Physicians

Department / Division
Medicine / Medicine - Cardiology

Address
DUMC 3428
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-681-5816

Office Telephone
919-681-6197

Fax Telephone
919-681-7917

Training

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1990

Residency

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

Fellowship

• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 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
Structural heart diseases, including valvular heart disease, hemodynamics, infective endocarditis, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Kiefer, T; Park, L; Tribouilloy, C; Cortes, C; Casillo, R; Chu, V; Delahaye, F; Durante-Mangoni, E; Edathodu, J; Falces, C; Logar, M; Miro, JM; Naber, C; Tripodi, MF; Murdoch, DR; Moreillon, P; Utili, R; Wang, A. Association between valvular surgery and mortality among patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart failure. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011;306:2239-2247. (2011) Abstract

Nagueh, SF; Groves, BM; Schwartz, L; Smith, KM; Wang, A; Bach, RG; Nielsen, C; Leya, F; Buergler, JM; Rowe, SK; Woo, A; Maldonado, YM; Spencer, WH. Alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. A multicenter North American registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2011;58:2322-2328. (2011) Abstract

Coeytaux, RR; Williams, JW; Gray, RN; Wang, A. Percutaneous heart valve replacement for aortic stenosis: state of the evidence. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010;153:314-324. (2010) Abstract

Lalani, T; Cabell, CH; Benjamin, DK; Lasca, O; Naber, C; Fowler, VG; Corey, GR; Chu, VH; Fenely, M; Pachirat, O; Tan, RS; Watkin, R; Ionac, A; Moreno, A; Mestres, CA; Casabe, J; Chipigina, N; Eisen, DP; Spelman, D; Delahaye, F; Peterson, G; Olaison, L; Wang, A; International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) Investigators. Analysis of the impact of early surgery on in-hospital mortality of native valve endocarditis: use of propensity score and instrumental variable methods to adjust for treatment-selection bias. Circulation. 2010;121:1005-1013. (2010) Abstract

Leonardi, RA; Kransdorf, EP; Simel, DL; Wang, A. Meta-analyses of septal reduction therapies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: comparative rates of overall mortality and sudden cardiac death after treatment. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2010;3:97-104. (2010) Abstract

Murdoch, DR; Corey, GR; Hoen, B; Miro, JM; Fowler, VG; Bayer, AS; Karchmer, AW; Olaison, L; Pappas, PA; Moreillon, P; Chambers, ST; Chu, VH; Falco, V; Holland, DJ; Jones, P; Klein, JL; Raymond, NJ; Read, KM; Tripodi, MF; Utili, R; Wang, A; Woods, CW; Cabell, CH; International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) Investigators. Clinical presentation, etiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis in the 21st century: the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2009;169:463-473. (2009) Abstract

Thomas, MP; Wang, A. Clinical problem-solving. Taken out of context. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008;359:2478-2482. (2008) Abstract

Aksoy, O; Sexton, DJ; Wang, A; Pappas, PA; Kourany, W; Chu, V; Fowler, VG; Woods, CW; Engemann, JJ; Corey, GR; Harding, T; Cabell, CH. Early surgery in patients with infective endocarditis: a propensity score analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007;44:364-372. (2007) Abstract

Wang, A; Athan, E; Pappas, PA; Fowler, VG; Olaison, L; Pare, C; Almirante, B; Mu?oz, P; Rizzi, M; Naber, C; Logar, M; Tattevin, P; Iarussi, DL; Selton-Suty, C; Jones, SB; Casabe, J; Morris, A; Corey, GR; Cabell, CH; International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study Investigators. Contemporary clinical profile and outcome of prosthetic valve endocarditis. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007;297:1354-1361. (2007) Abstract

Cabell, CH; Abrutyn, E; Fowler, VG; Hoen, B; Miro, JM; Corey, GR; Olaison, L; Pappas, P; Anstrom, KJ; Stafford, JA; Eykyn, S; Habib, G; Mestres, CA; Wang, A; International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database (ICE-MD) Study Group Investigators. Use of surgery in patients with native valve infective endocarditis: results from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. American Heart Journal. 2005;150:1092-1098. (2005) Abstract

Wang, A; Pappas, P; Anstrom, KJ; Abrutyn, E; Fowler, VG; Hoen, B; Miro, JM; Corey, GR; Olaison, L; Stafford, JA; Mestres, CA; Cabell, CH; International Collaboration on Endocarditis Investigators. The use and effect of surgical therapy for prosthetic valve infective endocarditis: a propensity analysis of a multicenter, international cohort. American Heart Journal. 2005;150:1086-1091. (2005) Abstract

Chu, VH; Cabell, CH; Benjamin, DK; Kuniholm, EF; Fowler, VG; Engemann, J; Sexton, DJ; Corey, GR; Wang, A. Early predictors of in-hospital death in infective endocarditis. Circulation. 2004;109:1745-1749. (2004) 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; CONTRAST Investigators. Fenoldopam mesylate for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003;290:2284-2291. (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. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2003;12:202-208. (2003) Abstract

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. American Heart Journal. 2002;143:894-903. (2002) Abstract