Eldor A, Durst R, Hy-Am E, Goldfarb A, Gillis S, Rachmilewitz EA, Abramov A, Maclouf J, Godefray YC, de Raucourt E and Guillin MC. A chronic hypercoagulable state in patients with -Thalassaemia major is already present in childhood. Br J Heamatol 1999;107:739-746.
Durst R, Colombo R, Shpitzen S, Ben Avi L, Friedlander Y, Wexler R, Raal FJ, Marais DA, Defeche JC, Mandelshtam MY, Kotze MJ, Leitersdorf E and Meiner V . Recent origin and spread of a common Lithuanian mutation (G197delLDLR) causing Familial Hypercholesterolemia: positive selection in not always necessary to account for disease incidence among Askenazi Jews. Am J Hum Genet. 2001;68:1172-1188.
Ben-Avi L, Durst R, Shpitzen S, Leitersdorf E, Meiner V. Apolipoprotein E genotyping: accurate, simple, high throughput method using ABI Prism SNaPshot Multiplex System. J Alzheimers Dis 2004:6;497-501.
Durst R, Jansen A, Erez G, Bravdo R, Butbul E, Ben Avi L, Shpitzen S, Lotan C, Leitersdorf E, Defesche J, Friedlander Y, Meiner V and Miserez A. R.. The discrete and combined effect of SREBP-2 and SCAP isoforms in the control of plasma lipids among familial hypercholesterolaemia patients. Atherosclerosis, 2006 ;189:443-50.
Durst R, Danenberg H, Gallily R, Beeri R, Mechoulam R, Meir K, Pugatsch T, Grad E, Tarsish E and Lotan C. Cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive Cannabis constituent, protects against myocardial ischemic reperfusion injury, Am J physiology. 2007,293:H3602-H3607
Bogot N, Durst R, Shaham D, Admon D. CT of Cardiac Transplantation: Indications, Post-Transplant Appearance, and Common Complications Radiographics 2007;27:1297-309.
Friedlander Y, Schwartz SM, Durst R, Meiner V, Robertson AS, Erez G, Leitersdorf E, Siscovick DS. SREBP-2 and SCAP isoforms and risk of early onset myocardial infarction. Atherosclerosis. 2008,196:896-904
Levine RA, Durst R. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), a deeper look. J Am Coll Cardiol Img, 2008; 1:304-306
Durst R, Avelar E, Solis-Martin J, King ME, Abbara S. Identification of the cause of acute hypoxemia in a patient with congenital heart disease using cardiac CT. Journal of Cardiac CT. 2008, 2:341-2
Durst R, Neumark Y, Meiner V, Friedlander Y, Sharon N, Polak A, Mosseri M, Beeri R, Danenberg H, Pugatch T, Erez G, Spitzen S, Ben-Avi L, Leitersdorf E, Lotan C. Macrophage Scavenger Receptor 1 Sequence Variations are Associated with Atherosclerosis Susceptibility in Humans.. Genetic testing. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009;13:583-7
Blankstein R, Durst R, Picard MH, Cury RC. Progression of mitral annulus calcification to caseous necrosis of the mitral valve: complementary role of multi-modality imaging. European Heart Journal 2009;30:304
Johri AM, Yared K, Durst R, Cubeddu RJ, Palacios IF, Picard MH, Passeri J. Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided repair of severe paravalvular regurgitation in a bioprosthetic and mechanical mitral valve. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009;10:572-5
Avelar E, Durst R, Thangaroopan M, Rosito GA, Kumar S, Tournoux F, Chan RC, Hung J, Hoffmann U, Abbara S and Cury RC. Accuracy of Multi-detector Computed Tomography Evaluation of Left Atrial Volume: a Phantom and Echo Correlation Study. Am J Cardiol, 2010,106;104-9
Durst R,Goldstein K, Horowitz Y, Baggish A,Gare M, Hasin Y, Lotan H, Horowitz M. improved cardiac performance after heat acclimation is partially explained by hypothyroid dependent reduction in myocardial response to angiotensin. Life Sciences. 2010;86:331-336
Wexler T, Durst R, McCarty D, Picard MH, Klibanski A, KK Miller. Growth Hormone Status Predicts Left Ventricular Mass in Patients after Cure of Acromegaly. Accepted for publication Growth Hormone & IGF Research 2010
Durst R, Avelar E, McCarty D, Poh KK, Fernandez-Friera, Llano MF, Chu J, Reddy Anumandla AK, Rodriguez LL, Mack MJ, Hanzel G, Kodali SH, Hung J, Picard MH. Outcome and Improvement Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of heart valve disease (accepted for publication 2010)
Durst R, Bogot N, Gilon D, Drenger B. Potential Role for Coronary Computerized Angiography for Assessing Preoperative Ischemic Risk. Journal of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2010;24:348-55
Durst R, Lotan C. The potential for clinical use of cannabinoids in treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular Therapeutics (accepted for publication 2010)