Selected Publications

Konstantinos Alfaras-Melainis MD, MSC, Rohesh J. Fernando MD, FASE, Michael L. Boisen MD, Paul J. Hoffman MD, Daniel J. Rosenkrans MD, Emily Teeter MD, Alessandra I. Cardi MD, Jeremy Laney MD, Aaron Reagan MD, Vidya K. Rao MD, MBA, Michael Anderson MD, Charles B. Luke MD, MBA, FASAM, Sudhakar Subramani MD, MMed, FASE, Travis Schisler MD FRCPC, Peter J. Ritchie MD, Theresa A. Gelzinis MD: The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2022. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia September 2023.

Alessandra I Cardi, Callie M Drohan, Jonathan Elmer, Clifton W Callaway, Francis X Guyette, Ankur A Doshi, Jon C Rittenberger. : The Association of Brainstem and Motor Recovery with Awakening After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Resuscitation Plus December 2022.

Mentor: Michael Boisen MD FASE: Presentation - Rescue TEE Primary Literature Review. Presentation at University of Pittsburgh August 2022 Notes: Rescue TEE Primary Literature Review, Multidisciplinary POCUS Conference Series, University of Pittsburgh (August 17th, 2022).

Cardi A, Bhattacharya A, Rock KC.: ICU video review as a novel tool to support the Educational, Performance Improvement, and Clinical Care Goals of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists March 2022 Notes: Virtual Poster Presentation.

Christopher X. Hong, Edward K. Kim, Alessandra I. Cardi, Heidi S. Harvie.: Vaginal Hysterectomy Performed Under General Versus Neuraxial Regional Anesthesia: Comparison of Patient Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes Using Propensity Score-Matched Cohorts. Female Pelvic Medicine & reconstructive Surgery 28(3): e98-e102, March 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001163.

Mark W. Fegley, Alessandra Cardi, John G. Augoustides, Joseph Sanders, Bryan E. Marchant, Rohesh J. Fernando.: Acute Lung Injury associated with Perioperative Amiodarone Therapy – navigating the challenges in diagnosis and management. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 36(2): 608-615, February 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.05.026. Epub 2021 May 21.

Alessandra Ilaria Cardi: Presentation - "Six-Month Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery” NEJM December 2019 Notes: ACGME Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Monday Lecture Series.

Callie Drohan, Alessandra Cardi, Jon Rittenberger, Alexandra Popescu, Clifton Callaway, Maria Baldwin, and Jonathan Elmer.: Effect of sedation on quantitative electroencephalography after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 124: 132-137, March 2018 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.11.068. Epub 2017 Dec 2.

Mara Cirone, Marisa Granato, Claudia Zompetta, Enrica Vescarelli, Celeste Rizzello, Alessandra Cardi, Sandro Valia, Guido Antonelli, Cinzia Marchese, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, and Alberto Faggioni.: HCV derived from serum of HCV-infected patients induces pro-fibrotic effects in human primary fibroblasts by activating GLI2. Scientific Reports 6: 30649, August 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1038/srep30649.

Cardi A, Drohan CM, Elmer J, Callaway CW, Guyette FX, Doshi AA, Rittenberger, JC.: The Role of Brainstem and Motor Recovery on Awakening Following Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest. Safar Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2016 Notes: Poster Presentation.