Zak Loring | Scholars@Duke

Zak Loring
House Staff

I am a cardiology fellow with research and teaching experience interested in pursuing a career in both clinical cardiology and clinical research. My research focus is on understanding the relationship between individual cardiac physiology/pathophysiology and mechanisms of rhythm disorders to improve patient selection criteria for therapies and aid clinical decision making.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

House Staff, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine

Contact Information

zak.loring@duke.edu +1 919 684 8111

Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Pahlm, O, Swenne, CA, Man, S, Fakhri, Y, Atwater, BD, Bacharova, L, Bang, L, Birnbaum, Y, Carlsson, E, Clemmensen, P, Engblom, H, Gettes, LS, Grande, P, Hakacova, N, Holmvang, L, Jurlander, B, Loring, Z, Pahlm, U, Pettersson, J, Ringborn, M, Risum, N, Sejersten-Ripa, M, Sörnmo, L, Strauss, DG, Zusterzeel, R, and Warren, SG. "Dr. Galen Wagner (1939-2016) as an Academic Writer: An Overview of his Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications." Journal of electrocardiology 50, no. 1 (January 2017): 47-73. (Review) Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Cohen, JK, Morgan, J, Yang, J, and Zimmet, J. "The late presenting STEMI: How ECG scores can be used to estimate event time." Journal of electrocardiology 49, no. 5 (September 2016): 740-743. Full Text
  - Wieslander, B, Loring, Z, Zareba, W, McNitt, S, Wagner, GS, Daubert, JP, and Strauss, DG. "Scar burden assessed by Selvester QRS score predicts prognosis, not CRT clinical benefit in preventing heart failure event and death: A MADIT-CRT sub-study." Journal of electrocardiology 49, no. 4 (July 2016): 603-609. Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Hanna, P, and Pellegrini, CN. "Longer Ambulatory ECG Monitoring Increases Identification of Clinically Significant Ectopy." Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 39, no. 6 (June 2016): 592-597. Full Text
  - Manesh, RS, Rogers, SE, Loring, Z, Stewart, E, Dhaliwal, G, and Tierney, L. "A Physician with Thigh Pain." Federal Practitioner 33, no. 6 (June 2016): 42-44. Link to Item
  - Chan, DD, Wu, KC, Loring, Z, Galeotti, L, Gerstenblith, G, Tomaselli, G, Weiss, RG, Wagner, GS, and Strauss, DG. "Comparison of the relation between left ventricular anatomy and QRS duration in patients with cardiomyopathy with versus without left bundle branch block." The American Journal of Cardiology 113, no. 10 (May 2014): 1717-1722. Full Text
  - Johannesen, L, Vicente, J, Gray, RA, Galeotti, L, Loring, Z, Garnett, CE, Florian, J, Ugander, M, Stockbridge, N, and Strauss, DG. "Improving the assessment of heart toxicity for all new drugs through translational regulatory science." Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 95, no. 5 (May 2014): 501-508. Full Text
  - Galeotti, L, van Dam, PM, Loring, Z, Chan, D, and Strauss, DG. "Evaluating strict and conventional left bundle branch block criteria using electrocardiographic simulations." Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 15, no. 12 (December 2013): 1816-1821. Full Text
  - Strauss, DG, Loring, Z, Selvester, RH, Gerstenblith, G, Tomaselli, G, Weiss, RG, Wagner, GS, and Wu, KC. "Right, But Not Left, Bundle Branch Block Is Associated With Large Anteroseptal Scar." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 62, no. 11 (September 10, 2013): 959-967. Full Text Link to Item
  - Risum, N, Strauss, D, Sogaard, P, Loring, Z, Hansen, TF, Bruun, NE, Wagner, G, and Kisslo, J. "Left bundle-branch block: the relationship between electrocardiogram electrical activation and echocardiography mechanical contraction." American Heart Journal 166, no. 2 (August 2013): 340-348. Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Caños, DA, Selzman, K, Herz, ND, Silverman, H, MaCurdy, TE, Worrall, CM, Kelman, J, Ritchey, ME, Piña, IL, and Strauss, DG. "Left bundle branch block predicts better survival in women than men receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy: long-term follow-up of ∼ 145,000 patients." Jacc. Heart Failure 1, no. 3 (June 3, 2013): 237-244. Full Text
  - Andersson, LG, Wu, KC, Wieslander, B, Loring, Z, Frank, TF, Maynard, C, Gerstenblith, G, Tomaselli, GF, Weiss, RG, Wagner, GS, Ugander, M, and Strauss, DG. "Left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by cardiac magnetic resonance is greater in patients with strict vs nonstrict electrocardiogram criteria for left bundle-branch block." Am Heart J 165, no. 6 (June 2013): 956-963. Full Text Link to Item
  - Loring, Z, Strauss, DG, Gerstenblith, G, Tomaselli, GF, Weiss, RG, and Wu, KC. "Cardiac MRI scar patterns differ by sex in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy cohort." Heart Rhythm 10, no. 5 (May 2013): 659-665. Full Text
  - Wieslander, B, Wu, KC, Loring, Z, Andersson, LG, Frank, TF, Gerstenblith, G, Tomaselli, GF, Weiss, RG, Wagner, GS, Ugander, M, and Strauss, DG. "Localization of myocardial scar in patients with cardiomyopathy and left bundle branch block using electrocardiographic Selvester QRS scoring." Journal of Electrocardiology 46, no. 3 (May 2013): 249-255. Full Text
  - Hassell, MECJ, Bekkers, SCAM, Loring, Z, Hellemond, IV, Bouwmeester, S, Weg, KVD, Maynard, C, Gorgels, APM, and Wagner, GS. "The predictive value of an ECG-estimated Acute Ischemia Index for prognosis of myocardial salvage and infarct healing 3 months following inferior ST-elevated myocardial infarction." Journal of Electrocardiology (2013). Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Zareba, W, Mcnitt, S, Strauss, DG, Wagner, GS, and Daubert, JP. "ECG Quantification of Myocardial Scar and Risk Stratification in MADIT-II." Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology (2013). Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Olson, CW, Maynard, C, and Hakacova, N. "Modeling vectorcardiograms based on left ventricle papillary muscle position." Journal of electrocardiology 44, no. 5 (September 2011): 584-589. Full Text
  - Loring, Z, Chelliah, S, Selvester, RH, Wagner, G, and Strauss, DG. "A detailed guide for quantification of myocardial scar with the Selvester QRS score in the presence of electrocardiogram confounders." Journal of Electrocardiology 44, no. 5 (2011): 544-554. Full Text
  - Hooper, C, Puttamadappa, SS, Loring, Z, Shekhtman, A, and Bakowska, JC. "Spartin activates atrophin-1-interacting protein 4 (AIP4) E3 ubiquitin ligase and promotes ubiquitination of adipophilin on lipid droplets." BMC biology 8 (May 26, 2010): 72-. Full Text

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Selected Publications

Journal Articles