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Douglas Allen Blackman

Clinical Faculty in the Department of Surgery
Community General Surgery

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Clinical Faculty in the Department of Surgery · 2025 - Present Community General Surgery, Surgery

Recent Publications


Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist pre-treatment and early post-treatment to minimize reperfusion injury after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The MINIMIZE STEMI trial.

Journal Article Am Heart J · May 2019 BACKGROUND: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) therapy has been shown to prevent adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with heart failure. Whether initiating MRA therapy prior to pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incidence and outcomes of emergent cardiac surgery during transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): insights from the European Registry on Emergent Cardiac Surgery during TAVI (EuRECS-TAVI).

Journal Article Eur Heart J · February 21, 2018 AIMS: Life-threatening complications occur during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) which can require emergent cardiac surgery (ECS). Risks and outcomes of patients needing ECS during or immediately after TAVI are still unclear. METHODS AND RE ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine · 1995 M.D.