Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2015
  • M.S.N., Duke University 1995
  • B.S., Ohio State University 1985
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  Duke Appointment History

  • 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, CL, and Barksdale, DJ. "A Critical Evaluation of the Representation of Black Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction in Clinical Trials: A Literature Review." The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 31, no. 3 (May 2016): 202-208. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lekavich, CL, Barksdale, DJ, Neelon, V, and Wu, J-R. "Heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): an integrated and strategic review." Heart Failure Reviews 20, no. 6 (November 2015): 643-653. (Review)  Full Text
    • Lekavich, C. "Measures of Ventricular Arterial Elastance." Journal of Cardiac Failure .

  • Conference Papers

    • Lekavich, CL, Barksdale, DJ, Wu, J-R, Neelon, V, Crandell, J, and Velazquez, EJ. "Measures of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling and Incident Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Matched Case-Control Analysis." September 2017.  Full Text
    • Lekavich, CL, Barksdale, DJ, Neelon, V, Crandell, J, Wu, JR, and Velazquez, EV. "Comparing novel biomarkers associated with heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): A matched case-control analysis." Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology (ESC). Rome, ITALY. August 27, 2016 - August 31, 2016.: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, August 1, 2016.  Link to Item
    • Lekavich, CL, Neelon, V, and Barksdale, DJ. "Quantifying Diastolic Dysfunction as an Early Marker of Diastolic Heart Failure: Retrospective Analysis Using Echocardiography." : LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, September 1, 2014.  Link to Item

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