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  1. Dong H, Leach JR, Kao E, Zhou A, Chitiboi T, Zhu C, Ballweber M, Jiang F, Lee YJ, Iannuzzi J, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope MD, Mitsouras D. Measurement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Strain Using MR Deformable Image Registration: Accuracy and Relationship to Recent Aneurysm Progression. Invest Radiol. 2023 Oct 19. View in PubMed
  2. Ramirez JL, Sung E, Jaramillo E, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Boitano L, Iannuzzi JC. Development and Validation of a Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at Risk for Non-Home Discharge After Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR). Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 16. View in PubMed
  3. Ramirez JL, Matthay ZA, Lancaster E, Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Zarkowsky DS, Doyle AJ, Patel VI, Schanzer A, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Decreasing prevalence of centers meeting the Society for Vascular Surgery abdominal aortic aneurysm guidelines in the United States. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Sep 27. View in PubMed
  4. Dias-Neto M, Vacirca A, Huang Y, Baghbani-Oskouei A, Jakimowicz T, Mendes BC, Kolbel T, Sobocinski J, Bertoglio L, Mees B, Gargiulo M, Dias N, Schanzer A, Gasper W, Beck AW, Farber MA, Mani K, Timaran C, Schneider DB, Pedro LM, Tsilimparis N, Haulon S, Sweet MP, Ferreira E, Eagleton M, Yeung KK, Khashram M, Jama K, Panuccio G, Rohlffs F, Mesnard T, Chiesa R, Kahlberg A, Schurink GW, Lemmens C, Gallitto E, Faggioli G, Karelis A, Parodi E, Gomes V, Wanhainen A, Habib M, Colon JP, Pavarino F, Baig MS, Gouveia E Melo REC, Crawford S, Zettervall SL, Garcia R, Ribeiro T, Alves G, Gonçalves FB, Kappe KO, Mariko van Knippenberg SE, Tran BL, Gormley S, Oderich GS, International Multicenter Aortic Research Group. Outcomes of Elective and Non-elective Fenestrated-branched Endovascular Aortic Repair for Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Ann Surg. 2023 10 01; 278(4):568-577. View in PubMed
  5. Khoury MK, Lancaster E, Eagleton MJ, Gasper WJ. Update of T-branch use from the US Aortic Research Consortium. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2023 Oct; 64(5):470-474. View in PubMed
  6. Finnesgard EJ, Beck AW, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Lee WA, Oderich GS, Schneider DB, Sweet MP, Timaran CH, Simons JP, Schanzer A, United States Aortic Research Consortium. Severity of acute kidney injury is associated with decreased survival after fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2023 10; 78(4):892-901. View in PubMed
  7. Tenorio ER, Schanzer A, Timaran CH, Schneider DB, Mendes BC, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Parodi FE, Gasper WJ, Beck AW, Sweet MP, Huang Y, Oderich GS, U.S. Fenestrated and Branched Aortic Research Consortium. Mid-term Renal and Mesenteric Artery Outcomes During Fenestrated and Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair for Complex Abdominal and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the United States Aortic Research Consortium. Ann Surg. 2023 10 01; 278(4):e893-e902. View in PubMed
  8. Aucoin VJ, Motyl CM, Novak Z, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Gasper W, Oderich GS, Mendes B, Schanzer A, Tenorio E, Timaran CH, Schneider DB, Sweet MP, Zettervall SL, Beck AW, U.S. Aortic Research Consortium. Predictors and outcomes of spinal cord injury following complex branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic repair in the US Aortic Research Consortium. J Vasc Surg. 2023 06; 77(6):1578-1587. View in PubMed
  9. Tenorio ER, Schanzer A, Timaran CH, Schneider DB, Mendes BC, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Parodi FE, Gasper WJ, Beck AW, Sweet MP, Zettervall SL, Huang Y, Oderich GS, U.S. Fenestrated and Branched Aortic Research Consortium. Effect of bridging stent graft selection for directional branches on target artery outcomes of fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair in the United States Aortic Research Consortium. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Jul; 78(1):10-28.e3. View in PubMed
  10. Zhou A, Leach JR, Zhu C, Dong H, Jiang F, Lee YJ, Iannuzzi J, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope MD, Mitsouras D. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms as a Potential Marker for Disease Progression. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 10; 58(4):1258-1267. View in PubMed
  11. Dias-Neto M, Tenorio ER, Huang Y, Jakimowicz T, Mendes BC, Kölbel T, Sobocinski J, Bertoglio L, Mees B, Gargiulo M, Dias N, Schanzer A, Gasper W, Beck AW, Farber MA, Mani K, Timaran C, Schneider DB, Pedro LM, Tsilimparis N, Haulon S, Sweet M, Ferreira E, Eagleton M, Yeung KK, Khashram M, Vacirca A, Lima GB, Baghbani-Oskouei A, Jama K, Panuccio G, Rohlffs F, Chiesa R, Schurink GW, Lemmens C, Gallitto E, Faggioli G, Karelis A, Parodi E, Gomes V, Wanhainen A, Dean A, Colon JP, Pavarino F, E Melo RG, Crawford S, Garcia R, Ribeiro T, Kappe KO, van Knippenberg SEM, Tran BL, Gormley S, Oderich GS, International Aortic Research Consortium. Comparison of single- and multistage strategies during fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2023 06; 77(6):1588-1597.e4. View in PubMed
  12. Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Finlayson E, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Cognitive Impairment is Common in a Veterans Affairs Population with Peripheral Arterial Disease. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Apr; 91:210-217. View in PubMed
  13. Liu IH, El Khoury R, Wu B, Gasper WJ, Schneider PA, Hiramoto JS, Vartanian SM, Conte MS. Presenting limb severity is associated with long-term outcomes after infrainguinal revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2023 04; 77(4):1137-1146.e3. View in PubMed
  14. Gomez-Sanchez C, Werlin E, Sorrentino T, El Khoury R, Lancaster E, Parks C, Goodman B, Dini M, Iannuzzi J, Reyzelman A, Conte MS, Gasper W. Open revascularization approach is associated with healing and ambulation after transmetatarsal amputation in patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2023 04; 77(4):1147-1154.e3. View in PubMed
  15. Imhof I, Gasper WJ, Derynck R. Expression of Concern: Association of tetraspanin CD9 with transmembrane TGFα confers alterations in cell-surface presentation of TGFα and cytoskeletal organization. J Cell Sci. 2022 11 15; 135(22). View in PubMed
  16. Farber A, Menard MT, Conte MS, Kaufman JA, Powell RJ, Choudhry NK, Hamza TH, Assmann SF, Creager MA, Cziraky MJ, Dake MD, Jaff MR, Reid D, Siami FS, Sopko G, White CJ, van Over M, Strong MB, Villarreal MF, McKean M, Azene E, Azarbal A, Barleben A, Chew DK, Clavijo LC, Douville Y, Findeiss L, Garg N, Gasper W, Giles KA, Goodney PP, Hawkins BM, Herman CR, Kalish JA, Koopmann MC, Laskowski IA, Mena-Hurtado C, Motaganahalli R, Rowe VL, Schanzer A, Schneider PA, Siracuse JJ, Venermo M, Rosenfield K, BEST-CLI Investigators. Surgery or Endovascular Therapy for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. N Engl J Med. 2022 12 22; 387(25):2305-2316. View in PubMed
  17. Jaramillo EA, Smith EJT, Matthay ZA, Sanders KM, Hiramoto JS, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Racial and ethnic disparities in major adverse limb events persist for chronic limb threatening ischemia despite presenting limb threat severity after peripheral vascular intervention. J Vasc Surg. 2023 03; 77(3):848-857.e2. View in PubMed
  18. Chamseddin K, Timaran CH, Oderich GS, Tenorio ER, Farber MA, Parodi FE, Schneider DB, Schanzer A, Beck AW, Sweet MP, Zettervall SL, Mendes B, Eagleton MJ, Gasper WJ, U.S. Aortic Research Consortium. Comparison of upper extremity and transfemoral access for fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair. J Vasc Surg. 2023 03; 77(3):704-711. View in PubMed
  19. Gutierrez RD, Matthay ZA, Smith EJT, Linderman K, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Clinical Predictors and Outcomes Associated with Postoperative Delirium Following Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022 Nov; 87:254-262. View in PubMed
  20. Strait A, Gasper W, Dhaliwal G. Correction to: The Resolution of Abdominal Pain: an Ominous Sign of Mesenteric Ischemia. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May 24. View in PubMed
  21. Caton MT, Narsinh KH, Baker A, Amans MR, Hetts SW, Rapp JH, Ianuzzi JC, Tseng E, Gasper WJ, Cooke DL. Eptifibatide bridging therapy for staged carotid artery stenting and cardiac surgery: Safety and feasibility. Vascular. 2022 Mar 26; 17085381221084813. View in PubMed
  22. Zettervall SL, Tenorio ER, Schanzer A, Oderich GS, Timaran CH, Schneider DB, Eagleton M, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Beck AW, Sweet MP, U.S. Fenestrated and Branched Aortic Research Consortium. Secondary interventions after fenestrated/branched aneurysm repairs are common and nondetrimental to long-term survival. J Vasc Surg. 2022 05; 75(5):1530-1538.e4. View in PubMed
  23. Matthay ZA, Flanagan CP, Sanders K, Smith EJ, Lancaster EM, Gasper WJ, Kornblith LZ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after vascular surgery and implications for chemoprophylaxis strategies. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2022 05; 10(3):585-593.e2. View in PubMed
  24. Bouchareychas L, Duong P, Phu TA, Alsop E, Meechoovet B, Reiman R, Ng M, Yamamoto R, Nakauchi H, Gasper WJ, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Raffai RL. High glucose macrophage exosomes enhance atherosclerosis by driving cellular proliferation & hematopoiesis. iScience. 2021 Aug 20; 24(8):102847. View in PubMed
  25. Ramirez JL, Lopez J, Sanders K, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Sosa JA, Iannuzzi JC. Understanding value and patient complexity among common inpatient vascular surgery procedures. J Vasc Surg. 2021 10; 74(4):1343-1353.e2. View in PubMed
  26. Zarkowsky DS, Inman JT, Sorrentino TA, Hiramoto JS, Vartanian SM, Eichler CM, Reilly LM, Gasper WJ, Conte MS. Contemporary Experience with Paravisceral Aortic Aneurysm (PVAAA) Repair in a Tertiary Center. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Aug; 75:368-379. View in PubMed
  27. Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Ramirez FD, Gasper WJ, Cohen BE, Conte MS, Grenon SM, Iannuzzi JC. Depression Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Jul; 74:131-140. View in PubMed
  28. Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Arya S, Grenon SM, Gasper WJ, Sosa JA, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Patients with depression are less likely to go home after critical limb revascularization. J Vasc Surg. 2021 07; 74(1):178-186.e2. View in PubMed
  29. Strait A, Gasper W, Dhaliwal G. The Resolution of Abdominal Pain: an Ominous Sign of Mesenteric Ischemia. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 01; 36(1):216-219. View in PubMed
  30. Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Boitano LT, Conrad MF, Arya S, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. A novel preoperative risk score for nonhome discharge after elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair. J Vasc Surg. 2021 05; 73(5):1549-1556. View in PubMed
  31. Lancaster EM, Wu B, Iannuzzi J, Oskowitz A, Gasper W, Vartanian S, Wick E, Hiramoto J, Eichler C, Lobo E, Reyzelman A, Reilly L, Sosa JA, Conte MS. Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on an academic vascular practice and a multidisciplinary limb preservation program. J Vasc Surg. 2020 12; 72(6):1850-1855. View in PubMed
  32. Smith EJT, Ramirez JL, Wu B, Zarkowsky DS, Gasper WJ, Finlayson E, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Living in a Food Desert is Associated with 30-day Readmission after Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Jan; 70:36-42. View in PubMed
  33. Wu B, Lancaster EM, Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Reyzelman AM, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Hiramoto JS. Increased Reintervention After Infrainguinal Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia in Women. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Nov; 69:307-316. View in PubMed
  34. Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Seib CD, Finlayson E, Conte MS, Sosa JA, Iannuzzi JC. Patient complexity by surgical specialty does not correlate with work relative value units. Surgery. 2020 09; 168(3):371-378. View in PubMed
  35. Wang Y, Liu X, Haraldsson H, Zhu C, Ballweber M, Gasper W, Hatsukami T, Saloner D. Quantitative measurement of atheroma burden: reproducibility in serial studies of atherosclerotic femoral arteries. MAGMA. 2020 Dec; 33(6):855-863. View in PubMed
  36. Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Sorrentino TA, Hicks CW, Vartanian SM, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Antegrade common femoral artery closure device use is associated with decreased complications. J Vasc Surg. 2020 11; 72(5):1610-1617.e1. View in PubMed
  37. Wang Y, Zhu C, Leach J, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope M. Growth of common iliac artery aneurysms coexisting with abdominal aortic aneurysms: associated factors and potential role of intraluminal thrombus. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2020 Mar; 10(3):703-712. View in PubMed
  38. Zhu C, Leach JR, Wang Y, Gasper W, Saloner D, Hope MD. Intraluminal Thrombus Predicts Rapid Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Radiology. 2020 03; 294(3):707-713. View in PubMed
  39. Hiramoto JS, Elahi FM, Gasper WJ, Reilly LM, Chuter TA, Goetzl EJ. Acute Insulin Resistance and Rapid Alterations in Neuronal Derived Blood Exosome Concentration After Branched Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2020 Mar; 59(3):457-463. View in PubMed
  40. Hiramoto JS, Hoffman M, Gasper W, Reilly L, Chuter T. Strict Control of Blood Glucose With an Intravenous Insulin Infusion Decreases the Risk of Post-operative Lower Extremity Weakness After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2019 Dec; 58(6):848-853. View in PubMed
  41. Werlin EC, Kaushik S, Gasper WJ, Hoffman M, Reilly LM, Chuter TA, Hiramoto JS. Multibranched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in patients with and without chronic aortic dissections. J Vasc Surg. 2019 11; 70(5):1419-1426. View in PubMed
  42. Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Cohen BE, Grenon SM. Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated with a Deficiency of Erythrocyte Membrane n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Lipids. 2019 04; 54(4):211-219. View in PubMed
  43. Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Mitchell PT, Sansbury BE, Conte MS, Spite M, Grenon SM. Fish Oil Increases Specialized Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators in PAD (The OMEGA-PAD II Trial). J Surg Res. 2019 06; 238:164-174. View in PubMed
  44. Zahner GJ, Ramirez JL, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Gasper WJ, Grunfeld C, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM. Leptinemia is Associated With Peripheral Artery Disease. J Surg Res. 2019 06; 238:48-56. View in PubMed
  45. Walker J, Kaushik S, Hoffman M, Gasper W, Hiramoto J, Reilly L, Chuter T. Long-term durability of multibranched endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal and pararenal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2019 02; 69(2):341-347. View in PubMed
  46. Ramirez JL, Spaulding KA, Zahner GJ, Khetani SA, Schaller MS, Gasper WJ, Hills NK, Marlene Grenon S. Radial Artery Tonometry is Associated With Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease. J Surg Res. 2019 03; 235:250-257. View in PubMed
  47. Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Gasper WJ, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM. Serum resistin is associated with impaired endothelial function and a higher rate of adverse cardiac events in patients with peripheral artery disease. J Vasc Surg. 2019 02; 69(2):497-506. View in PubMed
  48. Hernandez NV, Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Spaulding KA, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto J, Lindqvist D, Wolkowitz OM, Hills NK, Grenon SM, Zahner GJ. Depression severity is associated with increased inflammation in veterans with peripheral artery disease. Vasc Med. 2018 10; 23(5):445-453. View in PubMed
  49. Schaller MS, Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Frailty Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Stable Claudication. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 Jul; 50:38-45. View in PubMed
  50. Kaushik S, Gasper WJ, Ramanan B, Vartanian SM, Reilly LM, Chuter TAM, Hiramoto JS. The impact of prior aortic surgery on outcomes after multibranched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2018 08; 68(2):325-330. View in PubMed
  51. Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Ramirez JL, Schaller MS, Walker SC, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Characterizing the relationship between flow-mediated vasodilation and radial artery tonometry in peripheral artery disease. J Surg Res. 2018 04; 224:121-131. View in PubMed
  52. Ramanan B, Ahmed A, Wu B, Causey MW, Gasper WJ, Vartanian SM, Reyzelman AM, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS. Determinants of midterm functional outcomes, wound healing, and resources used in a hospital-based limb preservation program. J Vasc Surg. 2017 12; 66(6):1765-1774. View in PubMed
  53. Zahner GJ, Gruendl MA, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Association between arterial stiffness and peripheral artery disease as measured by radial artery tonometry. J Vasc Surg. 2017 11; 66(5):1518-1526. View in PubMed
  54. Schaller MS, Zahner GJ, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Conte MS, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Relationship between the omega-3 index and specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators in patients with peripheral arterial disease taking fish oil supplements. J Clin Lipidol. 2017 Sep - Oct; 11(5):1289-1295. View in PubMed
  55. Loeffler JW, Obara H, Fujimura N, Bove P, Newton DH, Zettervall SL, van Petersen AS, Geelkerken RH, Charlton-Ouw KM, Shalhub S, Singh N, Roussel A, Glebova NO, Harlander-Locke MP, Gasper WJ, Humphries MD, Lawrence PF. Medical therapy and intervention do not improve uncomplicated isolated mesenteric artery dissection outcomes over observation alone. J Vasc Surg. 2017 07; 66(1):202-208. View in PubMed
  56. Hiramoto JS, Fernandez C, Gasper W, Vartanian S, Reilly L, Chuter T. Lower extremity weakness is associated with elevated blood and cerebrospinal fluid glucose levels following multibranched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Feb; 65(2):311-317. View in PubMed
  57. Drudi LM, Schaller MS, Hiramoto J, Gasper W, Harris WS, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Predictors of change in omega-3 index with fish oil supplementation in peripheral artery disease. J Surg Res. 2017 04; 210:124-131. View in PubMed
  58. Causey MW, Ahmed A, Wu B, Gasper WJ, Reyzelman A, Vartanian SM, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS. Society for Vascular Surgery limb stage and patient risk correlate with outcomes in an amputation prevention program. J Vasc Surg. 2016 06; 63(6):1563-1573.e2. View in PubMed
  59. Grenon SM, Owens CD, Alley H, Perez S, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Aschbacher K, Gasper WJ, Hilton JF, Cohen BE. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Endothelial Function Among Veterans. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar 23; 5(3):e003010. View in PubMed
  60. Ramanan B, Fernandez CC, Sobel JD, Gasper WJ, Vartanian SM, Reilly LM, Chuter TA, Hiramoto JS. Low-profile versus standard-profile multibranched thoracoabdominal aortic stent grafts. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Jul; 64(1):39-45. View in PubMed
  61. Fernandez CC, Sobel JD, Gasper WJ, Vartanian SM, Reilly LM, Chuter TA, Hiramoto JS. Standard off-the-shelf versus custom-made multibranched thoracoabdominal aortic stent grafts. J Vasc Surg. 2016 May; 63(5):1208-15. View in PubMed
  62. Zhu C, Haraldsson H, Faraji F, Owens C, Gasper W, Ahn S, Liu J, Laub G, Hope MD, Saloner D. Isotropic 3D black blood MRI of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall and intraluminal thrombus. Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 Jan; 34(1):18-25. View in PubMed
  63. Hope MD, Gasper WJ, Rapp J, Owens CD, Haraldsson H, Saloner D. Vascular inflammation in a growing iliac artery aneurysm. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Jun; 40(6):e323-4. View in PubMed
  64. Han SM, Gasper WJ, Chuter TA. Endovascular rescue after inadvertent false lumen stent graft implantation. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb; 63(2):518-22. View in PubMed
  65. Sobel JD, Vartanian SM, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto JS, Chuter TA, Reilly LM. Lower extremity weakness after endovascular aneurysm repair with multibranched thoracoabdominal stent grafts. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Mar; 61(3):623-8. View in PubMed
  66. Alley H, Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery in clinical research. J Vis Exp. 2014 Oct 22; (92):e52070. View in PubMed
  67. Chong KC, Owens CD, Park M, Alley HF, Boscardin WJ, Conte MS, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Relationship between kidney disease and endothelial function in peripheral artery disease. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Dec; 60(6):1605-11. View in PubMed
  68. Walker JP, Nosova E, Sigovan M, Rapp J, Grenon MS, Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Saloner DA. Ferumoxytol-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is a feasible method for the clinical evaluation of lower extremity arterial disease. Ann Vasc Surg. 2015 Jan; 29(1):63-8. View in PubMed
  69. Walker JP, Hiramoto JS, Gasper WJ, Auyang P, Conte MS, Rapp JH, Lovett DH, Owens CD. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with mortality and adverse vascular access outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Jul; 60(1):176-83. View in PubMed
  70. Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Walker JP, Alley HF, Conte MS, Grenon SM. Safety and feasibility of adjunctive dexamethasone infusion into the adventitia of the femoropopliteal artery following endovascular revascularization. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Apr; 59(4):1016-24. View in PubMed
  71. Grenon SM, Chong K, Alley H, Nosova E, Gasper W, Hiramoto J, Boscardin WJ, Owens CD. Walking disability in patients with peripheral artery disease is associated with arterial endothelial function. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Apr; 59(4):1025-34. View in PubMed
  72. Gasper WJ, Jimenez CA, Walker J, Conte MS, Seward K, Owens CD. Adventitial nab-rapamycin injection reduces porcine femoral artery luminal stenosis induced by balloon angioplasty via inhibition of medial proliferation and adventitial inflammation. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Dec; 6(6):701-9. View in PubMed
  73. Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Rahman AS, Conte MS. Vein graft failure. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Jan; 61(1):203-16. View in PubMed
  74. Gasper WJ, Reilly LM, Rapp JH, Grenon SM, Hiramoto JS, Sobel JD, Chuter TA. Assessing the anatomic applicability of the multibranched endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm technique. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun; 57(6):1553-8; discussion 1558. View in PubMed
  75. Conte MS, Owens CD, Belkin M, Creager MA, Edwards KL, Gasper WJ, Kenagy RD, LeBoeuf RC, Sobel M, Clowes A. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the p27(Kip1) gene is associated with primary patency of lower extremity vein bypass grafts. J Vasc Surg. 2013 May; 57(5):1179-85.e1-2. View in PubMed
  76. Sigovan M, Rayz V, Gasper W, Alley HF, Owens CD, Saloner D. Vascular remodeling in autogenous arterio-venous fistulas by MRI and CFD. Ann Biomed Eng. 2013 Apr; 41(4):657-68. View in PubMed
  77. Gasper WJ, Owens CD, Kim JM, Hills N, Belkin M, Creager MA, Conte MS. Thirty-day vein remodeling is predictive of midterm graft patency after lower extremity bypass. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jan; 57(1):9-18. View in PubMed
  78. Sigovan M, Gasper W, Alley HF, Owens CD, Saloner D. USPIO-enhanced MR angiography of arteriovenous fistulas in patients with renal failure. Radiology. 2012 Nov; 265(2):584-90. View in PubMed
  79. Owens CD, Kim JM, Hevelone ND, Gasper WJ, Belkin M, Creager MA, Conte MS. An integrated biochemical prediction model of all-cause mortality in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery for advanced peripheral artery disease. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Sep; 56(3):686-95. View in PubMed
  80. Gasper WJ, Runge SJ, Owens CD. Management of infrapopliteal peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2012 Apr; 14(2):136-48. View in PubMed
  81. Dubin R, Owens C, Gasper W, Ganz P, Johansen K. Associations of endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness with intradialytic hypotension and hypertension. Hemodial Int. 2011 Jul; 15(3):350-8. View in PubMed
  82. Owens CD, Gasper WJ, Conte MS. Assessing drug elution technologies in the superficial femoral artery. Panminerva Med. 2011 Mar; 53(1):37-49. View in PubMed
  83. Roll GR, Ma S, Gasper WJ, Patti M, Way LW, Carter J. Excellent outcomes of laparoscopic esophagomyotomy for achalasia in patients older than 60 years of age. Surg Endosc. 2010 Oct; 24(10):2562-6. View in PubMed
  84. Gasper WJ, Glidden DV, Jin C, Way LW, Patti MG. Has recognition of the relationship between mortality rates and hospital volume for major cancer surgery in California made a difference?: A follow-up analysis of another decade. Ann Surg. 2009 Sep; 250(3):472-83. View in PubMed
  85. Patti MG, Gasper WJ, Fisichella PM, Nipomnick I, Palazzo F. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and connective tissue disorders: pathophysiology and implications for treatment. J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Nov; 12(11):1900-6. View in PubMed
  86. Jancelewicz T, Vu LT, Shawo AE, Yeh B, Gasper WJ, Harris HW. Predicting strangulated small bowel obstruction: an old problem revisited. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Jan; 13(1):93-9. View in PubMed
  87. Imhof I, Gasper WJ, Derynck R. Association of tetraspanin CD9 with transmembrane TGF{alpha} confers alterations in cell-surface presentation of TGF{alpha} and cytoskeletal organization. J Cell Sci. 2008 07 01; 121(Pt 13):2265-74. View in PubMed
  88. Gasper WJ, Sweet MP, Golden JA, Hoopes C, Leard LE, Kleinhenz ME, Hays SR, Patti MG. Lung transplantation in patients with connective tissue disorders and esophageal dysmotility. Dis Esophagus. 2008; 21(7):650-5. View in PubMed
  89. Gasper WJ, Jamshidi R, Theodore PR. Palliation of thoracic malignancies. Surg Oncol. 2007 Dec; 16(4):259-65. View in PubMed
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