Gary Michael Felker | Scholars@Duke

Gary Michael Felker
Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2014
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2002

Contact Information

7th Fl 2400 Pratt St, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box 3850, Durham, NC 27710
michael.felker@duke.edu (919) 668-8919

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 1999 - 2002
- Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1998 - 1999
- Assistant Chief of Service, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1997 - 1998
- Faculty, Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital 1996 - 1997
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1993 - 1996
- M.D., Duke University 1993
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2012 - 2014
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2008 - 2012
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2002 - 2008
Research
Selected Grants
- A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Omecamtiv Mecarbil on Mortality and Morbidity in Subjects with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced awarded by Amgen, Inc. 2016 - 2021
- Multidisciplinary Heart and Vascular Diseases awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2021
- INDIE-HF-pEF awarded by Aries Pharmaceuticals 2016 - 2019
- Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- HF Clinical Research Network Regional Clinical Center (U10) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
- FIGHT awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2006 - 2018
- ATHENA-HF awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- IRONOUT-HF awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- NEAT awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2018
- CardioMEMS awarded by Pacesetter, Inc. 2016 - 2018
- GUIDing Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment (CCC) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2018
- GUIDing Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment (CCC) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2017
- PRESERVE awarded by Medtronic, Inc. 2014 - 2015
- DOSE awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2011
- RELAX awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2011
- Pharmacometabolomics Research Network awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2011
- Inflammation & Prognosis in Decompensated Heart Failure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Wong, YW, and Felker, GM. "Etiology and overview of heart failure." In Advances in Heart Failure Management, 7-17. September 1, 2012. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Snipelisky, D, Kelly, J, Levine, JA, Koepp, GA, Anstrom, KJ, McNulty, SE, Zakeri, R, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Accelerometer-Measured Daily Activity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Clinical Correlates and Association With Standard Heart Failure Severity Indices." June 2017. Full Text
  - Margulies, KB, Anstrom, KJ, Redfield, MM, Givertz, MM, Oliveira, GH, Cole, R, Mann, D, Whellan, DJ, Kiernan, MS, Felker, GM, McNulty, SE, Shah, MR, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Cappola, TP. "A Randomized trial of Liraglutide for High-Risk Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction." December 8, 2015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Redfield, MM, Anstrom, KJ, Levine, JA, Borlaug, B, Chen, H, LeWinter, MM, Joseph, SM, Shah, SJ, Semigran, MJ, Felker, GM, Cole, RT, Reeves, G, Tedford, RJ, Tang, W, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Shah, MR, Braunwald, E, and Rsch, NHLBIHFC. "Nitrate's Effect on Activity Tolerance in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (NEAT-HFpEF)." December 8, 2015. Link to Item
  - Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, McMurray, JJV, Solomon, SD, Monsalvo, ML, Legg, J, Malik, FI, Honarpour, N, and Investigators, COSMIC-HF. "Chronic Oral Study of Myosin Activation to Increase Contractility in Heart Failure (COSMIC-HF): Final Results from a Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study." December 8, 2015. Link to Item
  - Greenberg, B, Butler, J, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Jaski, B, Lyon, AR, Pogoda, JM, Rudy, JJ, and Zsebo, KM. "CUPID 2: A Phase 2b Trial Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of the Intracoronary Administration of AAV1/SERCA2a in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure." November 2015. Full Text
  - Grodin, JL, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, A, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Starling, RC, O'Connor, C, and Tang, WHW. "The Clinical Implications of Cardiac Troponin I Measured by an “Ultrasensitive” Assay in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from ASCEND-HF." August 2015. Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Hunter, WG, McGarrah, RW, Craig, D, Haynes, C, Velazquez, EJ, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Newgard, CB, Shah, SH, and Kraus, WE. "Novel Protein Glycan Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction." August 2015. Full Text
  - Mentz, R, Felker, GM, Metra, M, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Filippatos, G, Ponikowski, P, Qian, M, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Hypotension in patients with acute heart failure: Insights from RELAX-AHF." August 1, 2015. Link to Item
  - Chen, HH, Anstrom, KJ, Stevens, SR, Deswal, A, Felker, G, Givertz, MM, Bart, BA, Wilson Tang, W, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Lee, KL, Borlaug, BA, Shah, MR, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Differential Response to Low Dose Dopamine or Nesiritide in Patients with Acute Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction in Accordance to LV EF: Sub-Group Analysis of the ROSE AHF Trial." August 2014. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Patel, CB, Schulte, PJ, Kelly, JP, Samsky, MD, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Clinical Characteristics and Long Term Outcomes in Septuagenarians Undergoing Cardiac Transplantation." August 2014. Full Text
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, Vakamudi, S, Watson, MH, Byrns, JS, Rajagopal, S, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, and Patel, CB. "Hemodynamic Response to Continuous Outpatient Milrinone Infusion in Advanced Heart Failure Patients with Mixed Pulmonary Hypertension." August 2014. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Stevens, S, Schulte, P, Kraus, WE, Whellan, D, Kitzman, D, Zannad, F, Pina, I, Donahue, M, Adams, KF, Connor, CO, and Felker, GM. "Incremental Prognostic Utility by Cost and Complexity in Chronic Heart Failure." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, Wang, T, Samsky, M, Craig, D, Felker, GM, Hernandez, A, Rogers, J, Milano, C, Januzzi, JL, Bowles, D, Stevens, RD, Ilkayeva, O, Newgard, C, Shah, S, and Patel, C. "Effects of Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement on Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Stress, Fibrosis, Fluid Homeostasis, Mitochondrial Function, Metabolism, and Endothelial Dysfunction." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Wong, YW, Heizer, G, McMurray, JJV, Felker, GM, Califf, RM, Armstrong, P, O'Connor, CM, Ezekowitz, JA, Starling, RC, Hasselblad, V, and Hernandez, AF. "Nesiritide Administration in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Does Timing Matter?." August 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Menachem, JN, Felker, GM, and Patel, CB. "Right Atrial to Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Ratio Is Not Associated with Failure of Optimal Medical Management in the INTERMACS 4-5 Population." April 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kraus, WE, Donahue, MP, Shah, SH, Whellan, DJ, Hellkamp, A, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Association of Small Molecule Metabolic Intermediates that Predict Cardiovascular Mortality with Peak VO2 in a Heart Failure Population." March 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Neely, B, Neely, M, Adams, K, Whellan, D, Donahue, M, Kitzman, D, Pina, I, Zannad, F, Kraus, W, O'Connor, C, and Felker, GM. "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXERCISE TRAINING AND CHANGES IN BIOMARKERS OF MYOCARDIAL STRESS, INJURY AND INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE." March 12, 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bart, BA, Goldsmith, SR, Lee, KL, Stevenson, LW, O'Connor, CM, Bull, DA, Redfield, MM, Deswal, A, Rouleau, JL, LeWinter, MM, Ofili, EO, Givertz, MM, Semigran, MJ, Felker, GM, Chen, HH, Hernandez, AF, Anstrom, KJ, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Mascette, AM, and Braunwald, E. "Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Results of CARRESS-HF, for the Heart Failure Clinical Research Network." December 4, 2012. Link to Item
  - Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Trapani, A, Bush, C, Saini, R, Schumacher, C, Severin, T, and Metra, M. "The RELAXin in Acute Heart Failure (RELAX-AHF) Trial." December 4, 2012. Link to Item
  - Smith, AD, McKinnon, ML, Patel, CB, Vikraman-Sushama, D, Felker, GM, Sudan, DL, Rosenberg, PB, Hernandez, AF, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Successful Organ Donation and Outcomes Following Long-Term Circulatory Support with Non-Pulsatile Mechanical Support." May 2012. Link to Item
  - Daneshmand, MA, Patel, CB, Hernandez, AF, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, PB, Simeone, AA, Blue, LJ, Rogers, JG, and Milano, CA. "Extended Criteria Cardiac Transplantation Versus Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in the Continuous Flow Era." April 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, CB, Daneshmand, MA, Simeone, AA, Hernandez, AF, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, PB, Blue, LJ, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Outcomes in Destination Therapy VAD and Extended Criteria Cardiac Transplantation Stratified by HeartMate Risk Score." April 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, CB, Mackinnon, ML, Smith, AD, Felker, GM, Vikraman-Sushama, D, Sudan, DL, Rosenberg, PB, Hernandez, AF, Delario, GT, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Long Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: What Are the Final Options?." April 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, Felker, GM, Fiuzat, M, Thompson, V, Shaw, L, Adams, K, Whellan, D, Donahue, M, Kitzman, D, Pina, I, Zannad, F, Kraus, W, and O'Connor, C. "INTERACTION BETWEEN ST2 LEVELS AND EXERCISE TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: ANALYSIS FROM THE HF-ACTION TRIAL." March 27, 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Martin, SS, Ou, F-S, Newby, LK, Sutton, V, Adams, P, Felker, GM, and Wang, T. "PATIENT AND TRIAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH NONPARTICIPATION IN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CARDIOVASCULAR TRIALS." March 27, 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Samsky, M, Patel, C, Hernandez, A, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, P, Milano, C, and Rogers, J. "CHARACTERIZING RENAL FUNCTION IN STANDARD AND EXTENDED CRITERIA CARDIAC TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE." March 27, 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gupta, A, Stehlik, J, McNulty, S, Lee, KL, Gilbert, EM, Budge, D, Anstrom, K, Bull, DA, Felker, GM, Verma, DR, Drakos, SG, Owan, T, O'Connor, CM, and Litwin, SE. "DOES OBESITY AFFECT RESPONSE TO TREATMENT IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE? A DIURETIC OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES EVALUATION (DOSE) TRIAL SUBSTUDY." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, Liang, L, Atherton, JJ, Hayward, CS, Felker, GM, Mills, RM, O'Connor, CM, Fonarow, GC, and Hernandez, AF. "INTERNATIONAL VARIATION IN CARE AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE NATIONAL REGISTRY UNITED STATES AND ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE REGISTRY INTERNATIONAL." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, McNulty, SE, Hernandez, AF, Lee, KL, Redfield, MM, Tracy, RP, Braunwald, E, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "MARKERS OF CONGESTION, SYMPTOM RELIEF AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE: DATA FROM THE DIURETIC OPTIMAL STRATEGY EVALUATION IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE STUDY." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shah, RV, McNulty, S, Lee, K, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, and Givertz, MM. "EFFECT OF ADMISSION ORAL DIURETIC DOSE ON RESPONSE TO CONTINUOUS VERSUS BOLUS INTRAVENOUS DIURETICS IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE: AN ANALYSIS FROM DOSE-AHF." April 5, 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Egnaczyk, GF, Chen, D-F, Patel, CB, White, KR, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, P, Hernandez, AF, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "The Importance of Low-Titer Anti-HLA Antibodies in Cardiac Transplantation." April 2011. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Donahue, M, Adams, KF, Zannad, F, Whellan, D, Kitzman, D, Pina, I, and O'connor, CM. "Prognostic value of Galectin-3 in chronic heart failure: results from the HF-ACTION Study." September 2010. Link to Item
  - Allen, L, Fluzat, M, Davis, G, Felker, GM, and Bristow, M. "Association of Serum Bilirubin with Heart Failure Events hut Not Coronary Events in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction: Data from the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial (BEST)." August 2010. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dev, S, Clare, R, Fiuzat, M, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "The Association of Do-Not-Resuscitate Preference With Quality of Life Preference and Mortality in Patients in the ESCAPE Trial." August 2010. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, R, Shaw, LK, Fonarow, GC, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, and Hernandez, AF. "Admission, Discharge, or Change in BNP and Long-Term Mortality: Data from OPTIMIZE-HF Linked with Medicare Claims." August 2010. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Connor, C, Fiuzat, M, Rogers, J, Tassisa, G, Hasselblad, V, and Felker, GM. "Endpoint Comparisons in an Advanced Heart Failure Trial: Data From the ESCAPE Trial." November 3, 2009. Link to Item
  - Rajagopal, K, Daneshmand, MA, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Rogers, JG, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Recipients of Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Devices versus Marginal-Donor Cardiac Allografts." November 3, 2009. Link to Item
  - Weatherley, BD, Cotter, G, Felker, GM, Teerlink, JR, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, B, Voors, AA, Metra, M, Teichman, SL, and Unemori, E. "In Hospital Early (Within 5 Days) Worsening HF Predicts Adverse Outcome in Patients Admitted for AHF - Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF Study." August 2009. Full Text Link to Item
  - Parker, JD, Michaels, AD, Kass, DA, Wolff, AA, Felker, GM, and Malik, FI. "Rationale and design for a phase II study evaluating the effect of the cardiac myosin activator, CK-1827452, on cardiac function, hemodynamics, and myocardial oxygen consumption in patients with heart failure." August 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Yager, JE, Tulsky, JA, Bowers, MT, Dodson, GC, Levy, WC, Funk, MJ, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Discordance between patient-predicted and model-predicted life expectancy among outpatient heart failure patients." March 11, 2008. Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Felker, GM, Pocock, SJ, McMurray, JJV, Pfeffer, MA, Swedberg, K, Wang, D, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, and Granger, CB. "Liver function test abnormalities and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: Data from the candesartan in heart failure assessment of reduction in mortality and morbidity (CHARM) program." March 6, 2007. Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Felker, GM, Pocock, SJ, Shaw, LK, McMurray, JJV, Pfeffer, MA, Swedberg, K, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, and Granger, CB. "Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in heart failure: Data from the CHARM program and the duke databank." March 6, 2007. Link to Item
  - Lima, B, Rajagopal, K, Mesis, RG, Petersen, RP, Soule, B, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Infections in alternate versus standard list heart transplant patients: Implications for immunosuppression." February 2007. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rogers, JG, Felker, GM, Frazier, OH, and Rose, EA. "Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients supported with left ventricular assist devices: Are bridge-to-transplant and destination therapy populations different?." August 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Uriel, N, Felker, GM, Velazquez, EJ, Weatherly, B, Rogers, JR, Hernandez, A, Adams, KF, Kaluski, E, Vered, Z, O'Connor, CM, and Cotter, G. "Acute heart failure asociated with atrial fibrillation: A distinct disorder and not just a fast pulse rate?." February 21, 2006. Link to Item
  - Kittleson, MM, Skye, A, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, PB, Warren, J, Milano, CA, and Rusell, SD. "De novo C2 monitoring immediately after cardiac transplantation is not associated with improved renal function." February 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lima, B, Rajagopal, K, Petersen, RP, Shah, AS, Soule, B, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Marginal cardiac allografts do not display increased incidence of primary graft dysfunction in alternate list heart transplant recipients." October 25, 2005. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Wagoner, LE, Mehra, MR, Ghali, JK, Oren, RM, Dunlap, SH, Butler, J, Schwartz, TA, Chiong, JR, Stough, WG, Pina, IL, Patterson, JH, Adams, KF, and Invest, STAMINAHFP. "Evolution of hemoglobin concentration in outpatients with heart failure: Results from the study of anemia in a heart failure population (STAMINA-HFP) registry." August 2005. Link to Item
  - Pina, I, Chiong, J, Hebert, K, Robbins, S, Schocken, D, Felker, GM, Cotts, W, Dunlap, S, Sueta, C, Mehra, M, Ghali, J, and Schwartz, T. "Anemia is an important independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with heart failure: Results from STAMINA-HFP." May 24, 2005. Link to Item
  - Russell, SD, Felker, GM, Blue, L, Higginbotham, MB, and Milano, CA. "Mortality associated with use of hepatitis C positive donors in alternate list heart transplantation." February 2005. Full Text Link to Item
  - Adams, KF, Mehra, MR, Chiong, JR, Wagoner, LE, Patterson, JH, Gattis, WA, Felker, GM, Ghali, JK, Cotts, WG, Schwartz, TA, Butler, J, Wolinski, D, and Oren, R. "Lower hemoglobin is associated with reduced survival in unselected outpatients with heart failure: Results from the study of anemia in a heart failure population (STAMINA-HFP) registry." October 26, 2004. Link to Item
  - Dunlap, SH, Pina, IL, Cotts, WG, Wagoner, LE, Oren, RM, Gattis, WA, Mehra, MR, Ghali, JK, Hall, SA, Felker, GM, Schwartz, TA, Hunter, JJ, Adams, KF, and Investigators, STAMINA-HFP. "Lower hemoglobin is associated with persistently reduced quality of life in unselected patients with heart failure: Results from the study of anemia in a heart failure population (STAMINA-HFP) Registry." August 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Anemia, coronary artery disease severity, and survival in chronic heart failure." August 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Anemia and survival in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function." August 2004. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hata, JA, Keys, JR, Blaxall, BC, Petrofski, JA, Hanish, SI, Williams, ML, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, and Koch, WJ. "Differential expression of G-protein coupled receptor kinases after mechanical unloading in the failing human heart." October 28, 2003. Link to Item
  - Trichon, BH, Glower, DD, Shaw, LK, Felker, GM, Cabell, CH, and O'Connor, CM. "Coronary revascularization, with and without mitral valve repair/replacement, is associated with improved survival in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation." November 5, 2002. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Parikh, KS, Sharma, K, Fiuzat, M, Surks, HK, George, JT, Honarpour, N, Depre, C, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Nkulikiyinka, R, Lewis, GD, Gomberg-Maitland, M, O'Connor, CM, Stockbridge, N, Califf, RM, Konstam, MA, Januzzi, JL, Solomon, SD, Borlaug, BA, Shah, SJ, Redfield, MM, and Felker, GM. "Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Expert Panel Report: Current Controversies and Implications for Clinical Trials." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 8 (August 2018): 619-632. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Grodin, JL, Butler, J, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, C, Starling, RC, and Wilson Tang, WH. "Circulating Cardiac Troponin I Levels Measured by a Novel Highly Sensitive Assay in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF Trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure (July 13, 2018). Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Fudim, M. "Unraveling the Mystery of Troponin Elevation in Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 25 (June 2018): 2917-2918. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Lund, LH, Rao, P, Ghosh, R, Warier, P, Vaccaro, B, Dahlström, U, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, and Desai, NR. "Machine Learning Methods Improve Prognostication, Identify Clinically Distinct Phenotypes, and Detect Heterogeneity in Response to Therapy in a Large Cohort of Heart Failure Patients." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 8 (April 12, 2018). Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Januzzi, JL. ""Time Is Muscle" in Acute Heart Failure: Critical Concept or Fake News?." JACC. Heart failure 6, no. 4 (April 2018): 295-297. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Mentz, RJ, and Felker, GM. "Outpatient Worsening Heart Failure as a Target for Therapy: A Review." Jama Cardiology 3, no. 3 (March 2018): 252-259. Full Text
  - Bhatt, AS, Cooper, LB, Ambrosy, AP, Clare, RM, Coles, A, Joyce, E, Krishnamoorthy, A, Butler, J, Felker, GM, Ezekowitz, JA, Armstrong, PW, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Interaction of Body Mass Index on the Association Between N-Terminal-Pro-b-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Findings From ASCEND-HF (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure)." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 3 (February 3, 2018). Full Text
  - Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Butler, J, Collins, SP, Ezekowitz, JA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Levy, PD, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Senger, S, Bharucha, D, Goin, K, Soergel, DG, and Pang, PS. "Relationship between baseline systolic blood pressure and long-term outcomes in acute heart failure patients treated with TRV027: an exploratory subgroup analysis of BLAST-AHF." Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society 107, no. 2 (February 2018): 170-181. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, O'Connor, CM, Dunning, A, Ambrosy, AP, Armstrong, PW, Coles, A, Ezekowitz, JA, Greene, SJ, Metra, M, Starling, RC, Voors, AA, Hernandez, AF, Michael Felker, G, and Mentz, RJ. "Aetiology, timing and clinical predictors of early vs. late readmission following index hospitalization for acute heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 2 (February 2018): 304-314. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Davison, BA, Gimpelewicz, C, Carubelli, V, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Liu, Z, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Severin, TM, Voors, AA, Wang, Y, Cotter, G, and Teerlink, JR. "Site enrollment rate, outcomes, and study drug effects in a multicenter trial. Results from RELAX-AHF." International Journal of Cardiology 253 (February 2018): 91-96. Full Text
  - Groarke, JD, Stevens, SR, Mentz, RJ, Cooper, LB, Vader, JM, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Grodin, JL, Joyce, E, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, Redfield, MM, Stevenson, LW, and Lala, A. "Clinical Significance of Early Fluid and Weight Change During Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization." Journal of Cardiac Failure (January 11, 2018). Full Text
  - Collins, SP, Levy, PD, Fermann, GJ, Givertz, MM, Martindale, JM, Pang, PS, Storrow, AB, Diercks, DD, Michael Felker, G, Fonarow, GC, Lanfear, DJ, Lenihan, DJ, Lindenfeld, JM, Frank Peacock, W, Sawyer, DM, Teerlink, JR, and Butler, J. "What's Next for Acute Heart Failure Research?." Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 25, no. 1 (January 2018): 85-93. Full Text
  - McTiernan, CF, Morel, P, Cooper, LT, Rajagopalan, N, Thohan, V, Zucker, M, Boehmer, J, Bozkurt, B, Mather, P, Thornton, J, Ghali, JK, Hanley-Yanez, K, Fett, J, Halder, I, McNamara, DM, Fett, JD, Pisarcik, J, McTiernan, C, Gorcsan, J, Schelbert, E, Alharethi, R, Rasmusson, K, Brunisholz, K, Butler, A, Budge, D, Kfoury, AG, Horne, B, Tuinei, J, Brown, H, Damp, J, Naftilan, AJ, Russell, J, Freehardt, D, Hsich, E, Oblak, C, Ewald, G, Whitehead, D, Flanagan, J, Platts, A, Elkayam, U, Caro, J, Mullin, S, Givertz, MM, Anello, MS, Booth, D, Sandlin, T, Wijesiri, W, Blauwet, LA, Brunner, J, Phelps, M, Kempf, R, Modi, K, Norwood, T, Briller, J, Griza, DS, Felker, GM, Kociol, R, Adams, P, Wells, G, Wesley-Farrington, D, Soots, S, Sheppard, R, Michel, C, Lapointe, N, Nathaniel, H, Kealey, A, Semigran, M, Daher, M, Silber, D, Popjes, E, Frey, P, Nicklas, T, Alexis, J, Caufield, L, Thornton, JW, Gentry, M, Robinson, VJB, Sharma, GK, Holloway, J, Powell, M, Markham, D, Drazner, M, Fernandez, L, Baran, DA, Gimovsky, ML, Hochbaum, N, Patel, B, Adams, L, Ramani, G, Gottlieb, S, Robinson, S, Fisher, S, Marshall, J, Haythe, J, Mancini, D, Bijou, R, Farr, M, Marks, M, Arango, H, Bolos, M, Rubin, S, Bonita, R, Eberwine, S, Skopicki, H, Stergiopoulos, K, McCathy-Santoro, E, Intravaia, J, Maas, E, Safirstein, J, Kleet, A, Martinez, N, Corpoin, C, Hesari, D, Chaparro, S, Hudson, LJ, Injic, Z, and Wittstein, IS. "Circulating T-Cell Subsets, Monocytes, and Natural Killer Cells in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results From the Multicenter IPAC Study." Journal of Cardiac Failure 24, no. 1 (January 2018): 33-42. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, and Felker, GM. "Considering the duration of heart failure: using the past to predict the future." European journal of heart failure (November 21, 2017). Full Text
  - Ellison, DH, and Felker, GM. "Diuretic Treatment in Heart Failure." The New England Journal of Medicine 377, no. 20 (November 2017): 1964-1975. (Review) Full Text
  - Filippatos, G, Farmakis, D, Metra, M, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Qian, M, Severin, TA, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Erratum to: Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with and without atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of the RELAX-AHF trial." Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society 106, no. 11 (November 2017): 938-null. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Stevens, SR, Lucas, J, Fiuzat, M, Adams, KF, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, MP, Kitzman, DW, Piña, IL, Zannad, F, Kraus, WE, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Utility of Growth Differentiation Factor-15, A Marker of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation, in Chronic Heart Failure: Insights From the HF-ACTION Study." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 10 (October 2017): 724-734. Full Text
  - Butler, J, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, Givertz, MM, Kalogeropoulos, AP, Konstam, MA, Mann, DL, Margulies, KB, McNulty, SE, Mentz, RJ, Redfield, MM, Tang, WHW, Whellan, DJ, Shah, M, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Efficacy and Safety of Spironolactone in Acute Heart Failure: The ATHENA-HF Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama Cardiology 2, no. 9 (September 2017): 950-958. Full Text
  - Wang, T, O'Brien, EC, Rogers, JG, Jacoby, DL, Chen, ME, Testani, JM, Bowles, DE, Milano, CA, Felker, GM, Patel, CB, Bonde, PN, and Ahmad, T. "Plasma Levels of MicroRNA-155 Are Upregulated with Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support." Asaio Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 63, no. 5 (September 2017): 536-541. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Role of Volume Redistribution in the Congestion of Heart Failure." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 8 (August 17, 2017). (Review) Full Text
  - Demissei, BG, Cotter, G, Prescott, MF, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Severin, TM, Wang, Y, Qian, M, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Davison, BA, and Voors, AA. "A multimarker multi-time point-based risk stratification strategy in acute heart failure: results from the RELAX-AHF trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 19, no. 8 (August 2017): 1001-1010. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, KF, Ezekowitz, JA, Fiuzat, M, Houston-Miller, N, Januzzi, JL, Mark, DB, Piña, IL, Passmore, G, Whellan, DJ, Yang, H, Cooper, LS, Leifer, ES, Desvigne-Nickens, P, and O'Connor, CM. "Effect of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama 318, no. 8 (August 2017): 713-720. Full Text
  - Gimpelewicz, C, Metra, M, Cleland, JGF, Szecsödy, P, Chang Wun, C-C, Boer-Martins, L, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Pang, P, Ponikowski, P, Severin, T, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Effects of serelaxin on the outcome of patients with or without substantial peripheral edema: A subgroup analysis from the RELAX-AHF trial." American Heart Journal 190 (August 2017): 113-122. Full Text
  - Pang, PS, Butler, J, Collins, SP, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Ezekowitz, JA, Filippatos, G, Levy, PD, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Bharucha, D, Goin, K, Soergel, DG, and Felker, GM. "Biased ligand of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor in patients with acute heart failure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase IIB, dose ranging trial (BLAST-AHF)." European Heart Journal 38, no. 30 (August 2017): 2364-2373. Full Text
  - Wang, H, Anstrom, K, Ilkayeva, O, Muehlbauer, MJ, Bain, JR, McNulty, S, Newgard, CB, Kraus, WE, Hernandez, A, Felker, GM, Redfield, M, and Shah, SH. "Sildenafil Treatment in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Targeted Metabolomic Profiling in the RELAX Trial." Jama Cardiology 2, no. 8 (August 2017): 896-901. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Bhatt, AS, Gallup, D, Anstrom, KJ, Butler, J, DeVore, AD, Felker, GM, Fudim, M, Greene, SJ, Hernandez, AF, Kelly, JP, Samsky, MD, and Mentz, RJ. "Trajectory of Congestion Metrics by Ejection Fraction in Patients With Acute Heart Failure (from the Heart Failure Network)." The American journal of cardiology 120, no. 1 (July 2017): 98-105. Full Text
  - Banks, A, Broderick, S, Chiswell, K, Shaw, L, Devore, A, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, C, Felker, GM, Velazquez, E, and Mentz, R. "Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus and With Versus Without Angina Pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease)." The American Journal of Cardiology 119, no. 11 (June 2017): 1703-1709. Full Text
  - Filippatos, G, Farmakis, D, Metra, M, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Qian, M, Severin, TA, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with and without atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of the RELAX-AHF trial." Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 106, no. 6 (June 2017): 444-456. Full Text
  - Grodin, JL, Gallup, D, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, Chen, HH, and Tang, WHW. "Implications of Alternative Hepatorenal Prognostic Scoring Systems in Acute Heart Failure (from DOSE-AHF and ROSE-AHF)." The American journal of cardiology 119, no. 12 (June 2017): 2003-2009. Full Text
  - Januzzi, JL, and Felker, GM. "Door-to-Furosemide Therapy in the ED: New Quality Metric or Just a Piece of the Puzzle?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 25 (June 2017): 3052-3054. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Ponikowski, P, Pang, PS, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Felker, GM, Davison, BA, Cotter, G, Gimpelewicz, C, Boer-Martins, L, Wernsing, M, Hua, TA, Severin, T, and Metra, M. "Serelaxin in addition to standard therapy in acute heart failure: rationale and design of the RELAX-AHF-2 study." European Journal of Heart Failure 19, no. 6 (June 2017): 800-809. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Felker, GM. "Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: The More Things Stay the Same." JAMA cardiology 2, no. 5 (May 2017): 476-477. Full Text
  - Chow, SL, Maisel, AS, Anand, I, Bozkurt, B, de Boer, RA, Felker, GM, Fonarow, GC, Greenberg, B, Januzzi, JL, Kiernan, MS, Liu, PP, Wang, TJ, Yancy, CW, Zile, MR, American Heart Association Clinical Pharmacology Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, . "Role of Biomarkers for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association." Circulation 135, no. 22 (May 2017): e1054-e1091. (Review) Full Text
  - Lewis, GD, Malhotra, R, Hernandez, AF, McNulty, SE, Smith, A, Felker, GM, Tang, WHW, LaRue, SJ, Redfield, MM, Semigran, MJ, Givertz, MM, Van Buren, P, Whellan, D, Anstrom, KJ, Shah, MR, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Butler, J, Braunwald, E, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Effect of Oral Iron Repletion on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: The IRONOUT HF Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama 317, no. 19 (May 2017): 1958-1966. Full Text
  - Pang, PS, Teerlink, JR, Boer-Martins, L, Gimpelewicz, C, Davison, BA, Wang, Y, Voors, AA, Severin, T, Ponikowski, P, Hua, TA, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Felker, GM, Cotter, G, and Metra, M. "Day vs night: Does time of presentation matter in acute heart failure? A secondary analysis from the RELAX-AHF trial." American heart journal 187 (May 2017): 62-69. Full Text
  - Schelbert, EB, Elkayam, U, Cooper, LT, Givertz, MM, Alexis, JD, Briller, J, Felker, GM, Chaparro, S, Kealey, A, Pisarcik, J, Fett, JD, McNamara, DM, and Investigations of Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC) Investigators, . "Myocardial Damage Detected by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Is Uncommon in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 4 (April 3, 2017). Full Text
  - Meyer, S, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Severin, T, Qian, M, and Voors, AA. "Sex differences in early dyspnea relief between men and women hospitalized for acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study." Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society 106, no. 4 (April 2017): 280-292. Full Text
  - Parikh, KS, Rao, Y, Ahmad, T, Shen, K, Felker, GM, and Rajagopal, S. "Novel approach to classifying patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension using cluster analysis." Pulmonary circulation 7, no. 2 (April 2017): 486-493. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Mentz, RJ, Cole, RT, Adams, KF, Egnaczyk, GF, Fiuzat, M, Patel, CB, Echols, M, Khouri, MG, Tauras, JM, Gupta, D, Monds, P, Roberts, R, and O'Connor, CM. "Efficacy and Safety of Tolvaptan in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 11 (March 2017): 1399-1406. Full Text
  - AbouEzzeddine, OF, McKie, PM, Dunlay, SM, Stevens, SR, Felker, GM, Borlaug, BA, Chen, HH, Tracy, RP, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Suppression of Tumorigenicity 2 in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 2 (February 18, 2017). Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Whellan, DJ. "Inpatient Management of Heart Failure: Are We Shooting at the Right Target?." Annals of internal medicine 166, no. 3 (February 2017): 223-224. Full Text
  - Apple, FS, Cullen, L, Felker, GM, Ginsburg, G, and Morrow, D. "Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of Biomarkers, Proteomics, and Genomics." Clinical Chemistry 63, no. 1 (January 2017): 1-4. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, McMurray, JJV, Solomon, SD, Adams, KF, Cleland, JGF, Ezekowitz, JA, Goudev, A, Macdonald, P, Metra, M, Mitrovic, V, Ponikowski, P, Serpytis, P, Spinar, J, Tomcsányi, J, Vandekerckhove, HJ, Voors, AA, Monsalvo, ML, Johnston, J, Malik, FI, Honarpour, N, and COSMIC-HF Investigators, . "Chronic Oral Study of Myosin Activation to Increase Contractility in Heart Failure (COSMIC-HF): a phase 2, pharmacokinetic, randomised, placebo-controlled trial." Lancet (London, England) 388, no. 10062 (December 2016): 2895-2903. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Cerbin, LP, Armstrong, PW, Butler, J, Coles, A, DeVore, AD, Dunlap, ME, Ezekowitz, JA, Felker, GM, Fudim, M, Greene, SJ, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, CM, Schulte, P, Starling, RC, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, and Mentz, RJ. "Body Weight Change During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Patient Characteristics, Markers of Congestion, and Outcomes: Findings From ASCEND-HF." Jacc. Heart Failure (November 30, 2016). Full Text
  - AbouEzzeddine, OF, McKie, PM, Scott, CG, Rodeheffer, RJ, Chen, HH, Michael Felker, G, Jaffe, AS, Burnett, JC, and Redfield, MM. "Biomarker-based risk prediction in the community." European Journal of Heart Failure 18, no. 11 (November 2016): 1342-1350. Full Text
  - Brown, PM, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, and Ezekowitz, JA. "Composite End Points in Acute Heart Failure Research: Data Simulations Illustrate the Limitations." The Canadian journal of cardiology 32, no. 11 (November 2016): 1356.e21-1356.e28. Full Text
  - Butler, J, Hernandez, AF, Anstrom, KJ, Kalogeropoulos, A, Redfield, MM, Konstam, MA, Tang, WHW, Felker, GM, Shah, MR, and Braunwald, E. "Rationale and Design of the ATHENA-HF Trial: Aldosterone Targeted Neurohormonal Combined With Natriuresis Therapy in Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 4, no. 9 (September 2016): 726-735. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Mentz, RJ, Gallup, D, Lala, A, DeVore, AD, Vader, JM, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Bart, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Serum Bicarbonate in Acute Heart Failure: Relationship to Treatment Strategies and Clinical Outcomes." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 9 (September 2016): 738-742. Full Text
  - Krishnamurthy, Y, Cooper, LB, Parikh, KS, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Hernandez, AF, and Patel, CB. "Pulmonary Hypertension in the Era of Mechanical Circulatory Support." Asaio Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 62, no. 5 (September 2016): 505-512. (Review) Full Text
  - Liu, LCY, Voors, AA, Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Chen, Y, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Pang, PS, Prescott, MF, Hua, TA, Severin, TM, and Metra, M. "Effects of serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with renal impairment: results from RELAX-AHF." Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 105, no. 9 (September 2016): 727-737. Full Text
  - Collins, SP, Levy, PD, Martindale, JL, Dunlap, ME, Storrow, AB, Pang, PS, Albert, NM, Felker, GM, Fermann, GJ, Fonarow, GC, Givertz, MM, Hollander, JE, Lanfear, DE, Lenihan, DJ, Lindenfeld, JM, Peacock, WF, Sawyer, DB, Teerlink, JR, and Butler, J. "Clinical and Research Considerations for Patients With Hypertensive Acute Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the Heart Failure Society of America Acute Heart Failure Working Group." Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 23, no. 8 (August 3, 2016): 922-931. Full Text
  - Collins, SP, Levy, PD, Martindale, JL, Dunlap, ME, Storrow, AB, Pang, PS, Albert, NM, Felker, GM, Fermann, GJ, Fonarow, GC, Givertz, MM, Hollander, JE, Lanfear, DJ, Lenihan, DJ, Lindenfeld, JM, Peacock, WF, Sawyer, DB, Teerlink, JR, and Butler, J. "Clinical and Research Considerations for Patients With Hypertensive Acute Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and the Heart Failure Society of America Acute Heart Failure Working Group." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 8 (August 2016): 618-627. (Review) Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Cooper, LB, Gallup, D, Anstrom, KJ, Chen, HH, Redfield, MM, O'Connor, CM, Mentz, RJ, Hernanadez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Implications of Using Different Definitions on Outcomes in Worsening Heart Failure." Circulation. Heart Failure 9, no. 8 (August 2016). Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Hammill, BG, Doll, JA, Felker, GM, Heidenreich, PA, Bhatt, DL, Yancy, CW, Fonarow, GC, and Hernandez, AF. "The Potential Impact of Expanding Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 9 (August 2016): 977-978. (Letter) Full Text
  - Margulies, KB, Hernandez, AF, Redfield, MM, Givertz, MM, Oliveira, GH, Cole, R, Mann, DL, Whellan, DJ, Kiernan, MS, Felker, GM, McNulty, SE, Anstrom, KJ, Shah, MR, Braunwald, E, Cappola, TP, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Jama 316, no. 5 (August 2016): 500-508. Full Text
  - Wan, S-H, Stevens, SR, Borlaug, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Deswal, A, Felker, GM, Givertz, MM, Bart, BA, Tang, WHW, Redfield, MM, and Chen, HH. "Differential Response to Low-Dose Dopamine or Low-Dose Nesiritide in Acute Heart Failure With Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results From the ROSE AHF Trial (Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure)." Circulation. Heart Failure 9, no. 8 (August 2016). Full Text
  - Hunter, WG, Kelly, JP, McGarrah, RW, Khouri, MG, Craig, D, Haynes, C, Ilkayeva, O, Stevens, RD, Bain, JR, Muehlbauer, MJ, Newgard, CB, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Velazquez, EJ, Kraus, WE, and Shah, SH. "Metabolomic Profiling Identifies Novel Circulating Biomarkers of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Differentially Elevated in Heart Failure With Preserved Versus Reduced Ejection Fraction: Evidence for Shared Metabolic Impairments in Clinical Heart Failure." Journal of the American Heart Association 5, no. 8 (July 29, 2016). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Pang, PS, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Ponikowski, P, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Felker, GM, Davison, BA, Cotter, G, Kriger, J, Prescott, MF, Hua, TA, Severin, T, and Metra, M. "Use of High-Sensitivity Troponin T to Identify Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Lower Risk for Adverse Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis From the RELAX-AHF Trial." JACC. Heart failure 4, no. 7 (July 2016): 591-599. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, and Felker, GM. "Brain Natriuretic Peptide Treatment and Heart Failure Prevention: Reliving the Mistakes of the Past or Charting a New Course for the Future?." JACC. Heart failure 4, no. 7 (July 2016): 548-550. Full Text
  - Wong, YW, Mentz, RJ, Felker, GM, Ezekowitz, J, Pieper, K, Heizer, G, Hasselblad, V, Metra, M, O'Connor, CM, Armstrong, PW, Starling, RC, and Hernandez, AF. "Nesiritide in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: does timing matter? Implication for future acute heart failure trials." European journal of heart failure 18, no. 6 (June 2016): 684-692. Full Text
  - Damp, J, Givertz, MM, Semigran, M, Alharethi, R, Ewald, G, Felker, GM, Bozkurt, B, Boehmer, J, Haythe, J, Skopicki, H, Hanley-Yanez, K, Pisarcik, J, Halder, I, Gorcsan, J, Rana, S, Arany, Z, Fett, JD, McNamara, DM, and IPAC Investigators, . "Relaxin-2 and Soluble Flt1 Levels in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results of the Multicenter IPAC Study." Jacc. Heart Failure 4, no. 5 (May 2016): 380-388. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Fonarow, GC, Butler, J, Ezekowitz, JA, and Felker, GM. "Coenzyme Q10 and Heart Failure: A State-of-the-Art Review." Circulation. Heart failure 9, no. 4 (April 2016): e002639-. (Review) Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Hernandez, AF, Armstrong, PW, Butler, J, Dunning, A, Ezekowitz, JA, Felker, GM, Greene, SJ, Kaul, P, McMurray, JJ, Metra, M, O'Connor, CM, Reed, SD, Schulte, PJ, Starling, RC, Tang, WHW, Voors, AA, and Mentz, RJ. "The clinical course of health status and association with outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF." European Journal of Heart Failure 18, no. 3 (March 2016): 306-313. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Lu, D, Mentz, RJ, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, and Patel, CB. "Cardiac transplantation for older patients: Characteristics and outcomes in the septuagenarian population." The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 35, no. 3 (March 2016): 362-369. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Lu, D, Mentz, RJ, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, and Patel, CB. "Cardiac transplantation for older patients: Characteristics and outcomes in the septuagenarian population." JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION 35, no. 3 (March 2016): 362-369. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cooper, LB, Mentz, RJ, Stevens, SR, Felker, GM, Lombardi, C, Metra, M, Stevenson, LW, O'Connor, CM, Milano, CA, Patel, CB, and Rogers, JG. "Hemodynamic Predictors of Heart Failure Morbidity and Mortality: Fluid or Flow?." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 3 (March 2016): 182-189. Full Text
  - Greenberg, B, Butler, J, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Desai, AS, Barnard, D, Bouchard, A, Jaski, B, Lyon, AR, Pogoda, JM, Rudy, JJ, and Zsebo, KM. "Calcium upregulation by percutaneous administration of gene therapy in patients with cardiac disease (CUPID 2): a randomised, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial." Lancet (London, England) 387, no. 10024 (March 2016): 1178-1186. Full Text
  - Greenberg, B, Butler, J, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Pogoda, JM, Provost, R, Guerrero, J, Hajjar, RJ, and Zsebo, KM. "Prevalence of AAV1 neutralizing antibodies and consequences for a clinical trial of gene transfer for advanced heart failure." Gene Therapy 23, no. 3 (March 2016): 313-319. Full Text
  - Perez, AL, Grodin, JL, Wu, Y, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Starling, RC, O'Connor, CM, and Tang, WHW. "Increased mortality with elevated plasma endothelin-1 in acute heart failure: an ASCEND-HF biomarker substudy." European Journal of Heart Failure 18, no. 3 (March 2016): 290-297. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, McMurray, JJV, Ponikowski, P, Metra, M, Filippatos, GS, Ezekowitz, JA, Dickstein, K, Cleland, JGF, Kim, JB, Lei, L, Knusel, B, Wolff, AA, Malik, FI, Wasserman, SM, and ATOMIC-AHF Investigators, . "Acute Treatment With Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Increase Contractility in Acute Heart Failure: The ATOMIC-AHF Study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 12 (March 2016): 1444-1455. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Desai, N, Wilson, F, Schulte, P, Dunning, A, Jacoby, D, Allen, L, Fiuzat, M, Rogers, J, Felker, GM, O'Connor, C, and Patel, CB. "Clinical Implications of Cluster Analysis-Based Classification of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Correlation with Bedside Hemodynamic Profiles." Plos One 11, no. 2 (January 2016): e0145881-null. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Kelly, JP, McGarrah, RW, Hellkamp, AS, Fiuzat, M, Testani, JM, Wang, TS, Verma, A, Samsky, MD, Donahue, MP, Ilkayeva, OR, Bowles, DE, Patel, CB, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, Shah, SH, and Kraus, WE. "Prognostic Implications of Long-Chain Acylcarnitines in Heart Failure and Reversibility With Mechanical Circulatory Support." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 3 (January 2016): 291-299. Full Text
  - Francis, GS, Felker, GM, and Tang, WHW. "A Test in Context: Critical Evaluation of Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 3 (January 2016): 330-337. (Review) Full Text
  - Grodin, JL, Stevens, SR, de Las Fuentes, L, Kiernan, M, Birati, EY, Gupta, D, Bart, BA, Felker, GM, Chen, HH, Butler, J, Dávila-Román, VG, Margulies, KB, Hernandez, AF, Anstrom, KJ, and Tang, WHW. "Intensification of Medication Therapy for Cardiorenal Syndrome in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 1 (January 2016): 26-32. Full Text
  - Parikh, KS, Felker, GM, and Metra, M. "Mode of Death After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization　- A Clue to Possible Mechanisms." Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 80, no. 1 (January 2016): 17-23. (Review) Full Text
  - Tang, WHW, Wu, Y, Grodin, JL, Hsu, AP, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Troughton, RW, Mills, RM, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, O'Connor, CM, and Starling, RC. "Prognostic Value of Baseline and Changes in Circulating Soluble ST2 Levels and the Effects of Nesiritide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." JACC. Heart failure 4, no. 1 (January 2016): 68-77. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Mentz, RJ, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Davison, BA, Cotter, G, Prescott, MF, Hua, TA, Lopez-Pintado, S, Severin, T, and Metra, M. "Serial high sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement in acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study." European Journal of Heart Failure 17, no. 12 (December 2015): 1262-1270. Full Text
  - Redfield, MM, Anstrom, KJ, Levine, JA, Koepp, GA, Borlaug, BA, Chen, HH, LeWinter, MM, Joseph, SM, Shah, SJ, Semigran, MJ, Felker, GM, Cole, RT, Reeves, GR, Tedford, RJ, Tang, WHW, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Shah, MR, Braunwald, E, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction." The New England Journal of Medicine 373, no. 24 (December 2015): 2314-2324. Full Text
  - Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, Kelkar, A, Fonarow, GC, Anker, S, Greene, SJ, Papadimitriou, L, Collins, S, Ruschitzka, F, Yancy, CW, Teerlink, JR, Adams, K, Cotter, G, Ponikowski, P, Felker, GM, Metra, M, and Filippatos, G. "In-hospital worsening heart failure." European journal of heart failure 17, no. 11 (November 2015): 1104-1113. (Review) Full Text
  - Cotter, G, Voors, AA, Prescott, MF, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Pang, PS, Ponikowski, P, Milo, O, Hua, TA, Qian, M, Severin, TM, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, and Davison, BA. "Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in patients admitted for acute heart failure: results from the RELAX-AHF study." European journal of heart failure 17, no. 11 (November 2015): 1133-1143. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, DeVore, AD, and Michael Felker, G. "The Impact of Worsening Heart Failure in the United States." Heart failure clinics 11, no. 4 (October 2015): 603-614. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Grodin, JL, Perez, AL, Wu, Y, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Califf, RM, Starling, RC, O'Connor, CM, and Tang, WHW. "Circulating Kidney Injury Molecule-1 Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure)." JACC. Heart failure 3, no. 10 (October 2015): 777-785. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Ahmad, T. "Reclassifying heart failure: time for disruptive innovation?." European journal of heart failure 17, no. 9 (September 2, 2015): 879-880. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Mentz, RJ, Adams, KF, Cole, RT, Egnaczyk, GF, Patel, CB, Fiuzat, M, Gregory, D, Wedge, P, O'Connor, CM, Udelson, JE, and Konstam, MA. "Tolvaptan in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure: Rationale and Design of the TACTICS and the SECRET of CHF Trials." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 5 (September 2015): 997-1005. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Augmenting outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure." European heart journal 36, no. 34 (September 2015): 2276-2278. Full Text
  - Daneshmand, MA, Krishnamoorthy, A, Samsky, MD, Felker, GM, Pura, JA, Lokhnygina, Y, Hernandez, AF, Rosenberg, PB, Blue, LJ, Schroder, JN, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, and Patel, CB. "Comparison of 2-Year Outcomes of Extended Criteria Cardiac Transplantation Versus Destination Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy Using Continuous Flow." The American journal of cardiology 116, no. 4 (August 2015): 573-579. Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Mentz, RJ, Hasselblad, V, Ezekowitz, JA, Armstrong, PW, Zannad, F, Felker, GM, Califf, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Hernandez, AF. "Worsening heart failure during hospitalization for acute heart failure: Insights from the Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF)." American Heart Journal 170, no. 2 (August 2015): 298-305. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, O'Brien, EC, Schulte, PJ, Stevens, SR, Fiuzat, M, Kitzman, DW, Adams, KF, Kraus, WE, Piña, IL, Donahue, MP, Zannad, F, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Evaluation of the Incremental Prognostic Utility of Increasingly Complex Testing in Chronic Heart Failure." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 4 (July 2015): 709-716. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Metra, M, and Teerlink, JR. "Reply: Mode of Death Prevention by Serelaxin." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, no. 1 (July 2015): 99-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, Tonks, RW, Adams, PA, Felker, GM, Patel, CB, and Mentz, RJ. "Enrollment in Heart Failure Clinical Trials: Insights Into Which Entry Criteria Exclude Patients." Journal of cardiac failure 21, no. 7 (July 2015): 608-609. (Letter) Full Text
  - Lala, A, McNulty, SE, Mentz, RJ, Dunlay, SM, Vader, JM, AbouEzzeddine, OF, DeVore, AD, Khazanie, P, Redfield, MM, Goldsmith, SR, Bart, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, and Stevenson, LW. "Relief and Recurrence of Congestion During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure: Insights From Diuretic Optimization Strategy Evaluation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF) and Cardiorenal Rescue Study in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (CARESS-HF)." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 4 (July 2015): 741-748. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Givertz, MM, Anstrom, KJ, Redfield, MM, Deswal, A, Haddad, H, Butler, J, Tang, WHW, Dunlap, ME, LeWinter, MM, Mann, DL, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, Goldsmith, SR, Ofili, EO, Saltzberg, MT, Margulies, KB, Cappola, TP, Konstam, MA, Semigran, MJ, McNulty, SE, Lee, KL, Shah, MR, Hernandez, AF, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Effects of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition in Hyperuricemic Heart Failure Patients: The Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition for Hyperuricemic Heart Failure Patients (EXACT-HF) Study." Circulation 131, no. 20 (May 2015): 1763-1771. Full Text
  - AbouEzzeddine, OF, Haines, P, Stevens, S, Nativi-Nicolau, J, Felker, GM, Borlaug, BA, Chen, HH, Tracy, RP, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Galectin-3 in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. A RELAX trial substudy (Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibition to Improve Clinical Status and Exercise Capacity in Diastolic Heart Failure)." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 3 (March 2015): 245-252. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "Reply: applying cluster analysis to data of previously published chronic heart failure trials: systems biology and clinical phenotypes of heart failure syndrome." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 12 (March 2015): 1270-1271. (Letter) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Butler, J, Collins, SP, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Ezekowitz, JA, Filippatos, G, Levy, PD, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Soergel, DG, Teerlink, JR, Violin, JD, Voors, AA, and Pang, PS. "Heart failure therapeutics on the basis of a biased ligand of the angiotensin-2 type 1 receptor. Rationale and design of the BLAST-AHF study (Biased Ligand of the Angiotensin Receptor Study in Acute Heart Failure)." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 3 (March 2015): 193-201. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Stevens, SR, DeVore, AD, Lala, A, Vader, JM, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Khazanie, P, Redfield, MM, Stevenson, LW, O'Connor, CM, Goldsmith, SR, Bart, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Felker, GM. "Decongestion strategies and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system activation in acute heart failure." JACC. Heart failure 3, no. 2 (February 2015): 97-107. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Mentz, RJ, Stevens, SR, DeVore, AD, Lala, A, Vader, JM, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Khazanie, P, Redfield, MM, Stevenson, LW, O'Connor, CM, Goldsmith, SR, Bart, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Felker, GM. "Decongestion Strategies and Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Activation in Acute Heart Failure." JACC-HEART FAILURE 3, no. 2 (February 2015): 97-107. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, Wang, T, O'Brien, EC, Samsky, MD, Pura, JA, Lokhnygina, Y, Rogers, JG, Hernandez, AF, Craig, D, Bowles, DE, Milano, CA, Shah, SH, Januzzi, JL, Felker, GM, and Patel, CB. "Effects of left ventricular assist device support on biomarkers of cardiovascular stress, fibrosis, fluid homeostasis, inflammation, and renal injury." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 1 (January 2015): 30-39. Full Text
  - Collins, S, Storrow, AB, Albert, NM, Butler, J, Ezekowitz, J, Felker, GM, Fermann, GJ, Fonarow, GC, Givertz, MM, Hiestand, B, Hollander, JE, Lanfear, DE, Levy, PD, Pang, PS, Peacock, WF, Sawyer, DB, Teerlink, JR, Lenihan, DJ, and SAEM/HFSA Acute Heart Failure Working Group, . "Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions. A consensus document from the society for academic emergency medicine/heart failure society of America acute heart failure working group." Journal of cardiac failure 21, no. 1 (January 2015): 27-43. (Review) Full Text
  - Collins, S, Storrow, AB, Albert, NM, Butler, J, Ezekowitz, J, Felker, GM, Fermann, GJ, Fonarow, GC, Givertz, MM, Hiestand, B, Hollander, JE, Lanfear, DE, Levy, PD, Pang, PS, Peacock, WF, Sawyer, DB, Teerlink, JR, and Lenihan, DJ. "Early management of patients with acute heart failure: State of the art and future directions. A consensus document from the society for academic emergency medicine/heart failure society of america acute heart failure working group." Journal of Cardiac Failure 21, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 27-43. (Review) Full Text
  - Collins, SP, Storrow, AB, Levy, PD, Albert, N, Butler, J, Ezekowitz, JA, Felker, GM, Fermann, GJ, Fonarow, GC, Givertz, MM, Hiestand, B, Hollander, JE, Lanfear, DE, Pang, PS, Peacock, WF, Sawyer, DB, Teerlink, JR, and Lenihan, DJ. "Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions--a consensus document from the SAEM/HFSA acute heart failure working group." Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 22, no. 1 (January 2015): 94-112. (Review) Full Text
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, Tonks, RW, Adams, PA, Felker, GM, Patel, CB, and Mentz, RJ. "Enrollment in Heart Failure Clinical Trials: Insights Into Which Entry Criteria Exclude Patients." Journal of Cardiac Failure 21, no. 7 (2015): 608-609. Full Text
  - Tampakakis, E, Leary, PJ, Selby, VN, De Marco, T, Cappola, TP, Felker, GM, Russell, SD, Kasper, EK, and Tedford, RJ. "The diastolic pulmonary gradient does not predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 1 (January 2015): 9-16. Full Text
  - Tang, WHW, Dupont, M, Hernandez, AF, Voors, AA, Hsu, AP, Felker, GM, Butler, J, Metra, M, Anker, SD, Troughton, RW, Gottlieb, SS, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Massie, BM, Califf, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Starling, RC. "Comparative assessment of short-term adverse events in acute heart failure with cystatin C and other estimates of renal function: results from the ASCEND-HF trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 1 (January 2015): 40-49. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "Reply: predicting sudden cardiac death in heart failure." JACC. Heart failure 2, no. 6 (December 2014): 673-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Voors, AA, Davison, BA, Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, Cotter, G, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Pang, PS, Levin, B, Hua, TA, Severin, T, Ponikowski, P, Metra, M, and RELAX-AHF Investigators, . "Diuretic response in patients with acute decompensated heart failure: characteristics and clinical outcome--an analysis from RELAX-AHF." European Journal of Heart Failure 16, no. 11 (November 2014): 1230-1240. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Pencina, MJ, Schulte, PJ, O'Brien, E, Whellan, DJ, Piña, IL, Kitzman, DW, Lee, KL, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Clinical implications of chronic heart failure phenotypes defined by cluster analysis." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 17 (October 21, 2014): 1765-1774. Full Text
  - Douglas, PS, and Felker, GM. "N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide: a risk predictor for all." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 17 (October 21, 2014): 1798-1800. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Pencina, MJ, Geller, NL, Zannad, F, Cleland, JGF, Snider, JV, Blankenberg, S, Adams, KF, Redberg, RF, Kim, JB, Mascette, A, Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, and Januzzi, JL. "Charting a roadmap for heart failure biomarker studies." Jacc. Heart Failure 2, no. 5 (October 2014): 477-488. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Ahmad, T, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, KF, Cooper, LS, Ezekowitz, JA, Fiuzat, M, Houston-Miller, N, Januzzi, JL, Leifer, ES, Mark, DB, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Paynter, G, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Rationale and design of the GUIDE-IT study: Guiding Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment in Heart Failure." JACC. Heart failure 2, no. 5 (October 2014): 457-465. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Teerlink, JR, Butler, J, Hernandez, AF, Miller, AB, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Hua, TA, Severin, TM, Unemori, E, and Metra, M. "Effect of serelaxin on mode of death in acute heart failure: results from the RELAX-AHF study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 15 (October 2014): 1591-1598. Full Text
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, and Felker, GM. "Fluid removal in acute heart failure: diuretics versus devices." Current opinion in critical care 20, no. 5 (October 2014): 478-483. (Review) Full Text
  - Patel, CB, DeVore, AD, Felker, GM, Wojdyla, DM, Hernandez, AF, Milano, CA, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "Characteristics and outcomes of patients with heart failure and discordant findings by right-sided heart catheterization and cardiopulmonary exercise testing." The American journal of cardiology 114, no. 7 (October 2014): 1059-1064. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Neely, B, Neely, ML, Pencina, MJ, Kraus, WE, Zannad, F, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, MP, Piña, IL, Adams, KF, Kitzman, DW, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Biomarkers of myocardial stress and fibrosis as predictors of mode of death in patients with chronic heart failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 2, no. 3 (June 2014): 260-268. Full Text
  - van Deursen, VM, Edwards, C, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Damman, K, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Severin, T, and Voors, AA. "Liver function, in-hospital, and post-discharge clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure-results from the relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure study." Journal of Cardiac Failure 20, no. 6 (June 2014): 407-413. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Soergel, DG, and Pang, PS. "Rationale and design of the biased ligand at the angiotensin receptor study in acute heart failure (BLAST-AHF)." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 16 (May 2014): 137-137. Link to Item
  - Kalogeropoulos, AP, Tang, WHW, Hsu, A, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Troughton, RW, Voors, AA, Anker, SD, Metra, M, McMurray, JJV, Massie, BM, Ezekowitz, JA, Califf, RM, O'Connor, CM, Starling, RC, and Butler, J. "High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in acute heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 20, no. 5 (May 2014): 319-326. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Kjeldsen, K, Rossi, GP, Voors, AA, Cleland, JGF, Anker, SD, Gheorghiade, M, Fiuzat, M, Rossignol, P, Zannad, F, Pitt, B, O'Connor, C, and Felker, GM. "Decongestion in acute heart failure." European Journal of Heart Failure 16, no. 5 (May 2014): 471-482. (Review) Full Text
  - Filippatos, G, Teerlink, JR, Farmakis, D, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Greenberg, BH, Hua, T, Ponikowski, P, Severin, T, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, and Metra, M. "Serelaxin in acute heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: results from the RELAX-AHF trial." European Heart Journal 35, no. 16 (April 2014): 1041-1050. Full Text
  - Wong, YW, Anstrom, K, McNulty, S, Hernandez, A, and Felker, GM. "CIRCULATING SURFACTANT PROTEINS, DYSPNEA, AND MARKERS OF CONGESTION IN ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE: REPORT FROM THE DIURETIC OPTIMIZATION STRATEGIES EVALUATION (DOSE) STUDY." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 12 (April 2014): A919-A919. Full Text
  - Damman, K, Tang, WHW, Felker, GM, Lassus, J, Zannad, F, Krum, H, and McMurray, JJV. "Current evidence on treatment of patients with chronic systolic heart failure and renal insufficiency: practical considerations from published data." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 9 (March 2014): 853-871. (Review) Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Mark, DB, Neely, B, Neely, M, Kraus, WE, Kitzman, DW, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, M, Zannad, F, Piña, IL, Adams, K, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "The effects of exercise on cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with chronic heart failure." American Heart Journal 167, no. 2 (February 2014): 193-202.e1. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Mark, DB, Neely, B, Neely, M, Kraus, WE, Kitzman, DW, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, M, Zannad, F, Piña, IL, Adams, K, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "The effects of exercise on cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with chronic heart failure." American Heart Journal 167, no. 2 (February 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Greenberg, B, Yaroshinsky, A, Zsebo, KM, Butler, J, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, Rudy, JJ, Wagner, K, and Hajjar, RJ. "Design of a phase 2b trial of intracoronary administration of AAV1/SERCA2a in patients with advanced heart failure: the CUPID 2 trial (calcium up-regulation by percutaneous administration of gene therapy in cardiac disease phase 2b)." Jacc. Heart Failure 2, no. 1 (February 2014): 84-92. Full Text
  - Schlendorf, K, Patel, CB, Gehrig, T, Kiefer, TL, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Blue, LJ, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Thrombolytic therapy for thrombosis of continuous flow ventricular assist devices." Journal of Cardiac Failure 20, no. 2 (February 2014): 91-97. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Pencina, MJ, Geller, NL, Zannad, F, Cleland, JGF, Snider, JV, Blankenberg, S, Adams, KF, Redberg, RF, Kim, JB, Mascette, A, Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, and Januzzi, JL. "Charting a roadmap for heart failure biomarker studies." JACC: Heart Failure 2, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 477-488. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Ahmad, T, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, KF, Cooper, LS, Ezekowitz, JA, Fiuzat, M, Houston-Miller, N, Januzzi, JL, Leifer, ES, Mark, DB, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Paynter, G, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Rationale and design of theguide-it study: Guiding evidence based therapy usingbiomarker intensified treatment inheart failure." Jacc: Heart Failure 2, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 458-465. Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Schulte, PJ, Felker, M, Ahmad, T, Neely, M, Adams, KF, Donahue, MP, Kraus, WE, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Relationship between galectin-3 levels and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist use in heart failure: analysis from HF-ACTION." J Card Fail 20, no. 1 (January 2014): 38-44. Full Text Link to Item
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, and Felker, GM. "Fluid removal in acute heart failure: Diuretics versus devices." Current Opinion in Critical Care 20, no. 5 (2014): 478-483. Full Text
  - Troughton, R, Michael Felker, G, and Januzzi, JL. "Natriuretic peptide-guided heart failure management." European Heart Journal 35, no. 1 (January 2014): 16-24. (Review) Full Text
  - Wang, TS, Hernandez, AF, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, and Patel, CB. "Valvular heart disease in patients supported with left ventricular assist devices." Circulation. Heart failure 7, no. 1 (January 2014): 215-222. (Review) Full Text
  - van Deursen, VM, Edwards, C, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Damman, K, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Severin, T, and Voors, AA. "Liver Function, In-Hospital, and Post-Discharge Clinical Outcome in Patients With Acute Heart Failure-Results From the Relaxin for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Heart Failure Study." Journal of Cardiac Failure (2014).
  - Chen, HH, Borlaug, BA, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, Givertz, MM, Deswal, A, Bart, BA, Stevenson, LW, Rouleau, JL, O'Meara, E, LeWinter, MM, Bull, DA, Stehlik, J, Semigran, MJ, Goldsmith, SR, Ofili, EO, O'Connor, CM, Tang, WHW, Starling, RC, Butler, J, Whellan, DJ, Margulies, KB, Cappola, TP, Konstam, MA, Mann, DL, Davila-Roman, V, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Lee, KL, Shah, MR, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure (ROSE AHF) Trial." CIRCULATION 128, no. 24 (December 17, 2013): 2707-2708. Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Severin, T, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Effects of serelaxin in subgroups of patients with acute heart failure: Results fromRELAX-AHF." Bioinformatics 29, no. 24 (December 15, 2013): 3128-3136. Full Text
  - Chen, HH, Anstrom, KJ, Givertz, MM, Stevenson, LW, Semigran, MJ, Goldsmith, SR, Bart, BA, Bull, DA, Stehlik, J, LeWinter, MM, Konstam, MA, Huggins, GS, Rouleau, JL, O'Meara, E, Tang, WHW, Starling, RC, Butler, J, Deswal, A, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, Bonita, RE, Margulies, KB, Cappola, TP, Ofili, EO, Mann, DL, Dávila-Román, VG, McNulty, SE, Borlaug, BA, Velazquez, EJ, Lee, KL, Shah, MR, Hernandez, AF, Braunwald, E, Redfield, MM, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Low-dose dopamine or low-dose nesiritide in acute heart failure with renal dysfunction: the ROSE acute heart failure randomized trial." Jama 310, no. 23 (December 2013): 2533-2543. Full Text
  - Xanthakis, V, Larson, MG, Wollert, KC, Aragam, J, Cheng, S, Ho, J, Coglianese, E, Levy, D, Colucci, WS, Michael Felker, G, Benjamin, EJ, Januzzi, JL, Wang, TJ, and Vasan, RS. "Association of novel biomarkers of cardiovascular stress with left ventricular hypertrophy and dysfunction: implications for screening." Journal of the American Heart Association 2, no. 6 (November 7, 2013): e000399-null. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Fiuzat, M, Thompson, V, Shaw, LK, Neely, ML, Adams, KF, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, MP, Ahmad, T, Kitzman, DW, Piña, IL, Zannad, F, Kraus, WE, and O'Connor, CM. "Soluble ST2 in ambulatory patients with heart failure: Association with functional capacity and long-term outcomes." Circulation. Heart Failure 6, no. 6 (November 2013): 1172-1179. Full Text
  - Samsky, MD, Patel, CB, Owen, A, Schulte, PJ, Jentzer, J, Rosenberg, PB, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, Hernandez, AF, and Rogers, JG. "Ten-year experience with extended criteria cardiac transplantation." Circulation. Heart Failure 6, no. 6 (November 2013): 1230-1238. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Ahmad, T. "Natriuretic peptides and primary prevention: the new world?." J Am Coll Cardiol 62, no. 15 (October 8, 2013): 1373-1375. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Felker, GM, Ahmad, T, Peacock, WF, Pitt, B, Fiuzat, M, Maggioni, AP, Gheorghiade, M, Ando, Y, Pocock, SJ, Zannad, F, and O'Connor, CM. "Learning from recent trials and shaping the future of acute heart failure trials." American Heart Journal 166, no. 4 (October 2013): 629-635. (Review) Full Text
  - Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Hua, TA, Severin, T, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, and Teerlink, JR. "Effects of serelaxin in subgroups of patients with acute heart failure: results from RELAX-AHF." European Heart Journal 34, no. 40 (October 2013): 3128-3136. Full Text
  - Chen, HH, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Anstrom, KJ, Givertz, MM, Bart, BA, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Lee, KL, Braunwald, E, Redfield, MM, and Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Targeting the kidney in acute heart failure: can old drugs provide new benefit? Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure (ROSE AHF) trial." Circulation. Heart Failure 6, no. 5 (September 2013): 1087-1094. Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, Gueyffier, F, Mascette, AM, Geller, NL, Mebazaa, A, Voors, AA, Adams, KF, Piña, IL, Neyses, L, Muntendam, P, Felker, GM, Pitt, B, Zannad, F, and Bristow, MR. "Biomarker-guided therapies in heart failure: a forum for unified strategies." J Card Fail 19, no. 8 (August 2013): 592-599. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Lazzarini, V, Fiuzat, M, Metra, M, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Is there a rationale for antiplatelet therapy in acute heart failure?." Circ Heart Fail 6, no. 4 (July 2013): 869-876. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Januzzi, JL, and Felker, GM. "Surfing the biomarker tsunami at JACC: heart failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 1, no. 3 (June 3, 2013): 213-215. Full Text
  - Samsky, MD, Patel, CB, DeWald, TA, Smith, AD, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, and Hernandez, AF. "Cardiohepatic interactions in heart failure: an overview and clinical implications." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 24 (June 2013): 2397-2405. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." (May 1, 2013): 166-171. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Felker, GM, Shulte, P, Neely, M, Adams, K, Donahue, M, Kraus, W, Pina, I, Whellan, D, and O'connor, CM. "Relationship between Galectin-3 Levels and Aldosterone Antagonist Use in Heart Failure: Analysis from the HF-ACTION Study." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 12 (May 2013): S273-S273. Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Schlendorf, K, Hernandez, AF, Milano, CA, Felker, GM, Blue, LJ, Schroder, JN, Rogers, JG, and Patel, CB. "Dysphagia in the setting of left ventricular assist device hemolysis." Asaio Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 59, no. 3 (May 2013): 322-323. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, and Severin, T. "Effects of serelaxin on blood pressure: results from the RELAX-AHF Trial." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 12 (May 2013): S9-S10. Link to Item
  - Patel, MR, White, RD, Abbara, S, Bluemke, DA, Herfkens, RJ, Picard, M, Shaw, LJ, Silver, M, Stillman, AE, Udelson, J, American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Committee, , and American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, . "2013 ACCF/ACR/ASE/ASNC/SCCT/SCMR appropriate utilization of cardiovascular imaging in heart failure: a joint report of the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Committee and the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 21 (May 2013): 2207-2231. (Review) Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, Mc Murray, JJV, Kim, JB, Knusel, B, Lei, L, Malik, FI, and Wasserman, SM. "The rationale and design of the Acute Treatment with Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Increase Contractility in Acute Heart Failure (ATOMIC-AHF) study: a phase 2, cohort study of a novel cardiac myosin activator." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 12 (May 2013): S308-S309. Link to Item
  - Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, GM, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, and Unemori, E. "Dyspnea relief with serelaxin-treatment in patients with acute heart failure in the RELAX-AHF trial: the earlier the better?." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 12 (May 2013): S25-S25. Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Stebbins, A, Ezekowitz, JA, Felker, GM, Heizer, GM, Atar, D, Teerlink, JR, Califf, RM, Massie, BM, Hasselblad, V, Starling, RC, O'Connor, CM, and Ponikowski, P. "Predictors of early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure and the association with 30-day outcomes: findings from ASCEND-HF." European Journal of Heart Failure 15, no. 4 (April 2013): 456-464. Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Neely, ML, Starr, AZ, Kraus, WE, Felker, GM, Donahue, M, Adams, K, Piña, IL, Whellan, D, and O'Connor, CM. "Association between adrenergic receptor genotypes and beta-blocker dose in heart failure patients: analysis from the HF-ACTION DNA substudy." Eur J Heart Fail 15, no. 3 (March 2013): 258-266. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, McNulty, SE, Hernandez, AF, Lee, KL, Redfield, MM, Tracy, RP, Braunwald, E, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, and NHLBI Heart Failure Network Steering Committee and Investigators, . "Markers of decongestion, dyspnea relief, and clinical outcomes among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure." Circulation. Heart Failure 6, no. 2 (March 2013): 240-245. Full Text
  - Redfield, MM, Chen, HH, Borlaug, BA, Semigran, MJ, Lee, KL, Lewis, G, LeWinter, MM, Rouleau, JL, Bull, DA, Mann, DL, Deswal, A, Stevenson, LW, Givertz, MM, Ofili, EO, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, Goldsmith, SR, Bart, BA, McNulty, SE, Ibarra, JC, Lin, G, Oh, JK, Patel, MR, Kim, RJ, Tracy, RP, Velazquez, EJ, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, Mascette, AM, Braunwald, E, and RELAX Trial, . "Effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition on exercise capacity and clinical status in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a randomized clinical trial." Jama 309, no. 12 (March 2013): 1268-1277. Full Text
  - Martin, SS, Ou, F-S, Newby, LK, Sutton, V, Adams, P, Felker, GM, and Wang, TY. "Patient- and Trial-Specific Barriers to Participation in Cardiovascular Randomized Clinical Trials." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 61, no. 7 (February 19, 2013): 762-769. Full Text Link to Item
  - Muñoz, D, and Felker, GM. "Approaches to decongestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure." Curr Cardiol Rep 15, no. 2 (February 2013): 335-. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Muñoz, D, and Felker, GM. "Approaches to decongestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure." Current Cardiology Reports 15, no. 2 (February 1, 2013). Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Felker, GM, Ahmad, T, Peacock, WF, Pitt, B, Fiuzat, M, Maggioni, AP, Gheorghiade, M, Ando, Y, Pocock, SJ, Zannad, F, and O'Connor, CM. "Learning from recent trials and shaping the future of acute heart failure trials." American Heart Journal 166, no. 4 (2013): 629-635. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Felker, GM. "Noncardiac Comorbidities and Acute Heart Failure Patients." Heart Failure Clinics (2013). Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Felker, GM. "Noncardiac Comorbidities and Acute Heart Failure Patients." Heart Failure Clinics 9, no. 3 (2013): 359-367. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Adams, KF, Dorobantu, MI, Grinfeld, L, Jondeau, G, Marmor, A, Masip, J, Pang, PS, Werdan, K, Prescott, MF, Edwards, C, Teichman, SL, Trapani, A, Bush, CA, Saini, R, Schumacher, C, Severin, T, Teerlink, JR, and RELAX-AHF Investigators, . "Effect of serelaxin on cardiac, renal, and hepatic biomarkers in the Relaxin in Acute Heart Failure (RELAX-AHF) development program: correlation with outcomes." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 2 (January 2013): 196-206. Full Text
  - Muñoz, D, and Felker, GM. "Approaches to decongestion in patients with acute decompensated heart failure." Current cardiology reports 15, no. 2 (2013): 335--. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Adams, KF, Dorobantu, MI, Grinfeld, LR, Jondeau, G, Marmor, A, Masip, J, Pang, PS, Werdan, K, Teichman, SL, Trapani, A, Bush, CA, Saini, R, Schumacher, C, Severin, TM, Metra, M, and RELAXin in Acute Heart Failure (RELAX-AHF) Investigators, . "Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial." Lancet (London, England) 381, no. 9860 (January 2013): 29-39. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Jr, KFA, Dorobantu, MI, Grinfeld, LR, Jondeau, G, Marmor, A, Masip, J, Pang, PS, Werdan, K, Teichman, SL, Trapani, A, Bush, CA, Saini, R, Schumacher, C, Severin, TM, and Metra, M. "Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): A randomised placebo-controlled trial." The Lancet 381, no. 9860 (2013): 29-39. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "Subcutaneous B-type natriuretic peptide for treatment of heart failure: a dying therapy reborn?." J Am Coll Cardiol 60, no. 22 (December 4, 2012): 2313-2315. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bart, BA, Goldsmith, SR, Lee, KL, Givertz, MM, O'Connor, CM, Bull, DA, Redfield, MM, Deswal, A, Rouleau, JL, LeWinter, MM, Ofili, EO, Stevenson, LW, Semigran, MJ, Felker, GM, Chen, HH, Hernandez, AF, Anstrom, KJ, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Ibarra, JC, Mascette, AM, Braunwald, E, and Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Ultrafiltration in decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome." The New England Journal of Medicine 367, no. 24 (December 2012): 2296-2304. Full Text
  - Shah, RV, McNulty, S, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, Braunwald, E, and Givertz, MM. "Effect of admission oral diuretic dose on response to continuous versus bolus intravenous diuretics in acute heart failure: an analysis from diuretic optimization strategies in acute heart failure." Am Heart J 164, no. 6 (December 2012): 862-868. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Stevens, S, Adams, KF, Whellan, DJ, Donahue, MP, Kitzman, DW, Pina, IL, Zannad, F, Kraus, WE, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Elevated Galectin-3 Levels and Prediction of Mode of Death in Heart Failure: Insights from the HF-ACTION Study." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Greenberg, B, Filippatos, G, Unemori, E, Cotter, G, Davidson, B, Severin, T, Bush, C, Mueller-Velten, G, Saini, R, and Teerlink, JR. "Changes in Troponin I and Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure: Data from the PreRELAX study." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Hasselblad, V, Tang, WHW, Hernandez, AF, Armstrong, PW, Fonarow, GC, Voors, AA, Metra, M, McMurray, JJV, Butler, J, Heizer, GM, Dickstein, K, Massie, BM, Atar, D, Troughton, RW, Anker, SD, Califf, RM, Starling, RC, and O'Connor, CM. "Troponin I in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF study." European Journal of Heart Failure 14, no. 11 (November 2012): 1257-1264. Full Text
  - Gupta, A, Braunwald, E, McNulty, S, Felker, GM, Gilbert, EM, Alharethi, R, Lee, KL, Anstrom, KJ, Redfield, MM, Goldsmith, SR, O'Connor, CM, Bull, DA, Stehlik, J, and Litwin, SE. "Obesity and the response to intensified diuretic treatment in decompensated heart failure: a DOSE trial substudy." Journal of Cardiac Failure 18, no. 11 (November 2012): 837-844. Full Text
  - Patel, CB, Suarez, J, Felker, GM, Becker, R, Hernandez, AF, and Rogers, JG. "Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Mechanisms of Bleeding and Approach to Patients With Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices"." CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE 5, no. 6 (November 2012): E103-E103. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "Galectin-3 in heart failure: more answers or more questions?." Journal of the American Heart Association 1, no. 5 (October 25, 2012): e004374-null. Full Text
  - Subherwal, S, Anstrom, KJ, Jones, WS, Felker, MG, Misra, S, Conte, MS, Hiatt, WR, and Patel, MR. "Use of alternative methodologies for evaluation of composite end points in trials of therapies for critical limb ischemia." Am Heart J 164, no. 3 (September 2012): 277-284. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "ACP Journal Club: warfarin and aspirin did not differ for death or stroke in heart failure and sinus rhythm." Ann Intern Med 157, no. 4 (August 21, 2012): JC2-JC7. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmad, T, and Felker, GM. "Warfarin and aspirin did not differ for death or stroke in heart failure and sinus rhythm." ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 157, no. 4 (August 21, 2012). Full Text Link to Item
  - Lazzarini, V, and Felker, GM. "Management of the cardiorenal syndrome in acute heart failure." Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 14, no. 4 (August 2012): 342-355. Full Text Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Bettari, L, Pagani, F, Lazzarini, V, Lombardi, C, Carubelli, V, Bonetti, G, Bugatti, S, Parrinello, G, Caimi, L, Felker, GM, and Dei Cas, L. "Troponin T levels in patients with acute heart failure: clinical and prognostic significance of their detection and release during hospitalisation." Clin Res Cardiol 101, no. 8 (August 2012): 663-672. Full Text Link to Item
  - Eapen, ZJ, Tang, WHW, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Mahaffey, KW, Lincoff, AM, and Roe, MT. "Defining heart failure end points in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction trials: integrating past experiences to chart a path forward." Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 5, no. 4 (July 2012): 594-600. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Fiuzat, M, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, C. "Novel biomarkers in chronic heart failure." Nature Reviews. Cardiology 9, no. 6 (June 2012): 347-359. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Mentz, RJ. "Diuretics and ultrafiltration in acute decompensated heart failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 59, no. 24 (June 2012): 2145-2153. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Phillips, HR, Borges-Neto, S, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Comparison of Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy with versus without angina pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease)." Am J Cardiol 109, no. 9 (May 1, 2012): 1272-1277. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Stevenson, LW, Grady, KL, Goldstein, NE, Matlock, DD, Arnold, RM, Cook, NR, Felker, GM, Francis, GS, Hauptman, PJ, Havranek, EP, Krumholz, HM, Mancini, D, Riegel, B, Spertus, JA, American Heart Association, , Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, , Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, , Council on Clinical Cardiology, , Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, , and Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, . "Decision making in advanced heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association." Circulation 125, no. 15 (April 2012): 1928-1952. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Bettari, L, Pagani, F, Lazzarini, V, Lombardi, C, Carubelli, V, Bonetti, G, Bugatti, S, Parrinello, G, Caimi, L, Felker, GM, and Dei Cas, L. "Troponin T levels in patients with acute heart failure: clinical and prognostic significance of their detection and release during hospitalisation (Accepted)." Clinical Research in Cardiology (March 9, 2012): 1-10. Full Text
  - Bart, BA, Goldsmith, SR, Lee, KL, Redfield, MM, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, Chen, HH, Rouleau, JL, Givertz, MM, Semigran, MJ, Mann, D, Deswal, A, Bull, DA, Lewinter, MM, and Braunwald, E. "Cardiorenal rescue study in acute decompensated heart failure: rationale and design of CARRESS-HF, for the Heart Failure Clinical Research Network." Journal of Cardiac Failure 18, no. 3 (March 2012): 176-182. Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Loop diuretics in heart failure." Heart Failure Reviews 17, no. 2 (March 2012): 305-311. (Review) Full Text
  - Ponikowski, P, Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Unemori, E, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, B, Teichman, SL, Severin, T, Mueller-Velten, G, Cotter, G, and Davison, BA. "Design of the RELAXin in acute heart failure study." American Heart Journal 163, no. 2 (February 2012): 149-55.e1. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Mentz, RJ, Felker, GM, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, and Patel, CB. "Recurrence of heart failure symptoms after LVAD placement due to bradycardia-induced inflow obstruction." J Heart Lung Transplant 31, no. 1 (January 2012): 111-113. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bettari, L, Fiuzat, M, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Significance of hyponatremia in heart failure." Heart Fail Rev 17, no. 1 (January 2012): 17-26. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bettari, L, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Wojdyla, DM, Metra, M, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Hyponatremia and long-term outcomes in chronic heart failure--an observational study from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Diseases." J Card Fail 18, no. 1 (January 2012): 74-81. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dev, S, Clare, RM, Felker, GM, Fiuzat, M, Warner Stevenson, L, and O'Connor, CM. "Link between decisions regarding resuscitation and preferences for quality over length of life with heart failure." Eur J Heart Fail 14, no. 1 (January 2012): 45-53. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dev, S, Shirolkar, SC, Stevens, SR, Shaw, LK, Adams, PA, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, and O'Connor, CM. "Reduction in body weight but worsening renal function with late ultrafiltration for treatment of acute decompensated heart failure." Cardiology 123, no. 3 (2012): 145-153. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Clare, R, Whellan, DJ, Bettari, L, Shirolkar, SC, Donahue, M, Kitzman, DW, Zannad, F, Piña, IL, and O'Connor, CM. "Galectin-3 in ambulatory patients with heart failure: results from the HF-ACTION study." Circulation. Heart Failure 5, no. 1 (January 2012): 72-78. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Mentz, RJ. "Reply." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 60, no. 17 (2012): 1713-1714. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Bettari, L, Pagani, F, Lazzarini, V, Lombardi, C, Carubelli, V, Bonetti, G, Bugatti, S, Parrinello, G, Caimi, L, Felker, GM, and Cas, LD. "Troponin T levels in patients with acute heart failure: Clinical and prognostic significance of their detection and release during hospitalisation." Clinical Research in Cardiology 101, no. 8 (2012): 663-672. Full Text
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Ponikowski, P, Teichman, SL, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Weatherley, BD, and Cotter, G. "Erratum: Flexible diuretic titration in chronic heart failure: Where is the evidence? (Journal of Cardiac Failure (2011) 17 (944-954))." Journal of Cardiac Failure 18, no. 2 (2012): 172--. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Tang, WHW, Hernandez, AF, Hasselblad, V, Armstrong, PW, Fonarow, GC, Voors, AA, Metra, M, Butler, J, Dickstein, K, Troughton, RW, Anker, SD, Heizer, GM, Massie, BM, McMurray, JJ, Califf, RM, Starling, RC, and O'Connor, CM. "High Sensitivity Troponin I in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF Study." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, McNulty, SE, Lee, KL, Apple, FS, Tracy, RP, Hernandez, AF, Mentz, RJ, Braunwald, E, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Circulating Cardiac Troponin I as Detected By a High-Sensitivity Assay among Patients Hospitalized with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Ohtani, T, Felker, GM, McNulty, SE, LeWinter, MM, Braunwald, E, Redfield, MM, and Networ, HFCR. "Plasma Renin Activity on Admission Predicts Diuretic Resistance and Poor Outcomes in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: An Ancillary Study of the Diuretic Optimization Strategies Evaluation Trial." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Tang, WHW, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Hsu, AP, Gottlieb, SS, Voors, AA, Butler, J, Metra, M, Anker, SD, Troughton, RW, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Massie, BM, Califf, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Starling, RC. "Baseline Cystatin C is Associated with Short-Term Adverse Events in Acute Heart Failure but Does Not Predict Treatment Effects with Nesiritide Therapy." CIRCULATION 124, no. 21 (November 22, 2011). Link to Item
  - Suarez, J, Patel, CB, Felker, GM, Becker, R, Hernandez, AF, and Rogers, JG. "Mechanisms of bleeding and approach to patients with axial-flow left ventricular assist devices." Circulation. Heart Failure 4, no. 6 (November 2011): 779-784. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Biomarkers as surrogate end points in heart failure trials." Heart Fail Clin 7, no. 4 (October 2011): 501-507. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Piacentino, V, Troupes, CD, Ganapathi, AM, Blue, LJ, Mackensen, GB, Swaminathan, M, Felker, GM, Stafford-Smith, M, Lodge, AJ, Rogers, JG, and Milano, CA. "Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation." Ann Thorac Surg 92, no. 4 (October 2011): 1414-1418. Full Text Link to Item
  - Davison, BA, Cotter, G, Sun, H, Chen, L, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, Ponikowski, P, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, B, Teichman, SL, Unemori, E, and Koch, GG. "Permutation criteria to evaluate multiple clinical endpoints in a proof-of-concept study: lessons from Pre-RELAX-AHF." Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society 100, no. 9 (September 2011): 745-753. Full Text
  - Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Advanced heart failure." Prog Cardiovasc Dis 54, no. 2 (September 2011): 77-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, Horton, JR, Fonarow, GC, Reyes, EM, Shaw, LK, O'Connor, CM, Felker, GM, and Hernandez, AF. "Admission, discharge, or change in B-type natriuretic peptide and long-term outcomes: data from Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) linked to Medicare claims." Circulation. Heart Failure 4, no. 5 (September 2011): 628-636. Full Text
  - Voors, AA, Davison, BA, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Unemori, E, Cotter, G, Teerlink, JR, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Teichman, SL, Metra, M, and Pre-RELAX-AHF study group, . "Early drop in systolic blood pressure and worsening renal function in acute heart failure: renal results of Pre-RELAX-AHF." European Journal of Heart Failure 13, no. 9 (September 2011): 961-967. Full Text
  - Bettari, L, Fiuzat, M, Wojdyla, D, Shaw, L, Metra, M, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, C. "The independent prognostic value of hyponatremia in a cohort of heart failure patients: analysis from the Duke databank for cardiovascular disease." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 32 (August 2011): 134-134. Link to Item
  - Ohtani, T, Felker, GM, McNulty, SE, LeWinter, MM, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) Predicts Diuretic Resistance in Acute Heart Failure Patients: An Ancillary Study of the Diuretic Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure (DOSE-AHF)." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 17, no. 8 (August 2011): S25-S26. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, C, Mentz, RJ, Suarez, J, Hernandez, AF, Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "Association between VE-VCO2 Slope and Resting Hemodynamic Measurements in Ambulatory Heart Failure (HF) Patients: An Analysis from the Duke Advanced HF Database." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 17, no. 8 (August 2011): S8-S9. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shirolkar, SC, Felker, GM, Stevens, SR, Blackwell, MP, Thompson, SL, Rogers, JG, O'Connor, CM, and Dev, S. "Ultrafiltration is Associated with Worsening Renal Function, and Electrolyte Abnormalities in Patients with Diuretic Refractory Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 17, no. 8 (August 2011): S96-S96. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Starling, RC, Hernandez, AF, Armstrong, PW, Dickstein, K, Hasselblad, V, Heizer, GM, Komajda, M, Massie, BM, McMurray, JJV, Nieminen, MS, Reist, CJ, Rouleau, JL, Swedberg, K, Adams, KF, Anker, SD, Atar, D, Battler, A, Botero, R, Bohidar, NR, Butler, J, Clausell, N, Corbalán, R, Costanzo, MR, Dahlstrom, U, Deckelbaum, LI, Diaz, R, Dunlap, ME, Ezekowitz, JA, Feldman, D, Felker, GM, Fonarow, GC, Gennevois, D, Gottlieb, SS, Hill, JA, Hollander, JE, Howlett, JG, Hudson, MP, Kociol, RD, Krum, H, Laucevicius, A, Levy, WC, Méndez, GF, Metra, M, Mittal, S, Oh, B-H, Pereira, NL, Ponikowski, P, Tang, WHW, Tanomsup, S, Teerlink, JR, Triposkiadis, F, Troughton, RW, Voors, AA, Whellan, DJ, Zannad, F, and Califf, RM. "Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure." The New England Journal of Medicine 365, no. 1 (July 2011): 32-43. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Braunwald, E, and O'Connor, CM. "Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Heart Failure REPLY." NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 364, no. 21 (May 26, 2011): 2069-2069. Link to Item
  - Bettari, L, Fiuzat, M, Becker, R, Felker, GM, Metra, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Thromboembolism and antithrombotic therapy in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm: current status and future directions." Circ Heart Fail 4, no. 3 (May 2011): 361-368. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Felker, GM, Uriel, N, Kaluski, E, Edwards, C, Rund, MM, Weatherley, BD, and Cotter, G. "Patterns of leukocyte counts on admissions for acute heart failure--presentation and outcome--results from a community based registry." International Journal of Cardiology 148, no. 1 (April 2011): 17-22. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Lee, KL, Bull, DA, Redfield, MM, Stevenson, LW, Goldsmith, SR, LeWinter, MM, Deswal, A, Rouleau, JL, Ofili, EO, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, McNulty, SE, Velazquez, EJ, Kfoury, AG, Chen, HH, Givertz, MM, Semigran, MJ, Bart, BA, Mascette, AM, Braunwald, E, O'Connor, CM, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure." The New England Journal of Medicine 364, no. 9 (March 2011): 797-805. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Braunwald, E, and O'Connor, CM. "The authors reply." New England Journal of Medicine 364, no. 21 (2011): 2069--. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Teerlink, JR. "Clinical Trial Design in Heart Failure." Heart Failure (2011): 570-593. Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Bolus and continuous/high- and low-dose diuretics had similar effects on symptoms and renal function in acute, decompensated HF." Annals of Internal Medicine 155, no. 2 (2011): JC1-JC5.
  - Mentz, RJ, and Felker, GM. "Natriuretic Peptide-guided therapy for heart failure." Circ J 75, no. 9 (2011): 2031-2037. (Review) Link to Item
  - Adams, KF, Mehra, MR, Oren, RM, O'Connor, CM, Chiong, JR, Ghali, JK, Lenihan, DJ, Dunlap, SH, Patterson, JH, Schwartz, TA, and Felker, GM. "Prospective evaluation of the association between cardiac troponin T and markers of disturbed erythropoiesis in patients with heart failure." Am Heart J 160, no. 6 (December 2010): 1142-1148. Full Text Link to Item
  - Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Thomas, L, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "United States stock market performance and acute myocardial infarction rates in 2008-2009 (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease)." Am J Cardiol 106, no. 11 (December 1, 2010): 1545-1549. Full Text Link to Item
  - Deswal, A, Bozkurt, B, Pritchett, A, Felker, GM, McNulty, S, Lee, K, Braunwald, E, and Redfield, MM. "Worsening Renal Function in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients with Preserved vs. Reduced Ejection Fraction." CIRCULATION 122, no. 21 (November 23, 2010). Link to Item
  - Felker, GM. "Coenzyme Q10 and statins in heart failure: the dog that didn't bark." J Am Coll Cardiol 56, no. 15 (October 5, 2010): 1205-1206. Full Text Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Felker, GM, Zacà, V, Bugatti, S, Lombardi, C, Bettari, L, Voors, AA, Gheorghiade, M, and Dei Cas, L. "Acute heart failure: multiple clinical profiles and mechanisms require tailored therapy." International Journal of Cardiology 144, no. 2 (October 2010): 175-179. (Review) Full Text
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, Greenberg, BH, Filippatos, G, Ponikowski, P, Teichman, SL, Unemori, E, Voors, AA, Weatherley, BD, and Cotter, G. "Dyspnoea and worsening heart failure in patients with acute heart failure: results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study." European Journal of Heart Failure 12, no. 10 (October 2010): 1130-1139. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Maisel, AS. "A global rank end point for clinical trials in acute heart failure." Circ Heart Fail 3, no. 5 (September 2010): 643-646. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kociol, RD, Pang, PS, Gheorghiade, M, Fonarow, GC, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Troponin elevation in heart failure prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical implications." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 56, no. 14 (September 2010): 1071-1078. (Review) Full Text
  - Adams, KF, Felker, GM, Fraij, G, Patterson, JH, and O'Connor, CM. "Biomarker guided therapy for heart failure: focus on natriuretic peptides." Heart Fail Rev 15, no. 4 (July 2010): 351-370. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, and Felker, GM. "Multi-marker strategies in heart failure: clinical and statistical approaches." Heart Fail Rev 15, no. 4 (July 2010): 343-349. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Felker, GM, Mehra, MR, Chiong, JR, Dunlap, SH, Ghali, JK, Lenihan, DJ, Oren, RM, Wagoner, LE, Schwartz, TA, and Adams, KF. "Validation and potential mechanisms of red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker in heart failure." Journal of Cardiac Failure 16, no. 3 (March 2010): 230-238. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Pang, PS, Adams, KF, Cleland, JGF, Cotter, G, Dickstein, K, Filippatos, GS, Fonarow, GC, Greenberg, BH, Hernandez, AF, Khan, S, Komajda, M, Konstam, MA, Liu, PP, Maggioni, AP, Massie, BM, McMurray, JJ, Mehra, M, Metra, M, O'Connell, J, O'Connor, CM, Pina, IL, Ponikowski, P, Sabbah, HN, Teerlink, JR, Udelson, JE, Yancy, CW, Zannad, F, Gheorghiade, M, and International AHFS Working Group, . "Clinical trials of pharmacological therapies in acute heart failure syndromes: lessons learned and directions forward." Circulation. Heart Failure 3, no. 2 (March 2010): 314-325. (Review) Full Text
  - Szczech, LA, Barnhart, HX, Sapp, S, Felker, GM, Hernandez, A, Reddan, D, Califf, RM, Inrig, JK, Patel, UD, and Singh, AK. "A secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial shows that comorbid conditions differentially affect outcomes during anemia treatment." Kidney International 77, no. 3 (February 2010): 239-246. Full Text
  - van Kimmenade, RRJ, Mohammed, AA, Uthamalingam, S, van der Meer, P, Felker, GM, and Januzzi, JL. "Red blood cell distribution width and 1-year mortality in acute heart failure." European Journal of Heart Failure 12, no. 2 (February 2010): 129-136. Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Too much, too little, or just right?: untangling endogenous erythropoietin in heart failure." Circulation 121, no. 2 (January 19, 2010): 191-193. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM. "Diuretic management in heart failure." Congestive Heart Failure 16, no. SUPPL. 1 (2010): S68-S72. Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." Cardiology Secrets (2010): 157-162. Full Text
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Edwards, C, Weatherley, BD, Greenberg, B, Filippatos, G, Unemori, E, Teichman, SL, and Cotter, G. "Low lymphocyte ratio as a novel prognostic factor in acute heart failure: results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study." Cardiology 117, no. 3 (January 2010): 190-196. Full Text
  - Adams, KF, Piña, IL, Ghali, JK, Wagoner, LE, Dunlap, SH, Schwartz, TA, Stough, WG, Mehra, MR, Felker, GM, Chiong, JR, Patterson, JH, Kim, J, Butler, J, and Oren, RM. "Prospective evaluation of the association between hemoglobin concentration and quality of life in patients with heart failure." American Heart Journal 158, no. 6 (December 2009): 965-971. Full Text
  - Allen, LA, Anstrom, KJ, Horton, JR, Shaw, LK, Eisenstein, EL, and Felker, GM. "Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure." J Card Fail 15, no. 10 (December 2009): 843-849. Full Text Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Milo-Cotter, O, Weatherley, B, Dittrich, H, and Cotter, G. "Vasodilators in the treatment of acute heart failure: what we know, what we don't." Heart Failure Reviews 14, no. 4 (December 2009): 299-307. (Review) Full Text
  - Teichman, SL, Unemori, E, Dschietzig, T, Conrad, K, Voors, AA, Teerlink, JR, Felker, GM, Metra, M, and Cotter, G. "Relaxin, a pleiotropic vasodilator for the treatment of heart failure." Heart Failure Reviews 14, no. 4 (December 2009): 321-329. (Review) Full Text
  - Volz, EM, and Felker, GM. "How to use diuretics in heart failure." Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 11, no. 6 (December 2009): 426-432. Link to Item
  - Pal, JD, Piacentino, V, Cuevas, AD, Depp, T, Daneshmand, MA, Hernandez, AF, Felker, GM, Lodge, AJ, Rogers, JG, and Milano, CA. "Impact of left ventricular assist device bridging on posttransplant outcomes." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 88, no. 5 (November 2009): 1457-1461. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Whellan, D, Kraus, WE, Clare, R, Zannad, F, Donahue, M, Adams, K, McKelvie, R, Piña, IL, O'Connor, CM, and HF-ACTION Investigators, . "N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study." Am Heart J 158, no. 4 Suppl (October 2009): S37-S44. Full Text Link to Item
  - Weatherley, BD, Milo-Cotter, O, Felker, GM, Uriel, N, Kaluski, E, Vered, Z, O'Connor, CM, Adams, KF, and Cotter, G. "Early worsening heart failure in patients admitted with acute heart failure--a new outcome measure associated with long-term prognosis?." Fundam Clin Pharmacol 23, no. 5 (October 2009): 633-639. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Hasselblad, V, Hernandez, AF, and O'Connor, CM. "Biomarker-guided therapy in chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." Am Heart J 158, no. 3 (September 2009): 422-430. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Teerlink, JR, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Teichman, SL, Cotter, G, Weatherley, BD, and Metra, M. "Time to treatment and vasodilator efficacy in acute heart failure: Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 424-424. Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Weatherley, BD, Filippatos, GS, Unemori, E, Teichman, S, Cotter, G, and Investigators, RELAX-AHF. "Effects of the new vasodilator relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure and normal to elevated blood pressure: results of a phase 2b study (Pre-RELAX-AHF)." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 424-425. Link to Item
  - Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Filippatos, GS, Greenberg, BH, Teichman, SL, Weatherley, BD, Cotter, G, and Investigators, P-R-A. "Increased symptom-improvement with the novel vasodilator, relaxin, in Acute Heart Failure (AHF) patients with elevated blood pressure. Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 164-164. Link to Item
  - Teichman, S, Unemori, E, Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Weatherley, B, Filippatos, G, Cotter, G, and Investigators, RELAX-AHF. "Patient-reported dyspnea in acute heart failure trials. Use of the Likert and the visual analog scales in the pre-RELAX AHF study." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 445-446. Link to Item
  - Voors, AA, Felker, GM, Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Ponikowski, P, Greenberg, BH, Unimori, E, Filippatos, G, Cotter, G, and Teichman, SL. "Worsening renal function in acute heart failure: change in BP and effects of relaxin." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 1020-1021. Link to Item
  - Weatherley, BD, Cotter, G, Felker, GM, Teerlink, JR, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, B, Voors, A, Metra, M, Teichman, SL, Unemori, E, and Investigators, RELAX-AHF. "Early in-ospital worsening heart failure predicts adverse outcome in patients." EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 30 (September 2009): 719-719. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Teerlink, JR, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Filippatos, G, Greenberg, BH, Teichman, SL, Cotter, G, Weatherley, BD, and Metra, M. "Time to Treatment and Vasodilator Efficacy in Acute Heart Failure: Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF Study." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S68-S68. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Voors, AA, Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Ponikowski, P, Greenberg, BH, Unemori, E, Cotter, G, and Teichman, SL. "Worsening Renal Function in Acute Heart Failure: Change in Blood Pressure and Effects of Relaxin." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S63-S63. Full Text Link to Item
  - Metra, M, Teerlink, JR, Weatherley, BD, Greenberg, BH, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Filippatos, G, Feaganes, J, Unemori, E, Teichman, SL, and Cotter, G. "Changes in Dyspnea during Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Are Correlated with Clinical Signs. Rehospitalizations and Mortality. Results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF Trial." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S62-S63. Full Text Link to Item
  - Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, Greenberg, BH, Ponikowski, P, Teichman, SL, and Cotter, G. "Vasodilators in Acute Heart Failure (AHF): Does Blood Pressure Matter? Results from Pre-Relax-AHF." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 15, no. 6 (August 2009): S74-S74. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "End points for clinical trials in acute heart failure syndromes." J Am Coll Cardiol 53, no. 24 (June 16, 2009): 2248-2258. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Gheorghiade, M, Adams, KF, Cleland, JGF, Cotter, G, Felker, GM, Filippatos, GS, Fonarow, GC, Greenberg, BH, Hernandez, AF, Khan, S, Komajda, M, Konstam, MA, Liu, PP, Maggioni, AP, Massie, BM, McMurray, JJ, Mehra, M, Metra, M, O'Connell, J, O'Connor, CM, Pang, PS, Piña, IL, Sabbah, HN, Teerlink, JR, Udelson, JE, Yancy, CW, Zannad, F, Stockbridge, N, and Acute Heart Failure Syndromes International Working Group, . "Phase III clinical trial end points in acute heart failure syndromes: a virtual roundtable with the Acute Heart Failure Syndromes International Working Group." Am Heart J 157, no. 6 (June 2009): 957-970. Full Text Link to Item
  - Adams, KF, Patterson, JH, Oren, RM, Mehra, MR, O'Connor, CM, Piña, IL, Miller, AB, Chiong, JR, Dunlap, SH, Cotts, WG, Felker, GM, Schocken, DD, Schwartz, TA, Ghali, JK, and STAMINA-HFP Registry Investigators, . "Prospective assessment of the occurrence of anemia in patients with heart failure: results from the Study of Anemia in a Heart Failure Population (STAMINA-HFP) Registry." American Heart Journal 157, no. 5 (May 2009): 926-932. Full Text
  - Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Ponikowski, P, Voors, AA, Weatherley, BD, Marmor, A, Katz, A, Grzybowski, J, Unemori, E, Teichman, SL, and Cotter, G. "Relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure (Pre-RELAX-AHF): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-finding phase IIb study." Lancet 373, no. 9673 (April 25, 2009): 1429-1439. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Anstrom, KJ, Horton, J, Shaw, LK, Eisenstein, EL, and Felker, GM. "Relationship Between Anemia Status and Health Care Costs in Patients With Symptomatic Heart Failure." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A391-A391. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Hasselblad, V, and O'Connor, CM. "Biomarker Guided Therapy in Chronic Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A155-A155. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Zannad, F, Donahue, M, Adams, KF, McKelvie, R, Claire, R, Kraus, WE, Whellan, D, Pina, I, and O'Connor, CM. "Relationship Between NTproBNP and Exercise Capacity in Chronic Heart Failure: Baseline Data from the HF-ACTION Study." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A189-A189. Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Felker, GM, Pocock, S, McMurray, JJV, Pfeffer, MA, Swedberg, K, Wang, D, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, Granger, CB, and CHARM Investigators, . "Liver function abnormalities and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the Candesartan in Heart Failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity (CHARM) program." European Journal of Heart Failure 11, no. 2 (February 2009): 170-177. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, O'Connor, CM, Braunwald, E, and Heart Failure Clinical Research Network Investigators, . "Loop diuretics in acute decompensated heart failure: necessary? Evil? A necessary evil?." Circulation. Heart Failure 2, no. 1 (January 2009): 56-62. (Review) Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Felker, GM, Donahue, MP, and O'Connor, CM. "Using genetic information to select treatment for patients with heart failure: Has the time come?." Personalized Medicine 6, no. 4 (2009): 385-392. Full Text
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Cotter, G, Kaluski, E, Rund, MM, Felker, GM, Adams, KF, O'Connor, CM, and Weatherley, BD. "Rapid clinical assessment of patients with acute heart failure: first blood pressure and oxygen saturation--is that all we need?." Cardiology 114, no. 1 (January 2009): 75-82. Full Text
  - Allen, LA, Metra, M, Milo-Cotter, O, Filippatos, G, Reisin, LH, Bensimhon, DR, Gronda, EG, Colombo, P, Felker, GM, Cas, LD, Kremastinos, DT, O'Connor, CM, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Dittrich, HC, and Velazquez, EJ. "Improvements in signs and symptoms during hospitalization for acute heart failure follow different patterns and depend on the measurement scales used: an international, prospective registry to evaluate the evolution of measures of disease severity in acute heart failure (MEASURE-AHF)." J Card Fail 14, no. 9 (November 2008): 777-784. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rajagopal, K, Lima, B, Petersen, RP, Mesis, RG, Daneshmand, MA, Lemaire, A, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Rogers, JG, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Infectious complications in extended criteria heart transplantation." J Heart Lung Transplant 27, no. 11 (November 2008): 1217-1221. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Yager, JE, Funk, MJ, Levy, WC, Tulsky, JA, Bowers, MT, Dodson, GC, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Discordance between patient-predicted and model-predicted life expectancy among ambulatory patients with heart failure." JAMA 299, no. 21 (June 4, 2008): 2533-2542. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Anstrom, KJ, and Rogers, JG. "A global ranking approach to end points in trials of mechanical circulatory support devices." Journal of Cardiac Failure 14, no. 5 (June 2008): 368-372. Full Text
  - Allen, LA, and Felker, GM. "Advances in the surgical treatment of heart failure." Current Opinion in Cardiology 23, no. 3 (May 2008): 249-253. (Review) Full Text
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Cotter, G, Weatherley, BD, Adams, KF, Kaluski, E, Uriel, N, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Hyponatraemia in acute heart failure is a marker of increased mortality but not when associated with hyperglycaemia." Eur J Heart Fail 10, no. 2 (February 2008): 196-200. Full Text Link to Item
  - Allen, LA, Yager, JE, and Felker, GM. "In reply." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 300, no. 18 (2008): 2117--. Full Text
  - Cotter, G, Felker, GM, Adams, KF, Milo-Cotter, O, and O'Connor, CM. "The pathophysiology of acute heart failure--is it all about fluid accumulation?." American Heart Journal 155, no. 1 (January 2008): 9-18. (Review) Full Text
  - Petersen, JW, and Felker, GM. "Inotropes in the management of acute heart failure." Critical Care Medicine 36, no. 1 Suppl (January 2008): S106-S111. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Allen, LA, Pocock, SJ, Shaw, LK, McMurray, JJV, Pfeffer, MA, Swedberg, K, Wang, D, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, Granger, CB, and CHARM Investigators, . "Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in heart failure: data from the CHARM Program and the Duke Databank." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 50, no. 1 (July 2007): 40-47. Full Text
  - Milo-Cotter, O, Adams, KF, O'Connor, CM, Uriel, N, Kaluski, E, Felker, GM, Weatherley, B, Vered, Z, and Cotter, G. "Acute heart failure associated with high admission blood pressure--a distinct vascular disorder?." European Journal of Heart Failure 9, no. 2 (February 2007): 178-183. Full Text
  - Echols, MR, Felker, GM, Thomas, KL, Pieper, KS, Garg, J, Cuffe, MS, Gheorghiade, M, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Racial differences in the characteristics of patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure and their relation to outcomes: results from the OPTIME-CHF trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 12, no. 9 (December 2006): 684-688. Full Text
  - Petersen, JW, and Felker, GM. "Inflammatory biomarkers in heart failure." Congestive Heart Failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 12, no. 6 (November 2006): 324-328. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Petersen, JW, and Mark, DB. "Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of heart failure." CMAJ 175, no. 6 (September 12, 2006): 611-617. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Leloudis, DH, Kittleson, MM, Felker, GM, Rosenberg, PB, Hernandez, AF, Yager, JE, and Russell, SD. "Topical anesthesia with EMLA reduces pain during endomyocardial biopsy: a randomized trial." J Heart Lung Transplant 25, no. 9 (September 2006): 1164-1166. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lima, B, Rajagopal, K, Petersen, RP, Shah, AS, Soule, B, Felker, GM, Rogers, JG, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Marginal cardiac allografts do not have increased primary graft dysfunction in alternate list transplantation." Circulation 114, no. 1 Suppl (July 2006): I27-I32. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Cotter, G. "Unraveling the pathophysiology of acute heart failure: an inflammatory proposal." Am Heart J 151, no. 4 (April 2006): 765-767. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, and Rogers, JG. "Same bridge, new destinations rethinking paradigms for mechanical cardiac support in heart failure." J Am Coll Cardiol 47, no. 5 (March 7, 2006): 930-932. Full Text Link to Item
  - Milano, CA, Lodge, AJ, Blue, LJ, Smith, PK, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Rosenberg, PB, and Rogers, JG. "Implantable left ventricular assist devices: new hope for patients with end-stage heart failure." N C Med J 67, no. 2 (March 2006): 110-115. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Cuculich, PS, and Gheorghiade, M. "The Valsalva maneuver: a bedside "biomarker" for heart failure." The American Journal of Medicine 119, no. 2 (February 2006): 117-122. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, Stough, WG, and O'Connor, CM. "Anemia in patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function." American Heart Journal 151, no. 2 (February 2006): 457-462. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Stough, WG, Shaw, LK, and O'Connor, CM. "Anaemia and coronary artery disease severity in patients with heart failure." Eur J Heart Fail 8, no. 1 (January 2006): 54-57. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Milano, CA, Yager, JEE, Hernandez, AF, Blue, L, Higginbotham, MB, Lodge, AJ, and Russell, SD. "Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation." The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 24, no. 11 (November 2005): 1781-1786. Full Text
  - Yager, JEE, Hernandez, AF, Steenbergen, C, Persing, B, Russell, SD, Milano, C, and Felker, GM. "Recurrence of cardiac sarcoidosis in a heart transplant recipient." J Heart Lung Transplant 24, no. 11 (November 2005): 1988-1990. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, and O'Connor, CM. "Further aspects of anemia, heart failure, and erythropoietin - Reply." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 45, no. 9 (May 3, 2005): 1550-1551. Full Text Link to Item
  - Klein, L, O'Connor, CM, Leimberger, JD, Gattis-Stough, W, Piña, IL, Felker, GM, Adams, KF, Califf, RM, Gheorghiade, M, and OPTIME-CHF Investigators, . "Lower serum sodium is associated with increased short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with worsening heart failure: results from the Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure (OPTIME-CHF) study." Circulation 111, no. 19 (May 2, 2005): 2454-2460. Full Text
  - Felker, GM. "The African-American heart failure trial: a new look at old drugs." Future Cardiol 1, no. 3 (May 2005): 311-313. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kobashigawa, JW, Miller, LW, Felker, GM, Russel, SD, Ewald, GA, Zucker, M, Goldberg, L, Eisen, HJ, Rayburn, BK, Wagoner, LE, Philbin, E, Pereira, N, Czerska, B, Kormos, RL, Weston, M, Conte, J, Hosenpud, J, Aaronson, K, Hill, J, Copeland, JG, Czer, L, Anderson, A, Dec, GW, Torre-Amione, G, Yancy, CW, Vega, JD, Jarcho, JA, Mancini, D, Bhat, G, First, R, Fitzsimmons, W, Tolzman, D, Salm, K, and Gao, J. "12 month report of a 3 arm multicenter comparison of tacrolimus (TAC), MMF or TAC/sirolimus(SRL) and steroids vs cyclosporine microemulsion(CYA), MMF and steroids in de novo cardiac transplant recipients." JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION 24, no. 2 (February 2005): S61-S62. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kovacic, JC, Felker, GM, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, and O'Connor, CM. "Further aspects of anemia, heart failure, and erythropoietin [4] (multiple letters)." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 45, no. 9 (2005): 1549-1551. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Leimberger, JD, Califf, RM, Cuffe, MS, Massie, BM, Adams, KF, Gheorghiade, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Risk stratification after hospitalization for decompensated heart failure." Journal of Cardiac Failure 10, no. 6 (December 2004): 460-466. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Adams, KF, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Anemia as a risk factor and therapeutic target in heart failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 44, no. 5 (September 2004): 959-966. (Review) Full Text
  - Benza, RL, Tallaj, JA, Felker, GM, Zabel, KM, Kao, W, Bourge, RC, Pearce, D, Leimberger, JD, Borzak, S, O'connor, CM, Gheorghiade, M, and OPTIME-CHF Investigators, . "The impact of arrhythmias in acute heart failure." J Card Fail 10, no. 4 (August 2004): 279-284. Link to Item
  - Yager, JEE, and Felker, GM. "Left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy for end-stage heart failure." Am Heart J 148, no. 2 (August 2004): 252-253. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pulerwitz, TC, Cappola, TP, Felker, GM, Hare, JM, Baughman, KL, and Kasper, EK. "Mortality in primary and secondary myocarditis." Am Heart J 147, no. 4 (April 2004): 746-750. Full Text Link to Item
  - Joynt, KE, Gattis, WA, Hasselblad, V, Fuzaylov, SY, Serebruany, VL, Gurbel, PA, Gaulden, LH, Felker, GM, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta blockers, statins, and aspirin on C-reactive protein levels in outpatients with heart failure." Am J Cardiol 93, no. 6 (March 15, 2004): 783-785. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mark, DB, and Felker, GM. "B-type natriuretic peptide - a biomarker for all seasons?." N Engl J Med 350, no. 7 (February 12, 2004): 718-720. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, Rogers, JG, Russell, SD, Reinsmoen, NL, Rosenberg, P, Hata, JA, Lodge, AJ, and Milano, CA. "Cardiac transplantation at Duke University Medical Center." Clin Transpl (2004): 235-241. Link to Item
  - Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Using BNP levels in the assessment of dyspnea." Journal of Respiratory Diseases 25, no. 10 (2004): 402-403.
  - Felker, GM, Gattis, WA, Leimberger, JD, Adams, KF, Cuffe, MS, Gheorghiade, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Usefulness of anemia as a predictor of death and rehospitalization in patients with decompensated heart failure." The American Journal of Cardiology 92, no. 5 (September 2003): 625-628. Full Text
  - Trichon, BH, Glower, DD, Shaw, LK, Cabell, CH, Anstrom, KJ, Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Survival after coronary revascularization, with and without mitral valve surgery, in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation." Circulation 108 Suppl 1 (September 2003): II103-II110. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Benza, RL, Chandler, AB, Leimberger, JD, Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Gheorghiade, M, O'Connor, CM, and OPTIME-CHF Investigators, . "Heart failure etiology and response to milrinone in decompensated heart failure: results from the OPTIME-CHF study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 41, no. 6 (March 2003): 997-1003. Full Text
  - Trichon, BH, Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, Cabell, CH, and O'Connor, CM. "Relation of frequency and severity of mitral regurgitation to survival among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure." The American Journal of Cardiology 91, no. 5 (March 2003): 538-543. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Adams, KF, Konstam, MA, O'Connor, CM, and Gheorghiade, M. "The problem of decompensated heart failure: nomenclature, classification, and risk stratification." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S18-S25. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, and O'connor, CM. "A bridge for the 21st century in heart transplantation?." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 (February 2003): 198-199. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gattis, WA, O'Connor, CM, Leimberger, JD, Felker, GM, Adams, KF, and Gheorghiade, M. "Clinical outcomes in patients on beta-blocker therapy admitted with worsening chronic heart failure." Am J Cardiol 91, no. 2 (January 15, 2003): 169-174. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, and O'Connor, CM. "Toward a redefinition of ischemic cardiomyopathy: Is it an indivisible entity? - Reply." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 40, no. 1 (July 3, 2002): 206-206. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cappola, TP, Felker, GM, Kao, WHL, Hare, JM, Baughman, KL, and Kasper, EK. "Pulmonary hypertension and risk of death in cardiomyopathy: patients with myocarditis are at higher risk." Circulation 105, no. 14 (April 2002): 1663-1668. Full Text
  - Trichon, BH, Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, Cabell, CH, and O'Connor, CM. "Mitral regurgitation is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 39, no. 5 (March 6, 2002): 194A-194A. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, and O'Connor, CM. "A standardized definition of ischemic cardiomyopathy for use in clinical research." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 39, no. 2 (January 2002): 210-218. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and O'connor, CM. "Between Scylla and Charybdis: The choice of inotropic agent for decompensated heart failure." Am Heart J 142, no. 6 (December 2001): 932-933. Full Text Link to Item
  - Benza, RL, Felker, GM, Zabel, KM, Kao, W, Hilkert, RJ, Pearce, D, Borzak, S, Leimberger, JD, and Gheorghiade, M. "Arrhythmias in heart failure exacerbations: The OPTIME-CHF study." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 525-525. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Benza, RL, Chandler, AB, Berger, L, Teague, SM, Leimberger, JD, Lucas, KD, Cuffe, MS, Gheorghiade, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Heart failure etiology and response to intravenous milrinone decompensated heart failure: The OPTIME-CHF study." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 421-421. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Leimberger, JD, Califf, RM, Cuffe, MS, Gheorghiade, M, and O'Connor, CM. "A predictive model for the risk of death or rehospitalization after admission for decompensated heart failure: Results from the OPTIME-CHF study." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 689-689. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Leimberger, JD, Cuffe, MS, and Gheorghiade, M. "The combination of digoxin and milrinone therapy is not associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: Results from the OPTIME-CHF study." CIRCULATION 104, no. 17 (October 23, 2001): 571-572. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Inotropic therapy for heart failure: an evidence-based approach." Am Heart J 142, no. 3 (September 2001): 393-401. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bahit, MC, Cabell, CH, Dyke, CK, Felker, GM, Kaul, P, McGuire, DK, Reddan, D, and East, M. "Highlights from the American College of Cardiology Forty-Ninth Annual Scientific Sessions: March 18 to 21, 2001." AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL 142, no. 2 (August 2001): 363-374. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, and O'Connor, CM. "Rational use of inotropic therapy in heart failure." Curr Cardiol Rep 3, no. 2 (March 2001): 108-113. (Review) Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Shaw, LK, and O'Connor, CM. "The extent of coronary artery disease and long-term survival in patients with symptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 37, no. 2 (February 2001): 177A-177A. Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Jaeger, CJ, Klodas, E, Thiemann, DR, Hare, JM, Hruban, RH, Kasper, EK, and Baughman, KL. "Myocarditis and long-term survival in peripartum cardiomyopathy." Am Heart J 140, no. 5 (November 2000): 785-791. Full Text Link to Item
  - Felker, GM, Boehmer, JP, Hruban, RH, Hutchins, GM, Kasper, EK, Baughman, KL, and Hare, JM. "Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 36, no. 1 (July 2000): 227-232. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Thompson, RE, Hare, JM, Hruban, RH, Clemetson, DE, Howard, DL, Baughman, KL, and Kasper, EK. "Underlying causes and long-term survival in patients with initially unexplained cardiomyopathy." The New England Journal of Medicine 342, no. 15 (April 2000): 1077-1084. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Hu, W, Hare, JM, Hruban, RH, Baughman, KL, and Kasper, EK. "The spectrum of dilated cardiomyopathy. The Johns Hopkins experience with 1,278 patients." Medicine 78, no. 4 (July 1999): 270-283. Full Text
  - Felker, GM, Friedman, HS, Dolan, ME, Moschel, RC, and Schold, C. "Treatment of subcutaneous and intracranial brain tumor xenografts with O6-benzylguanine and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea." Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 32, no. 6 (January 1993): 471-476. Full Text
  - Friedman, HS, Dolan, ME, Moschel, RC, Pegg, AE, Felker, GM, Rich, J, Bigner, DD, and Schold, SC. "Enhancement of nitrosourea activity in medulloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme." Journal of the National Cancer Institute 84, no. 24 (December 1992): 1926-1931. Full Text
- Other Articles
  - Patel, CB, MacKinnon, ML, Smith, AD, Felker, GM, Vikraman-Sushama, D, Sudan, DL, Rosenberg, PB, Hernandez, AF, Milano, CA, and Rogers, JG. "Successful organ donation after long-term circulatory support with nonpulsatile mechanical support." Am J Transplant 12, no. 7 (July 2012): 1962-1963. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Gottfredsson, M, Cox, GM, and Perfect, JR. "Reply." J Infect Dis 181, no. 2 (February 2000): 812-813. Full Text Link to Item

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