Department / Division:
Medicine / Cardiology

Address:
DUMC 3701
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-5816

Office Telephone:
919-681-5153

Fax Telephone:
919-681-4454 or 919-681-5184

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1991

• Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1991-1994

• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1998

Clinical Interests:
Chronic heart failure, ischemic heart disease, sports medicine cardiology, general cardiology

Research Interests:
Medical safety reporting in clinical trials, heart failure hospitalization, systems of medical care

Representative Publications:
Hedayati SS, Jiang W, O'Connor CM, Kuchibhatla M, Krishnan KR, Cuffe MS, Blazing MA, Szczech LA. The association between depression and chronic kidney disease and mortality among patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure. Am J Kidney Dis. 2004 Aug;44(2):207-15. (2004) Abstract

Kwon HJ, Coté TR, Cuffe MS, Kramer JM, Braun MM. Case reports of heart failure after therapy with a tumor necrosis factor antagonist. Ann Intern Med. 2003 May 20;138(10):807-11. (2003) Abstract

Cuffe MS. Impacting the use of the screening electrocardiogram. Am Heart J. 2003 Jun;145(6):936-7. (2003) Abstract

Cuffe MS, Califf RM, Adams KF Jr, Benza R, Bourge R, Colucci WS, Massie BM, O'Connor CM, Pina I, Quigg R, Silver MA, Gheorghiade M, . Short-term intravenous milrinone for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002 Mar 27;287(12):1541-7. (2002) Abstract

Jiang W, Alexander J, Christopher E, Kuchibhatla M, Gaulden LH, Cuffe MS, Blazing MA, Davenport C, Califf RM, Krishnan RR, O'Connor CM. Relationship of depression to increased risk of mortality and rehospitalization in patients with congestive heart failure. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Aug 13-27;161(15):1849-56. (2001) Abstract

Cuffe MS. Lyme disease: an active agent in dilated cardiomyopathy? Am Heart J. 1999 Aug;138(2 Pt 1):198-9. (1999) Abstract

Cuffe MS, O'Connor CM. Pharmacologic Management of Acute Heart Failure. Current Opinion in Critical Care 3(5)386-390: October 1997 (1997)