Publications

Original peer-reviewed publications:

  1. Leyvi G, Shore-Lesserson L, Harrington D, Vela-Cantos F, Hossain S. An Investigation of a New Activated Clotting Time “MAX-ACT” in Patients Undergoing Extracorporal Circulation, Anesth. Analg; 92: 578 – 83, 2001.
  2. Leyvi G, Zhuravlev I, Inyang A, Vinluan J, Ramachandran S, Lehning EJ, Wasnick JD. Arterial versus Venous Sampling for Activated Clotting Time Measurements During Open Heart Surgery: A Comparative Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth; 18/5: 573 – 580, 2004.
  3. Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Reith E, Stock A, Crook G, Wasnick JD. Caudal Anesthesia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Does it affect outcome? J Cardiothorac Vasc anesth. 19/6: 734 – 8, 2005.
  4. Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Reith E, Wasnick JD. Utility of Ultrasound-guided cannulation in pediatric surgical patients. A clinical Studies. Pediatric Anesth. 15 (11); 953 - 58, 2005.
  5. Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Hong S, Garcia JP, Crooke G, Wasnick JD. Case report: Intraoperative Off-Bypass Management of the ABIOMED AB5000 Ventricle. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 19/1: 76 – 78, 2005.
  6. Leyvi G, Ramachandran S, Wasnick JD, Plestis K. Case Conference: Risk and Benefits of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage During Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 19/3: 392 – 9, 2005.
  7. Leyvi G, Rew E, Crook G, Wasnick JD. Diagnostic dilemma: Transient Right Ventricular Failure and Transient Weakness: A TEE Diagnosis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 19/3: 406 – 8, 2005. 
  8. Girshin M, Parikh SR, Leyvi G, Lakhani P, Lo LW, Wasnick JD. Diagnostic Dilemma:  Intra-operative Oxygen Desaturation and Electrocardiographic Changes in a Patient with Hanhart Syndrome. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 19/4: 546 – 7, 2005.
  9. Inyang AN, Jackson M, Kumar A, Nychka A, Leyvi G, Zhuravlev, Plestis K, Wasnick J. A Report of a Case: Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Severe Thrombotic Stenosis of a Mechanical Aortic Valve – An Exercise in Coordination of Subspecialties. Seminars in Cardiothorac and Vascular Anesthesia. 9/3: 261- 263, 2005. 
  10. Leyvi G, Bello R, Wasnick JD, Plestis K. Assessment of Cerebral Oxygen Balance during Deep hypothermic Circulatory Arrest by Continuous Jugular Bulb Venous Saturation and Near Infrared Spectroscopy. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Vol 20/6 pp 826-833, 2006.
  11. Leyvi G, Bennett HL, Wasnick JD. Pulmonary artery flow patterns after Fontan procedure are predictive of postoperative complications. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 23: 54 - 61, 2009. 
  12. Leyvi G, Jain VR: Hybrid Procedure in Patient with Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Arteries and Situs Inversus for Tricuspid Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Revascularization. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 23/2: 239 - 44, 2009.
  13. Leyvi G, Wasnick JD. Single Ventricle Patient, Pathophysiology and Anesthetic Management: A Review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 24 (1), 121-130, 2010.
  14. Stern DR, Steiner C, Bello RA, Sutton N, Spevack DM, Leyvi G, Michler RE, D’Alessandro DA,  Weinstein S. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries and Concomitant Coronary Artery and Valvular Disease in the Adult Patient. Congenital Heart Disease 2010; 5: 629 - 34.
  15. Leyvi G, Nelson O, Yedlin A, Pasamba M, Belamarich PF. A Comparison of the Effect of Aprotinin and Epsilon Aminocaproic Acid on Renal Function in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 25 (3): 402 - 6, 2011.
  16. Chowdhury M, Shore-Lesserson L, Mais A, Leyvi G. Thromboelastograph (TEG) with Platelet Mapping(TM) Predicts Postoperative Chest Tube Drainage (CTD) in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2014; 28: 217- 23.
  17. Leyvi G, Forest S, Srinivas VS et al. Robotic CABG decreases 30 day complication rate, length of stay and acute care facility discharge rate compared to conventional surgery. Innovations 2014; 9: 361-7. NIHMSID # 653733, Publ.ID: INNOV-D-13-00100.
  18. Leyvi G, Schechter CB, Sehgal S. Comparison of index hospitalization costs between robotic CABG and conventional CABG: Implications for hybrid coronary revascularization. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. In print.

Book chapters:

Leyvi G, Cvetkovic D. Anesthesia for patients with congenital heart disease. Chapter 12 in Ready to Practice: Cardiac Anesthesia and Basic Transesophageal Echocardiography by Wasnick JD, Hillel Z, Nicoara A. MCGraw Hill 2011.

Abstracts:

  1. Shore-Lesserson L, Leyvi G, Harrington D, Vela-Cantos F. Use of a New Activated Clotting Time (MAX-ACT) in Patients Undergoing Extracorporal Circulation. Anesthesiology; 91: Number 3A. Supplement, p. A478; 1999.
  2. Leyvi G, Wasnick JD. Interchangeability of ACT Sampling Site: A Bland and Altman Analysis, Abstract, Cardiopulmonary Bypass Meeting, 2003
  3. Leyvi G, Vinluan J, Lehning EJ, Wasnick JD. Arterial versus Venous Sampling for Activated Clotting Time Measurements during Open Heart Surgery. Comparative Study. Anesth Analg 96, SCA 96, 2003
  4. Leyvi G, Lehning EJ, Wasnick JD. Assessment of Efficacy of Preliminary Training in Transesophageal Echocardiography for Second and Third Year Anesthesia  Residents. Anesth Analg 96, SCA 98, 2003
  5. Leyvi G, Reith E, Taylor DG, Stock A, Wasnick JD, Saubermann A. Early Extubation after Tetralogy Fallot Repair. Anesth. Analg. 98 (N 2S): S-223; 2004.
  6. Leyvi G, Taylor DG, Reith E, Stock A, Wasnick JD. Caudal anesthesia for fast-track management in pediatric cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology; 101: A1459; 2004.
  7. Taylor DG, Reith E, Leyvi G, Wasnick JD. Ultrasound guidance in pediatric central venous cannulation for cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology; 101: A1452; 2004.
  8. Leyvi G, Zhuravlev I, Vinluan J, Plestis K, Inyang A, Wasnick JD. Comparison of regional cerebral oxymetry and jugular venous oxygen saturation in predicting gross outcome in surgery with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. IARS 79-th Annual meeting 2005. Anesth. Analg. 100 (N 2S): S – 87; 2005.
  9. Leyvi G, Wasnick JD, Kumar K, Rhee J, Plestis KA. Outcome Analysis after Thoracoabdominal and Descending Aneurysm Repair. Anesthesiology; Abstract, ASA Annual meeting 2005, A 427.
  10. Leyvi G, Yedlin A, Pasamba M, Shore-Lesserson L. Effect of aprotinin on creatinine levels and chest tube drainage in paediatric cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 23/3S: S45, P - 28, 2009. 
  11. Chowdhury M, Leyvi G, Ostrovsky I, Shore-Lesserson L. Thromboelastograph (TEG) with Platelet Mapping and Postoperative Chest Tube Drainage (CTD). Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology 63, New York, December, 2011.
  12. Cecchini M, Leyvi G, Boone L, Nair S, DeRose JJ. Pain management following robotic minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology 63, New York, December, 2011.
  13. Chowdhury M, Leyvi G, Ostrovsky I, Shore-Lesserson LJ. Thromboelastograph (TEG) with Platelet Mapping and Postoperative Chest Tube Drainage (CTD).  Poster presentation at the 65th Annual Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, December 2011.  Abstract publication:  Proceedings of the 65th Annual Postgraduate Assembly of the New York Society of Anesthesiologists, pp 171.
  14.  Snyder M, Cecchini M, Leyvi G, Boone L, Nair S, DeRose JJ. Pain management following robotic coronary artery bypass graft. International Anesthesia Research Society, Boston, MA, May 2012.
  15. Mohsin Chowdhury, Galina Leyvi, Irene Ostrovsky, Linda J Shore-Lesserson.  Multivariable Regression Analysis to Predict Postoperative Chest Tube Drainage (CTD).  Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), October 2012. Abstract publication:  Proceedings of the Anesthesiology 2012, pp 103.
  16. Galina Leyvi, Stephen Forest, Joseph J DeRose. Robotically assisted coronary artery bypass graft decrease length of stay and acute care facility discharge rate compare to conventional coronary artery bypass graft. Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Meeting and Workshops Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiologist, Miami Beach, FL, April 6 – 10, 2013
  17. Galina Leyvi, Joseph J DeRose. Robotic endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass grafting decreases 30 day complication rate, length of stay and acute care facility discharge rate compared to conventional coronary artery bypass grafting. Translational Science Meeting, Washington, DC, April 17-19, 2013.
  18. Galina Leyvi, Clyde B Schechter, Stephen Forest, V.S. Srinivas, Joseph J DeRose. Does robotic coronary artery bypass grafting decrease the cost of the index hospitalization compared to conventional CABG? Poster presentation at the 36th Annual Meeting and Workshops Society of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiologist, New Orleans, LO, March 29 - April 2, 2014.
  19. Galina Leyvi, Sankalp Sehgal, Adrienne Warick, Irene Kho, Joseph J. DeRose. What is the inflammatory response to robotic CABG? Implications for Hybrid Coronary Revascularization. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO, October 11 – 15, 2014.
  20. Galina Leyvi, Michelle Hojdysz, Sankalp Sehgal, Sergey Pisklyakov, Kea Moncada, Nancy Shilian, , Adrienne Warick, Joseph J. DeRose. Pilot Study: Systemic inflammatory Responses during Robotic CABG compared to Conventional. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 24 – 28, 2015.
  21. Galina Leyvi, Aidan Miller, Motahar Bozam, Max Snyder, Suzette Singh, Jonathan Leff. Postoperative pain comparison of conventional sternotomy versus robotic coronary artery bypass grafting. NYSSA-PGA, New York, NY, December 11 – 15, 2015.

 

 

Galina Leyvi

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
USA