Publications
1. Sugiura K, Tortolani AJ: Effects of Low Temperature on the Viability of Wagner and Ridgway Osteogenic Sarcoma. Cryobiology. 1966; (5): 272-275
2. Beil AR Jr, Tortolani AJ: Survival of Lung Cancer Patients in a Community Hospital. Seventh National Cancer Conference. Proceedings 1972; 7:747-748
3. Kaplitt MJ, Frantz S, Tortolani AJ, Newman F, Stein H, Gulotta S: Review of Intra Operative Coronary Angiography in Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery. Coronary Artery Medicine and Surgery Concepts and Controversies. 1975; 237:42
4. Tortolani AJ, Catinella F: Cardiac Resuscitation. Clinical Journal, North Shore University Hospital. 1979; 2:3
5. Nelson RL, Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Stahl K: Nitroglycerine Improves Cardioplegic Delivery. Circulation. 1981; 64 Supplement IV: IV - 147
6. Nelson RL, Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Levy R, Beil AJ Jr: Hemoconcentration by Ultrafiltration Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Surgical Forum. 1982; 33:253-255
7. Nelson RL, Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG: Treatment of Hemodilution by Membrane Filtration. Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Hemoperfusion and Artificial Organs, Ankara, 1982.
8. Nelson RL, Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG: A New Method for Concentration and Salvage of Pump Blood. In Pathophysiology and Techniques of Cardiopulmonary Bypass II. Edited by Utley J. Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 1983.
9. Tamari Y, Nelson RL, Levy R, Rea N, Salogub M, Carolina C, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Tortolani AJ: Conversion of Dilute Pump Blood to Whole Blood by Single Pass Ultrafiltration. The Journal of Extracorporeal Technology. 1985 15(5): 126-132
10. Tamari Y, Nelson RL, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Carolina C, Salogub M, Rea N: Concentration of Blood in the Extracorporeal Circuit Using Ultrafiltration. Journal of Extracorporeal Technology. 1983; 15(9): 133-142
11. Tamari Y, Nelson RL, Levy R, Carolina C, Rea N, Salogub M, Moccio CG, Hall MH, Tortolani AJ: Effects of the Hemoconcentrator on Blood. Journal of Extracorporeal Technology. 1984; 16: 89-94
12. Pizzarello RA, Turnier J, Goldman MA, Dworkin P, Oka M, Tortolani AJ, Padmanabhan VT: Clinical and Echocardiographic Features of Isolated, Severe, Pure Mitral Regurgitation. Clinical Cardiology. 1984; 7(11): 569-571
13. Pizzarello RA, Turnier J, Padmanabhan VT, Goldman MA, Tortolani AJ: Left Atrial Size, Pressure, and V Wave Height in Patients with Isolated, Severe Pure Mitral Regurgitation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1984; 10 (5): 445-454
14. Green SJ, Pizzarello RA, Padmanabhan VT, Ong LY, Hall MH, Tortolani AJ: Relationship of Angina Pectoris to Coronary Artery Dise0ase in Aortic Valve Stenosis. American Journal of Cardiology. 1985; 55:1063 1065
15. Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Nelson RL, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Levy RS, Smith SD, James MD: A New Pump Chamber for the Roller Pump Allows Control of Flow Output by Filling Pressure. Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1985; 30: 561-566
16. Tamari Y, Nelson RL, Levy RS, Rea Azzaretto N, Salogub M, Carolina CC, James MD, Smith SD, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Tortolani AJ: Evaluation of Blood Cardioplegia Administration Systems. The Journal of Extra Corporeal Technology. 1985; 17(3): 96-110
17. Mattina CJ, Tortolani AJ, Padmanabhan VT, Ong LY, Hall MH, Pizzarello RA: Incidence of Angiographically Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Severe, Pure Mitral Stenosis. American Journal of Cardiology. 1986; 57(10): 802-805
18. Pathak R, Padmanabhan VT, Tortolani AJ, Ong LY, Hall MH, Pizzarello RA: Angina Pectoris and Coronary Artery Disease in Isolated, Severe Aortic Regurgitation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 1986; 57(8) : 649-651
19. Tamari Y, Nelson RL, Tortolani AJ, Smith SD, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Parnell VA Jr, James MD: Are Some Bubble Oxygenators Too Efficient? Progress in Artificial Organs: 570-574 (1985). Edited by Y. Nose et al. ISAO Press, Cleveland, 1986.
20. Mattina CJ, Green SJ, Tortolani AJ, Padmanabhan VT, Ong LY, Hall MH, Pizzarello RA: Frequency of Angiographically Significant Coronary Arterial Narrowing in Mitral Stenosis. The American Journal of Cardiology. 1986; 57(10): 802-809
21. Stahl K, Tortolani AJ, Tamari, Y., Nelson RL, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Parnell VA Jr: Prolonged Ventricular Assist by Intra Aortic Balloon: Risk of Balloon Perforation/Benefit of Balloon Reinsertion. Proceedings, International Meeting on Heart Transplantation, Total Artificial Heart and Assist Devices, Brussels, Belgium, March 1987.
22. Stahl K, Tortolani AJ, Nelson R, Hall M, Moccio CG and Parnell, VA Jr: Intraaortic Balloon Rupture, Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. 1988; 34(3): 496-499
23. Nelson R, Stahl KD, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Moccio CG, Parnell VA Jr: Intra Aortic Balloon Rupture Complicating Circulatory Support. Proceedings, Circulatory Support 1988, St Louis, MO, February 1988.
24. Nelson R, Stahl K, Tortolani A, Hall M, Moccio C, Parnell V Jr: Non Lethal Intra Aortic Balloon Ruptures. ASAIO Trans. 1988; 34(3): 496-499
25. The TIMI Study Group: Comparison of invasive and conservative strategies after treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: results of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Phase II trial. NEJM. 1989; 320: 618-627
26. Risucci, DA, Tortolani, AJ: Cognitive Asymmetry and Personality Factors Associated with Surgical Knowledge and Clinical Performance in Surgical Residents. Focus on Surgical Education. 1989; 6:14
27. Tortolani AJ, Risucci D, Powell S, Dixon R: In hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation during asystole: Therapeutic factors associated with 24 hour survival. Chest. 1989; 96 (3): 622-626
28. Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ, Ward RJ: Ratings of Surgical Residents by Self, Supervisors and Peers. Surgery. Gynecology and Obstetrics. 1989; 169(6): 519 526
29. Rosenberg PH, Geiss AC, Nelson RL, and Tortolani AJ: Model of Intestinal Continence Using an Implantable Pulse Generator and a Myoprosthetic Sphincter. ASAIO Trans. 1989; 35(3): 222-225
30. Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ. A Methodological Framework for Research on Evaluation of Residents. Academic Medicine. January 1990; 65(1): 36-41
31. Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Maquine M, Czegledy F: Current priming solutions for cardiopulmonary bypass contain a potent coronary vasodilator. Perfusion. 1990; 5: 9 21
32. Lee Sensiba K, Tortolani AJ, Tamari Y: Bloodless Testing for Microporous Membrane Oxygenator Failure: A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Artificial Organs. 1991; 14 (3); 154 160
33. Tortolani AJ, Risucci DA, Rosati R, Dixon R: In hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Patient, Arrest and Resuscitation Factors Associated with Survival. Resuscitation. 1990; 20: 115 128
34. Tamari Y, Tortolani AJ, Maquine M, Lee Sensiba K, Guarino J: The Effect of High Pressure on Microporous Membrane Oxygenator Failure. Artificial Organs. 1990; 15(1): 15 22
35. Tortolani AJ, Risucci DA, Rosati RJ, Dlugacz Y: Validation of Resident Evaluations of Surgical Faculty.Focus on Surgical Education. 1991; 8 (2): 21 22
36. Rosenberg PH, Oramas AG, Nelson RL, Hall MH, Tortolani AJ: Epicardial Lead Failure Due to Dense Scarring: A Solution. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1991; 52(2): 346-347
37. Tortolani AJ, Risucci DA: Resident Evaluation of Surgical Faculty. Journal of Surgical Research. 1991; 51:186-191
38. Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ, Horowitz MB. Neuropsychological Assessment of General Surgery Interns. Focus on Surgical Education. Winter 1991; Vol. 9, No. 1
39. Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ, Horowitz MB. Personality Assessment of General Surgery Interns. Focus on Surgical Education,. Summer 1992; Vol. 9, No. 3
40. Reiner DS, Gilder M, Gadaleta D, Tortolani AJ: Rib Fractures in Moderately Injured (ISS 10-29) Blunt Trauma Patients. Chest. 1989; 96(2) : 242
41. Risucci DA, Lutsky LA, Rosati RJ, Tortolani AJ: Reliability and Accuracy of Resident Evaluations of Surgical Faculty. Evaluation and the Health Professions. September 1992; 15 (3): 313-324
42. Powell SR, Tortolani AJ: Recent Advances in the Role of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates in Ischemic Injury. Journal of Surgical Research. 1992; 53(4): 417-429
43. Powell SR, Hyacinthe L, Teichberg S, Tortolani AJ: Mediatory Role of Copper in Reactive Oxygen Intermediate-Induced Cardiac Injury. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 1992; 24(11): 1371-1386
44. Gadaleta D, Risucci DA, Nelson RL, Tortolani AJ, Hall MH, Parnell V, Chiodo C, Green S: Effects of Morbid Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus on Risk of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. American Journal of Cardiology. 1992; 70: 1613-1614
45. Lutsky L, Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ: Reliability and Accuracy of Peer Evaluations of Surgical Residents. Evaluation Review. 1993; 17 (4): 444-454
46. Tortolani AJ, Powell SR, Misik V, Weglicki WB, Pogo GJ, Kramer JH: Detection of Alkoxyl and Carbon-centered
Free Radicals in Coronary Sinus Blood from Patient Undergoing Elective Cardioplegia. Free Radical Biology and Medicine,. 1993; 14:421-426
47. Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Leonard E, Parnell V, Tortolani AJ: The Effects of Pressure and Flow on Hemolysis Caused by Bio-Medicus Centrifugal Pumps and Roller Pumps: Guidelines for Choosing a Blood Pump. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1993; 106:997-1007
48. Silvestri F, Leitman IM, Gilder M, Tortolani AJ: Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage and Insufficiency in Association with Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis. Contemporary Surgery. 1993; 42: 351-354
49. Leitman IM, Fisher M, McKinley M, Rothman R, Ward R, Reiner D, Tortolani AJ: The Evaluation and Management of Known or Suspected Stones of the Common Bile Duct in the Era of Minimal Access Surgery. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1993; 176(6): 527-533
50. Tortolani AJ, Risucci DA: Overcoming Halo Error in Evaluations of Residents by Faculty. Current Surgery. 1994 July-August; 51(6): 392-397
51. Leitman IM, Risucci DA, Tortolani AJ: Teaching Laparoscopic Surgical Skills to General Surgery Residents: Development of an Individualized Instructional Approach. Focus on Surgical Education. 1994; 11(2): 20-22
52. Powell SR, Hall D, Aiuto L, Wapnir RA, Teichberg S, Tortolani AJ: Zinc Improves Postischemic Recovery of Isolated Rat Hearts through Inhibition of Oxidative Stress. J American Physiology. 194; 266 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 35):H2497-H2507
53. Friedman SG, Lazzaro RS, Spier LN, Moccio C, Tortolani AJT: A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Dacron and Polytertrafluoroethylene Aortic Bifurcation Grafts. Surgery. January 1995; 117:7-10
54. Spier LN, Hall MH, Nelson RL, Parnell VA, Pogo GJ, Tortolani AJ: Aortic Dissection: Rupture Into Right Ventricle and Right Pulmonary Artery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1995; 59:1017-1019
55. Bianchi M, Ulrich P, Bloom O, Meistrell M, Zimmerman G, Schmidtmayerova H, Bukrinsky M, Donnelley T, Bucala R, Sherry B, Manogue K, Tortolani AJ, Cerami A, Tracey K: An Inhibitor of Macrophage Arginine Transport and Nitric Oxide Production (CNI-1493) Prevents Acute Inflammation and Endotoxin Lethality.
Molecular Medicine. March 1995; 1(3): 254-266
56. Powell SJ, Aiuto L, Hall D, Tortolani AJ: Zinc-supplementation enhances the effectiveness of St. Thomas No. 2 cardioplegic solution in an in vitro model of hypothermic cardiac arrest. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. December 1995; 110:1642-1648
57. Birmingham LK, Feingenbaum N, Leitman IM, Tortolani AJ: Critical Comparision of Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Appendectomy versus Open Appendectomy for the Evaluation of Acute Right Lower Quadrant Pain. Current Surgery. May 1996; 53(4): 1-4
58. Nelson R, Carolina C, Sensiba K, Tortolani AJ, Hall M, Parnell V, Pogo G: Use weighing device to determine infused blood cardioplegia volume. ASAIO. 1996; 42 (2) 65.
59. Tortolani AJ, Leitman IM, Risucci DA: Student Perceptions of Skills Acquisition During the Surgical Clerkship: Differences Across Academic Quarters and Deviations from Faculty Expectation. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, An International Journal. 1997; 9( 3) 186-191
60. Powell SR, Nelson RL, Finnerty J, Alexander D, Pottanat G, Kooker K, Russell JS. Moyse J, Teichberg S, Tortolani AJ: Zinc-bis-Histidinate Preserves Cardiac Function in a Porcine Model of Cardioplegic Arrest, Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1997; 64:73-80
61. Tamari Y, Lee-Sensiba K, Leonard E, Tortolani AJ: A Dynamic Method for Setting Roller Pumps Nonocclusively Reduces Hemolysis and Predicts Retrograde Flow. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal. 1997; 43(1): 39-52
62. Tortolani AJ, Weissman DC: The Need for Physician Leadership. Journal of Medical Practice
Management. March/April 1998; 13(5): 225-227
63. Tortolani AJ, Weissman DC: Provider Service Organizations: A Method to Establish Physician Prerogatives. Journal of Medical Practice Management, Jan./Feb. 1999; 14(4) 190-195
64. Tortolani AJ, Weissman DC: Physician Partnering: A Provider Network Primer. Journal of Health Care Finance. November 1999; 26(2): 24-32
65. Deshpande K, Shim C, Tortolani A, Kvetan V. Is trocar guidance for chest tube insertion a disappearing art. J Respir Dis. 2002; 23 (2): 96-98
66. DeBois WJ, Liu J, Lee LY,Girardi LN, Mack C, Tortolani A, Krieger KH, Isom OW. Diagnosis and treatment of heparin- induced thrombocytopenia. Perfusion 2003; 18 (1): 47-53.
67. Khoynezhad A, Jalali Z, Tortolani AJ. Cardiocyte apoptosis in congestive heart failure: what are the implications For the cardiovascular surgeons? Chest 2002:122(4); 125S
68. Roychoudhury D, Chaithiraphan V, Stathopoulos IA, Fergus I, Tortolani AJ, Murkis MA, Messineo F. Culture-Negative Suppurative Endocarditis Causing Severe Mitral Valve Obstruction: Complementary Use of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography. Echocardiography: A Journal of CV Ultrasound And Allied Tech. 2003:20 (5); 429-434
69. Khoynezhad A., Jalali Z, Tortolani AJ. Apoptosis: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Implications for the Cardiac Surgeon. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004; 78:0000
70. Girardi L., Krieger KH, Mack C, Lee L, Tortolani AJ, Isom OW. Does cross-clamping the arch increase the risk of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair? Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005; 79: 133-8
71. DeBois W, Liu J, Lee L, Girardi L, Ko W, Tortolani AJ, Krieger K, Isom OW. Cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with pre-existing coagulopathy. Journal of the American Society of Extra-corporeal Technology 2005; 37: 15-22.
72. Mack, CA, Lee, LU, Tortolani AT, Krieger, KH, Isom, OW. The Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation using Argon-Based Cryoablation During Concomitant Cardiac Procedures. Circulation. 2005;112 (suppl I): I-1-I-6.)
73. 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.
74. Oribabor C, Mansuroglu N, Gebreab F, Bernstein L, Lee LY, Tortolani AJ: "Perioperative Use of Amiodarone in High Risk Cardiac Surgery patients to Achieve Normal Sinus Rhythm Upon Discharge. Submitted for publication to Chest."
75. Milla F, Skubas N, Briggs WM, Girardi LN, Lee LY, Ko W, Tortolani AJ, Krieger KH, Isom OW, Mack CA. Epicardial beating heart cryoablation using a novel argon-based cryoclamp and linear probe." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 Feb, 31(2):403-11
76. Skubas N., Slepian RL, Lee L, Tortolani AJ: Tricuspid Regurgitation Caused by Eustachian Valve Endocarditis.
Anesth Analg. 2006 Dec.; 103 (6) 1410-1411
