Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania) 1995
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic, Anesthesiology 2010 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Bottiger, BA, Nicoara, A, Snyder, LD, Wischmeyer, PE, Schroder, JN, Patel, CB, Daneshmand, MA, Sladen, RN, and Ghadimi, K. "Frailty in the End-Stage Lung Disease or Heart Failure Patient: Implications for the Perioperative Transplant Clinician." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 33, no. 5 (May 2019): 1382-1392. (Review)  Full Text
    • Del Rio, JM, Grecu, L, and Nicoara, A. "Right Ventricular Function in Left Heart Disease." Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 23, no. 1 (March 2019): 88-107.  Full Text
    • McCartney, SL, Taylor, BS, and Nicoara, A. "Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Mitral Valve Disease." Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 23, no. 1 (March 2019): 108-122.  Full Text
    • Sigurdsson, MI, Brockbank, B, Haney, JC, Andrews, J, MacLeod, DB, Vaslef, SN, Brooks, KR, Manning, EL, and Nicoara, A. "Abdominal Gunshot Causing Ventricular Septal Injury Without Perforation into the Pericardium." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 33, no. 3 (March 2019): 772-775.  Full Text
    • Kochar, A, Rymer, J, Samad, Z, and Duke Cardiovascular Education Group, . "Disrupting Fellow Education Through Group Texting: WhatsApp in Fellow Education?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 25 (December 2018): 3366-3369.  Full Text
    • Andrew, BY, Andrew, EY, Cherry, AD, Hauck, JN, Nicoara, A, Pieper, CF, and Stafford-Smith, M. "Intraoperative Renal Resistive Index as an Acute Kidney Injury Biomarker: Development and Validation of an Automated Analysis Algorithm." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 32, no. 5 (October 2018): 2203-2209.  Full Text
    • Kretzer, A, Amhaz, H, Nicoara, A, Kendall, M, Glower, D, and Jones, M-M. "A Case of Gerbode Ventricular Septal Defect Endocarditis." Case (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2, no. 5 (October 2018): 207-209.  Full Text
    • Mackensen, GB, and Nicoara, A. "Improving the Quality and Reporting of Perioperative Echocardiography." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 31, no. 8 (August 2018): A22-A23.  Full Text
    • Sigurdsson, MI, Eoh, EJ, Chow, VW, Waldron, NH, Cleve, J, Nicoara, A, Swaminathan, M, and Multidisciplinary Echo Research Group for Enhancing Discovery (MERGED) team, . "Utility of Angle Correction for Hemodynamic Measurements with Doppler Echocardiography." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 32, no. 4 (August 2018): 1768-1774.  Full Text
    • Andrew, BY, Cherry, AD, Hauck, JN, Nicoara, A, Maxwell, CD, Konoske, RM, Thompson, A, Kartha, LD, Swaminathan, M, and Stafford-Smith, M. "The Association of Aortic Valve Pathology With Renal Resistive Index as a Kidney Injury Biomarker." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 106, no. 1 (July 2018): 107-114.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, Ruffin, D, Cooter, M, Patel, CB, Thompson, A, Schroder, JN, Daneshmand, MA, Hernandez, AF, Rogers, JG, Podgoreanu, MV, Swaminathan, M, Kretzer, A, Stafford-Smith, M, Milano, CA, and Bartz, RR. "Primary graft dysfunction after heart transplantation: Incidence, trends, and associated risk factors." American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 18, no. 6 (June 2018): 1461-1470.  Full Text
    • Privratsky, JR, Diaz, S, Nicoara, A, and Daneshmand, MA. "In reply to: "Intra-aortic balloon pump protects against hydrostatic pulmonary oedema during peripheral venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation"." European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care (May 2018): 2048872618779772-.  Full Text
    • Hahn, RT, Nicoara, A, Kapadia, S, Svensson, L, and Martin, R. "Echocardiographic Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 31, no. 4 (April 2018): 405-433. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, and Allen Luis, S. "The Perfect Storm: Carcinoid Heart Disease and Acute Right Ventricular Failure." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 32, no. 2 (April 2018): 846-847.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, and Mackensen, GB. "The Sound and Science of Perioperative Echocardiography." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 31, no. 4 (April 2018): A21-null.  Full Text
    • Amhaz, H, Kretzer, A, Podgoreanu, M, Glower, D, and Nicoara, A. "Tricuspid Regurgitation Due to Absent Tricuspid Valve Leaflet: Utility of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography." A&A Practice 10, no. 2 (January 2018): 45-48.  Full Text
    • Hai, T, Amador, Y, Mahmood, F, Jeganathan, J, Khamooshian, A, Knio, ZO, Matyal, R, Nicoara, A, Liu, DC, Senthilnathan, V, and Khabbaz, KR. "Changes in Tricuspid Annular Geometry in Patients with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 31, no. 6 (December 2017): 2106-2114.  Full Text
    • Amhaz, H, Kretzer, A, Podgoreanu, M, Glower, D, and Nicoara, A. "Tricuspid Regurgitation Due to Absent Tricuspid Valve Leaflet: Utility of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography." Anesthesia and analgesia (November 2017).  Full Text
    • Karhausen, JA, Smeltz, AM, Akushevich, I, Cooter, M, Podgoreanu, MV, Stafford-Smith, M, Martinelli, SM, Fontes, ML, and Kertai, MD. "Platelet Counts and Postoperative Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery." Anesthesia and Analgesia 125, no. 4 (October 2017): 1129-1139.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • McCartney, SL, Berndt, B, Bishawi, M, Glower, D, Swaminathan, M, and Nicoara, A. "Left Atrial Appendage Membrane in a Patient Presenting with Stroke." Case (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1, no. 5 (October 2017): 179-181.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, and Anderson-Dam, J. "Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation." Anesthesiology clinics 35, no. 3 (September 2017): 473-489. (Review)  Full Text
    • Dunkman, WJ, Nicoara, A, Schroder, J, Wahidi, MM, El Manafi, A, Bonadonna, D, Giovacchini, CX, and Lombard, FW. "Elective Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Resection of Endotracheal Tumor: A Case Report." A & A case reports 9, no. 4 (August 2017): 97-100.  Full Text
    • Vega, E, Schroder, J, and Nicoara, A. "Postoperative management of heart transplantation patients." Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology 31, no. 2 (June 23, 2017): 201-213. (Review)  Full Text
    • Mauricio Del Rio, J, Nicoara, A, and Swaminathan, M. "Neuroendocrine stress response: implications for cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury." Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 24, no. 1 (April 2017): 57-63. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wang, A, McCartney, SL, Williams, JB, Ganapathi, A, Glower, DD, Nicoara, A, and Gaca, JG. "Use of Adjuncts Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement." The Journal of heart valve disease 26, no. 2 (March 2017): 155-160.
    • Keenan, JE, Benrashid, E, Kale, E, Nicoara, A, Husain, AM, and Hughes, GC. "Neurophysiological Intraoperative Monitoring During Aortic Arch Surgery." Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 20, no. 4 (December 2016): 273-282. (Review)  Full Text
    • Cherry, AD, Maxwell, CD, and Nicoara, A. "Intraoperative Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography." Anesthesia and Analgesia 123, no. 1 (July 2016): 14-20.  Full Text
    • Maxwell, C, and Nicoara, A. "Echocardiographic Confirmation of Coronary Blood Flow." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 30, no. 3 (June 2016): e27-. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Whitener, G, McKenzie, J, Akushevich, I, White, WD, Dhakal, IB, Nicoara, A, and Swaminathan, M. "Discordance in Grading Methods of Aortic Stenosis by Pre-Cardiopulmonary Bypass Transesophageal Echocardiography." Anesthesia and analgesia 122, no. 4 (April 2016): 953-958.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Nicoara, A, and Jones-Haywood, M. "Diastolic heart failure: diagnosis and therapy." Current opinion in anaesthesiology 29, no. 1 (February 2016): 61-67. (Review)  Full Text
    • Maxwell, C, Cherry, A, Daneshmand, M, Swaminathan, M, and Nicoara, A. "Assessment of Coronary Blood Flow by Transesophageal Echocardiography." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 30, no. 1 (January 2016): 258-260.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Maxwell, CD, Daley, SM, Swaminathan, M, and Nicoara, A. "Intraoperative, Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Transcatheter Placement of an Edwards SAPIEN Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position for Severe Mitral Stenosis." Anesthesia and Analgesia 121, no. 6 (December 2015): 1456-1459.  Full Text
    • Cherry, AD, Nicoara, A, McQuilkin, SH, Gaca, JG, and Del Rio, JM. "Multimodal Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation After Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repairs." Anesthesia and analgesia 121, no. 2 (August 2015): 319-322.  Full Text
    • Konoske, R, Whitener, G, and Nicoara, A. "Intraoperative Evaluation of Paravalvular Regurgitation by Transesophageal Echocardiography." Anesthesia and analgesia 121, no. 2 (August 2015): 329-336.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, and Swaminathan, M. "Diastolic dysfunction, diagnostic and perioperative management in cardiac surgery." Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 28, no. 1 (February 13, 2015): 60-66. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, and Swaminathan, M. "Diastolic dysfunction, diagnostic and perioperative management in cardiac surgery." Current opinion in anaesthesiology 28, no. 1 (February 2015): 60-66. (Review)  Full Text
    • Bottiger, B, McCartney, S, Akushevich, I, Nicoara, A, Yanamadala, M, and Swaminathan, M. "Use of mobile tablet devices and reduction in time to perioperative transesophageal echocardiography reporting: a historical cohort study." Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 62, no. 1 (January 2015): 31-36.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Bottiger, B, McCartney, S, Akushevich, I, Nicoara, A, Yanamadala, M, and Swaminathan, M. "Use of mobile tablet devices and reduction in time to perioperative transesophageal echocardiography reporting: a historical cohort study." Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 62, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 31-36.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, Holmquist, F, Raggains, C, and Mathew, JP. "Anesthesia for catheter ablation procedures." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28, no. 6 (December 2014): 1589-1603. (Review)  Full Text
    • Swaminathan, M, and Nicoara, A. "Quality in perioperative echocardiography: it's about time." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 27, no. 7 (July 2014): A20-.  Full Text
    • Ferreira, RG, Nicoara, A, Phillips-Bute, BG, Daneshmand, M, Muehlschlegel, JD, and Swaminathan, M. "Diastolic dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: the role of gender and age-gender interaction." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 28, no. 3 (June 2014): 626-630.  Full Text
    • Nicoara, A, Whitener, G, and Swaminathan, M. "Perioperative Diastolic Dysfunction: A Comprehensive Approach to Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography." Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 18, no. 2 (June 2014): 218-236. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dobbs, HA, Bennett-Guerrero, E, White, W, Shernan, SK, Nicoara, A, Del Rio, JM, Stafford-Smith, M, and Swaminathan, M. "Multinational institutional survey on patterns of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography use in adult cardiac surgery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia 28, no. 1 (February 2014): 54-63.  Full Text
    • Maxwell, C, and Nicoara, A. "New developments in the treatment of acute pain after thoracic surgery." Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 27, no. 1 (February 2014): 6-11. (Review)  Full Text
    • Maxwell, C, and Nicoara, A. "New developments in the treatment of acute pain after thoracic surgery." Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 27, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 6-11. (Review)  Full Text
    • Ferreira, RG, Nicoara, A, Phillips-Bute, BG, Daneshmand, M, Muehlschlegel, JD, and Swaminathan, M. "Diastolic dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: The role of gender and age-gender interaction." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 626-630.  Full Text
    • Bartels, K, Daneshmand, MA, Mathew, JP, Glower, DD, Swaminathan, M, and Nicoara, A. "Delayed postmyectomy ventricular septal defect." J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 27, no. 2 (April 2013): 381-384.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Swaminathan, M, Nicoara, A, Phillips-Bute, BG, Aeschlimann, N, Milano, CA, Mackensen, GB, Podgoreanu, MV, Velazquez, EJ, Stafford-Smith, M, Mathew, JP, and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Research Endeavors (CARE) Group, . "Utility of a simple algorithm to grade diastolic dysfunction and predict outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Ann Thorac Surg 91, no. 6 (June 2011): 1844-1850.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Nicoara, A, Assaad, S, Geirsson, A, Rousou, A, and Jadbabaie, F. "Unexpected intraoperative diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by transesophageal echocardiography." J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 24, no. 4 (August 2010): 639-640.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Nicoara, A, Patel, UD, Phillips-Bute, BG, Shaw, AD, Stafford-Smith, M, Milano, CA, and Swaminathan, M. "Mortality trends associated with acute renal failure requiring dialysis after CABG surgery in the United States." Blood Purif 28, no. 4 (2009): 359-363.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Nicoara, A, Mackensen, GB, Podgoreanu, MV, Milano, CA, Mathew, JP, and Swaminathan, M. "Malpositioned left ventricular assist device cannula: diagnosis and management with transesophageal echocardiography guidance." Anesth Analg 105, no. 6 (December 2007): 1574-1576.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Shah, AN, Koneru, J, Nicoara, A, Goldfeder, LB, Thomas, K, and Ehlert, FA. "Dexmedetomidine related cardiac arrest in a patient with permanent pacemaker; a cautionary tale." Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 30, no. 9 (September 2007): 1158-1160.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Rosen, DJ, Nicoara, A, Koshy, N, and Wedderburn, RV. "Too much of a good thing? Tracing the history of the propofol infusion syndrome." J Trauma 63, no. 2 (August 2007): 443-447. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item

  • Conference Papers

    • Bishawi, M, Voigt, S, Bhatnagar, Y, Nicoara, A, Swaminathan, M, Truskey, G, and von Ramm, O. "ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT OF CARDIAC TWIST: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS." : Elsevier BV, March 2018.  Full Text
    • Alenezi, F, Kerati, M, Hunting, J, Holder, T, Li, Y-J, Swaminathan, M, Rymer, J, Velazquez, E, Samad, Z, and Nicoara, A. "Left Atrial Appendage Strain and New-onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery." Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association / Resuscitation Science Symposium. Anaheim, CA. November 11, 2017 - November 15, 2017.: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, November 14, 2017.  Link to Item
    • Zhang, Z, Ma, Q, Nicoara, A, Quinones, Q, Hirschey, M, and Podgoreanu, MV. "Sex-Specific Cardioprotective Effects of Annexin A1 Peptide Mimetic Involve the Sirtuin 3 Signaling Pathway." November 11, 2016.  Link to Item

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