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  1. Tsarova K, Morgan AE, Melendres-Groves L, Ibrahim MM, Ma CL, Pan IZ, Hatton ND, Beck EM, Ferrel MN, Selzman CH, Ingram D, Alamri AK, Ratcliffe MB, Wilson BD, Ryan JJ. Imaging in Pulmonary Vascular Disease-Understanding Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling. Compr Physiol. 2022 08 11; 12(4):3705-3730. View in PubMed
  2. Orkild BA, Zenger B, Iyer K, Rupp LC, Ibrahim MM, Khashani AG, Perez MD, Foote MD, Bergquist JA, Morris AK, Kim JJ, Steinberg BA, Selzman C, Ratcliffe MB, MacLeod RS, Elhabian S, Morgan AE. All Roads Lead to Rome: Diverse Etiologies of Tricuspid Regurgitation Create a Predictable Constellation of Right Ventricular Shape Changes. Front Physiol. 2022; 13:908552. View in PubMed
  3. Zhang Y, Adams J, Wang VY, Horwitz L, Tartibi M, Morgan AE, Kim J, Wallace AW, Weinsaft JW, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. A finite element model of the cardiac ventricles with coupled circulation: Biventricular mesh generation with hexahedral elements, airbags and a functional mockup interface to the circulation. Comput Biol Med. 2021 10; 137:104840. View in PubMed
  4. Wang VY, Tartibi M, Zhang Y, Selvaganesan K, Haraldsson H, Auger DA, Faraji F, Spaulding K, Takaba K, Collins A, Aguayo E, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Weinsaft JW, Epstein FH, Guccione J, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. A kinematic model-based analysis framework for 3D Cine-DENSE-validation with an axially compressed gel phantom and application in sheep before and after antero-apical myocardial infarction. Magn Reson Med. 2021 10; 86(4):2105-2121. View in PubMed
  5. Zhang Y, Wang VY, Morgan AE, Kim J, Tafreshi R, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Weinsaft JW, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. Finite-element based optimization of left ventricular passive stiffness in normal volunteers and patients after myocardial infarction: Utility of an inverse deformation gradient calculation of regional diastolic strain. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2021 07; 119:104431. View in PubMed
  6. Kochav JD, Kim J, Judd R, Kim HW, Klem I, Heitner J, Shah D, Shenoy C, Farzaneh-Far A, Polsani V, Kalil R, Villar-Calle P, Nambiar L, Sultana R, Parker M, Cargile P, Khalique OK, Leon MB, Karmpaliotis D, Ratcliffe M, Levine R, Zoghbi WA, Devereux RB, Moskowitz CS, Kim R, Weinsaft JW. Ischemia-Mediated Dysfunction in Subpapillary Myocardium as a Marker of Functional Mitral Regurgitation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 04; 14(4):826-839. View in PubMed
  7. Morgan AE, Kashani A, Zenger B, Rupp LC, Perez MD, Foote MD, Morris AK, Ratcliffe MB, Kim JJ, Weinsaft JW, Sharma V, MacLeod RS, Elhabian S. Right Ventricular Shape Distortion in Tricuspid Regurgitation. Comput Cardiol (2010). 2020 Sep; 47. View in PubMed
  8. Giao DM, Wang Y, Rojas R, Takaba K, Badathala A, Spaulding KA, Soon G, Zhang Y, Wang VY, Haraldsson H, Liu J, Saloner D, Guccione JM, Ge L, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB. Left ventricular geometry during unloading and the end-systolic pressure volume relationship: Measurement with a modified real-time MRI-based method in normal sheep. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0234896. View in PubMed
  9. Spaulding KA, Zhu Y, Takaba K, Ramasubramanian A, Badathala A, Haraldsson H, Collins A, Aguayo E, Shah C, Wallace AW, Ziats NP, Lovett DH, Baker AJ, Healy KE, Ratcliffe MB. Myocardial injection of a thermoresponsive hydrogel with reactive oxygen species scavenger properties improves border zone contractility. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2020 08 01; 108(8):1736-1746. View in PubMed
  10. Zhang Y, Wang VY, Morgan AE, Kim J, Ge L, Guccione JM, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB. A Novel MRI-Based Finite Element Modeling Method for Calculation of Myocardial Ischemia Effect in Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Front Physiol. 2020; 11:158. View in PubMed
  11. Kim J, Palumbo MC, Khalique OK, Rong LQ, Sultana R, Das M, Jantz J, Nagata Y, Devereux RB, Wong SC, Bergman GW, Levine RA, Ratcliffe MB, Weinsaft JW. Transcatheter MitraClip repair alters mitral annular geometry - device induced annular remodeling on three-dimensional echocardiography predicts therapeutic response. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2019 Dec 26; 17(1):31. View in PubMed
  12. Zhang Y, Wang VY, Morgan AE, Kim J, Handschumacher MD, Moskowitz CS, Levine RA, Ge L, Guccione JM, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB. Mechanical effects of MitraClip on leaflet stress and myocardial strain in functional mitral regurgitation - A finite element modeling study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0223472. View in PubMed
  13. Planchard D, Garassino MC, Paz-Ares L, Faivre-Finn C, Spira A, Gu Y, Wadsworth C, Whiteley J, Scott M, Boothman AM, Ratcliffe M, Walker J, Dennis PA, Antonia SJ. Prevalence of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) by demographic, disease and sample characteristics in unresectable, stage III NSCLC (PACIFIC). Ann Oncol. 2019 Apr; 30 Suppl 2:ii32-ii33. View in PubMed
  14. Kampaktsis PN, Albert BJ, Kim J, Xie LX, Brouwer LR, Tehrani NH, Villanueva M, Choi DY, Szulc M, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Impact of Mitral Regurgitation Severity and Cause on Effort Tolerance-Integrated Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Echocardiographic Assessment of Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 03 05; 8(5):e010974. View in PubMed
  15. Kim J, Alakbarli J, Palumbo MC, Xie LX, Rong LQ, Tehrani NH, Brouwer LR, Devereux RB, Wong SC, Bergman GW, Khalique OK, Levine RA, Ratcliffe MB, Weinsaft JW. Left ventricular geometry predicts optimal response to percutaneous mitral repair via MitraClip: Integrated assessment by two- and three-dimensional echocardiography. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 05 01; 93(6):1152-1160. View in PubMed
  16. Kim J, Alakbarli J, Yum B, Tehrani NH, Pollie MP, Abouzeid C, Di Franco A, Ratcliffe MB, Poppas A, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Tissue-based markers of right ventricular dysfunction in ischemic mitral regurgitation assessed via stress cardiac magnetic resonance and three-dimensional echocardiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Apr; 35(4):683-693. View in PubMed
  17. Spaulding K, Takaba K, Collins A, Faraji F, Wang G, Aguayo E, Ge L, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Baker AJ, Lovett DH, Ratcliffe MB. Short term doxycycline treatment induces sustained improvement in myocardial infarction border zone contractility. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192720. View in PubMed
  18. Al-Masri H, Ratcliffe M, Sharpe A, Barker C, Scorer P, Scott M, Rebelatto M, Walker J. Correction to: Abstracts : 29th European Congress of Pathology. Virchows Arch. 2018 02; 472(2):301. View in PubMed
  19. Morgan AE, Zhang Y, Tartibi M, Goldburg S, Kim JJ, Nguyen TD, Guccione J, Ge L, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Abnormal Strain Overestimates Nonviable Myocardium. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 06; 105(6):1754-1761. View in PubMed
  20. Di Franco A, Kim J, Rodriguez-Diego S, Khalique O, Siden JY, Goldburg SR, Mehta NK, Srinivasan A, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Crea F, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Multiplanar strain quantification for assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and non-ischemic fibrosis among patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0185657. View in PubMed
  21. Kim J, Rodriguez-Diego S, Srinivasan A, Brown RM, Pollie MP, Di Franco A, Goldburg SR, Siden JY, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Echocardiography-quantified myocardial strain-a marker of global and regional infarct size that stratifies likelihood of left ventricular thrombus. Echocardiography. 2017 Nov; 34(11):1623-1632. View in PubMed
  22. Morgan AE, Wozniak CJ, Gulati S, Ge L, Grossi EA, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB. Association of Uneven MitraClip Application and Leaflet Stress in a Finite Element Model. JAMA Surg. 2017 01 01; 152(1):111-114. View in PubMed
  23. Kim J, Di Franco A, Seoane T, Srinivasan A, Kampaktsis PN, Geevarghese A, Goldburg SR, Khan SA, Szulc M, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Morgan AE, Maddula P, Rozenstrauch M, Shah T, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Right Ventricular Dysfunction Impairs Effort Tolerance Independent of Left Ventricular Function Among Patients Undergoing Exercise Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Nov; 9(11). View in PubMed
  24. Pantoja JL, Morgan AE, Grossi EA, Jensen MO, Weinsaft JW, Levine RA, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty Increases Strain in the Proximal Lateral Left Ventricular Wall. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Mar; 103(3):820-827. View in PubMed
  25. Morgan AE, Pantoja JL, Grossi EA, Ge L, Weinsaft JW, Ratcliffe MB. Neochord placement versus triangular resection in mitral valve repair: A finite element model. J Surg Res. 2016 11; 206(1):98-105. View in PubMed
  26. Ge L, Haraldsson H, Hope MD, Saloner D, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Tseng EE. Suture Forces for Closure of Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Mathematical Model. J Heart Valve Dis. 2016 07; 25(4):424-429. View in PubMed
  27. Ge L, Wu Y, Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Takaba K, Tartibi M, Zhang Z, Acevedo-Bolton G, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Mishra R, Grossi EA, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation After Posterolateral Myocardial Infarction in Sheep Alters Left Ventricular Shear but Not Normal Strain in the Infarct and Infarct Borderzone. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 May; 101(5):1691-9. View in PubMed
  28. Morgan AE, Pantoja JL, Weinsaft J, Grossi E, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe M. Finite Element Modeling of Mitral Valve Repair. J Biomech Eng. 2016 Feb; 138(2):021009. View in PubMed
  29. Goyal P, Kim J, Feher A, Ma CL, Gurevich S, Veal DR, Szulc M, Wong FJ, Ratcliffe MB, Levine RA, Devereux RB, Weinsaft JW. Myocardial perfusion pattern for stratification of ischemic mitral regurgitation response to percutaneous coronary intervention. Coron Artery Dis. 2015 Dec; 26(8):642-50. View in PubMed
  30. Pantoja JL, Zhang Z, Tartibi M, Sun K, Macmillan W, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. Residual Stress Impairs Pump Function After Surgical Ventricular Remodeling: A Finite Element Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Dec; 100(6):2198-205. View in PubMed
  31. Yaffee DW, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB. Progressive design concepts in off-pump left ventricular remodeling mitral valve repair devices. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jul; 4(4):352-4. View in PubMed
  32. Ratcliffe M, Cambronero N, Takaba K, Ge L. Studies on postinfarct left ventricular remodeling: state of the art. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Mar; 99(3):755-6. View in PubMed
  33. Morrel WG, Ge L, Zhang Z, Grossi EA, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Effect of mitral annuloplasty device shape and size on leaflet and myofiber stress following repair of posterior leaflet prolapse: a patient-specific finite element simulation. J Heart Valve Dis. 2014 Nov; 23(6):727-34. View in PubMed
  34. Lovett DH, Chu C, Wang G, Ratcliffe MB, Baker AJ. A N-terminal truncated intracellular isoform of matrix metalloproteinase-2 impairs contractility of mouse myocardium. Front Physiol. 2014; 5:363. View in PubMed
  35. Shimkunas R, Makwana O, Spaulding K, Bazargan M, Khazalpour M, Takaba K, Soleimani M, Myagmar BE, Lovett DH, Simpson PC, Ratcliffe MB, Baker AJ. Myofilament dysfunction contributes to impaired myocardial contraction in the infarct border zone. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2014 Oct 15; 307(8):H1150-8. View in PubMed
  36. Pantoja JL, Ge L, Zhang Z, Morrel WG, Guccione JM, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB. Posterior papillary muscle anchoring affects remote myofiber stress and pump function: finite element analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Oct; 98(4):1355-62. View in PubMed
  37. Lee LC, Ge L, Zhang Z, Pease M, Nikolic SD, Mishra R, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. Patient-specific finite element modeling of the Cardiokinetix Parachute(®) device: effects on left ventricular wall stress and function. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2014 Jun; 52(6):557-66. View in PubMed
  38. Ratcliffe M, Cambronero N, Long S. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May; 97(5):1524-5. View in PubMed
  39. Lee LC, Genet M, Dang AB, Ge L, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Applications of computational modeling in cardiac surgery. J Card Surg. 2014 May; 29(3):293-302. View in PubMed
  40. Ge L, Morrel WG, Ward A, Mishra R, Zhang Z, Guccione JM, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB. Measurement of mitral leaflet and annular geometry and stress after repair of posterior leaflet prolapse: virtual repair using a patient-specific finite element simulation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May; 97(5):1496-503. View in PubMed
  41. Ratcliffe MB, Wozniak CJ. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Mar; 97(3):907-8. View in PubMed
  42. Lee LC, Wenk JF, Zhong L, Klepach D, Zhang Z, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB, Zohdi TI, Hsu E, Navia JL, Kassab GS, Guccione JM. Analysis of patient-specific surgical ventricular restoration: importance of an ellipsoidal left ventricular geometry for diastolic and systolic function. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2013 Jul 01; 115(1):136-44. View in PubMed
  43. Wenk JF, Ge L, Zhang Z, Mojsejenko D, Potter DD, Tseng EE, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Biventricular finite element modeling of the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support Device on a failing heart. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jun; 95(6):2022-7. View in PubMed
  44. Shimkunas R, Zhang Z, Wenk JF, Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Acevedo-Bolton G, Wang G, Saloner D, Mishra R, Wallace AW, Ge L, Baker AJ, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Left ventricular myocardial contractility is depressed in the borderzone after posterolateral myocardial infarction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 May; 95(5):1619-25. View in PubMed
  45. Acevedo-Bolton G, Suzuki T, Malhotra D, Zhang Z, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Saloner DA, Ratcliffe MB. Left ventricular pressure gating in ovine cardiac studies: a software-based method. J Biomech Eng. 2013 Mar 01; 135(3):34502. View in PubMed
  46. Ratcliffe M, Cambronero N, Ge L. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan; 95(1):162. View in PubMed
  47. Wenk JF, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. Finite element modeling of mitral leaflet tissue using a layered shell approximation. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2012 Oct; 50(10):1071-9. View in PubMed
  48. Chitsaz S, Wenk JF, Ge L, Wisneski A, Mookhoek A, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM, Tseng EE. Material properties of CorCap passive cardiac support device. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan; 95(1):148-54. View in PubMed
  49. Carrick R, Ge L, Lee LC, Zhang Z, Mishra R, Axel L, Guccione JM, Grossi EA, Ratcliffe MB. Patient-specific finite element-based analysis of ventricular myofiber stress after Coapsys: importance of residual stress. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun; 93(6):1964-71. View in PubMed
  50. Zhang Z, Sun K, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ge L, Baker AJ, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. The benefit of enhanced contractility in the infarct borderzone: a virtual experiment. Front Physiol. 2012; 3:86. View in PubMed
  51. Klepach D, Lee LC, Wenk JF, Ratcliffe MB, Zohdi TI, Navia JA, Kassab GS, Kuhl E, Guccione JM. Growth and remodeling of the left ventricle: A case study of myocardial infarction and surgical ventricular restoration. Mech Res Commun. 2012 Jun 01; 42:134-141. View in PubMed
  52. Wenk JF, Ge L, Zhang Z, Soleimani M, Potter DD, Wallace AW, Tseng E, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. A coupled biventricular finite element and lumped-parameter circulatory system model of heart failure. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2013; 16(8):807-18. View in PubMed
  53. Wong VM, Wenk JF, Zhang Z, Cheng G, Acevedo-Bolton G, Burger M, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Ge L. The effect of mitral annuloplasty shape in ischemic mitral regurgitation: a finite element simulation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar; 93(3):776-82. View in PubMed
  54. Wall ST, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Sundnes JS. Electromechanical feedback with reduced cellular connectivity alters electrical activity in an infarct injured left ventricle: a finite element model study. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2012 Jan 01; 302(1):H206-14. View in PubMed
  55. Wenk J, Guccione J, Ratcliffe M. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Oct; 92(4):1442-3. View in PubMed
  56. Soleimani M, Khazalpour M, Cheng G, Zhang Z, Acevedo-Bolton G, Saloner DA, Mishra R, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB. Moderate mitral regurgitation accelerates left ventricular remodeling after posterolateral myocardial infarction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Nov; 92(5):1614-20. View in PubMed
  57. Lee LC, Wenk JF, Klepach D, Zhang Z, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Ge L, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. A novel method for quantifying in-vivo regional left ventricular myocardial contractility in the border zone of a myocardial infarction. J Biomech Eng. 2011 Sep; 133(9):094506. View in PubMed
  58. Wenk JF, Eslami P, Zhang Z, Xu C, Kuhl E, Gorman JH, Robb JD, Ratcliffe MB, Gorman RC, Guccione JM. A novel method for quantifying the in-vivo mechanical effect of material injected into a myocardial infarction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep; 92(3):935-41. View in PubMed
  59. Chitsaz S, Jaussaud N, Chau E, Yan KS, Azadani AN, Ratcliffe MB, Tseng EE. Operative risks and survival in veterans with severe aortic stenosis: surgery versus medical therapy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep; 92(3):866-72. View in PubMed
  60. Mishra RK, Ratcliffe M. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May; 91(5):1362-3. View in PubMed
  61. Wenk JF, Sun K, Zhang Z, Soleimani M, Ge L, Saloner D, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. Regional left ventricular myocardial contractility and stress in a finite element model of posterobasal myocardial infarction. J Biomech Eng. 2011 Apr; 133(4):044501. View in PubMed
  62. Zhang Z, Tendulkar A, Sun K, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ge L, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Comparison of the Young-Laplace law and finite element based calculation of ventricular wall stress: implications for postinfarct and surgical ventricular remodeling. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan; 91(1):150-6. View in PubMed
  63. Wenk JF, Zhang Z, Cheng G, Malhotra D, Acevedo-Bolton G, Burger M, Suzuki T, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. First finite element model of the left ventricle with mitral valve: insights into ischemic mitral regurgitation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 May; 89(5):1546-53. View in PubMed
  64. Sun K, Zhang Z, Suzuki T, Wenk JF, Stander N, Einstein DR, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Dor procedure for dyskinetic anteroapical myocardial infarction fails to improve contractility in the border zone. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jul; 140(1):233-9, 239.e1-4. View in PubMed
  65. Einstein DR, Del Pin F, Jiao X, Kuprat AP, Carson JP, Kunzelman KS, Cochran RP, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB. Fluid-Structure Interactions of the Mitral Valve and Left Heart: Comprehensive Strategies, Past, Present and Future. Int J Numer Methods Eng. 2010 Mar; 26(3-4):348-380. View in PubMed
  66. Bakaeen FG, Chu D, Ratcliffe M, Gopaldas RR, Blaustein AS, Venkat R, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Carabello BA. Severe aortic stenosis in a veteran population: treatment considerations and survival. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb; 89(2):453-8. View in PubMed
  67. Jhun CS, Wenk JF, Zhang Z, Wall ST, Sun K, Sabbah HN, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. Effect of adjustable passive constraint on the failing left ventricle: a finite-element model study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan; 89(1):132-7. View in PubMed
  68. Wenk JF, Wall ST, Peterson RC, Helgerson SL, Sabbah HN, Burger M, Stander N, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. A method for automatically optimizing medical devices for treating heart failure: designing polymeric injection patterns. J Biomech Eng. 2009 Dec; 131(12):121011. View in PubMed
  69. Sun K, Stander N, Jhun CS, Zhang Z, Suzuki T, Wang GY, Saeed M, Wallace AW, Tseng EE, Baker AJ, Saloner D, Einstein DR, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. A computationally efficient formal optimization of regional myocardial contractility in a sheep with left ventricular aneurysm. J Biomech Eng. 2009 Nov; 131(11):111001. View in PubMed
  70. Carson JP, Kuprat AP, Jiao X, Dyedov V, Del Pin F, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Einstein DR. Adaptive generation of multimaterial grids from imaging data for biomedical Lagrangian fluid-structure simulations. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2010 Apr; 9(2):187-201. View in PubMed
  71. Ge L, Ratcliffe M. The use of computational flow modeling (CFD) to determine the effect of left ventricular shape on blood flow in the left ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Apr; 87(4):993-4. View in PubMed
  72. Gundiah N, Ratcliffe MB, Pruitt LA. The biomechanics of arterial elastin. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2009 Jul; 2(3):288-96. View in PubMed
  73. Guy TS, Tseng E, Ratcliffe MB, Azakie A, Karl TR. A simple correction for anomalous coronary arteries in adults. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jan; 137(1):e50-1. View in PubMed
  74. Ratcliffe MB, Howard C, Mann M, del Nido P. National Institutes of Health funding for cardiothoracic surgical research. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Aug; 136(2):392-7; discussion 398-9. View in PubMed
  75. Gundiah N, Kam K, Matthews PB, Guccione J, Dwyer HA, Saloner D, Chuter TA, Guy TS, Ratcliffe MB, Tseng EE. Asymmetric mechanical properties of porcine aortic sinuses. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May; 85(5):1631-8. View in PubMed
  76. Walker JC, Ratcliffe MB, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Hsu EW, Saloner DA, Guccione JM. Magnetic resonance imaging-based finite element stress analysis after linear repair of left ventricular aneurysm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 May; 135(5):1094-102, 1102.e1-2. View in PubMed
  77. Mann M, Tendulkar A, Birger N, Howard C, Ratcliffe MB. National institutes of health funding for surgical research. Ann Surg. 2008 Feb; 247(2):217-21. View in PubMed
  78. Knapp M, Windmeijer F, Brown J, Kontodimas S, Tzivelekis S, Haro JM, Ratcliffe M, Hong J, Novick D, SOHO Study Group. Cost-utility analysis of treatment with olanzapine compared with other antipsychotic treatments in patients with schizophrenia in the pan-European SOHO study. Pharmacoeconomics. 2008; 26(4):341-58. View in PubMed
  79. Zhang P, Guccione JM, Nicholas SI, Walker JC, Crawford PC, Shamal A, Acevedo-Bolton G, Guttman MA, Ozturk C, McVeigh ER, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB. Endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm increases systolic circumferential shortening in sheep. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Oct; 134(4):1017-24. View in PubMed
  80. Ratcliffe MB, Guy TS. The effect of preoperative diastolic dysfunction on outcome after surgical ventricular remodeling. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Aug; 134(2):280-3. View in PubMed
  81. Ratcliffe MB. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jul; 84(1):101-2. View in PubMed
  82. Jiang Y, Guccione JM, Ratcliffe MB, Hsu EW. Transmural heterogeneity of diffusion anisotropy in the sheep myocardium characterized by MR diffusion tensor imaging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Oct; 293(4):H2377-84. View in PubMed
  83. Haro JM, Novick D, Suarez D, Alonso J, Lépine JP, Ratcliffe M, SOHO Study Group. Remission and relapse in the outpatient care of schizophrenia: three-year results from the Schizophrenia Outpatient Health Outcomes study. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2006 Dec; 26(6):571-8. View in PubMed
  84. Wall ST, Walker JC, Healy KE, Ratcliffe MB, Guccione JM. Theoretical impact of the injection of material into the myocardium: a finite element model simulation. Circulation. 2006 Dec 12; 114(24):2627-35. View in PubMed
  85. Ratcliffe MB. The treatment of ischemic heart failure with surgical ventricular restoration (SVR): new evidence of benefit. J Card Fail. 2006 Apr; 12(3):195-8. View in PubMed
  86. Guccione JM, Walker JC, Beitler JR, Moonly SM, Zhang P, Guttman MA, Ozturk C, McVeigh ER, Wallace AW, Saloner DA, Ratcliffe MB. The effect of anteroapical aneurysm plication on end-systolic three-dimensional strain in the sheep: a magnetic resonance imaging tagging study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Mar; 131(3):579-586.e3. View in PubMed
  87. Zhang P, Guccione JM, Nicholas SI, Walker JC, Crawford PC, Shamal A, Saloner DA, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB. Left ventricular volume and function after endoventricular patch plasty for dyskinetic anteroapical left ventricular aneurysm in sheep. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Oct; 130(4):1032-8. View in PubMed
  88. Walker JC, Ratcliffe MB, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Fata B, Hsu EW, Saloner D, Guccione JM. MRI-based finite-element analysis of left ventricular aneurysm. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Aug; 289(2):H692-700. View in PubMed
  89. Walker JC, Guccione JM, Jiang Y, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Hsu EW, Ratcliffe MB. Helical myofiber orientation after myocardial infarction and left ventricular surgical restoration in sheep. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Feb; 129(2):382-90. View in PubMed
  90. Mann MJ, Tseng E, Ratcliffe M, Strattman G, De Silva A, Demarco T, Achorn N, Moskalik W, Hoopes C. Use of bivalirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, and its reversal with modified ultrafiltration during heart transplantation in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Feb; 24(2):222-5. View in PubMed
  91. Dang AB, Guccione JM, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Gorman RC, Gorman JH, Ratcliffe MB. Effect of ventricular size and patch stiffness in surgical anterior ventricular restoration: a finite element model study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Jan; 79(1):185-93. View in PubMed
  92. Dang AB, Guccione JM, Mishell JM, Zhang P, Wallace AW, Gorman RC, Gorman JH, Ratcliffe MB. Akinetic myocardial infarcts must contain contracting myocytes: finite-element model study. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Apr; 288(4):H1844-50. View in PubMed
  93. Guccione JM, Salahieh A, Moonly SM, Kortsmit J, Wallace AW, Ratcliffe MB. Myosplint decreases wall stress without depressing function in the failing heart: a finite element model study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Oct; 76(4):1171-80; discussion 1180. View in PubMed
  94. Quarterman RL, McMillan A, Ratcliffe MB, Block MI. Effect of preoperative delay on prognosis for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jan; 125(1):108-13; discussion 113-4. View in PubMed
  95. Quarterman RL, Moonly S, Wallace AW, Guccione J, Ratcliffe MB. A finite element model of left ventricular cellular transplantation in dilated cardiomyopathy. ASAIO J. 2002 Sep-Oct; 48(5):508-13. View in PubMed
  96. Teerlink JR, Ratcliffe MB. Ventricular remodeling surgery for heart failure: small animals and how to measure an improvement in ventricular function. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 May; 73(5):1368-70. View in PubMed
  97. Victal OA, Teerlink JR, Gaxiola E, Wallace AW, Najar S, Camacho DH, Gutierrez A, Herrera G, Zuniga G, Mercado-Rios F, Ratcliffe MB. Left ventricular volume reduction by radiofrequency heating of chronic myocardial infarction in patients with congestive heart failure. Circulation. 2002 Mar 19; 105(11):1317-22. View in PubMed
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