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  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

L. M. Buja is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a total of 224 publications in the field. Key subfields include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, oncology, and neurology.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, such as:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Publications by L. M. Buja have appeared frequently in several venues, including:

  • Cardiovascular Pathology
  • American Journal Of Pathology
  • Texas Heart Institute Journal
  • American Journal of Clinical Pathology
  • Diagnostic Pathology

Selected recent papers authored by L. M. Buja include:

  • The emerging spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Report of 3 autopsies from Houston, Texas, and review of autopsy findings from other United States cities (2020), published in Cardiovascular Pathology
  • Pathobiology of Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury: Models, Modes, Molecular Mechanisms, Modulation, and Clinical Applications (2022), published in Cardiology in Review

Frequent collaborators of L. M. Buja include:

  • Bihong Zhao
  • Deborah Vela
  • Dianna M. Milewicz
  • Nicolas L. Palaskas
  • Richard N. Mitchell

L. M. Buja has been recognized with the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) award in 1997. This distinction reflects a level of professional achievement and membership in a prominent scientific organization.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in smooth muscle α-actin ( ACTA2 ) lead to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

    Dong Chuan Guo;Hariyadarshi Pannu;Van Tran-Fadulu;Christina L. Papke

  • Iron in the heart. Etiology and clinical significance

    L.Maximilian Buja;William C. Roberts

  • Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury.

    L. Maximilian Buja

  • Specific platelet mediators and unstable coronary artery lesions. Experimental evidence and potential clinical implications.

    J T Willerson;P Golino;J Eidt;W B Campbell

  • Mutations in Smooth Muscle Alpha-Actin (ACTA2) Cause Coronary Artery Disease, Stroke, and Moyamoya Disease, Along with Thoracic Aortic Disease

    Dong Chuan Guo;Christina L. Papke;Van Tran-Fadulu;Ellen S. Regalado

  • The frequency and significance of coronary arterial thrombi and other observations in fatal acute myocardial infarction: A study of 107 necropsy patients

    William C. Roberts;L.Maximilian Buja

  • Improved Left Ventricular Function After Chronic Left Ventricular Unloading

    O.H. Frazier;Claude R. Benedict;Branislav Radovancevic;Roger J. Bick

  • Apoptosis and necrosis. Basic types and mechanisms of cell death.

    Buja Lm;Eigenbrodt Ml;Eigenbrodt Eh

  • Abnormal I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial washout and distribution may reflect myocardial adrenergic derangement in patients with congestive cardiomyopathy.

    E. B. Henderson;J. K. Kahn;J. R. Corbett;D. E. Jansen

  • The emerging spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Report of 3 autopsies from Houston, Texas, and review of autopsy findings from other United States cities.

    Louis Maximilian Buja;Dwayne A. Wolf;Bihong Zhao;Bindu Akkanti

  • Accumulation of Unesterified Arachidonic Acid in Ischemic Canine Myocardium Relationship to a Phosphatidylcholine Deacylation-Reacylation Cycle and the Depletion of Membrane Phospholipids

    K R Chien;A Han;A Sen;L M Buja

  • Fibrosis and heart failure

    Ana Maria Segura;O. H. Frazier;L. Maximilian Buja;L. Maximilian Buja

  • Cellular pathology of progressive atherosclerosis in the WHHL rabbit. An animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia.

    L M Buja;T Kita;J L Goldstein;Y Watanabe

  • Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology: I. Inflammatory diseases.

    James R. Stone;Patrick Bruneval;Annalisa Angelini;Giovanni Bartoloni

  • Estimation of human myocardial mass with MR imaging.

    J. Katz;M. C. Milliken;J. Stray-Gundersen;L. M. Buja

  • Thrombin is an important mediator of platelet aggregation in stenosed canine coronary arteries with endothelial injury.

    J F Eidt;P Allison;S Noble;J Ashton

  • Comparison of intracoronary and transendocardial delivery of allogeneic mesenchymal cells in a canine model of acute myocardial infarction.

    Emerson C. Perin;Guilherme V. Silva;Joao A.R. Assad;Deborah Vela;Deborah Vela

  • MYH11 mutations result in a distinct vascular pathology driven by insulin-like growth factor 1 and angiotensin II

    Hariyadarshi Pannu;Van Tran-Fadulu;Christina L. Papke;Steve Scherer

  • Role of inflammation in coronary plaque disruption.

    L M Buja;J T Willerson

  • Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association For European Cardiovascular Pathology: II. Noninflammatory degenerative diseases - nomenclature and diagnostic criteria.

    Marc K. Halushka;Annalisa Angelini;Giovanni Bartoloni;Cristina Basso

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Willerson
James T. Willerson The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kenneth R. Chien
Kenneth R. Chien Karolinska Institute
William B. Campbell
William B. Campbell Medical College of Wisconsin
Victor J. Ferrans
Victor J. Ferrans National Institutes of Health
Philip W. Shaul
Philip W. Shaul The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
William C. Roberts
William C. Roberts Baylor University Medical Center
Ronald M Peshock
Ronald M Peshock The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Barry J. Maron
Barry J. Maron University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Richard W. Smalling
Richard W. Smalling The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michael D. Devous
Michael D. Devous Avid Radiopharmaceuticals

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