Biopreservation of red blood cells: past, present, and future

KL Scott, J Lecak, JP Acker - Transfusion medicine reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Preservation and long-term storage of red blood cells (RBCs) is needed to ensure a readily
available, safe blood supply for transfusion medicine. Effective preservation procedures are …

Regional myocardial velocities and isovolumic contraction acceleration before and after device closure of atrial septal defects: a color tissue Doppler study

LB Pauliks, KC Chan, D Chang, SK Kirby, L Logan… - American heart …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The study analyzed the effect of atrial septal defect (ASD) device closure
on regional wall motion in the right (RV) and left ventricles (LV) using color tissue Doppler …

Ectopic cervical thymus: an uncommon diagnosis in the evaluation of pediatric neck masses

KJ Scott, AA Schroeder… - … of Otolaryngology–Head …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Ectopic cervical thymic tissue is an uncommon cause of neck masses in children, with fewer
than 100 cases reported in children who presented with primary neck masses. To illustrate …

Double-orifice mitral valve with intact atrioventricular septum: an echocardiographic study with anatomic and functional considerations

BB Das, LB Pauliks, OA Knudson Jr, S Kirby… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - Elsevier
We identified 18 patients with double-orifice mitral valve (DOMV) and intact atrioventricular (AV)
septum out of 40,179 echocardiographic studies performed between 1997 and 2002 at …

Pulmonary vascular input impedance is a combined measure of pulmonary vascular resistance and stiffness and predicts clinical outcomes better than pulmonary …

KS Hunter, PF Lee, CJ Lanning, DD Ivy, KS Kirby… - American heart …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is the current standard for evaluating
reactivity in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, PVR measures …

Altered ventricular mechanics in cardiac allografts: a tissue Doppler study in 30 children without prior rejection events

LB Pauliks, BA Pietra, S Kirby, L Logan… - The Journal of heart and …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), a non-invasive echocardiography technique,
permits quantitative analysis of the regional distribution pattern of myocardial velocities. …

An aircraft-based data analysis method for discerning individual fluxes in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape

S Kirby, R Dobosy, D Williamson, E Dumas - agricultural and forest …, 2008 - Elsevier
The utility of aircraft-based flux data is hindered in heterogeneous landscapes by the averaging
length required for proper flux calculations. In regions where the scale of heterogeneity …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of emerald ash borer infestation on the structure and material properties of ash trees

AB Persad, J Siefer, R Montan, S Kirby, OJ Rocha… - 2013 - academia.edu
Emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive insect borer on ash trees, currently occurs in the
Untied States and Canada. In many regions, large populations of ash trees are affected with …

Thoracoscopic management of cervical thoracic duct injuries: an alternative approach

KJ Scott, E Simko - Otolaryngology—Head and Neck …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Thoracic duct injuries and chylous fistulas are entities that can lead to serious respiratory
and nutritional complications. Management of these injuries has ranged from conservative …

Extraction of pulmonary vascular compliance, pulmonary vascular resistance, and right ventricular work from single-pressure and Doppler flow measurements in …

CE Weinberg, JR Hertzberg, DD Ivy, KS Kirby… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Current evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in children involves
measurement of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR); however, PVR neglects important …