Publications

  1. Roh JD, Castro C, Yu A, Rana S, Shahul S, Gray KJ, Honigberg MC, Ricke-Hoch M, Iwamoto Y, Yeri A, Kitchen R, Guerra JB, Hobson R, Chaudhari V, Chang B, Sarma A, Lerchenmuller C, Al Sayed ZR, Diaz Verdugo C, Xia P, Skarbianskis N, Zeisel A, Bauersachs J, Kirkland JL, Karumanchi SA, Gorcsan J 3rd, Sugahara M, Damp J, Hanley-Yanez K, Ellinor PT, Arany Z, McNamara DM, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Rosenzweig A, IPAC Investigators. Placental senescence pathophysiology is shared between peripartum cardiomyopathy and preeclampsia in mouse and human. Sci Transl Med. 2024 Apr 17; 16 (743):eadi0077
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  2. Young KA, Lyle M, Rosenbaum AN, Chang IC, Lin G, Bois MC, Ezzeddine OFA, Jouni H, Chareonthaitawee P, Kapa S, Grogan M, Cooper LT, Blauwet L, Bois JP. (18)F-FDG/(13)N-ammonia cardiac PET findings in ATTR cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 Apr; 30 (2):726-735 Epub 2022 Jan 27
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  3. Elwazir MY, Bird JG, AbouEzzeddine OF, Chareonthaitawee P, Blauwet LA, Collins JD, Gibbons RJ, Rodriguez-Porcel M, Kamal HM, Abdellah AT, Bois JP. Performance of cardiac PET/CT with and without phase analysis for detection of scar in cardiac sarcoidosis: Comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Jun; 29 (3):1389-1401 Epub 2021 Jan 20
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  4. Beetler DJ, Bruno KA, Di Florio DN, Douglass EJ, Shrestha S, Tschope C, Cunningham MW, Krejci J, Bienertova-Vasku J, Pankuweit S, McNamara DM, Jeon ES, van Linthout S, Blauwet LA, Cooper LT Jr, Fairweather D. Sex and age differences in sST2 in cardiovascular disease. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022; 9:1073814 Epub 2023 Jan 18
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  5. Adedinsewo DA, Johnson PW, Douglass EJ, Attia IZ, Phillips SD, Goswami RM, Yamani MH, Connolly HM, Rose CH, Sharpe EE, Blauwet L, Lopez-Jimenez F, Friedman PA, Carter RE, Noseworthy PA. Detecting cardiomyopathies in pregnancy and the postpartum period with an electrocardiogram-based deep learning model. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2021 Dec; 2 (4):586-596 Epub 2021 Aug 27
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  6. Ezzeddine FM, Kapa S, Rosenbaum A, Blauwet L, Deshmukh AJ, AbouEzzeddine OF, Maleszewski JJ, Asirvatham SJ, Bois JP, Schirger JA, Chareonthaitawee P, Siontis KC. Electrogram-guided endomyocardial biopsy yield in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis and relation to outcomes. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Sep; 32 (9):2486-2495 Epub 2021 Aug 09
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  7. Kolluri N, Elwazir MY, Rosenbaum AN, Maklady FA, AbouEzzeddine OF, Kapa S, Blauwet LA, Chareonthaitawee P, McBane RD 2nd, Bois JP. Effect of Corticosteroid Therapy in Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis on Frequency of Venous Thromboembolism. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Jun 15; 149:112-118 Epub 2021 Mar 20
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  8. Schmidt TJ, Rosenbaum AN, Kolluri N, Stulak JM, Daly RC, Schirger JA, Elwazir MY, Kapa S, Cooper LT, Blauwet LA. Natural History of Patients Diagnosed with Cardiac Sarcoidosis at Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation or Cardiac Transplantation. ASAIO J. 2021 May 1; 67 (5):583-587
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  9. Christopoulos G, Jouni H, Acharya GA, Blauwet LA, Kapa S, Bois J, Chareonthaitawee P, Rodriguez-Porcel MG. Suppressing physiologic 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in patients undergoing positron emission tomography for cardiac sarcoidosis: The effect of a structured patient preparation protocol. J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Apr; 28 (2):661-671 Epub 2019 May 20
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  10. Douglass EJ, Cooper LT Jr, Morales-Lara AC, Adedinsewo DA, Rozen TD, Blauwet LA, Fairweather D. A Case-Control Study of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project. J Card Fail. 2021 Feb; 27 (2):132-142 Epub 2021 Jan 01
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  11. Douglass EJ, Blauwet LA. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Cardiol Clin. 2021 Feb; 39 (1):119-142
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  12. Archibald WJ, Anderson DK, Breen TJ, Sorenson KR, Markovic SN, Blauwet LA. Brief Communication: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction: A Case Series. J Immunother. 2020 Apr; 43 (3):104-106
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  13. Di Stefano C, Bruno G, Arciniegas Calle MC, Acharya GA, Fussner LM, Ungprasert P, Cooper LT Jr, Blauwet LA, Ryu JH, Pellikka PA, Carmona Porquera EM, Villarraga HR. Diagnostic and predictive value of speckle tracking echocardiography in cardiac sarcoidosis. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Jan 20; 20 (1):21
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  14. Sugahara M, Kagiyama N, Hasselberg NE, Blauwet LA, Briller J, Cooper L, Fett JD, Hsich E, Wells G, McNamara D, Gorcsan J 3rd, IPAC Investigators. Global Left Ventricular Strain at Presentation Is Associated with Subsequent Recovery in Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Dec; 32 (12):1565-1573 Epub 2019 Sept 25
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  15. Koczo A, Marino A, Jeyabalan A, Elkayam U, Cooper LT, Fett J, Briller J, Hsich E, Blauwet L, McTiernan C, Morel PA, Hanley-Yanez K, McNamara DM, IPAC Investigators. Breastfeeding, Cellular Immune Activation, and Myocardial Recovery in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2019 Jun; 4 (3):291-300 Epub 2019 June 24
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  16. Coronado MJ, Bruno KA, Blauwet LA, Tschope C, Cunningham MW, Pankuweit S, van Linthout S, Jeon ES, McNamara DM, Krejci J, Bienertova-Vasku J, Douglass EJ, Abston ED, Bucek A, Frisancho JA, Greenaway MS, Hill AR, Schultheiss HP, Cooper LT Jr, Fairweather D. Elevated Sera sST2 Is Associated With Heart Failure in Men View PubMed
  17. Mitchell C, Rahko PS, Blauwet LA, Canaday B, Finstuen JA, Foster MC, Horton K, Ogunyankin KO, Palma RA, Velazquez EJ. Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Jan; 32 (1):1-64 Epub 2018 Oct 01
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  18. Lindley KJ, Verma AK, Blauwet LA. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Progress in Understanding the Etiology, Management, and Prognosis. Heart Fail Clin. 2019 Jan; 15 (1):29-39 Epub 2018 Oct 25
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  19. Damp JA, Arany Z, Fett JD, Blauwet L, Elkayam U. Imbalanced Angiogenesis in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Circ J 2018 Sep 25; 82 (10):2689 Epub 2018 Aug 17
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  20. Parikh P, Blauwet L. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Preeclampsia: Overlapping Diseases of Pregnancy. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2018 Jul 3; 20 (8):69 Epub 2018 July 03
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  21. Codsi E, Rose CH, Blauwet LA. Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients With Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Feb; 131 (2):322-327
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  22. Luis SA, Blauwet LA, Samardhi H, West C, Mehta RA, Luis CR, Scalia GM, Miller FA Jr, Burstow DJ. Usefulness of Mitral Valve Prosthetic or Bioprosthetic Time Velocity Index Ratio to Detect Prosthetic or Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Dysfunction. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 15; 120 (8):1373-1380 Epub 2017 July 25
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  23. Muchtar E, Blauwet LA, Gertz MA. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Genetics, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Therapy. Circ Res. 2017 Sep 15; 121 (7):819-837
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  24. Codsi E, Rose CH, Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Best PJ, Blauwet LA. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Bradycardia. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2017; 2017:3670520 Epub 2017 Feb 01
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  25. Thienemann F, Dzudie A, Mocumbi AO, Blauwet L, Sani MU, Karaye KM, Ogah OS, Mbanze I, Mbakwem A, Udo P, Tibazarwa K, Damasceno A, Keates AK, Stewart S, Sliwa K. The causes, treatment, and outcome of pulmonary hypertension in Africa: Insights from the Pan African Pulmonary Hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) Registry. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Oct 15; 221:205-11 Epub 2016 June 29
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  26. Blauwet LA, Delgado-Montero A, Ryo K, Marek JJ, Alharethi R, Mather PJ, Modi K, Sheppard R, Thohan V, Pisarcik J, McNamara DM, Gorcsan J 3rd, IPAC Investigators*. Right Ventricular Function in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy at Presentation Is Associated With Subsequent Left Ventricular Recovery and Clinical Outcomes. Circ Heart Fail. 2016 May; 9 (5)
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  27. Gleich SJ, Barbara DW, Arendt KW, Rose CH, Blauwet LA. Reverse Apical Ballooning Echocardiographic Pattern in Eclampsia-Related Cardiomyopathy. A A Case Rep. 2016 Jan 01; 6: (1)6-9.
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  28. Ojji DB, Lecour S, Atherton JJ, Blauwet LA, Alfa J, Sliwa K. Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Is Common in Hypertensive Heart Failure: A Prospective Study in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2016; 11 (4):e0153479 Epub 2016 Apr 13
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  29. Maarman G, Blackhurst D, Thienemann F, Blauwet L, Butrous G, Davies N, Sliwa K, Lecour S. Melatonin as a preventive and curative therapy against pulmonary hypertension. J Pineal Res. 2015 Oct; 59: (3)343-53.
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  30. Birkenkamp KE, Jin JJ, Shivashankar R, Jouni H, Baddour LM, Blauwet LA. Ventricular septal defect and bivalvular endocarditis. Avicenna J Med. 2015 Jan-Mar; 5 (1):21-3
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  31. Thienemann F, Dzudie A, Mocumbi AO, Blauwet L, Sani MU, Karaye KM, Ogah OS, Mbanze I, Mbakwem A, Udo P, Tibazarwa K, Ibrahim AS, Burton R, Damasceno A, Stewart S, Sliwa K. Rationale and design of the Pan African Pulmonary hypertension Cohort (PAPUCO) study: implementing a contemporary registry on pulmonary hypertension in Africa. BMJ Open. 2014 Oct 14; 4 (10):e005950
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  32. Blauwet LA, Miller FA Jr. Echocardiographic assessment of prosthetic heart valves. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Jul-Aug; 57: (1)100-10.
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  33. Cullen MW, Blauwet LA, Vatury OM, Mulvagh SL, Behrenbeck TR, Scott CG, Pellikka PA. Diagnostic capability of comprehensive handheld vs transthoracic echocardiography. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Jun; 89 (6):790-8 Epub 2014 Mar 29
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  34. Blauwet LA, Cooper LT. Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis and cardiac sarcoidosis. Heart Fail Rev. 2013 Nov; 18 (6):733-46
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  35. Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Suri RM, Miller FA Jr. Comprehensive hemodynamic assessment of 368 normal St. Jude Medical mechanical mitral valve prostheses based on early postimplantation echocardiographic studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Apr; 26(4):381-9. Epub 2013 Feb 26.
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  36. Blauwet LA, Libhaber E, Forster O, Tibazarwa K, Mebazaa A, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Sliwa K. Predictors of outcome in 176 South African patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Heart. 2013 Mar; 99 (5):308-13 Epub 2012 Oct 31
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  37. Fairweather D, Cooper LT Jr, Blauwet LA. Sex and gender differences in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2013 Jan; 38(1):7-46.
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  38. Stewart S, Carrington MJ, Pretorius S, Ogah OS, Blauwet L, Antras-Ferry J, Sliwa K. Elevated risk factors but low burden of heart disease in urban African primary care patients: a fundamental role for primary prevention. Int J Cardiol. 2012 Jul 12; 158(2):205-10. Epub 2011 Feb 24.
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  39. Mao MA, Madhavan M, Blauwet L, Schaff HV, Qian Q. Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis in end-stage renal failure. Am J Med Sci. 2012 Mar; 343(3):252-4.
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  40. Eleid MF, Blauwet LA, Cha YM, Connolly HM, Brady PA, Dearani JA, Espinosa RE. Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve regurgitation associated with pacemaker or defibrillator lead implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Feb 28; 59(9):813-8.
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  41. Summers MR, Blauwet LA, Prasad A. Detection of myocardial bridging induced ischaemia during cardiac catheterization by dobutamine-stress electrocardiographic body surface mapping. Eur Heart J. 2012 Feb; 33(4):514. Epub 2011 Jul 30.
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  42. Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Sundt TM 3rd, Miller FA Jr. Comprehensive hemodynamic assessment of 305 normal CarboMedics mitral valve prostheses based on early postimplantation echocardiographic studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012 Feb; 25(2):173-81. Epub 2011 Dec 01.
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  43. Blauwet LA, Cooper LT. Diagnosis and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Heart. 2011 Dec; 97(23):1970-81.
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  44. Blauwet LA, Sliwa K. Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Obstet Med. 2011 Jun; 4 (2):44-52 Epub 2011 May 12
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  45. Blauwet LA, Burkhart HM, Dearani JA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Miller FA Jr. Comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of mechanical tricuspid valve prostheses based on early post-implantation echocardiographic studies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Apr; 24(4):414-24. Epub 2011 Jan 17.
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  46. Blauwet LA, Danielson GK, Burkhart HM, Dearani JA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Miller FA Jr. Comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of the hemodynamic parameters of 285 tricuspid valve bioprostheses early after implantation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Oct; 23(10):1045-1059, 1059.e1-2.
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  47. Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Evans KN, Herges RM, Sundt TM 3rd, Miller FA Jr. Comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of normal mitral Medtronic Hancock II, Medtronic Mosaic, and Carpentier-Edwards Perimount bioprostheses early after implantation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Jun; 23(6):656-66.
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  48. Sliwa K, Blauwet L, Tibazarwa K, Libhaber E, Smedema JP, Becker A, McMurray J, Yamac H, Labidi S, Struman I, Hilfiker-Kleiner D. Evaluation of bromocriptine in the treatment of acute severe peripartum cardiomyopathy: a proof-of-concept pilot study. Circulation. 2010 Apr 6; 121(13):1465-73. Epub 2010 Mar 22.
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  49. Blauwet LA, Cooper LT. Myocarditis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb; 52 (4):274-88
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  50. Blauwet LA, Ackerman MJ, Edwards WD, Riehle DL, Ommen SR. Myocardial fibrosis in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: correlation with echocardiographic measurements, sarcomeric genotypes, and pro-left ventricular hypertrophy polymorphisms involving the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2009 Sep-Oct; 18: (5)262-8.
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  51. Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Evans KN, Herges RM, Sundt TM 3rd, Miller FA Jr. Doppler echocardiography of 240 normal Carpentier-Edwards Duraflex porcine mitral bioprostheses: a comprehensive assessment including time velocity integral ratio and prosthesis performance index. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009 Apr; 22(4):388-93. Epub 2009 Mar 09.
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  52. Vasile VC, Blauwet LA, Jaffe AS. Serial determination of troponin concentrations in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Heart and Metabolism. 2009; (43):27-9.
  53. Blauwet LA, Malouf JF, Connolly HM, Hodge DO, Herges RM, Sundt TM 3rd, Miller FA Jr. Doppler echocardiography of 79 normal CarboMedics mitral prostheses: a comprehensive assessment including time-velocity integral ratio and prosthesis performance index. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 Oct; 20(10):1125-30. Epub 2007 Jun 25.
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  54. Blauwet LA, Hayes SN, McManus D, Redberg RF, Walsh MN. Low rate of sex-specific result reporting in cardiovascular trials. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Feb; 82(2):166-70.
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  55. Blauwet LA, Redberg RF. The role of sex specific results reporting in cardiovascular disease. Cariol Rev. 2007; 15(6):275-8.
  56. Blauwet LA, Breen JF, Edwards WD, Klarich KW. Atypical presentation of eosinophilic endomyocardial disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 Aug; 80(8):1078-84.
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  57. Pirko I, Blauwet LA, Lesnick TG, Weinshenker BG. The natural history of recurrent optic neuritis. Arch Neurol. 2004 Sep; 61 (9):1401-5
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  58. Blauwet LA, Edwards WD, Tazelaar HD, McGregor CG. Surgical pathology of pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: a study of 54 cases from 1990 to 2001. Hum Pathol. 2003 Dec; 34 (12):1290-8
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