Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, Duke University 2019 - 2020
  • Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine, Duke University 2014 - 2019
  • Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2014 - 2015
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Duke University 2011 - 2014
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • M.D., Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine 2011
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015 - 2016
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • ACCF Keating Award awarded by American College of Cardiology Foundation 2018 - 2019
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Narcisse, Dennis I., Elizabeth Hope Weissler, Jennifer A. Rymer, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Eric A. Secemsky, William A. Gray, Jihad A. Mustapha, et al. “The impact of chronic kidney disease on outcomes following peripheral vascular intervention.” Clin Cardiol 43, no. 11 (November 2020): 1308–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.23444.
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    • Weissler, E Hope, Dennis I. Narcisse, Jennifer A. Rymer, Ehrin J. Armstrong, Eric Secemsky, William A. Gray, Jihad A. Mustapha, et al. “Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Peripheral Vascular Intervention for Infrainguinal Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease.” Vasc Endovascular Surg, October 23, 2020, 1538574420968671. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538574420968671.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Hillary Mulder, Kim G. Smolderen, William R. Hiatt, Michael S. Conte, Jeffrey S. Berger, Lars Norgren, et al. “Association of Health Status Scores With Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the EUCLID (Examining Use of Ticagrelor in Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease) Trial.” J Am Heart Assoc 9, no. 19 (October 20, 2020): e016573. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.016573.
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    • Goldstein, Sarah A., Shuang Li, Di Lu, Roland A. Matsouaka, Jennifer Rymer, Gregg C. Fonarow, James A. de Lemos, et al. “Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Utilization and Mortality Among Patients ≥ 65 Years of Age with a Low Ejection Fraction Following Coronary Revascularization.” Am J Cardiol, October 14, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.09.056.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Hillary Mulder, Dennis I. Narcisse, Frank Rockhold, William R. Hiatt, F Gerry Fowkes, Iris Baumgartner, et al. “Association of Disease Progression With Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the EUCLID Trial.” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 13, no. 10 (October 2020): e009326. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.009326.
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    • Pineda, Andrés M., Jennifer Rymer, Alice Wang, Adam Z. Banks, Lynne H. Koweek, Ryan Plichta, Adam Williams, et al. “Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for patients with severe bicuspid aortic stenosis.” Am Heart J 224 (June 2020): 105–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2020.02.003.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Katherine E. Mues, Keri L. Monda, Emily W. Bratton, Heidi S. Wirtz, Ted Okerson, Robert A. Overman, M Alan Brookhart, Paul Muntner, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Use of Low-Density Lipoprotein-Lowering Therapies Before and After PCSK9 Inhibitor Initiation.” J Am Heart Assoc 9, no. 9 (May 5, 2020): e014347. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.014347.
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    • Truby, Lauren K., Christopher O’Connor, Mona Fiuzat, Amanda Stebbins, Adrian Coles, Chetan B. Patel, Bradi Granger, et al. “Sex Differences in Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: Insights From the PAL-HF Trial.” Circ Heart Fail 13, no. 4 (April 2020): e006134. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006134.
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    • Chhatriwalla, Adnan K., Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Molly Szerlip, Susheel Kodali, Rebecca T. Hahn, John T. Saxon, Michael J. Mack, et al. “Operator Experience and Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in the United States.” J Am Coll Cardiol 74, no. 24 (December 17, 2019): 2955–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.014.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Zhuokai Li, Morgan L. Cox, Muath Bishawi, Andrzej S. Kosinski, David J. Cohen, Andrew Wang, et al. “Pre- Versus Post-Procedure Health Care Resource Utilization in Patients Undergoing Commercial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 23 (December 9, 2019): 2416–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2019.09.056.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Aditya Mandawat, J Dawn Abbott, Mauricio G. Cohen, Justin E. Davies, Ian C. Gilchrist, Sanjit S. Jolly, et al. “Opportunities for enhancing the care of older patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction presenting for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Rationale and design of the SAFE-STEMI for Seniors trial.” American Heart Journal 218 (December 2019): 84–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.09.014.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Colin I. O’Donnell, Mary E. Plomondon, Paul L. Hess, Mark Donahue, Paul L. Hebert, Adhir Shroff, et al. “Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program.” Am Heart J 218 (December 2019): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.09.003.
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    • Faridi, Kamil F., Jennifer A. Rymer, Sunil V. Rao, David Dai, Daniel Wojdyla, Robert W. Yeh, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable coronary artery disease: A report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry.” Am Heart J 216 (October 2019): 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.07.004.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Anita Y. Chen, Laine Thomas, Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction: How Often Do Patients Return to the Discharging Hospital?” Journal of the American Heart Association 8, no. 19 (October 2019): e012059. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.119.012059.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Qun Xiang, Alice Wang, David J. Cohen, Nimesh D. Desai, Ajay J. Kirtane, G Chad Hughes, J Kevin Harrison, Andrzej S. Kosinski, and Sreekanth Vemulapalli. “Factors Associated With and Outcomes of Aborted Procedures During Elective Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 18 (September 23, 2019): 1768–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2019.05.017.
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    • Wang, Alice, Zhuokai Li, Jennifer A. Rymer, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Babatunde Yerokun, Morgan L. Cox, Brian C. Gulack, et al. “Relation of Postdischarge Care Fragmentation and Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the STS/ACC TVT Registry.” Am J Cardiol 124, no. 6 (September 15, 2019): 912–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.06.005.
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    • Writing Committee Members, William S., Pamela S. Douglas, Blase A. Carabello, Roberto M. Lang, Leo Lopez, Patricia A. Pellikka, Michael H. Picard, et al. “2019 ACC/AHA/ASE Key Data Elements and Definitions for Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Data Standards for Transthoracic Echocardiography) and the American Society of Echocardiography.” J Am Soc Echocardiogr 32, no. 9 (September 2019): 1161–1248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2019.05.006.
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    • Chhatriwalla, Adnan K., Sreekanth Vemulapalli, David R. Holmes, Dadi Dai, Zhuokai Li, Gorav Ailawadi, Donald Glower, et al. “Institutional Experience With Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Clinical Outcomes: Insights From the TVT Registry.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 14 (July 22, 2019): 1342–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.039.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Enhancement of Risk Prediction With Machine Learning: Rise of the Machines.” Jama Netw Open 2, no. 7 (July 3, 2019): e196823. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6823.
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    • Douglas, Pamela S., Blase A. Carabello, Roberto M. Lang, Leo Lopez, Patricia A. Pellikka, Michael H. Picard, James D. Thomas, et al. “2019 ACC/AHA/ASE Key Data Elements and Definitions for Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Cardiovascular Endpoints Data Standards) and the American Society of Echocardiography.” Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 12, no. 7 (July 2019): e000027. https://doi.org/10.1161/HCI.0000000000000027.
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    • Pineda, Andrés M., Jennifer Rymer, Alice Wang, Lynne H. Koweek, Adam Williams, Todd Kiefer, Andrew Wang, Jeffrey Gaca, G Chad Hughes, and J Kevin Harrison. “Trends and Outcomes of Alternative-Access Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.” J Invasive Cardiol 31, no. 7 (July 2019): E184–91.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Jacob A. Doll, John C. Messenger, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Safety of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Myocardial Infarction Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.” J Am Heart Assoc 8, no. 10 (May 21, 2019): e012236. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012236.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Ajar Kochar, Connie N. Hess, Ian C. Gilchrist, John C. Messenger, Robert A. Harrington, et al. “Comparison of Rates of Bleeding and Vascular Complications Before, During, and After Trial Enrollment in the SAFE-PCI Trial for Women.” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 5 (May 2019): e007086. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007086.
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    • Januzzi, James L., Simon A. Mahler, Robert H. Christenson, Jennifer Rymer, L Kristin Newby, Richard Body, David A. Morrow, and Allan S. Jaffe. “Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing: JACC Scientific Expert Panel.” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 9 (March 12, 2019): 1059–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.046.
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    • Alenezi, Fawaz, Marat Fudim, Jennifer Rymer, Allison Dunning, Karen Chiswell, Madhav Swaminathan, Brandi Bottiger, et al. “Predictors and Changes in Cardiac Hemodynamics and Geometry With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.” Am J Cardiol 123, no. 5 (March 1, 2019): 813–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.11.038.
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    • Kochar, Ajar, Jennifer Rymer, Zainab Samad, and Zainab Duke Cardiovascular Education Group. “Disrupting Fellow Education Through Group Texting: WhatsApp in Fellow Education?” J Am Coll Cardiol 72, no. 25 (December 25, 2018): 3366–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.007.
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    • Herrmann, Howard C., Samuel A. Daneshvar, Gregg C. Fonarow, Amanda Stebbins, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Nimesh D. Desai, David J. Malenka, Vinod H. Thourani, Jennifer Rymer, and Andrzej S. Kosinski. “Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.” J Am Coll Cardiol 72, no. 22 (December 4, 2018): 2701–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2018.09.001.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and W Schuyler Jones. “Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis.” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 12 (December 2018): e007559. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007559.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Preventing Acute Radial Artery Occlusion: A Battle on Multiple Fronts.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 22 (November 26, 2018): 2251–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.09.018.
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    • Rymer, J. A., and R. M. Califf. “The evolution of PCI registries: Implementing a sustainable future for health systems and clinicians.” Eurointervention 14, no. 10 (November 1, 2018): 1076–79. https://doi.org/10.4244/AIJV14I10A193.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Robert M. Califf. “The evolution of PCI registries: implementing a sustainable future for health systems and clinicians.” Eurointervention : Journal of Europcr in Collaboration With the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 14, no. 10 (November 2018): 1076–79. https://doi.org/10.4244/eijv14i10a193.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Anita Y. Chen, Laine Thomas, Judith Stafford, Jonathan R. Enriquez, Abhinav Goyal, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Advanced Practice Provider Versus Physician-Only Outpatient Follow-Up After Acute Myocardial Infarction.” J Am Heart Assoc 7, no. 17 (September 4, 2018): e008481. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.008481.
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    • Rymer, J., and C. B. Granger. “Optimal care for patients with st-elevation myocardial infarction and non'st-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and coronary care unit.” Critical Pathways in Cardiology 17, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 129–32.
    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Michael W. Tempelhof, Robert M. Clare, Karen S. Pieper, Christopher B. Granger, Frans Van de Werf, David J. Moliterno, et al. “Discharge timing and outcomes after uncomplicated non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.” Am Heart J 201 (July 2018): 103–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.010.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Manesh R. Patel. “Mature Technology for Mature Patients: The Increasing Complexities of Patients Treated With Coronary Angiography and Interventions.” Jacc Cardiovasc Interv 11, no. 9 (May 14, 2018): 889–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2018.03.032.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Kevin J. Anstrom, Gregg C. Fonarow, Nathaniel Erskine, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Hospital evaluation of health literacy and associated outcomes in patients after acute myocardial infarction.” Am Heart J 198 (April 2018): 97–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2017.08.024.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Sunil V. Rao. “Anemia and coronary artery disease: pathophysiology, prognosis, and treatment.” Coronary Artery Disease 29, no. 2 (March 2018): 161–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/mca.0000000000000598.
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    • Warraich, Haider J., Jennifer A. Rymer, Jacob N. Schroder, Han W. Kim, Mark E. Leithe, and John Kevin Harrison. “Intracardiac Echinococcal Cyst Causing Biventricular Cavity Obliteration.” Circ Heart Fail 11, no. 2 (February 2018): e004830. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004830.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and Christopher B. Granger. “Review: A single hs-cTnT with a cutpoint < limit of detection plus a nonischemic ECG can rule out acute MI.” Ann Intern Med 167, no. 4 (August 15, 2017): JC23. https://doi.org/10.7326/ACPJC-2017-167-4-023.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and L Kristin Newby. “Failure to Launch: Targeting Inflammation in Acute Coronary Syndromes.” Jacc Basic Transl Sci 2, no. 4 (August 2017): 484–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2017.07.001.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and L Kristin Newby. “Pooled RCTs: CABG reduces mortality more than PCI with DES in nondiabetic patients with multivessel CAD.” Ann Intern Med 165, no. 10 (November 15, 2016): JC51. https://doi.org/10.7326/ACPJC-2016-165-10-051.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., Robert W. Harrison, David Dai, Matthew T. Roe, John C. Messenger, H Vernon Anderson, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Trends in Bare-Metal Stent Use in the United States in Patients Aged ≥65 Years (from the CathPCI Registry).” Am J Cardiol 118, no. 7 (October 1, 2016): 959–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.06.061.
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    • Navar, Ann Marie, Michael J. Pencina, Jennifer A. Rymer, Darcy M. Louzao, and Eric D. Peterson. “Use of Open Access Platforms for Clinical Trial Data.” Jama 315, no. 12 (March 22, 2016): 1283–84. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.2374.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Jennifer A. Rymer, Sarah A. Goldstein, David L. Simel, and L Kristin Newby. “Does This Patient With Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review.” Jama 314, no. 18 (November 10, 2015): 1955–65. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.12735.
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    • Fanaroff, Alexander C., Jennifer A. Rymer, and Sarah A. Goldstein. “JAMA Patient Page. Acute Coronary Syndrome.” Jama 314, no. 18 (November 10, 2015): 1990. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.12743.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and L Kristin Newby. “ACP Journal Club. Review: In patients having PCI, high-dose clopidogrel reduces major cardiac events vs standard-dose clopidogrel.” Ann Intern Med 162, no. 10 (May 19, 2015): JC13. https://doi.org/10.7326/ACPJC-2015-162-10-013.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer A., and L Kristin Newby. “Back to the future: improving the use of guidelines-recommended coronary disease secondary prevention at the dawn of the precision medicine era.” Circulation 131, no. 14 (April 7, 2015): 1234–35. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015707.
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    • Navar-Boggan, Ann Marie, Jennifer A. Rymer, Jonathan P. Piccini, Wassim Shatila, Lauren Ring, Judith A. Stafford, Sana M. Al-Khatib, and Eric D. Peterson. “Accuracy and validation of an automated electronic algorithm to identify patients with atrial fibrillation at risk for stroke.” Am Heart J 169, no. 1 (January 2015): 39-44.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.09.014.
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    • Rymer, Jennifer, Lisa A. McCoy, Laine Thomas, Eric D. Peterson, and Tracy Y. Wang. “Persistence of evidence-based medication use after discharge from academic versus nonacademic hospitals among patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.” Am J Cardiol 114, no. 10 (November 15, 2014): 1479–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.08.010.
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    • Francis, David O., Jennifer A. Rymer, James C. Slaughter, Yash Choksi, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, Evbu Ogbeide, Christopher Tran, et al. “High economic burden of caring for patients with suspected extraesophageal reflux.” Am J Gastroenterol 108, no. 6 (June 2013): 905–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2013.69.
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    • Slaughter, James C., Marion Goutte, Jennifer A. Rymer, Amanke C. Oranu, Jonathan A. Schneider, C Gaelyn Garrett, David Hagaman, and Michael F. Vaezi. “Caution about overinterpretation of symptom indexes in reflux monitoring for refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease.” Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, no. 10 (October 2011): 868–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2011.07.009.
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    • Sastre, Elizabeth Ann, Erin E. Burke, Evan Silverstein, Asher Kupperman, Jennifer A. Rymer, Mario A. Davidson, Scott M. Rodgers, and Amy E. Fleming. “Improvements in medical school wellness and career counseling: A comparison of one-on-one advising to an Advisory College Program.” Med Teach 32, no. 10 (2010): e429–35. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2010.498486.
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