McConnell TR, Shearn WM, Klinger TA, Strohecker K. Oxygen pulse is not indicative of stroke volume in heart failure. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness.  In print, 2006.

Brofferio A, Babburi H, Oommen R, Ilercil A, Shirani J. Improved post-exercise detection of tricuspid regurgitant velocity by selecting the optimal image plane from multiple views at the baseline [submitted].

Green P, Anshelevich M, Talreja A, Burcham JL, Ravi SM, Shirani J, Le Jemtel TH. Long-term effects

Krucoff MW, Crater SW, Gallup D, Blankenship JC, Cuffe M, Guarneri M, Krieger RA, Kshettry VR, Morris K, Oz M, Pichard A, Sketch MH, Koenig HG, Mark D, Lee KL.  Music, imagery touch and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care:  the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomized study.  Lancet 2005;366:211-17.

McConnell TR. A review to develop an effective exercise training for heart failure patients.  Europa Medicophysica – Mediterranean Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 41:49-56, 2005.

Saririan M, Cugno S, Blankenship J, Huynh T, Sedlis S, Starling M, Pilote L, Wilson B, Eisenberg MJ.  Routine versus selective functional testing after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes mellitus.  J Inv Cardiol 2005;17:25-29.

Tanowitz HB, Huang H, Jelicks LA, Chandra M, Loredo ML, Weiss LM, Factor SM, Shtutin V, Mukherjee S, Kitsis RN, Christ GJ, Wittner M, Shirani J, Kisanuki YY, Yanagisawa M. Role of endothelin 1 in the pathogenesis of chronic Chagasic heart disease. Infection Immunity 2005;73:2496-2503.

Blankenship JC, Islam A, Wood CG, Iliadis EA.  Angiographic adverse outcomes during percutaneous coronary intervention fail to predict creatine kinase-MB elevation.  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004:63:31-41.

Blankenship JC, Klein LW, Laskey WK, Krone RJ, Dehmer GJ, Chambers C, Cowley M.  SCAI statement on ad  hoc versus the separate performance of diagnostic cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention.  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004: 63; 444-451.

Blankenship JC.  Ethics in interventional cardiology:  combining coronary intervention with diagnostic catheterization.  Am Heart Hosp J 2004; 2: 52-54.

Cantor WJ, Tcheng JE, Blankenship JC, O'Shea JC, Pieper KS, Criger DA, Madan M, Ducas J, Sheldon WS, Tannenbaum MA, Smith JE, Kitt MM, Gilchrist IC. Temporal spectrum of ischemic complications with percutaneous coronary intervention: the ESPRIT experience.  J Invasive Cardiol. 2004 Sep;16(9):475-81.

Cole PJ, Lemura LM, Klinger TA, Strohecker K, McConnell TR. Measuring energy expenditure in cardiac patients using the Body Media Armband versus indirect calorimetry.  A validation study.  The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 44:262-271, 2004.

De Souza AP, Tanowitz HB, Chandra M, Shtutin V, Weiss LM, Morris SA, Factor SM, Wittner M, Shirani J, Jelicks LA. Effects of early and late administration of verapamil on development of cardiomyopathy in experimental chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Brazil strain). ParasitologyResearch 2004;92(6):496-501.

Eisenberg MJ, Blankenship JC, Huynh T, Azrin M, Pathan A, Sedlis S, Panja M, Starling MR, Beyar R, Azoulay A, Caron J, Pilote L.  Evaluation of routine functional testing after percutaneous coronary intervention.  Am J Cardiol 2004;93:744-747.

Exaire JE, Dauerman HL, Topol EJ, Blankenship JC, Wolski K, Raymond RE, Cohen EA, Moliterno DJ. Triple antiplatelet therapy does not increase femoral access bleeding with vascular closure devices.  Am Heart J. 2004;147(1):31-4.

McConnell TR. Editorial: Ventilatory markers during exercise for congestive heart failure.  Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. 24:321-323, 2004.

Tadros, GM, Islam MA, Mirza A, Blankenship JC, Iliadis EA.  Angiographic and long-term outcomes of "rescue" stenting versus PTCA in failed thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction.  Angiology. 2004;55(2):169-76.

Babburi H, Oomenn R, Brofferio A, Ilercil A, Frater R, Shirani J. Functional anatomy of normal mitral apparatus: a transthoracic echocardiographic study. J Heart Valve Dis 2003;12:180-185.

Babburi H, Oommen R, Brofferio A, Ilercil A, Frater R, Shirani J. Functional anatomy of normal mitral valve apparatus: a transthoracic echocardiographic study. J Valve Heart Dis 2003; 12: 180-185.

Cohen AW, Park DS, Woodman SE, Williams TM, Chandra M, Shirani J, De Souza AP, Kitsis RN, Russell RG, Weiss LM, Tang B, Jelicks LA, Factor SM, Shtutin V, Tanowitz HB, Lisanti MP. Caveolin-1 null mice develop cardiac hypertrophy with hyperactivation of p42/44 MAP kinase in cardiac fibroblasts. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003;284:C1-C18.

de Souza AP, Tang B, Tanowitz HB, Factor SM, Shtutin V, Shirani J, Taylor GA, Weiss LM, Jelicks LA. Absence of interferon-gamma-inducible gene IGTP does not significantly alter the development of chagasic cardiomyopathy in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi (Brazil strain). J Parasitol 2003;89:1237-1239.

Gardner JK, McConnell TR, Klinger TA, Herman CP, Hauck CA, Laubach  Jr, CA. Quality of life and self-efficacy. Gender and diagnosis considerations for management during cardiac rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. 23:299-306, 2003.

Hayakawa Y, Chandra M, Miao W, Shirani J, Brown JH, Dorn II GW, Armstrong RC, Kitsis RN. Inhibition of Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis Improves Cardiac Function and Abolishes Mortality in the Peripartum Cardiomyopathy of Gaq Transgenic Mice. Circulation 2003:108;3036-3041.

Kraemer WJ, Hakkinen K, Triplett-McBride NT, Fry A, Koziris LP, Ratamess NA, Bauuer JE, Volek JS, McConnell TR, et al. Physiologic changes with periodized resistance training in women tennis players. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 35:157-168, 2003.

McConnell TR, Famiglio LM, Wolfe TW. Fitness professional, teacher, or both? ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal. 7(3):17-21, 2003.

McConnell TR, Mandak JS, Sykes JS, Fesniak HF, Dasgupta H. Exercise training for heart failure patients improves respiratory muscle endurance, exercise tolerance, breathlessness, and quality of life. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. 23:10-16, 2003.

McConnell TR. Oxygen uptake – When to measure and when to estimate. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. 23:120-122, 2003.

Nissen SE, Tsunoda T, Tuzcu EM, Schoenhagen P, Cooper CJ, Yasin M, Eaton GM, Lauer MA, Sheldon WS, Grines CL, Halpern S, Crowe T, Blankenship JC, Kerensky R.  Effect of recombinant apoA-1 Milano on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes.  JAMA 2003:290;2292-2300.

Park DS, Cohen AW, Frank PG, Razani B, Williams TM, Chandra M, Shirani J, De Souza AP, Tang B, Jelicks LA, Factor SM, Weiss LM, Tanowitz HB, Lisanti MP. Caveolin-1 null (-/-) mice show dramatic reductions in life span. Biochemistry 2003;42:15124-15131.

Ross MJ, Hermann HC, Moliterno DJ, Blankenship JC, Demopoulos L, DiBattiste PM, Ellis SG, Ghazzal Z, Martin JL, white J, Topol EJ.  Angiographyic variables predict increased risk  for adverse ischemjic events after coronary stenting with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:981-8.

Tadros GM, Mouhayar EN, Akinwnde AO, Campbell B, Wood C, Blankenship JC, Iliadis EA.  Prevention of radio-contrast-induced nephropathy with N-acetylcysteine in patients undergoing coronary angiography.  J Inv Cardiol 2003;15:311-314.

Wencker D, Chandra M, Nguyen K, Miao W, Garantziotis S, Factor SM, Shirani J, Armstrong RC, Kitsis RN. A mechanistic role for cardiac myocyte apoptosis in heart failure. J Clin Invest 2003 May;111(10):1497-504.

Huang H, Yanagisawa M, Kisanuki YY, Jelicks LA, Chandra M, Factor SM, Wittner M, Weiss LM, Pestell RG, Shtutin V, Shirani J, Tanowitz HB. Role of cardiac myocyte-derived endothelin-1 in chagasic cardiomyopathy: molecular genetic evidence. Clin Sci (Lond) 2002;103 Suppl 48:263S-266S.

Jelicks LA, Chandra M, Shtutin V, Petkova SB, Tang B, Christ GJ, Factor SM, Wittner M, Huang H, Douglas SA, Weiss LM, Orleans-Juste PD, Shirani J, Tanowitz HB. Phosphoramidon treatment improves the consequences of chagasic heart disease in mice. Clin Sci (Lond) 2002;103 Suppl 48:267S-271S.

Schiavone WA, Cannell TM, Baker C and Prasad SK. Metastatic myocardial carcinoid tumor: characterization by CMR. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, in press

Haldis TA, Singh K, Rodriguez JA, Ramaiah V, Wood GC, Gowda R, Perkowsky P, Olsen D, Diethrich EB. Long-term renal artery patency is improved with renal artery stenting. Submitted for publication. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.

Haldis TA, Blankenship JC, Singh K. Peripheral Vascular No-Reflow as the initial manifestation of Cholesterol Embolization. Submitted for publication. Journal of Endovascular Therapy.

Weber KT, Singh K, Hey J. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Primary Aldosteronism: Report of 2 cases. American Journal of Medical Sciences 2002; 324:45-50.

Singh K, Jayam VK, Flaker GC. Acute myocardial injury following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports 2001; 22:406-10.

Book Chapters

McConnell TR, Klinger TA.  Atherosclerosis.  In: AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual. Hamm LF, Ed. Human Kinetics; Champaign, IL. 2006.

Schiavone, WA. BC Decker Inc, Hamilton, Ontario 2006. Clinically Relevant Electrocardiography: PQRST and U.

Shirani J, Brofferio A. Isolated Coronary Artery Anomalies in the Adult in Geibel J, Marriott H, Zevitz M (eds): Electronic Textbook of Medicine and Surgery. Emedicine 2006, http://www.emedicine.com.

McConnell TR. Metabolic Calculations. In: ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 7th ed. Whaley M, Brubaker P, Otto R, Eds. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkens: Baltimore, MD. 2005.

McConnell TR. Stroke.  In: Clinical Exercise Physiology: Application and Physiological Principles. LeMura L, von Duvillard S, Eds.  Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkens. 2004, pp. 207-218.

McConnell TR, Laubach, Jr. CA.  Revascularization of the Heart.  In: Clinical Exercise Physiology, Ehrman, Gordon, Visich, Keteyian.  Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Inc., 2003, pp. 227-242.

Reddy HK, Bedi AK, Gardi D, Sharma R, Singh K, Hess D. Echo-guided endomyocardial Biopsy: Technique, Benefits and Pitfalls. Medicus Indicus Philadelphia. Menduzzi Publications Italy. (Book Chapter).