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Marsh MP, Chang JT, Booth CR, Liang NL, Schmid MF, Chiu W. Modular software platform for low-dose electron microscopy and tomography. J Microsc. 2007 Dec;228(Pt 3):384-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01856.x. PubMed PMID: 18045333; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4384816.
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Liang NL, Herring ME, Bush RL. Dealing honestly with an honest mistake. J Vasc Surg. 2010 Feb;51(2):494-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.001. PubMed PMID: 20022213.
Liang NL, Chaer RA, Avgerinos ED. Catheter-Directed Interventions for Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Jury Is Still Out. Chest. 2015 Sep;148(3):e93. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-1011. PubMed PMID: 26324145; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6589910.
Liang NL, Guedes BD, Duvvuri U, Singh MJ, Chaer RA, Makaroun MS, Sachdev U. Outcomes of interventions for carotid blowout syndrome in patients with head and neck cancer. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Jun;63(6):1525-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.12.047. Epub 2016 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 26926937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4884149.
Avgerinos ED, Liang NL, El-Shazly OM, Toma C, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Improved early right ventricular function recovery but increased complications with catheter-directed interventions compared with anticoagulation alone for submassive pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2016 Jul;4(3):268-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2015.11.003. Epub 2016 Jan 7. PubMed PMID: 27318043; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7151648.
Abou Ali AN, Liang NL, Chaer RA, Avgerinos ED. Catheter Interventions for Pulmonary Embolism: Are They Really that Safe?. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 15;118(2):307-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.03.030. Epub 2016 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 27108339; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7151646.
Liang NL, Avgerinos ED, Hager ES, Singh MJ. Endovascular Repair of an Iliac Ureteroarterial Fistula with Late Stent Thrombosis and Migration into the Bladder. Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 Aug;35:204.e5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.01.026. Epub 2016 May 26. PubMed PMID: 27236093; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5039064.
Liang NL, Avgerinos ED, Marone LK, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Comparative Outcomes of Ultrasound-Assisted Thrombolysis and Standard Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2016 Aug;50(6):405-10. doi: 10.1177/1538574416666228. PubMed PMID: 27630267; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7193277.
Liang NL, Alarcon LH, Jeyabalan G, Avgerinos ED, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Contemporary outcomes of civilian lower extremity arterial trauma. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Sep;64(3):731-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.04.052. Epub 2016 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 27444360; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5002387.
Tillman BW, Chun Y, Cho SK, Chen Y, Liang N, Maul T, Demetris A, Gu X, Wagner WR, Tevar AD. Dual chamber stent prevents organ malperfusion in a model of donation after cardiac death. Surgery. 2016 Oct;160(4):892-901. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.06.039. Epub 2016 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 27524434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5021586.
Liang NL, Genovese EA, Al-Khoury GE, Hager ES, Makaroun MS, Singh MJ. Effects of Gender Differences on Short-term Outcomes in Patients with Type B Aortic Dissection. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Jan;38:78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.06.006. Epub 2016 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 27521832; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5164863.
Liang NL, Avgerinos ED, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Systemic thrombolysis increases hemorrhagic stroke risk without survival benefit compared with catheter-directed intervention for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2017 Mar;5(2):171-176.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2016.11.005. Epub 2017 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 28214483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5324829.
Liang NL, Chaer RA, Marone LK, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Avgerinos ED. Midterm outcomes of catheter-directed interventions for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. Vascular. 2017 Apr;25(2):130-136. doi: 10.1177/1708538116654638. Epub 2016 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 27271537; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7193278.
Avgerinos ED, Abou Ali AN, Liang NL, Genovese E, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Predictors of failure and complications of catheter-directed interventions for pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2017 May;5(3):303-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2016.12.013. PubMed PMID: 28411694; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6394221.
Liang NL, Genovese EA, Avgerinos ED, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Impact of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placement on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Jul;42:71-77. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.11.015. Epub 2017 Mar 23. PubMed PMID: 28341513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5536973.
Liang NL, Baril DT, Avgerinos ED, Leers SA, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Comparative effectiveness of anticoagulation on midterm infrainguinal bypass graft patency. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Aug;66(2):499-505.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.141. Epub 2017 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 28400219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5524600.
Liang NL, Yuo TH, Al-Khoury GE, Hager ES, Makaroun MS, Singh MJ. High mortality rates after both open surgical and endovascular thoracic aortic interventions in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Oct;66(4):991-996. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.144. Epub 2017 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 28400216; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5612851.
Liang NL, Reitz KM, Makaroun MS, Malas MB, Tzeng E. Comparable perioperative mortality outcomes in younger patients undergoing elective open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2018 May;67(5):1404-1409.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.08.057. Epub 2017 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 29097041; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5916017.
Avgerinos ED, Abou Ali AN, Liang NL, Rivera-Lebron B, Toma C, Maholic R, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Catheter-directed interventions compared with systemic thrombolysis achieve improved ventricular function recovery at a potentially lower complication rate for acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2018 Jul;6(4):425-432. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.12.058. Epub 2018 Mar 31. PubMed PMID: 29615372; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7151647.
Sridharan ND, Liang N, Robinson D, Avgerinos E, Tzeng E, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA, Eslami MH. Implementation of drug-eluting stents for the treatment of femoropopliteal disease provides significant cost-to-system savings in a single-state outpatient simulation. J Vasc Surg. 2018 Nov;68(5):1465-1472. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.02.040. Epub 2018 May 18. PubMed PMID: 29779962; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6394222.
Mohapatra A, Liang NL, Chaer RA, Tzeng E. Persistently low inferior vena cava filter retrieval rates in a population-based cohort. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2019 Jan;7(1):38-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2018.08.006. Epub 2018 Nov 12. PubMed PMID: 30442582; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6296863.
Liang NL, Mohapatra A, Avgerinos ED, Katsargyris A. Acute Kidney Injury after Complex Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. Curr Pharm Des. 2019;25(44):4686-4694. doi: 10.2174/1381612825666191129095829. PubMed PMID: 31782361.
Mohapatra A, Liang NL, Makaroun MS, Schermerhorn ML, Farber A, Eslami MH. Risk factors for mortality after endovascular repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Mar;71(3):768-773. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.07.059. Epub 2019 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 31526693; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7082096.
Reitz KM, Liang NL, Xie B, Makaroun M, Tzeng E. Inferior Mid-term Durability with Comparable Survival for Younger Patients Undergoing Elective Endovascular Infrarenal versus Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Apr;64:143-150.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.10.039. Epub 2019 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 31634607; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7096248.
Reitz KM, Salem K, Mohapatra A, Liang NL, Avgerinos ED, Singh MJ, Hager E. Complete Venous Ulceration Healing after Perforator Ablation Does Not Depend on Treatment Modality. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Jan;70:109-115. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2020.06.051. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 32603845; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7744434.
Liang NL, Ohki T, Ouriel K, Teigen C, Fry D, Henretta J, Komori K, Kichikawa K, Makaroun MS. Five-year results of the INSPIRATION study for the INCRAFT low-profile endovascular aortic stent graft system. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Mar;73(3):867-873.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.06.128. Epub 2020 Jul 21. PubMed PMID: 32707389.
Mohapatra A, Liang NL, Makaroun MS, Schermerhorn ML, Farber A, Eslami MH. Improved outcomes of endovascular repair of thoracic aortic injuries at higher volume institutions. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Apr;73(4):1314-1319. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.034. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PubMed PMID: 32889071.
Phillips AR, Tran L, Foust JE, Liang NL. Systematic review of plasma/packed red blood cell ratio on survival in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Apr;73(4):1438-1444. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.10.027. Epub 2020 Nov 13. PubMed PMID: 33189763; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8005448.
Liang NL, Sridharan ND, Reitz KM, Eslami MH, Chaer RA, Tzeng E, Makaroun MS. New randomized controlled trials for abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment should focus on younger, good-risk patients. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Jun;73(6):2209. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.11.053. PubMed PMID: 34024466; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8514109.
Avgerinos ED, Jaber W, Lacomis J, Markel K, McDaniel M, Rivera-Lebron BN, Ross CB, Sechrist J, Toma C, Chaer R. Randomized Trial Comparing Standard Versus Ultrasound-Assisted Thrombolysis for Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: The SUNSET sPE Trial. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jun 28;14(12):1364-1373. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.049. PubMed PMID: 34167677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9057455.
Reitz KM, Varley PR, Liang NL, Youk A, George EL, Shinall MC Jr, Shireman PK, Arya S, Tzeng E, Hall DE. The Correlation Between Case Total Work Relative Value Unit, Operative Stress, and Patient Frailty: Retrospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2021 Oct 1;274(4):637-645. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005068. PubMed PMID: 34506319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8433485.
Reitz KM, Hall DE, Makaroun MS, Tzeng E, Liang NL. Early Postoperative Mortality Among US Veterans With a Robust Physiologic Reserve Undergoing Open or Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2137245. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37245. PubMed PMID: 34812851; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8611481.
Mikati N, Phillips AR, Corbelli N, Guyette FX, Liang NL. The Effect of Blood Transfusion during Air Medical Transport on Transport Times in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022 Mar-Apr;26(2):255-262. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2020.1868636. Epub 2021 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 33439068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8368078.
Phillips AR, Andraska EA, Reitz KM, Gabriel L, Salem KM, Sridharan ND, Tzeng E, Liang NL. Any Postoperative Surveillance Improves Survival after Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Mar;80:50-59. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2021.09.047. Epub 2021 Nov 12. PubMed PMID: 34775012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8897248.
Chung TK, Liang NL, Vorp DA. Artificial intelligence framework to predict wall stress in abdominal aortic aneurysm. Appl Eng Sci. 2022 Jun;10. doi: 10.1016/j.apples.2022.100104. Epub 2022 May 2. PubMed PMID: 37711641; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10500563.
Madigan MC, Lewis AJ, Liang NL, Handzel R, Hager E, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA, Eslami MH. Outcomes of operative and nonoperative management of blunt thoracic aortic injury. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Jul;76(1):239-247.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.012. Epub 2022 Mar 18. PubMed PMID: 35314302.
Cherfan P, Abdul-Malak OM, Liang NL, Eslami MH, Singh MJ, Makaroun MS, Chaer RA. Endovascular repair of abdominal and thoracoabdominal aneurysms using chimneys and periscopes is associated with poor outcomes. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Aug;76(2):311-317. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.02.048. Epub 2022 Mar 8. PubMed PMID: 35276255; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10804879.
Andraska EA, Phillips AR, Reitz KM, Asaadi S, Dai Y, Tzeng E, Makaroun M, Liang N. Longer follow-up intervals following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair are safe and appropriate after marked aneurysm sac regression. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Aug;76(2):454-460. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.01.079. Epub 2022 Jan 29. PubMed PMID: 35093463; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9329192.
Phillips AR, Andraska EA, Reitz KM, Habib S, Martinez-Meehan D, Dai Y, Johnson AE, Liang NL. Association between neighborhood deprivation and presenting with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm before screening age. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Oct;76(4):932-941.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.009. Epub 2022 Mar 18. PubMed PMID: 35314299; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9482667.
Abdul-Malak OM, Yuo T, Makaroun M, Tzeng E, Liang N. Outcomes after Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Have Improved Over Time in Patients on Dialysis. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Oct;86:94-103. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2022.05.016. Epub 2022 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 35680013; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10792698.
Chung TK, Gueldner PH, Kickliter TM, Liang NL, Vorp DA. An Objective and Repeatable Sac Isolation Technique for Comparing Biomechanical Metrics in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Bioengineering (Basel). 2022 Oct 22;9(11). doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9110601. PubMed PMID: 36354512; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9687639.
Andraska EA, Phillips AR, Reitz KM, Asaadi S, Ho J, McDonald MM, Madigan M, Liang N, Eslami M, Sridharan N. Young patients without prior vascular disease are at increased risk of limb loss and reintervention after acute limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Nov;76(5):1354-1363.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.04.052. Epub 2022 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 35709858; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9890507.
Reitz KM, Phillips AR, Tzeng E, Makaroun MS, Leeper CM, Liang NL. Characterization of immediate and early mortality after repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Dec;76(6):1578-1587.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.090. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PubMed PMID: 35803483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10088068.
Liang NL, Dake MD, Fischbein MP, Bavaria JE, Desai ND, Oderich GS, Singh MJ, Fillinger M, Suckow BD, Matsumura JS, Patel HJ, Makaroun MS. Midterm Outcomes of Endovascular Repair of Aortic Arch Aneurysms with the Gore Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2022 Dec;64(6):639-645. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.08.003. Epub 2022 Aug 13. PubMed PMID: 35970335.
Andraska E, Martinez Garcia R, Abdul Malak O, Liang N, Sridharan N, Chaer R, Avgerinos E, Salem K. Stenting performs better than drug-coated balloon angioplasty in popliteal lesions. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Aug;78(2):483-489.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.04.014. Epub 2023 Apr 17. PubMed PMID: 37076110; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10849680.
Liang NL, Chung TK, Vorp DA. The regulatory environment for artificial intelligence-enabled devices in the United States. Semin Vasc Surg. 2023 Sep;36(3):435-439. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 May 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 37863617.
Hafeez MS, Li SR, Reitz KM, Phillips AR, Habib SG, Jano A, Dai Y, Stone A, Tzeng E, Makaroun MS, Liang NL. Characterization of multiple organ failure after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct;78(4):945-953.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.06.011. Epub 2023 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 37385354; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10698734.
Hafeez MS, Habib SG, Semaan DB, Abdul-Malak O, Liang NL, Madigan MC, Siracuse JJ, Eslami MH. Outcomes of octogenarians receiving aortic repair. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Jan;79(1):34-43.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.09.005. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 37714501.
Chung TK, Gueldner PH, Aloziem OU, Liang NL, Vorp DA. An artificial intelligence based abdominal aortic aneurysm prognosis classifier to predict patient outcomes. Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 9;14(1):3390. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-53459-5. PubMed PMID: 38336915; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10858046.
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