Cezar A. Iliescu, M.D., FACC, FSCAI

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Inanc IH, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu C, NInios V, Matar F, Ates I, Toutouzas K, Hermiller J, Marmagkiolis K. Comparison of American and European guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 47:76-85, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36270966.
2. Ahmed T, Marmagkiolis K, Ploch M, Irizarry-Caro JA, Amatullah A, Desai S, Aziz MK, Yarrabothula A, Fossas-Espinosa J, Koutroumpakis E, Hassan S, Karimzad K, Kim P, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu C. The year in Cardio-oncology 2022. Curr Probl Cardiol 48(1):101435, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36183977.
3. Ates I, Mutlu D, Inanc IH, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA, Kilic ID, Cilingiroglu M. Transcatheter mitral valve repair in a liver transplant candidate. Echocardiography. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36354015.
4. Ploch M, Ahmed T, Reyes S, Irizarry-Caro JA, Fossas-Espinosa JE, Shoar S, Amatullah A, Jogimahanti A, Antonioli M, Iliescu CA, Balan P, Safavi Naeini P, Madjid M. Determinants of Change in Code Status among Patients with Cardiopulmonary Arrest Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Resuscitation. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36174763.
5. Mutlu D, Ates I, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA, Çilingiroglu M. Primary Endovascular Treatment of Late-Onset Type 3 Endovascular Aortic Repair Rupture Using The Endurant II Stent Graft and Rapid Response Protocol. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35976240.
6. Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA, Grines CL, Matar F, Cilingiroglu M. The year in review. Structural heart interventions. Int J Cardiol 359:99-104, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35427702.
7. Jain P, Zhao S, Lee HJ, Hill HA, Ok CY, Kanagal-Shamanna R, Hagemeister FB, Fowler N, Fayad L, Yao Y, Liu Y, Moghrabi OB, Navsaria L, Feng L, Nogueras Gonzalez GM, Xu G, Thirumurthi S, Santos D, Iliescu C, Tang G, Medeiros LJ, Vega F, Avellaneda M, Badillo M, Flowers CR, Wang L, Wang ML. Ibrutinib With Rituximab in First-Line Treatment of Older Patients With Mantle Cell Lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 40(2):JCO2101797, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34797699.
8. Honan KA, Hassan S, Deswal A, Herrmann J, Song J, Monlezun D, Halperin D, Mahvash A, Dasari A, Koutroumpakis E, Akay M, Balanescu DV, de Armas IS, Patel M, Nathan S, Kar B, Marmagkiolis K, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel J, Gregoric I, Yao J, Iliescu CA. Bioprosthetic valve monitoring in patients with carcinoid heart disease. Front Cardiovasc Med 9:1072890, 2022. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36712267.
9. Pushparaji B, Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Palaskas N, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Hassan SA, Boudoulas KD, Marmagkiolis K, Hajjar LA, Iliescu CA. Interventional Strategies in Cancer-induced Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Oncol Rep 23(11):133, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34570291.
10. Marmagkiolis K, Monlezun DJ, Cilingiroglu M, Grines C, Herrmann J, Toutouzas KP, Ates I, Iliescu C.. TAVR in Cancer Patients: Comprehensive Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression. Front Cardiovasc Med 8, 2021. PMID: 34422918.
11. Zarifa A, Kim JW, Lopez-Mattei J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Kim PY. Cardiac Toxicities Associated with Immune Checkpoints Inhibitors: Mechanisms, Manifestations and Management. Korean Circ J 51(7):579-597, 2021. PMID: 34227272.
12. Monlezun DJ, Sotomayor C, Peters NJ, Gallagher C, Garcia A, Iliescu C. COVID-19 population lockdowns may worsen socioeconomic inequities disproportionately impacting racial minorities: Machine learning-augmented cost effectiveness and computational ethical analysis with personalist social contract. Journal of Medicine and Ethics 32(3):759-800, 2021.
13. Jacob R, Palaskas N, Lopez J, Hassan S, Kim P, Donisan T, Balanescu D, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. How to Perform Pericardiocentesis in Cancer Patients With Thrombocytopenia. J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc, 2021.
14. Marmagkiolis K, Caballero JA, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu C. Single-access dual-injection technique (SADIT) for high-risk PCI with Impella CP. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34101352.
15. Monlezun DJ, Hostetter L, Balan P, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Iakobishvili Z, Ewer M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C.. TAVR and cancer: machine learning-augmented propensity score mortality and cost analysis in over 30 million patients. Cardiooncology 7(1):25, 2021. PMID: 34183072.
16. Kilic ID, Ates I, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Yavuz A, Demirbas A, Cilingiroglu M.. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Using MitraClip in Patients With Renal Transplantation. J Invasive Cardiol, 2021. PMID: 34182537.
17. Mutlu D, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA, Ates I, Cilingiroglu M. Percutaneous Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Closure with 2D Transthoracic Echocardiography: Can We Sufficiently Visualize It?. Eurasian J Med 53(2):144-147, 2021. PMID: 34177299.
18. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. Manual Aspiration Thrombectomy for Embolic Acute Mesenteric Ischemia. Tex Heart Inst J 48(2), 2021. PMID: 34139762.
19. Gill C, Lee M, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Serauto Canache AJ, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Song J, Yang EH, Cilingiroglu M, Kar B, Gregoric I, Marmagkiolis K, Iakobishvili Z, Iliescu C. Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Impact on Outcomes and Cancer Treatment Schedule. Int J Cardiol 326:62-70, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32858137.
20. Kim P, Masha L, Olson A, Iliescu C, Karimzad K, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Durand JB, Leung CH, Lopez-Mattei J. QT Prolongation in Cancer Patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:613625, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33718445.
21. Bravo-Jaimes K, Palaskas NL, Banchs J, Abelhad NI, Altaf A, Gouni S, Song J, Hassan SA, Iliescu C, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Rate of Progression of Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Cancer. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:644264, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33816575.
22. Wilson NR, Lee MT, Gill CD, Serauto Canache A, Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Song J, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA. Prognostic Factors and Overall Survival After Pericardiocentesis in Patients With Cancer and Thrombocytopenia. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:638943, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33969007.
23. Yang EH, Marmagkiolis K, Balanescu DV, Hakeem A, Donisan T, Finch W, Virmani R, Herrman J, Cilingiroglu M, Grines CL, Toutouzas K, Iliescu C. Radiation-Induced Vascular Disease-A State-of-the-Art Review. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:652761, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33860001.
24. Monlezun DJ, Lawless S, Palaskas N, Peerbhai S, Charitakis K, Marmagkiolis K, Lopez-Mattei J, Mamas M, Iliescu C. Machine Learning-Augmented Propensity Score Analysis of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Over 30 Million Cancer and Non-cancer Patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:620857, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33889598.
25. Aziz MK, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Pushparaji B, Lin HY, Tomakin G, Hoyt T, Pham M, Dijkstra J, Cilingiroglu M, Lopez-Mattei J, Zaha V, Anderson HV, Feldman MD, Molony DA, Iliescu CA. Coronary Stent Healing in Cancer Patients-An Optical Coherence Tomography Perspective. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:665303, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34164440.
26. Agha AM, Palaskas N, Patel AR, DeCara J, Parwani P, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Kim P, Hassan S, Gladish G, Lee HC, Kaufman GP, Lopez-Mattei JC. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Predicting Outcomes Among Patients at Risk for Cardiac AL Amyloidosis. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:626414, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34268341.
27. Heidari-Bateni G, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Gladish G, Deswal A, Patel AR, Kim P, Song J, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Baldassarre LA, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Lopez-Mattei J. Clinical Impact of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Cancer Patients With Suspected Cardiomyopathy. Front Cardiovasc Med 8:734820, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34765654.
28. Bisceglia I, Canale ML, Lestuzzi C, Parrini I, Russo G, Colivicchi F, Gabrielli D, Gulizia MM, Iliescu CA, on the behalf of ANMCO Cardio-Oncology Task Force. Acute coronary syndromes in cancer patients. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 21(12):944-952, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32520859.
29. Bravo-Jaimes K, Marcellon R, Varanitskaya L, Kim PY, Iliescu C, Gilchrist SC, Baldassarre LA, Manisty C, Ghosh AK, Guha A, Lopez-Mattei JC. Opportunities for improved cardiovascular disease prevention in oncology patients. Curr Opin Cardiol 35(5):531-537, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32649353.
30. Elghazawy H, Venkatesulu BP, Verma V, Pushparaji B, Monlezun DJ, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA. The role of cardio-protective agents in cardio-preservation in breast cancer patients receiving Anthracyclines ± Trastuzumab: a Meta-analysis of clinical studies. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 153:103006, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32777728.
31. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Deswal A, Palaskas N, Song J, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Doundoua D, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Acute myocardial infarction in a high-risk cancer population: Outcomes following conservative versus invasive management. Int J Cardiol 313:1-8, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32320781.
32. Potts J, Mohamed MO, Lopez Mattei JC, Iliescu CA, Konopleva M, Rashid M, Bagur R, Mamas MA. Percutaneous coronary intervention and in-hospital outcomes in patients with leukemia: a nationwide analysis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 96(1):53-63, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31410970.
33. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Buja LM, McNamara DM, Kobashigawa JA, Durand JB, Iliescu CA. Immunomodulatory treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced myocarditis: Pathway toward precision-based therapy. Cardiovasc Pathol 47:107211, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32268262.
34. Mohamed MO, Lopez-Mattei JC, Parwani P, Iliescu CA, Bharadwaj A, Kim PY, Palaskas NL, Rashid M, Potts J, Kwok CS, Gulati M, Al Zubaidi AMB, Mamas MA. Management strategies and clinical outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in leukaemia patients: Nationwide insights from United States hospitalisations. Int J Clin Pract 74(5):e13476, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31922635.
35. Lopez-Mattei J, Verstovsek S, Fellman B, Iliescu C, Bhatti K, Hassan SA, Kim P, Gray BA, Palaskas NL, Grosu HB, Mamas MA, Faiz SA. Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in myelofibrosis. Ann Hematol 99(4):781-789, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32076825.
36. Okutucu S, Ates I, Marmagkiolis K, Kose G, Iliescu C, Cilingiroglu M. Successful WATCHMAN device implantation in a patient with IVC filter thrombosis and iliac vein occlusions. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 21(3):409-411, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31257173.
37. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C. Halloween in the Cath Lab: spider web pericardial effusion. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 21(3):317, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31501856.
38. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel S, Hong DS, Kim PY, Moudgil R, Palaskas N, Buja LM, Zhao B, Raghunathan D, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C. A histopathologic and imaging description of myocarditis induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors: pathway toward precision-based therapy. J Immunother, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
39. Hoyt T, Feldman MD, Okutucu S, Lendel V, Marmagkiolis K, McIntosh V, Ates I, Kose G, Mego D, Paixao A, Iliescu C, Park J, Shaar M, Avci R, McElroy A, Dijkstra J, Milner TE, Cilingiroglu M. Assessment of vascular patency and inflammation with intravascular optical coherence tomography in patients with superficial femoral artery disease treated with Zilver PTX stents. Cardiovasc Revasc Med 21(1):101-107, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31395436.
40. Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Deswal A. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment. J Am Heart Assoc 9(2):e013757, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31960755.
41. Agha AM, Gill C, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim PY, Charitakis K, Cilingiroglu M, Oo TH, Kroll M, Durand JB, Hirsch-Ginsberg C, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Identifying Hemostatic Thresholds in Cancer Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography Based on Platelet Count and Thromboelastography. Front Cardiovasc Med 7:9, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32118047.
42. Zarifa A, Lopez-Mattei J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Kim PY. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs)-Related Cardiotoxicity. Adv Exp Med Biol 1244:277-285, 2020. PMID: 32301022.
43. Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Edupuganti MMR, Saad M, Boudoulas KD, Gupta A, Lontos N, Cilingiroglu M. Primary Patency With Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty for Arteriovenous Graft Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Invasive Cardiol 31(12):E356-E361, 2019. PMID: 31786526.
44. Marmagkiolis K, Hakeem A, Ebersole DG, Iliescu C, Ates I, Cilingiroglu M. Clinical outcomes of percutaneous mitral valve repair with MitraClip for the management of functional mitral regurgitation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94(6):820-826, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30938045.
45. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Karimzad K, Kim P, Charitakis K, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cardiac Interventional Procedures in Cardio-Oncology Patients. Cardiol Clin 37(4):469-486, 2019. PMID: 31587788.
46. Hassan SA, Palaskas NL, Agha AM, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Chen C, Zheng H, Yusuf SW. Carcinoid Heart Disease: a Comprehensive Review. Curr Cardiol Rep 21(11):140, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31745664.
47. Borovac JA, Kwok CS, Iliescu C, Lee HJ, Kim PY, Palaskas NL, Zaman A, Butler R, Lopez-Mattei JC, Mamas MA. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Outcomes in Patients With Lymphoma in the United States (Nationwide Inpatient Sample [NIS] Analysis). Am J Cardiol 124(8):1190-1197, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31395298.
48. Milgrom SA, Varghese B, Gladish GW, Choi AD, Dong W, Patel ZS, Chung CC, Rao A, Pinnix CC, Gunther JR, Dabaja BS, Lin SH, Hoffman KE, Huff JL, Slagowski J, Abe JI, Iliescu CA, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Lopez-Mattei JC. Coronary Artery Dose-Volume Parameters Predict Risk of Calcification After Radiation Therapy. J Cardiovasc Imaging 27(4):268-279, 2019. PMID: 31614398.
49. Agha A, Zarifa A, Kim P, Iliescu C, Gladish G, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Durand JB, Lu Y, Lopez-Mattei J. The Role of Cardiovascular Imaging and Serum Biomarkers in Identifying Cardiotoxicity Related to Cancer Therapeutics. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 15(4):258-266, 2019. PMID: 31988686.
50. Schechter M, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Dayah TJ, Kar B, Gregoric I, Giza DE, Song J, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Balanescu SM, Cilingiroglu M, Toutouzas K, Smalling RW, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. An update on the management and outcomes of cancer patients with severe aortic stenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94(3):438-445, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30549397.
51. Sudasena D, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Kim P, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Arain S, Gould KL, Iliescu C. Fulminant vascular and cardiac toxicity associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitor sorafenib. Cardiovasc Toxicol 19(4):382-387, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30543051.
52. Balanescu SM, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Yang EH, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Kar B, Iliescu C. The onco-cardiologist dilemma: to implant, to defer, or to avoid transcatheter aortic valve replacement in cancer patients with aortic stenosis?. Curr Cardiol Rep 21(8):83, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31286273.
53. Zarifa A, Albittar A, Kim PY, Hassan S, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Lopez-Mattei J. Cardiac toxicities of anticancer treatments: chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Curr Opin Cardiol 34(4):441-450, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31082852.
54. Potts JE, Iliescu CA, Lopez Mattei JC, Martinez SC, Holmvang L, Ludman P, De Belder MA, Kwok CS, Rashid M, Fischman DL, Mamas MA. Percutaneous coronary intervention in cancer patients: a report of the prevalence and outcomes in the United States. Eur Heart J 2018 Nov 30. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy769(22):1790-1800, 2019. PMID: 30500952.
55. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Dasari A, Halperin D, Yao J, Kar B, Gregoric I, Balanescu SM, Iliescu C. The 1, 2, 3, 4 of carcinoid heart disease: comprehensive cardiovascular imaging is the mainstay of complex surgical treatment. Oncol Lett 17(5):4126-4132, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30944605.
56. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Dayah T, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Pinnix CC, Moudgil R, Balanescu SM, Herrmann J, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Refractory radiation-induced coronary artery disease: mapping the path and guiding treatment with optical coherence tomography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 35(5):759-760, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30758691.
57. Layoun ME, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Iliescu CA, Lopez-Mattei JC, Marmagkiolis K, Budoff MJ, Ferencik M. Applications of Cardiac Computed Tomography in the Cardio-Oncology Population. Curr Treat Options Oncol 20(6):47, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31056717.
58. Palaskas N, Morgan J, Daigle T, Banchs J, Durand JB, Hong D, Naing A, Le H, Hassan SA, Karimzad K, Mouhayar E, Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Thompson K, Yusuf SW, Iliescu C. Targeted Cancer Therapies With Pericardial Effusions Requiring Pericardiocentesis Focusing on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Am J Cardiol doi: 10.1016(8):1351-1357, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30765065.
59. Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Iliescu C. Editorial commentary: Update on cardio-oncology: Novel cancer therapeutics and associated cardiotoxicities. Trends Cardiovasc Med 29(1):40, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29958808.
60. Balanescu DV, Monlezun DJ, Donisan T, Boone D, Cervoni-Curet F, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. A cancer paradox: machine learning-backed propensity score analysis of coronary angiography findings in cardio-oncology. J Invasive Cardiol 31(1):1-6, 2019. PMID: 30611123.
61. Donisan T, *Balanescu DV, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Durand JB, Balanescu SM, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Acute drops in ejection fraction in contemporary cardio-oncology: old diagnoses, new offenders. Cancer Biol Med 29(2):246-250, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
62. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. Rescue manual aspiration thrombectomy for the treatment of acute embolic mesenteric ischemia. Texas Heart Journal, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
63. Balanescu DV, Monlezun DJ, Donisan T, Boone D, Cervoni-Curet F, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. A Cancer Paradox: Machine-Learning Backed Propensity-Score Analysis of Coronary Angiography Findings in Cardio-Oncology. The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 31(1):1-6, 2019.
64. Kim P, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C. QTc Interval and Cardiac Events in Cancer Patients: An Analysis of MD Anderson's ECG Database. Internal Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
65. Munoz-Gonzalez E, Poulin MF, Goel M, Oyenusi O, Iliescu C, Okwuosa TM. PCI in Patients With Cancer. Cardiac Interventions Today, Cardio-Oncology 13(1):60-65, 2019.
66. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Iliescu G, Lopez-Mattei J, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Durand JB, Balanescu SM, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Acute drops in ejection fraction in contemporary cardio-oncology: old diagnosis, new offenders. Romanian Journal of Cardiology Vol. 29(No. 2):246-250, 2019.
67. Agha AM, Lopez-Mattei J, Donisan T, Balanescu D, Iliescu CA, Banchs J, Kim PY, Palaskas NL, Yusuf S, Gladish G, Hassan S. Multimodality imaging in carcinoid heart disease. Open Heart 6(1):e001060, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31245014.
68. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Mouhayar E, Tayar J, Iliescu C. Coronary Lesions in Takayasu Arteritis With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Intravascular Assessment With Optical Coherence Tomography and Fractional Flow Reserve. Circ J 83(1):245-246, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29952342.
69. Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K. Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cancer Patients. Cancer Research Frontiers Vol. 379(24):64-71, 2018.
70. Balanescu DV, Moncalvo C, Donisan T, Cioffi P, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. Simultaneous Congenital Anomaly, Stenosis, and Compression: An Unexpected Trinity of Vascular Conditions. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 11(24):2537-2539, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30503593.
71. Hakeem A, Cilingiroglu M, Katramados A, Boudoulas KD, Iliescu C, Gundogdu B, Marmagkiolis K. Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke: Quantitative Synthesis of Pooled Randomized Trial Data. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv ID: CCD27487; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27487(6):1153-1160, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29332308.
72. Iliescu C, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Giza DE, Muñoz Gonzalez ED, Cilingiroglu M, Song J, Mukerji SS, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim PY, Palaskas N, Mouhayar EN, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K. Safety of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization in Cancer Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Chronic Thrombocytopenia. Am J Cardiol 122(9):1465-1470, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30180958.
73. Varghese B, Ting K, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C, Kim J, Kim P. Aspergillus endocarditis of the mitral valve with ventricular myocardial invasion, cerebral vasculitis, and intracranial mycotic aneurysm formation in a patient with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Med Mycol Case Rep 21:49-51, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29755935.
74. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim P, Leja MJ, Banchs J, Marmagkiolis K, Herrmann J, Gregoric I, Durand JB, Iliescu CA. In Search of a Less Invasive Approach to Cardiac Tumor Diagnosis: Multimodality Imaging Assessment and Biopsy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 11(8):1191-1195, 2018. PMID: 30092973.
75. Al-Hawwas M, Tsitlakidou D, Gupta N, Iliescu C, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K. Acute Coronary Syndrome Management in Cancer Patients. Curr Oncol Rep 20(10):78, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30132257.
76. Moudgil R, Iliescu C. Systolic dysfunction after pericardiocentesis: A case report of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Case Reports and Reviews 1(3):14, 2018.
77. Tuzovic M, Herrmann J, Iliescu C, Marmagkiolis K, Ziaeian B, Yang EH. Arterial Thrombosis in Patients with Cancer. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 20(5):40, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29627870.
78. Palaskas N, Thompson K, Gladish G, Agha AM, Hassan S, Iliescu C, Kim P, Durand JB, Lopez-Mattei JC. Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Tumors. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 20(4):29, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29556752.
79. Hassan SA, Palaskas N, Kim P, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Mouhayar E, Mougdil R, Thompson K, Banchs J, Yusuf SW. Chemotherapeutic Agents and the Risk of Ischemia and Arterial Thrombosis. Curr Atheroscler Rep 20(2):10, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29423705.
80. Liu VY, Agha AM, Lopez-Mattei J, Palaskas N, Kim P, Thompson K, Mouhayar E, Marmagkiolis K, Hassan SA, Karimzad K, Iliescu CA. Interventional Cardio-Oncology: Adding a New Dimension to the Cardio-Oncology Field. Front Cardiovasc Med 5:48, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29868614.
81. Agha AM, Parwani P, Guha A, Durand JB, Iliescu CA, Hassan S, Palaskas NL, Gladish G, Kim PY, Lopez-Mattei J. Role of cardiovascular imaging for the diagnosis and prognosis of cardiac amyloidosis. Open Heart 5(2):e000881, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30305910.
82. Iliescu CA, Cilingiroglu M, Giza DE, Rosales O, Lebeau J, Guerrero-Mantilla I, Lopez-Mattei J, Song J, Silva G, Loyalka P, Paixao ARM, Yusuf SW, Perin E, Anderson VH, Marmagkiolis K. "Bringing on the Light" in a complex clinical scenario-Optical coherence tomography-guided discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy in cancer patients with coronary artery disease (PROTECT-OCT registry). Am Heart J 194:83-91, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29223438.
83. Giza DE, Lopez-Mattei J, Vejpongsa P, Munoz E, Iliescu G, Kitkungvan D, Hassan SA, Kim P, Ewer MS, Iliescu C. Stress-induced Cardiomiopathy in Cancer Patients: Triggers, Recovery, and Resumption of Therapy. Am J Cardiol S0002-9149(17)31479-0(12):2284-2288, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29096885.
84. Giza DE, Moudgil R, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Iliescu C. Association between ibrutinib and midcavitary Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - A case report and a review of chemotherapy induced Takostubo's cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J Case Rep Impact Factor: 5.135(doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytx006/4587575):ytx006, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 31020065.
85. Marmagkiolis K, Sardar P, Mustapha JA, Montero-Baker M, Charitakis K, Iliescu C, Feldman DN. Transpedal Access for the Management of Complex Peripheral Artery Disease. J Invasive Cardiol 29(12):425-429, 2017. PMID: 29207364.
86. Hassan SA, Banchs J, Iliescu C, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW. Carcinoid heart disease. Heart 103(19):1488-1495, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28596302.
87. Reddy N, Moudgil R, Lopez-Mattei JC, Karimzad K, Mouhayar EN, Somaiah N, Conley AP, Patel S, Giza DE, Iliescu C. Progressive and Reversible Conduction Disease With Checkpoint Inhibitors. Can J Cardiol 33(10):1335.e13-1335.e15, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28822650.
88. Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C, Durand JB, Hassan S, Kim P, Sierra-Galan L, Gladish G. The Role of Cardiac MRI in Cardio-oncology. Future Cardiol 10.2217/fca-2017-0027 © 2017 Future Medicine Ltd(ISSN 1479-6678):311-316, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28639454.
89. Giza DE, Iliescu G, Hassan S, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cancer as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Oncol Rep 19(6):39, 2017. PMID: 28421481.
90. Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K, Mouhayar E, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Management of CAD in Patients with Active Cancer: the Interventional Cardiologists' Perspective. Curr Cardiol Rep 19(6):56, 2017. PMID: 28484995.
91. Vakil E, Faiz SA, Iliescu C, Balachandran DD, Ong P, Debiane LG, Mehran R. Managing Post-Pneumonectomy Tension Hydrothorax. Ann Am Thorac Soc 14(6):1031-1035, 2017. PMID: 28570153.
92. Faiz SA, Iliescu C, Lopez-Mattei J, Patel B, Bashoura L, Popat U. Resolution of myelofibrosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pulm Circ doi: 10.1086/687291(6(4)):611-613, 2016. PMID: 28090305.
93. Herrmann J, Yang EH, Iliescu C, Marmagkiolis K. Response by Herrmann et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Vascular Toxicities of Cancer Therapies: The Old and the New-An Evolving Avenue". Circulation 134(20):e466-e467, 2016. PMID: 27881502.
94. Munoz E, Iliescu G, Vejpongsa P, Charitakis K, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Yusuf SW, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy: “Good News” in Cancer Patients?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68(10), 2016. PMID: 27585514.
95. Iliescu C, Khair T, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu G, Durand JB. Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy-Guided Pericardiocentesis for Cancer Patients with Cardiac Tamponade and Thrombocytopenia. J Am Coll Cardiol 68(7):770-6, 2016. PMID: 27515340.
96. Loyalka P, Schechter M, Nascimbene A, Raman AS, Iliescu CA, Gregoric ID, Kar B.. Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in a Carcinoid Heart. Texas Heart Institute Journal doi: 10.14503/THIJ-15-5310(43(4)):341-4, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
97. Iliescu C, Grines CL, Herrmann J, Yang EH, Cilingiroglu M, Charitakis K, Hakeem A, Toutouzas K, Leesar MA, Marmagkiolis K. SCAI expert consensus statement: Evaluation, management, and special considerations of cardio-oncology patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (Endorsed by the Cardiological Society of India, and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencionista). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 87(5):895-9, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26700403.
98. Iliescu CA, Grines CL, Herrmann J, Yang EH, Cilingiroglu M, Charitakis K, Hakeem A, Toutouzas KP, Leesar MA, Marmagkiolis K. SCAI Expert consensus statement: Evaluation, management, and special considerations of cardio-oncology patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (endorsed by the cardiological society of india, and sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia intervencionista). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 87(5):E202-23, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26756277.
99. Marmagkiolis K, Finch W, Tsitlakidou D, Josephs T, Iliescu C, Best JF, Yang EH. Radiation Toxicity to the Cardiovascular System. Curr Oncol Rep 18(3):15, 2016. PMID: 26838585.
100. Herrmann J, Yang EH, Iliescu CA, Cilingiroglu M, Charitakis K, Hakeem A, Toutouzas K, Leesar MA, Grines CL, Marmagkiolis K. Vascular Toxicities of Cancer Therapies: The Old and the New - An Evolving Avenue. Circulation 133(13):1272-89, 2016. PMID: 27022039.
101. Marmagkiolis K, Hakeem A, Cilingiroglu M, Gundogdu B, Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Katramados A. Safety and Efficacy of Stent Retrievers for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 10(3(S)):540, 2015. PMID: 26476611.
102. El Haddad D, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, William WN, Khair TH, Song J, Mouhayar EN. Outcomes of Cancer Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis for Pericardial Effusion. J Am Coll Cardiol 66(10):1119-28, 2015. PMID: 26337990.
103. Barac A, Murtagh G, Carver JR, Chen MH, Freeman AM, Herrmann J, Iliescu C, Ky B, Mayer EL, Okwuosa TM, Plana JC, Ryan TD, Rzeszut AK, Douglas PS. Cardiovascular Health of Patients With Cancer and Cancer Survivors: A Roadmap to the Next Level. J Am Coll Cardiol 65(25):2739-46, 2015. PMID: 26112199.
104. Yusuf SW, Howell RM, Gomez D, Pinnix CC, Iliescu CA, Banchs J. Radiation-related Heart and Vascular Disease. Future Oncol 11(14):2067-76, 2015. PMID: 26198837.
105. Oliveira GH, Mukerji S, Hernandez AV, Qattan MY, Banchs J, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Plana JC, Tang WH. Incidence, Predictors and Impact on Survival of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Recovery in Advanced Cancer Patients. Am J Cardiol 113(11):1893-8, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24837270.
106. Mouhayar E, Tayar J, Fasulo M, Aoun R, Massey M, Abi-Aad S, Iliescu C, Ahrar K, Huynh T. Outcome of Acute Limb Ischemia in Cancer Patients. Vasc Med 19(2):112-117. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24532704.
107. Yusuf SW, Solhpour A, Banchs J, Lopez-Mattei JC, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Hassan SA, Qazilbash MH. Cardiac Amyloidosis. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 12(2):265-77, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24386926.
108. Elgharably Y, Iliescu C, Sdringola S, Yusuf SW. Case Report: A Symptom of Acute Myocardial Infarction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2(3):170-4, 2013.
109. Alousi A, Ghosh S, Rice D, Moran C, Manning J, Iliescu C, Hymes S, Kim S, Bashoura L, Kornblau S, Dickey B. Pleuropericarditis, Obliterative Bronchiolitis, and Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. BMJ Case Reports, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
110. Iliescu C, Durand JB, Kroll M. Cardiovascular interventions in thrombocytopenic cancer patients. Tex Heart Inst J 38(3):259-60, 2011. PMID: 21720465.
111. Yusuf SW, Iliescu C, Bathina JD, Daher IN, Durand JB. Antiplatelet therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome and thrombocytopenia. Tex Heart Inst J 37(3):336-40, 2010. PMID: 20548817.
112. Kerkelä R, Grazette L, Yacobi R, Iliescu C, Patten R, Beahm C, Walters B, Shevtsov S, Pesant S, Clubb FJ, Rosenzweig A, Salomon RN, Van Etten RA, Alroy J, Durand JB, Force T. Cardiotoxicity of the Cancer Therapeutic Agent Imatinib Mesylate. Nat Med 12(8):908-16, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16862153.
113. Ali A, Iliescu CA, Smalling RW. Brugada syndrome in a black man with seizures and urinary incontinence. Tex Heart Inst J 33(2):273-4, 2006. PMID: 16878648.

Invited Articles

1. Koutroumpakis E, Agrawal N, Palaskas NL, Abe JI, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Deswal A. Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients with Cancer. Heart Fail Clin 18(3):361-374, 2022. PMID: 35718412.
2. Ghotra AS, Thompson K, Lopez-Mattei J, Bawa D, Hernandez R, Banchs J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Kim P, Yusuf SW, Hassan SA. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Erdheim-Chester Disease. Echocardiography 36(2):229-236, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30569522.
3. Giza DE, Boccalandro F, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu G, Karimzad K, Kim P, Iliescu C. Ischemic Heart Disease: Special Considerations in Cardio-Oncology. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 19(5):37, 2017. PMID: 28425056.
4. Iliescu C, Munoz E, Giza D, Marmagkiolis K. Special Considerations of Cardio-Oncology Patients in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. American College of Cardiology, 2017.
5. Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K. Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cancer Patients. Cancer Research Frontiers, 2017.
6. Giza D, Iliescu G, Hassan S, Konstantinos M, Iliescu C. Cancer: A Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?. Current Reports in Oncology 19, 2016.
7. Barac A, Murtagh G, Carver JR, Chen MH, Freeman AM, Herrmann J, Iliescu C, Ky B, Mayer EL, Okwuosa TM, Plana JC, Ryan TD, Rzeszut AK, Douglas PS. Cardiovascular Health of Patients With Cancer and Cancer Survivors: A Roadmap to the Next Level. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015.

Other Articles

1. Iliescu C, Winstead T Treating Cancer without Harming the Heart. National Cancer Institute's Cancer Currents blog (Media), 2018.

Editorials

1. C Iliescu, S Hassan. The story of the broken soul that ultimately breaks the heart? Parallels and crossroads in a complex clinical scenario. Romanian Journal of Cardiology 29(3):411-414, 2019.

Book Chapters

1. Munoz E, Greet B, Marmagkiolis, Iliescu C. Cardiovascular Interventions for Cancer Patients. In: Cancer and the Heart. 3rd: United States, 2019.
2. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Interventional Cardiology in the Cancer Patient. In: Oncological Critical Care. Springer, 2019.
3. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Acute coronary syndrome, thrombocytopenia, and antiplatelet therapy in critically ill cancer patients. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer, 2019.
4. Nates J, Price K, Azimpoor KK, Iliescu C. Cardiovascular Diseases: Interventional Cardiology in the Cancer Patient. In: Oncologic Critical Care Textbook. 1st. Springer Nature, 2018.
5. Iliescu C. Acute Coronary Syndromes. In: Cancer Critical Care, 2017.
6. Munoz E, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Miscellaneous Syndromes (Takotsubo's, Orthostasis, and Differentiation Syndrome). In: Clinical Cardio-oncology. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2017.
7. Labianca R, Lestuzzi C, Iliescu C, Ghilardi L. Cardiotoxicity: Cardiac Ischemia. In: Manual of Cardio-oncology; Cardiovascular Care in the Cancer Patient. Springer International: Switzerland, 143-163, 2017.
8. Parrini I, Lestuzzi C, Iliescu C, Stanzione B. Treatments in Patients with Cancer and Cardiac Diseases. In: Manual of Cardio-oncology: Cardiovascular Care in the Cancer Patient. Springer International Publishing: Switzerland, 257-275, 2017.
9. Chaftari P, Mouhayar E, Iliescu C, Hassan S, Kim P. Cardiac Emergencies in Cancer Patients. In: Oncologic Emergencies. Springer, 2016.
10. Iliescu C. Radiation-related Cardiovascular Disease. In: Cancer Critical Care, 2067-76, 2015.
11. Iliescu CA, Iliescu GD, Marmagkiolis K. Myocardial Ischemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cancer Patients. In: OncoCardiology, 2015.