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