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Gary Gerstenblith is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States, with a research focus predominantly in the field of Medicine. Within this broad area, their work extensively covers subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Physiology.

The scientist's research spans multiple key topics, including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • HIV-related Health Complications and Treatments
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging

Gerstenblith has contributed papers to a variety of peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Some of the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Gerstenblith are:

  • Sarcopenia and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2023, Circulation
  • Interventions for Frailty Among Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Frailty and cardiovascular outcomes in the National Health and Aging Trends Study, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Effect of Evolocumab on Atherogenic Lipoproteins During the Peri- and Early Postinfarction Period, 2020, Circulation
  • Exercise intolerance and rapid skeletal muscle energetic decline in human age-associated frailty, 2020, JCI Insight

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors being Thorsten M. Leucker, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Josef Coresh, Tarek Harb, and Roger S. Blumenthal.

In addition to journal publications, Gerstenblith has contributed to book publications, including the work titled Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly, published by Humana Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Neurohumoral Features of Myocardial Stunning Due to Sudden Emotional Stress

    Ilan S. Wittstein;David R. Thiemann;Joao A.C. Lima;Kenneth L. Baughman

  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial

    Raj R Makkar;Rachel R Smith;Ke Cheng;Konstantinos Malliaras

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Study of Intravenous Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Prochymal) After Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Joshua M. Hare;Jay H. Traverse;Timothy D. Henry;Nabil Dib

  • Comparison of allogeneic vs autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells delivered by transendocardial injection in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: The POSEIDON randomized trial

    Joshua M. Hare;Joel E. Fishman;Gary Gerstenblith;Darcy L. DiFede Velazquez

  • A Polymorphism of a Platelet Glycoprotein Receptor as an Inherited Risk Factor for Coronary Thrombosis

    Ethan J. Weiss;Paul F. Bray;Matthew Tayback;Steven P. Schulman

  • Noncardiac comorbidity increases preventable hospitalizations and mortality among medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure

    Joel B Braunstein;Gerard F Anderson;Gary Gerstenblith;Wendy Weller

  • Infarct tissue heterogeneity by magnetic resonance imaging identifies enhanced cardiac arrhythmia susceptibility in patients with left ventricular dysfunction.

    André Schmidt;Clerio F. Azevedo;Alan Cheng;Sandeep N. Gupta

  • Exercise cardiac output is maintained with advancing age in healthy human subjects: cardiac dilatation and increased stroke volume compensate for a diminished heart rate.

    R J Rodeheffer;G Gerstenblith;L C Becker;J L Fleg

  • Silent ischemia as a marker for early unfavorable outcomes in patients with unstable angina.

    S O Gottlieb;M L Weisfeldt;P Ouyang;E D Mellits

  • Relative Roles of Direct Regeneration Versus Paracrine Effects of Human Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Transplanted Into Infarcted Mice

    Isotta Chimenti;Rachel Ruckdeschel Smith;Tao Sheng Li;Gary Gerstenblith

  • Echocardiographic assessment of a normal adult aging population.

    G. Gerstenblith;J. Frederiksen;F. C.P. Yin;N. J. Fortuin

  • Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Heralds an Adverse Prognosis in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Katherine C. Wu;Robert G. Weiss;David R. Thiemann;Kakuya Kitagawa

  • Ethinyl estradiol acutely attenuates abnormal coronary vasomotor responses to acetylcholine in postmenopausal women.

    Steven E. Reis;Sean T. Gloth;Roger S. Blumenthal;Jon R. Resar

  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells after myocardial infarction: evidence of therapeutic regeneration in the final 1-year results of the CADUCEUS trial (CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction).

    Konstantinos Malliaras;Raj R. Makkar;Rachel R. Smith;Ke Cheng

  • Impact of age on the cardiovascular response to dynamic upright exercise in healthy men and women.

    J. L. Fleg;F. O'Connor;G. Gerstenblith;L. C. Becker

  • L-arginine therapy in acute myocardial infarction: the Vascular Interaction With Age in Myocardial Infarction (VINTAGE MI) randomized clinical trial.

    Steven P. Schulman;Lewis C. Becker;David A. Kass;Hunter C. Champion

  • Engraftment, Differentiation, and Functional Benefits of Autologous Cardiosphere-Derived Cells in Porcine Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Peter V. Johnston;Tetsuo Sasano;Kevin Mills;Robert Evers

  • Lack of Benefit for Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Myocardial Infarction Who Are Older Than 75 Years

    David R. Thiemann;Josef Coresh;Steven P. Schulman;Gary Gerstenblith

  • A randomized trial of the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in heart failure outpatients at high risk of hospital readmission

    Edward K Kasper;Gary Gerstenblith;Gail Hefter;Elizabeth Van Anden

  • Diminished inotropic response of aged myocardium to catecholamines.

    E. G. Lakatta;G. Gerstenblith;Charles S Angell;N. W. Shock

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward G. Lakatta
Edward G. Lakatta National Institutes of Health
Lewis C. Becker
Lewis C. Becker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Roger S. Blumenthal
Roger S. Blumenthal Johns Hopkins University
Matthias Stuber
Matthias Stuber University of Lausanne
Gordon F. Tomaselli
Gordon F. Tomaselli Johns Hopkins University
Josef Coresh
Josef Coresh New York University
Jerome L. Fleg
Jerome L. Fleg National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth Selvin
Elizabeth Selvin Johns Hopkins University
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Myron L. Weisfeldt
Myron L. Weisfeldt Johns Hopkins University

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