Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2015
  • M.H.S., Duke University 2004
  • M.S.N., Duke University 1995
  • B.S.N., Ohio Wesleyan University 1985
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2019 - 2020
  • Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2004 - 2019
  • Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2000 - 2004
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Amercian Association of Heart Failure Nurses, (AAHFN), Oral Abstract Award Winner. American Association of Heart Failure Nurses . 2017
  • American Heart Association (AHA), Martha H. Hill New Investigator, Finalist. Amercian Heart Association. 2017
  • Heart Failure Socity of Amercia (HFSA) National Nurse Research Award, Nominee. Heart Failure Socity of America. 2016
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Graduate School Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award, Nominee. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2015
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Exercise
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Failure, Diastolic
  • Prevention
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Kenya (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Early Markers of HFpEF awarded by Heart Failure Society of America 2015 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Egolum, Ugochukwu O., Kishan Parikh, Carolyn Lekavich, Jedrek Wosik, Camille Frazier-Mills, and Marat Fudim. “Applications of the Multisensor HeartLogic Heart Failure Monitoring Algorithm During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.” Jacc Case Rep 2, no. 14 (November 18, 2020): 2265–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.035.
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    • Dunlay, Shannon M., Michael M. Givertz, David Aguilar, Larry A. Allen, Michael Chan, Akshay S. Desai, Anita Deswal, et al. “Corrigendum to "Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure, A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America" Journal of Cardiac Failure Vol. 25 No. 8, pp. 584-619.” J Card Fail 25, no. 10 (October 2019): 851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.08.006.
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    • Dunlay, Shannon M., Michael M. Givertz, David Aguilar, Larry A. Allen, Michael Chan, Akshay S. Desai, Anita Deswal, et al. “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America: This statement does not represent an update of the 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA heart failure guideline update.” Circulation 140, no. 7 (August 13, 2019): e294–324. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000691.
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    • Dunlay, Shannon M., Michael M. Givertz, David Aguilar, Larry A. Allen, Michael Chan, Akshay S. Desai, Anita Deswal, et al. “Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure, A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America.” Journal of Cardiac Failure 25, no. 8 (August 2019): 584–619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.05.007.
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    • Vest, Amanda R., Michael Chan, Anita Deswal, Michael M. Givertz, Carolyn Lekavich, Terry Lennie, Sheldon E. Litwin, et al. “Nutrition, Obesity, and Cachexia in Patients With Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Statements Committee.” J Card Fail 25, no. 5 (May 2019): 380–400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.03.007.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., and Debra J. Barksdale. “A Critical Evaluation of the Representation of Black Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction in Clinical Trials: A Literature Review.” J Cardiovasc Nurs 31, no. 3 (May 2016): 202–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/JCN.0000000000000237.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., Debra J. Barksdale, Virginia Neelon, and Jia-Rong Wu. “Heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): an integrated and strategic review.” Heart Fail Rev 20, no. 6 (November 2015): 643–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-015-9506-7.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn. “Measures of Ventricular Arterial Elastance.” Journal of Cardiac Failure, n.d.

  • Conference Papers

    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., and William E. Kraus. “Abstract P481: Early Recognition of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): Ventricular Elastance as a Predictive Marker for Prevention and Treatment.” In Circulation, Vol. 141. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.141.suppl_1.p481.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., Debra J. Barksdale, Jia-Rong Wu, Virginia Neelon, Jamie Crandell, and Eric J. Velazquez. “Measures of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Matched Case-Control Analysis.” In J Card Fail, 23:659–65, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.07.395.
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    • Lekavich, C. L., D. J. Barksdale, V. Neelon, J. Crandell, J. R. Wu, and E. V. Velazquez. “Comparing novel biomarkers associated with heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): A matched case-control analysis.” In European Heart Journal, 37:128–128. OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2016.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., Virginia Neelon, and Debra J. Barksdale. “Quantifying Diastolic Dysfunction as an Early Marker of Diastolic Heart Failure: Retrospective Analysis Using Echocardiography.” In Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29:388–89. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2014.
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