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157
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87564
World Ranking
889
National Ranking
506

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David A. Kass is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work extensively covers various subfields, including:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Physiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on cardiovascular and metabolic-related diseases. Selected papers include:

  • Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages, 2020, The Lancet
  • Research Priorities for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020, Circulation
  • Cellular and molecular pathobiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Myocardial Gene Expression Signatures in Human Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020, Circulation
  • Endomyocardial Biopsy Characterization of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Prevalence of Cardiac Amyloidosis, 2020, JACC Heart Failure

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Virginia S. Hahn
  • Vivek Jani
  • Kavita Sharma
  • Navid Koleini
  • Steven Hsu

David A. Kass's publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • Circulation
  • Circulation Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Their scientific contributions have been recognized by election as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure.

    Michael R Bristow;LA Leslie A Saxon;John Boehmer;Steven Krueger

  • Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Therapy of Arterial Stiffness

    Susan J. Zieman;Vojtech Melenovsky;David A. Kass

  • Estimation of Central Aortic Pressure Waveform by Mathematical Transformation of Radial Tonometry Pressure Validation of Generalized Transfer Function

    C.-H. Chen;E. Nevo;B. Fetics;P. H. Pak

  • Improved Left Ventricular Mechanics From Acute VDD Pacing in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Conduction Delay

    David A. Kass;Chen Huan Chen;Cecilia Curry;Maurice Talbot

  • Cardiac resynchronization and death from progressive heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

    David J. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Kenneth L. Baughman;Kenneth L. Baughman;Ronald D. Berger

  • Combined Ventricular Systolic and Arterial Stiffening in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction. Implications for Systolic and Diastolic Reserve Limitations

    Miho Kawaguchi;Ilan Hay;Barry Fetics;David A. Kass

  • Chronic inhibition of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase 5A prevents and reverses cardiac hypertrophy

    Eiki Takimoto;Hunter C Champion;Manxiang Li;Diego Belardi

  • Left ventricular or biventricular pacing improves cardiac function at diminished energy cost in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and left bundle-branch block

    Gregory S. Nelson;Ronald D. Berger;Barry J. Fetics;Maurice Talbot

  • Improved Arterial Compliance by a Novel Advanced Glycation End-Product Crosslink Breaker

    David A. Kass;Edward P. Shapiro;Miho Kawaguchi;Anne R. Capriotti

  • Phenotype-Specific Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction A Multiorgan Roadmap

    Sanjiv J. Shah;Dalane W. Kitzman;Barry A. Borlaug;Loek van Heerebeek

  • Role of Oxidative Stress in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Remodeling

    Eiki Takimoto;David A. Kass

  • Age- and Gender-Related Ventricular-Vascular Stiffening A Community-Based Study

    Margaret M. Redfield;Steven J. Jacobsen;Barry A. Borlaug;Richard J. Rodeheffer

  • Effective arterial elastance as index of arterial vascular load in humans.

    R P Kelly;C T Ting;T M Yang;C P Liu

  • Measurement of cardiac function using pressure–volume conductance catheter technique in mice and rats

    Pál Pacher;Takahiro Nagayama;Partha Mukhopadhyay;Sándor Bátkai

  • Impaired chronotropic and vasodilator reserves limit exercise capacity in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction.

    Barry A. Borlaug;Vojtech Melenovsky;Stuart D. Russell;Kristy Kessler

  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Part 2--issues during and after device implantation and unresolved questions.

    Jeroen J. Bax;Theodore Abraham;S. Serge Barold;Ole A. Breithardt

  • Ionic Mechanism of Action Potential Prolongation in Ventricular Myocytes From Dogs With Pacing-Induced Heart Failure

    Stefan Kääb;H. Bradley Nuss;Nipavan Chiamvimonvat;Brian O'Rourke

  • Retiming the failing heart: principles and current clinical status of cardiac resynchronization.

    Christophe Leclercq;David A. Kass

  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy: Part 1--issues before device implantation.

    Jeroen J. Bax;Theodore Abraham;S. Serge Barold;Ole A. Breithardt

  • Cardiac Resynchronization and Death From Progressive Heart Failure

    David J. Bradley;Elizabeth A. Bradley;Kenneth L. Baughman;Ronald D. Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon F. Tomaselli
Gordon F. Tomaselli Johns Hopkins University
Hunter C. Champion
Hunter C. Champion Mercer University
Jennifer E. Van Eyk
Jennifer E. Van Eyk Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Joshua M. Hare
Joshua M. Hare University of Miami
Barry A. Borlaug
Barry A. Borlaug Mayo Clinic
Brian O'Rourke
Brian O'Rourke Johns Hopkins University
Paul M. Hassoun
Paul M. Hassoun Johns Hopkins University
Ronald D. Berger
Ronald D. Berger Johns Hopkins University
Eduardo Marbán
Eduardo Marbán Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Richard H. Karas
Richard H. Karas Tufts University

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