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Radiology and diagnostic medicine

• Jain, V.S., Johnstad, C., Ferrer, S., Koepsel, E.K., Mao, L., Kleedehn, M. (2025). Thrombus burden, caval thrombosis, and retrieval of the Denali inferior vena cava filter. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 36, 152-157.
• Buelo, C.J., Velikina, J., Mao, L., Zhao, R., Yuan, Q., Ghasabeh, M.A., Ruschke, S., Karampinos, D.C., Harris, D.T., Mattison, R.J., Jeng, M.R., Pedrosa, I., Kamel, I.R., Vasanawala, S., Yokoo, T., Reeder, S.B., and Hernando, D. (2025). Multi-center, multi-vendor validation of liver quantitative susceptibility mapping in patients with iron overload at 1.5T and 3T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 93, 330-340.
• Kisting, A.L., Zlevor, A.M., Falk, K.L., Kisting, M.A., et al., Mao, L., Minesinger, G.M., Laeseke, P.F., Ziemlewicz, T.J., and Lee, F.T. (2024). Histotripsy of the proximal ureter and renal pelvis: evaluation of urothelial injury in a porcine survival model. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.11.028.
• van der Heijden, R.A., Tamada, D., Mao, L., Rice, J., and Reeder, S.B. (2024). Relaxivity and in vivo human performance of brand name versus generic ferumoxytol. Investigative Radiology, 10.1097/RLI.0000000000001130.
• Kisting, M.A., White, J.K., Periyasamy, S., Kutlu, A.Z., Kisting, A.L., Zhang, X., Mao, L., Laeseke, P.F., Wagner, M.G., Vlaisavljevich, E., Lee, F.T., and Ziemlewicz, T.J. (2024). Safety and efficacy of histotripsy delivery through overlying gas-filled small bowel in an ex vivo swine model. International Journal of Hyperthermia, 41, 2369305.
• Elezaby, M., Al-Jabbari, E., Mao, L., Legha, R., Schacht, D., Whitman, G., Dodelzon, K., and Omofoye, T. (2024). Virtual visiting professorship program as an opportunity for academic and clinical advancement beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of participants. Journal of Breast Imaging, 6, 304-310.
• Markhardt, B.K., Hund, S., Rosas, H.G., Symanski, J.S., Mao, L., Spiker, A.M., and Blankenbaker, D.G. (2024). Comparison of MRI and arthroscopy findings for transitional zone cartilage damage in the acetabulum of the hip joint. Skeletal Radiology, 53, 1303-1312.
• Mao, L. (2024). Editorial for “Relationship between patient-friendly audiovisual systems and MRI contrast agent to adverse reactions”. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 59, 2021-2022.
• Rossebo, A.E., Zlevor, A.M., Knott, E.A., Mao, L., Couillard, A.B., Ziemlewicz, T.J., Hinshaw, J.L., Abel, E.J., Lubner, M.G., Knavel-Koepsel, E.M., Wells, S.A., Stratchko, L.M., Laeseke, P.F., and Lee, F.T. (2024). Percutaneous microwave ablation for treatment of retroperitoneal tumors. Radiology: Imaging Cancer, 6, e230080.
• Stratchko, L.M., Rossebo, A.E., Kisting, M.A., Hinshaw, J.L., Mao, L., Meyer, C.A., Robbins, J.B., Tuite, M.J., Grist, T.M., and Lee, F.T. (2024). Unreimbursed costs of multidisciplinary conferences to a radiology department: A prospective analysis at an academic medical center. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 21, 668-675. [Journal discussion; News report: Radiology Business; The Image Wire]
• Massa’a, R.N., Wawrzyn, P., Mao, L., Reeder, S.B., Kelcz, F., and Wentland, A.L. (2024). Apparent variation in measurement size of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver on dual contrast MRI. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 48, 12-18.
• Couillard, A.B., Zlevor, A.M., Ziemlewicz T.J., Kisting, M.A., et al., Mao, L., et al., Lee F.T., and Laeseke, P.F. (2023). A comparison of histotripsy and percutaneous cryoablation in a chronic healthy swine kidney model. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 34, 1986-1996.
• Zacharias, N.A., Lubner, M.G., Richards, E.S., Mao, L., and Pickhardt, P.J. (2023). Stercoral colitis: CT imaging findings and clinical risk factors. Abdominal Radiology, 8, 3050-3062.
• Wood, E.J., Stabo, N., Garret, J.W., Rose, S., Bartels, C.R.T., Szczykutowicz, T.P., Avey, G., Mao, L., and Lubner, M.G. (2023). Factors contributing to computed tomography trauma scan times at a tertiary center: improving emergency department trauma imaging workflow through targeted interventions. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 47, 621-628.
• Zlevor, A.M., Kisting, M.A., Couillard, A.B., Rossebo, A.E., Szczykutowicz, T.P., Mao, L., White, J.K., Hartung, M.P., Gettle, L.M., Hinshaw, J.L., Pickhardt, P.J., Ziemlewicz, T.J., Foltz, M.L., and Lee, F.T. (2023). Percutaneous CT-guided abdominal and pelvic biopsies: Comparison of an electromagnetic navigation system and CT-fluoroscopy. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 34, 910-918.
• Hernando, D., Zhao, R., Yuan, Q., Ghasabeh, M.A., Ruschke, S., Miao, X.†, Karampinos, D.C., Mao, L., Harris, D.T., Mattison, R.J., Jeng, M.R., Pedrosa, I., Kamel, I.R., Vasanawala, S., Yokoo, T., and Reeder, S.B. (2023). Multicenter reproducibility of liver iron quantification with 1.5-T and 3.0-T MRI. Radiology, 306, e213256.
• Seiter, D.P., Nguyen, S.M., Morgan, T.K., Mao, L., Dudley, D.M., O’Connor, D.H., Murphy, M.E., Ludwig, K.D., Chen, R., Dhyani, A., Zhu, A., Schotzko, M.L., Brunner, K.G., Shah, D.M., Johnson, K.M., Golos, T.G., and Wieben, O. (2022). Ferumoxytol dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging identifies altered placental cotyledon perfusion in rhesus macaques. Biology of Reproduction, 107, 1517-1527.
• Pirasteh, A., Periyasamy, S., Meudt, J.J., Lui, Y., Lee, L.M., Schachtschneider, K.M., Schook, L.B., Gaba, R.C., Mao, L., Said, A., McMillan, A.B., Laeseke, P.F., and Shanmuganayagam, D. (2022). Staging liver fibrosis by fibroblast activation protein inhibitor positron emission tomography in a human-sized swine model. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 63, 1956-1961.
• Triche, B.L., Annamalai, A., Pooler, B.D., Glazer, J.M., Zadra, J.D., Barclay-Buchanan, C.J., Hekman, D.J., Mao, L., Pickhardt, P.J., and Lubner, M.G. (2022). Positive oral contrast material for CT evaluation of non-traumatic abdominal pain in the ED: prospective assessment of diagnostic confidence and throughput metrics. Abdominal Radiology, 47, 2956–2967.
• Massa’a, R.N., Stoeckl, E.M., Lubner, M.G., Smith, D., Mao, L., Shapiro, D.D., Abel, E.J., and Wentland, A.L. (2022). Differentiation of benign from malignant solid renal lesions with MRI-based radiomics and machine learning. Abdominal Radiology, 47, 2896-2904.
• Schulz, K., Mao, L., and Kanne, J. (2022). Computed tomography pulmonary angiography utilization in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Thoracic Imaging, 37, 225-230.
• Roldán-Alzate, A., Campo, C.A., Mao, L., Said, A., Wieben, O., and Reeder, S.B. (2022). Characterization of mesenteric and portal hemodynamics using 4D flow MRI: the effects of meals and diurnal variation. Abdominal Radiology, 47, 2106-2114.
• Elezaby, M.A., Mao, L., Burnside, E., Zuley, M.L., Berg, W.A., Bhargavan-Chatfield A., and Lee, C.S. (2022). Utilization and cancer yield of probably benign assessment category in the national mammography database: 2009 to 2018. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 19, 604-614.
• Wentland, A.L., Nystrom, J., Lubner, M.G., Mao, L., Abel, E.J., and Pickhardt, P.J. (2022). Natural history of simple renal cysts: longitudinal CT-based evaluation. Abdominal Radiology, 47, 1124-1132.
• Tannenbaum, A.P., Grimes, M.D., Brace, C.L., Johnson, C.J., Koebe, S.D., Anzia, L.E., Mao, L., Ricke, W.A., Hernando, D., Roldán-Alzate, A., Wells, S.A. (2022). Effect of metabolic syndrome on anatomy and function of the lower urinary tract assessed on MRI. Urology, 159, 176-181.
• Zlevor, A.M., Mauch, S.C., Knott, E.A., Pickhardt, P.J., Gettle, L.M., Mao, L., et al., Lee, F.T. (2021). Percutaneous lung biopsy with pleural & parenchymal blood patching: Results and complications from 1112 core biopsies. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 32, 1319-1327. [Awarded Editor’s Recognition for Most Downloaded Article.]
• Kliewer, M.A., Mao, L., Brinkman, M.R., Bruce, R. J., and Hinshaw, J. L. (2021). Diurnal variation of major error rates in the interpretation of abdominal/pelvic CT studies. Abdominal Radiology, 46, 1746-1751.
• Anzia, L.E., Johnson, C.J., Mao, L., Hernando, D., Bushman, W.A., Wells, S.A., and Roldán-Alzate, A. (2021). Comprehensive non-invasive analysis of lower urinary tract anatomy using MRI. Abdominal Radiology, 46, 1670-1676.
• Kliewer, M.A., Mao, L., Weigman, B.J., Walker, D.C., Gettle, L.M., and Corliss, R.F. (2021). Ultrasound elastographic measurement of rigor mortis in an animal model: a feasibility study for improved time-of-death estimates in forensic investigations. American Journal of Roentgenology, 216, 1126-1133.
• Louwagie, E.M., Carlson, L., Over, V., Mao, L., Fang, S., Westervelt, A., Vink, J., Hall, T., Feltovich, T., and Myers, K. (2021). Longitudinal ultrasonic dimensions and parametric solid models of the gravid uterus and cervix. PLoS ONE, 16, e0242118.
• Lawrence, E.M., Roberts, N.T., Hernando, D., Mao, L., and Reeder, S.B. (2020). Effect of noise and estimator type on bias for analysis of liver proton density fat fraction. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 74, 244-249.
• Longo, K., Zlevor, A., Laeseke, P., Swietlik, J., Knott, E., Rodgers, A., Mao, L., Zhang, X., Xu, Z., Wagner, M., Periyasamy, S., Lee, F.T., and Ziemlewicz , T. (2020). Histotripsy ablations in a porcine liver model: feasibility of respiratory motion compensation by alteration of the ablation zone prescription shape. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 43, 1695-1701.
• Colgan, T.J., Van Pay, A.J., Sharma, S.D., Mao, L., and Reeder, S.B. (2020). Diurnal variation of proton density fat fraction in the liver using quantitative chemical shift encoded MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 51, 407-414.
• Harringa, J.B., Bracken, R.L., Davis, J.C., Mao, L., Kitchin, D.R., Robbins, J.B., Ziemlewicz, T.J., Pickhardt, P.J., Reeder, S.B., and Repplinger, M.D. (2020). Prospective evaluation of MRI compared with CT for the etiology of abdominal pain in emergency department patients with concern for appendicitis. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 50, 1651-1658.
• Carlson, L.C., Hall, T.J., Rosado-Mendez, I.M., Mao, L., and Feltovich, H. (2020). Quantitative assessment of cervical softening during pregnancy with shear wave elasticity imaging: an in vivo longitudinal study. Interface Focus, 9, 20190030.
• Longo, K., Knott, E., Watson, R., Sweitlik, J., Vlaisavljevich, E., Smolock, A. R., Xu, Z., Cho, C., Mao, L., Lee, F. T., and Ziemlewicz, T. (2019). Robotically assisted sonic therapy (RAST) for hepatic ablation in a porcine model: Mitigation of body wall damage with an optimized pulse sequence. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 42, 1016-1023.

Cardiovascular disease

• Rahafrooz, M., Elbers, D.C., Gopal, J.R., Ren, J., et al., Vardeny, O., Mao, L., Kim, K., Gagnon, D.R., Solomon, S.D., and Joseph, J. (2024). Effectiveness of electronic medical record-based strategies for death and hospital admission endpoint capture in pragmatic clinical trials. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 10.1093/jamia/ocae303.
• Peikert, A., Claggett, B.L., Udell, J.A., Joseph, J., Hegde, S.M., Kim, K., Mao, L., Wang, T.†, Havighurst, T.C., Farkouh, M.E., Bhatt, D.L., Tattersall, M.C., Cooper, L.S., Solomon, S.D., and Vardeny, O. (2024). Influenza vaccine immune response in patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease: a secondary analysis of the INVESTED randomized clinical trial. JAMA Cardiology, 9, 574-581.
• Peikert, A., Claggett, B.L., Kim, K., et al., Mao, L., Cooper, L.S., Solomon, S.D., and Vardeny, O. (2023). Association of post-vaccination adverse reactions after influenza vaccine with mortality and cardiopulmonary outcomes in patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease: the INVESTED trial. European Journal of Heart Failure, 25, 299-310.
• Vardeny, O., Kim, K., Udell, J.A., Joseph, J., et al., Mao, L., Havighurst, T.C.; Lawton, S.C., Solomon, S.D. (2021). Effect of high-dose trivalent vs standard-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine on mortality or cardiopulmonary hospitalization in patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 325, 39-49.

Behavorial health interventions

• Carpenter, S.M., Shetty, A., Hetzel, S.J., Garza, K., Porter, L.S., Gray, K.E., Shaw, R.J., Lewis, M.A., Mao, L., Pabich, S., Johnson, H.M., Yancy, W.S., Elwert, F., and Voils, C.I. (2024). A non‐randomized comparison of engagement and outcomes for in‐person versus virtual delivery of the Partner2Lose weight management trial. Obesity Science & Practice, 10, e778.
• Voils, C.I., Shaw, R.J., Gavin, K.L., Hetzel, S.J., Lewis, M.A., Pabich, S., Johnson, H.M., Elwert, F., Mao, L., Gray, K.E., Yuroff, A., Garza, K., Yancy, W.S., and Porter, L.S. (2024). Outcomes from Partner2Lose: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate 24-month weight loss in a partner-assisted intervention. BMC Public Health, 24, 1948.
• Voils, C.I., Shaw, R., Adler, R., Jeanes, E., Lewis, M.A., Sharp, W., Cronin, K.A., Hetzel, S.J., Mao, L., Johnson, H.M., Elwert, F., Pabich, S., Gavin, K.L., Yancy, W.S., and Porter, L. (2020). Protocol for Partner2Lose: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate partner involvement on long-term weight loss. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 96, 106092.

Infectious diseases and other

• Oramasionwu, C.U., Kashuba, A.D., Napravnik, S., Wohl, D.A., Mao, L., and Adimora, A.A. (2016). Non-initiation of hepatitis C virus antiviral therapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus co-infection. World Journal of Hepatology, 8, 368-375.
• Moore, H.N., Mao, L., and Oramasionwu, C.U. (2015). Factors associated with polypharmacy and the prescription of multiple medications among persons living with HIV (PLWH) compared with non-PLWH. AIDS Care, 1143-1148.
• Firnhaber, C., Mao, L., Levin, S., Faesen, M., Lewis, D.A., Goeieman, B.J., Swarts, A.J., Rakhombe, N., Michelow, P.M., Williams, S., and Smith, J.S. (2015). Evaluation of a cervicography-based program to ensure quality of visual inspection of the cervix in HIV-infected women in Johannesburg, South Africa. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 19, 7-11
• Oramasionwu, C., Bailey, S.c., Johnson, T.L., and Mao, L. (2014). Engagement in outpatient care for persons living with HIV in the United States. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 31, 177-182.
• Johnson, T.L., Toliver, J.C., Mao, L., and Oramasionwu, C.U. (2014). Differences in outpatient care and treatment utilization for patients with HIV/HCV coinfection, HIV, and HCV monoinfection, a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, 217.
• Rositch, A.F., Mao, L., Hudgens, M.G., Moses, S., Agot, K., Backes, D.M., Nyagaya, E., Snijders, P.J., Meijer, C.J., Bailey, R.C., and Smith, J.S. (2014). Risk of HIV acquisition among circumcised and uncircumcised young men with penile HPV infection. AIDS, 28, 745-752.
• Firnhaber, C., Mayisela, N., Mao, L., Williams, S., Swarts, A., Faesen, M., Levin, S., Michelow, P., Omar, T., Hudgens, M.G., Williamson, A.L., Allan, B., Lewis, D.A., and Smith, J.S. (2013). Validation of cervical cancer screening methods in HIV positive women from Johannesburg South Africa. PloS One, 8, e53494.
• Taylor, J.A., Pandian, R.S., Mao, L., and Michael, Y.L. (2013). Using inpatient hospital discharge data to monitor patient safety events. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, 32, 26-33.