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Akshay Pendyal

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Box 90780, Durham, NC 27708-0780
1121 W Main St Ste 100, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Publications


The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Journal Article Heart Fail Rev · September 2025 Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is the most common form of HF in older adults. While manifest as distinct clinical phenotypes, almost all patients with HFpEF will present with exercise intolerance or exertional dyspnea. Distingu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstract 4140588: Temporal Variation in Out-of-Pocket Costs for Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Among Patients with Heart Failure

Conference Circulation · November 12, 2024 Background: Patients with HF average >$4000/year in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for their care, including GDMT. High OOP costs lead to nonadherence and poor outcomes. The OOP costs of GDMT often fluc ... Full text Cite

Assessing and Addressing Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health

Journal Article Journal of the American College of Cardiology · April 2023 Full text Cite

Poverty and Adverse Outcomes Among Patients With Chronic Cardiovascular Disease

Journal Article Journal of the American College of Cardiology · October 2022 Full text Cite

National Trends in Emergency Department Care Processes for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 2005 to 2015.

Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · October 20, 2020 Background Despite investments to improve quality of emergency care for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), few studies have described national, real-world trends in AMI care in the emergency department (ED). We aimed to describe trends in the ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Bleeding Edge

Journal Article JAMA · July 16, 2019 Full text Cite

Triptych

Journal Article JAMA · July 9, 2019 Full text Cite

Racial Differences in SCD Risk

Journal Article Journal of the American College of Cardiology · March 2019 Full text Cite

The Root Causes of the Current Opioid Crisis

Journal Article Mayo Clinic Proceedings · September 2018 Full text Cite

Minimally Invasive LVAD Deactivation in a 65-Year-Old Man with Recurrent Pump Thrombosis and Left Ventricular Recovery

Journal Article Texas Heart Institute Journal · February 2017 Pump thrombosis is a dire sequela after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Treatment comprises antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, thrombolytic agents, and pump exchange. Although pump exchange is the definitive therapy, it is als ... Full text Cite

What They Don’t Teach You

Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine · November 2016 Full text Cite

Cardiohepatic Interactions

Journal Article Heart Failure Clinics · July 2016 Full text Cite

time capsule

Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine · May 5, 2015 Full text Cite

Learning to Read

Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine · January 2015 Full text Cite

Nitrite Therapy After Cardiac Arrest Reduces Reactive Oxygen Species Generation, Improves Cardiac and Neurological Function, and Enhances Survival via Reversible Inhibition of Mitochondrial Complex I

Journal Article Circulation · September 8, 2009 Background— Three-fourths of cardiac arrest survivors die before hospital discharge or suffer significant neurological injury. Except for therape ... Full text Cite