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G. Michael Felker

G. Michael Felker

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Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
54445
World Ranking
4894
National Ranking
2650

Overview

G. Michael Felker is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and is an active researcher in the field of Medicine with a specialized focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work also touches on related subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, and Economics and Econometrics.

The research output of Felker primarily centers around topics related to Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies. Other notable topics of their scientific focus include Diabetes Treatment and Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Potassium and Related Disorders, and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Felker has contributed to several recent academic papers, including:

  • Diuretic Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure, 2021, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Effect of Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2020, JACC Heart Failure

Frequent co-authors in Felker's research collaborations include:

  • John R. Teerlink
  • Scott D. Solomon
  • Javed Butler
  • James L. Januzzi
  • Adrian F. Hernandez

The most common venues for Felker's publications are:

  • JACC Heart Failure
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Circulation

Best Publications

  • Underlying causes and long-term survival in patients with initially unexplained cardiomyopathy.

    G M Felker;R E Thompson;J M Hare;R H Hruban

  • Diuretic Strategies in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

    G. Michael Felker;Kerry L. Lee;David A. Bull;Margaret M. Redfield

  • Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

    C. M. O'Connor;R. C. Starling;A. F. Hernandez;P. W. Armstrong

  • Red cell distribution width as a novel prognostic marker in heart failure: data from the CHARM Program and the Duke Databank.

    G. Michael Felker;Larry A. Allen;Stuart J. Pocock;Linda K. Shaw

  • Effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition on exercise capacity and clinical status in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A randomized clinical trial

    Margaret M. Redfield;Horng H. Chen;Barry A. Borlaug;Marc J. Semigran

  • Ultrafiltration in decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome

    Bradley A. Bart;Steven R. Goldsmith;Kerry L. Lee;Michael M. Givertz

  • Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    John R Teerlink;Gad Cotter;Beth A Davison;G Michael Felker

  • Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure: Endorsed by the Canadian Heart Failure Society, Heart Failure Association of India, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chinese Heart Failure Association.

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew J.S. Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Ca Magdy Abdelhamid

  • A standardized definition of ischemic cardiomyopathy for use in clinical research.

    G.Michael Felker;Linda K Shaw;Christopher M O’Connor

  • Relation of frequency and severity of mitral regurgitation to survival among patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure.

    Benjamin H Trichon;G.Michael Felker;Linda K Shaw;Christopher H Cabell

  • Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Larry A. Allen;Lynne W. Stevenson;Kathleen L. Grady;Nathan E. Goldstein

  • Lower serum sodium is associated with increased short-term mortality in hospitalized patients with worsening heart failure: results from the Outcomes of a Prospective Trial of Intravenous Milrinone for Exacerbations of Chronic Heart Failure (OPTIME-CHF) study.

    Liviu Klein;Christopher M. O'Connor;Jeffrey D. Leimberger;Wendy Gattis-Stough

  • Heart failure etiology and response to milrinone in decompensated heart failure: results from the OPTIME-CHF study.

    G.Michael Felker;Raymond L Benza;A.Bleakley Chandler;Jeffrey D Leimberger

  • Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew Js Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Magdy Abdelhamid

  • Association of Change in N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Following Initiation of Sacubitril-Valsartan Treatment With Cardiac Structure and Function in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.

    James L. Januzzi;Margaret F. Prescott;Javed Butler;G. Michael Felker

  • Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Kenneth B Margulies;Adrian F Hernandez;Margaret M Redfield;Michael M Givertz

  • Validation and potential mechanisms of red cell distribution width as a prognostic marker in heart failure.

    Larry A. Allen;G. Michael Felker;Mandeep R. Mehra;Jun R. Chiong

  • Isosorbide Mononitrate in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Margaret May Redfield;Kevin J. Anstrom;James A. Levine;Gabe A. Koepp

  • Echocardiographic findings in Fulminant and acute myocarditis

    G.Michael Felker;John P Boehmer;Ralph H Hruban;Grover M Hutchins

  • Effect of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    G. Michael Felker;Kevin J. Anstrom;Kirkwood F. Adams;Justin A. Ezekowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian F. Hernandez
Adrian F. Hernandez Duke University
John R. Teerlink
John R. Teerlink University of California, San Francisco
Marco Metra
Marco Metra University of Brescia
Adriaan A. Voors
Adriaan A. Voors University Medical Center Groningen
Javed Butler
Javed Butler University of Mississippi
Piotr Ponikowski
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
Gad Cotter
Gad Cotter Momentum Research Inc
Kirkwood F. Adams
Kirkwood F. Adams University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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