Cardiology

Research

The fellowship program provides ample opportunity for fellows to participate in research.

Prior publications by UCLA Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program fellows are listed below:

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  • Bae D, Lum C, Chand R, DePasquale E, Nsair A, Ardehali R. Relapsing Polychondritis Requiring Orthotopic Heart Transplant Despite Coronary Artery Bypass and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Aug 19;2(10):1527-1531. Doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.100. PMID: 34317010; PMCID: PMC8302168.
  • Hsu JJ, Al-Saffar F, Ardehali R, Baas AS, Carlson M, Cruz D, Deng M, Fan A, Fraschilla S, Gaynor P, Kamath M, Kubak BM, Schaenman J, Stimpson E, Vucicevic D, Ardehali A, Nsair A. Heart transplantation in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: A single-center case series. Clin Transplant. 2020 Sep;34(9):e14042. Doi: 10.1111/ctr.14042. Epub 2020 Aug 6. PMID: 32654180; PMCID: PMC7404366.
  • Hsu JJ, Gaynor P, Kamath M, Fan A, Al-Saffar F, Cruz D, Nsair A. COVID-19 in a high-risk dual heart and kidney transplant recipient. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jul;20(7):1911-1915. Doi: 10.1111/ajt.15936. Epub 2020 Jun 22. PMID: 32315122; PMCID: PMC7264582.
  • Cha BM, Davoudi R, DiVita MC, Fan AM, Kamath MY. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor-Associated Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis After Orthotopic Heart Transplant in a Prediabetic Patient: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2021 Oct;53(8):2636-2639. Doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.08.017. Epub 2021 Sep 13. PMID: 34531071.
  • Ohman RE, DiVita MC, Chonde M, Fraschilla S, Nsair A, Cruz D, Hsu JJ. Hemodynamic effects of COVID-19 vaccination in hospitalized patients awaiting heart transplantation. Am Heart J Plus. 2022 Jun;18:100168. Doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2022.100168. Epub 2022 Jul 5. PMID: 35813104; PMCID: PMC9252923.
  • Verma A, Fonarow GC, Hsu JJ, Jackevicius CA, Mody FV, Amidi O, Goldberg S, Upparapalli D, Theodoropoulos K, Gregorio S, Chang DS, Bostrom K, Althouse AD, Ziaeian B. The design of the Dashboard Activated Services and Telehealth for Heart Failure (DASH-HF) study: A pragmatic quality improvement randomized implementation trial for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Sep;120:106895. Doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106895. Epub 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 36028192; PMCID: PMC9635621.
  • Verma A, Fonarow GC, Hsu JJ, Jackevicius CA, Vaghaiwalla Mody F, Nguyen A, Amidi O, Goldberg S, Vetrivel R, Upparapalli D, Theodoropoulos K, Gregorio S, Chang DS, Bostrom K, Althouse AD, Ziaeian B. DASH-HF Study: A Pragmatic Quality Improvement Randomized Implementation Trial for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Sep;16(9):e010278. Doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.010278. Epub 2023 Jul 26. PMID: 37494051; PMCID: PMC10524378.
  • Goodman RE, Lamberg M, Wilcox K, Minhas A, Bond R, Yang EH, Shahandeh N, Brown SA. Social Media and Cardiovascular Health: Implications for Women. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2022 Dec;24(12):901-913. Doi: 10.1007/s11883-022-01069-9. Epub 2022 Nov 28. PMID: 36441421; PMCID: PMC10017051.
  • Shahandeh N, Song J, Saito K, Honda Y, Zimmermann FM, Ahn JM, Fearon WF, Parikh RV. Invasive Coronary Physiology in Heart Transplant Recipients: State-of-the-Art Review. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2023 Mar 21;2(3):100627. Doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2023.100627. PMID: 39130712; PMCID: PMC11307478.
  • Shahandeh N, Parikh RV. Invasive Intracoronary Imaging of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Established Modalities and Emerging Technologies. Interv Cardiol Clin. 2023 Apr;12(2):269-280. Doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2022.12.005. PMID: 36922067.
  • Shahandeh N, Kim JS, Klomhaus AM, Tehrani DM, Hsu JJ, Nsair A, Khush KK, Fearon WF, Parikh RV. Comparison of cardiac allograft vasculopathy incidence between simultaneous multiorgan and isolated heart transplant recipients in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Oct;43(10):1737-1746. Doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2024.06.014. Epub 2024 Jun 29. PMID: 38950666.
  • Pelter M, Horwich T. When Obesity and HfpEF collide: An editorial on Obesity, Cardiorenal Comorbidities, and Risk of Hospitalization in patients with HfpEF. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. (2023).