1. Gurevitch J, Frolkis I, Yuchas Y, Paz Y, Matsa M, Mohr R, Yakirevich V. Tumor necrosis factor-alfa is released from the isolated heart undergoing ischemia and reperfusion. J Am Coll Cardiol, 1996;28:247-52

2. Gurevitch J, Frolkis I, Yuchas Y, Lifschitz-Mercer B, Berger E, Paz Y, Matsa M, Kramer, Mohr R. Anti- TNF-a improves myocardial recovery following ischemia and reperfusion. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:1554-61

3. Frolkis I, Gurevitch J, Yuhas Y, Iaina A,Wollman Y, Chrnichovski T, Paz Y, Matsa M, Pevni D, Kremer A, Shapira I, Mohr R. Interaction between paracrine tumor necrosis factor-a and paracrine angiotensin II during myocardial ischemia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001; 37: 316-22

4. Bolotin G, Wolf T, Shachner R, van der Veen FH, Shofti R, Lorusso R, Shreuder JJ, Uretzky G. Hemodynamic evaluation of descending aortomyoplasty versus intra-aortic balloon pump performed in normal animals: an acute study. Europ J Cardiothorac Surg 19:174-178, 2001.

5. Wolf T., Gepstein L., Dror U., Hayam G., Shofti R., Zaretzky A., Uretzky G., Oron U., Ben-Haim S.A. Detailed endocardial mapping accurately predicts the transmural extent of myocardial infarction. JACC 37(6):1590-1597, 2001.

6. Simchen E, Galai N, Braun D, Zitser-Gurevich Y, Shabtai E, Naveh I and the ISCAB consortium (Appelbaum A, Amit N, Berlovitz Y, Biteran D, Cohen A, Kaplinsky E, Lavee J, Merin G, Milo S, Mozes B, Uretzky G, Sahar G, Schachner A, Smolenski A, Vidne B, Yakirevitch V). Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with low quality of life one year after coronary bypass operations: the Israeli coronary artery bypass study. A multi-center study. JTCVS 121(5): 909-919, 2001.

7. Simchen E, Naveh I, Zitser-Gurevich Y, Brown D, Galai N and the ISCAB consortium (Appelbaum A, Amit N, Berlovitz Y, Biteran D, Cohen A, Kaplinsky E, Lavee J, Merin G, Milo S, Mozes B, Uretzky G, Sahar G, Schachner A, Smolenski A, Vidne B, Yakirevitch V). Is participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs associated with better quality of life and return to work after coronary artery bypass operations? The Israeli CABG study. A multi-center study. IMAJ 3:399-403, 2001.

8. Nesher N, Wolf T, Kushnir I, David M, Bolotin G, Sharony R, Pizov R, Uretzky G. Novel thermoregulation system for enhancing cardiac function and hemodynamics during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 72:S1069-1076, 2001.

9. Bolotin G, Wolf T, van der Veen FH, Shachner R, Sazbon Y, Reisfeld D, Shofti R, Lorusso R, Ben-Haim S, Uretzky G. Three-dimensional electromechanical mapping: imaging in the operating room of the future. Ann Thorac Surg 72:S1083-1089, 2001.

10. Nesher N, Wolf T, Uretzky G, Oppenheim-Eden A, Yussim E, Kushnir I, Shoshany G, Rosenberg B, Berant M. A novel thermoregulatory system maintains perioperative normothermia in children undergoing elective surgery. Paediatric Anaesthesia 11:555-560, 2001.

11. Schwartzman A, Wolf T, Gepstein L, Hayam G, Lessick J, Reisfeld D, Schwartz Y, Uretzky G, Ben-Haim SA. Characterisation of acute myocardial ischaemia in a canine model based on principal component analysis of unipolar endocardial electrograms. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 39:571-578, 2001.

12. Sharony R, Autschbach R, Porat E , Struber M, Boening A, Krakor R, Haverich A, Cremer J, Nesher N, Mohr FW, Uretzky G. Right heart support during off pump coronary artery bypass surgery - a multi center study. Heart Surgery Forum 5(1):13-16, 2002.

13. Bolotin G, Lorusso R, Schreuder JJ, Kaulbach H, Uretzky G, van der Veen F. Peri-operative hemodynamic and geometrical changes of the left ventricle during cardiomyoplasty in goats with dilated left ventricle. Chest 121:1628-1633, 2002.

14. Pevni D, Frolkis I, Iaina A, Gurevich J, Wollman Y, Chernichovski T, Shapira I, Uretzky G, Mohr R. Protamine cardiotoxicity and nitric oxide. Europ J Cardio-Thorac Surg 20(1):147-152, 2001.

15. Bolotin G, van der Veen FH, Lorusso R, Wolf T, Sachner R, Shofti R, Shreuder JJ, Uretzky G. Hemodynamic analysis of descending vs. ascending aortomyoplasty, and comparison with intra-aoprtic balloon pump. Europ J Cardio-Thorac Surg 21(6):975-980, 2002.

16. Galai N, Simchen E, Braun D, Mandel M, Zitser-Gurevich Y and the ISCAB Consortium (Appelbaum A, Amir N, Bar Y, Berlovitz Y, Biteran D, Cohen AJ, Kaplinsky E, Lavee J, Merin G, Milo S, Mozes B, Uretzky G, Sahar G, Schachner A, Smolenski AJ, Vidne B, Yakirevitch V). Evaluating inter-hospital variability in mortality rates over time, allowing for time-varying effects. Statist Med 21:21-33, 2002.

17. Zitser-Gurevich Y, Simchen E, Galai N, Mandel M and the ISCAB Consortium (Appelbaum A, Amit N, Barel Y, Berlovitz Y, Biteran D, Cohen A, Kaplinsky E, Lavee J, Merin G, Milo S, Mozes B, Uretzky G, Sahar G, Shachner A, Smolenski A, Vidne B, Yakirevitch V). Effect of perioperative complications on excess mortality among women after coronary artery bypass: The Israeli Coronary Artery Bypass Graft study (ISCAB). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 123(3):517-524, 2002.

18. Bolotin G, Lorusso R, Schreuder JJ, Kaulbach HG, Uretzky G, van der Veen FH. Effects of acute dynamic cardiomyoplasty in a goat model of chronic ventricular dilatation: part 1. Ann Thorac Surg 75(2):507-513, 2002.

19. Pevni D, Mohr R, Uretzky G, Lev-Ran O, Paz J, Kramer A, Shapira I. Free right internal thoracic artery composite graft: an option in left anterior descending artery grafting? Ann Thorac Surg 74(6):2208-2209, 2002.

20. Locker C, Mohr R, Paz Y, Lev-Ran O, Herz I, Uretzky G, Shapira I. Pretreatment with alpha-adrenergic blockers for prevention of radial artery spasm. Ann Thorac Surg 74(4):S1368-S1370, 2002.

21. Lev-Ran O, Mohr R, Uretzky G, Pevni D, Locker C, Paz Y, Shapira I. The graft of choice to the right coronary system in left-sided bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 75(1):88-92, 2003.

22. Nesher N, Insler SR, Sheinberg N, Bolotin G, Kramer A, Sharony R, Paz Y, Pevni D, Loberman D, Uretzky G. A new thormoregulation system for maintaining perioperative normothermia and attenuating myocardial injury in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. The Heart Surgery Forum 5(4):373-380, 2002.

23. Lev-Ran O, Ben-Gal Y, Matsa M, Paz Y, Kramer A, Pevni D, Locker C, Uretzky G, Mohr R. 'No touch' techniques for porcelain ascending aorta: comparison between cardiopulmonary bypass with femoral artery cannulation and off-pump myocardial revascularization. J Card Surg 17(5):370-376, 2002.

24. Lev-Ran O, Mohr R, Kramer A, Matsa M, Nesher N, Locker C, Uretzky G. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in insulin-treated diabetics: should it be avoided? Ann Thorac Surg 75:1872-1877, 2003.

25. Locker C, Ben-Gal Y, Paz Y, Lev-Ran O, Nesher N, Uretzky G, Mohr R, Shapira I. Technical aspects of harvesting the radial artery with harmonic scalpel. Heart Surgery Forum 6(5):345-347, 2003.

26. Nesher N, Zisman E, Wolf T, Sharony R, Bolotin G, David M, Uretzky G, Pizov R. Strict thermoregulation attenuates myocardial injury during coronary artery bypass graft surgery as reflected by reduced levels of cardiac-specific troponin I. Anesth Analg 97(2):328-335, 2003.

27. Bolotin G, Shapira Y, Gotler Y, Frolkis IV, Paz Y, Kramer A, Nesher N, Chitwood Jr WR, Uretzky G. Off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass. Heart Surg Forum 6(2):105, 2003.

28. Paz Y, Frolkis I, Pevni D, Shapira I, Yuhas Y, Iaina A, Wollman Y, Chernichovski T, Nesher N, Locker C, Mohr R, Uretzky G. Effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression and nitric oxide synthesis in ischemic and nonischemic isolated rat heart. JACC 42(7):1299-1305, 2003.

29. Lev-Ran O, Loberman D, Matsa M, Pevni D, Nesher N, Mohr R, Uretzky G. Reduced strokes in the elderly: the benefits of untouched aorta off-pump coronary surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 77(1):102-107, 2004.

30. Kramer A, Mohr R, Lev-Ran O, Braunstein R, Pevni D, Locker C, Uretzky G, Shapira I. Midterm results of routine bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting. Heart Surgery Forum 6(5): 348-352, 2003.

31. Lev-Ran O, Mohr R, Pevni D, Nesher N, Weissman Y, Loberman D, Uretzky G. Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in diabetic patients. Short- and long-term results of a 515 patient series. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:1145-1150, 2004.

32. Lev-Ran O, Mohr R, Aviram G, Matsa M, Nesher N, Pevni D, Uretzky G. Repeat median sternotomy after prior ante-aortic crossover right internal thoracic artery grafting. J Cardiac Surg 19(2):151-154, 2004.

33. 138. Lev-Ran O, Braunstein R, Nesher N, Ben-Gal Y, Bolotin G, Uretzky G. Bilateral versus single internal thoracic artery grafting in oral-treated diabetic subsets. Comparative seven-year outcome analysis. Ann Thorac Surg 77:2039-2045, 2004.

34. 139. Ben Gal Y, Pevni D, Paz Y, Locker C, Lev-Ran O, Finkelstein A, Uretzky G. Obstacles in the diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Heart Surgery Forum (accepted for publication, January 2004).

35. Aviram G, Sharony R, Kramer A, Nesher N, Loberman D, Ben-Gal Y, Graif M, Uretzky G, Mohr R. Modification of surgical planning based on cardiac multidetector computed tomography in reoperative heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 79:589-595, 2005.

36. Herz I, Mohr R, Moshkovitz Y, Ben-Gal Y, Adam SZ, Braunstein R, Uretzky G. Revascularization of left anterior descending artery with drug-eluting stents: comparison with off-pump surgery. Heart Surgery Forum 7(5): 2004.

37. Bolotin G, Domany Y, de Perini L, Frolkis I, Lev-Ran O, Nesher N, Uretzky G. The use of intraoperative epi-aortic ultrasonography to delineate aortic atheroma. Chest 127(1):60-65, 2005.

38. Herz I, Mohr R, Aviram G, Loberman D, Locker C, Ben-Gal Y, Uretzky G. The right internal thoracic artery and right gastroepiploic artery: alternative sites for proximal anastomosis in patients with atherosclerotic calcified aorta. Heart Surgery Forum 7(5): 2004.

39. Ben-Zur H, Rappaport B, Uretzky G. Pessimism, lifestyle and survival: a follow-up study of open-heart surgery patients in Israel. Illness, Crisis & Loss 12(4):299-306, 2004.

40. Aviram G, Loberman D, Herz I, Uretzky G, Graif M, Roth A. Thrombosis of a coronary artery aneurysm in a young man presenting with acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 110:448e-449e, 2004.

41. Nesher N, Uretzky G, Insler S, Nataf P, Frolkis I, Pineau E, Cantoni E, Bolotin G, Vardi M, Pevni D, Lev-Ran O, Sharony R, Weinbroum AA. Thermo-wrap technology preserves normothermia better than routine thermal care in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass and is associated with lower immune response and lesser myocardial damage. JTCVS, accepted for publication, August 2004.

42. Lev-Ran O, Pevni D, Nesher N, Sharony R, Paz Y, Kramer A, Mohr R, Uretzky G. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: single-center experience with 1,000 patients. IMAJ 6:665-9, 2004.

43. Herz I, Moshkovitz Y, Hendler A, Adam SZ, Uretzky G, Ben-Gal Y, Mohr R. Revascularization of left anterior descending artery with drug-eluting stents: comparison with off-pump surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 79:88-92, 2005.

44. Pevni D, Frolkis I, Shapira I, Schwartz D, Yuhas Y, Schwartz IF, Chernichovski T, Uretzky G. Heparin added to cardioplegic solution inhibits TNF-α production and attenuates myocardial ischemic-reperfusion injury. Chest (accepted for publication, February 2005).

45. Lev-Ran O, Braunstein R, Hansson N, Pevni D, Sharony R, Bolotin G, Uretzky G. Off-pump coronary revascularization of the circumflex system: comparison between sequential and non-sequential arterial grafts. The Heart Surgery Forum (accepted for publication, April 2005).

46. Herz I, Moshkovitz Y, Loberman D, Uretzky G, Braunstein R, Hendler A, Zivi E, Ben-Gal Y, Mohr R. Drug-eluting stents versus bilateral internal thoracic grafting for multi-vessel coronary disease. Annals of Thoracic Surgery (accepted for publication, May 2005).

47. Pevni D, Frolkis I, Shapira I, Schwartz D, Schwartz IF, Chernichovski T, Lev-Ran O, Sharony R, Uretzky G. Iscehmia or reperfusion: which is a main trigger for changes in nitric oxide mRNA synthases expression? Europ J Clin Invest (accepted for publication July 2005).