
Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Affiliation
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CLINICAL INTERESTS: Advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies, heart transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary hypertension
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Translational research in the diagnosis, prognosis, medical and surgical treatment for the above disease states
Publications
Comment on: Detection and management of HLA sensitization in candidates for adult heart transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
Assessment of late-term progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in patients with orthotopic heart transplantation using quantitative cardiac 82Rb PET.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
Disseminated Acanthamoeba infection in a heart transplant recipient treated successfully with a miltefosine-containing regimen: Case report and review of the literature.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society
Endothelin-1 Pathway Polymorphisms and Outcomes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Randomized controlled trial of ventricular elastic support therapy in the treatment of symptomatic heart failure: rationale and design.
American heart journal
World Health Organization Pulmonary Hypertension group 2: pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease in the adult--a summary statement from the Pulmonary Hypertension Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
Prospective evaluation of elastic restraint to lessen the effects of heart failure (PEERLESS-HF) trial.
Journal of Cardiac Failure
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Can pulmonary arterial hypertension be diagnosed by an elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure outside of the guideline criteria?
The alpha-1D Is the predominant alpha-1-adrenergic receptor subtype in human epicardial coronary arteries.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Influence of diabetes on cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillator in patients with advanced heart failure.
Journal of Cardiac Failure
Characterization and prognostic value of persistent hyponatreia in patients with severe heart failure in the ESCAPE trial. Arch Intern Med
Characterization and prognostic value of persistent hyponatreia in patients with severe heart failure in the ESCAPE trial. Arch Intern Med
Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillator on survival and hospitalization in patients with NYHA class IV heart failure. Circulation
Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without defibrillator on survival and hospitalization in patients with NYHA class IV heart failure. Circulation
J Card Fail
Influence of diabetes on cardiac resynchronizaiton therapy with or without defibrillator in patients with advanced heart failure
Use and impact of inotropes and vasodilator therapy in hospitalized patients with severe heart failure.
American heart journal
Use and impact of inotropes and vasodilator therapy in hospitalized patients with severe heart failure. Am Heart Journal
Use and impact of inotropes and vasodilator therapy in hospitalized patients with severe heart failure. Am Heart Journal
Gender Differences in In-Hospital Management and Outcomes in Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure: Analysis From the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE). J Cardiac Fail
Gender Differences in In-Hospital Management and Outcomes in Patients with Decompensated Heart Failure: Analysis From the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE). J Cardiac Fail
Effect of treadmill testing and exercise training on self-efficacy in patients with heart failure.
European journal of cardiovascular nursing
Correlation between right ventricular indices and clinical improvement in epoprostenol treated pulmonary hypertension patients.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
Use of bivalirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, and its reversal with modified ultrafiltration during heart transplantation in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
A unique method by which to quantitate synchrony with equilibrium radionuclide angiography. J Nucl Cardiol
A unique method by which to quantitate synchrony with equilibrium radionuclide angiography. J Nucl Cardiol
Correlation between right ventricular indices and clinical improvement in epoprostenol treated pulmonary hypertension patients. Echocardiography
Correlation between right ventricular indices and clinical improvement in epoprostenol treated pulmonary hypertension patients. Echocardiography
The 6-min walk test (6MW) as an efficacy endpoint in pulmonary arterial hypertension clinical trials: demonstration of a ceiling effect. Vascul Pharmacol
The 6-min walk test (6MW) as an efficacy endpoint in pulmonary arterial hypertension clinical trials: demonstration of a ceiling effect. Vascul Pharmacol