Robert John Mentz | Scholars@Duke

Robert John Mentz
Associate Professor of Medicine

I am a cardiologist with a clinical and research interest in heart failure, including advanced therapies such as cardiac transplantation and mechanical assist devices or “heart pumps." I became a heart failure cardiologist in order to help patients manage their chronic disease over many months and years. I consider myself strongly committed to compassionate patient care with a focus on quality of life and patient preference.

My research interests are focused on treating co-morbid diseases in heart failure patients and improving outcomes across the cardiovascular spectrum through clinical trials and outcomes research. Below, you will find my specific research interests:

Co-morbidity characterization (lung disease, sleep apnea, renal failure) in heart failure.
Angina pectoris in heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction.
Phenotypic characterization and risk prognostication of patients with heart failure.
Role of surrogate and nonfatal endpoints in clinical heart failure trials.
Ischemic biomarkers in heart failure.
Novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to heart failure.
Improving site-based heart failure research.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2019
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

Np-8062, Dcri. PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715
Np-8062, Dcri. PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715
robert.mentz@duke.edu (919) 668-7121
DUCCS Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure, Duke University School of Medicine 2012 - 2013
- Fellowship, Clinical Cardiology, Duke University School of Medicine 2010 - 2012
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2008 - 2010
- Intern, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2007 - 2008
- M.D., Emory University 2003
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2014 - 2019
Recognition
In the News
- APR 24, 2015 Health Day News
  
  Depression tied to worse outcomes for black patients with heart failure
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- TRANSFORM-HF CCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- JTT-251_HF Trial awarded by Akros Medical 2017 - 2020
- PROVIDE-HF: Patient Reported Outcomes inVestigation following Initiation of Drug therapy with Entresto (Valsartan/Sacubitril) in Heart Failure. awarded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 2017 - 2019
- VICTORIA Registry awarded by Merck 2017 - 2019
- Comparison of Dyspnea Measurement Instruments in Acute Heart Failure awarded by Heart Failure Society of America 2017 - 2019
- Depression and Heart Failure Disease Progression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Target-HF-CM awarded by American Heart Association 2017 - 2019
- Define-HF awarded by Saint Luke's Hospital (Kansas City) 2016 - 2019
- REHAB awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2014 - 2019
- SUB-Q Main awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018
- Sub Q awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2018
- HFN - HIV awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2016 - 2018
- Accelerometer Data Collection and Analysis of REHAB-HF Participants awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2015 - 2018
- A Collaboration for Improving Outcomes of African Americans with Heart Failure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Accrelerometry Substudy awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences 2017 - 2018
- GD-STAR - APDP awarded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2014 - 2018
- Cardiac Outcomes Risk Assessment (CORA) awarded by Carnegie Mellon University 2015 - 2017
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- CAT-HF awarded by ResMed Corp 2013 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ambrosy, AP, Lewis, GD, Malhotra, R, Jones, AD, Greene, SJ, Fudim, M, Coles, A, Butler, J, Sharma, A, Hernandez, AF, and Mentz, RJ. "Identifying responders to oral iron supplementation in heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction: a post-hoc analysis of the IRONOUT-HF trial.(Accepted)" Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) 20, no. 4 (April 2019): 223-225. Full Text
  - Clark, D, Cain, LR, Blaha, MJ, DeFilippis, AP, Mentz, RJ, Kamimura, D, White, WB, Butler, KR, Robertson, RM, Bhatnagar, A, Butler, J, Correa, A, Benjamin, EJ, and Hall, ME. "Cigarette Smoking and Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease in Blacks of the Jackson Heart Study." Journal of the American Heart Association 8, no. 3 (February 2019): e010674-null. Full Text
  - Clegg, LE, Heerspink, HJL, Penland, RC, Tang, W, Boulton, DW, Bachina, S, Fox, RD, Fenici, P, Thuresson, M, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, and Holman, RR. "Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk and Improved Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate by SGLT2 Inhibitors, Including Dapagliflozin, Is Consistent Across the Class: An Analysis of the Placebo Arm of EXSCEL." Diabetes Care 42, no. 2 (February 2019): 318-326. Full Text
  - Goldstein, SA, Mentz, RJ, Hellkamp, AS, Randolph, TC, Fonarow, GC, Hernandez, A, Yancy, CW, and Al-Khatib, SM. "Timing of cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation in heart failure patients and its association with outcomes." Clinical Cardiology 42, no. 2 (February 2019): 256-263. Full Text
  - Luo, N, Lippmann, SJ, Mentz, RJ, Greiner, MA, Hammill, BG, Hardy, NC, Laskey, WK, Heidenreich, PA, Chang, C-L, Hernandez, AF, Curtis, LH, Peterson, PN, Fonarow, GC, and O'Brien, EC. "Relationship Between Hospital Characteristics and Early Adoption of Angiotensin-Receptor/Neprilysin Inhibitor Among Eligible Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure." Journal of the American Heart Association 8, no. 3 (February 2019): e010484-null. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Heitner, JF, Cooper, LB, Banerjee, D, Green, CL, Majumdar, MD, Eapen, Z, Hudson, L, and Felker, GM. "Utilizing mobile technologies to improve physical activity and medication adherence in patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus: Rationale and design of the TARGET-HF-DM Trial." American Heart Journal 211 (January 31, 2019): 22-33. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, and Mentz, RJ. "Potassium Abnormalities Across the Spectrum of Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 7, no. 1 (January 2019): 77-79. Full Text
  - Eisenstein, EL, Prather, K, Greene, SJ, Harding, T, Harrington, A, Gabriel, D, Jones, I, Mentz, RJ, Velazquez, EJ, and Anstrom, KJ. "Death: The Simple Clinical Trial Endpoint." Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 257 (January 2019): 86-91.
  - Pandey, A, Keshvani, N, Ayers, C, Correa, A, Drazner, MH, Lewis, A, Rodriguez, CJ, Hall, ME, Fox, ER, Mentz, RJ, deFilippi, C, Seliger, SL, Ballantyne, CM, Neeland, IJ, de Lemos, JA, and Berry, JD. "Association of Cardiac Injury and Malignant Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With Risk of Heart Failure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study." Jama Cardiology 4, no. 1 (January 2019): 51-58. Full Text
  - Warraich, HJ, Taylor, DH, Casarett, DJ, Hasan, M, Patel, CB, Kamal, AH, Harker, M, and Mentz, RJ. "Hospice Care for Heart Failure: Challenges Faced by Hospice Staff in a Predominantly Rural Setting." Journal of Palliative Medicine 22, no. 1 (January 2019): 7-8. Full Text
  - Inohara, T, Manandhar, P, Kosinski, AS, Matsouaka, RA, Kohsaka, S, Mentz, RJ, Thourani, VH, Carroll, JD, Kirtane, AJ, Bavaria, JE, Cohen, DJ, Kiefer, TL, Gaca, JG, Kapadia, SR, Peterson, ED, and Vemulapalli, S. "Association of Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitor Treatment With Mortality and Heart Failure Readmission in Patients With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement." Jama 320, no. 21 (December 2018): 2231-2241. Full Text
  - Mediano, MFF, Leifer, ES, Cooper, LS, Keteyian, SJ, Kraus, WE, Mentz, RJ, and Fleg, JL. "Influence of Baseline Physical Activity Level on Exercise Training Response and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure: The HF-ACTION Trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 12 (December 2018): 1011-1019. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Thompson, VP, Aguilar, D, Choi, J, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Kong, AP, Öhman, P, Sattar, N, Scott, RS, Wong, YW, Holman, RR, and Hernandez, AF. "Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease." Circulation 138, no. 22 (November 2018): 2576-2578. (Letter) Full Text
  - Pandey, A, Kondamudi, N, Patel, KV, Ayers, C, Simek, S, Hall, ME, Musani, SK, Blackshear, C, Mentz, RJ, Khan, H, Terry, JG, Correa, A, Butler, J, Neeland, IJ, and Berry, JD. "Association Between Regional Adipose Tissue Distribution and Risk of Heart Failure Among Blacks." Circulation. Heart Failure 11, no. 11 (November 2018): e005629-null. Full Text
  - Warraich, HJ, Kitzman, DW, Whellan, DJ, Duncan, PW, Mentz, RJ, Pastva, AM, Nelson, MB, Upadhya, B, and Reeves, GR. "Physical Function, Frailty, Cognition, Depression, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Adults ≥60 Years With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure With Preserved Versus Reduced Ejection Fraction." Circulation. Heart Failure 11, no. 11 (November 2018): e005254-null. Full Text
  - Warraich, HJ, Rogers, JG, Dunlay, SM, Hummel, E, and Mentz, RJ. "Top Ten Tips for Palliative Care Clinicians Caring for Heart Failure Patients." Journal of Palliative Medicine 21, no. 11 (November 2018): 1646-1650. Full Text
  - Bhatt, AS, Liang, L, DeVore, AD, Fonarow, GC, Solomon, SD, Vardeny, O, Yancy, CW, Mentz, RJ, Khariton, Y, Chan, PS, Matsouaka, R, Lytle, BL, Piña, IL, and Hernandez, AF. "Vaccination Trends in Patients With Heart Failure: Insights From Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 6, no. 10 (October 2018): 844-855. 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
  - Luo, N, Xu, H, Jneid, H, Fonarow, GC, Lopes, RD, Piccini, JP, Curtis, AB, Russo, AM, Lewis, WR, Matsouaka, RA, Granger, CB, Mentz, RJ, and Al-Khatib, SM. "Use of Oral Anticoagulation in Eligible Patients Discharged With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation." Circulation. Heart Failure 11, no. 10 (October 2018): e005356-null. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bethel, MA, Merrill, P, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Felício, JS, Goodman, SG, Choi, J, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Lopes, RD, Maggioni, AP, Öhman, P, Pagidipati, NJ, Poulter, NR, Ramachandran, A, Reicher, B, Holman, RR, Hernandez, AF, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Effect of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Clinical Outcomes According to Baseline Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 19 (October 2018): e009304-null. 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
  - 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
  - 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 24, no. 9 (September 2018): 542-549. Full Text
  - Onwuemene, OA, Grambow, SC, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Metjian, AD, Arepally, GM, and Ortel, TL. "Indications for and outcomes of therapeutic plasma exchange after cardiac transplantation: A single center retrospective study." Journal of Clinical Apheresis 33, no. 4 (August 2018): 469-479. Full Text
  - 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
  - Verma, AK, Sun, J-L, Hernandez, A, Teerlink, JR, Schulte, PJ, Ezekowitz, J, Voors, A, Starling, R, Armstrong, P, O'Conner, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Rate pressure product and the components of heart rate and systolic blood pressure in hospitalized heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: Insights from ASCEND-HF." Clinical Cardiology 41, no. 7 (July 17, 2018): 945-952. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, and Mentz, RJ. "Early versus late readmission during the vulnerable phase following hospitalization for heart failure: reply." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 7 (July 2018): 1166-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Greiner, M, Soliman, EZ, Randolph, TC, Thomas, KL, Dunlay, SM, Curtis, LH, O'Brien, EC, and Mentz, RJ. "Relation of Early Repolarization (J Point Elevation) to Mortality in Blacks (from the Jackson Heart Study)." The American Journal of Cardiology 122, no. 2 (July 2018): 340-346. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Greene, SJ. "Adding Troponin to the Puzzle of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Marker or Mediator?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 1 (July 2018): 41-44. 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
  - Greene, SJ, O'Brien, EC, Mentz, RJ, Luo, N, Hardy, NC, Laskey, WK, Heidenreich, PA, Chang, C-L, Turner, SJ, Yancy, CW, Hernandez, AF, Curtis, LH, Peterson, PN, Fonarow, GC, and Hammill, BG. "Home-Time After Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 23 (June 2018): 2643-2652. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Greiner, MA, Muntner, P, Shimbo, D, Sims, M, Spruill, TM, Banahan, BF, Wang, W, Mwasongwe, S, Winters, K, Correa, A, Curtis, LH, and O'Brien, EC. "Intentional and unintentional medication non-adherence in African Americans: Insights from the Jackson Heart Study." American Heart Journal 200 (June 2018): 51-59. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Grodin, JL, and Mentz, RJ. "Hyperkalemia in Heart Failure: Probably Not O"K"." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 11 (May 22, 2018). 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
  - Warraich, HJ, Lu, D, Cobb, S, Cooper, LB, DeVore, A, Patel, CB, Rosenberg, PB, Schroder, JN, Daneshmand, MA, Milano, CA, Hernandez, AF, Rogers, JG, and Mentz, RJ. "Trends and outcomes of cardiac transplantation from donors dying of drug intoxication." American Heart Journal 199 (May 2018): 92-96. Full Text
  - Barbagelata, A, Bethea, CF, Severance, HW, Mentz, RJ, Albert, D, Barsness, GW, Le, VT, Anderson, JL, Bunch, TJ, Yanowitz, F, Chisum, B, Ronnow, BS, and Muhlestein, JB. "Smartphone ECG for evaluation of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): Design of the ST LEUIS International Multicenter Study." Journal of Electrocardiology 51, no. 2 (March 2018): 260-264. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Greene, SJ, and Mentz, RJ. "Potential advantages of torsemide in patients with heart failure: more than just a 'water pill'?." European Journal of Heart Failure 20, no. 3 (March 2018): 471-473. 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
  - Bethel, MA, Patel, RA, Merrill, P, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Mentz, RJ, Pagidipati, NJ, Chan, JC, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Öhman, P, Poulter, NR, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, Holman, RR, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Cardiovascular outcomes with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis." The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology 6, no. 2 (February 2018): 105-113. 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
  - Cooper, LB, Hammill, BG, Allen, LA, Lindenfeld, J, Mentz, RJ, Rogers, JG, Milano, CA, Patel, CB, Alexander, KP, and Hernandez, AF. "Assessing Frailty in Patients Undergoing Destination Therapy Left Ventricular Assist Device: Observations from Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support." Asaio Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 64, no. 1 (January 2018): 16-23. 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
  - Cerbin, LP, Ambrosy, AP, and Mentz, RJ. "Building the case for aerobic exercise in ambulatory patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction." American heart journal 192 (October 2017): e3-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Holman, RR, Bethel, MA, Mentz, RJ, Thompson, VP, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Choi, J, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Marso, SP, Öhman, P, Pagidipati, NJ, Poulter, N, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes." The New England Journal of Medicine 377, no. 13 (September 14, 2017): 1228-1239. 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
  - Luo, N, Mentz, RJ, and O'Brien, EC. "Reply: Adoption of Sacubitril/Valsartan Must Take Into Account Different Heart Failure Patient Types." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 9 (September 2017): 689-null. (Letter) 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
  - Parikh, KS, Greiner, MA, Wang, W, Min, Y-I, Correa, A, Banahan, BF, Curtis, LH, Hernandez, AF, O'Brien, EC, and Mentz, RJ. "Representativeness of Medicare Participants in the Jackson Heart Study for African American Medicare Beneficiaries." Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 28, no. 5 (September 2017): 740-746. Full Text
  - Ferreira, JP, Mentz, RJ, Pizard, A, Pitt, B, and Zannad, F. "Tailoring mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist therapy in heart failure patients: are we moving towards a personalized approach?." European Journal of Heart Failure 19, no. 8 (August 2017): 974-986. (Review) 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, Jr, TDH, 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 18, 2017): 332-341. Link to Item
  - 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
  - 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
  - Greene, SJ, Hernandez, AF, Dunning, A, Ambrosy, AP, Armstrong, PW, Butler, J, Cerbin, LP, Coles, A, Ezekowitz, JA, Metra, M, Starling, RC, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Hospitalization for Recently Diagnosed Versus Worsening Chronic Heart Failure: From the ASCEND-HF Trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 25 (June 2017): 3029-3039. Full Text
  - Selvaraj, S, Shah, SJ, Ommerborn, MJ, Clark, CR, Hall, ME, Mentz, RJ, Qazi, S, Robbins, JM, Skelton, TN, Chen, J, Gaziano, JM, and Djoussé, L. "Pulmonary Hypertension Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study." Circulation. Heart Failure 10, no. 6 (June 2017). Full Text
  - Shah, RV, Spahillari, A, Mwasongwe, S, Carr, JJ, Terry, JG, Mentz, RJ, Addison, D, Hoffmann, U, Reis, J, Freedman, JE, Lima, JAC, Correa, A, and Murthy, VL. "Subclinical Atherosclerosis, Statin Eligibility, and Outcomes in African American Individuals: The Jackson Heart Study." Jama Cardiology 2, no. 6 (June 2017): 644-652. Full Text
  - Bhatt, AS, DeVore, AD, DeWald, TA, Swedberg, K, and Mentz, RJ. "Achieving a Maximally Tolerated β-Blocker Dose in Heart Failure Patients: Is There Room for Improvement?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 20 (May 2017): 2542-2550. (Review) Full Text
  - Dunlay, SM, Lippmann, SJ, Greiner, MA, O'Brien, EC, Chamberlain, AM, Mentz, RJ, and Sims, M. "Perceived Discrimination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older African Americans: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study." Mayo Clinic proceedings 92, no. 5 (May 2017): 699-709. Full Text
  - Kanwar, MK, Lohmueller, LC, Kormos, RL, Loghmanpour, NA, Benza, RL, Mentz, RJ, Bailey, SH, Murali, S, and Antaki, JF. "Low Accuracy of the HeartMate Risk Score for Predicting Mortality Using the INTERMACS Registry Data." Asaio Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 63, no. 3 (May 2017): 251-256. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bethel, MA, Gustavson, S, Thompson, VP, Pagidipati, NJ, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Marso, SP, Ohman, P, Poulter, N, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, and Holman, RR. "Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Exenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering (EXSCEL)." American Heart Journal 187 (May 2017): 1-9. Full Text
  - Zakeri, R, Van Wagoner, DR, Calkins, H, Wong, T, Ross, HM, Heist, EK, Meyer, TE, Kowey, PR, Mentz, RJ, Cleland, JG, Pitt, B, Zannad, F, and Linde, C. "The burden of proof: The current state of atrial fibrillation prevention and treatment trials." Heart rhythm 14, no. 5 (May 2017): 763-782. (Review) Full Text
  - Zsilinszka, R, Mentz, RJ, DeVore, AD, Eapen, ZJ, Pang, PS, and Hernandez, AF. "Acute Heart Failure: Alternatives to Hospitalization." JACC. Heart failure 5, no. 5 (May 2017): 329-336. (Review) Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Cerbin, LP, DeVore, AD, Greene, SJ, Kraus, WE, O'Connor, CM, Piña, IL, Whellan, DJ, Wojdyla, D, Wu, A, and Mentz, RJ. "Aerobic exercise training and general health status in ambulatory heart failure patients with a reduced ejection fraction-Findings from the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)trial." American Heart Journal 186 (April 2017): 130-138. Full Text
  - Cerbin, LP, Ambrosy, AP, and Mentz, RJ. "Reply: Factors That May Affect Body Change During and After Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 4 (April 2017): 311-312. (Letter) Full Text
  - Luo, N, Fonarow, GC, Lippmann, SJ, Mi, X, Heidenreich, PA, Yancy, CW, Greiner, MA, Hammill, BG, Hardy, NC, Turner, SJ, Laskey, WK, Curtis, LH, Hernandez, AF, Mentz, RJ, and O'Brien, EC. "Early Adoption of Sacubitril/Valsartan for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: Insights From Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF)." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 4 (April 2017): 305-309. Full Text
  - Luo, N, Merrill, P, Parikh, KS, Whellan, DJ, Piña, IL, Fiuzat, M, Kraus, WE, Kitzman, DW, Keteyian, SJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 69, no. 13 (April 2017): 1683-1691. Full Text
  - Randolph, TC, Broderick, S, Shaw, LK, Chiswell, K, Mentz, RJ, Kutyifa, V, Velazquez, EJ, Gilliam, FR, and Thomas, KL. "Race and Sex Differences in QRS Interval and Associated Outcome Among Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 3 (March 20, 2017). Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Bhatt, AS, DeVore, AD, Hernandez, AF, and Mentz, RJ. "Can Vaccinations Improve Heart Failure Outcomes?: Contemporary Data and Future Directions." JACC. Heart failure 5, no. 3 (March 2017): 194-203. (Review) Full Text
  - Bhatt, AS, DeVore, AD, Hernandez, AF, and Mentz, RJ. "Can Vaccinations Improve Heart Failure Outcomes? Contemporary Data and Future Directions." JACC-HEART FAILURE 5, no. 3 (March 2017): 195-203. Link to Item
  - 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
  - Mentz, RJ, and Peterson, ED. "Site Principal Investigators in Multicenter Clinical Trials: Appropriately Recognizing Key Contributors." Circulation 135, no. 13 (March 2017): 1185-1187. Full Text
  - Reeves, GR, Whellan, DJ, Duncan, P, O'Connor, CM, Pastva, AM, Eggebeen, JD, Hewston, LA, Morgan, TM, Reed, SD, Rejeski, WJ, Mentz, RJ, Rosenberg, PB, Kitzman, DW, and REHAB-HF Trial Investigators, . "Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF) trial: Design and rationale." American heart journal 185 (March 2017): 130-139. Full Text
  - Steinberg, BA, and Mentz, RJ. "Return on Investment in Implantable Devices: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Mildly Symptomatic Heart Failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 3 (March 2017): 213-215. Full Text
  - Egwim, C, Dixon, B, Ambrosy, AP, and Mentz, RJ. "Global Variations in Patient Populations and Outcomes in Heart Failure Clinical Trials." Current heart failure reports 14, no. 1 (February 9, 2017): 30-39. (Review) Full Text
  - Cooper, L, Mentz, R, Edwards, L, Wilk, A, Rogers, J, Patel, C, Milano, C, Hernandez, A, Stehlik, J, and Lund, L. "Amiodarone use in patients listed for heart transplant is associated with increased 1-year post-transplant mortality." The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 36, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 202-210. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kitai, T, Grodin, JL, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Starling, RC, O'Connor, CM, Swedberg, K, and Tang, WHW. "Insufficient reduction in heart rate during hospitalization despite beta-blocker treatment in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial." European journal of heart failure 19, no. 2 (February 2017): 241-249. Full Text
  - Kitai, T, Grodin, JL, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Butler, J, Metra, M, McMurray, JJ, Armstrong, PW, Starling, RC, O'Connor, CM, Swedberg, K, and Tang, WHW. "Insufficient reduction in heart rate during hospitalization despite beta-blocker treatment in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial." EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE 19, no. 2 (February 2017): 241-249. Full Text Link to Item
  - Parikh, KS, Greiner, MA, Suzuki, T, DeVore, AD, Blackshear, C, Maher, JF, Curtis, LH, Hernandez, AF, O'Brien, EC, and Mentz, RJ. "Resting Heart Rate and Long-term Outcomes Among the African American Population: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study." Jama Cardiology 2, no. 2 (February 2017): 172-180. 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 the ASCEND-HF Trial." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 1 (January 2017): 1-13. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Cerbin, LP, Armstrong, PW, Butler, L, 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 the ASCEND-HF Trial." JACC-HEART FAILURE 5, no. 1 (January 2017): 3-13. Link to Item
  - Cooper, LB, Mi, X, Mentz, RJ, Green, JB, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, and Curtis, LH. "Management of newly treated diabetes in Medicare beneficiaries with and without heart failure." Clinical Cardiology 40, no. 1 (January 2017): 38-45. Full Text
  - Verma, AK, Schulte, PJ, Bittner, V, Keteyian, SJ, Fleg, JL, Piña, IL, Swank, AM, Fitz-Gerald, M, Ellis, SJ, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Socioeconomic and partner status in chronic heart failure: Relationship to exercise capacity, quality of life, and clinical outcomes." American heart journal 183 (January 2017): 54-61. Full Text
  - Randolph, TC, Greiner, MA, Egwim, C, Hernandez, AF, Thomas, KL, Curtis, LH, Muntner, P, Wang, W, Mentz, RJ, and O'Brien, EC. "Associations Between Blood Pressure and Outcomes Among Blacks in the Jackson Heart Study." Journal of the American Heart Association 5, no. 12 (December 7, 2016). 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, Wong, YW, Mentz, RJ, Raza, SS, Nativi-Nicolau, J, Kociol, RD, McNulty, SE, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, Redfield, MM, and NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network, . "Evaluation of Novel Metrics of Symptom Relief in Acute Heart Failure: The Worst Symptom Score." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 853-858. Full Text
  - Grodin, JL, Lala, A, Stevens, SR, DeVore, AD, Cooper, LB, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Mentz, RJ, Groarke, JD, Joyce, E, Rosenthal, JL, Vader, JM, and Tang, WHW. "Clinical Implications of Serum Albumin Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From DOSE-AHF and ROSE-AHF." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 884-890. Full Text
  - Rogers, J, Patel, C, Mentz, R, Steinhauser, K, Granger, B, Fiuzat, M, Adams, P, Speck, A, Johnson, K, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, K, Dodson, G, O'Connor, C, and Tulsky, J. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 940-940. Full Text
  - Vader, JM, LaRue, SJ, Stevens, SR, Mentz, RJ, DeVore, AD, Lala, A, Groarke, JD, AbouEzzeddine, OF, Dunlay, SM, Grodin, JL, Dávila-Román, VG, and de Las Fuentes, L. "Timing and Causes of Readmission After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization-Insights From the Heart Failure Network Trials." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 875-883. Full Text
  - Gentry, JL, Mentz, RJ, Hurdle, M, and Wang, A. "Ranolazine for Treatment of Angina or Dyspnea in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients (RHYME)." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 16 (October 2016): 1815-1817. (Letter) Full Text
  - Parikh, KS, Coles, A, Schulte, PJ, Kraus, WE, Fleg, JL, Keteyian, SJ, Piña, IL, Fiuzat, M, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Relation of Angina Pectoris to Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Response to Exercise Training in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (from HF-ACTION)." The American Journal of Cardiology 118, no. 8 (October 2016): 1211-1216. Full Text
  - Tromp, J, Meyer, S, 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. "Acute heart failure in the young: Clinical characteristics and biomarker profiles." International Journal of Cardiology 221 (October 2016): 1067-1072. Full Text
  - Zsilinszka, R, Shrader, P, Devore, AD, Hardy, NC, Mentz, RJ, Pang, PS, Peacock, WF, Fonarow, GC, and Hernandez, AF. "Sex Differences in the Management and Outcomes of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Heart Failure." JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE 22, no. 10 (October 2016): 781-788. Full Text Link to Item
  - 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
  - Greene, SJ, Hernandez, AF, Sun, J-L, Metra, M, Butler, J, Ambrosy, AP, Ezekowitz, JA, Starling, RC, Teerlink, JR, Schulte, PJ, Voors, AA, Armstrong, PW, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Influence of Clinical Trial Site Enrollment on Patient Characteristics, Protocol Completion, and End Points: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure)." Circulation. Heart Failure 9, no. 9 (September 2016). Full Text
  - 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
  - DeVore, AD, Greiner, MA, Sharma, PP, Qualls, LG, Schulte, PJ, Cooper, LB, Mentz, RJ, Pang, PS, Fonarow, GC, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "Development and validation of a risk model for in-hospital worsening heart failure from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE)." American Heart Journal 178 (August 2016): 198-205. 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, 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
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, Greiner, MA, Bertoni, AG, Eapen, ZJ, O'Brien, EC, Curtis, LH, Hernandez, AF, and Mentz, RJ. "The Obesity and Heart Failure Epidemics Among African Americans: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 8 (August 2016): 589-597. Full Text
  - Luo, N, and Mentz, RJ. "A Gordian knot: disentangling comorbidities in heart failure." European journal of heart failure 18, no. 7 (July 4, 2016): 759-761. Full Text
  - 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
  - Carubelli, V, Lombardi, C, Gorga, E, Ravera, A, Metra, M, and Mentz, RJ. "Cardiorenal Interactions." Heart Failure Clinics 12, no. 3 (July 2016): 335-347. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Maddox, TM. "Targeting Comorbidities in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure: The OPTIMIZE-HFPEF Trial." Journal of cardiac failure 22, no. 7 (July 2016): 545-547. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and O'Brien, EC. "Can 2 Pills a Day Keep Readmission Away?: Sacubitril/Valsartan to Reduce 30-Day Heart Failure Readmissions." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 3 (July 2016): 249-251. Full Text
  - Smith, S, Rossignol, P, Willis, S, Zannad, F, Mentz, R, Pocock, S, Bisognano, J, Nadim, Y, Geller, N, Ruble, S, and Linde, C. "Neural modulation for hypertension and heart failure." International journal of cardiology 214 (July 2016): 320-330. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Roessig, L, Greenberg, BH, Sato, N, Shinagawa, K, Yeo, D, Kwok, BWK, Reyes, EB, Krum, H, Pieske, B, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Kelly, JP, Zannad, F, Pitt, B, and Lam, CSP. "Heart Failure Clinical Trials in East and Southeast Asia: Understanding the Importance and Defining the Next Steps." Jacc. Heart Failure 4, no. 6 (June 2016): 419-427. (Review) Full Text
  - 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
  - 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
  - Ambrosy, AP, Khan, H, Udelson, JE, Mentz, RJ, Chioncel, O, Greene, SJ, Vaduganathan, M, Subacuis, HP, Konstam, MA, Swedberg, K, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Gheorghiade, M, and Butler, J. "Changes in Dyspnea Status During Hospitalization and Postdischarge Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: Findings From the EVEREST Trial." Circulation. Heart Failure 9, no. 5 (May 2016). Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Newby, LK, Neely, B, Lucas, JE, Pokorney, SD, Rao, MP, Jackson, LR, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Smerek, MM, Barth, P, Nelson, CL, Pencina, MJ, and Shah, BR. "Assessment of Administrative Data to Identify Acute Myocardial Infarction in Electronic Health Records." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 20 (May 2016): 2441-2442. (Letter) Full Text
  - Garber, AM, Mentz, RJ, Al-Khalidi, HR, Shaw, LK, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, and Velazquez, EJ. "Clinical predictors and outcomes of patients with left ventricular thrombus following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 41, no. 3 (April 2016): 365-373. Full Text
  - Holman, RR, Bethel, MA, George, J, Sourij, H, Doran, Z, Keenan, J, Khurmi, NS, Mentz, RJ, Oulhaj, A, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Iqbal, N, Kundu, S, Maggioni, AP, Marso, SP, Öhman, P, Pencina, MJ, Poulter, N, Porter, LE, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, and Hernandez, AF. "Rationale and design of the EXenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering (EXSCEL) trial." American Heart Journal 174 (April 2016): 103-110. Full Text
  - Samsky, MD, Dunning, A, DeVore, AD, Schulte, PJ, Starling, RC, Tang, WHW, Armstrong, PW, Ezekowitz, JA, Butler, J, McMurray, JJ, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Metra, M, Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Patel, CB, and Hernandez, AF. "Liver function tests in patients with acute heart failure and associated outcomes: insights from ASCEND-HF." European journal of heart failure 18, no. 4 (April 2016): 424-432. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Bhatt, DL, Calvo, G, Brown, NJ, Zannad, F, and Mentz, RJ. "Heart failure event definitions in drug trials in patients with type 2 diabetes." The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology 4, no. 4 (April 2016): 294-296. Full Text
  - Vaduganathan, M, Marti, CN, Mentz, RJ, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Subacius, HP, Fonarow, GC, Chioncel, O, Bazari, H, Maggioni, AP, Zannad, F, Konstam, MA, Sato, N, Gheorghiade, M, Butler, J, and EVEREST trial investigators, . "Serum Osmolality and Postdischarge Outcomes After Hospitalization for Heart Failure." The American Journal of Cardiology 117, no. 7 (April 2016): 1144-1150. 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, 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
  - DeVore, AD, Mi, X, Mentz, RJ, Fonarow, GC, Van Dyke, MK, Maya, JF, Hardy, NC, Hammill, BG, and Hernandez, AF. "Discharge heart rate and β-blocker dose in patients hospitalized with heart failure: Findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry." American Heart Journal 173 (March 2016): 172-178. Full Text
  - DeVore, AD, Schulte, PJ, Mentz, RJ, Hardy, NC, Kelly, JP, Velazquez, EJ, Maya, JF, Kielhorn, A, Patel, HK, Reed, SD, and Hernandez, AF. "Relation of Elevated Heart Rate in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction to One-Year Outcomes and Costs." The American Journal of Cardiology 117, no. 6 (March 2016): 946-951. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Berdan, LG, Rorick, T, O'Brien, EC, Ibarra, JC, Curtis, LH, and Peterson, ED. "Good Clinical Practice Guidance and Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Balancing the Best of Both Worlds." Circulation 133, no. 9 (March 2016): 872-880. (Review) Full Text
  - Hopper, I, Kotecha, D, Chin, KL, Mentz, RJ, and von Lueder, TG. "Comorbidities in Heart Failure: Are There Gender Differences?." Current Heart Failure Reports 13, no. 1 (February 2016): 1-12. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Hasselblad, V, DeVore, AD, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Armstrong, PW, Ezekowitz, JA, Tang, WHW, Schulte, PJ, Anstrom, KJ, Hernandez, AF, Velazquez, EJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Torsemide Versus Furosemide in Patients With Acute Heart Failure (from the ASCEND-HF Trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 117, no. 3 (February 2016): 404-411. Full Text
  - Mentz, R, and O'Connor, C. "Pathophysiology and clinical evaluation of acute heart failure." Nature Reviews Cardiology 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 28-35. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, and O'Brien, EC. "Air Pollution in Patients With Heart Failure: Lessons From a Mechanistic Pilot Study of a Filter Intervention." JACC. Heart failure 4, no. 1 (January 2016): 65-67. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, Hammill, BG, Sharma, PP, DeVore, AD, Mentz, RJ, Fonarow, GC, Pang, PS, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "Differences in health care use and outcomes by the timing of in-hospital worsening heart failure." American Heart Journal 170, no. 6 (December 2015): 1124-1132. 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
  - Cooper, LB, Mentz, RJ, Sun, J-L, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Cooper, LS, Piña, IL, Leifer, ES, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, Keteyian, SJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Psychosocial Factors, Exercise Adherence, and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients: Insights From Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 6 (November 2015): 1044-1051. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Krishnamoorthy, A, Greene, SJ, and Severance, HW. "Identifying Barriers and Practical Solutions to Conducting Site-Based Research in North America: Exploring Acute Heart Failure Trials As a Case Study." Heart failure clinics 11, no. 4 (October 2015): 581-589. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Buggey, J, Mentz, RJ, and Galanos, AN. "End-of-life Heart Failure Care in the United States." Heart failure clinics 11, no. 4 (October 2015): 615-623. (Review) Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, AlKhawam, L, Ambrosy, AP, Vaduganathan, M, and Mentz, RJ. "Hospitalized Heart Failure in the United States: Lessons Learned from Clinical Trial Populations." Heart failure clinics 11, no. 4 (October 2015): 591-601. (Review) Full Text
  - Smith, SA, Mentz, RJ, Roessig, L, Mebazza, A, Longrois, D, Gheorghiade, M, Pitt, B, Zannad, F, Butler, J, and Abraham, WT. "Using Natriuretic Peptides for Selection of Patients in Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trials." The American Journal of Cardiology 116, no. 8 (October 2015): 1304-1310. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Velazquez, EJ, Metra, M, McKendry, C, Chiswell, K, Fiuzat, M, Givertz, MM, Voors, AA, Teerlink, JR, and O'Connor, CM. "Comparative effectiveness of torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: insights from the PROTECT trial." Future Cardiology 11, no. 5 (September 25, 2015): 585-595. Full Text
  - Buggey, J, Mentz, RJ, DeVore, AD, and Velazquez, EJ. "Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibition in heart failure: mechanistic action and clinical impact." Journal of cardiac failure 21, no. 9 (September 2015): 741-750. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - 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
  - 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
  - Ladeiras-Lopes, R, Agewall, S, Tawakol, A, Staels, B, Stein, E, Mentz, RJ, Leite-Moreira, A, Zannad, F, and Koenig, W. "Atherosclerosis: Recent trials, new targets and future directions." International journal of cardiology 192 (August 2015): 72-81. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Khouri, MG. "Longitudinal Strain in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Is There a Role for Prognostication?." Circulation 132, no. 5 (August 2015): 368-370. Full Text
  - Harinstein, ME, Butler, J, Greene, SJ, Fonarow, GC, Stockbridge, NL, O'Connor, CM, Pfeffer, MA, Mehra, MR, Solomon, SD, Yancy, CW, Fiuzat, M, Mentz, RJ, Collins, SP, McMurray, JJV, Vaduganathan, M, Dunnmon, PM, Rosano, GMC, Dinh, W, Misselwitz, F, Bonow, RO, and Gheorghiade, M. "Site selection for heart failure clinical trials in the USA." Heart failure reviews 20, no. 4 (July 2015): 375-383. 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
  - Mentz, RJ, Metra, M, Cotter, G, Milo, O, McKendry, C, Chiswell, K, Davison, BA, Cleland, JGF, Bloomfield, DM, Dittrich, HC, Fiuzat, M, Ponikowski, P, Givertz, MM, Voors, AA, Teerlink, JR, and O'Connor, CM. "Early vs. late worsening heart failure during acute heart failure hospitalization: insights from the PROTECT trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 17, no. 7 (July 2015): 697-706. Full Text
  - Lala, A, and Mentz, RJ. "A call for collaboration: the evolving heart failure apprenticeship network." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 21 (June 2015): 2348-2351. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ. "Is there a role for albumin and C-reactive protein levels for prognostication in acute heart failure?." Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) 16, no. 6 (June 2015): 401-403. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Babyak, MA, Bittner, V, Fleg, JL, Keteyian, SJ, Swank, AM, Piña, IL, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Blumenthal, JA, and HF-ACTION Investigators, . "Prognostic significance of depression in blacks with heart failure: insights from Heart Failure: a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 3 (May 2015): 497-503. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Buggey, J, Fiuzat, M, Ersbøll, MK, Schulte, PJ, DeVore, AD, Eisenstein, EL, Anstrom, KJ, OʼConnor, CM, and Velazquez, EJ. "Torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: insights from Duke University Hospital." Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology 65, no. 5 (May 2015): 438-443. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kelly, JP, Mentz, RJ, Mebazaa, A, Voors, AA, Butler, J, Roessig, L, Fiuzat, M, Zannad, F, Pitt, B, O'Connor, CM, and Lam, CSP. "Patient selection in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction clinical trials." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, no. 16 (April 2015): 1668-1682. (Review) Full Text
  - Buggey, J, Mentz, RJ, Pitt, B, Eisenstein, EL, Anstrom, KJ, Velazquez, EJ, and O'Connor, CM. "A reappraisal of loop diuretic choice in heart failure patients." American Heart Journal 169, no. 3 (March 2015): 323-333. (Review) Full Text
  - Butler, J, Fonarow, GC, O'Connor, C, Adams, K, Bonow, RO, Cody, RJ, Collins, SP, Dunnmon, P, Dinh, W, Fiuzat, M, Georgiopoulou, VV, Grant, S, Kim, S-Y, Kupfer, S, Lefkowitz, M, Mentz, RJ, Misselwitz, F, Pitt, B, Roessig, L, Schelbert, E, Shah, M, Solomon, S, Stockbridge, N, Yancy, C, and Gheorghiade, M. "Improving cardiovascular clinical trials conduct in the United States: recommendation from clinicians, researchers, sponsors, and regulators." American heart journal 169, no. 3 (March 2015): 305-314. Full Text
  - Cooper, LB, and Mentz, RJ. "COPD in heart failure: are there long-term implications following acute heart failure hospitalization?." Chest 147, no. 3 (March 2015): 586-588. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Greiner, MA, DeVore, AD, Dunlay, SM, Choudhary, G, Ahmad, T, Khazanie, P, Randolph, TC, Griswold, ME, Eapen, ZJ, O'Brien, EC, Thomas, KL, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "Ventricular conduction and long-term heart failure outcomes and mortality in African Americans: insights from the Jackson Heart Study." Circulation. Heart Failure 8, no. 2 (March 2015): 243-251. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Dei Cas, A, Khan, SS, Butler, J, Mentz, RJ, Bonow, RO, Avogaro, A, Tschoepe, D, Doehner, W, Greene, SJ, Senni, M, Gheorghiade, M, and Fonarow, GC. "Impact of diabetes on epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of patients with heart failure." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 2 (February 2015): 136-145. (Review) Full Text
  - Hai, OY, Mentz, RJ, Zannad, F, Gasparini, M, De Ferrari, GM, Daubert, J-C, Holzmeister, J, Lam, CS, Pochet, T, Vincent, A, and Linde, C. "Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with less severe left ventricular dysfunction." European Journal of Heart Failure 17, no. 2 (February 2015): 135-143. Full Text
  - Hai, OY, Mentz, RJ, Zannad, F, Gasparini, M, De Ferrari, GM, Daubert, J-C, Holzmeister, J, Lam, CSP, Pochet, T, Vincent, A, and Linde, C. "Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with less severe left ventricular dysfunction." European journal of heart failure 17, no. 2 (February 2015): 135-143. (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
  - 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." European Journal of Heart Failure 17, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 340-346. Full Text
  - Fiuzat, M, Georgiopoulou, VV, Grant, S, Kim, SY, Kupfer, S, Lefkowitz, M, Mentz, RJ, Misselwitz, F, Pitt, B, Roessig, L, Schelbert, E, Shah, M, Solomon, S, Stockbridge, N, Yancy, C, and Gheorghiade, M. "Improving cardiovascular clinical trials conduct in the United States: Recommendation from clinicians, researchers, sponsors, and regulators." American Heart Journal 169, no. 3 (January 1, 2015): 305-314. Full Text
  - Halaby, R, Popma, CJ, Cohen, A, Chi, G, Zacarkim, MR, Romero, G, Goldhaber, SZ, Hull, R, Hernandez, A, Mentz, R, Harrington, R, Lip, G, Peacock, F, Welker, J, Martin-Loeches, I, Daaboul, Y, Korjian, S, and Gibson, CM. "D-Dimer elevation and adverse outcomes." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 39, no. 1 (January 2015): 55-59. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Halaby, R, Popma, CJ, Cohen, A, Chi, G, Zacarkim, MR, Romero, G, Goldhaber, SZ, Hull, R, Hernandez, A, Mentz, R, Harrington, R, Lip, G, Peacock, F, Welker, J, Martin-Loeches, I, Daaboul, Y, Korjian, S, and Gibson, CM. "d-Dimer elevation and adverse outcomes." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 39, no. 1 (2015): 55-59. 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
  - Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Shaw, LK, Farzaneh-Far, A, M O'Connor, C, and Borges-Neto, S. "Ischaemia change with revascularisation versus medical therapy in reduced ejection fraction." Open Heart 2, no. 1 (January 2015): e000284-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Mentz, RJ, Mi, X, Sharma, PP, Qualls, LG, DeVore, AD, Johnson, KW, Fonarow, GC, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "Relation of dyspnea severity on admission for acute heart failure with outcomes and costs." The American Journal of Cardiology 115, no. 1 (January 2015): 75-81. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Mi, X, Sharma, PP, Qualls, LG, DeVore, AD, Johnson, KW, Fonarow, GC, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "Relation of dyspnea severity on admission for acute heart failure with outcomes and costs." American Journal of Cardiology 115, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 75-81. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Butler, J. "Cardiac contractility modulation: the next cardiac resynchronization therapy or another renal sympathetic denervation?." Journal of cardiac failure 21, no. 1 (January 2015): 24-26. (Review) Full Text
  - Metra, M, Mentz, RJ, Chiswell, K, Bloomfield, DM, Cleland, JGF, Cotter, G, Davison, BA, Dittrich, HC, Fiuzat, M, Givertz, MM, Lazzarini, V, Mansoor, GA, Massie, BM, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, and O'Connor, CM. "Acute heart failure in elderly patients: worse outcomes and differential utility of standard prognostic variables. Insights from the PROTECT trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 17, no. 1 (January 2015): 109-118. Full Text
  - Vaduganathan, M, Mentz, RJ, Greene, SJ, Senni, M, Sato, N, Nodari, S, Butler, J, and Gheorghiade, M. "Combination decongestion therapy in hospitalized heart failure: loop diuretics, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and vasopressin antagonists." Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 13, no. 7 (January 2015): 799-809. (Review) Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Gheorghiade, M, Chioncel, O, Mentz, RJ, and Butler, J. "Global perspectives in hospitalized heart failure: regional and ethnic variation in patient characteristics, management, and outcomes." Current Heart Failure Reports 11, no. 4 (December 2014): 416-427. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Kelly, JP, von Lueder, TG, Voors, AA, Lam, CSP, Cowie, MR, Kjeldsen, K, Jankowska, EA, Atar, D, Butler, J, Fiuzat, M, Zannad, F, Pitt, B, and O'Connor, CM. "Noncardiac comorbidities in heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 64, no. 21 (December 2014): 2281-2293. (Review) Full Text
  - Vaduganathan, M, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Subacius, HP, Chioncel, O, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Zannad, F, Konstam, MA, Senni, M, Givertz, MM, Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST trial investigators, . "Relation of serum uric acid levels and outcomes among patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the efficacy of vasopressin antagonism in heart failure outcome study with tolvaptan trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 114, no. 11 (December 2014): 1713-1721. Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Mentz, RJ, Hasselblad, V, Ezekowitz, JA, Armstrong, PW, Zannad, F, Califf, RM, Hernandez, AF, and O'Connor, CM. "Worsening Heart Failure During Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization: Insights from ASCEND-HF." CIRCULATION 130 (November 25, 2014). Link to Item
  - Ambrosy, AP, Gheorghiade, M, Chioncel, O, Mentz, RJ, and Butler, J. "Global Perspectives in Hospitalized Heart Failure: Regional and Ethnic Variation in Patient Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes." Current Heart Failure Reports 11, no. 4 (November 7, 2014): 416-427. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (November 2014): 645-651.e1. 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
  - Vaduganathan, M, Dei Cas, A, Mentz, RJ, Greene, SJ, Khan, S, Subacius, HP, Chioncel, O, Maggioni, AP, Konstam, MA, Senni, M, Fonarow, GC, Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST Trial Investigators, . "Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist use in hospitalized patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, and diabetes mellitus (from the EVEREST Trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 114, no. 5 (September 2014): 743-750. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Shah, AN, Butler, J, Ambrosy, AP, Anker, SD, Chioncel, O, Collins, SP, Dinh, W, Dunnmon, PM, Fonarow, GC, Lam, CSP, Mentz, RJ, Pieske, B, Roessig, L, Rosano, GMC, Sato, N, Vaduganathan, M, and Gheorghiade, M. "Designing effective drug and device development programs for hospitalized heart failure: a proposal for pretrial registries." American Heart Journal 168, no. 2 (August 2014): 142-149. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Broderick, S, Shaw, LK, Chiswell, K, Fiuzat, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Persistent angina pectoris in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: increased rehospitalization and major adverse cardiac events." European Journal of Heart Failure 16, no. 8 (August 2014): 854-860. Full Text
  - DeVore, AD, Hammill, BG, Sharma, PP, Qualls, LG, Mentz, RJ, Waltman Johnson, K, Fonarow, GC, Curtis, LH, and Hernandez, AF. "In-hospital worsening heart failure and associations with mortality, readmission, and healthcare utilization." Journal of the American Heart Association 3, no. 4 (July 11, 2014). Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Cotter, G, Cleland, JGF, Stevens, SR, Chiswell, K, Davison, BA, Teerlink, JR, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Grinfeld, L, Ruda, M, Mareev, V, Lotan, C, Bloomfield, DM, Fiuzat, M, Givertz, MM, Ponikowski, P, Massie, BM, and O'Connor, CM. "International differences in clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in acute heart failure patients: better short-term outcomes in patients enrolled in Eastern Europe and Russia in the PROTECT trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 16, no. 6 (June 2014): 614-624. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Vaduganathan, M, Subacius, HP, Swedberg, K, Maggioni, AP, Nodari, S, Ponikowski, P, Anker, SD, Butler, J, and Gheorghiade, M. "Clinical profile and prognostic value of anemia at the time of admission and discharge among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the EVEREST trial." Circulation. Heart Failure 7, no. 3 (May 2014): 401-408. 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
  - Mentz, RJ, and Fiuzat, M. "Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with heart failure." Heart failure clinics 10, no. 2 (April 2014): 243-250. (Review) Full Text
  - Fanaroff, AC, DeVore, AD, Mentz, RJ, Daneshmand, MA, and Patel, CB. "Patient selection for advanced heart failure therapy referral." Critical Pathways in Cardiology 13, no. 1 (March 2014): 1-5. Full Text
  - Gheorghiade, M, Vaduganathan, M, Greene, SJ, Mentz, RJ, Adams, KF, Anker, SD, Arnold, M, Baschiera, F, Cleland, JGF, Cotter, G, Fonarow, GC, Giordano, C, Metra, M, Misselwitz, F, Mühlhofer, E, Nodari, S, Frank Peacock, W, Pieske, BM, Sabbah, HN, Sato, N, Shah, MR, Stockbridge, NL, Teerlink, JR, van Veldhuisen, DJ, Zalewski, A, Zannad, F, and Butler, J. "Site selection in global clinical trials in patients hospitalized for heart failure: perceived problems and potential solutions." Heart Failure Reviews 19, no. 2 (March 2014): 135-152. Full Text
  - "Medical management of patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices topical collection on heart failure." Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 16, no. 2 (February 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Devore, AD, Mentz, RJ, and Patel, CB. "Medical management of patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices." Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 16, no. 2 (February 2014): 283-. Full Text Link to Item
  - 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
  - Mentz, RJ, Broderick, S, Shaw, LK, Fiuzat, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: comparison of patients with and without angina pectoris (from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease)." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 3 (January 2014): 251-258. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: Rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 645-651.e1. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Fiuzat, M. "Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with heart failure." Heart Failure Clinics 10, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 243-250. (Review) Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Gheorghiade, M, Vaduganathan, M, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Subacius, H, Maggioni, AP, Nodari, S, Konstam, MA, Butler, J, Filippatos, G, and EVEREST Trial investigators, . "Haemoconcentration, renal function, and post-discharge outcomes among patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the EVEREST trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 15, no. 12 (December 2013): 1401-1411. Full Text
  - Vaduganathan, M, Greene, SJ, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Fonarow, GC, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Konstam, MA, Subacius, HP, Nodari, S, Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST Trial Investigators, . "Relation of serum magnesium levels and postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure (from the EVEREST Trial)." The American journal of cardiology 112, no. 11 (December 2013): 1763-1769. Full Text
  - "Funding opportunities for clinical investigators in the early stages of career development in cardiovascular research." Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 36, no. 4 (November 1, 2013): 527-532. Full Text
  - Krishnamoorthy, A, Mentz, RJ, Hyland, KA, McMillan, EB, Patel, CB, Milano, CA, and Hernandez, AF. "A crisis of the heart: an acute reversible cardiomyopathy bridged to recovery in a patient with Addison's disease." ASAIO J 59, no. 6 (November 2013): 668-670. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, and Becker, RC. "Funding opportunities for clinical investigators in the early stages of career development in cardiovascular research." Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis 36, no. 4 (November 2013): 527-532. 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 (October 2013): 629-635. 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 (October 2013): 629-635. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bakris, GL, Waeber, B, McMurray, JJV, Gheorghiade, M, Ruilope, LM, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Piña, IL, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, Zannad, F, and Pitt, B. "The past, present and future of renin-angiotensin aldosterone system inhibition." Int J Cardiol 167, no. 5 (September 1, 2013): 1677-1687. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Bittner, V, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Piña, IL, Keteyian, SJ, Moe, G, Nigam, A, Swank, AM, Onwuanyi, AE, Fitz-Gerald, M, Kao, A, Ellis, SJ, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Race, exercise training, and outcomes in chronic heart failure: findings from Heart Failure - a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes in Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)." American Heart Journal 166, no. 3 (September 2013): 488-495. Full Text
  - Lazzarini, V, Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Metra, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Heart failure in elderly patients: distinctive features and unresolved issues." European Journal of Heart Failure 15, no. 7 (July 2013): 717-723. (Review) Full Text
  - 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
  - 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
  - Mentz, R. "Response to "Global cardiovascular clinical trials and geographic altitude"." American heart journal 165, no. 4 (April 2013): e15-. (Letter) Full Text
  - 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
  - Ambrosy, AP, Vaduganathan, M, Mentz, RJ, Greene, SJ, Subačius, H, Konstam, MA, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, and Gheorghiade, M. "Clinical profile and prognostic value of low systolic blood pressure in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan (EVEREST) trial." American Heart Journal 165, no. 2 (February 2013): 216-225. Full Text
  - Butler, J, Subacius, H, Vaduganathan, M, Fonarow, GC, Ambrosy, AP, Konstam, MA, Maggioni, A, Mentz, RJ, Swedberg, K, Zannad, F, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST Investigators, . "Relationship between clinical trial site enrollment with participant characteristics, protocol completion, and outcomes: insights from the EVEREST (Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan) trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 61, no. 5 (February 2013): 571-579. Full Text
  - Greene, SJ, Vaduganathan, M, Lupi, L, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Konstam, MA, Nodari, S, Subacius, HP, Fonarow, GC, Bonow, RO, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST Trial Investigators, . "Prognostic significance of serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the EVEREST Trial)." The American journal of cardiology 111, no. 4 (February 2013): 574-581. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Fiuzat, M, Kraus, WE, Pina, IL, Keteyian, SJ, Kitzman, DW, Whellan, DJ, Ellis, SJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical characteristics, response to exercise training, and outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Findings from Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)." AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL 165, no. 2 (February 2013): 193-199. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Fiuzat, M, Kraus, WE, Piña, IL, Keteyian, SJ, Kitzman, DW, Whellan, DJ, Ellis, SJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical characteristics, response to exercise training, and outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)." American Heart Journal 165, no. 2 (February 2013): 193-199. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Wojdyla, D, Fiuzat, M, Chiswell, K, Fonarow, GC, and O'Connor, CM. "Association of beta-blocker use and selectivity with outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (from OPTIMIZE-HF)." The American Journal of Cardiology 111, no. 4 (February 2013): 582-587. Full Text
  - Sarma, S, Mentz, RJ, Kwasny, MJ, Fought, AJ, Huffman, M, Subacius, H, Nodari, S, Konstam, M, Swedberg, K, Maggioni, AP, Zannad, F, Bonow, RO, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST investigators, . "Association between diabetes mellitus and post-discharge outcomes in patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the EVEREST trial." European Journal of Heart Failure 15, no. 2 (February 2013): 194-202. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ. "β blockers for heart failure: which works best?." BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 346 (January 24, 2013): f480-. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Allen, BD, Kwasny, MJ, Konstam, MA, Udelson, JE, Ambrosy, AP, Fought, AJ, Vaduganathan, M, O'Connor, CM, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Bonow, RO, and Gheorghiade, M. "Influence of documented history of coronary artery disease on outcomes in patients admitted for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the EVEREST trial." Eur J Heart Fail 15, no. 1 (January 2013): 61-68. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Bakris, GL, Waeber, B, McMurray, JJV, Gheorghiade, M, Ruilope, LM, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Piña, IL, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, Zannad, F, and Pitt, B. "The past, present and future of renin-angiotensin aldosterone system inhibition." International Journal of Cardiology 167, no. 5 (2013): 1677-1687. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bittner, V, Schulte, PJ, Fleg, JL, Piña, IL, Keteyian, SJ, Moe, G, Nigam, A, Swank, AM, Onwuanyi, AE, Fitz-Gerald, M, Kao, A, Ellis, SJ, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Race, exercise training, and outcomes in chronic heart failure: Findings from Heart Failure - A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes in Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)." American Heart Journal 166, no. 3 (2013): 488-495.e1. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Wojdyla, D, Fiuzat, M, Chiswell, K, Fonarow, GC, and O'Connor, CM. "Association of beta-blocker use and selectivity with outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (from OPTIMIZE-HF)." American Journal of Cardiology 111, no. 4 (2013): 582-587. 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
  - Mentz, RJ, Chung, MJ, Gheorghiade, M, Pang, PS, Kwasny, MJ, Ambrosy, AP, Vaduganathan, M, O'Connor, CM, Swedberg, K, Zannad, F, Konstam, MA, and Maggioni, AP. "Atrial fibrillation or flutter on initial electrocardiogram is associated with worse outcomes in patients admitted for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: findings from the EVEREST Trial." American heart journal 164, no. 6 (December 2012): 884-92.e2. Full Text
  - Shah, AN, Mentz, RJ, Gheorghiade, M, Kwasny, MJ, Fought, AJ, Zannad, F, Swedberg, K, Maggioni, AP, and Konstam, MA. "Gender does not affect postdischarge outcomes in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (from the Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure Outcome Study with Tolvaptan [EVEREST] Trial)." The American Journal of Cardiology 110, no. 12 (December 2012): 1803-1808. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bittner, V, Starr, AZ, Fleg, JL, Moe, G, Swank, AM, Fitz-Gerald, M, Nigam, A, Kao, A, Onwuanyi, A, Kraus, WE, Whellan, DJ, Ellis, SJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Race, Exercise Training and Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Vaduganathan, M, Ambrosy, AP, Greene, SJ, Mentz, RJ, Subacius, HP, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Nodari, S, Zannad, F, Konstam, MA, Butler, J, Gheorghiade, M, and EVEREST trial investigators, . "Predictive value of low relative lymphocyte count in patients hospitalized for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the EVEREST trial." Circulation. Heart Failure 5, no. 6 (November 2012): 750-758. Full Text
  - Zannad, F, Gattis Stough, W, Rossignol, P, Bauersachs, J, McMurray, JJV, Swedberg, K, Struthers, AD, Voors, AA, Ruilope, LM, Bakris, GL, O'Connor, CM, Gheorghiade, M, Mentz, RJ, Cohen-Solal, A, Maggioni, AP, Beygui, F, Filippatos, GS, Massy, ZA, Pathak, A, Piña, IL, Sabbah, HN, Sica, DA, Tavazzi, L, and Pitt, B. "Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: integrating evidence into clinical practice." European Heart Journal 33, no. 22 (November 2012): 2782-2795. (Review) Full Text
  - Felker, GM, and Mentz, RJ. "Reply." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 60, no. 17 (October 23, 2012): 1713-1714. (Letter) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Kaski, J-C, Dan, G-A, Goldstein, S, Stockbridge, N, Alonso-Garcia, A, Ruilope, LM, Martinez, FA, Zannad, F, Pitt, B, Fiuzat, M, and O'Connor, CM. "Implications of geographical variation on clinical outcomes of cardiovascular trials." American heart journal 164, no. 3 (September 2012): 303-312. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Schmidt, PH, Kwasny, MJ, Ambrosy, AP, O'Connor, CM, Konstam, MA, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, and Gheorghiade, M. "The impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients hospitalized for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: an analysis of the EVEREST Trial." Journal of cardiac failure 18, no. 7 (July 2012): 515-523. 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
  - Mark, DB, and Mentz, RJ. "The Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve (PARTNER) trial: a health economic and policy perspective." Circulation 125, no. 25 (June 2012): 3243-3245. (Review) Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Mentz, RJ, Cotter, G, Metra, M, Cleland, JG, Davison, BA, Givertz, MM, Mansoor, GA, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Fiuzat, M, Wojdyla, D, Chiswell, K, and Massie, BM. "The PROTECT in-hospital risk model: 7-day outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction." European Journal of Heart Failure 14, no. 6 (June 2012): 605-612. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Kraft, M, Lindenfeld, J, and O'Connor, CM. "Bronchodilators in heart failure patients with COPD: is it time for a clinical trial?." Journal of cardiac failure 18, no. 5 (May 2012): 413-422. (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
  - Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Wojdyla, DM, Chiswell, K, Gheorghiade, M, Fonarow, GC, and O'Connor, CM. "Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from OPTIMIZE-HF." Eur J Heart Fail 14, no. 4 (April 2012): 395-403. Full Text Link to Item
  - 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
  - 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
  - Mentz, RJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Cardiorenal syndrome clinical trial end points." Heart failure clinics 7, no. 4 (October 2011): 519-528. (Review) Full Text
  - O'Connor, CM, Mentz, RJ, and Whellan, DJ. "Covariate adjustment in heart failure randomized controlled clinical trials: a case analysis of the HF-ACTION trial." Heart failure clinics 7, no. 4 (October 2011): 497-500. (Review) Full Text
  - 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
  - Mentz, RJ, and Lewis, EF. "Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome." Cardiology clinics 29, no. 2 (May 2011): 301-314. (Review) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, and Felker, GM. "Natriuretic Peptide-guided therapy for heart failure." Circ J 75, no. 9 (2011): 2031-2037. (Review) Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, and Lewis, EF. "Epidemiology of cardiorenal syndrome." Heart failure clinics 6, no. 3 (July 2010): 333-346. (Review) Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Fudim, M, Ambrosy, AP, Sun, J-L, Anstrom, KJ, Bart, BA, Butler, J, AbouEzzeddine, O, Greene, SJ, Mentz, RJ, Redfield, MM, Reddy, YNV, Vaduganathan, M, Braunwald, E, Hernandez, AF, Borlaug, BA, and Felker, GM. "High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Hospitalized and Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From the Heart Failure Clinical Research Network." December 2018. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Ambrosy, AP, DeVore, AD, Margulies, KB, McNulty, SE, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, Michael Felker, G, Cooper, LB, Lala, A, Vader, J, Groake, JD, Borlaug, BA, and Velazquez, EJ. "Liraglutide and weight loss among patients with advanced heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction: insights from the FIGHT trial." December 2018. Full Text
  - 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
  - Bhatt, AS, Ambrosy, AP, Dunning, A, Coles, A, DeVore, AD, Butler, J, Hernandez, AF, Armstrong, P, Ezekowitz, J, Voors, A, Starling, R, Metra, M, O'Connor, C, and Mentz, RJ. "The Burden of Non-Cardiac Comorbidities in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From ASCEND-HF." August 2017. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Bhatt, A, Ambrosy, AP, Mulder, H, Coles, A, Kraus, WE, O'Connor, C, Piña, ILIL, Whellan, DJ, and Mentz, RJ. "Loop Diuretic Change in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Insights From HF-ACTION." August 2017. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Bhatt, A, Stebbins, A, Wruck, L, Greene, S, Fudim, M, Kraus, W, O'Connor, C, Pina, I, Whellan, D, and Mentz, R. "PREVALENT DIGOXIN USE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF DEATH OR HOSPITALIZATION IN AMBULATORY HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH A REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION." March 21, 2017. Link to Item
  - Cooper, LB, Benson, L, Mentz, R, Savarese, G, DeVore, A, Carrero, JJ, Dahlstrom, U, Anker, S, Lainscak, M, Hernandez, A, Pitt, B, and Lund, L. "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM POTASSIUM LEVEL AND OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION: A COHORT STUDY FROM THE SWEDISH HEART FAILURE REGISTRY." March 21, 2017. Link to Item
  - Fudim, M, Ambrosy, A, Dunning, A, Starling, R, Ezekowitz, J, Armstrong, P, Metra, M, Voors, A, O'Connor, C, Hernandez, A, Felker, GM, and Mentz, R. "TIMING AND CLINICAL PREDICTORS OF EARLY VERSUS LATE READMISSION AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE: INSIGHTS FROM ASCEND-HF." March 21, 2017. Link to Item
  - Greene, S, Felker, GM, Sun, J, Ambrosy, A, Bart, B, Butler, J, DeVore, A, Fudim, M, Hernandez, A, McNulty, S, and Mentz, R. "HEMOCONCENTRATION DURING MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE AND CARDIORENAL SYNDROME: INSIGHTS FROM CARRESS-HF." March 21, 2017. Link to Item
  - Cerbin, L, Ambrosy, A, Armstrong, P, Butler, J, Coles, A, Ezekowitz, J, Greene, S, Hernandez, A, Metra, M, O'Connor, C, Starling, R, Tang, WH, Teerlink, J, Voors, A, Wu, A, and Mentz, R. "TIME OF PRESENTATION AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE (CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, INITIAL THERAPIES AND OUTCOMES): INSIGHTS FROM ASCEND-HF." March 2017. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Felker, GM, Cole, R, Adams, KF, Egnaczyk, G, Fiuzat, M, Patel, CB, Echols, M, Khouri, M, Tauras, JM, Gupta, D, Monds, P, Roberts, R, and O'Connor, CM. "The Targeting Acute Congestion with Tolvaptan in Congestive Heart Failure Study: A Randomized, Double blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Acute Heart Failure." November 2016. Full Text
  - Zsilinszka, R, Shrader, P, DeVore, AD, Hardy, NC, Mentz, RJ, Pang, PS, Peacock, WF, Fonarow, GC, and Hernandez, AF. "Sex Differences in the Management and Outcomes of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Heart Failure." October 2016. Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Cooper, LB, Sharma, A, Devore, AD, Sun, JL, Shulte, PJ, O'Connor, CM, Mentz, RJ, Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Regional Differences during Acute Heart Failure Hospitalizations of Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From ASCEND-HF." August 2016. Full Text
  - Luo, N, Merrill, P, Whellan, DJ, Pina, IL, Fiuzat, M, Kraus, WE, Kitzman, DW, Keteyian, SJ, O'Connor, CM, and Mentz, RJ. "Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the HF-ACTION Trial." : Elsevier BV, August 2016. Full Text
  - Teng, T-HK, Tay, NLW-T, Schulman, KA, Weinfurt, KP, Flynn, KE, Whellan, DJ, Kraus, WE, Pina, IL, O'Connor, C, Anand, I, Zhang, S, Shimizu, W, Narasimhan, C, Park, S-W, Yu, C-M, Ngarmukos, T, Omar, R, Reyes, E, Siswanto, B, Hung, C-L, Ling, L-H, Richards, AM, Mentz, RJ, and Lam, CSP. "Multinational ethnic variations in self-reported health status in chronic heart failure patients." August 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Ambrosy, AP, Armstrong, PW, Butler, J, Cerbin, L, Coles, A, DeVore, A, Ezekowitz, JA, Fudim, M, Greene, S, Hernandez, A, O’Connor, C, Schulte, P, Starling, R, Teerlink, J, Voors, AA, and Mentz, R. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT CHANGE DURING HOSPITALIZATION FOR ACUTE HEART FAILURE AND PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS, MARKERS OF CONGESTION, AND OUTCOMES: FINDINGS FROM ASCEND-HF." April 2016. Full Text
  - Ambrosy, AP, Cerbin, L, DeVore, A, Greene, S, Kraus, WE, O’Connor, C, Pina, I, Whellan, D, Wojdyla, D, Wu, A, and Mentz, R. "AEROBIC EXERCISE TRAINING AND HEALTH STATUS IN AMBULATORY HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH A REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE HF-ACTION TRIAL." : Elsevier BV, April 2016. Full Text
  - Parikh, KS, DeVore, A, Dunning, A, Mentz, R, Schulte, P, Armstrong, P, Tang, WH, Ezekowitz, J, McMurray, J, Voors, A, Drazner, M, O’Connor, C, Hernandez, A, and Patel, C. "PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF RIGHT-SIDED VOLUME OVERLOAD IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE: INSIGHTS FROM ASCEND-HF." April 2016. Full Text
  - Kelly, JP, Mentz, RJ, Gallup, D, Anstrom, KJ, Redfield, MM, Chen, HH, O'Connor, CM, Hernandez, AF, and Felker, GM. "Regulatory Implications of Different Definitions and Outcomes in Worsening Heart Failure." November 10, 2015. Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Parikh, K, Coles, A, Schulte, PJ, Kraus, WE, Fleg, JL, Keteyian, SJ, Pina, IL, Fiuzat, M, Whellan, DJ, and O'Connor, CM. "Implications of Angina Pectoris on Quality of Life, Functional Capacity and Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure Patients: Insights From HF-ACTION." : LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, November 10, 2015. Link to Item
  - DeVore, AD, Schulte, PJ, Mentz, RJ, Hardy, NC, Kelly, JP, Velazquez, EJ, Maya, JF, Kielhorn, A, Patel, H, Reed, SD, and Hernandez, AF. "Elevated Heart Rate in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Associations with One-Year Survival and Costs." 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
  - Banks, AZ, Mentz, R, Stebbins, A, Mikus, C, Schulte, P, Fleg, J, Cooper, L, Keteyian, S, Pina, I, Kitzman, D, Fiuzat, M, Whellan, D, Kraus, W, and O’Connor, C. "RESPONSE TO EXERCISE TRAINING AND OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS: INSIGHTS FROM HF-ACTION." : Elsevier BV, March 2015. Full Text
  - Cooper, L, Mentz, R, Gallup, D, Lala-Trindade, AA, Vader, J, AbouEzzeddine, O, Butler, J, Bart, B, Chen, H, Redfield, M, Stevenson, L, O’Connor, C, Anstrom, K, Hernandez, A, and Felker, GM. "SERUM BICARBONATE IN ACUTE HEART FAILURE: RELATIONSHIP TO TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES." March 2015. 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
  - Kelly, JP, Mentz, R, Schulte, P, Dunning, A, Fiuzat, M, Keteyian, S, Fleg, J, Leifer, E, Pina, I, Cooper, L, Kitzman, D, Kraus, W, Whellan, D, and O’Connor, C. "STATINS AND EXERCISE TRAINING RESPONSE IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: INSIGHTS FROM THE HF-ACTION TRIAL." March 2015. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Buggey, J, Schulte, PJ, DeVore, AD, Anstrom, KJ, Eisenstein, EL, Fiuzat, M, O'Connor, CM, and Velazquez, EJ. "Torsemide vs. Furosemide in Heart Failure Patients: Insights from Duke University Hospital." : Elsevier BV, August 2014. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Schulte, P, Bittner, V, Fleg, J, Keteyian, S, Kraus, W, Pina, I, Ellis, S, Swank, AM, Fiuzat, M, Whellan, D, and O'Connor, C. "SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, MARITAL STATUS AND OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE: FINDINGS FROM HF-ACTION." April 2014. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Cotter, G, Cleland, JG, Stevens, SR, Davison, BA, Teerlinks, JR, Metra, M, Voors, AA, Fiuzat, M, Givertz, MM, Ponikowski, P, Massie, BM, and O'Connor, CM. "Regional Differences in Heart Failure Medication Changes During Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization: Findings From the PROTECT Trial." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Daneshmand, MA, DeVore, AD, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, and Patel, CB. "The Characteristics and Outcomes of Advanced Heart Failure Patients with Hemodynamic Parameters Predictive of Right Ventricular Failure." April 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Greene, SJ, Vaduganathan, M, Ambrosy, A, Konstam, M, Subacius, H, Maggioni, A, Mentz, R, Nodari, S, Butler, J, and Gheorghiade, M. "INFLUENCE OF URIC ACID LEVEL IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE EVEREST TRIAL." : Elsevier BV, March 2013. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Broderick, S, Shaw, L, Fiuzat, M, and O'Connor, C. "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ANGINA AND OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION: ANALYSIS FROM THE DUKE DATABANK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE." March 2013. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Subacius, H, Cas, AD, Ambrosy, AP, DeVore, A, Vaduganathan, M, Greene, S, Konstam, M, Maggioni, A, Nodari, S, Butler, J, and Gheorghiade, M. "MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS IN DIABETIC PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH HEART FAILURE: INSIGHTS FROM THE EVEREST TRIAL." March 2013. Full Text
  - Gheorghiade, M, Lan, G, Subacius, H, Mentz, RJ, Shah, A, Konstam, MA, Zannad, F, Swedberg, K, and Maggioni, A. "Baseline hemoglobin predicts post-discharge events in patients admitted for worsening heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in the EVEREST trial." August 2012. Link to Item
  - Mentz, R, Schulte, P, Kitzman, D, Fiuzat, M, Kraus, W, Pina, IL, Keteyian, S, Fleg, J, Ellis, S, Whellan, D, and O'Connor, C. "Beta-Blocker Selectivity in Heart Failure (HF) Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Insights from HF-A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)." August 2012. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Wojdyla, D, Fiuzat, M, Chiswell, K, Ahmad, T, Fonarow, G, O', andConnor, C. "THE ASSOCIATION OF BETA-BLOCKER USE AND SELECTIVITY WITH OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: FINDINGS FROM THE ORGANIZED PROGRAM TO INITIATE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE." : Elsevier BV, March 2012. Full Text
  - Allen, BD, Gheorghiade, M, Ambrosy, AP, Fought, AJ, Kwasny, MJ, Mentz, RJ, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Konstam, MA, and Bonow, RO. "Coronary Artery Disease is Associated with a Poor Post-Discharge Prognosis in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings from the EVEREST Trial." November 22, 2011. Link to Item
  - Schmidt, PH, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Kwasny, MJ, O'Connor, CM, Konstam, MA, Zannad, F, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, and Gheorghiade, M. "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is Associated with Adverse Events in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Analysis of the EVEREST Trial." November 22, 2011. Link to Item
  - Shah, A, Blair, J, Gheorghiade, M, Ambrosy, AP, Mentz, RJ, Fought, AJ, Kwasny, MJ, Maggioni, AP, Swedberg, K, Zannad, F, and Konstam, MA. "Gender Does Not Impact Post-Discharge Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Worsening Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in the EVEREST Trial." November 22, 2011. Link to Item
  - Fiuzat, M, Massie, B, Chiswell, K, Givertz, M, Davison, B, Cotter, G, Cleland, J, Dittrich, H, Mansoor, G, Ponikowski, P, Voors, A, Teerlink, JR, Mentz, R, Metra, M, and O'Connor, C. "International Differences in Acute Heart Failure (AHF) Patients: Insight from the PROTECT Trial." : Elsevier BV, August 2011. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Fiuzat, M, Chiswell, K, Wojdyla, D, Davison, B, Cleland, J, Dittrich, HC, Givertz, MM, Mansoor, G, Ponikowski, P, Teerlink, JR, Voors, AA, Cotter, G, Metra, M, Massie, BM, and O'Connor, CM. "The PROTECT In-Hospital Risk Model: 7-Day Outcome in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure (AHF) and Renal Dysfunction." : Elsevier BV, August 2011. Full Text
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