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Publications 2000 - 2004

Leather HA, Vuylsteke A, Bert C, M'Fam W, Segers P, Sergeant P, Vandermeersch E, Wouters PF. Evaluation of a new continuous cardiac output monitor in off-pump coronary artery surgery. Anaesthesia 2004;59(4):385-9.

Cheng DC, Mazer CD, Martineau R, Ralph-Edwards A, Karski J, Robblee J, Finegan B, Hall RI, Latimer R, Vuylsteke A. A phase II dose-response study of hemoglobin raffimer (Hemolink) in elective coronary artery bypass surgery. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 2004;127(1):79-86.

Chadwick VL, Arrowsmith JE. Recent advances in pediatric resuscitation. Pediatric Anesthesia 2004;14(5);417-23.

DeSilva R, Dunningham H, Vuylsteke A. The use of nitric oxide as part of the sweep gas infusion during cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2003;17(6):783-4.

Stygall J, Fitzgerald G, Steed L, Mulligan K, Arrowsmith JE, Humphries S, Pugsley W, Harrison MJ, Newman SP.  Cognitive change 5 years after coronary artery bypass surgery.  Health Psychology  2003;22(6):579-86.

Arrowsmith J. Private practice is still open to NCCG doctors. Hospital Doctor 2003;(Nov 13):18-9.

Murali B, Drain A, Seller D, Dunning J, Vuylsteke A. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a case of hereditary stomatocytosis. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003;91(5):739-41.

Wheeler DW, Arrowsmith JE. NCEPOD: Reconciling recommendations with reality in the ICU. Surgery 2003;21(11):i-ii.

Swanevelder J, Chin D, Kneeshaw J, Chambers J, Bennett S, Smith D, Nihoyannopoulos P. Accreditation in transoesophageal echocardiography: statement from the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaetshetists and the British Society of Echocardiography Joint TOE Accreditation Committee. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2003;91(4):469-72.

Ali Z, Lim E, Akouwah E, Ahmed I, Zadeh RM, Gerrard C, Vuylsteke A, Ali A, Foweraker J, Tsui S. Allogenic blood transfusion does not predispose to postoperative infection after surgery: a prospective observational study. British Journal of Surgery 2003;90(Suppl 1):141-2.

Powroznyk VV, Vuylsteke A, Naughton C, Misso SL, Holloway J, Jolin-Mellgård Å, Latimer RD, Nordlander M, Feneck RO. Comparison of clevidipine with sodium nitroprusside in the control of blood pressure after coronary artery surgery. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2003;20(9):697-703.

Cohen A, Latimer R, Vuylsteke A. Improving the management of the diabetic patient having heart surgery. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 2003;6(2):149-51.

De Silva R, Dunning J, Trull A, Vuylsteke A. A review of ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the cardiorespiratory system. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 2003;6(2):126-31.

Booth JV, Ward EE, Colgan KC, Funk BL, El-Moalem H, Smith MP, Milano C, Smith PK, Newman MF, Schwinn DA - for the Duke Heart Center Perioperative Desensitization Group (Arrowsmith JE). Metoprolol and major adverse cardiac events: mechanisms underlying acute myocardial B-adrenergic receptor desensitization during CABG surgery in human. Anesthesiology 2003. In press


Mangano DT, Saidman L, Levin J, Barash P, Dietzel C, Herskowitz A, Ley C, Hsu P, Kardatzke D, Wang S, Tudor IC, Beatty D, Xavier B, Kerkela S, Aronson S, Comunale M, D'Ambra M, Eaton M, Engelman R, Fitch J, Grichnik K, Hantler CB, Hillel Z, Kanchuger M, Ostrowski J, Mangano CM, Mathew J, Fontes M, Barash P, McSweeney M, Wolman R, Napolitano CA, Nesbitt LA, Nijhawan N, Nussmeier N, Pivalizza EG, Polson S, Ramsay J, Roach G, Schwann N, Shenaq S, Shevde K, Shore-Lesserson L, Bronheim D, Wahr J, Spiess B, Wallace A, Metzler H, Ansley D, O'Connor JP, Cheng D, Cote D, Duke P, Dupuis JY, Hynes M, Finnegan B, Martineau R, Couture P, Mazer D, Villalba JC, Colmenares ME, Girard C, Isetta C, Greim CA, Roewer N, Hoeft A, Loeb R, Radke J, Mollhoff T, Motsch J, Martin E, Ott E, Ueberfuhr P, Scholz J, Tonner P, Sonntag H, Szekely A, Juneja R, Mani G, Siregar E, Drenger B, Gozal Y, Elami E, Tommasino C, Luna P, Roekaerts P, DeLange S, Pfitzner R, Filipescu D, Prakanrattana U, Duthie DJR, Feneck RO, Fox MA, Park JD, Smith D, Vohra A, Vuylsteke A, Latimer RD. Aspirin and mortality from coronary bypass surgery. New England Journal of Medicine 2002;347(17):1309-17.

Reichenberger F, Zaba JP, Hodgkins D, Vuylsteke A, McNeill K, Dunning J. Outcome after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Thorax 2002;57(Suppl 3):S25.

Vuylsteke A, Gerrard C.  Reducing blood transfusion: BMJ's cover and headline exaggerated importance of study's findings. British Medical Journal 2002;325(7365):655.

Senthuran S, Toff WD, Vuylsteke A, Solesbury PM, Menon DK. Implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators in anaesthetic practice. Diversity and complexity offer flexibility but confusion may compromise safety: standardizaton and guidelines are urgently required. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2002;88(5):627-31.

Arrowsmith JE. Book Review: Anesthesia for the Cardiac Patient. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2002;89(4):664-5.

Mackay J, Powell S, Osgathorp J, Rozario C. Six-year prospective audit of chest reopening after cardiac arrest. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2002;22(3):421-5.

Arrowsmith JE. Shortage of isoproterenol (isoprenaline) hydrochloride. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2002;89(3):528.

Ilgner J, Falter F, Westhofen M. Long-term follow-up after laser-induced endotracheal fire. Journal of Laryngology & Otology 2002;116:213-5.

Senthuran S, Toff WD, Vuylsteke A, Solesbury PM, Menon DK. Implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators in anaesthetic practice. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2002;88:627-31.

Guo X, Kuzumi E, Charman SC, Vuylsteke A. Perioperative melatonin secretion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2002;94(5):1085-91.

Chandler J, Grixti K, Dunning J, Vuylsteke A. An unusual chest radiograph after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 2002;16(2):253-4.

Arrowsmith JE, Mackay JH. Perioperative management of the patient with cardiovascular disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Surgery 2002;20(4):91-6.

Arrowsmith JE, Cook AC, Birdi I, Ritchie AJ. Hypothermic circulatory arrest in the management of massive pulmonary artery hemorrhage following pneumonectomy. Case Reports & Clinical Practice Review 2002;3(1):18-20. Download


Chandler J, Govindaswamy S, Latimer RD, Vuylsteke A. Management of the patient with coagulation disorders. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 2001. In press

Borland C, Mist B, Zammit M, Vuylsteke A. Steady-state measurement of NO and CO lung diffusing capacity on moderate exercise in men. Journal of Applied Physiology 2001;90(2):538-44.

Vuylsteke A, Davidson HJ, Ho WS, Ritchie AJ, Callingham BA, White R, Hiley CR. Effect of the blood substitute diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin in rat mesenteric and human radial collateral arteries. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 2001;37:394-405.

Nashef SAM, Roques F, Vuylsteke A, Keogh BE. Contrôle-qualité par les chirurgiens cardaiques britanniques: du simple dénombrement à la vigilance active. Journal de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire 2001;V(2):82-6.
Accompanied by an editorial: Roques F, Baudet E. La base de données, le chirurgien cardiaque et les autres…. Journal de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardio-Vasculaire 2001;V(2):79-81.

Rozario C, Vuylsteke A. Synthetic haemoglobins: start of a story. ITBM-RBM 2001;22(Suppl 1):49-53.

Mulavisala P, Vuylsteke A, Latimer RD. Genomics and gene therapy in the understanding and treatment of heart disease. Anestezjologia Intensywna Terapia 2001;33:7-9.

Latimer RD, Callingham BA, Vuylsteke A. A comparison of the inotropic effects of milrinone and piroximone. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 2001;4(1):17-20.

Mulavisala P, Vuylsteke A, Latimer RD. Gene therapy in the management of cardiovascular diseases. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 2001;4(1):4-6.

Satchithananda DK, Stoica SC, Smith S, Woods MJ, Vuylsteke A, Sharples L, Wallwork J, Parameshwar J, Large SR. Empirical supportive therapy in the hypotensive donor - best guess or worst option? [Letter] Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2001;20:255.

Arrowsmith JE, Dunning JJ. Normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and cognitive brain function after coronary artery bypass grafting. [Letter] European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2001;19(5):732-3.

Arrowsmith JE, Dunning JJ, Gray SJ, Large SR, Tsui SL. Anesthesia for ventricular assist device placement. [Letter] Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 2001;15(2):274.

Grocott HP, Arrowsmith JE. Serum S100 protein as a marker of cerebral damage during cardiac surgery. [Letter] British Journal of Anaesthesia 2001;86(1):289. [Citations=3]


Max M, Kuhlen R, Falter F, Reyle-Hahn M, Dembinski R, Rossaint R. Effect of PEEP and inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary gas exchange during gaseous and partial liquid ventilation with small volumes of perfluorocarbon. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2000;44:383-90.

Leonard IE, Vuylsteke A. Acute normovolaemic haemodilution and cardiac surgery – Current opinion and controversies. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 2000;3(2):19-24.

Vuylsteke A, Milner Q, Ericsson H, Mur D, Dunning J, Jolin-Mellgard A, Nordlander M, Latimer R. Pharmacokinetics and pulmonary extraction of clevidipine, a new vasodilating ultrashort-acting dihydropyridine, during cardiopulmonary bypass. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000;85(5):683-9.

Vuylsteke A, Mills RJ, Crosbie AE, Burns TI, Latimer RD. Increased pre-operative platelet counts are a possible predictor for reduced sensitivity to heparin. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000;85(6):896-8.

Sharma R, Vuylsteke A. An unusual postoperative pulmonary complication. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 2000;14(5):615-6.

Vuylsteke A. Fundamentals of chirality. Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica 2000;51:113-7.

Ahmed A, Latimer RD, Vuylsteke A. Cardiovascular pharmacology: new drugs and new indications. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 2000;13:5-13.

Ritchie AJ, Hartshorn S, Crosbie AE, Callingham BA, Latimer RD, Vuylsteke A. The action of diaspirin cross-linked haemoglobin blood substitute on human arterial bypass conduits. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2000;18(2):241-5.

Vuylsteke A, Feneck RO, Jolin-Mellgard A, Latimer RD, Levy JH, Lynch C, 3rd, Nordlander ML, Nystrom P, Ricksten SE. Perioperative blood pressure control: a prospective survey of patient management in cardiac surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 2000;14(3):269-73.

Nandate K, Vuylsteke A, Ratsep I, Messahel S, Oduro-Dominah A, Menon DK, Matta BF. Effects of isoflurane, sevoflurane and propofol anaesthesia on jugular venous oxygen saturation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000;84(5):631-3.

Crosbie AE, Vuylsteke A, Ritchie AJ, Latimer RD, Callingham BA. Inhibitory effects of glibenclamide on the contraction of human arterial conduits used in coronary artery bypass surgery. J Pharm Pharmacol 2000;52(3):333-40.

Paoloni CC, Arrowsmith JE. Patient information leaflets for anaesthetic drugs. [Letter] Anaesthesia 2000;55(9):911.

Arrowsmith JE, Grocott HP, Reves JG, Newman MF. Central nervous system complications of cardiac surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000;84(3):378-93. [Citations=19]

Kuzumi E, Vuylsteke A, Guo X, Menon DK. Serum S100 protein as a marker of cerebral damage during cardiac surgery. [Letter] British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000:85(6):936-7.

Arrowsmith JE, Large SR. Off-pump revascularization and the brain. [Letter] British Journal of Anaesthesia 2000;85(3):492-3.

Arrowsmith JE. Self reports of postoperative cognitive dysfunction. [Letter] Anaesthesia 2000;55(1):94-5. [Citations=1]

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