Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
·
1996 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study.
Journal Article Lancet · July 16, 2005 BACKGROUND: Data from a pilot study suggested that noetic therapies-healing practices that are not mediated by tangible elements-can reduce preprocedural distress and might affect outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. We under ... Full text Link to item CiteCorrelations between preprocedure mood and clinical outcome in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty.
Journal Article Cardiol Rev · 2003 We studied the relationship between mood and mood shift immediately before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 3 end points: total ischemic burden during PCI, adverse cardiac end points (ACE) after PCI, and death by 6-month follow up. Patients (n ... Full text Link to item CiteIntegrative noetic therapies as adjuncts to percutaneous intervention during unstable coronary syndromes: Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic Training (MANTRA) feasibility pilot.
Journal Article Am Heart J · November 2001 BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unstable coronary syndromes have substantial emotional and spiritual distress that may promote procedural complications. Noetic (nonpharmacologic) therapies may reduce anxiety, pa ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Ohio State University ·
1972
M.D.