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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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • 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

    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., Dennis Abraham, Marat Fudim, Cynthia Green, Robert J. Mentz, Karol Harshaw-Ellis, Margaret Bowers, et al. “Early Identification of Patients at Risk for Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Novel Approach to Echocardiographic Trends.” J Card Fail 27, no. 9 (September 2021): 942–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.03.013.
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    • Lekavich, Carolyn L., Jason D. Allen, Daniel R. Bensimhon, Lori A. Bateman, Cris A. Slentz, Gregory P. Samsa, Aarti A. Kenjale, Brian D. Duscha, Pamela S. Douglas, and William E. Kraus. “Aerobic Versus Resistance Training Effects on Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Vascular Function in the STRRIDE-AT/RT Trial.” Front Cardiovasc Med 8 (2021): 638929. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.638929.
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    • 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.” J Card Fail 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 Journal of Cardiac Failure, 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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