Dr. Drazner is involved in several areas of research within the broad arena of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. These include assessing the utility of noninvasive modalities, including the physical examination, in assessing prognosis of patients; risk factors for the development of cardiac hypertrophy and for the transition from cardiac hypertrophy to failure; deciphering genetic risk factors for hypertrophy and failure; and clinical issues involved in the care of heart transplant recipients.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced Heart Failure
Left ventricular Hypertrophy
Cardiac Transplantation
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Drazner, MH, Rame, JE, Stevenson, LW, Dries, DL., "Prognostic importance of elevated jugular venous pressure and a third heart sound in patients with heart failure." New England Journal of Medicine, 345:574-581, August 2001
Drazner, MH, Thompson, B, Rosenberg, PB, Kaiser, PA, Boehrer, JD, Baldwin, BJ, Dries, DL, Yancy, CW., "Comparison of impedance cardiography with invasive hemodynamic measurements in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy." American Journal of Cardiology, 89:993-995, 2002
Dries, DL, Strong, MH, Cooper, RS, Drazner, MH, "Efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibtion in reducing progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure in black and white patients" Journal of American College Cardiology, 40:311-317, 2002
Rame, JE, Sheffield, MA, Dries, DL, Gardner, EB, Toto, KH, Yancy CW, Drazner, MH, "Outcomes after emergency department discharge with a primary diagnosis of heart failure." American Heart Journal, 142:714-719, 2001
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
19. Rame, JE, Ramilo, M, Spencer, N, Blewett, C, Mehta, SK, Dries, DL, Drazner, MH., "Development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and a normal ejection fraction." Am J Cardiol, 93:234-237, 2004
22. Drazner, MH, Rame, JE, Marino, EK, Gottdiener, JS, Kitzman, DW, Gardin, JM, Manolio, T, Dries, DL, Siscovick DS., "Increased left ventricular mass is a risk factor for the development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction: the Cardiovas" J Am Coll Cardiol, 43:2207-1215, 2004
28. King, LP, Siminoff, LA, Meyer, DM, Yancy, CW, Ring, WS, Mayo, TW, Drazner, MH., "Health insurance and cardiac transplantation: a call for reform." J Am Coll Cardiol, 45:1388-1391, 2005
29. Rosenberg, PB, Vriesendorp, AE, Drazner, MH, Dries, DL, Kaiser, PA, Hynan, LH, DiMaio, JM, Meyer, D, Ring, WS, Yancy, CW., "Induction therapy with Basiliximab allows delayed initiation of Cyclosporine and preserves renal function following cardiac" J Heart Lung Transplant, 24:1327-1331, 2005
31. Drazner, MH, Dries, DL, Peshock, RM, Cooper, RS, Klassen, C, Kazi, F, Willett, D, Victor, RG., "Left ventricular hypertrophy is more prevalent in blacks than whites in the general population: the Dallas Heart Study." Hypertension, 46:1-6, 2005
Drazner, MH, "From hypertrophy to failure: how certain are we?" Circulation, 112:936-938, 2005
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