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List of works by Howard Leong-Poi

A modified portfolio diet complements medical management to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 28 June 2014

A1-receptor blockade: a novel approach for assessing myocardial viability in chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

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Acceleration of diabetic wound healing by an angiopoietin peptide mimetic

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American Society of Echocardiography Cardiovascular Technology and Research Summit: a roadmap for 2020.

scientific article published in April 2013

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 protects from severe acute lung failure

scientific article published in July 2005

Anti-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic effects of beta blockers in a canine model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy: comparison between carvedilol and metoprolol

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

Assessment of endogenous and therapeutic arteriogenesis by contrast ultrasound molecular imaging of integrin expression

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Assessment of ischemia-induced microvascular remodeling using contrast-enhanced ultrasound vascular anatomic mapping

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Assessment of myocardial inflammation produced by experimental coronary occlusion and reperfusion with 99mTc-RP517, a new leukotriene B4 receptor antagonist that preferentially labels neutrophils in vivo

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B-vitamin deficiency in hospitalized patients with heart failure.

scientific article published in August 2009

BRCA1 is an essential regulator of heart function and survival following myocardial infarction

scientific article published on December 20, 2011

Cardiac Overexpression of S100A6 Attenuates Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis and Reduces Infarct Size After Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion

scientific article published on 7 February 2017

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance left ventricular strain in end-stage renal disease patients after kidney transplantation

Clinical Applications of Ultrasonic Enhancing Agents in Echocardiography: 2018 American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines Update

scientific article published in March 2018

Comparative assessment of 2-dimensional echocardiography vs cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in measuring left ventricular mass in patients with and without end-stage renal disease

scientific article published on 25 October 2012

Comparison of gene delivery techniques for therapeutic angiogenesis ultrasound-mediated destruction of carrier microbubbles versus direct intramuscular injection

scientific article published in October 2009

Conditional Cardiac Overexpression of S100A6 Attenuates Myocyte Hypertrophy and Apoptosis Following Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on January 1, 2014

Contrast Ultrasound Ischemic Memory Imaging: Path to Clinical Translation

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Contrast Ultrasound and Targeted Microbubbles: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications for Angiogenesis

scientific article published on 03 May 2011

Contrast Ultrasound and Targeted Microbubbles: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications in Progressive Diabetic Nephropathy

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Contrast echocardiography in Canada: Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography position paper

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Contrast echocardiography: putting things into perspective - a Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography joint commentary

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Controversies in quantification of mitral valve regurgitation: role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

Culture-modified bone marrow cells attenuate cardiac and renal injury in a chronic kidney disease rat model via a novel antifibrotic mechanism

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Detection of coronary stenosis and myocardial viability using a single intravenous bolus injection of BR14.

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Dronedarone and Captisol-enabled amiodarone in an experimental cardiac arrest

scientific article published in May 2013

Early outgrowth pro-angiogenic cell number and function do not correlate with left ventricular structure and function in conventional hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Echocardiographic Assessment of Young Male Draft-Eligible Elite Hockey Players Invited to the Medical and Fitness Combine by the National Hockey League

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound: New Developments and Future Directions

scientific article published on January 17, 2013

Effect of microbubble exposure to ultrasound on quantitation of myocardial perfusion

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Effects of Nitroglycerin on Erythrocyte Rheology and Oxygen Unloading

Effects of chronic gap junction conduction-enhancing antiarrhythmic peptide GAP-134 administration on experimental atrial fibrillation in dogs

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Effects of long-term chloroquine administration on the natural history of aortic aneurysms in mice

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Efficacy and long-term safety of StarClose™ for hemostasis of arterial puncture sites distal to common femoral artery bifurcation after percutaneous coronary interventions

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Efficacy of Contrast-enhanced US and Magnetic Microbubbles Targeted to Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule–1 for Molecular Imaging of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on May 9, 2011

Expansive remodeling in venous bypass grafts: novel implications for vein graft disease

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

Experimental studies of atrial fibrillation: a comparison of two pacing models

scientific article published on 4 January 2008

Fluorescent Microangiography Is a Novel and Widely Applicable Technique for Delineating the Renal Microvasculature

scientific article published on October 3, 2011

Friends Turned Foes: Angiogenic Growth Factors beyond Angiogenesis

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Further insights into the no-reflow phenomenon after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: the role of microthromboemboli

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Herceptin, a recombinant humanized anti-ERBB2 monoclonal antibody, induces cardiomyocyte death.

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Imaging tumor angiogenesis with contrast ultrasound and microbubbles targeted to alpha(v)beta3.

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Impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of ejection fraction on eligibility for implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

scientific article published on 2 February 2011

Incremental value of parametric quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion by triggered Low-Power myocardial contrast echocardiography

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Influence of microbubble shell properties on ultrasound signal: Implications for low-power perfusion imaging

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Influence of ventriculoatrial timing on hemodynamics and symptoms during supraventricular tachycardia

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Jack of many trades: Multifaceted role of neuropilins in pancreatic cancer

Lack of S100A1 in mice confers a gender-dependent hypertensive phenotype and increased mortality after myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 13 March 2009

Lung Ultrasound and Microbubbles Enhance Aminoglycoside Efficacy and Delivery to the Lung in E. Coli-induced Pneumonia and ARDS.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Maternal anti-platelet β3 integrins impair angiogenesis and cause intracranial hemorrhage

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Metoprolol reduces cerebral tissue oxygen tension after acute hemodilution in rats

scientific article published in November 2009

Microbubbles and Ultrasound: Therapeutic Applications in Diabetic Nephropathy

scientific article published in January 2016

Mixed meal and light exercise each recruit muscle capillaries in healthy humans

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Molecular imaging identifies regions with microthromboemboli during primary angioplasty in acute coronary thrombosis

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Molecular imaging of endothelial progenitor cell engraftment using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and targeted microbubbles

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Molecular imaging using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: evaluation of angiogenesis and cell therapy

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

Myocardial and microcirculatory kinetics of BR14, a novel third-generation intravenous ultrasound contrast agent

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N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation does not reduce vulnerability to atrial fibrillation in remodeling atria

scientific article published on February 15, 2012

Natural history of experimental arterial chronic total occlusions

scientific article published on March 2009

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist decreases ventilator-induced lung injury and non-pulmonary organ dysfunction in rabbits with acute lung injury

scientific article published in November 2009

Nocturnal Hemodialysis Is Associated with Restoration of Early-Outgrowth Endothelial Progenitor-Like Cell Function

scientific article published on May 19, 2011

Noninvasive assessment of angiogenesis by ultrasound and microbubbles targeted to alpha(v)-integrins

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Noninvasive imaging of myocardial reperfusion injury using leukocyte-targeted contrast echocardiography

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Novel regulatory role of neuropilin-1 in endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

Optimization of Ultrasound-mediated Anti-angiogenic Cancer Gene Therapy

scientific article published on May 21, 2013

Perfusion versus function: the ischemic cascade in demand ischemia: implications of single-vessel versus multivessel stenosis

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Perlecan heparan sulfate proteoglycan is a critical determinant of angiogenesis in response to mouse hind-limb ischemia

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Potential clinical impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of ejection fraction on eligibility for cardioverter defibrillator implantation

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Prospect of ultrasound-mediated gene delivery in cardiovascular applications

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Recombinant factor VIIa affects anastomotic patency of vascular grafts in a rabbit model

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Regression of left ventricular mass following conversion from conventional hemodialysis to thrice weekly in-centre nocturnal hemodialysis

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Relationships Between Left Ventricular Structure and Function According to Cardiac MRI and Cardiac Biomarkers in End-Stage Renal Disease

scientific article published on 3 December 2016

Role of collateral blood flow in the apparent disparity between the extent of abnormal wall thickening and perfusion defect size during acute myocardial infarction and demand ischemia

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Routine versus selective cardiac magnetic resonance in non-ischemic heart failure - OUTSMART-HF: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (IMAGE-HF (heart failure) project 1-B)

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S100B: role in cardiac remodeling and function following myocardial infarction in diabetes

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Salutary effect of resveratrol on sepsis-induced myocardial depression

scientific article published on June 2012

Saphenous vein graft aneurysm masquerading as a left atrial mass: diagnosis by contrast transesophageal echocardiography

scientific article published in December 2007

Simultaneous right atrioventricular pacing: a novel model to study atrial remodeling and fibrillation in the setting of heart failure

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Skin perfusion assessed by contrast ultrasound predicts tissue survival in a free flap model

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Sphingosine-1-phosphate-dependent activation of p38 MAPK maintains elevated peripheral resistance in heart failure through increased myogenic vasoconstriction

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

Standards for Provision and Accreditation of Echocardiography in Ontario

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Survivin gene therapy attenuates left ventricular systolic dysfunction in doxorubicin cardiomyopathy by reducing apoptosis and fibrosis

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Sustained improvement in perfusion and flow reserve after temporally separated delivery of vascular endothelial growth factor and angiopoietin-1 plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid

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The (Pro)renin receptor: site-specific and functional linkage to the vacuolar H+-ATPase in the kidney.

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

The Association Between Conversion to In-centre Nocturnal Hemodialysis and Left Ventricular Mass Regression in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

The Tie2-agonist Vasculotide rescues mice from influenza virus infection

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The management of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

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Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Ultrasound-Mediated MicroRNA-126-3p Delivery

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Therapeutic arteriogenesis by ultrasound-mediated VEGF165 plasmid gene delivery to chronically ischemic skeletal muscle

scientific article published on 21 June 2007

Transmyocardial revascularization ameliorates ischemia by attenuating paradoxical catecholamine-induced vasoconstriction

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Treatment with a highly selective β₁ antagonist causes dose-dependent impairment of cerebral perfusion after hemodilution in rats

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Triple nutrient supplementation improves survival, infarct size and cardiac function following myocardial infarction in rats

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Ultrasound-Mediated Vascular Gene Transfection by Cavitation of Endothelial-Targeted Cationic Microbubbles

scientific article published on December 1, 2012

Vascular Gene Transfer of SDF-1 Promotes Endothelial Progenitor Cell Engraftment and Enhances Angiogenesis in Ischemic Muscle

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Vascular injury and thrombotic potential: a note of caution about recombinant factor VIIa

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Vascular recruitment in skeletal muscle during exercise and hyperinsulinemia assessed by contrast ultrasound

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