Christopher Michael O'Connor

Christopher Michael O'Connor
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology

Dr. O’Connor’s research interests include: acute heart failure; co-morbidities in heart failure; clinical trials; biomarkers; and novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for the treatment of heart failure.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, Medicine 2014
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, Medicine 2016

Contact Information

7401 Hosp North, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 3356, Durham, NC 27710
oconn002@mc.duke.edu (919) 681-6195

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 1988 - 1989
- Chief Medical Resident - VAMC, Medicine, Duke University 1987 - 1988
- Cardiology Fellow, Medicine, Duke University 1986 - 1987
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1983 - 1986
- M.D., University of Maryland, College Park 1983
Duke Appointment History
- Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 1985 - 2016
- Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2001 - 2016
- Director, of the Heart Center/Cardiovascular CSU, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2016
- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2015 - 2016
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2003 - 2015
- Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, Medicine 2001 - 2015
- Chief, Division of Cardiology, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2012 - 2015
- Acting Chief of the Division of Cardiology, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2010 - 2012
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 1999 - 2003
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 1996 - 1999
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 1990 - 1996
- Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1989 - 1990
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 27, 2018
  
  Duke Faculty Plentiful On ‘Highly Cited’ List
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke-UNC Clinical Hematology and Transfusion Research Career Development Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2019
- STICHES awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2019
- GUIDing Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment (CCC) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2017
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2011 - 2016
- Coping Skills Training in Heart Failure: Outcomes and Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- Responses of Myocardial Ischemia to Sertraline Treatment awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2013
- Heart Failure Clinical Research Network awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2011
- STICH Trial - Coordinating Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2011
- Pharmacometabolomics Research Network awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2011
- Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline for Depression CHF awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2011
- A CHF Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2010
- HF Action Supplement awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2010
- Inflammation & Prognosis in Decompensated Heart Failure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2010
- ESCAPE - Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery.. awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2008
- ESCAPE Mechanistic Substudy Grant Application awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2006
- Enhancing Recovery In Coronary Heart Disease Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 2005
- Stress & Congestive Heart Failure:Prognosis & Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2005
- Warfarin and antiplatelet therapy study in chronic heart failure (CSP#442) awarded by Department of Veterans Affairs 1999 - 2004
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Depressed CHF Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2004
- Depression In Elderly Cardiac Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 2003
- Beta-Blocker Evaluation Of Survival Trial (Best) awarded by Department of Veterans Affairs 1995 - 2001
- Heart Failure Specialized Center Of Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1999
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Daubert, MA, Adams, K, Yow, E, Barnhart, HX, Douglas, PS, Rimmer, S, Norris, C, Cooper, L, Leifer, E, Desvigne-Nickens, P, Anstrom, K, Fiuzat, M, Ezekowitz, J, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, Januzzi, J, and Felker, GM. "NT-proBNP Goal Achievement Is Associated With Significant Reverse Remodeling and Improved Clinical Outcomes in HFrEF." Jacc. Heart Failure 7, no. 2 (February 2019): 158-168. Full Text
  - Luo, N, O'Connor, CM, Cooper, LB, Sun, J-L, Coles, A, Reed, SD, Whellan, DJ, Piña, IL, Kraus, WE, and Mentz, RJ. "Relationship between changing patient-reported outcomes and subsequent clinical events in patients with chronic heart failure: insights from HF-ACTION." European Journal of Heart Failure 21, no. 1 (January 2019): 63-70. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Aviation Emergencies for Heart Failure Cardiologists: A New Twist to the Heart Team." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 12 (December 2018): 1047-1048. Full Text
  - Taylor, RS, Walker, S, Smart, NA, Piepoli, MF, Warren, FC, Ciani, O, O'Connor, C, Whellan, D, Keteyian, SJ, Coats, A, Davos, CH, Dalal, HM, Dracup, K, Evangelista, L, Jolly, K, Myers, J, McKelvie, RS, Nilsson, BB, Passino, C, Witham, MD, Yeh, GY, Zwisler, A-DO, and ExTraMATCH II Collaboration, . "Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure (ExTraMATCH II) on mortality and hospitalisation: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 12 (December 2018): 1735-1743. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Parikh, KS, Dunning, A, DeVore, AD, Mentz, RJ, Schulte, PJ, Armstrong, PW, Ezekowitz, JA, Tang, WHW, McMurray, JJV, Voors, AA, Drazner, MH, O'Connor, CM, Hernandez, AF, and Patel, CB. "Relation of Volume Overload to Clinical Outcomes in Acute Heart Failure (From ASCEND-HF)." The American Journal of Cardiology 122, no. 9 (November 2018): 1506-1512. Full Text
  - Hamo, CE, O'Connor, C, Metra, M, Udelson, JE, Gheorghiade, M, and Butler, J. "A Critical Appraisal of Short-Term End Points in Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trials." Journal of Cardiac Failure 24, no. 11 (November 2018): 783-792. Full Text
  - Mark, DB, Cowper, PA, Anstrom, KJ, Sheng, S, Daniels, MR, Knight, JD, Baloch, KN, Davidson-Ray, L, Fiuzat, M, Januzzi, JL, Whellan, DJ, Piña, IL, Ezekowitz, JA, Adams, KF, Cooper, LS, O'Connor, CM, and Felker, GM. "Economic and Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy for Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 21 (November 2018): 2551-2562. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "COAPTing Heart Failure Physicians, Interventional Cardiologists, and CardioThoracic Surgeons: A New Opportunity for Patients." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 11 (November 2018): 967-968. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Loungani, R, Doerfler, SM, Coles, A, Greene, SJ, Cooper, LB, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, Rogers, JG, and Mentz, RJ. "Worsening renal function during decongestion among patients hospitalized for heart failure: Findings from the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE) trial." American Heart Journal 204 (October 2018): 163-173. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Hernandez, AF, Sun, J-L, Butler, J, Armstrong, PW, Ezekowitz, JA, Zannad, F, Ferreira, JP, Coles, A, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Califf, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Relationship Between Enrolling Country Income Level and Patient Profile, Protocol Completion, and Trial End Points." Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 11, no. 10 (October 2018): e004783-null. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Whellan, DJ, Adams, KF, Babyak, MA, Boyle, SH, Wilson, JL, Patel, CB, Rogers, JG, Harris, WS, and O'Connor, CM. "Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplements in Depressed Heart Failure Patients: Results of the OCEAN Trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 10 (October 2018): 833-843. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Depression in Heart Failure: Beyond a SADHART." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 885-886. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Cooper, LB, Fiuzat, M, Mentz, RJ, Ferreira, JP, Butler, J, Fitchett, D, Moses, AC, O'Connor, C, and Zannad, F. "Antihyperglycemic Therapies to Treat Patients With Heart Failure and Diabetes Mellitus." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 10 (October 2018): 813-822. (Review) Full Text
  - Tahhan, AS, Vaduganathan, M, Greene, SJ, Fonarow, GC, Fiuzat, M, Jessup, M, Lindenfeld, J, O'Connor, CM, and Butler, J. "Enrollment of Older Patients, Women, and Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Heart Failure Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review." Jama Cardiology 3, no. 10 (October 2018): 1011-1019. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Mulder, H, Coles, A, Krauss, WE, Lam, CSP, McCullough, PA, Pina, I, Tromp, J, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Renal Function and Exercise Training in AmbulatoryHeart Failure Patients With a Reduced Ejection Fraction." The American Journal of Cardiology 122, no. 6 (September 2018): 999-1007. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Yap, J, Tay, WT, Teng, T-HK, MacDonald, M, Anand, IS, Sharma, A, O'Connor, CM, Kraus, WE, Mentz, RJ, Lam, CS, and HF-ACTION and ASIAN-HF Investigators, . "Multi-ethnic comparisons of diabetes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the HF-ACTION trial and the ASIAN-HF registry." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 9 (September 2018): 1281-1289. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Butler, J, Solomon, SD, Ambrosy, AP, Mehta, C, Teerlink, JR, Zannad, F, and O'Connor, CM. "Reassessing the Role of Surrogate End Points in Drug Development for Heart Failure." Circulation 138, no. 10 (September 2018): 1039-1053. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Politically Correct Heart Failure Research in America to Avoid Geographic Variation." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 9 (September 1, 2018): 805-806. Full Text
  - Grodin, JL, Butler, J, Metra, M, Felker, GM, Voors, AA, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, C, Starling, RC, and Tang, WHW. "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 24, no. 8 (August 2018): 512-519. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "HFpEF: From Early Observations to Worldwide Awareness." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 8 (August 1, 2018): 718-719. Full Text
  - Parikh, KS, Fiuzat, M, Davis, G, Neely, M, Blain-Nelson, P, Whellan, DJ, Abraham, WT, Adams, KF, Felker, GM, Liggett, SB, O'Connor, CM, and Bristow, MR. "Dose Response of β-Blockers in Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphism Genotypes." Circulation. Genomic and Precision Medicine 11, no. 8 (August 2018): e002210-null. Full Text
  - 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
  - Fudim, M, O'Connor, CM, Mulder, H, Coles, A, Bhatt, AS, Ambrosy, AP, Kraus, WE, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and Mentz, RJ. "Loop diuretic adjustments in patients with chronic heart failure: Insights from HF-ACTION." American Heart Journal (July 29, 2018). Full Text
  - Daubert, MA, Whellan, DJ, Woehrle, H, Tasissa, G, Anstrom, KJ, Lindenfeld, J, Benjafield, A, Blase, A, Punjabi, N, Fiuzat, M, Oldenburg, O, and O'Connor, CM. "Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure impacts cardiac remodeling: Insights from the CAT-HF Trial." American Heart Journal 201 (July 2018): 40-48. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Cardiovascular Drug Pricing: Less Innovation for More Access?." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 7 (July 1, 2018): 613-614. Full Text
  - Vaduganathan, M, Patel, RB, Mentz, RJ, Subacius, H, Chatterjee, NA, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Maggioni, AP, Udelson, JE, Swedberg, K, Konstam, MA, O'Connor, CM, Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, and Zannad, F. "Sudden Death After Hospitalization for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (from the EVEREST Trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 122, no. 2 (July 2018): 255-260. Full Text
  - Warraich, HJ, O'Connor, C, Wu, A, Coles, A, Kraus, WE, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and Mentz, RJ. "Differences Between Patients Enrolled Early and Late During Clinical Trial Recruitment: Insights From the HF-ACTION Trial." Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 11, no. 7 (July 2018): e004643-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Cleland, JGF, Greene, SJ, O'Connor, CM, Teerlink, JR, Zannad, F, and Solomon, SD. "The role of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors in cardiovascular disease-existing evidence, knowledge gaps, and future directions." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 6 (June 2018): 963-972. (Review) Full Text
  - O’Connor, CM. "Dying With Dignity and Heart Failure." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 6 (June 2018): 536-537. Full Text
  - Ahmad, T, Jackson, K, Rao, VS, Tang, WHW, Brisco-Bacik, MA, Chen, HH, Felker, GM, Hernandez, AF, O'Connor, CM, Sabbisetti, VS, Bonventre, JV, Wilson, FP, Coca, SG, and Testani, JM. "Worsening Renal Function in Patients With Acute Heart Failure Undergoing Aggressive Diuresis Is Not Associated With Tubular Injury." Circulation 137, no. 19 (May 2018): 2016-2028. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Bhatt, AS, Stebbins, AL, Wruck, LM, Fudim, M, Greene, SJ, Kraus, WE, O'Connor, CM, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, and Mentz, RJ. "Prevalent digoxin use and subsequent risk of death or hospitalization in ambulatory heart failure patients with a reduced ejection fraction-Findings from the Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) randomized controlled trial." American Heart Journal 199 (May 2018): 97-104. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "What's One More Day?." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 5 (May 1, 2018): 438-null. Full Text
  - Rubio-Gracia, J, Demissei, BG, Ter Maaten, JM, Cleland, JG, O'Connor, CM, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Givertz, MM, Bloomfield, DM, Dittrich, H, Damman, K, Pérez-Calvo, JI, and Voors, AA. "Prevalence, predictors and clinical outcome of residual congestion in acute decompensated heart failure." International Journal of Cardiology 258 (May 2018): 185-191. 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
  - Cerbin, LP, Ambrosy, AP, Greene, SJ, Armstrong, PW, Butler, J, Coles, A, DeVore, AD, Ezekowitz, JA, Hernandez, AF, Metra, M, Starling, RC, Tang, W, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Wu, A, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Is Time of the Essence? The Impact of Time of Hospital Presentation in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From ASCEND-HF Trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 4 (April 2018): 298-307. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, and Bristow, MR. "Changing the Research Culture in the United States." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 4 (April 1, 2018): 344-345. Full Text
  - Hicks, KA, Mahaffey, KW, Mehran, R, Nissen, SE, Wiviott, SD, Dunn, B, Solomon, SD, Marler, JR, Teerlink, JR, Farb, A, Morrow, DA, Targum, SL, Sila, CA, Thanh Hai, MT, Jaff, MR, Joffe, HV, Cutlip, DE, Desai, AS, Lewis, EF, Gibson, CM, Landray, MJ, Lincoff, AM, White, CJ, Brooks, SS, Rosenfield, K, Domanski, MJ, Lansky, AJ, McMurray, JJV, Tcheng, JE, Steinhubl, SR, Burton, P, Mauri, L, O'Connor, CM, Pfeffer, MA, Hung, HMJ, Stockbridge, NL, Chaitman, BR, Temple, RJ, and Standardized Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (SCTI), . "2017 Cardiovascular and Stroke Endpoint Definitions for Clinical Trials." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 9 (March 2018): 1021-1034. (Review) Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Heart Failure Health Care 2018: Challenges and Opportunities." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): 262-263. 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
  - Armstrong, PW, Roessig, L, Patel, MJ, Anstrom, KJ, Butler, J, Voors, AA, Lam, CSP, Ponikowski, P, Temple, T, Pieske, B, Ezekowitz, J, Hernandez, AF, Koglin, J, and O'Connor, CM. "A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of the Oral Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator: The VICTORIA Trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 2 (February 2018): 96-104. (Review) Full Text
  - Cotter, G, Metra, M, Davison, BA, Jondeau, G, Cleland, JGF, Bourge, RC, Milo, O, O'Connor, CM, Parker, JD, Torre-Amione, G, van Veldhuisen, DJ, Kobrin, I, Rainisio, M, Senger, S, Edwards, C, McMurray, JJV, Teerlink, JR, and VERITAS Investigators, . "Systolic blood pressure reduction during the first 24 h in acute heart failure admission: friend or foe?." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 2 (February 2018): 317-322. 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
  - Hicks, KA, Mahaffey, KW, Mehran, R, Nissen, SE, Wiviott, SD, Dunn, B, Solomon, SD, Marler, JR, Teerlink, JR, Farb, A, Morrow, DA, Targum, SL, Sila, CA, Hai, MTT, Jaff, MR, Joffe, HV, Cutlip, DE, Desai, AS, Lewis, EF, Gibson, CM, Landray, MJ, Lincoff, AM, White, CJ, Brooks, SS, Rosenfield, K, Domanski, MJ, Lansky, AJ, McMurray, JJV, Tcheng, JE, Steinhubl, SR, Burton, P, Mauri, L, O'Connor, CM, Pfeffer, MA, Hung, HMJ, Stockbridge, NL, Chaitman, BR, Temple, RJ, and Standardized Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative (SCTI), . "2017 Cardiovascular and Stroke Endpoint Definitions for Clinical Trials." Circulation 137, no. 9 (February 2018): 961-972. (Review) Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Smartphone, Mom, and HFpEF." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): 176-null. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Psotka, MA, Fiuzat, M, Lindenfeld, J, Abraham, WT, Bristow, MR, Canos, D, Harrington, RA, Hillebrenner, M, Jessup, M, Malik, FI, Solomon, SD, Stockbridge, N, Tcheng, JE, Unger, EF, Whellan, DJ, Zuckerman, B, and Califf, RM. "Improving Heart Failure Therapeutics Development in the United States: The Heart Failure Collaboratory." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 4 (January 2018): 443-453. (Review) Full Text
  - O’Connor, CM. "I Don’t Care How Low My BNP Is, I Want to Feel Good." Jacc: Heart Failure 6, no. 1 (January 2018): 82-83. Full Text
  - Pastva, AM, Duncan, PW, Reeves, GR, Nelson, MB, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Eggebeen, JD, Hewston, LA, Taylor, KM, Mentz, RJ, Rosenberg, PB, and Kitzman, DW. "Strategies for supporting intervention fidelity in the rehabilitation therapy in older acute heart failure patients (REHAB-HF) trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials 64 (January 2018): 118-127. Full Text
  - Russell, FM, Ehrman, RR, Ferre, R, Gargani, L, Noble, V, Rupp, J, Collins, SP, Hunter, B, Lane, KA, Levy, P, Li, X, O'Connor, C, and Pang, PS. "Design and rationale of the B-lines lung ultrasound guided emergency department management of acute heart failure (BLUSHED-AHF) pilot trial(Accepted)." Heart and Lung (January 1, 2018). Full Text
  - Daubert, MA, Yow, E, Dunn, G, Marchev, S, Barnhart, H, Douglas, PS, O'Connor, C, Goldstein, S, Udelson, JE, and Sabbah, HN. "Novel Mitochondria-Targeting Peptide in Heart Failure Treatment: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Elamipretide." Circulation. Heart Failure 10, no. 12 (December 2017). Full Text
  - Alenezi, F, Brummett, BH, Boyle, SH, Samad, Z, Babyak, MA, Alzaeim, N, Wilson, J, Romano, MMD, Sun, JL, Ersboll, M, O'Connor, CM, Velazquez, EJ, and Jiang, W. "Usefulness of Myocardial Annular Velocity Change During Mental Stress to Predict Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease (From the Responses of Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia to Escitalopram Treatment Trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 120, no. 9 (November 2017): 1495-1500. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Goodbye Mihai: We Will Miss You." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 11 (November 2017): 848-849. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Q&A With the JACC: Heart Failure Editor-in-Chief: Marking the 5-Year Milestone." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 10 (October 2017): 758-759. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Demissei, BG, Tromp, J, Hillege, HL, Cleland, JG, O'Connor, CM, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Davison, BA, Givertz, MM, Bloomfield, DM, Dittrich, H, van Veldhuisen, DJ, Cotter, G, Ezekowitz, JA, Khan, MAF, and Voors, AA. "A network analysis to compare biomarker profiles in patients with and without diabetes mellitus in acute heart failure." European Journal of Heart Failure 19, no. 10 (October 2017): 1310-1320. 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
  - Luo, N, Teng, T-HK, Tay, WT, Anand, IS, Kraus, WE, Liew, HB, Ling, LH, O'Connor, CM, Piña, IL, Richards, AM, Shimizu, W, Whellan, DJ, Yap, J, Lam, CSP, Mentz, RJ, ASIAN-HF, , and HF-ACTION investigators, . "Multinational and multiethnic variations in health-related quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure." American Heart Journal 191 (September 2017): 75-81. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "America and Apple Pie: How Do We Change the American Health Care System?." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 9 (September 2017): 686-687. Full Text
  - Sherwood, A, Hill, LK, Blumenthal, JA, Adams, KF, Paine, NJ, Koch, GG, O'Connor, CM, Johnson, KS, and Hinderliter, AL. "Blood pressure reactivity to psychological stress is associated with clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure." American heart journal 191 (September 2017): 82-90. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Does Institutional Memory Matter?." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 8 (August 2017): 616-null. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "A Decade With Editorial Mentors: The Day They Dropped the Mic." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 7 (July 2017): 541-542. Full Text
  - Rogers, JG, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Adams, PA, Speck, A, Johnson, KS, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Taylor, DH, Kirchner, JL, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, and Tulsky, JA. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 3 (July 2017): 331-341. Full Text
  - Tromp, J, Khan, MAF, Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Metra, M, Dittrich, HC, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, B, Cleland, JGF, Givertz, MM, Bloomfield, DM, Van Veldhuisen, DJ, Hillege, HL, Voors, AA, and van der Meer, P. "Biomarker Profiles of Acute Heart Failure Patients With a Mid-Range Ejection Fraction." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 7 (July 2017): 507-517. 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
  - Cleland, JGF, Teerlink, JR, Davison, BA, Shoaib, A, Metra, M, Senger, S, Milo, O, Cotter, G, Bourge, RC, Parker, JD, Jondeau, G, Krum, H, O'Connor, CM, Torre-Amione, G, van Veldhuisen, DJ, McMurray, JJV, and VERITAS Investigators, . "Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS)." European Journal of Heart Failure 19, no. 6 (June 2017): 739-747. Full Text
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  - O'Connor, CM. "The International Olympic Games: Heart Teams and Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 4, no. 10 (October 2016): 826-827. Full Text
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  - Luo, N, Rogers, JG, Dodson, GC, Patel, CB, Galanos, AN, Milano, CA, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Usefulness of Palliative Care to Complement the Management of Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Devices." The American Journal of Cardiology 118, no. 5 (September 2016): 733-738. (Review) Full Text
  - O’Connor, CM. "The Mentor’s Mentor." JACC: Heart Failure 4, no. 9 (September 2016): 759-759. Full Text
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  - 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, Dunning, A, Schulte, PJ, Fiuzat, M, Leifer, ES, Fleg, JL, Cooper, LS, Keteyian, SJ, Kitzman, DW, Pina, IL, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Statins and Exercise Training Response in Heart Failure Patients: Insights From HF-ACTION." Jacc. Heart Failure 4, no. 8 (August 2016): 617-624. Full Text
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  - Banks, AZ, Mentz, RJ, Stebbins, A, Mikus, CR, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Cooper, LS, Leifer, ES, Badenhop, DT, Keteyian, SJ, Piña, IL, Kitzman, DW, Fiuzat, M, Whellan, DJ, Kraus, WE, and O'Connor, CM. "Response to Exercise Training and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure and Diabetes Mellitus: Insights From the HF-ACTION Trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 7 (July 2016): 485-491. Full Text
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  - Denardo, SJ, Vock, DM, Schmalfuss, CM, Young, GD, Tcheng, JE, and O'Connor, CM. "Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients." Circulation. Heart failure 9, no. 7 (July 2016). Full Text
  - O’Connor, CM. "The Year in Heart Failure Review 2015 to 2016." JACC: Heart Failure 4, no. 7 (July 2016): 603-604. Full Text
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  - Metra, M, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Heizer, GM, Armstrong, PW, Clausell, N, Corbalan, R, Costanzo, MR, Dickstein, K, Dunlap, ME, Ezekowitz, JA, Howlett, JG, Komajda, M, Krum, H, Lombardi, C, Fonarow, GC, McMurray, JJV, Nieminen, MS, Swedberg, K, Voors, AA, Starling, RC, Teerlink, JR, and O'Connor, CM. "Geographic Differences in Patients in a Global Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trial (from the ASCEND-HF Trial)." The American journal of cardiology 117, no. 11 (June 2016): 1771-1778. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM. "Social Media: Can It Reduce Heart Failure Events?." JACC: Heart Failure 4, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 514-515. Full Text
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  - 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
  - Malinin, AI, O'Connor, CM, Dzhanashvili, AI, Sane, DC, and Serebruany, VL. "Platelet activation in patients with congestive heart failure: do we have enough evidence to consider clopidogrel?." American Heart Journal 145, no. 3 (March 2003): 397-403. (Review) 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
  - Gheorghiade, M, Adams, KF, Gattis, WA, Teerlink, JR, Orlandi, C, and O'Connor, CM. "Surrogate end points in heart failure trials." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S67-S70. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, Jaffe, AS, O'Connor, CM, Pilot Randomized Study of Nesiritide versus Dobutamine in Heart Failure, , and Duke University Cooperative Cardiovascular Studies Investigators, . "Rationale and design of the pilot randomized study of nesiritide versus dobutamine in heart failure (PRESERVD-HF)." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S55-S57. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, Barbagelata, A, Adams, KF, Elkayam, U, Orlandi, C, O'Connor, CM, and Acute and Chronic Therapeutic Impact of a Vasopressin Antagonist in Congestive Heart Failure Investigators, . "Rationale and study design for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of tolvaptan on the acute and chronic outcomes of patients hospitalized with worsening congestive heart failure." American Heart Journal 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S51-S54. Full Text
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, Lukas, MA, O'Connor, CM, and Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure Investigators, . "Rationale and design of the Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) study." American Heart Journal 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S60-S61. Full Text
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, O'Connor, CM, and Adams, KF. "Introduction." American Heart Journal 145, no. 2 (February 2003): S1-S2. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, Shah, MR, Frey, A, Gheorghiade, M, and Randomized Intravenous Tezosentan Study Investigators, . "Tezosentan in patients with acute heart failure and acute coronary syndromes: design of the fourth Randomized Intravenous Tezosentan Study (RITZ-4)." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S58-S59. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Teerlink, JR, Adams, KF, and Gheorghiade, M. "Design considerations and proposed template for clinical trials in hospitalized patients with decompensated chronic heart failure." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S47-S50. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zampino, M, O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, and Gheorghiade, M. "Concomitant use of a positive inotropic agent to create a bridge to the successful initiation of beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure: a proposal for a trial." Am Heart J 145, no. 2 Suppl (February 2003): S62-S66. 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." The American Journal of Cardiology 91, no. 2 (January 2003): 169-174. Full Text
  - Hasdai, D, Topol, EJ, Kilaru, R, Battler, A, Harrington, RA, Vahanian, A, Ohman, EM, Granger, CB, Van de Werf, F, Simoons, ML, O'connor, CM, and Holmes, DR. "Frequency, patient characteristics, and outcomes of mild-to-moderate heart failure complicating ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: lessons from 4 international fibrinolytic therapy trials." American Heart Journal 145, no. 1 (January 2003): 73-79. Full Text
  - Serebruany, VL, Glassman, AH, Malinin, AI, Sane, DC, Finkel, MS, Krishnan, RR, Atar, D, Lekht, V, and O'Connor, CM. "Enhanced platelet/endothelial activation in depressed patients with acute coronary syndromes: Evidence from recent clinical trials." Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis 14, no. 6 (2003): 563-567. Full Text
  - Bourque, JMD, Velazquez, EJ, Borges-Neto, S, Hasselblad, V, and O'Connor, CM. "A reappraisal of myocardial viability testing in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction: Can meta-analysis be trusted?." Heartdrug 2, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 204-205. (Letter) Full Text
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, Lukas, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "Rationale and design of the initiation management predischarge: Process for assessment of carvedilol therapy for heart failure (IMPACT-HF) study." Heartdrug 2, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 164-166. Full Text
  - Serebruany, VL, McKenzie, ME, Meister, AF, Fuzaylov, SY, Gurbel, PA, Atar, D, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Failure of platelet parameters and biomarkers to correlate platelet function to severity and etiology of heart failure in patients enrolled in the EPCOT trial: With special reference to the hemodyne® hemostatic analyzer." Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis 32, no. 1 (December 1, 2002): 8-15. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Adams, KF, Shah, MR, Kobrin, I, Frey, A, and Gheorghiade, M. "Tezosentan in patients with acute heart failure and acute coronary syndromes: design of the Randomized Intravenous Tezosentan study (RITZ-4)." Am Heart J 144, no. 4 (October 2002): 583-588. Link to Item
  - Carney, RM, Blumenthal, JA, Stein, PK, Watkins, L, Catellier, D, Berkman, LF, Czajkowski, SM, O'Connor, C, Stone, PH, and Freedland, KE. "Depression, heart rate variability, and acute myocardial infarction." Revista De Psiquiatria Clinica 29, no. 3 (September 14, 2002): 158-159.
  - Trichon, BH, and O'Connor, CM. "Secondary mitral and tricuspid regurgitation accompanying left ventricular systolic dysfunction: is it important, and how is it treated?." Am Heart J 144, no. 3 (September 2002): 373-376. (Review) Link to Item
  - Glassman, AH, O'Connor, CM, Califf, RM, Swedberg, K, Schwartz, P, Bigger, JT, Krishnan, KRR, van Zyl, LT, Swenson, JR, Finkel, MS, Landau, C, Shapiro, PA, Pepine, CJ, Mardekian, J, Harrison, WM, Barton, D, Mclvor, M, and Sertraline Antidepressant Heart Attack Randomized Trial (SADHEART) Group, . "Sertraline treatment of major depression in patients with acute MI or unstable angina." Jama 288, no. 6 (August 2002): 701-709. Full Text
  - Gurbel, PA, Malinin, AI, Callahan, KP, Serebruany, VL, and O'Connor, CM. "Effect of loading with clopidogrel at the time of coronary stenting on platelet aggregation and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa expression and platelet-leukocyte aggregate formation." The American Journal of Cardiology 90, no. 3 (August 2002): 312-315. Full Text
  - Neuberg, GW, Miller, AB, O'Connor, CM, Belkin, RN, Carson, PE, Cropp, AB, Frid, DJ, Nye, RG, Pressler, ML, Wertheimer, JH, Packer, M, and PRAISE Investigators. Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Evaluation, . "Diuretic resistance predicts mortality in patients with advanced heart failure." American Heart Journal 144, no. 1 (July 2002): 31-38. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Velazquez, EJ, Gardner, LH, Smith, PK, Newman, MF, Landolfo, KP, Lee, KL, Califf, RM, and Jones, RH. "Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy on long-term outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (a 25-year experience from the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Databank)." The American Journal of Cardiology 90, no. 2 (July 2002): 101-107. Full Text
  - Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "The state of exercise training: a need for action." Am Heart J 144, no. 1 (July 2002): 1-4. Link to Item
  - Gottlieb, SS, Abraham, W, Butler, J, Forman, DE, Loh, E, Massie, BM, O'connor, CM, Rich, MW, Stevenson, LW, Young, J, and Krumholz, HM. "The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure." Journal of Cardiac Failure 8, no. 3 (June 2002): 136-141. Full Text
  - Gurbel, PA, Gattis, WA, Fuzaylov, SF, Gaulden, L, Hasselblad, V, Serebruany, VL, and O'Connor, CM. "Evaluation of platelets in heart failure: is platelet activity related to etiology, functional class, or clinical outcomes?." American heart journal 143, no. 6 (June 2002): 1068-1075. (Academic Article)
  - Shah, MR, Hasselblad, V, Stinnett, SS, Kramer, JM, Grossman, S, Gheorghiade, M, Adams, KF, Swedberg, K, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Dissociation between hemodynamic changes and symptom improvement in patients with advanced congestive heart failure." European Journal of Heart Failure 4, no. 3 (June 2002): 297-304. Full Text
  - Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Adams, KF, Benza, R, Bourge, R, Colucci, WS, Massie, BM, O'Connor, CM, Pina, I, Quigg, R, Silver, MA, Gheorghiade, M, and Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure (OPTIME-CHF) Investigators, . "Short-term intravenous milrinone for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial." Jama 287, no. 12 (March 2002): 1541-1547. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Hasselblad, V, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Patients with CHF and depression have greater risk of mortality and morbidity than patients without depression." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 39, no. 5 (March 2002): 919-921. (Letter) Full Text
  - Blumenthal, JA, Babyak, M, Wei, J, O'Connor, C, Waugh, R, Eisenstein, E, Mark, D, Sherwood, A, Woodley, PS, Irwin, RJ, and Reed, G. "Usefulness of psychosocial treatment of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in men." The American Journal of Cardiology 89, no. 2 (January 2002): 164-168. Full Text
  - Cuffe, M, Califf, R, Adams, K, Benza, R, Bourge, R, Colucci, W, Massie, B, O'Connor, C, Pina, I, Quigg, R, Silver, M, Gheorghiade, M, and Hennersdorf, MG. "Intravenous milrinone is no better than standard therapy for people admitted with acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure." Evidence Based Cardiovascular Medicine 6, no. 4 (January 1, 2002): 154-155. Full Text
  - 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
  - Gattis, WA, O'Connor, CM, and Gheorghiade, M. "The Initiation Management Predischarge Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure (IMPACT-HF) Study: design and implications." Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine 3 Suppl 3 (January 2002): S48-S54.
  - Gheorghiade, M, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Treatment gaps in the pharmacologic management of heart failure." Rev Cardiovasc Med 3 Suppl 3 (2002): S11-S19. (Review) Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Krishnan, RRK, and O'Connor, CM. "Depression and heart disease: evidence of a link, and its therapeutic implications." CNS Drugs 16, no. 2 (2002): 111-127. (Review) Link to Item
  - Lespérance, F, Frasure-Smith, N, Steinberg, DI, Glassman, AH, and O'Connor, CM. "Sertraline for treatment of depression in acute coronary syndromes [1] (multiple letters)." Journal of the American Medical Association 288, no. 19 (2002): 2403-2404. Full Text
  - Rozzini, R, Sabatini, T, Frisoni, GB, Trabucchi, M, Jiang, W, Krishnan, RR, and O'Connor, CM. "Depression and major outcomes in older patients with heart failure [4] (multiple letters)." Archives of Internal Medicine 162, no. 3 (2002): 362-364.
  - Serebruany, VL, McKenzie, ME, Meister, AF, Fuzaylov, SY, Gurbel, PA, Atar, D, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Failure of platelet parameters and biomarkers to correlate platelet function to severity and etiology of heart failure in patients enrolled in the EPCOT trial. With special reference to the Hemodyne hemostatic analyzer. Whole Blood Impedance Aggregometry for the Assessment of Platelet Function in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure." Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb 32, no. 1 (January 2002): 8-15. Full Text Link to Item
  - Serebruanya, VL, McKenzie, ME, Meistera, AF, Fuzaylov, SY, Gurbel, PA, Atar, D, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Whole blood impedance aggregometry for the assessment of platelet function in patients with congestive heart failure (EPCOT trial)." European Journal of Heart Failure 4, no. 4 (2002): 461-467. Full Text
  - Shah, BR, Velazquez, E, Shaw, LK, Bart, B, O'Connor, C, and Wagner, GS. "Revascularization improves survival in ischemic cardiomyopathy regardless of electrocardiographic criteria for prior small-to-medium myocardial infarcts." Am Heart J 143, no. 1 (January 2002): 111-117. Link to Item
  - 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
  - Serebruany, VL, Davis, CJ, Meister, AF, Atar, D, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Biomarkers and exercise training: A possible missing link between physical activity and mortality benefit in patients with heart failure." Heartdrug 1, no. 2 (December 1, 2001): 110-124. (Review) Full Text
  - Shah, MR, Hasselblad, V, Gheorghiade, M, Adams, KF, Swedberg, K, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Prognostic usefulness of the six-minute walk in patients with advanced congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy." The American Journal of Cardiology 88, no. 9 (November 2001): 987-993. Full Text
  - Whellan, DJ, Gaulden, L, Gattis, WA, Granger, B, Russell, SD, Blazing, MA, Cuffe, MS, and O'Connor, CM. "The benefit of implementing a heart failure disease management program." Arch Intern Med 161, no. 18 (October 8, 2001): 2223-2228. Link to Item
  - Carney, RM, Blumenthal, JA, Stein, PK, Watkins, L, Catellier, D, Berkman, LF, Czajkowski, SM, O'Connor, C, Stone, PH, and Freedland, KE. "Depression, heart rate variability, and acute myocardial infarction." Circulation 104, no. 17 (October 2001): 2024-2028. Full Text
  - ENRICHD Investigators, . "Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) study intervention: rationale and design." Psychosomatic Medicine 63, no. 5 (September 2001): 747-755.
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  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Hellkamp, AS, Langer, A, Larsen, RL, Harrington, RA, Berkowitz, SD, O'Gara, PT, Kopecky, SL, Gheorghiade, M, Daly, R, Califf, RM, and Fuster, V. "Comparison of two aspirin doses on ischemic stroke in post-myocardial infarction patients in the warfarin (Coumadin) Aspirin Reinfarction Study (CARS)." The American Journal of Cardiology 88, no. 5 (September 2001): 541-546. Full Text
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  - Alexander, KP, Newby, LK, Hellkamp, AS, Harrington, RA, Peterson, ED, Kopecky, S, Langer, A, O'Gara, P, O'Connor, CM, Daly, RN, Califf, RM, Khan, S, and Fuster, V. "Initiation of hormone replacement therapy after acute myocardial infarction is associated with more cardiac events during follow-up." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 38, no. 1 (July 2001): 1-7. Full Text
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  - Rosenberg, EL, Ekman, P, Jiang, W, Babyak, M, Coleman, RE, Hanson, M, O'Connor, C, Waugh, R, and Blumenthal, JA. "Linkages between facial expressions of anger and transient myocardial ischemia in men with coronary artery disease." Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 1, no. 2 (June 2001): 107-115. Full Text
  - Serebruany, VL, O'Connor, CM, and Gurbel, PA. "Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on platelets in patients with coronary artery disease." The American journal of cardiology 87, no. 12 (June 2001): 1398-1400. (Academic Article)
  - Shah, MR, Hasselblad, V, Stinnett, SS, Gheorghiade, M, Swedberg, K, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Hemodynamic profiles of advanced heart failure: association with clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes." Journal of Cardiac Failure 7, no. 2 (June 2001): 105-113. Full Text
  - Shah, MR, Stinnett, SS, McNulty, SE, Gheorghiade, M, Zannad, F, Uretsky, B, Adams, KF, Califf, RM, and O'connor, CM. "Hemodynamics as surrogate end points for survival in advanced heart failure: an analysis from FIRST." American Heart Journal 141, no. 6 (June 2001): 908-914. Full Text
  - Serebruany, VL, Gurbel, PA, and O'Connor, CM. "Platelet inhibition by sertraline and N-desmethylsertraline: a possible missing link between depression, coronary events, and mortality benefits of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors." Pharmacological Research 43, no. 5 (May 2001): 453-462. Full Text
  - Shah, MR, O'Connor, CM, Sopko, G, Hasselblad, V, Califf, RM, and Stevenson, LW. "Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness (ESCAPE): design and rationale." American Heart Journal 141, no. 4 (April 2001): 528-535. Full Text
  - Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, CM. "Effect of amlodipine on mode of death in advanced heart failure." Cardiology Review 18, no. 2 (March 12, 2001): 13-19. (Review)
  - 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
  - Gattis, WA, Galanos, A, and O'Connor, CM. "Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor dosing in heart failure: what is optimal?." Am Heart J 141, no. 3 (March 2001): 331-333. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gurbel, PA, O'Connor, CM, Dalesandro, MR, and Serebruany, VL. "Relation of soluble and platelet P-selectin to early outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction after thrombolytic therapy." The American journal of cardiology 87, no. 6 (March 2001): 774-7, A7. (Academic Article)
  - Serebruany, VL, Alford, AB, Meister, AF, Fuzaylov, SY, Gattis, WA, Gurbel, PA, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical utility of the platelet function analyzer (PFA-100) for the assessment of the platelet status in patients with congestive heart failure (EPCOT trial)." Thrombosis research 101, no. 6 (March 2001): 427-433. (Academic Article)
  - Shah, MR, and O'connor, CM. "The congestion score: a simple tool for a complicated disease?." Am Heart J 140, no. 6 (December 2000): 824-826. Full Text Link to Item
  - Nemeroff, CB, and O'connor, CM. "Introduction." Am Heart J 140, no. 4 Suppl (October 2000): 55-56. Link to Item
  - Nemeroff, CB, and O’Connor, CM. "Introduction." American Heart Journal 140, no. 4 (October 2000): S55-S56. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Shaw, L, Cuffe, MS, and Califf, RM. "Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of patients with heart failure and preserved systolic function." The American Journal of Cardiology 86, no. 8 (October 2000): 863-867. Full Text
  - O'connor, CM, Gurbel, PA, and Serebruany, VL. "Depression and ischemic heart disease." Am Heart J 140, no. 4 Suppl (October 2000): 63-69. (Review) Link to Item
  - Gattis, W, and O'Connor, CM. "Calcium antagonist use in heart failure: A re-evalutaion of treatment options." Drugs 59, no. SPEC. ISS. 2 (September 14, 2000): 17-24. (Review)
  - Varia, I, Logue, E, O'connor, C, Newby, K, Wagner, HR, Davenport, C, Rathey, K, and Krishnan, KR. "Randomized trial of sertraline in patients with unexplained chest pain of noncardiac origin." Am Heart J 140, no. 3 (September 2000): 367-372. Full Text Link to Item
  - Carson, PA, O'Connor, CM, Miller, AB, Anderson, S, Belkin, R, Neuberg, GW, Wertheimer, JH, Frid, D, Cropp, A, and Packer, M. "Circadian rhythm and sudden death in heart failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 36, no. 2 (August 29, 2000): 541-546. Full Text
  - Carson, PA, O'Connor, CM, Miller, AB, Anderson, S, Belkin, R, Neuberg, GW, Wertheimer, JH, Frid, D, Cropp, A, and Packer, M. "Circadian rhythm and sudden death in heart failure: results from Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Trial." J Am Coll Cardiol 36, no. 2 (August 2000): 541-546. Link to Item
  - Davis, CJ, Gurbel, PA, Gattis, WA, Fuzaylov, SY, Nair, GV, O'Connor, CM, and Serebruany, VL. "Hemostatic abnormalities in patients with congestive heart failure: diagnostic significance and clinical challenge." International journal of cardiology 75, no. 1 (August 2000): 15-21. (Academic Article)
  - Kong, DF, Blazing, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "Advances in the approach to acute coronary syndromes." Hosp Pract (1995) 35, no. 4 (April 15, 2000): 61-64. (Review) Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, and Ryan, TJ. "The role of clinical nonfatal end points in cardiovascular phase II/III clinical trials." Am Heart J 139, no. 4 (April 2000): S143-S154. Link to Item
  - Serebruany, VL, Lowry, DR, Fuzailov, SY, Levine, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Gurbel, PA. "Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with decreased platelet activity in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 9, no. 3 (April 2000): 229-234. (Academic Article)
  - Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Beta-blocker therapy for heart failure: the evidence is in, now the work begins." Jama 283, no. 10 (March 2000): 1335-1337. Full Text
  - Shah, A, Wagner, GS, Granger, CB, O'Connor, CM, Green, CL, Trollinger, KM, Califf, RM, and Krucoff, MW. "Prognostic implications of TIMI flow grade in the infarct related artery compared with continuous 12-lead ST-segment resolution analysis. Reexamining the "gold standard" for myocardial reperfusion assessment." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 35, no. 3 (March 2000): 666-672. Full Text
  - Gurbel, PA, Kereiakes, DJ, Dalesandro, MR, Bahr, RD, O'Connor, CM, and Serebruany, VL. "Role of soluble and platelet-bound P-selectin in discriminating cardiac from noncardiac chest pain at presentation in the emergency department." American heart journal 139, no. 2 Pt 1 (February 2000): 320-328. (Academic Article)
  - Bosworth, HB, Steffens, DC, Kuchibhatla, MN, Jiang, WJ, Arias, RM, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, KRR. "The relationship of social support, social networks and negative events with depression in patients with coronary artery disease." Aging and Mental Health 4, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 253-258. Full Text
  - Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "β-Blocker therapy for heart failure: The evidence is in, now the work begins." Journal of the American Medical Association 283, no. 10 (January 1, 2000): 1335-1337. Full Text
  - Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Adams, KF, Bourge, RC, Colucci, W, Massie, B, O'Connor, CM, Pina, I, Quigg, R, Silver, M, Robinson, LA, Leimberger, JD, and Gheorghiade, M. "Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: outcomes of a prospective trial of intravenous milrinone for exacerbations of chronic heart failure." American Heart Journal 139, no. 1 Pt 1 (January 2000): 15-22. Full Text
  - Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Adams, KF, Bourge, RC, Colucci, W, Massie, B, O'Connor, CM, Pina, I, Quigg, R, Silver, M, Robinson, LA, Leimberger, JD, and Gheorghiade, M. "Rationale and design of the OPTIME CHF trial: Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure." American Heart Journal 139, no. 1 I (January 1, 2000): 15-22. Full Text
  - Gattis, W, and O'Connor, CM. "[Calcium antagonists in the treatment of heart failure. Re-evaluation of therapeutic strategies]." Drugs 59 Spec No 2 (2000): 17-24. (Review) Link to Item
  - Gurbel, PA, Kereiakes, DJ, Dalesandro, MR, Bahr, RD, O'Connor, CM, and Serebruany, VL. "Role of soluble and platelet-bound P-selectin in discriminating cardiac from noncardiac chest pain at presentation in the emergency department." American Heart Journal 139, no. 2 I (2000): 320-328.
  - O'Connor, CM, Gurbel, PA, and Serebruany, VL. "Depression and ischemic heart disease." American Heart Journal 140, no. 4 SUPPL. (January 1, 2000). Full Text
  - Fortner, MR, Brown, K, Varia, IM, Gersing, KR, O'Connor, C, and Doraiswamy, PM. "Effect of Bupropion SR on the Quality of Life of Elderly Depressed Patients With Comorbid Medical Disorders." Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1, no. 6 (December 1999): 174-179. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Gheorghiade, M, Granger, CB, Gilbert, J, McKenney, JM, Messineo, FC, Burnett, JC, Katz, SD, Elkayam, U, Kasper, EK, Goldstein, S, Cody, RJ, and Massie, BM. "A randomized trial of ecadotril versus placebo in patients with mild to moderate heart failure: the U.S. ecadotril pilot safety study." Am Heart J 138, no. 6 Pt 1 (December 1999): 1140-1148. Link to Item
  - Velazquez, EJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Heart failure after myocardial infarction: A good heart is hard to find." American heart journal 138, no. 6 Pt 1 (December 1999): 1009-1011. Full Text
  - Orloff, DG, Blazing, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "Atherosclerotic disease in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: role of abnormal lipids and the place for lipid-altering therapies." Am Heart J 138, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 1999): S406-S412. (Review) Link to Item
  - Del Carlo, CH, and O'Connor, CM. "Cardiac troponins in congestive heart failure." Am Heart J 138, no. 4 Pt 1 (October 1999): 646-653. (Review) Link to Item
  - Doraiswamy, PM, MacFall, J, Krishnan, KR, O'Connor, C, Wan, X, Benaur, M, Lewandowski, M, and Fortner, M. "Magnetic resonance assessment of cerebral perfusion in depressed cardiac patients: preliminary findings." Am J Psychiatry 156, no. 10 (October 1999): 1641-1643. Full Text Link to Item
  - Langer, A, Fisher, M, Califf, RM, Goodman, S, O'Connor, CM, Harrington, RA, and Fuster, V. "Higher rates of coronary angiography and revascularization following myocardial infarction may be associated with greater survival in the United States than in Canada. The CARS Investigators (Coumadin/Aspirin Reinfarction Study)." The Canadian Journal of Cardiology 15, no. 10 (October 1999): 1095-1102.
  - Langer, A, Fisher, M, Califf, RM, Goodman, S, O'Connor, CM, Harrington, RA, and Fuster, V. "Higher rates of coronary angiography and revascularization following myocardial infarction may be associated with greater survival in the United States than in Canada." Canadian Journal of Cardiology 15, no. 10 (October 1, 1999): 1095-1102.
  - Gattis, WA, Hasselblad, V, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Reduction in heart failure events by the addition of a clinical pharmacist to the heart failure management team: results of the Pharmacist in Heart Failure Assessment Recommendation and Monitoring (PHARM) Study." Archives of Internal Medicine 159, no. 16 (September 1999): 1939-1945. Full Text
  - Gurbel, PA, O'Connor, CM, Cummings, CC, and Serebruany, VL. "Clopidogrel: the future choice for preventing platelet activation during coronary stenting?." Pharmacological Research 40, no. 2 (August 1999): 107-111. (Review) Full Text
  - Nair, GV, Gurbel, PA, O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Murugesan, SR, and Serebruany, VL. "Depression, coronary events, platelet inhibition, and serotonin reuptake inhibitors." The American journal of cardiology 84, no. 3 (August 1999): 321-3, A8. (Academic Article)
  - Serebruany, VL, Murugesan, SR, Pothula, A, Atar, D, Lowry, DR, O'Connor, CM, and Gurbel, PA. "Increased soluble platelet/endothelial cellular adhesion molecule-1 and osteonectin levels in patients with severe congestive heart failure. Independence of disease etiology, and antecedent aspirin therapy." European Journal of Heart Failure 1, no. 3 (August 1999): 243-249. Full Text
  - Blazing, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "Evidence supporting secondary prevention strategies." Curr Opin Cardiol 14, no. 4 (July 1999): 303-309. (Review) Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Uretsky, BF, Adams, KF, McNulty, SE, Grossman, SH, McKenna, WJ, Zannad, F, Swedberg, K, Gheorghiade, M, and Califf, RM. "Continuous intravenous dobutamine is associated with an increased risk of death in patients with advanced heart failure: insights from the Flolan International Randomized Survival Trial (FIRST)." American Heart Journal 138, no. 1 Pt 1 (July 1999): 78-86. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, and Swedberg, K. "Current and novel pharmacologic approaches in advanced heart failure." Heart Lung 28, no. 4 (July 1999): 227-242. (Review) Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Radensky, PW, Unger, AN, and Martin, BC. "Hospital use and costs among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy in the first prospective randomized amlodipine survival evaluation study." Clin Ther 21, no. 7 (July 1999): 1254-1265. Full Text Link to Item
  - Shapiro, PA, Lespérance, F, Frasure-Smith, N, O'Connor, CM, Baker, B, Jiang, JW, Dorian, P, Harrison, W, and Glassman, AH. "An open-label preliminary trial of sertraline for treatment of major depression after acute myocardial infarction (the SADHAT Trial). Sertraline Anti-Depressant Heart Attack Trial." Am Heart J 137, no. 6 (June 1999): 1100-1106. Link to Item
  - Kong, DF, Blazing, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "The health care burden of unstable angina." Cardiol Clin 17, no. 2 (May 1999): 247-261. (Review) Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Gurbel, PA, and Serebruany, VL. "Usefulness of soluble and surface-bound P-selectin in detecting heightened platelet activity in patients with congestive heart failure." The American journal of cardiology 83, no. 9 (May 1999): 1345-1349. (Academic Article)
  - Adams, KF, Sueta, CA, Gheorghiade, M, O'Connor, CM, Schwartz, TA, Koch, GG, Uretsky, B, Swedberg, K, McKenna, W, Soler-Soler, J, and Califf, RM. "Gender differences in survival in advanced heart failure. Insights from the FIRST study." Circulation 99, no. 14 (April 1999): 1816-1821. Full Text
  - Whellan, DJ, Gattis, WA, Gaulden, L, Granger, B, and O'Connor, CM. "Disease management of congestive heart failure." Am J Manag Care 5, no. 4 (April 1999): 499-507. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Zannad, F, McNulty, SE, Gheorghiade, M, Adams, KF, Califf, RM, McKenna, WJ, Soler-Soler, J, and Swedberg, K. "Beta-blocker therapy in advanced heart failure: clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes." European Journal of Heart Failure 1, no. 1 (March 1999): 81-88. Full Text
  - Steffens, DC, O'Connor, CM, Jiang, WJ, Pieper, CF, Kuchibhatla, MN, Arias, RM, Look, A, Davenport, C, Gonzalez, MB, and Krishnan, KR. "The effect of major depression on functional status in patients with coronary artery disease." J Am Geriatr Soc 47, no. 3 (March 1999): 319-322. Link to Item
  - Bart, BA, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical determinants of mortality in patients with cardiomyopathy." Cardiology Review 16, no. 7 (1999): 8-11.
  - Carlo, CHD, and O'Connor, CM. "Cardiac troponins in congestive heart failure." American Heart Journal 138, no. 4 I (1999): 646-653. Full Text
  - McKenzie, ME, Pothula, A, Gurbel, PA, Fuzaylov, SY, O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, and Serebruany, VL. "Failure of thrombin generation markers to triage patients presenting with chest pain." Cardiology 92, no. 1 (1999): 53-58. (Academic Article)
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Gheorghiade, M, Granger, CB, Gilbert, J, McKenney, JM, Messineo, FC, Burnett, JC, Katz, SD, Elkayam, U, Kasper, EK, Goldstein, S, Cody, RJ, and Massie, BM. "A randomized trial of ecadotril versus placebo in patients with mild to moderate heart failure: The U.S. Ecadotril Pilot Safety Study." American Heart Journal 138, no. 6 I (January 1, 1999): 1140-1148. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, Uretsky, BF, Adams, J, McNulty, SE, Grossman, SH, McKenna, WJ, Zannad, F, Swedberg, K, Gheorghiade, M, and Califf, RM. "Continuous intravenous dobutamine is associated with an increased risk of death in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the Flolan International Randomized Survival Trial (FIRST)." American Heart Journal 138, no. 1 I (January 1, 1999): 78-86. Full Text
  - Orloff, DG, Blazing, MA, and O'Connor, CM. "Atherosclerotic disease in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: Role of abnormal lipids and the place for lipid-altering therapies." American Heart Journal 138, no. 5 I (January 1, 1999). Full Text
  - Shapiro, PA, Lespérance, F, Frasure-Smith, N, O'Connor, CM, Baker, B, Jiang, JW, Dorian, P, Harrison, W, and Glassman, AH. "An open-label preliminary trial of sertraline for treatment of major depression after acute myocardial infarction (the SADHAT trial)." American Heart Journal 137, no. 6 (January 1, 1999): 1100-1106. Full Text
  - Thel, MC, and O'Connor, CM. "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: historical perspective to recent investigations." Am Heart J 137, no. 1 (January 1999): 39-48. (Review) Link to Item
  - Velazquez, EJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Heart failure after myocardial infarction: A good heart is hard to find." American Heart Journal 138, no. 6 I (January 1, 1999): 1009-1011. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Carson, PE, Miller, AB, Pressler, ML, Belkin, RN, Neuberg, GW, Frid, DJ, Cropp, AB, Anderson, S, Wertheimer, JH, and DeMets, DL. "Effect of amlodipine on mode of death among patients with advanced heart failure in the PRAISE trial. Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Evaluation." Am J Cardiol 82, no. 7 (October 1, 1998): 881-887. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Carson, PE, Miller, AB, Pressler, ML, Belkin, RN, Neuberg, GW, Frid, DJ, Cropp, AB, Anderson, S, Wertheimer, JH, and DeMets, DL. "Effect of amlodipine on mode of death among patients with advanced heart failure in the PRAISE trial." American Journal of Cardiology 82, no. 7 (October 1, 1998): 881-887. Full Text
  - Guyton, JR, Goldberg, AC, Kreisberg, RA, Sprecher, DL, Superko, HR, and O'Connor, CM. "Effectiveness of once-nightly dosing of extended-release niacin alone and in combination for hypercholesterolemia." Am J Cardiol 82, no. 6 (September 15, 1998): 737-743. Link to Item
  - Krishnan, KR, George, LK, Pieper, CF, Jiang, W, Arias, R, Look, A, and O'Connor, C. "Depression and social support in elderly patients with cardiac disease." American Heart Journal 136, no. 3 (September 1998): 491-495. Full Text
  - Shah, BR, Lin, C, Maynard, C, Bart, B, Selvester, RH, Shaw, LK, O'Connor, C, and Wagner, GS. "Specificity of electrocardiographic myocardial infarction screening criteria in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathies." Am Heart J 136, no. 2 (August 1998): 314-319. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gattis, WA, Larsen, RL, Hasselblad, V, Bart, BA, and O'Connor, CM. "Is optimal angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor dosing neglected in elderly patients with heart failure?." Am Heart J 136, no. 1 (July 1998): 43-48. Link to Item
  - Serebruany, VL, Bahr, RD, O'Connor, CM, Lowry, DR, and Gurbel, PA. "Antecedent aspirin therapy inhibits baseline platelet activity in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction. The GUSTO-III Platelet Substudy." Cardiology 90, no. 1 (July 1998): 37-42. Full Text Link to Item
  - Serebruany, VL, Bahr, RD, O'Connor, CM, Lowry, DR, and Gurbel, PA. "Antecedent aspirin therapy inhibits baseline platelet activity in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction." Cardiology 90, no. 1 (July 1, 1998): 37-42. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, and Swedberg, K. "Current and novel pharmacologic approaches in advanced heart failure." Am Heart J 135, no. 6 Pt 2 Su (June 1998): S249-S263. (Review) Link to Item
  - Flack, JM, O'Connor, CM, and Wei, JY. "Four commonly seen cardiovascular diseases." Patient Care 32, no. 9 (May 15, 1998): 98-130.
  - Hassan, TB, and Barnett, DB. "Magnesium in in-hospital cardiac arrest." Lancet (London, England) 351, no. 9100 (February 1998): 445-446. (Letter) Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Gattis, WA, and Swedberg, K. "Current and novel pharmacologic approaches in advanced heart failure." American Heart Journal 135, no. 6 II SUPPL. (January 1, 1998). (Review)
  - Serebruany, VL, Atar, D, Dalesandro, MR, O'Connor, CM, and Gurbel, PA. "Changes in hemostasis after parenteral magnesium in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion: From animal studies to clinical trials." Magnesium Research 11, no. 2 (1998): 133-140.
  - Cuffe, MS, and O'Connor, CM. "Pharmacologic management of acute heart failure." Current Opinion in Critical Care 3, no. 5 (December 1, 1997): 386-390.
  - Blumenthal, JA, O'Connor, C, Hinderliter, A, Fath, K, Hegde, SB, Miller, G, Puma, J, Sessions, W, Sheps, D, Zakhary, B, and Williams, RB. "Psychosocial factors and coronary disease. A national multicenter clinical trial (ENRICHD) with a North Carolina focus." North Carolina Medical Journal 58, no. 6 (November 1997): 440-444. (Review)
  - Thel, MC, Armstrong, AL, McNulty, SE, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Randomised trial of magnesium in in-hospital cardiac arrest. Duke Internal Medicine Housestaff." Lancet 350, no. 9087 (November 1, 1997): 1272-1276. Link to Item
  - Thel, MC, Armstrong, AL, McNulty, SE, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Randomised trial of magnesium in in-hospital cardiac arrest. Duke Internal Medicine Housestaff." Lancet (London, England) 350, no. 9087 (November 1997): 1272-1276. Full Text
  - Bart, BA, Shaw, LK, McCants, CB, Fortin, DF, Lee, KL, Califf, RM, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical determinants of mortality in patients with angiographically diagnosed ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 30, no. 4 (October 1997): 1002-1008. Full Text
  - Blumenthal, JA, Jiang, W, Babyak, MA, Krantz, DS, Frid, DJ, Coleman, RE, Waugh, R, Hanson, M, Appelbaum, M, O'Connor, C, and Morris, JJ. "Stress management and exercise training in cardiac patients with myocardial ischemia. Effects on prognosis and evaluation of mechanisms." Archives of Internal Medicine 157, no. 19 (October 1997): 2213-2223. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Hathaway, WR, McNulty, S, Larsen, RL, Hansley, KL, Zhang, Y, and O'Connor, CM. "Ability of heart rate variability to predict prognosis in patients with advanced congestive heart failure." Am J Cardiol 80, no. 6 (September 15, 1997): 808-811. Link to Item
  - Hayano, J, Jiang, W, Waugh, R, O'Connor, C, Frid, D, and Blumenthal, JA. "Stability over time of circadian rhythm of variability of heart rate in patients with stable coronary artery disease." Am Heart J 134, no. 3 (September 1997): 411-418. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Hathaway, WR, Bates, ER, Leimberger, JD, Sigmon, KN, Kereiakes, DJ, George, BS, Samaha, JK, Abbottsmith, CW, Candela, RJ, Topol, EJ, and Califf, RM. "Clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of patients in whom congestive heart failure develops after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: development of a predictive model." American Heart Journal 133, no. 6 (June 1997): 663-673. Full Text
  - Gullette, EC, Blumenthal, JA, Babyak, M, Jiang, W, Waugh, RA, Frid, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Morris, JJ, and Krantz, DS. "Effects of mental stress on myocardial ischemia during daily life." Jama 277, no. 19 (May 1997): 1521-1526. Full Text
  - Bart, BA, Gattis, WA, Diem, SJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Reasons for underuse of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction." Am J Cardiol 79, no. 8 (April 15, 1997): 1118-1120. Link to Item
  - Poole-Wilson, PA, Bobbio, M, Allan, JJ, Packer, M, O'Connor, CM, and Demets, DL. "Amlodipine in chronic heart failure (multiple letters) [2]." New England Journal of Medicine 336, no. 14 (1997): 1023-1024. Full Text
  - Gonzalez, MB, Snyderman, TB, Colket, JT, Arias, RM, Jiang, JW, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, KR. "Depression in patients with coronary artery disease." Depression 4, no. 2 (December 1, 1996): 57-62. Full Text
  - Packer, M, O'Connor, CM, Ghali, JK, Pressler, ML, Carson, PE, Belkin, RN, Miller, AB, Neuberg, GW, Frid, D, Wertheimer, JH, Cropp, AB, and DeMets, DL. "Effect of amlodipine on morbidity and mortality in severe chronic heart failure. Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Evaluation Study Group." The New England Journal of Medicine 335, no. 15 (October 1996): 1107-1114. Full Text
  - Barefoot, JC, Helms, MJ, Mark, DB, Blumenthal, JA, Califf, RM, Haney, TL, O'Connor, CM, Siegler, IC, and Williams, RB. "Depression and long-term mortality risk in patients with coronary artery disease." The American Journal of Cardiology 78, no. 6 (September 1996): 613-617. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Babyak, M, Krantz, DS, Waugh, RA, Coleman, RE, Hanson, MM, Frid, DJ, McNulty, S, Morris, JJ, O'Connor, CM, and Blumenthal, JA. "Mental stress--induced myocardial ischemia and cardiac events." Jama 275, no. 21 (June 1996): 1651-1656. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Meese, RB, McNulty, S, Lucas, KD, Carney, RJ, LeBoeuf, RM, Maddox, W, Bethea, CF, Shadoff, N, Trahey, TF, Heinsimer, JA, Burks, JM, O'Donnell, G, Krucoff, MW, and Califf, RM. "A randomized factorial trial of reperfusion strategies and aspirin dosing in acute myocardial infarction. The DUCCS-II Investigators." The American Journal of Cardiology 77, no. 10 (April 1996): 791-797. Full Text
  - Mahaffey, KW, Granger, CB, Collins, R, O'Connor, CM, Ohman, EM, Bleich, SD, Col, JJ, and Califf, RM. "Overview of randomized trials of intravenous heparin in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic therapy." The American Journal of Cardiology 77, no. 8 (March 1996): 551-556. Full Text
  - Gonzalez, MB, Snyderman, TB, Colket, JT, Arias, RM, Jiang, JW, O'Connor, CM, and Krishnan, KR. "Depression in patients with coronary artery disease." Depression 4, no. 2 (January 1996): 57-62. Full Text
  - Jiang, W, Trauner, MA, Coleman, RE, Waugh, RA, Hanson, MW, Frid, DJ, Phillips, BG, Morris, JJ, O'Connor, C, and Blumenthal, JA. "Association of physical fitness and transient myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease." J Cardiopulm Rehabil 15, no. 6 (November 1995): 431-438. Link to Item
  - Blumenthal, JA, Jiang, W, Waugh, RA, Frid, DJ, Morris, JJ, Coleman, RE, Hanson, M, Babyak, M, Thyrum, ET, and Krantz, DS. "Mental stress-induced ischemia in the laboratory and ambulatory ischemia during daily life. Association and hemodynamic features." Circulation 92, no. 8 (October 1995): 2102-2108. Full Text
  - Thel, MC, and O'Connor, CM. "Magnesium in acute myocardial infarction." Coron Artery Dis 6, no. 10 (October 1995): 831-837. (Review) Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Blumenthal, JA, Hanson, MW, Coleman, RE, O'Connor, CM, Frid, D, Morris, JJ, and Waugh, RA. "Relative importance of electrode placement over number of channels in transient myocardial ischemia detection by Holter monitoring." The American Journal of Cardiology 76, no. 5 (August 1995): 350-354. Full Text
  - Gurbel, PA, and O'Connor, CM. "Zofenopril after anterior myocardial infarction." The New England journal of medicine 332, no. 25 (June 1995): 1715-. (Academic Article) Full Text
  - Campbell, PT, Li, JS, Wall, TC, O'Connor, CM, Van Trigt, P, Kenney, RT, Melhus, O, and Corey, GR. "Cytomegalovirus pericarditis: a case series and review of the literature." Am J Med Sci 309, no. 4 (April 1995): 229-234. Link to Item
  - Gurbel, PA, and O'Connor, CM. "Zofenopril after anterior myocardial infarction." New England Journal of Medicine 332, no. 25 (1995): 1715--.
  - Selker, HP, Beshansky, JR, Schmid, CH, Griffith, JL, Longstreth, WT, O'Connor, CM, Caplan, LR, Massey, EW, D'Agostino, RB, and Laks, MM. "Presenting pulse pressure predicts thrombolytic therapy-related intracranial hemorrhage. Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument (TPI) Project results." Circulation 90, no. 4 (October 1994): 1657-1661. Link to Item
  - Larsen, RL, Behar, VS, Brazer, SR, Chen, J, and O'Connor, CM. "Chest pain presenting as ischemic heart disease. Congenital absence of the pericardium." N C Med J 55, no. 7 (July 1994): 306-308. Link to Item
  - O'Connor, CM, Meese, R, Carney, R, Smith, J, Conn, E, Burks, J, Hartman, C, Roark, S, Shadoff, N, and Heard, M. "A randomized trial of intravenous heparin in conjunction with anistreplase (anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex) in acute myocardial infarction: the Duke University Clinical Cardiology Study (DUCCS) 1." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 23, no. 1 (January 1994): 11-18. Full Text
  - Selker, HP, Beshansky, JR, Schmid, CH, Griffith, JL, Longstreth, WT, O'Connor, CM, Caplan, LR, Massey, EW, D'Agostino, RB, Laks, MM, Lee, KL, Maynard, C, Wagner, GS, Weaver, WD, and Califf, RM. "Presenting pulse pressure predicts thrombolytic therapy-related intracranial hemorrhage: Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument (TPI) project results." Circulation 90, no. 4 I (January 1, 1994): 1657-1661. Full Text
  - Van Trigt, P, Douglas, J, Smith, PK, Campbell, PT, Wall, TC, Kenney, RT, O'Connor, CM, Sheikh, KH, and Corey, GR. "A prospective trial of subxiphoid pericardiotomy in the diagnosis and treatment of large pericardial effusion. A follow-up report." Ann Surg 218, no. 6 (December 1993): 777-782. Link to Item
  - Jiang, W, Hayano, J, Coleman, ER, Hanson, MW, Frid, DJ, O'Connor, C, Thurber, D, Waugh, RA, and Blumenthal, JA. "Relation of cardiovascular responses to mental stress and cardiac vagal activity in coronary artery disease." The American Journal of Cardiology 72, no. 7 (September 1993): 551-554. Full Text
  - Corey, GR, Campbell, PT, Van Trigt, P, Kenney, RT, O'Connor, CM, Sheikh, KH, Kisslo, JA, and Wall, TC. "Etiology of large pericardial effusions." Am J Med 95, no. 2 (August 1993): 209-213. Link to Item
  - Kenney, RT, Li, JS, Clyde, WA, Wall, TC, O'Connor, CM, Campbell, PT, Van Trigt, P, and Corey, GR. "Mycoplasmal pericarditis: evidence of invasive disease." Clin Infect Dis 17 Suppl 1 (August 1993): S58-S62. (Review) Link to Item
  - Krucoff, MW, Croll, MA, Pope, JE, Granger, CB, O'Connor, CM, Sigmon, KN, Wagner, BL, Ryan, JA, Lee, KL, and Kereiakes, DJ. "Continuous 12-lead ST-segment recovery analysis in the TAMI 7 study. Performance of a noninvasive method for real-time detection of failed myocardial reperfusion." Circulation 88, no. 2 (August 1993): 437-446. Full Text
  - Koenig, HG, O'Connor, CM, Guarisco, SA, Zabel, KM, and Ford, SM. "Depressive Disorder in Older Medical Inpatients on General Medicine and Cardiology Services at a University Teaching Hospital." The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 1, no. 3 (June 1993): 197-210. Full Text
  - Slaughter, TF, Mody, EA, Oldham, HN, Reves, JG, O'Connor, CM, Parker, JK, and Greenberg, CS. "Management of a patient with type IIC von Willebrand's disease during coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Anesthesiology 78, no. 1 (January 1993): 195-197. Link to Item
  - Wall, TC, Campbell, PT, O'Connor, CM, Van Trigt, P, Kenney, RT, Sheikh, KH, Kisslo, JA, and Corey, GR. "Diagnosis and management (by subxiphoid pericardiotomy) of large pericardial effusions causing cardiac tamponade." Am J Cardiol 69, no. 12 (April 15, 1992): 1075-1078. Link to Item
  - Campbell, PT, Van Trigt, P, Wall, TC, Kenney, RT, O'Connor, CM, Sheikh, KH, Kisslo, JA, Baker, ME, and Corey, GR. "Subxiphoid pericardiotomy in the diagnosis and management of large pericardial effusions associated with malignancy." Chest 101, no. 4 (April 1992): 938-943. Link to Item
  - Ortel, TL, Gockerman, JP, Califf, RM, McCann, RL, O'Connor, CM, Metzler, DM, and Greenberg, CS. "Parenteral anticoagulation with the heparinoid Lomoparan (Org 10172) in patients with heparin induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis." Thrombosis and Haemostasis 67, no. 3 (March 1992): 292-296.
  - O'Connor, CM, and Califf, RM. "Aggressive therapy of acute MI in the elderly." Hospital Practice (Office Ed.) 27, no. 2 (February 1992): 59-passim. Full Text
  - Uglietta, JP, O'Connor, CM, Boyko, OB, Aldrich, H, Massey, EW, and Heinz, ER. "CT patterns of intracranial hemorrhage complicating thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction." Radiology 181, no. 2 (November 1991): 555-559. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wallis, DE, Boden, WE, Califf, R, Crawford, MH, Hakki, AH, Iskandrian, AS, Labovitz, A, O'Connor, C, Sutton, R, and Scanlon, PJ. "Failure of adjuvant heparin to reduce myocardial ischemia in the early treatment of patients with unstable angina." American Heart Journal 122, no. 4 Pt 1 (October 1991): 949-954. Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Califf, RM, Massey, EW, Mark, DB, Kereiakes, DJ, Candela, RJ, Abbottsmith, C, George, B, Stack, RS, and Aronson, L. "Stroke and acute myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era: clinical correlates and long-term prognosis." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 16, no. 3 (September 1990): 533-540. Full Text
  - Blumenthal, JA, and O'Connor, C. "Stress and silent myocardial ischemia. A new research study at Duke University Medical Center." N C Med J 51, no. 4 (April 1990): 135-138. Link to Item
  - Mark, DB, Hlatky, MA, O'Connor, CM, Pryor, DB, Wall, TC, Honan, MB, Phillips, HR, and Califf, RM. "Administration of thrombolytic therapy in the community hospital: established principles and unresolved issues." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 12, no. 6 Suppl A (December 1988): 32A-43A. Full Text
  - Stack, RS, Califf, RM, Hinohara, T, Phillips, HR, Pryor, DB, Simonton, CA, Carlson, EB, Morris, KG, Behar, VS, and Kong, Y. "Survival and cardiac event rates in the first year after emergency coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 11, no. 6 (June 1988): 1141-1149. Full Text
  - Simonton, CA, Mark, DB, Hinohara, T, Rendall, DS, Phillips, HR, Peter, RH, Behar, VS, Kong, Y, O'Callaghan, WG, and O'Connor, C. "Late restenosis after emergent coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: comparison with elective coronary angioplasty." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 11, no. 4 (April 1988): 698-705. Full Text
  - Hlatky, MA, Cotugno, H, O'Connor, C, Mark, DB, Pryor, DB, and Califf, RM. "Adoption of thrombolytic therapy in the management of acute myocardial infarction." The American Journal of Cardiology 61, no. 8 (March 1988): 510-514. Full Text
  - Hlatky, MA, Cotugno, HE, Mark, DB, O'Connor, C, Califf, RM, and Pryor, DB. "Trends in physician management of uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction, 1970 to 1987." The American Journal of Cardiology 61, no. 8 (March 1988): 515-518. Full Text
  - Stack, RS, O'Connor, CM, Mark, DB, Hinohara, T, Phillips, HR, Lee, MM, Ramirez, NM, O'Callaghan, WG, Simonton, CA, and Carlson, EB. "Coronary perfusion during acute myocardial infarction with a combined therapy of coronary angioplasty and high-dose intravenous streptokinase." Circulation 77, no. 1 (January 1988): 151-161. Full Text
  - Boswick, JM, Lee, KL, Aronson, LG, O'Connor, CM, Honan, MB, Califf, RM, and Pryor, DB. "USE OF COMPUTERIZED STATISTICAL MODELS TO EDUCATE MEDICAL HOUSESTAFF IN ESTIMATING CLINICAL OUTCOMES." Proceedings Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (December 1, 1987): 162-165.
  - Patronas, NJ, Di Chiro, G, Brooks, RA, DeLaPaz, RL, Kornblith, PL, Smith, BH, Rizzoli, HV, Kessler, RM, Manning, RG, Channing, M, Wolf, AP, and O'Connor, CM. "Work in progress: [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography in the evaluation of radiation necrosis of the brain." Radiology 144, no. 4 (September 1982): 885-889. Full Text
  - Brooks, RA, Mitchell, LG, O'Connor, CM, and Di Chiro, G. "On the relationship between computed tomography numbers and specific gravity." Phys Med Biol 26, no. 1 (January 1981): 141-147. Link to Item
  - Rieth, KG, Fujiwara, K, Di Chiro, G, Klatzo, I, Brooks, RA, Johnston, GS, O'Connor, CM, and Mitchell, LG. "Serial measurements of CT attenuation and specific gravity in experimental cerebral edema." Radiology 135, no. 2 (May 1980): 343-348. Full Text
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- Conference Papers
  - Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Granger, BB, Yang, H, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Taylor, DH, Mark, DB, Tulsky, JA, and Rogers, JG. "Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial." October 2018. Full Text
  - Pokorney, SD, Al-Khatib, SM, Sun, J-L, Schulte, P, O'Connor, CM, Teerlink, JR, Armstrong, PW, Ezekowitz, JA, Starling, RC, Voors, AA, Velazquez, EJ, Hernandez, AF, and Mentz, RJ. "Sudden cardiac death after acute heart failure hospital admission: insights from ASCEND-HF." March 2018. Full Text
  - Reeves, GR, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Duncan, P, Eggebeen, JD, Morgan, TM, Hewston, LA, Pastva, A, Patel, MJ, and Kitzman, DW. "A Novel Rehabilitation Intervention for Older Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: The REHAB-HF Pilot Study." May 2017. Full Text
  - DeVore, AD, Hasselblad, V, Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Armstrong, PW, McMurray, JJ, Ezekowitz, JA, Tang, WHW, Starling, RC, Voors, AA, Califf, RM, and Hernandez, AF. "Loop diuretic dose adjustments after a hospitalization for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF." March 2015. Full Text
  - Valente, MAE, Voors, AA, Damman, K, Van Veldhuisen, DJ, Massie, BM, O'Connor, CM, Metra, M, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Cotter, G, Davison, B, Cleland, JGF, Givertz, MM, Bloomfield, DM, Fiuzat, M, Dittrich, HC, and Hillege, HL. "Diuretic response in acute heart failure: clinical characteristics and prognostic significance." May 2014. Full Text
  - Carson, P, Wertheimer, J, Miller, A, O'Connor, CM, Pina, IL, Selzman, C, Sueta, C, She, L, Greene, D, Lee, KL, Jones, RH, and Velazquez, EJ. "Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial: Mode of Death Results." October 2013. Full Text
  - Wilcox, JE, Fonarow, GC, Zhang, Y, Albert, NM, Curtis, AB, Gheorghiade, M, Heywood, JT, Mehra, MR, O'Connor, CM, Walsh, MN, Reynolds, D, and Yancy, CW. "Clinical Effectiveness of CRT and ICD Therapy in Men and Women with Heart Failure: Findings from IMPROVE HF." August 2013. Full Text Link to Item
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