Publications


Choosing transcatheter aortic valve replacement in porcelain aorta: outcomes versus surgical replacement


Benjamin Kramer DO MS, Andrew M Vekstein MD, Paul D Bishop PhD, Ashley Lowry MS, Douglas R Johnston MD, Samir Kapadia MD, Amar Krishnaswamy, Eugene H Blackstone, Eric E Roselli

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, vol. 63(5), 2023


The modified frozen elephant trunk may outperform limited and extended-classic repair in acute type I dissection


Eric E Roselli, Benjamin Kramer, Emidio Germano, Andrew Toth, Patrick R Vargo, Faisal Bakaeen, Venu Menon, Eugene H Blackstone

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, vol. 63(6), 2023


Lengthwise Regional Mechanics of the Human Aneurysmal Ascending Thoracic Aorta


Samar A. Tarraf, Benjamin Kramer, Emily Vianna, Callan Gillespie, Emídio Germano, Kelly B. Emerton, Rouzbeh Amini, Robb Colbrunn, Jennifer Hargrave, Eric E. Roselli, Chiara Bellini

Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 162, 2023, pp. 266-277


A Multicenter Analysis of the Early Impact of COVID-19 on Junior Resident Operative Case Volume


Benjamin Kramer DO MS, Gilman Plitt MD, Judith C. French PhD, Rachel M. Nygaard PhD, FACS Sebastiano Cassaro MD, FACS David A. Edelman MD MSHPEd, FACS Jason S. Lees MD, , FACS Amit R.T. Joshi MD, Meredith P. Johnson MD, Jose Chavez MD, FACS William W. Hope MD, FACS Shawna Morrissey DO, Jeffrey M. Gauvin MD, FACS Ruchir Puri MBBS MS, FACS Jennifer LaFemina MD, Hae Sung Kang MD, Alan E. Harzman MD, Sahned Jaafar MD, Mathangi Anusha Chandramouli MD,

Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 279, 2022, pp. 208-217


Vascular hyperacetylation is associated with vascular smooth muscle dysfunction in a rat model of non-obese type 2 diabetes


Maria Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda, Nicole Maddie, Christina Mary Johnson, Cameron Burke, Osina Lutz, Bamwa Yakoub, Benjamin Kramer, Dhandevi Persand

Molecular Medicine, vol. 28, BioMed Central, 2022, pp. 1--14


Aortic Diameter is a Poor Predictor of Aortic Tissue Failure Metrics in Patients with Ascending Aneurysms


Emily Vianna MD, Benjamin Kramer DO MS, Samar Tarraf MSc, Callan Gillespie MS, Frank Cikach MD, Emidio Germano MD, Kelly Emerton PhD, Jennifer Hargrave DO, Ria Richardson MD, Robb Colbrunn PhD, Chiara Bellini PhD, Eric E. Roselli MD

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022


Western diet triggers Toll-like receptor 4 signaling-induced endothelial dysfunction in female Wistar rats


Benjamin Kramer, Lucas Martins França, Youhua Zhang, Antonio Marcus de Andrade Paes, A Martin Gerdes, Maria Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, vol. 315(6), 2018, pp. H1735-H1747


Ellagic acid alleviates hepatic oxidative stress and insulin resistance in diabetic female rats


Simran Alexandria Polce, Cameron Burke, Lucas Martins França, Benjamin Kramer, Antonio Marcus de Andrade Paes, Maria Alicia Carrillo-Sepulveda

Nutrients, vol. 10(5), 2018, p. 531


High Glucose limits Autophagy via inhibition of Nuclear Translocation of Transcription Factor EB


Benjamin Kramer, Satoru Kobayashi, Martin Gerdes, Qiangrong Liang

The FASEB Journal, vol. 30, 2017, pp. 1273.7-1273.7