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Antibody-labeled liposomes for CT imaging of atherosclerotic plaques: in vitro investigation of an anti-ICAM antibody-labeled liposome containing iohexol for molecular imaging of atherosclerotic plaques via computed tomography.

Danila D, Partha R, Elrod DB, Lackey M, Casscells SW, Conyers JL.

Tex Heart Inst J. 2009;36(5):393-403.PMID: 19876414 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Influenza virus directly infects, inflames, and resides in the arteries of atherosclerotic and normal mice.

Haidari M, Wyde PR, Litovsky S, Vela D, Ali M, Casscells SW, Madjid M.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Jul 24. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19665123 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Temporal trends in anti-diabetes drug use in tricare following safety warnings in 2007 about rosiglitazone.

Stewart KA, Natzke BM, Williams T, Granger E, Casscells SW, Croghan TW.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009 Nov;18(11):1048-52.PMID: 19655338 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Racial and ethnic health disparities in TRICARE.

Bagchi AD, Schone E, Higgins P, Granger E, Casscells SW, Croghan T.

J Natl Med Assoc. 2009 Jul;101(7):663-70.PMID: 19634587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association between oseltamivir use and adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes among TRICARE beneficiaries, ages 1 through 21 years diagnosed with influenza.

Casscells SW, Granger E, Kress AM, Linton A.

Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2009 Jan-Mar;21(1):79-89.PMID: 19526698 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief: changing the face of defense.

Laraby PR, Bourdeaux M, Casscells SW, Smith DJ, Lawry L.

Am J Disaster Med. 2009 Jan-Feb;4(1):33-40.PMID: 19378667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

TRICARE Management Activity Healthcare Facility Evidence-Based Design Survey.

Casscells SW, Granger E, Williams TV, Kurmel T, May L, Babeau L, Boyd D, Davis D, Ayine S, Thomas N.

Mil Med. 2009 Mar;174(3):236-40.PMID: 19354085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Speech by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to the military Chaplains.

Casscells SW.

J Relig Health. 2009 Mar;48(1):58-61. Epub 2008 Nov 11. No abstract available. PMID: 19229626 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Guantanamo: ethics, interrogation, and forced feeding.

Howe EG, Kosaraju A, Laraby PR, Casscells SW.

Mil Med. 2009 Jan;174(1):iv-xiii. No abstract available. PMID: 19216288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An iodinated liposomal computed tomographic contrast agent prepared from a diiodophosphatidylcholine lipid.

Elrod DB, Partha R, Danila D, Casscells SW, Conyers JL.

Nanomedicine. 2009 Mar;5(1):42-5. Epub 2008 Sep 9.PMID: 18783999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Decreasing body temperature predicts early rehospitalization in congestive heart failure.

Ahmed A, Aboshady I, Munir SM, Gondi S, Brewer A, Gertz SD, Lai D, Shaik NA, Shankar KJ, Deswal A, Casscells SW.

J Card Fail. 2008 Aug;14(6):489-96. Epub 2008 May 27.PMID: 18672197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Silent myocardial ischemia: Current perspectives and future directions.

Ahmed AH, Shankar K, Eftekhari H, Munir M, Robertson J, Brewer A, Stupin IV, Casscells SW.

Exp Clin Cardiol. 2007 Winter;12(4):189-96.PMID: 18651003 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Devices in heart failure: potential methods for device-based monitoring of congestive heart failure.

Munir SM, Bogaev RC, Sobash E, Shankar KJ, Gondi S, Stupin IV, Robertson J, Brewer MA, Casscells SW, Delgado RM, Ahmed A.

Tex Heart Inst J. 2008;35(2):166-73. Review.PMID: 18612451 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A comparison of select cardiovascular outcomes by antidiabetic prescription drug classes used to treat type 2 diabetes among Military Health System beneficiaries, fiscal year 2003-2006.

Casscells SW, Granger E, Swedorske J, Goldhammer R, Shaheen M, Dorris J, Hong A, Wiktor M.

Am J Ther. 2008 May-Jun;15(3):198-205.PMID: 18496256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How to achieve a high-performance health care system in the United States.

Casscells SW, Granger E.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 May 6;148(9):708-9. No abstract available. PMID: 18458286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Department of Defense Global Emergings Infections Surveillance and Response System.

Gaydos JC, Chretien JP, Tomich N, Cox K, Erickson RL, Kelley PW, Casscells SW.

Mil Med. 2008 Mar;173(3):v-vi. No abstract available. PMID: 18419020 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Telephone survey to assess influenza-like illness, United States, 2006.

Malone JL, Madjid M, Casscells SW.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):129-35.PMID: 18258092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Three-dimensional isotropic wavelets for post-acquisitional extraction of latent images of atherosclerotic plaque components from micro-computed tomography of human coronary arteries.

Gertz SD, Bodmann BG, Vela D, Papadakis M, Aboshady I, Cherukuri P, Alexander S, Kouri DJ, Baid S, Gittens AA, Gladish GW, Conyers JL, Cody DD, Gavish L, Mazraeshahi RM, Wilner WT, Frazier L, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Lukovenkov S, Ahmed A, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

Acad Radiol. 2007 Dec;14(12):1509-19.PMID: 18035280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantification of roughness of calcific deposits in computed tomography scans of human coronary arteries.

Wilner WT, Mazraeshahi RM, Aboshady I, Bodmann BG, Papadakis M, Kouri D, Conyers JL, Cherukuri P, Vela D, Gladish G, Gavish L, Cody DD, Frazier L, Lukovenkov S, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Ahmed A, Willerson JT, Casscells SW, Gertz SD.

Invest Radiol. 2007 Nov;42(11):771-6.PMID: 18030200 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Self assembly of amphiphilic C60 fullerene derivatives into nanoscale supramolecular structures.

Partha R, Lackey M, Hirsch A, Casscells SW, Conyers JL.

J Nanobiotechnology. 2007 Aug 2;5:6.PMID: 17683530 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

The role of periadventitial fat in atherosclerosis.

Vela D, Buja LM, Madjid M, Burke A, Naghavi M, Willerson JT, Casscells SW, Litovsky S.

Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Mar;131(3):481-7. Review.PMID: 17516753 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influenza epidemics and acute respiratory disease activity are associated with a surge in autopsy-confirmed coronary heart disease death: results from 8 years of autopsies in 34,892 subjects.

Madjid M, Miller CC, Zarubaev VV, Marinich IG, Kiselev OI, Lobzin YV, Filippov AE, Casscells SW 3rd.

Eur Heart J. 2007 May;28(10):1205-10. Epub 2007 Apr 17.PMID: 17440221 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systemic infections cause exaggerated local inflammation in atherosclerotic coronary arteries: clues to the triggering effect of acute infections on acute coronary syndromes.

Madjid M, Vela D, Khalili-Tabrizi H, Casscells SW, Litovsky S.

Tex Heart Inst J. 2007;34(1):11-8.PMID: 17420787 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coronary thermography for detection of vulnerable plaques.

Madjid M, Toutouzas K, Stefanadis C, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2007 Apr;14(2):244-9. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17386387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Semantic web representation of LOINC: an ontological perspective.

Srinivasan A, Kunapareddy N, Mirhaji P, Casscells SW.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:1107.PMID: 17238726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Semantic approach for text understanding of chief complaints data.

Mirhaji P, Byrne S, Kunapareddy N, Casscells SW.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:1033.PMID: 17238652 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Information integration from heterogeneous data sources: a Semantic Web approach.

Kunapareddy N, Mirhaji P, Richards D, Casscells SW.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:992.PMID: 17238611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Services oriented architectures and rapid deployment of ad-hoc health surveillance systems: lessons from Katrina relief efforts.

Mirhaji P, Casscells SW, Srinivasan A, Kunapareddy N, Byrne S, Richards DM, Arafat R.

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:569-73.PMID: 17238405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comparison of 60-day mortality in hospitalized heart failure patients with versus without hypothermia.

Payvar S, Orlandi C, Stough WG, Elkayam U, Ouyang J, Casscells SW, Gheorghiade M; Acute and Chronic Therapeutic Impact of a Vasopressin Antagonist in Congestive Heart Failure (ACTIV in CHF) Investigators.

Am J Cardiol. 2006 Dec 1;98(11):1485-8. Epub 2006 Oct 16.PMID: 17126655 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The open-artery hypothesis revisited.

Zarrabi A, Eftekhari H, Casscells SW, Madjid M.

Tex Heart Inst J. 2006;33(3):345-52. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17041693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Vascular stem cells: a new concept in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and interventions for coronary heart disease.

Geng YJ, Yang YJ, Casscells SW, Willerson JT.

Future Cardiol. 2006 Sep;2(5):585-92.PMID: 19804196 [PubMed - in process]

U.S. Army Medical Command: disasters, pandemics, and surprises.

Casscells SW.

Mil Med. 2006 Jul;171(7):iii-vi. No abstract available. PMID: 16895118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Admission body temperature and mortality in elderly patients hospitalized for heart failure.

Nallamothu BK, Payvar S, Wang Y, Kosiborod M, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Foody JM, Casscells SW, Krumholz HM.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Jun 20;47(12):2563-4. No abstract available. PMID: 16781389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intracoronary thermography for detection of high-risk vulnerable plaques.

Madjid M, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Apr 18;47(8 Suppl):C80-5. Review.PMID: 16631514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Usefulness of multidetector computed tomography for noninvasive evaluation of coronary arteries in asymptomatic patients.

Gertz SD, Cherukuri P, Bodmann BG, Gladish G, Wilner WT, Conyers JL, Aboshady I, Madjid M, Vela D, Lukovenkov S, Papadakis M, Kouri D, Mazraeshahi RM, Frazier L, Zarrabi A, Elrod D, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

Am J Cardiol. 2006 Jan 15;97(2):287-93. Epub 2005 Nov 28.PMID: 16442381 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Leukocyte count and coronary heart disease: implications for risk assessment.

Madjid M, Awan I, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Nov 16;44(10):1945-56. Review.PMID: 15542275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Of birds and men: cardiologists' role in influenza pandemics.

Madjid M, Casscells SW.

Lancet. 2004 Oct 9-15;364(9442):1309. No abstract available. PMID: 15474125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influenza and cardiovascular disease: is there a causal relationship?

Madjid M, Aboshady I, Awan I, Litovsky S, Casscells SW.

Tex Heart Inst J. 2004;31(1):4-13. Review.PMID: 15061620 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Influenza and cardiovascular disease: a new opportunity for prevention and the need for further studies.

Madjid M, Naghavi M, Litovsky S, Casscells SW.

Circulation. 2003 Dec 2;108(22):2730-6. Epub 2003 Nov 10. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 14610013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, Badimon JJ, Stefanadis C, Moreno P, Pasterkamp G, Fayad Z, Stone PH, Waxman S, Raggi P, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Burke A, Yuan C, Fitzgerald PJ, Siscovick DS, de Korte CL, Aikawa M, Airaksinen KE, Assmann G, Becker CR, Chesebro JH, Farb A, Galis ZS, Jackson C, Jang IK, Koenig W, Lodder RA, March K, Demirovic J, Navab M, Priori SG, Rekhter MD, Bahr R, Grundy SM, Mehran R, Colombo A, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne C, Insull W Jr, Schwartz RS, Vogel R, Serruys PW, Hansson GK, Faxon DP, Kaul S, Drexler H, Greenland P, Muller JE, Virmani R, Ridker PM, Zipes DP, Shah PK, Willerson JT.

Circulation. 2003 Oct 14;108(15):1772-8. Review.PMID: 14557340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cholesterol crystallization and macrophage apoptosis: implication for atherosclerotic plaque instability and rupture.

Geng YJ, Phillips JE, Mason RP, Casscells SW.

Biochem Pharmacol. 2003 Oct 15;66(8):1485-92.PMID: 14555225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I.

Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, Badimon JJ, Stefanadis C, Moreno P, Pasterkamp G, Fayad Z, Stone PH, Waxman S, Raggi P, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Burke A, Yuan C, Fitzgerald PJ, Siscovick DS, de Korte CL, Aikawa M, Juhani Airaksinen KE, Assmann G, Becker CR, Chesebro JH, Farb A, Galis ZS, Jackson C, Jang IK, Koenig W, Lodder RA, March K, Demirovic J, Navab M, Priori SG, Rekhter MD, Bahr R, Grundy SM, Mehran R, Colombo A, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne C, Insull W Jr, Schwartz RS, Vogel R, Serruys PW, Hansson GK, Faxon DP, Kaul S, Drexler H, Greenland P, Muller JE, Virmani R, Ridker PM, Zipes DP, Shah PK, Willerson JT.

Circulation. 2003 Oct 7;108(14):1664-72. Review.PMID: 14530185 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thermography to detect inflamed macrophage-rich plaques.

Verheye S, Kockx MM, Casscells SW.

Circulation. 2003 Jun 10;107(22):e212-3; author reply e212-3. No abstract available. PMID: 12796422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thermography basket catheter: in vivo measurement of the temperature of atherosclerotic plaques for detection of vulnerable plaques.

Naghavi M, Madjid M, Gul K, Siadaty MS, Litovsky S, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 May;59(1):52-9.PMID: 12720241 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Superparamagnetic iron oxide-based method for quantifying recruitment of monocytes to mouse atherosclerotic lesions in vivo: enhancement by tissue necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta, and interferon-gamma.

Litovsky S, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Casscells SW, Willerson JT, Naghavi M.

Circulation. 2003 Mar 25;107(11):1545-9.PMID: 12654614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thoughts on the role of the healing professions and the events of September 11, 2001.

Baim D, Brady TJ, Casscells SW, Dunne M, Fayad Z, Fuster V, Gazelle S, Heldman A, Hatsukami T, Kinlay S, Lafont A, Lee R, Libby P, Meier B, Muller JE, Naghavi M, O'Donnell C, Perin E, Rekhter M, Rumberger J, Russell M, Schwartz R, Selwyn A, Strauss HW, Tearney G, Tomaru T, Tuzcu EM, Wasserman B.

Circulation. 2002 Mar 26;105(12):1509-10. No abstract available. PMID: 11914263 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New developments in the detection of vulnerable plaque.

Naghavi M, Madjid M, Khan MR, Mohammadi RM, Willerson JT, Casscells SW.

Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2001 Mar;3(2):125-35. Review.PMID: 11177656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nonthrombogenic, adhesive cellular lining for left ventricular assist devices.

Scott-Burden T, Tock CL, Bosely JP, Clubb FJ Jr, Parnis SM, Schwarz JJ, Engler DA, Frazier OH, Casscells SW 3rd.

Circulation. 1998 Nov 10;98(19 Suppl):II339-45.PMID: 9852924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stimulation of growth and migration of vascular endothelial cells by vascular endothelial growth factor transduced smooth muscle cells in co-culture.

Visweswaran P, Johnson AD, Tock CL, Engler DA, Schwarz JJ, Casscells SW, Scott-Burden T.

ASAIO J. 1997 Sep-Oct;43(5):M753-8.PMID: 9360147 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Liposomal induction of NO synthase expression in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.

Scott-Burden T, Engler DA, Tock CL, Schwarz JJ, Casscells SW.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 Feb 24;231(3):780-3.PMID: 9070892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles