TECHNION - RAPPAPORT FACULTY OF MEDICINE

CURRICULUM VITAE

Avraham Lorber

ACADEMIC DEGREE

1980 MD Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

2010 Clinical professor, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Rambam Medical Center,

The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion.

2005 Senior Clinical Lecturer, Pediatric Cardiology Unit,

Rambam Medical Center, the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine – Technion.

2004-2005 Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer, Pediatric Cardiology Unit,

Rambam Medical Center, the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine – Technion.

1991-1998 Clinical Lecturer, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Rambam Medical Center,

The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine – Technion.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRESENT APPOINTMENT

1988 on Head of Pediatric Cardiology Unit - Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.

1993 Board in Pediatric Cardiology - the Israeli Scientific Medical Council.

1987 Board in Cardiology - the Israeli Scientific Medical Council (with honors).

1985 – 1987 Residency in Cardiology,

Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit.

Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa.

1985 Board in Pediatrics - the Israeli Scientific Medical Council.

1983 – 1985 Residency in Pediatric Cardiology

Department of Pediatric Cardiology

Guy's Hospital, London, U.K. Head of department Prof. M. Tynan.

1985 Clinical research as required by the Israel Medical Association

The scientific council for diploma in pediatrics: "The assessment of

operability in 12 patients with elevated pulmonary artery pressures due to left

to right shunts. Correlation between hemodynamic (pulmonary vascular

resistance) and histopathological (lung biopsy) findings". Guided by Prof. M.

Tynan - head of Pediatric Cardiology Dept., Guy's Hospital, London.

1979 – 1983 Residency in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology,

Lady Davis Carmel Hospital Haifa, Israel, London.

1978 – 1979 Rotating Internship, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital Haifa, Israel

RESEARCH INTERESTS Trans-catheter closure of the Atrial Septal Defect in elderly patients; a rewarding

controversy.

Trans-catheter closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale to prevent recurrent CVA/TIA

in patients with "cryptogenic stroke".

Hemodynamic variations after trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defects in

various age groups.

Polymorphic Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia – an Autosomal Recessive

Disease: processing of electrocardiographic data.

The familial forms of atrial septal defect and associated congenital phenotypic

expressions.

Special innovative and unique achievements; Adaptive solutions for rare

cardiovascular conditions - first world-wide publication:

Schwartz Y.M., Berkowitz D., Lorber A., Tran venous coil embolization of a patent

ductus venosus in a 2-month-old child. Pediatrics 103:1045-7, 1999.

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Lorber A, Nair P, Gruberg L. Transcatheter closure of acquired Gerbode defect

following mitral valve replacement using the Amplatzer duct occluder.

J Invasive Cardiol. Oct;18(10):E264-6. 2006.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. Integration of Medical Systems for 4th year medical students, The Rappaport

Faculty of Medicine - Technion. 1990-1999, 3 frontal lectures per academic year.

2. Integrative course for 4th year medical students, The Rappaport Faculty of

Medicine - Technion. Since 2000, 3 frontal lectures per academic year.

3. Introduction to Cardiology Course – the American MD Program -. The

Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion. 1992 – present. 3 frontal lectures per

academic year.

4. Tutoring Pediatric Cardiology to 5 th year students during Pediatric clerkship:

Department of Pediatrics A, Meyer Children's Hospital – Rambam Medical Center

The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion. Since 1990 – present. Two

clerkships of 7 weeks each (14 weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal

lectures per academic year; 14 hours of bedside teaching per academic year; 8

hours of Congenital Heart Disease Imaging (Echocardiography) per academic year;

12 hours of Hemodinamics and Morphology in the Catheterization Laboratory pre

academic year: Total 46 teaching hours per academic year.

Department of Pediatrics B, Meyer Children's Hospital – Rambam Medical Center

The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion. Since 1990 – present. Two

clerkships of 7 weeks each (14 weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal

lectures per academic year; 14 hours of bedside teaching per academic year; 8

hours of Congenital Heart Disease Imaging (Echocardiography) per academic year;

12 hours of Hemodinamics and Morphology in the Catheterization Laboratory pre

academic year: Total 46 teaching hours per academic year.

Department of Pediatrics, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, The Rappaport Faculty of

Medicine - Technion. Since 1990 – present. Two clerkships of 7 weeks each (14

weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal lectures per academic year.

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5. Tutoring Pediatric Cardiology to 6 th year students during Pediatric clerkship. The

Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion.

Department of Pediatrics A, Meyer Children's Hospital – Rambam Medical Center

the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion. Since 1990 – present. Three

clerkships of 4 weeks each (12 weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal

lectures per academic year; 18 hours of bedside teaching per academic year; 12

hours of Congenital Heart Disease Imaging (Echocardiography) per academic year;

12 hours of Homodynamic and Morphology in the Catheterization Laboratory pre

academic year: Total 54 teaching hours per academic year.

Department of Pediatrics B , Meyer Children's Hospital – Rambam Medical Center

The Rapp port Faculty of Medicine - Techno. Since 1990 – present. Three

clerkships of 4 weeks each (12 weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal

lectures per academic year; 18 hours of bedside teaching per academic year; 12

hours of Congenital Heart Disease Imaging (Echocardiography) per academic year;

12 hours of Homodynamic and Morphology in the Catheterization Laboratory pre

academic year: Total 54 teaching hours per academic year.

Department of Pediatrics, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, The Rapp port Faculty of

Medicine - Techno. Since 1990 – present. Three clerkships of 4 weeks each (12

weeks per academic year), 12 hours of frontal lectures per academic year.

6. Tutoring Cardiology to 5 th and 6 th year students during Cardiology elective

clerkship, Rambam Medical Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion.

Four clerkships of 2 weeks each (8 weeks per academic year), 8 hours of frontal

lectures per academic year and teaching Adults with Congenital Heart Disease

Catheterization Laboratory Interventions, 16 hours per academic year. Total 24

teaching hours per academic year.

7. The School of Nursing - BA program, 3rd year students, Rappaport Faculty of

Medicine Technion & Haifa University collaboration; 2 frontal lectures per academic

year, 2000 – present.

8. Congenital Heart disease - Intensive Care course at the School of Nursing,

Haifa University and the Ministry of Health. 4 frontal lectures, 2000 – present , every

two years.

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9. School of Nursing, Sief Hospital, Safed, 2nd year students. 4 frontal lectures per

academic year. 2000 – present.

10. School of Nursing, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, 2nd year students.

4 frontal lectures per academic year, 1998 – 2004.

11. Lecturing and supervising new immigrant medical doctors and overseas

graduates: an introduction course for practicing medicine in Israel; 4 frontal lectures

per academic year. 2000 – present.

12. Supervision of postgraduate physicians training in Pediatrics and in Cardiology,

who rotate in the Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Health

Campus , B'nai Zion Hospital, The Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, The Sief Hospital,

Safed and The Poria Hospital, Tiberias. 2000 – present.

13. High school students - Medicine, Science and Technology (Pirchei Refuah at

Rambam Medical Center); 2 frontal lectures and 2 hours of Catheterization Laboratory

teaching per academic year, 2005 – present.

14. Pediatric Cardiology clerkship of foreign medical school students:

Noa Popovich - Zemelweiss Medical school - Budapest - July – August 2007

Amit Itay - Medical school - Amsterdam - July – August 2008.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

NATIONAL

Israel Society for Clinical Pediatrics

Israel Society for Clinical Cardiology

Israel Society of Pediatric Cardiology

Israeli Society of Invasive Cardiology

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Israel Medical Association

INTERNATIONAL

International Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

American Association of Pediatric Cardiology - elected

European Society of Cardiology

European Society of Paediatric Cardiology – nominated

Romania Society of Cardiology – honorary member 2012.

ACTIVE POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2000-2002 Secretary of the Israeli Society of Pediatric Cardiology

2002-2004 Delegate and Representative of the Israeli Society of Pediatric Cardiology in

the Israeli Society of Cardiology

1998 on Current member of the Board Committee of Pediatric Cardiology of the

Israeli Medical Association.

2005 on Faculty member –International Intervention Cardiology

Annual Conference – Tel Aviv.

2008 Faculty member –The Annual National Society of Cardiology Conference,

Sinaia, Romania 2008 -2012.

STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTION

PhD thesis – the Faculty of Bio-Engineering, Technion.

1993 Hemodynamics of Congenital Heart Diseases, Maayana Herman. Primary

supervisor – Prof. Uri Dinnar, other supervisors – Prof. Rafi Beyar, Prof. Shmuel Zeidman,

Dr. Avraham Lorber.

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MD Thesis - completed

Left Ventricular mass in Neonates, Maya Berman, MD Thesis.

1988, Heart Involvement in children with short stature who were treated with growth

hormone, David Vilikas, Z. Hochberg, A. Lorber.( Eur. J. Endocrinol. 138:401-7,

1998).

1996, Long term follow-up of treatment late effects in survivors of childhood

lymphomas. Ido Sholt. M. Ben-Harush, A. Leightman , Z. Hochberg , L. Bentur, M.

Peer, D. Geitini , A. Lorber, A. Koten.

2006, Rate estimation of cardiac side effects of childhood cancer survivors after

anthracycline therapy, Tali Dujovny , Dr. A. Lorber, Prof. M. Ben-Harush, Dr. M.

Peretz.

2007, Morphologic, Mechanical, Conductive and Hemodynamic changes following

Transcatheter closure of Atrial Septal Defect, Gur Mainzer, Dr. A. Lorber (publication

No. 45).

2010, Hypercoagulability and platelet activation in patients with congenital heart disease.

Chava Chezar.

2010, Endothelial function in overweight teenagers and in children of hypertensive

parents. Sagiv Aaaron. 2012, Coronary Artery Origin Anomalies Associated with Isolated Patent Ductus

Arteriosus. Daniel Synior

Basic Science

1. 1990, Zeev Pais, Natriuretic factor in congenital heart diseases – intracardiac

sampling.

2. 1991, Mariz Gershoni, Correlation between shunt and left ventricular

dimensions and function in children with Ventricular Septal Defect.

3. 1992, Assad Khoury, Pulmonary vascular resistance – impedance in

congenital left to right shunts.

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4. 2007, Yulia Shlomov, ECG and echo-derived RV changes following

transcatheter closure of secundum ASDs.

5. 2009-2010 Tamer Mor, Acute and subacute changes in heart mechanics

following trans catheter closure of ASD –Atrial septal defect

6. 2010-2011, Gur Mainzer, Fetal Myocardial Strain & Strain rate

7. 2010-2011, Gal Neuman, Endothelial function in adolescents with the

metabolic syndrome.

8. 2011-2012, Dotan Moshe, Coronary Artery Origin Anomalies Associated with

Congenital Heart Disease; retrospective study of non-selective angiography

of 1200 patients (1998-2011).

Basic Science in progress

Nir Samuel, 2012, B –type Natriuretic Peptide as a prognostic indicator in

pediatric cardiac patients with acute respiratory disease, a prospective

observational study

GRANTS

2013- Ministry of Health Chief Scientist Office, Jerusalem, in collaboration with Prof.

Ofer Binna – Technion " Duchene Muscular Dystrophy"-500,000 NIS×3 years

2010 – Ministry of Health Chief Scientist Office, Jerusalem, in collaboration with Prof.

Ofer Binna - Technion "Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of Long Q-T

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Syndrome (LQTS) in cardiomyocytes generated from induced Pluripotent stem (iPs)

cells derived from LQT1 and LQT2 patients' fibroblasts"- 150,000 NIS x 2 years.

2009 –2012 ISF in collaboration with Prof. Ofer Binna - Technion: "Investigating the

cellular and molecular mechanisms of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular

Tachycardia using Cardiomyocytes generated from induced Pluri potent stem cells

derived from patients ' fibroblasts" - $ 64,000 X 4 years.

2009 – Pfm ( Produkte fur die Medizin AG – Koln, Germany) grant "Transcatheter

closure of VSD with a Pfm coil-based device – Euro 50,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Theses

M.D. Thesis - "Bioavailability of Digoxin in 600 patients" guided by Dr. R. Kitses, Clinical

Pharmacology, Carmel Hospital, Haifa.

BASIC RESEARCH

1. Baker E.J., Lorber A., Jones O.D.H., Tynan M.J., Maisey M.N. Superiority of

radionuclide over oximetric measurement of left to right shunt. Br. Heart J. 53:535-40,

1985.

2. Maisuls E., Lorber A., Margulis T., Weiss D., Palant A. The value of electrocardiography

in patients with right ventricular endocardial pace-makers in the diagnosis of left ventricular

hypertrophy: a correlative study of pace electrocardiography and left ventricular mass

derived from M-mode echocardiography. Int. J. Cardiol. 17:137-44, 1987.

3. Lahat H., Eldar M., Levy-Nissenbaum E., Bahan T., Friedman E., Khoury A.,

Lorber A., Kastner D.L., Goldman B., Pras E. Autosomal recessive catecholamine - or

exercise induced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: clinical features and assignment of

the disease gene to chromosome 1p13-21. Circulation, 103:2822-7, 2001.

4. Lahat H., Pras E., Olender T., Avidan N., Ben-Asher E., Man O., Levy-Nissenbaum E.,

Khoury A., Lorber A., Goldman B., Eldar M. A missense mutation in a highly conserved

region of CASQ2 is associated with autosomal recessive catecholamine-induced polymorphic

ventricular tachycardia in Bedouin families from Israel. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 69(6):1378-84.

2001.

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5. Katz G, Khoury A, Kurtzwald E, Hochauser E, Porat E, Shainberg A, Seidman JG,

Seidman CE, Lorber A, Eldar M, Arad M. Optimizing catecholaminergic polymorphic

ventricular tachycardia therapy in calsequestrin-mutant mice. Heart Rhythm. Jul 8. 2010.

6. Lefeber DJ, Brouwer AP, Morava E, Riemersma M, Schuurs-Hoeijmakers JH,

Absmanner B, Verrijp K, Akker WM, Huijben K, Steenbergen G, Reeuwijk J, Jozwiak A,

Zucker N, Lorber A, Lammens M, Knopf C, Bokhoven H, Grünewald S, Lehle L, Kapusta

L, Mandel H, Wevers RA. Autosomal recessive dilated cardiomyopathy due to DOLK

mutations results from abnormal dystroglycan O-mannosylation. PLoS Genet.

7(12):e1002427,2011.

7. Tiosano D, Schwartz Y, Braver Y, Hadash A, Gepstein V, Weisman Y, Lorber A. The renin-angiotensin system, blood pressure, and heart structure in patients with hereditary vitamin D-resistance rickets (HVDRR). J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Sep;26(9):2252-60.2011

8. Novak A, Barad L, Zeevi-Levin N, Shick R, Shtrichman R, Lorber A, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Binah O. Cardiomyocytes generated from CPVT(D307H) patients are arrhythmogenic in response to β-adrenergic stimulation. J Cell Mol Med. 16(3):468-82,2012.

9. Mandel Y, Weissman A, Schick R, Barad L, Novak A, Meiry G, Goldberg S, Lorber A, Rosen MR, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Binah O. Human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes exhibit beat rate variability and power-law behavior. Circulation. 21;125(7):883-93,2012.

10. Novak A, Lorber A, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Binah O. Modeling Cathecolaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal 3(3)e0015, 2012.

11. A. Lorber, G. Mainzer, L. Kapusta. Reference values for two-dimensional speckle tracking-derived longitudinal strain, strain rate and time to peak deformation of the fetal heart. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. Accepted October 2012.

12. Kapusta L, Mainzer G, Weiner Z, Deutsch L, Khoury A, Haddad S, Lorber A. Second trimester ultrasound: reference values for two-dimensional speckle tracking-derived longitudinal strain, strain rate and time to peak deformation of the fetal heart. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. Dec;25(12):1333-41. 2012.

13. Kapusta L, Zucker N, Frenckel G, Medalion B, Gal TB, Birk E, Mandel H, Nasser N, Morgenstern S, Zuckermann A, Lefeber DJ, de Brouwer A, Wevers RA, Lorber A, Morava E. From discrete dilated cardiomyopathy to successful cardiac transplantation in congenital disorders of glycosylation due to dolichol kinase deficiency (DK1-CDG). Heart Fail Rev. Mar;18(2):187-96. 2013.

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14. Ben-Ari M, Schick R, Barad L, Novak A, Ben-Ari E, Lorber A, Itskovitz-Eldor J, Rosen MR, Weissman A, Binah O. From beat rate variability in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived pacemaker cells to heart rate variability in human subjects. Heart Rhythm. 2014 Oct;11(10):1808-18.hrthm.2014.05.037. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

CLINICAL RESEARCH

1. Lorber A., Ettedgui J.A., Baker E.J., Jones O.D.H., Reidy J., Tynan M.J. Baloon

aortoplasty for recoarctation following the subclavian flap operation.

Int. J. Cardiol. 10:57-63, 1986.

2. Ettedgui J.A., Lorber A., Anderson D. Double aortic arch associated with coarctation.

Int. J. Cardiol. 12:258-60, 1986.

3. Weiss D., Lorber A., Maisuls E., Palant A., Anginal syndrome with normal coronary

arteriogram. Harefuah 112:380-2, 1987.

4. Lorber A., Luder A.S., Very early presentation of Pompe's disease and cross-sectional

Echocardiographic features. Int. J. Cardiol. 16:311-4, 1987.

5. Lorber A., Luder A.S., Dembo L., Acute bacterial endocarditis in early infancy (letter).

Int. J. Card. 17:343-5, 1987.

6. Maisuls E., Lorber A., Quinidine-induced torsade de pointes suppressed by paroxysmal

atrial fibrillation. Int. J. Cardiol. 16:315-7, 1987.

7. Lorber A., Maisuls E., Weiss D., Palant A., Wave amplitude changes during stress

testing in ischemic patients with normal epicardial coronary arteries. Int. J. Cardiol. 19:309-

14, 1988.

8. Lorber A., Zonis Z., Maisuls E., Dembo L., Palant A., Iancu T.C., The scale of

myocardial involvment in varicella myocarditis. Int. J. Cardiol. 20:257-62, 1988.

9. Lorber A., Maisuls E., Naschitz J., Electrocardiographic pattern of pseudo left posterior

hemiblock and incomplete right bundle branch block. Int. J. Cardiol. 20:399-402, 1988.

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10. Lorber A., Weiss D., Dembo L., Palant A., Echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous

origin of left coronary artery. Harefua 116:43-4, 1989.

11. Hardoff R., Luder A.S., Lorber A., Dembo L., Early detection of infantile endocarditis by

gallium-67 scintigraphy. Eur. J. Nucl. Med.. 15:219-21, 1989.

12. Bronstein M., Zimmer E., Milo S., Ho S.Y., Gerlis L., Lorber A., Fetal cardiac

abnormalities detected by transvaginal sonography at 12-16 week’s gestation.

Obstet. Gynecol. 78:374-8, 1991.

13. Bronstein M., Zimmer E., Gerlis L., Lorber A., Drugan A., Early ultrasound diagnosis of

fetal congenital heart defects in high risk and low risk pregnancies. Obstet. Gynecol.

82:225-9, 1993.

14. Adler Y., Finkelstein Y., Zandman-Goddard G., Blank M., Lorber M., Lorber A., Faden

D., Shoenfeld Y., The presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in acute myocardial

infarction. Lupus, 4:309-13, 1995.

15. Milo S., Bar-El, Adler Z., Halberthal M., Lorber A., Punch pulmonary valvectomy:

another alternative to treat critical pulmonary stenosis. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 64:261-4,

1997.

16. Lampit M; Lorber A; Vilkas DL; Hochberg Z. Cardiac involvement in the GH withdrawal

syndrome in short normal children. Horm Res;48(suppl 2):1-201, 1997

17. Margalit-Stashefski, Lorber A., Margalit E., Familial occurrence of Ebstein anomaly.

Harefuah 134:762-4, 1998.

18. Bronstein M., Lorber A., Berant M., Auslander R., Zimmer E., Sonographic diagnosis of

fetal vascular rings in early pregnancy. Am. J. Cardiol. 81:101-3, 1998.

19. Shavit I., Brenner B., Lanir N., Kassis I., Lorber A., Shehadeh N., Coexistence of

acquired protein S and protein C deficiency and the Arg506Gln mutation in factor Va in a

child with severe thromboembolic disease. Acta. Paediatr. 87:349-50, 1998.

20. Lampit M., Lorber A., Vilkas D.I., Nave T., Hochberg Z., GH dependence and GH

withdrawl syndrome in GH treatment of short normal children: evidence from growth and

cardiac output. Eur. J. Endocrinol. 138:401-7, 1998.

21. Milo S., Adler Z., Bar-El Y., Kertsman V., Sawaed S., Lorber A., Reisner S., No-React

anticalcification tissue treatment results with stentless heart valves in two adolescents. J.

Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 117:1222-3, 1999.

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22. Sharoni E., Katz J., Dagan O., Lorber A., Hirsch R., Blieden L.C., Vidne B.A., The

Ross operation: initial Israeli experience. Isr. Med. Assoc. J. 2:115-7, 2000.

23. Peretz N.M., Goldberg H., Kuten A., Meller I., Krivoi E., Lorber A., Bentur L., Long

term sequelae of malignant tumors in childhood: consequence late side-effects. Harefuah.

140:95-100, 2001.

24. Weiner Z., Lorber A., Shalev E., Diagnosis of congenital cardiac defects between 11

and 14 weeks’ gestation in high-risk patients. J. Ultrasound Med. 21:23-29, 2002.

25. Friedberg M., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Braver Y., Lorber A., Percutaneous

Transcatheter Occlusion of the Patent Arterial Duct using the pfm DuctOcclud Coil via a

trans-aortic and trans-pulmonary approach. Cardiol. Young. 12: 465-469, 2002.

26. Yanir Y., Shupak A., Abramovich A., Reisner S., Lorber A., Cardiogenic shock

complicating acute carbon monoxide poisoning despite neurologic and metabolic

recovery. Ann. Emerg. Med. 40: 420-4. 2002.

27. Lorber A., Gazit A.Z., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Mandel H., Cardiac Manifestations in

Thiamine Responsive Megaloblastic Anemia Syndrome. Pediatric Cardiology. 24:476-81,

2003.

28. Lorber A., Gazit A.Z., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Freudental F., Percutaneous Trans-

Aortic Occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus using a New Versatile Angiographic and

Delivery Catheter. Pediatr. Cardiol. 24:482-3, 2003.

29. Hashkes PJ., Tauber T., Somekh E., Brik R., Mukamel M., Lorber A., Berkovitch

M., Uziel Y., Naproxen as an alternative to aspirin for the treatment of the arthritis of

rheumatic fever: a randomized trial. J. Pediatr 143: 339-401, 2003.

30. Bar-Sela G., Ben-Arush MW., Reisner S., Lorber A., Haim N., Atrial Metastasis

detected by Two-dimensional Echocardiography. Acta Oncologica. 43:87-90, 2004.

31. Hadash A., Braver Y., Lorber A., Spontaneous echoes due to hypoalbuminemia,

Cardiology in the Young, 14: 1 – 2, 2004.

32. Hayari L, Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Treatment strategy in the fracture of an implanted

central venous catheter. J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. 28:160-2, 2006.

33. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y. Lorber A. Coronary angiography in patients undergoing

Transcatheter closure of interatrial shunt. J Invasive Cardiol.19(1):16-8, 2007.

34. Cohen M, Mansoor D, Langut H, Lorber A. Quality of life, depressed mood and self-

esteem in adolescents with heart disease. . Psychosom Med 69: 313-8. 2007.

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35. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y. Lorber A. Analysis of Left and Right Ventricular Doppler

Tissue Imaging in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Closure of Patent foramen ovale. J

Invasive Cardiol 19:252-4, 2007.

36. Hirsch R *, Lorber A,*, Shapira Y, Brosh D, Houri A, Bass J, Kornowski R, Battler A.

Initial Experience with the Amplatzer Membranous Septal Occluder in Adults. Acute Card

Care. 9(1):54-9, 2007.

37. Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A. The familial form of atrial septal defect. Acta Paediatr.

96(5):726-30, 2007.

38. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Percutaneous Closure of a Secundum Atrial Septal Defect in

Elderly Patients. J Invasive Cardiology, 19:510–2, 2007.

39. Cohen M., Mansoor D., Gagin R, Lorber A., . Perceived parenting style, self-esteem

and psychological distress in adolescents with heart disease. Psychological Health

Medicine. 13(4):381-8. 2008.

40. Gelernter-Yaniv L, Khoury A; Schwartz Y, Lorber A,. Transcatheter Closure of Right to

Left Inter-Atrial Shunts to Resolve Hypoxemia. Congenit Heart Dis. 3(1) : 47-53 ,2008.

41. Telman G, Yalonetsky S, Kouperberg E, Sprecher E, Lorber A, Yarnitsky D. Size of

PFO and amount of microembolic signals in patients with ischaemic stroke or TIA. Eur J

Nerol. 15(9):969-72,2008.

42. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Comparative changes of pulmonary artery pressure values

and tricuspid valve regurgitation following transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in

adults and the elderly. Congenit Heart Dis. 4(1):17-20. 2009.

43. Cohen M, Mansoor D, Yalonetsky S, Gagin R, Lorber A. Psychological functioning

and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older patients following percutaneous closure

of the secundum atrial septal defect (ASD). Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 50(3):e5-8, 2010.

44. Mainzer G, Lorber A. Morphological, mechanical, conductive and hemodynamic

changes following trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defect. Congenit Heart Dis.

5(1):25-31, 2010.

45. Cohen M, Daniela M, Lorber A. Patent Foramen Ovale closure in post-CVA/TIA

patients: psychological distress, quality of life and optimism. Int J Clin Pract.

Jan;64(2):182-7, 2010.

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46. Shachor-Meyouhas Y, Kassis A, Joseph Guilburd ,Lorber A. Brain Abscess in Children

- Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors and Management in the Modern Medicine Era. Acta

Paediatr. 99(8):1163-7, 2010.

47. Pe'er A, Lorber A, Suraiya S, Malhotra A, Pillar G. The occurrence of Cheyne-Stokes

respiration in congestive heart failure: the effect of age. Frontiers in psychiatry. September

2010, volume 1, article 133.

48. Neumann G, Aronson D, Gaitini D, Shehade N, Lorber A. Cardiovascular Risk Factors

in Children with Parental History of Premature Ischemic Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol

32(5):628-33, 2011.

49. Cohen M, Telman G, Mansoor M, Lorber A. Comparison of psychological symptoms in

post-cryptogenic cerebral-vascular accident (CVA) and/or transient ischemic attack (TIA)

patients who have undergone foramen ovale closure and in post-CVA patients. Arch

Gerontol Geriatr 52(3):e152-5,2011.

50. Friedberg MK, Solt I, Weyl-Ben-Arush M, Braver Y, Lorber A. Cardiac function in long-term survivors of childhood lymphoma. Cardiol Res Pract. 2011 Jan 20;2011:316927

50. Yalonetski S, Lorber A.Transcatheter Amplatzer septal occluder closure of residual

ASD shunt: following StarFlex spring protrusion.

Heart Asia;3:39-40, 2011.

51. Aaron S, Mainzer G, Lorber A. Taming the "cobra": an approach to "cobra-like" formation seen in the Occlutech atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale occluders. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Mar 1;79(4):678-80, 2011.

52. Eliyahu S, Roguin A, Kerner A, Boulos M, Lorber A, Halabi M, Suleiman M, Nikolsky E,Rispler S, Beyar R. Patient safety and outcomes from live case demonstrations of interventional cardiology procedures. JACC Cardiovasc Interv.5(2):215-24. 2012.

53. Zimmer EZ, Blazer S, Lorber A, Solt I, Egenburg S, Bronshtein M. Fetal Ebstein's anomaly: early and late appearance. Prenat Diagn. 32(3):228-33, 2012.

54. Marai I, Khoury A, Suleiman M, Gepstein L, Blich M, Lorber A, Boulos M. Importance ofventricular tachycardia storms not terminated by implantable cardioverter defibrillators shocks in patients with CASQ2 associated catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Am J Cardiol. 2012 Jul 1;110(1):72-6. Epub 2012 Apr 3.

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55. Dotan M, Roguin A, Sinyor D, Yalonetsky S, Asaad K, Schwartz Y, Khatib I, Lorber A. Increased incidence of coronary artery origin anomalies associated with isolated patent ductus arteriosus. Pediatr Cardiol. Apr;34(4):907-11. 2013.

56. Mahamid J, Lorber A, Horovitz Y, Shalev SA, Collin GB, Naggert JK, Marshall JD, Spiegel R. Extreme clinical variability of dilated cardiomyopathy in two siblings with alströmsyndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. Feb;34(2):455-8. 2013.

57. Samuel N, Hershkovitz T, Brik R, Lorber A, Shavit I. Diagnosing heart failure in children with congenital heart disease and respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. Am J Emerg Med. Sep 6, 2014 .

58. Kessel I, Waisman D, Lavie-Nevo K, Golzman M, Lorber A, Rotschild A. Paracetamol effectiveness, safety and blood level monitoring during patent ductus arteriosus closure: a case series. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2014 Nov;27(16):1719-21. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2013.871630. Epub Feb 7 2014.

CASE REPORTS

1. Maor N., Weiss D., Lorber A., Torsade de pointes complicating atrioventricular block.

Int. J. Cardiol. 14:235-8, 1987.

2. Maisuls E., Maor N., Lorber A., Idiopathic recurrent sustained parasystolic ventricular

tachycardia responsive to Verapamil in a 15-year-old patient. Int. J. Cardiol. 15:116-9,

1987.

3. Maor N., Lorber A., Weiss D., Atrioventricular block complicating dissecting aneurysm of

the aorta. Int. J. Cardiol. 15:352-4, 1987.

4. Lorber A., Maisuls E., Palant A. Autosomal dominant inheritance of sinus node disease.

Int. J. Cardiol. 15:252-6, 1987.

5. Maisuls E., Lorber A., Weiss D., Transient complete atrioventricular dissociation and

asystole following junctional premature beats in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.

Int. J. Cardiol. 15:120-2, 1987.

6. Weiss D., Lorber A., Pacemaker Twiddler's syndrome. Int. J. Cardiol. 15:357-60, 1987.

7. Lorber A., Waisman D.,Weintraub Z., Bedside demonstration of the absence of the right

pulmonary artery in a premature baby. Int. J. Cardiol. 19:255-9,1988.

8. Lorber A., Maisuls E., Naschitz J., Hereditary right axis deviation: electrocardiographic

pattern of pseudo left posterior hemiblock and incomplete right bundle branch block.

Int. J. Cardiol. 20:257-62, 1988.

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9. Lorber A., Zonis Z., Maisuls E., Dembo L., Palant A., Iancu T.C., The scale

of myocardial involvment in varicella myocarditis. Int. J. Cardiol. 20:257-62, 1988.

10. Hardoff R., Luder A.S., Lorber A., Dembo L. Early detection of infantile endocarditis by

gallium-67 scintigraphy. Eur. J. Nucl. Med. 15:219-21, 1989.

11. Lorber A., Weiss D., Dembo L., Palant A., Echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous

origin of left coronary artery. Harefuah 116:43-4, 1989.

12. Lorber A., Gershoni M., Triventricular heart - separated left ventricle. Cardiology in the

Young 11, 1992.

13. Braun J., Zuckerman-Levin N., Even-Sapir E., Lorber A., Congenital arteriovenous

facial fistula cured by percutaneous embolization. Harefuah 122:417-9, 1992.

14. Lorber A., Itzkovitch D., Hallon F., Fixed subaortic stenosis and redundant mitral valve

forming- subaortic chamber during ventricular systole. Cardiol. Young 4:307- 9, 1994.

15. Shapira M., Borochowitz Z., Bar-El H., Dar H., Etzioni A., Lorber A., Deletion of the

short arm of chromosome 10 (10p13). Am. J. Med. Genetics 52:34-38, 1994.

16. Lessick J., Schwartz Y., Lorber A., Neonatal advanced heart block due to cardiac

tumor. Pediatr. Cardiol. 19:263-5, 1998.

17. Schwartz Y.M., Berkowitz D., Lorber A., Transvenous coil embolization of a patent

ductus venosus in a 2-month-old child. Pediatrics 103:1045-7, 1999.

18. Makhoul I.R., Sujov P., Gaitini D., Lorber A., Congenital arterio-venous fistula with a

massive aneurysm of the vein . Galen. Isr. Med. Assoc. J. 2:53, 2000.

19. Magen D., Ish-Shalom N., Lorber A., Khoury A., Zelikovic I., An infant with polydactyly,

and renal anomalies: Early diagnosis of a rare syndrome. Nephrology Dialysis

Transplantation Journal, 17: 2261-4, 2002.

20. Kapeliovich M., Agmon Y., Zdorovyak A., Hammerman H., Beyar R., Mahamid E.,

Matanis Y., Finkelstein R., Braver Y., Khoury A., Lorber A., Severe Hypoxemia in a Patient

with acute Myocardial Infarction. International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions.

International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions 2: 85-7, 2004.

21. Lorber A., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Braver Y., Klein-Kremer A., Gelernter-Yaniv L.,

The advantage of the DuctOcclud coil for the occlusion of Aorto-Pulmonary Shunts,

IMAJ, 6:498-9, 2004.

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22. Lessick J., Kumar G., Beyar R., Lorber A., Engel A., Anomalous Origin of a Posterior

Descending Artery from the Right Pulmonary Artery: Report of a Rare Case Diagnosed by

Multidetector CT Angiography, J Comput Assist Tomog . 28:857-9, 2004.

23. Shnaider H., Shiran A., Lorber A. Behind the Curtain – Right Ventricular Diastolic

Dysfunction and Patent Foramen Ovale causing profound Cyanosis. Heart. 90:e31, 2004.

24. Gershin E, Lessic J, Litmanovich D, Ofer A, Elhasid R, Lorber A, Dragu R, Rispler S,

Haimi M, Engel A. Septal bounch in constrictive pericarditis : diagnosis and dynamic

evaluation with multidetector CT. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 28:676-8, 2004.

25. Amir G, Khouri A, Lorber A, Mishaly D. Extracardiac reconstruction of anomalous

superior systemic venous return. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 3:328-30, 2004.

26. Ghersin E, Khoury A, Litmanovich D, Lorber A , Halberthal M, Engel A, Lessick J.

Comprehensive multidetector computed tomography assessment of severe cardiac

contusion in a pediatric patient: correlation with echocardiography. J Comput Assist

Tomogr.29:739-41,2005.

27. Yalonetsky S, Nun AB, Shwartz Y, Lorber A . Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen

ovale prior to a pneumonectomy to prevent platypnea syndrome.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 29:622-4, 2006,.

28. Waisman D, Rotschild A, Bardicef M, Zelnik N, Auslander R, Kessel I, Lorber A . Fetal

paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia without heart failure leading to ischemic damage.

Prenat Diagn. 26(2):187-8, 2006.

29. Yalonetsky S, Khouri A, Shwartz Y, Lorber A . Transcatheter treatment of combined

congenital heart anomalies in an adult cyanotic patient. Harefuah 145:654-5, 703, 2006.

30 . Lorber A, Nair P, Gruberg L. Transcatheter closure of acquired Gerbode defect

following mitral valve replacement using the Amplatzer duct occluder.

J Invasive Cardiol. Oct;18(10):E264-6. 2006.

31. Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Schwartz Y, Lorber A . [Transcatheter treatment of combined

congenital heart anomalies in an adult cyanotic patient] . Harefuah, 145(9):654-5, 703.

2006.

32. S. Yalonetsky; Y. Schwartz; A. Roguin; A. Lorber. Combined percutaneous coronary

intervention and atrial septal defect closure in an adult patient.

Acute Cardiac Care, 9: 254-6, 2007,

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33. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Left ventricular segmental dysfunction following percutaneous

transcatheter closure of a memebranous ventricular septal defect. Catheter Cardiovasc

Interv. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 69:590-2; discussion 593, 2007.

34. Yalonetsky S, Mishali D, Ben-Barak A, Lorber A. Mitral valve destruction by Hodgkin's

lymphoma-associated Loefler endocarditis. Pediatr Cardiol 29(5):983-5, 2008.

35. Mainzer G, Khoury A, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A. Neonatal atrial fibrillation after

surgical repair of tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia. Pediatr Cardiol.

29(1):150-2. 2008

36. Yalonetsky S, Aharonson D, Hirsh R, Lorber A. Sudden cardiac death caused by

native aortic valve thrombosis in an adult patient with a complex congenital cyanotic heart

disease. Int J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print]

37. G. Mainzer, A. Lorber Transcatheter Closure of a Large Atrial Septal Defect in a Case

of Thrombocytopenia. Pediatric Cardiology . 29(5):1014-5, 2008.

38. Perlitz Y, Mukary M, Lorber A, Ben-Ami M. Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Cardiac Right

Ventricular Diverticulum Disappearing at Three Months of Age. A Case Report and

Literature Review. Fetal Diagn Ther. 29;25(1):44-46. 2009.

39. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Late high degree atrioventricular block after percutaneous

closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect. Cardiol Young. Jun;19(3):298-300.

2009.

40. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by Native Aortic Valve

Thrombosis in an Adult Patient with a Complex Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease

Int J Cardiol. Jul 24;136(1):e11-3, 2009.

41. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Percutaneous closure of a secundum atrial septal defect after

surgical pericardectomy. Cardiovasc J Afr. Nov-Dec;20(6):353-4, 2009..

42. Khoury A, Khatib I, Halabi M, Lorber A. Transcatheter Closure of Ruptured Right-

Coronary Aortic Sinus Fistula to Right Ventricle- Annals Pediatric Cardiology 3(2):178-

80,2010. 2010.

43. Marai I, Suleiman M, Lorber A, Boulos M. Iatrogenic intra-atrial macro-reenterant tachycardia following transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect treated by radiofrequencyablation. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 4(2):192-4.2011.

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44. Toledano K , Guralnik L, Lorber A, Yigla M,MOfer, Braun-Moscovici Y, Rozin A, Markovits D, Schapira L, Balbir-Gurman A .Pulmonary arteries involvement in Takayasu’s arteritis: two cases and literature review. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 41(3):461-70. 2011.

45. Mainzer G , Zaidman I , Hatib I, Lorber A. Intrapericardial steroid treatment for recurrent pericardial effusion in a patient with acute lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Hematol Oncol 29(4):220-1, 2011.

46. Jurcut R, Daraban AM, Lorber A, Deleanu D, Amzulescu MS, Zara C, Popescu BA, Ginghina C. Coarctation of the aorta in adults: what is the best treatment? Case report andliterature review.J Med Life. 4(2):189-95. 2011.

47. Kassis I, Shachor-Meyouhas Y, Khatib I, Khoury A, Le TP, Lorber A. Kingella endocarditis after closure of ventricular septal defect with a transcatheter device. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 31(1):105-6, 2012.

48. Mahamid J, Lorber A, Horovitz Y, Shalev SA, Collin GB, Naggert JK, Marshall JD, Spiegel R. Extreme Clinical Variability of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Two Siblings With Alström Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Mar 24, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]

49. Jamal Mahamid, Avraham Lorber,Yoseph Horovitz, Stavit A. Shalev,Gayle B. Collin, Jürgen K. Naggert, Jan D. Marshall & Ronen Spiegel., Extreme Clinical Variability of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Two Siblings With Alström Syndrome.Pediatric Cardiology 24(1), 2013.

50. Tal R., Yitzhack Schwartz., Jenny Zolotushko., Lorber A., Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) with tetralogy of Fallot - to treat or not to treat? Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar 1;172(1):e175-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.055. Epub 2013 Dec 30.

REVIEWS

1. Weiss D., Lorber A., Maisuls E., Palant A. Anginal syndrome with normal coronary

arteriogram. Harefua 112:380-2, 1987.

2. Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A . Anomalous origin of the main stem of the left coronary

artery from the pulmonary trunk presenting with left ventricular hypertrophy.

Cardiol Young. 17(1):78-83,2007.

CHAPTER IN BOOKS

1. Percutaneous Closure of heart defects using the Amplatzer Septal Occluder.

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In "Imagistica La Bolnavi Cardiaci" Editura Medicala 2010.

2. Modeling Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia and Long-QT

Syndrome using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes. Lili Barad,

Atara Novak, Avraham Lorber, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, OferBinah. In Volume 7 of the

series “Adaptation Biology and Medicine, 2012.

PATENTS

1976 Osmotic Generator LL76 – an industrial-technological system for the production of

energy (electric power) with no environmental pollution. 1. 2001 Lorber Pediatric Sizing Cobra (3), AngioDynamics Inc. catalogue # 53709015

(5F 80 mm), 53709014 (5F 90 mm), 53709013 (4F 80 mm), 53709012 (4F 65 mm).

Lot 536616 design and development of a catheter for trans-aortic occlusion of PDA.

2. 2002 Design and development of Trans-Aortic NitOcclud Coil for the occlusion of

PDA. Lot 145056, 145057. Produced by the pfm Company – AG Cologne ,

Germany.

3. 2010 Generation of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) and cardiomyocytes

from Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) and Long QT

(LQT) patients. Technion - No 1270

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Seminar in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Morphology - May 18-19, 1989, Haifa.

INVITED LECTURES

Local

1. Lorber A. Trans-catheter Closure of PDA Using the Rashkind Occluder. Frontiers in

Interventional Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.

3 March 1996.

2. Lorber A. Trans-catheter Closure of PDA Using the pfm-DuctOcclud coil. Frontiers in

Interventional Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa. 19 March

1998.

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3. Lorber A. ASD Closure using the NMT Cardioseal and Starflex devices. Frontiers in

Interventional Cardiology: At the Doorsteps of the Third Millenium. The Rappaport Faculty

of Medicine, Technion, Haifa. 10 February 2000.

4. Lorber A. Trans-catheter Closure of PDA Using the pfm-DuctOcclud coil. Frontiers in

Interventional Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.

1 March 2001.

5. Lorber A. Clinical and Technical Considerations for Trans-catheter Closure of PFO.

Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion,

Haifa. 19 February 2002.

6. Lorber A. The safety of Trans-catheter Closure of ASDs. Frontiers in Interventional

Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.

11 February 2003.

7. Lorber A. Trans-catheter Closure of Fenestrated ASD Using the AGA Amplatzer ASO.

Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion,

Haifa. 21 June 2005.

8. Lorber A. Trans-Catheter PFO closure reduces TIA/CVA Events.

The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel

Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

9. Lorber A. The enigma of PFO and cryptogenic stroke. Grand round , Lady Davis

Carmel Hospital. 10 May 2006.

10. Lorber A. The controversy of PFO closure. Grand round , Hillel Yafe

Hospital. 6 June 2006.

11.Lorber A. Trans-catheter approach for Congenital Heart Disease . Grand round ,

Bnay Zion Medical Center. 5 October 2006.

12. Lorber A. Trans – Cathetre closure of Inter-atrial shunts. Grand round , Rambam

Health Campus. February 8 2007.

13.Lorber A. The enigma of PFO and cryptogenic stroke. Grand round , Bnay Zion

Hospital. 24 April 2007.

14.Lorber A. The Advantages and Limitations of Trans-catheter Closure of Very

Large Secundum ASDs using the AGA Amplatzer ASO. Frontiers in Interventional

Cardiology, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.19 June 2007.

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15. Lorber A. Controversies of Trans-catheter Closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale.

The 54th Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society with the Israel Society of

Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel-Aviv, April 18-19, 2007.

16. Lorber A. Transcatheter closure of shunt at atrial level – the Rambam

experience. ICI, Tel Aviv, December 2-3 2007,Israel.

17. Lorber A. Transcatheter closure of PFO. The Rabin medical center, January 16 ,

2008.

18. Khatib I, Khoury A, Schwartz Y, Lorber A. Percutaneous VSD Closure by the Nit-

Occlud® VSD Spiral Coil: Early Short-Term Rambam Experience. The 57th Annual

Congress of The The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery – oral presentation. The

57th Annual Congress of The Israel Heart Society in association with The Israel

Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. April 15, 2010.

19. Fenestrated Inter-Atrial Septum – Characteristics and Theraputic Tactics: The RAMBAM Experience – ICI, december 2012, Tel-Aviv.

National and International abroad

1. Lorber A., Schwartz Y., Khoury A., Braver Y. Transcatheter closure of PDA using the

NitOcclud pfm coil with the aortic approach. The 4 th International Meeting on

Interventional Cardiology: Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology, London, UK,

24 - 27 June 2001.

2. Lorber A., Schwartz Y., Khoury A., Braver Y., Trans-catheter PFO Closure: A Useful

and Effective Therapy The European AGA Medical 4th International AMPLATZER

Symposium, Amsterdam, 15 May 2002.

3. Lorber A. Transcatheter closure of PFOs and ASD's – the Rambam Experience. Clinical

and technological aspects. Congenital Heart Disease Society Conference, Fundeni

Hospital, Bucharest, 28 June 2007.

4. Lorber A. Transcatheter closure of ASD's in elderly patients. Congenital Heart Disease

Society Conference, Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest, 15 November 2007.

5. Lorber A. Trans-catheter PFO Closure. Azerbaijan, Baku Children's Hospital. 2008

6. Lorber A. Strategy of Treatment in Congenital Heart Disease. Kazakhstan, Almaty, 15

May 2008

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7. Lorber A. Diagnostic and Interventional procedures in Congenital Heart Disease.

Bucharest, 27 May 2008

8. Lorber A. Trans-catheter Closure of Inter-atrial Shunts. Sinaia, 22 September 2008,

The Annual National Society of Cardiology Conference.

9. Lorber A. Strategy of Treatment in Congenital Heart Disease. Baku, Azerbaijan,

November 9 , 2008.

10. Lorber A. Pulmonary valve stenosis – The spectrum of the disease and curative

measures. Bucharest February 17, 2009.

11. Lorber A. Genetic and Familial Aspects of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects.

National Conference of the Vietnam Pediatric Society. DaNang, 26 September 2009 –

lecture and a member of the organizing committee.

12. Lorber A. Transcatheter Closure of VSD. Innovations in Cardiovascular

Interventions (ICI 2009) Meeting. Hotel David InterContinental Tel-Aviv, December

6-8, 2009.

13. Lorber A. Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI 2009) Meeting

Panelist - Session Name: S18 - Structural Heart Disease. Hotel David

InterContinental Tel-Aviv, December 6-8, 2009.

14. Lorber A. Chair - Pediatric Cardiology - Diagnosis and Treatment of Arrhythmias in

Children. 10th International Dead Sea Symposium on Cardiac Arrhytmia and Device

Therapy. February 8-9, 2010.

15. Lorber A. Percutaneous Transcatheter Therapeutic Procedures in Congenital

Heart Disease as an Alternative to Heart Surgery. Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest. April 8,

2010.

16. . Lorber A. Percutaneous Closure of VSD. The national Congress of Cardiology.

Sinaia, Romania. 7-9 October 2010

17. Lorber A. Controversies of percutaneous closure of Atrial Septal Defects.

Congenital Heart Disease Conference. University of St. Petersburg 30 May 2012.

18. Lorber A. Chalanges and dilemmas in trans-chatheter closure of Atrial Septal

Defects. Pan Russian Congress of Pediatric Cardiology.Moscow 3 June 2012.

19. Lorber A. Cardiomyopathies in childhood. The 51 National Congress of

Cardiology,Sinaia, 4-6 October 2012.

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20. Lorber A. Percutaneous closure of ASD. The 51 National Congress of

Cardiology,Sinaia, 4-6 October 2012.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL CONGRESSES (LECTURES AND

POSTERS)

Local

1. Maisuls E., Lorber A., Margulis T., Weiss D., Azmoni S., Palant A., Electrocardiographic

diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in apical right ventricular endocardial pace

electrocardiograms correlated to M-mode echo-cardiographic derivation of left ventricular

mass. VIIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Jerusalem 1987.

2. Colin A., Daskalovic Y., Gozal D., Lorber A., Kerem D., Hypoxic response in

adolescents with corrected cyanotic heart disease. Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.

May 1989.

3. Mandel H., Schwartz Y., Lorber A., Berant M., Cardiac involvement in the thiamine

responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome. XIV European Section Meeting of the

International Society for Heart Research, Jerusalem. 9-13 May 1993.

4. Eldar M., Glick A., Hegesh J., Lorber A., Glikson M., Belhassen B., Radiofrequency

ablation of accessory pathways in children and adolescents. Annual Meeting of the Israeli

Heart Society, Tel-Aviv, 24-25 April 1995.

5. Lorber A., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Braver Y., Transcatheter closure of PDA using the

DuctOcclud coil. 1st International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology, Jerusalem, Israel

18 June – 23 June 1995.

6. Lorber A., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Braver Y., Transcatheter closure of PFO; NMT

cardioseal device, Live presentation 2nd International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology,

Jerusalem, Israel. 30 June – 3 July 1997.

7. Lorber A., Schwartz Y., Khoury A., Braver Y., Satellite Symposium on “Stenting and

Adjunctive Pharmaceutical Therapy” Eilat, Israel. 4 – 5 July 1997.

8. 14. Amikam S., Lorber A., Bar-El Y., Our experience with permanent cardiac pacing in

children and adolescents. The annual meeting of the Israel Heart Society, Tel Aviv, April

1998.

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9. Lorber A., Schwartz Y., Khoury A., Braver Y., Transcathether closure of PFO; Amplatzer

occluder. Live presentation 3rd International Meeting on Interventional Cardiology,

Jerusalem, Israel . June 27 – July 1, 1999.

10. Friedberg M., Khoury A., Schwartz Y., Braver Y., Lorber A., Percutaneous

transcatheter occlusion of the patent arterial duct using the pfm DuctOcclud Coil via a

trans-aortic and trans-pulmonary approach. Israeli Cardiology Society Meeting, Tel-Aviv,

April 2002.

11. Schwartz Y., Lorber A., TEE Guidance of Transcatheter ASD/PFO Closure. European

Society of Cardiology Congress in Berlin. September 2002.

12. Schwartz Y., Lorber A., Novel Outreach Mobile Congenital Heart Disease

Service: A 7-year Experience. The 51st Annual Conference of the Israel Heart

Society, Tel-Aviv. April 2004.

13. Schwartz Y., Lorber A., Live 3D Echocardiography for Guidance of Percutaneous

ASD/PFO Closure. Open Day for research presentation at Rambam Medical Centre,

Haifa. October 2004.

14. Schwartz Y., Yalonetsky S., Khoury A., Braver Y., Yaniv-Gelernter L., Lorber A.,

Transcatheter ASD Closure in Adults: Effective Alternative to Surgery. Open Day for

research presentation at Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa. October 2004.

15. Schwartz Y., Khoury A.,Yalonetsky S., Braver Y., Yaniv-Gelernter L., Lorber A.,

Transcatheter PFO Occlusion Effectively Prevents Recurrence of Stroke. Open Day for

research presentation at Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa. October 2004.

16. Hirsch R., Lorber A., Shapia Y., Brosh D., Khoury A., Bass J., Koronowski R.,

Battler A., Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Initial Experience with the Amplatzer

Membranous Septal Occluder in Older Patients. Poster. The 52nd Annual Conference of

the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel-

Aviv April 2005.

17. Mishaly D., Sheick-Yousif B., Prisman S., Hegesh J., Frand M.,Khoury A., Lorber A.

Esthetical Consideration in Congenital Heart Surgery. Poster. The 52nd Annual Conference

of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel-

Aviv April 2005.

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18. Schwartz Y, Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Braver Y, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A.

Transcatheter ASD closure in adults – effective alternative to surgery. The 53rd annual

conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic

Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

19. Schwartz Y, Lorber A. Fenestrated Inter-Atrial Septum – Characteristics and

therapeutic Tactics. The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with

The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

20. Gelernter-Yaniv L Schwartz Y, Khoury A, Yalonetsky S, Braver Y, , Lorber A.

A surprising High Prevalence of the Familial form of Atrial Septal Defect. The 53rd annual

conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic

Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

21. Gelernter-Yaniv L Khoury A, Schwartz Y, , Yalonetsky S, Braver Y, , Lorber A.

Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Right to Left Inter-Atrial Shunts to Resolve

Hypoxemia. The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The

Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

22. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y, Khoury A, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Braver Y, Lorber A. Analysis

of Left and Right Ventricular Doppler Tissue Imaging in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous

Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale. The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society

together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

23. Schwartz Y, Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Braver Y, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A.

Transcatheter PFO Closuer – Controversial but Effective in Preventing Recurrent Stroke.

The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel Society of

Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

24. Schwartz Y, Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Braver Y, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Lorber A. Educated

Reversion to Mini-dose Aspirin following PFO Closuer in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients is

Safe. The 53rd annual conference of the Israeli Heart Society together with The Israel

Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery . Tel-Aviv, April 26-27, 2006.

25. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y ,Khoury A, Gelernter-Yaniv L, Brawer Y, Lorber A.

Percutaneous atrial septal defect Closure in elderly patients. The 54 th Annual Conference

of the Israel Heart Society with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel-Aviv, April

18-19, 2007.

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26. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y ,Khoury A, Lorber A. Solysafe" Atrial Septal Occluder

Device - The First Israeli Experience. The 55th Annual Conference of The Israel Heart

Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel-Aviv, April 9-10,

2008.

27. Yalonetsky S, Lorber A. Comparative Hemodynamic Effects of Transcatheter Closure

of Atrial Septal Defects in Adult and Elderly Patients. The 55th Annual Conference of The

Israel Heart Society together with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel-Aviv,

April 9-10, 2008.

28. Yalonetsky S, Schwartz Y ,Khoury A, Braver Y, Lorber A. Impact of percutaneous

closure of Inter-Atrial shunts on future pregnancies: Successful single center 1 year

experience. The 55th Annual Conference of The Israel Heart Society together with The

Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel-Aviv, April 9-10, 2008.

29. Khouri A, Khatib I, Halabi M, Lorber A, Transcatheter closure of ruptured right coronary

aortic sinus fistula to right ventricle – oral presentation. The 57th Annual Congress of The

Israel Heart Society in association with The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

April 2010.

30. Neuman G, Lorber A, Aronson D, Shamir R, Gaitiny D, Shehadeh N. The Presence of

Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Children with Parental History of Premature Ischemic

Heart Disease - oral presentation. The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery – oral

presentation. The 57th Annual Congress of The Israel Heart Society in association with

The Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. April 2010

31. Dotan M, Rougin A, Sinyor D, Khouri A, Schwartz Y, Ihab Khatib, Lorber A.Increased

incidence of Coronary Artery Origin Anomalies Associated with Patent Ductus Arteiosus.

59th Annual conference of the Israel Heart Society in Assocoation with the Israel Society of

Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel Aviv 16-17 April 2012.

32. Yalonetski S, Lorber A, Wald R, Oechslin E. Gerbode type defect in Adults after Repair

of Tetralogy of Fallot. 59th Annual conference of the Israel Heart Society in Assocoation

with the Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Tel Aviv 16-17 April 2012.

National and International abroad

1. Kitzes R., Lorber A., Cohen L., Comparison between "old" and "new" Digoxin. World

conference of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, London, August 1980.

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2. Baker E.J., Lorber A., Jones O.D.A., Maisey M.N., Tynan M.J., Radinuclide

measurement of left to right shunt in children. British Pediatric Association 56th Annual

Meeting York, April 1984.

3. Ladusans E.J., Parsons J.M., Lorber A., Anderson D., Baker E.J., Maisey M.N.,

Tynan M.J., Radio-nuclide assessment of ventricular function after late correction of

Fallot's Tetralogy. Society Francaise de Cardiologie, Marseille – France, 16-17 June 1988.

4. Bronstein M., Blumenfeld Z., Lorber A., Gerlis A., Ho YS., Siegler E., Milo S.,

Brandes J., Zimmer E., Detection of fetal cardiac malformations by trans vaginal

sonography at 12 to 16 weeks of gestation. The First World Congress of Ultrasound in

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Conference of Fetal Echocardiography, London. 6-10

January 1991.

5. Weyl Ben Arush M., Solt I., Bentur L., Lorber A., El Hassid R., Kuten A., Pulmonary

and cardiac sequelae in long-term survivors of childhood lymphomas. American Society of

Clinical Oncology, Thirty-third Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. 17-20 May 1997.

6. Amikam S., Lorber A., Bar-El Y., Pacemaker implantation in children and young adults -

A 28 year experience. Asian-Pacific Congress on pacing and electrophysiology , New

Delhi, India. October 1997.

7. Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Lorber A. Percutaneous closure of the secundum atrial septal

defect in elderly patients. World Congress on Heart Disease. Inrenational academy of

Cardiology. Annual Scientific Sessions 2007, Vancouver,BC, Canada. July 28-31, 2007.

8. Schwartz Y, Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Lorber A Trans-Catheter Device-Specific ASDs /

PFOs Closure – Critical Appraisal of Available Armament and Recommended Therapeutic

Strategies. 5th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cairnes,

Australia. June 22-26 2009.

9. Yalonetsky S , Schwartz Y, Khoury A, Lorber A. Comparative Changes of Pulmonary

Artery Pressure Values and Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Following Transcatheter

Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Adult and Elderly Patients. 5th World Congress of

Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cairnes, Australia. June 22-26 2009

10. Schwartz Y, Lorber A. Outreach structural heart disease clinic: 2-years experience

with portable Echocardiography. 5th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac

Surgery, Cairnes, Australia. June 22-26 2009.

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11. Schwartz Y, Lorber A. Fenestrated Inter-Atrial Septum – Characteristics and

Therapeutic Tactics. 5th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery,

Cairnes, Australia. June 22-26 2009.

12. Schwartz Y, Yalonetsky S, Khoury A, Lorber A. Percutaneous PFO closure should be

performed selectively and using a defect-specific strategy. 5th World Congress of

Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cairnes, Australia. June 22-26 2009.

13. Tiosano D, Lorber A, Hochberg Z. The Renin-Angiotensin System, Blood Pressure

and Heart Structure in Patients with Vitamin D Dependent Rickets Type II. accepted for a

Poster Presentation at ENDO 2010: The 92nd Annual Meeting & Expo, June 19-22 in San

Diego, California.2010.

14. Y. Schwartz, A, Lorber. Percutaneous PFO closure performed selectively and using a

defect-specific strategy is highly effective in preventing recurrent TIA/CVA.Yje international

conference on heart & brain. Paris 1-3 March, 2012.

15. Y. Schwartz, A, Lorber . Fenestrated Inter-Atrial Characteristics and therapeutictatics: The Rambam Experience.. 9th International Workshop on Interventional Pediartic and Adult Congenital Cardiology.

Milan, 20-22 March 2013.

SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. Special Humanitarian-Voluntary medical activities in collaboration with "The Friends

of Rambam" and The Rambam Research Fund.

A voluntary-humanitarian project to treat children with Congenital Heart Diseases from

Lebanon in collaboration with "Or Lagoim".

A voluntary-humanitarian project to treat children with Congenital Heart Diseases from

the Palestinian Authorities in collaboration with Peres Center for Peace.

A voluntary-humanitarian project to treat children with Congenital Heart Diseases from

Iraq in collaboration with "Shevet Achim".

A voluntary-humanitarian project to educate local medical doctors and medical

teams to diagnose and treat children and adults with Congenital Heart Diseases in

Romania in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology.

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Establishment of National Cohort of Congenital Heart Disease in Romania in

collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology and the Romanian Society of

Cardiology.

2.Outreach Pediatric Cardiology Service in Northern Israel – "Lev Hayeled"

3.Counseling and education of the population carrying the gene for Catecholaminergic

Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, a potentially lethal autosomal recessive disease.

4.Tutor and instructor of interventional cardiology in congenital and structural

heart disease for the pediatric age and adult patients; Hadassah Medical Center,

Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Soroka Medical Center and Fundeni Hospital

Bucharest.

5. Founder of the Pediatric Cardiology Unit at the Meyer Children's Hospital,

Rambam Health Campus 1988.

6. Co-founder of the Romanian Cohort of Congenital and Structural Heart

Disease, in collaboration with the Fundeni Hospital, Bucharest, April 2010.

7. Co-founder (Rambam Medical Center representative) of the Israel Cohort of

Adults with Congenital Heart Disease, in collaboration with Hadassah Medical

Center, Rabin Medical Center, Gertner Institute – Sheba Medical Center,

October 2010.

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