Andrew Wang, MD

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Locations

• Duke Cardiology of Lumberton
• Duke Cardiovascular Surgery of Lumberton

Services

• Congenital Heart Disease
• General and Consultative Heart Care
• Valvular Heart Disease

Department / Division:
Medicine / Cardiovascular Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3428
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 684-2463

Office Telephone:
(919) 681-6197

Fax Telephone:
(919) 681-7917

• M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, 1990

• Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland, 1990-1993, 1994-1995

• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1993-1994, 1995-1997

Clinical Interests:
Structural heart disease, including: valvular heart disease, mitral valve disease, aortic valve disease, percutaneous valve intervention, valvuloplasty, cardiac catheterization, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, adult congenital heart disease, endocarditis, general cardiology

Research Interests:
1) Structural heart diseases, including valvular heart disease, hemodynamics, infective endocarditis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
2) Contrast induced nephropathy

Representative Publications:
Wang A, Pulsipher MW, Harrison JK, Pieper KS, Kisslo KB, Bashore TM.  The predictors and significance of atrial rhythm before and after percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy, Am J Cardiol, 1999;83:125-8. (1999)

Wang A, Holcslaw T, Bashore TM, Freed MI, Miller D, Rudnick MR, Szerlip H, Thames MD, Davidson C, Shusterman N, Schwab SJ.  Exacerbation of radiocontrast nephrotoxicity by endothelin receptor antagonism. Kidney International, 2000;57:1675-1680. (2000)

Wang A, Pulsipher MW, Jaggers J, Peterson G, Bashore TM, Harrison JK.   Simultaneous biplane coronary and pulmonary angiography: A novel angiographic technique for defining the course of an anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right sinus of Valsalva.  Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn, 1997;42:73-78. (1997)

Wang A, Harrison JK, Pieper KS, Kisslo KB, Bashore TM.  What does the left atrial v wave signify during percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy?, Am J Cardiol, 1998;82:1388-93. (1998)

Wang A, Ryan T, Kisslo KB, Bashore TM, Harrison JK.  Assessing the severity of mitral stenosis: Variability between invasive and non-invasive measurements in patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis.  Am Heart Journal, 1999;138:777-784. (1999)

Krasuski RA, Warner JJ, Wang A, Harrison JK, Tapson V, Bashore TM.  Inhaled nitric oxide selectively dilates pulmonary vasculature in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension irrespective of etiology. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2000;36:2204-11. (2000)

Wang A, Harrison JK, Bashore TM, Ryan T.  Quantitative left atrial spontaneous echocardiographic contrast correlates with intact fibrinogen levels in mitral stenosis.  J Am Soc Echocardiography, 2000, in press. (2000)

Tumlin JA, Wang A, Murray PT, Mathur VS. Fenoldopam mesylate blocks reductions in renal plasma flow after radiocontrast dye infusion: a pilot trial in the prevention of contrast nephropathy. Am Heart J. 2002 May;143(5):894-903. (2002) Abstract

Chu VH, Cabell CH, Benjamin DK Jr, Kuniholm EF, Fowler VG Jr, Engemann J, Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Wang A. Early predictors of in-hospital death in infective endocarditis.  Circulation.  2004 Apr 13;109(14):1745-9. (2004) Abstract

Aksoy O, Sexton DJ, Wang A, Pappas PA, Kourany W, Chu V, Fowler VG Jr, Woods CW, Engemann JJ, Corey GR, Harding T, Cabell CH. Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Feb 1;44(3):364-72. (2007) Abstract

Cabell CH, Abrutyn E, Fowler VG Jr, Hoen B, Miro JM, Corey GR, Olaison L, Pappas P, Anstrom KJ, Stafford JA, Eykyn S, Habib G, Mestres CA, Wang A, . Use of surgery in patients with native valve infective endocarditis: results from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. Am Heart J. 2005 Nov;150(5):1092-8. (2005) Abstract

Wang A, Athan E, Pappas PA, Fowler VG Jr, Olaison L, Paré C, Almirante B, Muñoz P, Rizzi M, Naber C, Logar M, Tattevin P, Iarussi DL, Selton-Suty C, Jones SB, Casabé J, Morris A, Corey GR, Cabell CH, . Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA. 2007 Mar 28;297(12):1354-61. (2007) Abstract

Wang A, Pappas P, Anstrom KJ, Abrutyn E, Fowler VG Jr, Hoen B, Miro JM, Corey GR, Olaison L, Stafford JA, Mestres CA, Cabell CH,  . The use and effect of surgical therapy for prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: a propensity analysis of a multicenter, international cohort.  Am Heart J.  2005 Nov;150(5):1086-91. (2005) Abstract

Stone GW, McCullough PA, Tumlin JA, Lepor NE, Madyoon H, Murray P, Wang A, Chu AA, Schaer GL, Stevens M, Wilensky RL, O'Neill WW, . Fenoldopam mesylate for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2003 Nov 5;290(17):2284-91. (2003) Abstract

Wang A, Jaggers J, Ungerleider RM, Lim CS, Ryan T. Exercise echocardiographic comparison of pulmonary autograft and aortic homograft replacements for aortic valve disease in adults. J Heart Valve Dis. 2003 Mar;12(2):202-8. (2003) Abstract