G. Michael Felker, MD, MHS
Department / Division
Medicine /
Medicine - Cardiology
Address
DUMC 3850
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-668-8270
Office Telephone
919-668-8919
Fax Telephone
919-668-7063
- MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1993
- Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Maryland), 1993-1998
- Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Maryland), 1998-1999
- Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1999-2002
- Cardiac Transplantation, Duke University Medical Center, 2002
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Clinical Interests
Heart failure, cardiac transplantation, novel therapies for advanced heart
failure
This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- Amgen, Inc.
- BG Medicine
- Cardioyxl
- Geron Corporation
- Medpace, Inc.
- Novartis
- Otsuka
- Roche Diagnostics
Representative Publications
Felker GM, Lee KL, Bull DA, Redfield MM, Stevenson LW, Goldsmith SR, LeWinter MM, Deswal A, Rouleau JL, Ofili EO, Anstrom KJ, Hernandez AF, McNulty SE, Velazquez EJ, Kfoury AG, Chen HH, Givertz MM, Semigran MJ, Bart BA, Mascette AM, Braunwald E, O'Connor CM, . Diuretic strategies in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):797-805.
(2011)
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Felker GM, Maisel AS. A global rank end point for clinical trials in acute heart failure. Circ Heart Fail. 2010 Sep 1;3(5):643-6.
(2010)
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Felker GM, Pang PS, Adams KF, Cleland JG, Cotter G, Dickstein K, Filippatos GS, Fonarow GC, Greenberg BH, Hernandez AF, Khan S, Komajda M, Konstam MA, Liu PP, Maggioni AP, Massie BM, McMurray JJ, Mehra M, Metra M, O'Connell J, O'Connor CM, Pina IL, Ponikowski P, Sabbah HN, Teerlink JR, Udelson JE, Yancy CW, Zannad F, Gheorghiade M, . Clinical trials of pharmacological therapies in acute heart failure syndromes: lessons learned and directions forward. Circ Heart Fail. 2010 Mar;3(2):314-25.
(2010)
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Felker GM. Coenzyme Q10 and statins in heart failure: the dog that didn't bark. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 5;56(15):1205-6.
(2010)
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Felker GM. Too much, too little, or just right?: untangling endogenous erythropoietin in heart failure. Circulation. 2010 Jan 19;121(2):191-3.
(2010)
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Kociol RD, Pang PS, Gheorghiade M, Fonarow GC, O'Connor CM, Felker GM. Troponin elevation in heart failure prevalence, mechanisms, and clinical implications. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Sep 28;56(14):1071-8.
(2010)
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Metra M, Teerlink JR, Felker GM, Greenberg BH, Filippatos G, Ponikowski P, Teichman SL, Unemori E, Voors AA, Weatherley BD, Cotter G. Dyspnoea and worsening heart failure in patients with acute heart failure: results from the Pre-RELAX-AHF study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Oct;12(10):1130-9.
(2010)
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Szczech LA, Barnhart HX, Sapp S, Felker GM, Hernandez A, Reddan D, Califf RM, Inrig JK, Patel UD, Singh AK. A secondary analysis of the CHOIR trial shows that comorbid conditions differentially affect outcomes during anemia treatment. Kidney Int. 2010 Feb;77(3):239-46.
(2010)
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van Kimmenade RR, Mohammed AA, Uthamalingam S, van der Meer P, Felker GM, Januzzi JL Jr. Red blood cell distribution width and 1-year mortality in acute heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Feb;12(2):129-36.
(2010)
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Adams KF Jr, Patterson JH, Patterson JH, Oren RM, Mehra MR, O'Connor CM, Piña IL, Miller AB, Chiong JR, Dunlap SH, Cotts WG, Felker GM, Schocken DD, Schwartz TA, Ghali JK, . Prospective assessment of the occurrence of anemia in patients with heart failure: results from the Study of Anemia in a Heart Failure Population (STAMINA-HFP) Registry. Am Heart J. 2009 May;157(5):926-32.
(2009)
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Adams KF Jr, Piña IL, Ghali JK, Wagoner LE, Dunlap SH, Schwartz TA, Stough WG, Mehra MR, Felker GM, Chiong JR, Patterson JH, Kim J, Butler J, Oren RM. Prospective evaluation of the association between hemoglobin concentration and quality of life in patients with heart failure. Am Heart J. 2009 Dec;158(6):965-71.
(2009)
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Allen LA, Anstrom KJ, Horton JR, Shaw LK, Eisenstein EL, Felker GM. Relationship between anemia and health care costs in heart failure. J Card Fail. 2009 Dec;15(10):843-9.
(2009)
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Allen LA, Felker GM, Pocock S, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Swedberg K, Wang D, Yusuf S, Michelson EL, Granger CB, . Liver function abnormalities and outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the Candesartan in Heart Failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity (CHARM) program. Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 Feb;11(2):170-7.
(2009)
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Allen LA, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Felker GM. End points for clinical trials in acute heart failure syndromes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 16;53(24):2248-58.
(2009)
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Felker GM, Hasselblad V, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM. Biomarker-guided therapy in chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am Heart J. 2009 Sep;158(3):422-30.
(2009)
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Felker GM, O'Connor CM, Braunwald E, . Loop diuretics in acute decompensated heart failure: necessary? Evil? A necessary evil? Circ Heart Fail. 2009 Jan;2(1):56-62.
(2009)
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Felker GM, Whellan D, Kraus WE, Clare R, Zannad F, Donahue M, Adams K, McKelvie R, Piña IL, O'Connor CM, . N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and exercise capacity in chronic heart failure: data from the Heart Failure and a Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) study. Am Heart J. 2009 Oct;158(4 Suppl):S37-44.
(2009)
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Pal JD, Piacentino V, Cuevas AD, Depp T, Daneshmand MA, Hernandez AF, Felker GM, Lodge AJ, Rogers JG, Milano CA. Impact of left ventricular assist device bridging on posttransplant outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;88(5):1457-61; discussion 1461.
(2009)
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Teerlink JR, Metra M, Felker GM, Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Weatherley BD, Marmor A, Katz A, Grzybowski J, Unemori E, Teichman SL, Cotter G. Relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure (Pre-RELAX-AHF): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-finding phase IIb study. Lancet. 2009 Apr 25;373(9673):1429-39.
(2009)
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Allen LA, Yager JE, Funk MJ, Levy WC, Tulsky JA, Bowers MT, Dodson GC, O'Connor CM, Felker GM. Discordance between patient-predicted and model-predicted life expectancy among ambulatory patients with heart failure. JAMA. 2008 Jun 4;299(21):2533-42.
(2008)
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