Research & Publications
Publications
Bethencourt, D.M. and Laks, H.: The Importance of Edema and Changing
Compliance During Long-Term Preservation of the Heart. Surg. Forum
30:319-321, 1979.
Enriquez, R., Bethencourt, D.M., Schnitzer, J., and Laks, H.: The
Hematoxlyn Basic Fuchsin Picric Acid Stain During Long-Term Preservation
of the Heart. Fed. Proc. 38 (3) Part II: 1209, 1979.
Feng, L. Laks, H. Bethencourt, D.M. and Caride, V.: Microvascular
Permeability to Liposomes in the Isolated Preserved Heart. Microvascular
Research 17:S143, 1979.
Feng, L., Laks, H., Bethencourt, D.M., and Caride, V.: Extraction
of Liposomes in the Isolated Preserved Heart. Fed. Proc. 38 (3)
Part II: 1304, 1979.
Bethencourt, D.M., and Laks, H.: Changing Compliance in the
Isolated Preserved Heart. ASAIO Abstracts 8:68, 1979.
Bethencourt, D.M.: Long Term Preservation of the Canine Heart. M.D.
Thesis. Yale Medical School, 1979.
Bethencourt, D.M. and Laks, H.: The importance of Edema and
Compliance Changes During 24 Hour Preservation of the Dog Heart. J.
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surg. 81(3): 440-449, 1981.
Corno, A.F., Bethencourt, D.M., Laks, H., Bhuta, S., Davtyan, H.G.,
Flynn, W.M. and Drinkwater, D.C.: Myocardial Protection in the
Neonatal Heart: A Comparison of Topical Hypothermia, Crystalloid Cardioplegia,
and Blood Cardioplegia Solutions. J. Thoracic & Cardivascular
Surg. 93: 163: 163-172, 1987.
Bethencourt, D.M., and Homes, E.C.: Muscle Sparing Posterolateral
Thoracotomy. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 45: 337-339, 1988.
Gyepes, N.T., Bethencourt, D.M., Rowen, S.J., and Resnick, D.: Rational
Approach to Vascular Rings in Children.
Memorial Miller Children’s
Hospital, Long Beach, CA and the Children’s Hospital of Orange
County, Orange, CA.
Hall. T.L., Barnes, A., Miller, J.R., Bethencourt, D.M., and Nestor,
L.: Neonatal Mortality Following Transfusion of Red Cells with
High Plasma Potassium Levels. Transfusion 1993; 33: 606-609
Baumgartner, F.J., Omari, B.O., Pandya A., Pandya, A., Bethencourt,
D.M.: Local Transverse Arch Repair for Type A Aortic Dissection. The
Society of Thoracic Surgeons 1997; 0003-4975/97
Baumgartner, F., Gheissari, A., Panagiotides, G., Capouya, E., Yokoyama, T.: What is “Minimally Invasive? Letter to the Editor. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 66:980-981, September 1998.
Baumgartner, F.J., Yokoyama, T., Gheissari, A., Capouya, E.R., Panagiotides, G., Declusin, R.J.: Effect of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Morbidity. The American Journal of Cardiology, 86: 1021-1022, November 2000
Yokoyama, T., Baumgartner, F.J., Gheissari, A., Capouya, E.R., Panagiotides, G., Delcusin, R.J.: Off-Pump Coronary Bypass in High-Risk Subgroups. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 70: 1546-1550, 2000
Presentations
Photosynthesis Gene Initiation in Fremiella Diplosyphon, A Blue Green Algae.
California Junior Scientists Conference, University of Santa Clara; Santa Clara, California, June 1982.
Atypical Sub-Acute Endocarditis, Haemphilus Parainfluenza.
Grand Rounds, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco; San Francisco, California, September 1986
Classification Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms with Case Presentation.
Grand Rounds, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., May 1990
Non-infectious Complications of the Immuno-Suppressed Kidney Transplant Patient.
Kidney Transplant Service, Washington; Washington, D.C., December 1991.
Pancreatitis: From Acute Inflammation to Hemorrhagic Necrosis.
Grand Rounds, Washington Hospital Center; Washington, D.C., April 1992.
Aortic Root Replacement and the Modified Bentall Procedure.
Grand Rounds, St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California, March 1999.
Transfusion Free Beating Heart Surgery.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, February 2001.
