ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. Lee LY, Zhou X, Patel SR, Polce DR, Isom OW, Crystal RG, Rosengart TK. Prolonged transgene expression in the rat myocardium mediated by an adeno-associated viral vector: implications for chronic cardiac therapy. American College of Surgeons: Surgical Forum, 1998;49:215-6.

2. Rosengart TK, Lee LY, Patel SR, Szulc M, Kligfield PD, Okin PM, Hackett NR, Isom OW, Crystal RG. Six month assessment of a phase I trial of angiogenic gene therapy for the treatment of coronary artery disease using direct intramyocardial administration of an adenovirus vector expressing the VEGF121 cDNA. Ann Surg 1999;230(4):466-72.

3. Rosengart TK, Lee LY, Patel SR, Sanborn TA, Parikh M, Bergman GW, Hachamovitch R, Szulc M, Kligfield PD, Okin PM, Hahn RT, Devereux RB, Post MR, Hackett NR, Foster T, Grasso TM, Lesser ML, Isom OW, Crystal RG. Angiogenesis gene therapy: phase I assessment of direct intramyocardial administration of anadenovirus vector expressing the VEGF121 cDNA to individuals with clinically significant severe coronary artery disease. Circ 1999;100(5): 468-474.

4. Lee LY, DeBois WJ, Krieger KH, Girardi LN, McVey J, Russo L, Ko W, Altorki NK, Brodman RA, Isom OW. The effects of platelet inhibitors on blood use in cardiac surgery. Perf 2002 Jan; 17(1):33-7.

5. Bacchetta M, Ko W, Girardi LN, Mack CA, Altorki NK, Krieger KH, Isom OW, Lee LY. Outcomes of cardiac surgery in nonagenarians: a 10-year experience. Ann Thorc Surg 2003;75:1215-1220.

6. Bacchetta MD, Girardi LN, Southard EJ, Mack CA, Ko W, Tortolani AJ, Krieger KH, Isom OW, Lee LY. Comparison of open versus bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in the cardiothoracic surgical patient. Outcomes and financial analysis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005; 79:1879-85.

7. Oribabor C., Khusid F., Bernstein L., Mansuroglu N., Tinker A., Primiano J., Patten A., Elzomor W., Nazares M., Khmelinstsky Y., Vastey F., Lee LY, Tortolani A.: Iloprost Improves Cardiac Hemodynamic Parameters of Pulmonary Hypertension in Open Heart Surgery. Submitted to CTS.