Cezar A. Iliescu, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Ni M, Zhuo S, Iliescu C, So PTC, Mehta JS, Yu H, Hauser CAE. Self-assembling amyloid-like peptides as exogenous second harmonic probes for bioimaging applications. J Biophotonics 12(12):e201900065, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31162811.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K. Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cancer Patients. Cancer Research Frontiers Vol. 379(24):64-71, 2018.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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. European Heart Journal - Case Reports Impact Factor: 5.135(doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytx006/4587575), 2017.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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: Cardiovascular Interventions 10(3(S)):540, 2017.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. 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.
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. 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.
60. Iliescu C, Durand JB, Kroll M. Cardiovascular interventions in thrombocytopenic cancer patients. Tex Heart Inst J 38(3):259-60, 2011. PMID: 21720465.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. 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.
65. Donisan T, *Balanescu DV, Iliescu C, Balanescu SM. Rescue manual aspiration thrombectomy for the treatment of acute embolic mesenteric ischemia. Texas Heart Journal.
66. 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.
67. 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.
68. 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. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30549397.
69. 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. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31410970.
70. 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.
71. 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. PMID: 30305910.
72. 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.
73. 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:e13476. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31922635.
74. 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. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31501856.
75. 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. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31395436.
76. 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. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31257173.

Invited Articles

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Iliescu C, Munoz E, Giza D, Marmagkiolis K. Special Considerations of Cardio-Oncology Patients in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. American College of Cardiology, 2017.
4. Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K. Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cancer Patients. Cancer Research Frontiers, 2017.
5. Giza D, Iliescu G, Hassan S, Konstantinos M, Iliescu C. Cancer: A Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease?. Current Reports in Oncology 19, 2016.
6. 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.
2. Tomakin G, Clayton MB, Ainslie R, DeMoss C, Viles J, Iliescu C Cath Lab Spotlight: MD Anderson Cancer Center Cardiac Cath Lab. Cath Lab Digest 20(7):Cover, 14-16, 2012.

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.

Abstracts

1. Sean Lawless, Dominique Monlezun, Nicolas Palaskas, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Peter Kim, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Cezar Iliescu. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Provides a Unique Benefit to Inpatient Mortality for Cancer Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. American Heart Association 140, 2019.
2. Cezar Iliescu, Dinu Valentin Balanescu, Saamir Hassan, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Nicolas Palaskas, Arvind Dasari, Daniel M. Halperin, James C. Yao, Biswajit Kar, Igor Gregoric, Sriram Nathan, Jean-Bernard Durand, Kaveh Karimzad, Peter Y. Kim, Gloria Iliescu, Serban Mihai Balanescu, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Teodora Donisan. Predictors of mortality following cardiac surgery for carcinoid heart disease. ASCO 2019, 2019.
3. Abir Khan, Henry Zhang, Christopher Chen, Jacob Morgan, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Marwah Shahid, Juhee Song, Aung Naing, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Jean-Bernard Durand, Peter Y. Kim, Cezar Iliescu, Nicolas Palaskas. Impact of pericardial effusion for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. ASCO 2019, 2019.
4. Lee M, Dayah T, Balanescu D, Donisan T, Karimzad K, Hakeem A, Boone D, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Durand JB, Song J, Balanescu SM, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkioli K, Toutouzas K, Johnson N, Iliescu C. Reclassification of Treatment Strategy With Fractional Flow Reserve in Cancer Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Journal American College of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Interventions 12(4):100.56, 2019.
5. Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C, Edupuganti MMR, Saad M, Boudoulas KD, Cilingiroglu M. Primary Patency With Stenting Versus Balloon Angioplasty for Arteriovenous Graft Failure: A Meta-Analysis. Journal American College of Cardiology - Cardiovascular Interventions 12(4):200.13, 2019.
6. 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. Journal American College of Cardiology - Cardiovascular Intervention 12(4):600.56, 2019.
7. Donisan T, Dayah T, Valanescu D, Karimzad K, Boone D, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Durand JB, Yang E, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson N, Iliescu C. Clinical Outcomes after Fractional Flow Reserve-guided Treatment of Oncology Patients. ASCO 2018, 2018.
8. Balenescu DV, Boone DL, Donisan T, Giza DE, Cervoni-Curet FN, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Chronic Thrombocytopenia in Cancer Patients: Impact on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Antiplatelet Therapy. ASCO 2018, 2018.
9. Dayah T, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Schechter M, Chitsaz S, Karimzad K, Johnson N, Iliescu C. Fractional Flow Reserve: A Guided Treatment Approach in Cancer Patients. University of Texas Houston McGovern Medical School, 2018.
10. Balanescu DV, Sudasena D, Donisan T, Giza DE, Rodriguez De Armas L, Dayah T, Agarwal M, Iliescu GD, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Cortes JE, Iliescu C. Assessing the cardiotoxicity of second generation tyrosine-kinase inhibitors by transthoracic echocardiography. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
11. Balanescu DV, Dayah T, Donisan T, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei, J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Laham M, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Medical versus invasive treatment of coronary artery disease in cancer patients based on fractional flow reserve. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
12. Balanescu DV, Dayah T, Donisan T, Cervoni-Curet F, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei, J, Kim PY, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Evaluating coronary lesions in cancer patients: quantitative coronary angiography or fractional flow reserve?. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
13. Donisan T, Liu V, Balanescu DV, Agha A, Lopez-Mattei J, Giza DE, Iliescu GD, Tsai J, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Boone DL, Yang E, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Angelini P, Iliescu C. Chemotherapy-induced Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy - an emerging condition. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
14. Donisan T, Boone D, Balanescu DV, Giza DE, Cervoni-Curet F, Laham M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Yusuf SW, Iliescu C. Interventional Revascularization in Cancer Patients with Chronic Thrombocytopenia. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
15. Donisan T, Hassan S, Balanescu DV, Halperin D, Dasari A, Iliescu C, Kim P, Palaskas N, Loyalka P, Kar B, Yao J, Gregoric I, Lopez-Mattei J. Comprehensive Multimodality Imaging for the Preoperative Assessment of Carcinoid Heart Disease. IM Retreat 2018, 2018.
16. Giza DE, Lopez Mattei J, Kim P, Munoz E, Hermann J, Iliescu G, Yang E, Hassan S, Iliescu C. Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Chemotherapy: When Should Cancer Therapy be Re-started?. American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, 2017.
17. Giza DE, Lopez Mattei J, Durand JB, Munoz E, Yusuf SW, Mouhayar E, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Impact of Preprocedural Thrombocytopenia on Safety of Performing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Cancer Patients. American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, 2017.
18. Giza DE, Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography as an Adjunctive Tool in the Assessment of Radiation Induced Coronary Artery Disease in Cancer Patients: a Single Center Experience. American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, 2017.
19. Giza DE, Iliescu C, Kalhor N, Iliescu G. Bilateral Multiple Sclerosing Hemangioma-a Clinical and Imagistic Diagnostic Challenge. American Society of Clinical Oncology-Chicago, IL, 2017.
20. Giza DE, Stone D, Stone J, Durand JB, Iliescu G, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C. Midcavitary Takotsubo Syndrome in Cancer Patients. American Society of Clinical Oncology-Chicago, IL, 2017.
21. Iliescu C, Giza D, Munoz E, Tayar J, Metz B, Mouhayar E. Importance of Intravascular Coronary Assessment with FFR and OCT in a Patient with Takayasu Arteritis and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017.
22. Giza DE, Munoz E, Yusuf SW, Hermann J, Iliescu G, Young E, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Stress induced Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Chemotherapy: When Should Cancer Therapy be Restarted?. 66th ACC Annual Scientific Session, 2017.
23. Giza DE, Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography as an Adjunctive Tool in the Assessment of Radiation Induced Coronary Artery Disease in Cancer Patients: a Single Center Experience. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Session, 2017.
24. Giza DE, Iliescu C, Kalhor N, Iliescu G. Bilateral Multiple Sclerosing Hemangioma – a Clinical and Imagistic Diagnostic Challenge. ATS Conference 2017, 2017.
25. Giza DE, Stone D, Stone J, Durand JB, Banchs J, Iliescu C. The Role of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Cardiac Tumors Diagnosis. American Society of Clinical Oncology-Chicago, IL 2017, 2017.
26. Giza DE, Stone D, Stone J, Durand JB, Iliescu G, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Iliescu C. Takotsubo Syndrome Triggered by Paclitaxel. American Society of Clinical Oncology-Chicago, IL 2017, 2017.
27. Iliescu C, Tsitlakidou D, Giza DE, Marmagkiolis K. Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Cancer Patients. Cancer Research Frontiers doi: 10.17980/2017.64:64-71, 2017.
28. Iliescu C, Khair T, Munoz E, Iliescu G, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K. Echocardiography and fluoroscopy-guided pericardiocentesis for cancer patients with cardiac tamponade and thrombocytopenia. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2016.
29. Iliescu C, Solhpour A, Munoz E, Karimzad K, Marmagkiolis K. Postponing PCI Based on FFR in Patients Undergoing Cancer Therapy. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Session, 2016.
30. Khair T, El Haddad D, Srujal P, Marmagiolis K, Cilingiroglu M, Iliescu G, Yusuf S, Mouhayar E, Iliescu C. Triple jeopardy: Heart disease, Cancer and Thrombocytopenia. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventional Scientific Sessions, 2015.
31. Iliescu C. Cardiac Catheterization in Cancer Patients with Thrombocytopenia: 4 Year Experience from a high volume cancer center cardiac catheterization laboratory. American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, 2015.
32. Iliescu C, Mouhayar E, Kim P. Etiology of Acute Limb Ischemia in Cancer Patients. Society for Vascular Medicine 2013 Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, 2013.
33. Manoukian G, Mouhayar E, LeBeau J, Iliescu G, Tomakin G, Hassan S, Banchs J, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Cardiac Tamponade in Cancer Patients With Severe Thrombocytopenia-Management and Outcomes. Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2013.
34. LeBeau JT, Silva G, Frusina S, Agarwal M, Iliescu G, Tomakin G, Manoukian G, Banchs J, Kim P, Hassan S, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided Antiplatelet Therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013.
35. Mouhayar E, Aoun R, Kim P, Iliescu C. Etiology of Acute Limb Ischemia in Cancer Patients. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2013.
36. Kitkungvan D, Vejpongsa P, Yusuf SW, Iliescu C, Banchs J. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2013.
37. Mukerji S, Mouhayar E, Banchs J, Iliescu G, Tomakin G, Yusuf SW, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Impact of Chronic Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 79 Suppl(6):S51, 2012.
38. Dougherty A, Polf J, Gomez, D, Iliescu C, Rozner M. Reset of Cardiac Devices During Proton Therapy. Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, 2012.
39. Mukerji S, Iliescu G, Yusuf SW, Banchs J, Durand JB, Tomakin G, Iliescu C. Impact of Chronic Thrombocytopenia in patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cancer. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 59(13):E1819, 2012.
40. Iliescu C, Reyes M, Abi Aad S, Banchs J, Mouhayar E, Leja M, Daher I, Yusuf SW, Durand JB. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 57(14 Suppl 1):E308, 2011.
41. Karimzadehnajar K, Azpura F, Shezad S, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Fractional Flow Reserve: Less is sometimes more in cancer patients. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2011.
42. Satya K, Parasher P, Stephens M, Reyes M, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Left Main Disease: Therapeutic Strategies in Cancer Patients. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2011.
43. Reyes M, Simon AA, Banchs J, Mouhayar E, Leja M, Daher I. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Patients. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat 2011, 2011.
44. Mouhayar E, Abi Aad S, Sharma J, Massey M, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Lei X, Daher I,. Outcome of Cancer Patients with Acute Peripheral Arterial Ischemic Events. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat 2011, 2011.
45. Mouhayar E, Abi Aad S, Massey M, Iliescu C, Yusuf SW, Daher I. Acute Peripheral Arterial Ischemic Events in Cancer Patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 57(14 Suppl 1):E1492, 2011.
46. Shah N, Bambhroliya A, Oshiba T, Oh j, Iliescu C. Another Red Herring: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Post Anesthesia Induction. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat 2011, 2011.
47. Iliescu C, Parasher P, Durand JB. Left Main Disease: Therapeutic Strategies in Cancer Patients. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat 2010, 2010.
48. Iliescu C, Mukerji S, Iliescu G, Oliveira G, Yusuf SW, Durand JB. Procedural and Intermediate Term Outcomes After Endovascular Procedures in Cancer Patient with Chronic Thrombocytopenia: First Case Series. The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat 2010, 2010.
49. Shukla A, Yusuf, SW, Daher, I, Zhou X, Iliescu C, Lenihan D, Durand JB. Deleterious Effects on Ejection Fraction Upon Withdrawal of ACE Inhibitors and Beta-Adrenergic Blockers in Patients with Anthracycline Associated Cardiomyopathy. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2009.
50. Iliescu C, Amirian J, Smalling R. Intravascular Imaging Using Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Catheters in a Rabbit Atherosclerotic. Mod. American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, 2008.
51. Iliescu C, Butkevich A, Ibrahim M, Siddiqui H, Loghin C, Denktas A, Anderson H, Smalling R, Sdringola S.. Identifying Young Women at High Risk of Significant Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 69(6):S55, 2007.
52. Iliescu C, Huff J, Vooletich M, Abbas A, Loghin C, Fuentes F, Denktas A, Anderson H, Smalling R, Sdringola S.. Low Socio-Economic Status is Associated with Subacute and Late Drug Eluting Stent Thrombosis. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 69(6):S41, 2007.
53. Huff J, Denktas A, Iliescu C, Vooletich M, Abbas A, Loghin C, Sdringola S. Subacute and Late Drug Eluting Stent Thrombosis Is Associated with Low Socio-Economic Status. American College of Physicians Texas Chapter/Texas Academy of Internal Medicine, 2006.
54. Iliescu C, Loghin C, Burjonroppa S, Sdringola S. Identifying Young Women At High Risk Of Significant Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease. Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 2006.
55. Shaik N, Butkevich A, Iliescu C, Croitoru M. Cause of Death and Serum Cardiac Troponin Levels Predict Cardiac Function in Heart Transplant Donors. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2006.
56. Iliescu C, Giesler G, Hemstreet P, Liu W, Murtagh B, Fuentes F, Anderson H, Denktas A, Smalling R. Natural Catastrophic Events Are Associated With Increased Incidence and Severity of Acute Coronary Syndromes. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2006.
57. Iliescu C, Butkevich A, Denktas A, Nguyen H, Loghin C, Sdringola S. Percutaneous. Revascularization In Right Coronary ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Starting With The Left Angiogram Is The Right Strategy. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions, 2006.
58. Iliescu C, Yusuf W, Auerbach L, Tong A, Vooletich M, Cortes J, Divakaran V. Lotlikar S, Woods M, Talpaz M, Lenihan D, Kantarjian H, Force T, Durand JB. Impact of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Carvedilol on Recovery of Cardiac Function in Imatinib Associated Cardiomyopathy. Young Investigators Research Forum, MD Anderson, 2005.
59. Iliescu C, Yusuf W, Auerbach L, Tong A, Vooletich M, Cortes J, Divakaran V, Lotlika Sr, Woods Talpaz M, Lenihan D, Kantarjian H, Force T, Durand JB. Impact of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Carvedilol on Recovery of Cardiac Function in Imatinib Associated Cardiomyopathy. Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Meeting, 2005.
60. Agarwal R, Tong A, Yusuf W, Wells R, Jaffe N, Burrer N, Herzog C, Lotlikar S., Iliescu C, Woods M, Vooletich M, Divakaran V, Lenihan D, Towbin J, Durand JB. Carvedilol For Anthracycline -Induced Heart Failure In Pediatric Oncology Patients. Young Investigators Research Forum, MD Anderson, 2005.
61. Iliescu C. Survival Differences Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Initiating Renal Replacement Therapy in the United States. First Annual Fellowship Conference, 2004.
62. Iliescu C, Murthy B, Fuentes F, Stack AJ. Survival Differences Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Initiating Renal Replacement Therapy in the United States. American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, 2004.
63. Boccalandro F, Iliescu C, Carter C, Smalling R.. Chest X-Ray Characteristics of Interatrial Closure Devices in Adults. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 59(1):112, 2003.
64. Boccalandro F, Iliescu C, Achour H, Kirkeede R, Sdringola S, Smalling R.. Accuracy of Mitral Valve Area Calculation Using a Computer Based Planimetry System in the Catheterization Laboratory. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 59(1):112, 2003.
65. Iliescu C, Stack A, Scott G, Underwood C, Fulton S, Camarillo C, Olivares M, Dasher K, Santamaria A, Salas J, Smalling R, Lavis V, Fuentes F.. Association of Traditional Risk Factors with Coronary Artery Disease among Diabetic Patients: An Angiographic Study. The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 12(2):132, 2003.
66. Baila S, Garnita A, Iliescu C.. Personal Experience in Vascular Access Surgery Retrospective Analysis of 1500 Cases. The National Symposium of Cardiology-Bucharest, Romania, 1996.
67. Baila S, Garnita A, Iliescu C.. The Surgery of the Deep Femoral Artery in the Treatment of the Obliterarant Arteriopathology of the Lower Extremity. The National Symposium of Cardiology-Bucharest, Romania, 1996.
68. Baila S, Pacescu M, Diaconescu I, Tesoiu A, Garnita L, Giurgiuman I, Raileanu, Iliescu, C.. Surgical Treatment of the Reno-Vascular Hypertension. The National Symposium of Cardiology-Bucharest, Romania, 1996.
69. Pop de Popa I, Pacescu M, Baila S, Diaconescu I, Tesoiu N, Giurgiuman L, Iliescu C.. Therapeutically Approaches of the AAA Repair. The National Symposium of Cardiology-Bucharest, Romania, 1996.
70. Iliescu C. Perioperative Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Predictor of Surgical Complexity in Carcinoid Heart Disease. American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018.
71. Iliescu C. Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiotoxicity in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients Receiving Dasatinib or Nilotinib. American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018.
72. Iliescu C. Malignancy Type Impacts Coronary Lesion Severity and Location: Multivariable Regression with Concurrent Machine Learning-Backed Case-Control Analysis. American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018.
73. Donisan T, Iliescu C. Choosing Between Transcatheter, Surgical, and Medical Management in Cancer Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis. JACC TCT 2018.
74. Giza DE, Ezequiel Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cardiac Tumor Biopsy in the Cath Lab, Indications, and Keys to Success. SCAI 2018.
75. Giza DE, Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. OCT and Radiation. SCAI 2018.
76. Giza DE, Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cardiac Tamponade in Cancer Patients: The Search for the Perfect Procedure. SCAI 2018.
77. Giza DE, Munoz E, Hermann J, Cilingiroglu M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography-guided Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Cancer. SCAI 2018.
78. Donisan T, Sudasena D, Balanescu DV, Boone DL, Giza DE, Halperin DM, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei JC, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Loyalka P, Kar B, Yao JC, Gregoric I, Iliescu CA. Echocardiographic Findings in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients Treated with Dasatinib and Nilotinib. American Heart Association 2018.
79. Donisan T, Hassan S, Balanescu DV, Boone DL, Giza DE, Halperin DM, Dasari A, Lopez-Mattei JC, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Loyalka P, Kar B, Yao JC, Gregoric I, Iliescu C. Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in assessing the serverity of carcinoid heart disease. American Heart Association 2018.
80. Donisan T, Dayah T, Balanescu DV, Cervoni-Curet F, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim PY, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Quantitative Coronary Angiography, a Suboptimal Standard to Stratify Coronary Lesion Severity in Cancer Patients. Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2018.
81. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Agha AM, Dayah TJ, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Iliescu C. Cardiomyopathy in Cancer Patients with Chronic Thrombocytopenia: To Cath or Not to Cath?. Heart Failure Society of America, 2018, 22nd Annual Conference.
82. Balenescu DV, Hassan S, Donisan T, Halperin D, Dasari A, Iliescu C, Kim P, Palaskas N, Loyalka P, Kar B, Yao J, Gregoric I, Lopez-Mattei J. Perioperative Cardiovascular Imaging in Carcinoid Heart Disease: Multimodality Approach. Radiological Society of North America 2018 Conference, Chicago, IL.
83. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Cerney J, Rebello E, Goravanchi F, Kee S, Kowalski A, Iliescu C, Tsai J. Periprocedural Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy: "Bad News" in Cancer Patients?. Evidence Based Peri-operative Medicine 2018 Conference in London, UK.
84. Balanescu DV, Liu VY, Donisan T, Agha AM, Lopez-Mattei JC, Giza DE, Iliescu GD, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Boone DL, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Angelini P, Iliescu CA. Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Chemotherapy-induced Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy. European Society of Cardiology 2018 Conference in Munich, Germany.
85. Donisan T, Liu V, Balanescu DV, Agha A, Lopez-Mattei J, Giza DE, Iliescu GD, Tsai J, Palaskas N, Kim PY, Boone DL, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Angelini P, Iliescu C. Chemotherapy-induced Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy – an emerging condition. The University of Texas MD Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
86. Donisan T, Hassan S, Balanescu DV, Halperin D, Dasari A, Iliescu C, Kim P, Palaskas N, Loyalka P, Kar B, Yao J, Gregoric I, Lopez-Mattei J (. Comprehensive multimodality imaging for the preoperative assessment of carcinoid heart disease. The University of Texas MD Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
87. Dayah T, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Schechter M, Chitsaz S, Karimzad K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Fractional flow reserve: a guided treatment approach in cancer patients. The University of Texas House Staff Research Day, Houston Texas.
88. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Cerney J, Rebello E, Goravanchi F, Kee S, Kowalski A, Iliescu C, Tsai J. Periprocedural Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy: “bad news” in cancer patients?. Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine Congress, London, United Kingdom.
89. Balanescu DV, Liu VY, Donisan T, Agha AM, Lopez-Mattei JC, Giza DE, Iliescu GD, Palaskas N, Kim PL, Boone DL, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Angelini P, Iliescu CA. Clinical features and outcomes of patients with chemotherapy-induced Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J. 39(suppl_1):ehy565-P1253. Poster presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany.
90. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Agha AM, Dayah TJ, Lopez-Mattei JC, Kim PY, Durand JB, Iliescu CA. Cardiomyopathy in cancer patients with chronic thrombocytopenia: to cath or not to cath?. J Card Fail 24(8S):S44. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee.
91. Boone D, Monlezun D, Cervoni-Curet F, Chohan J, Sunny J, Bhatti K, Iliescu G, Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Cardiovascular disease and percutaneous coronary intervention in hematological malignancies: knowledge is power. J Am Coll Cardiol 72(13):B64. Poster accepted for the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, San Diego, California.
92. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Schechter M, Dayah T, Sudasena D, Kar B, Gregoric I, Giza DE, Stone J, Stone D, Boone D, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Yusuf SW, Cilingiroglu M, Toutouzas K, Boccalandro F, Smalling RW, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu CA. Choosing between transcatheter, surgical, and medical management in cancer patients with severe aortic stenosis. Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, San Diego, California.
93. Boone D, Monlezun D, Cervoni-Curet F, Chohan J, Sunny J, Bhatti K, Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Iliescu G, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Hassan S, Kim P, Durand JB, Balanescu SM, Marmagkiolis K, Munoz Gonzalez ED, Okwuosa I, Iliescu C. Malignancy type impacts coronary lesion severity and location: multivariable regression with concurrent machine learning-backed case-control analysis. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois.
94. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Sudasena D, Dayah T, Giza DE, Rodriguez De Armas L, Agarwal M, Iliescu G, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Durand JB, Cortes JE, Iliescu C. Echocardiographic assessment of cardiotoxicity in chronic myelogenous leukemia patients receiving dasatinib or nilotinib. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois.
95. Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Song J, Palaskas N, Iliescu C, Amit L. Predictors of renal toxicity after coronary angiography in a cancer population. Onco-Nephrology Symposium, Houston, TX.
96. Iliescu C. Early Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Discontinuation in Cancer Patients with Newer Generation DES: A Single Center Experience. ACC 2019.
97. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Monlezun DJ, Boone DL, Cervoni-Curet F, Balanescu SM, Lee M, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Chartitakis K, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. A Case-Control Analysis of Coronary Angiography Findings and Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients. ACC 2019.
98. Iliescu C. Predictors of Mortality Following Cardiac Surgery for Carcinoid Heart Disease. ACC 2019.
99. Donisan T, Balanescu D, Song J, Palaskas N, Iliescu G, Kim PY, Karimzad K, Lopez-Mattei J, Durand JB, Balanescu SM, Marmagkiolis K, Lahoti A, Iliescu C. Safety of Coronary Angiography in Cancer Patients: Should We Worry About Renal Toxicity?. ACC 2019.
100. Sudasena D, Iliescu C, Arain S. Sorafenib Cardiotoxicity Causing Multivessel Coronary and Peripheral Vasculopathy with Icshemic Cardiomyopathy in a 29-Year-Old Male. Call For Science.
101. Iliescu C. Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiotoxicity in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Patients Receiving Dasatinib or Nilotinib. American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018.
102. Gill C, Lee M, Canache A, Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Raghunathan D, Song J, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Kar B, Gregoric I, Cilingiroglu M, Smalling RW, Marmagkiolis K, liescu C. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is a Viable Option to Improve Mortality in Cancer Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Considered High Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. SCAI 2019 Scientific Sessions.
103. Agha A, Gill C, Donisan T, Balanescu DV, Lee M, Raghunathan D, Song J, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Cilingiroglu M, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. The Utility of Thromboelastography (TEG) Among Cancer Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography. SCAI 2019 Scientific Sessions.
104. Donisan T, Dayah T, Balanescu DV, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Clinical outcomes after fractional flow reserve-guided treatment of oncology patients. J Clin Oncol 36 (15_suppl):e22106-e22106. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
105. Balanescu DV, Dayah T, Donisan T, Cervoni-Curet F, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Yang EH, Hermann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Evaluating coronary lesions in cancer patients: quantitative coronary angiography or fractional flow reserve?. D Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
106. Balanescu DV, Dayah T, Donisan T, Karimzad K, Boone DL, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Laham M, Yang EH, Herrmann J, Marmagkiolis K, Johnson NP, Iliescu C. Medical versus invasive treatment of coronary artery disease in cancer patients based on fractional flow reserve. MD Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
107. Balanescu DV, Sudasena D, Donisan T, Giza DE, Rodriguez De Armas L, Dayah T, Agarwal M, Iliescu GD, Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim P, Cortes JE, Iliescu C. Assessing the cardiotoxicity of second generation tyrosine-kinase inhibitors by transthoracic echocardiography. MD Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
108. Donisan T, Boone DL, Balanescu DV, Giza DE, Cervoni-Curet F, Laham M, Durand JB, Marmagkiolis K, Yusuf SW, Iliescu CA. Interventional revascularization in cancer patients with chronic thrombocytopenia. The University of Texas MD Anderson Department of Internal Medicine Research Retreat, Houston, Texas.
109. Iliescu C. Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Drug-Eluting Stent Healing in Radiation-Induced Coronary Artery Disease. SCAI.
110. Iliescu C. Vascular Healing in Cancer Patients with Drug-Eluting Stents: An Optical Coherence Tomography Comparison to the Non-Cancer Population. SCAI.
111. Iliescu C. Culprit versus multi-vessel PCI preferentially reduces mortality while increasing cost by primary malignancy for STEMI: Propensity score and machine learning supported nationally representative case-control study of 30 million+ hospitalizations. SCAI.
112. Iliescu C. Impella versus medical management reduces mortality preferentially by primary malignancy without affecting cost: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million hospitalizations. SCAI.
113. Iliescu C. PCI is safe and cost-effective for cancer patients with chronic total occlusion: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million hospitalizations. SCAI.
114. Iliescu C. Cost ineffective mortality reductions for lung cancer with PCI: Propensity score and machine learning supported nationally representative case-control analysis of 30 million+ hospitalizations. SCAI.
115. Iliescu C. FFR cost-effectively reduces mortality based upon malignancy type: Propensity score and machine learning supported nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million+ hospitalizations. SCAI.
116. Iliescu C. Head and neck cancer mortality reduced but at a high cost with PCI: Propensity score and machine learning augmented nationally representative case-control study of over 30 million hospitalizations. SCAI.
117. Iliescu C. Hematological Malignancies with Thrombocytopenia undergoing primary percutaneous pericardiocentesis. Periprocedural 30-day overall survival analysis. American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions.
118. Iliescu C. Bioabsorbable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting Stent in Cancer Patients: Outcomes Following Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy. ACC 2020 and SCAI 2020.
119. Iliescu C. Intracoronary Imaging-Guided Discontinuation of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Stented Patients Requiring Expedited Cancer Treatment. American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions.
120. Iliescu, C. Early Resumption of Cancer Treatment after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Impact on Cardiovascular Outcomes. ACC.
121. Iliescu C. Sex Disparities Among PCI Cancer Patients: Machine Learning Guided Nationally Representative Case-Control Study of Over 30 Million Hospitalizations. American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions.
122. Iliescu C. PCI Provides Costly Mortality Reductions for Breast Cancer Patients: Propensity Score and Machine Learning Augmented Nationally Representative Case-Control Study of 30 Million+ Hospitals. American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions.
123. Iliescu C. FFR Cost-Effectively Reduces Mortality Based Upon Malignancy Type: Propensity Score and Machine Learning Supported Nationally Representative Case-Control Study of Over 30 Million Hospitalizations. American College of Cardiology 2020 Scientific Sessions.

Book Chapters

1. 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.
2. Iliescu C. Acute Coronary Syndromes. In: Cancer Critical Care, 2017.
3. Munoz E, Iliescu G, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Miscellaneous Syndromes (Takotsubo's, Orthostasis, and Differentiation Syndrome). In: Clinical Cardio-oncology. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2017.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Chaftari P, Mouhayar E, Iliescu C, Hassan S, Kim P. Cardiac Emergencies in Cancer Patients. In: Oncologic Emergencies. Springer, 2016.
7. Iliescu C. Radiation-related Cardiovascular Disease. In: Cancer Critical Care, 2067-76, 2015.
8. Iliescu CA, Iliescu GD, Marmagkiolis K. Myocardial Ischemia and Acute Coronary Syndrome in Cancer Patients. In: OncoCardiology, 2015.
9. Fee A, Iliescu C. Acute Coronary Syndromes. In: Cardiac Complications of Cancer Therapy: United States, 2014.
10. Iliescu C. Interventional Cardiology in Cancer Patients. In: Cancer and the Heart. 2nd, 2013.
11. Iliescu C. Liver Anatomy. In: Cancer Critical Care, 2011.
12. Iliescu C. Interventional Cardiology in Cancer Patients. In: Cancer and the Heart. 3rd: United States.
13. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Interventional Cardiology in the Cancer Patient. In: Oncological Critical Care. Springer.
14. 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.
15. Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Interventional cardiology in the cancer patient. In: Oncologic Critical Care. Springer.