
Asst. Clinical Professor
M_MED-CORE-CARD
Affiliation
+1 650 615-6000
Dr. DesJardin is a cardiologist who specializes in heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, and pulmonary hypertension. She is clinically skilled in evaluating and treating patients with varying degrees of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.
As a clinician-researcher, Dr. DesJardin focuses her area of study on pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, with a specific focus on improving diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
Publications
Evaluating Pregnancy Safety During Cardiology Training.
JAMA cardiology
Plasma Proteomics Identifies B2M as a Regulator of Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
Investigating the "sex paradox" in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR).
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
Reproductive Care in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Journal of Cardiac Failure
Dietary Sodium Restriction in Patients with Heart Failure.
The New England journal of medicine
Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance in advanced lung disease.
Pulmonary circulation
Sex Differences and Similarities in Valvular Heart Disease.
Circulation research
Inotropic therapies in heart failure and cardiogenic shock: an educational review.
European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care
Weathering the perfect storm: management of heart failure in patients with substance use disorders.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Time to End "Manels" in Clinical Trial Leadership.
JAMA internal medicine
Placental Abruption as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure.
The American journal of cardiology
Age-related differences in hemodynamics and functional status in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Baseline results from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Doppler Envelope Notching Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension and Outcomes in Lung Transplant Candidates.
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance improves portopulmonary hypertension screening in liver transplant candidates.
Clinical transplantation
Successful Use of Pulmonary Vasodilators in Acute Chest Syndrome Complicated by Persistent Right Ventricular Failure.
Case reports in cardiology
Emerging value of multigene panels for germline testing in patients with neuroendocrine tumors.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
A Near-Peer Point-of-Care Ultrasound Elective for Medical Students: Impact on Anatomy Knowledge, Perceptions about Ultrasound, and Self-Reported Skill Level
Academic Radiology
A Near-peer Point-of-care Ultrasound Elective for Medical Students: Impact on Anatomy Knowledge, Perceptions About Ultrasound, and Self-reported Skill Level.
Academic Radiology
Effects of gene penetrance on adherence to breast cancer screening recommendations (BCSR) among high-risk women.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Amygdala selectively modulates defensive responses evoked from the superior colliculus in non-human primates.
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
Memory loss in a nonnavigational spatial task after hippocampal inactivation in monkeys.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Searching for Alternatively Spliced Variants of Phospholipase Domain-Containing 2 (Pnpla2), a Novel Gene in the Retina.
Journal of clinical & experimental ophthalmology
Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) prevents retinal cell death via PEDF Receptor (PEDF-R): identification of a functional ligand binding site.
The Journal of biological chemistry
Analyses of Patatin-like Phospholipase Domain-containing 2 (PNPLA2) Transcripts: Discrepancies between Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) and Experimental Data.
The FASEB Journal
Defense-like behaviors evoked by pharmacological disinhibition of the superior colliculus in the primate.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Superior colliculus mediates cervical dystonia evoked by inhibition of the substantia nigra pars reticulata.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Transient inactivation of orbitofrontal cortex blocks reinforcer devaluation in macaques.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience