam J, Kirkpatrick I, Jassal DS. Interventricular septal cleft aneurysm. Can J Cardiol. 2009;25(8):e291.

22. Walker JR, Singal PK, Jassal DS. The art of healing broken hearts in breast cancer: trastuzumab and heart failure. Exp Clin Cardiology. 2009;14(3):e62-7.

23. Walker JR, Mousavi N, Horlick E, Seifer C, Jassal DS. Tricuspid valvular papillary muscle rupture with intractable hypoxia: a rare complication post MI. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22(7):863.e1-3.

24. Walker JR, Jassal DS. Tricuspid valvular heart disease: the forgotten valve. Perspectives in Cardiology. 2009 Jun/Jul;25(4):13-6.

25. Ducas R, Jassal DS, Zieroth S, Kirkpatrick ID, Freed D. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction by a bioprosthetic mitral valve: diagnosis by cardiac computed tomography. Journal Thorac Imaging. 2009;24(2):132-5.

26. Mooney O, Bhagirath K, Shaikh N, MacDonald K, Hussain F, Kirkpatrick ID, Pascoe E, Jassal DS. Cardioembolic source of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;53(18):1729.

27. Mousavi N, Czarnecki A, Kumar K, Fallah-Rad N, Lytwyn M, Han S, Francis A, Kirkpatrick ID, Neilan TG, Sharma S, Jassal DS. Relation of biomarkers and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after marathon running. Am J Cardiol. 2009;103(10):1467-72.

28. Jassal DS, Han SY, Hans C, Sharma A, Fang T, Ahmadie R, Lytwyn M, Walker JR, Bhalla RS, Czarnecki A, Moussa T, Singal PK. Utility of tissue Doppler and strain rate imaging in the early detection of trastuzumab and anthraycline mediated cardiomyopathy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22(4):418-24.

29. Ariyarajah V, Jassal DS, Kirkpatrick I, Kwong RY. The utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in constrictive pericardial disease. Cardiology in Review. 2009;17(2):77-82.

30. Chow BJ, Larose E, Bilodeau S, Ellins ML, Galiwango P, Kass M, Seth T, Jassal DS, Kirkpatrick ID, Mancini GB, Mayo J, Abraham A, White J. The ‘what, when, where, who and how?' of cardiac computed tomography in 2009: guidelines for the clinician. Can J Cardiol. 2009;25(3):135-9.

31. Kumar K, Menkis AH, Jassal DS, Arora RC. Iatrogenic acute aortic dissection in a patient with Marfan syndrome: unusual site of intimal tear. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009;8:362-3.

32. Bhagirath K, Paulson K, Ahamdie R, Bhalla R, Robinson D, Jassal DS. Clinical utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in Churg-Strauss syndrome: case report and review of literature. Rheum International. 2009 Feb;29(4):445-9.

33. Nkosi J, Thakrar A, Kumar K, Ahmadie R, Fang T, Lytywn M, Francis A, Kasper K, Kirkpatrick I, Jassal DS. Meningococcal serotype Y myopericarditis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;63(2):223-7.

34. Thakrar A, Farag A, Lytwyn M, Fang T, Arora R, Jassal DS. Multimodality cardiac imaging for the noninvasive characterization of intracardiac neoplasms. Int J Cardiol. 2009;132(2):e74-6.

35. Ahraf F, Jassal DS, Kirkpatrick ID, Tam J. Multimodality imaging of an old organized hemopericardium. Can J Cardiol. 2010 Jan;26(1):e33-4.

36. Jassal DS, Othman RA, Ahmadie R, Fang T, Zieroth S, Fisher G, Moghadasian M. The role of Tissue Doppler imaging in the noninvasive detection of chronic rejection after heterotopic cardiac transplantation in rats. Echocardiography. 2009;26(1):37-43.

37. Nguyen T, Kumar K, Francis A, Raaebe M, Zieroth S, Jassal DS. Pseudo cardiac tamponade in the setting of excess pericardial fat. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2009 Jan 22;7:3.

38. Wang L, Deng J, Wang J, Xiang B, Yang T, Gruwel M, Kashour T, Tomanek B, Summer R, Freed D, Jassal DS, Guanping D, Deslauriers R, Arora R, Tian G. Superparamagnetic iron oxide does not affect viability and function of adipose-derived stem cells and superparamagnetic iron oxide-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging identifies viable cells. Magn Reson Imaging. 2009;27(1):108-19.


2008

39. Strijack B, Ariyarajah V, Jassal DS, Morris A, McGregor R. Late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in genotyped hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with normal phenotype. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2008;10(1):58.

40. Jassal DS, Tam JW, Dumesnil JG, Giannoccaro PJ, Jue J, Pandney S, Joyner CD, Teo KK, Chan KL. Clinical usefulness of Tissue Doppler imaging in patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008;21(9):1023-7.

41. Schaffer SA, Manji RA, Kirkpatrick I, Arora R, Zieroth S, Jassal DS. Negative pressure pulmonary edema in the coronary care unit. Can J Cardiol. 2008 Sept;24(9):e58-9.

42. Cury RC, Nieman K, Butler J, Nomura CH, Ferencik M, Shapiro MD, Hoffman U, Abbara S, Jassal DS, Gold HK, Jang IK, Brady TJ. Comprehensive assessment of left ventricular function and myocardial perfusion by 64-slice MDCT in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Radiology. 2008;248(2):466-75.

43. Mousavi N, Tam JW, Maycher B, Kirkpatrick I, Jassal DS. Cover image: multimodality imaging of a cloverleaf aortic valve. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Aug.

44. Mousavi N, Bhagirath K, Ariyarajah V, Fang T, Ahmadie R, Lytwyn M, Jassal DS, Seifer C. Chiari network endocarditis: an innocent bystander. Echocardiography. 2008 Jul;25(6):642-5.

45. Elmayergi N, Khadem A, Tam JW, Jassal DS. Cover image: basal inferior wall cleft of the left ventricle. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jun.

46. Jassal DS, Tam JW, Bhagirath KM, Sochowski R, Dumesnil JG, Giannoccaro PJ, Jue J, Pandney S, Joyner CD, Teo KK, Chan KL. Association of mitral annular calcification and aortic valve morphology: a substudy of the aortic stenosis progression observation measuring effects of rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) study. Eur Heart J. 2008;29(12):1542-7.
47. Huebner KD, Jassal DS, Halevy O, Pines M, Anderson HE. Functional resolution of fibrosis in mdx mouse dystrophic heart and skeletal muscle by halifuginone. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008;294(4):H1550-61.

48. Stronger LN, McGregor R, Philipp R, Tam JW, Jassal DS. Cover image: congenital absence of the pericardium. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr.

49. Hameed AK, Gosal T, Fang T, Barac I, Zieroth S, Hussain F, Jassal DS. Clinical utility of tissue Doppler imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2008;6:11.

50. Othman RA, Suh M, Fisher G, Azordegan N, Riediger N, Le K, Jassal DS, Moghadasian MH. A comparison of the effects of fish oil and flaxseed oil on cardiac allograft chronic rejection in rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008;294(3):H1452-8.

51. Czarnecki A, Fang T, Lytwyn M, Pascoe E, Jassal DS. Acute severe mitral regurgitation: consideration of papillary muscle architecture. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2008;6(1):5.

52. Fallah-Rad N, Lytwyn M, Fang T, Kirkpatrick I, Jassal DS. Delayed contrast enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in trastuzumab induced cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2008;10(1):5.

53. Jassal DS, Thakrar A, Schaffer SA, Fang T, Kirkpatrick I, Tam JW, Kashour T. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis: the role of multimodality imaging. Echocardiography. 2008 Jan;25(2):231-5.

54. Jassal DS, Hung J. Chapter: Valvular heart diseases: cardiac imaging atlas. 2008.

55. Jassal DS, King MEK. Chapter: Congenital heart disease: cardiac imaging atlas. 2008.


2007

56. Shapiro MD, Neilan TG, Jassal DS, Hoffman U, Brady TJ, Cury RC. Multidetector computed tomography for the detection of left atrial appendage thrombus: a comparative study with transesophageal echocardiography. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007;31(6):905-9.

57. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Picard MH, Wood MJ. Stress echocardiography: abnormal response of tissue-Doppler derived indices to dobutamine in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with chronic renal failure. Echocardiography. 2007;24(6):580-6.

58. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Shapiro MD, Chaithiraphan V, Ferencik M, Brady TJ, Isselbacher EM, Cury RC. 64-Multi-detector computed tomography for detection of aortic regurgitation and quantification of severity. Invest Radiol. 2007;42:507-12.

59. Neilan TG, Blake SL, Buys ES, Raher MJ, Furutani E, Jassal DS, Perez-Sanz TM, Graveline A, Pradhan AD, Janssens SP, Ichinose F, Picard MH, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Bloch KD. Disruption of nitric oxide synthase-3 protects against the cardiac injury, dysfunction and mortality induced by doxorubicin. Circulation. 2007;116(5):506-14.

60. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Fatima U, Holmvang G, Agnihotri A, Palacios I, Yoerger DM. Mitral valve ring dehiscence with an aorta-left atrial fistula. Eur J Echocardiography. 2007;8(4):296-8.

61. Jassal DS, Thakrar A, Neilan TG, Isselbacher EM, Brugge WR, King ME. Cardioembolic stroke in a patient with spindle cell carcinoma of the left atrium. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007;Apr;20(4):438e1-4.

62. Jassal DS, Aminbakhsh A, Fang T, Shaikh N, Embil JM, Mackenzie GS, Tam JW. Diagnostic value of harmonic transthoracic echocardiography in native valve infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2007;5:20.

63. Butler J, Shapiro M, Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Nichols J, Ferencik M, Brady TJ, Hoffmann U, Cury RC. Comparison of multi-detector computed tomography and two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography for left ventricular assessment in patients with heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2007;99(2):247-9.

64. Raoult D, Abbara S, Jassal DS, Kradin R. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 5-2007. A 53-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve and recent onset of fatigue, dyspnea, weight loss and sweats. N Engl J Med. 2007;356(7):715-25.

65. Thakrar A, Shapiro MD, Jassal DS, Neilan TG, King ME, Abbara S. Cor triatriatum: the utility of cardiovascular imaging. Can J Cardiol. 2007 Feb;23(2):143-5.

66. Ichinose F, Buys ES, Neilan TG, Furutani EM, Morgan JG, Jassal DS, Lim CC, Masao K, Picard MH, Scherrer-Crobie M, Janssens S, Liao Ronglih, and Bloch KD. Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of nitric oxide synthase 3 prevents myocardial dysfunction in murine models of septic shock. Circ Res. 2007;100(1):130-9.


2006

67. Jassal DS, Desai SC, Neilan TG, Avery E, Vlahakes GJ, and Agnihotri A. The impact of spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in patients with left atrial enlargement undergoing cardiac valvular surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2006;20(6):772-6.

68. Neilan TG, Januzzi JL, Lee-Lewandrowski E, Ton-Nu TT, Yoerger DM, Jassal DS, Lewandrowski KB, Siegel AJ, Marshall JE, Douglas PS, Lawlor D, Picard MH, Wood MJ. Myocardial injury and ventricular dysfunction related to training levels among nonelite participants in the Boston marathon. Circulation. 2006;114(22):2325-33.

69. Jassal DS, Chaithiraphan V, Neilan TG, Cury RC. Delayed contrast enhancement CMR imaging in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol. 2006 Nov; 10;113(2):e56-7.

70. Jassal DS, Fatima U, Thakrar A, Neilan TG, Rodriguez N, Rosenberg A, Holmvang G. Mediastinal paraganglioma: utility of preoperative cardiac MRI. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Oct;132(4):976-7.

71. Neilan TG, Ton-Nu TT, Jassal DS, Popovic ZB, Douglas PS, Halpern EF, Marshall JE, Thomas JD, Picard MH, Yoerger DM, Wood MJ. Myocardial adaptation to short-term high-intensity exercise in highly-trained athletes. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006;19(10):1280-5.

72. Neilan TG, Jassal DS, Perez-Sanz MT, Raher MJ, Buys ES, Bayne DB, Bloch KD, Picard MH and Scherrer-Crosbie M. Tissue Doppler imaging predicts left ventricular dysfunction in a murine model of cardiac injury. Eur Heart J. 2006;27(15):1868-75.

73. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Pradhan AD, Lynch KE, Vlahakes G, Agnihotri A, and Picard MH. Surgical management of infective endocarditis: early predictors of short term morbidity and mortality. Ann Thor Surg. 2006;82(2):524-9.

74. Hataishi R, Rodrigues AC, Neilan TG, Morgan JG, Sruti S, Tambouret R, Jassal DS, Raher MJ, Furtutani E, Gladwin MT, Rosenzweig A, Picard MH, Bloch KD, Scherrer-Crosbie M. Inhaled nitric oxide decreases infarction size and improves left ventricular function in a murine model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006;291(1):H379-84.

75. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Palacios IF, Lowry PA, Vlahakes G, Picard MH, Fifer MA and Yoerger DM. Sustained improvement in diastolic function after alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J. 2006;27(15):1805-10.

76. Neilan TG, Jassal DS, Chen G, Deflandre C, McAllister H, Kay E, Austin SC, Harmey JH and Fitzerald DJ. Iloprost attenuates doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury without compromising tumor suppression. Eur Heart J. 2006;7(10):1251-6.

77. Jassal DS, Hassan A, Buth KJ, Neilan TG, Koilpillai C, Hirsch GM. Surgical management of infective endocarditis. J Heart Val Dis. 2006;15(1):115-21.

78. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, and Hung J. A continuous murmur. Echocardiography. 2006 Jan;23(1):60-1.

79. Jassal DS, Neilan TG, Nomura C, Wittram C, and King ME. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: an echocardiographic perspective. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 Jan;19(2):229.e5-229.e7.


80. Jassal DS, Nomura C, Neilan TG, Fatima U, Holmvang G, Januzzi JL, Brady T, and Cury R. Delayed contrast enhancement CMR imaging in left ventricular noncompaction. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2006;8(3):489-91.


2005

81. Anderson DR, Gardner MJ, Putnam W, Jassal DS, Brownell B, Flowerdew G, Nagpal S, Thompson K and Cox JL. Population-based evaluation of the management of antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation. Can J Cardio. 2005;1(3):257-66.

82. Jassal DS, Chiasson M, Rajda M, Ostry A, and Legare JF. Isolated pulmonic valve endocarditis. Can J Card. 2005;21(4):365-6.

83. Jassal DS, Yung J, Crofts P, and Stewart K. A fungal phenomenon. Perspectives in Cardiology. 2005 Jan;21(1):13-4.