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All Publications

Journal Article

1. Taccardi B, Punske BB, Macchi E, Macleod RS, Ershler PR:Epicardial and Intramural Excitation During Ventricular Pacing: Effect of Myocardial Structure.Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol2008
2. Shome S, Lux RL, Punske BB, MacLeod RS:Ischemic preconditioning protects against arrhythmogenesis through maintenance of both active as well as passive electrical properties in ischemic canine hearts.J Electrocardiol,40,S150-9,2007
3. Shome S, Lux RL, Punske BB, MacLeod RS:Ischemic Preconditioning Protects Against Arrhythmogenesis Through Maintenance of Both Active as well as Passive Electrical Properties.J Electrocardiol2007
4. Valencik ML, Zhang D, Punske B, Hu P, McDonald JA, Litwin SE:Integrin activation in the heart: a link between electrical and contractile dysfunction?.Circ Res,99,1403-10,2006
5. Liang Q, Sohn K, Punske BB: Propagation and electrical impedance changes due to ischemia, hypoxia and reperfusion in mouse hearts.Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc,1,1560-3,2006
6. Sutherland DR, Adams J, Punske BB:Methods for accurate measures of total ventricular activation time.Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc,1,3947-9,2006
7. Yilmaz B, MacLeod RS, Punske BB, Taccardi B, Brooks DH:Venous catheter based mapping of ectopic epicardial activation: training data set selection for statistical estimation.IEEE Trans Biomed Eng,52,1823-31,2005
8. Punske BB, Taccardi B, Steadman B, Ershler PR, England A, Valencik ML, McDonald JA, Litwin SE:Effect of fiber orientation on propagation: electrical mapping of genetically altered mouse hearts.J Electrocardiol,38,40-4,2005
9. Taccardi B, Punske BB, Sachse F, Tricoche X, Colli-Franzone P, Pavarino LF, Zabawa C:Intramural activation and repolarization sequences in canine ventricles. Experimental and simulation studies.J Electrocardiol,38,131-7,2005
10. MacLeod RS, Shome S, Stinstra J, Punske BB, Hopenfeld B:Mechanisms of ischemia-induced ST-segment changes.J Electrocardiol,38,8-13,2005
11. F. B. Sachse, G. Seemann, D. L. Weifl, B. Punske, and B. Taccardi:Accuracy of activation times detected in simulated extracellular electrograms.Computers in Cardiology,31,93-96,2004
12. Punske BB, Rossi S, Ershler P, Rasmussen I, Abel ED:Optical mapping of propagation changes induced by elevated extracellular potassium ion concentration in genetically altered mouse hearts.J Electrocardiol,37 Suppl,128-34,2004
13. Sachse F, Steadman B, B Bridge J, Punske B, Taccardi B:Conduction velocity in myocardium modulated by strain: measurement instrumentation and initial results.Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc,5,3593-6,2004
14. B. Taccardi, B.B. Punske, and P. Colli-Franzone:Epicardial and endocardial electrical mapping: historical overview, state of the art and future prospects.Biomedizinische Technik,48,1-2,2004
15. Shome S, Stinstra J, Hopenfeld B, Punske B, Macleod R:A Study of the Dynamics of Cardiac Ischemia using Experimental and Modeling Approaches.Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc,5,3585-8,2004
16. Punske BB, Ni Q, Lux RL, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Allison MJ, Taccardi B:Spatial methods of epicardial activation time determination in normal hearts.Ann Biomed Eng,31,781-92,2003
17. Jia P, Punske BB, Taccardi B, Rudy Y:Endocardial Mapping of Electrophysiologically Abnormal Substrates and Cardiac Arrhythmias using a Noncontact Nonexpandable Catheter.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,132002
18. Jia P, Punske B, Taccardi B, Rudy Y:Endocardial mapping of electrophysiologically abnormal substrates and cardiac arrhythmias using a noncontact nonexpandable catheter.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,13,888-95,2002
19. Taccardi B, Punske BB:Body surface and epicardial mapping: state of the art and future perspectives.IJBEM (Online),4,91-94,2002
20. MacLeod RS, Punske B, Yilmaz B, Shome S, Taccardi B:The Role of Heart Rate in Myocardial Ischemia from Restricted Coronary Perfusion.J Electrocardiol,34,43-51,2001
21.MacLeod RS, Punske B, Yilmaz B, Shome S, Taccardi B:The role of heart rate in myocardial ischemia from restricted coronary perfusion.J Electrocardiol,34 Suppl,43-51,2001
22.Taccardi B, Punske BB, MacLeod RS, Ni Q:Extracardiac effects of myocardial electrical anisotropy.Biomed Tech (Berl),46,216-218,2001
23.MacLeod RS, Yilmaz B, Taccardi B, Punske B, Serinagaoglu Y, Brooks DH:Direct and inverse methods for cardiac mapping using multielectrode catheter measurements.Biomed Tech (Berl),46,207-209,2001
24.Jia P, Punske B, Taccardi B, Rudy Y:Electrophysiologic endocardial mapping from a noncontact nonexpandable catheter: a validation study of a geometry-based concept.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,11,1238-51,2000
25.Fuller MS, Sandor G, Punske B, Taccardi B, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Green LS, Lux RL:Estimates of repolarization dispersion from electrocardiographic measurements.Circulation,102,685-91,2000
26.Fuller MS, Sandor G, Punske B, Taccardi B, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Green LS, Lux RL:Estimates of repolarization and its dispersion from electrocardiographic measurements: direct epicardial assessment in the canine heart.J Electrocardiol,33,171-80,2000
27.Ni Q, MacLeod RS, Punske BB, Taccardi B:Computing and visualizing electric potentials and current pathways in the thorax.J Electrocardiol,33 Suppl,189-97,2000
28.MacLeod RS, Ni Q, Punske B, Ershler PR, Yilmaz B, Taccardi B:Effects of heart position on the body-surface electrocardiogram.J Electrocardiol,33 Suppl,229-37,2000
29.Punske BB, Lux RL, MacLeod RS, Fuller MS, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Vyhmeister Y, Taccardi B:Mechanisms of the spatial distribution of QT intervals on the epicardial and body surfaces.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,10,1605-18,1999
30.Hren R, Punske BB, Stroink G:Assessment of spatial resolution of pace mapping when using body surface potentials.Med Biol Eng Comput,37,477-81,1999
31.Lux RL, Fuller MS, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Punske BB, Taccardi B:Noninvasive indices of repolarization and its dispersion.J Electrocardiol,32 Suppl,153-7,1999
32.Punske BB, Cascio WE, Engle C, Nagle HT, Gettes LS, Johnson TA:Quantitative characterization of epicardial wave fronts during regional ischemia and elevated extracellular potassium ion concentration.Ann Biomed Eng,26,1010-21,1998
33.Taccardi B, Punske BB, Lux RL, MacLeod R, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Ingebrigtsen N:Relationships between myocardial activity and potentials on the ventricular surfaces.J Electrocardiol,30 Suppl,1-4,1998
34.Hren R, Punske BB:A comparison of simulated QRS isointegral maps resulting from pacing at adjacent sites: implications for the spatial resolution of pace mapping using body surface potentials.J Electrocardiol,31 Suppl,135-44,1998
35.Billard B, Hynynen K, Roemer RB:Effects of physical parameters on high temperature ultrasound hyperthermia.Ultrasound Med Biol,16,409-42,1990


Book Chapter
1.Sohn K, Sutherland DR, Liang Q, Punske BB:Experimental Measures of the Minimum Time Derivative of the Extracellular Potentials as an Index of Electrical Activity During Metabolic and Hypoxic Stress.Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart,4466,250-259,2007
2.Sutherland DR, Liang Q, Sohn K, Taccardi B, Punske BB:Experimental Epicaridal Potential Mapping in Mouse Ventricles: Effect of Fiber Architecture.Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart,4466,260-268,2007
3.Taccardi B, Punske BB:Body Surface Potential Mapping.Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside,803-811,2004
4.Taccardi B, Punske B:What we have learned from body surface maps during the last 50 years.Einthoven 2002: 100 Years of Electrocardiography2002


Editorial
1.Punske BB:Cardiac resynchronization therapy: finding the true meaning of synchrony.Heart Rhythm,3,311-2,2006
2.Punske BB:Noninvasive electrical imaging: is it ready for clinical application?.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,14,720-1,2003
3.Punske BB:Determining the local time of activation from the unipolar electrogram: new methods, new challenges.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,11,1129-31,2000


Review
1.Taccardi B, Punske BB, Lux RL, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Vyhmeister Y:Useful lessons from body surface mapping.J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol,9,773-86,1998


Conference Proceedings
1.DR Sutherland, J Adams, BB Punske:Methods for Accurate Measures of Total Ventricular Activation Time.28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,3947-3949,2006
2.Q. Lian, K. Sohn, BB Punske:Propagation and Electrical Impedance Changes due to Ischemia, Hypoxia and Reperfusion in Mouse Hearts.28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,1560-1563,2006
3.F. B. Sachse, B. W. Steadman, J. H. B. Bridge, B. B. Punske, and B. Taccardi:Conduction velocity in myocardium modulated by strain: Measurement instrumentation and initial results.26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society2004
4.B. Taccardi, B. B. Punske, and P. Colli Franzone: Cardiac Potential Mapping.The 26th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,3593 3596,2004
5.Yilmaz B, MacLeod RS, Shome S, Punske BB, Taccardi B:Minimally Invasive Epicardial Activation Mapping from Multielectrode Catheters.
6.Punske BB, Ni Q, Lux RL, MacLeod RS, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Vyhmeister Y, Taccardi B:Alternative Methods of Excitation Time Determination on the Epicardial Surface.,TU-CHX-30,1-3,2000
7.Punske BB, MacLeod RS, Lux RL, Ershler PR, Dustman TJ, Vyhmeister Y, Taccardi B:Experimental Study and Removal of the Drift of the Reference Potential from the Unipolar Electrogram.,303,
8.Billard B, Johnson TA, Ash RB, Nagle HT, Buck RP:Flexible, polyimide-based microelectrode plaque design for electrophysiologic characterization of ischemic hearts. Second Carolina Conference in Biomedical Engineering, Chapel Hill, NC, 1994. Awarded first place in student poster competition.,72,1994