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Overview

Gervasio A. Lamas is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with 34 and 19 publications respectively. Within these, their work focuses significantly on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (16 publications), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (12 publications), Nutrition and Dietetics (7 publications), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (4 publications), and Surgery (3 publications).

Their research topics encompass areas including Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, which is addressed in 16 of their publications, as well as Trace Elements in Health (12 publications). Additional focus areas include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (8 publications), Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 publications), Climate Change and Health Impacts (6 publications), Heavy metals in environment (4 publications), and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (4 publications).

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gervasio A. Lamas include Francisco Ujueta, Ana Navas-Acién, Kevin J. Anstrom, Daniel B. Mark, and Robin Boineau.

Their work has been published across several venues, with multiple contributions to the American Heart Journal (4 publications) and the Journal of the American Heart Association (2 publications). Other frequent venues include ISEE Conference Abstracts (2 publications), Circulation (2 publications), and JAMA (1 publication).

Recent published papers include:

  • Contaminant Metals as Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2023, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Lead and Cadmium as Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Burden of Proof Has Been Met, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Low-Level Cadmium Exposure and Atherosclerosis, 2021, Current Environmental Health Reports
  • Effect of Thromboprophylaxis on Clinical Outcomes After COVID-19 Hospitalization, 2023, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • The trial to assess chelation therapy 2 (TACT2): Rationale and design, 2022, American Heart Journal

Best Publications

  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction).

    Elliott M. Antman;Daniel T. Anbe;Paul Wayne Armstrong;Eric R. Bates

  • EFFECT OF CAPTOPRIL ON MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. RESULTS OF THE SURVIVAL AND VENTRICULAR ENLARGEMENT TRIAL

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Eugene Braunwald;Lemuel A. Moyé;Lofty Basta

  • Adverse Effect of Ventricular Pacing on Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients With Normal Baseline QRS Duration in a Clinical Trial of Pacemaker Therapy for Sinus Node Dysfunction

    Michael O. Sweeney;Anne S. Hellkamp;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen;Arnold J. Greenspon

  • 2007 focused update of the ACC/AHA 2004 guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Elliott M. Antman;Mary Hand;Paul W. Armstrong;Eric R. Bates

  • Effect of captopril on progressive ventricular dilatation after anterior myocardial infarction.

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Gervasio A. Lamas;Douglas E. Vaughan;Alfred F. Parisi

  • Ventricular pacing or dual-chamber pacing for sinus-node dysfunction

    Gervasio A. Lamas;Kerry L. Lee;Michael O. Sweeney;Russell Silverman

  • 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA 2004 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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  • Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction

    Gary F. Mitchell;Gervasio A. Lamas;Marc A. Pfeffer

  • Quantitative two-dimensional echocardiographic measurements are major predictors of adverse cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction. The protective effects of captopril.

    M St John Sutton;M A Pfeffer;T Plappert;J L Rouleau

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Elliott M. Antman;Daniel T. Anbe;Paul Wayne Armstrong;Eric R. Bates

  • Coronary intervention for persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction.

    Judith S. Hochman;Gervasio A. Lamas;Christopher E. Buller;Vladimir Dzavik

  • Atrial High Rate Episodes Detected by Pacemaker Diagnostics Predict Death and Stroke Report of the Atrial Diagnostics Ancillary Study of the MOde Selection Trial (MOST)

    Taya V. Glotzer;Anne S. Hellkamp;John Zimmerman;Michael O. Sweeney

  • Clinical Significance of Mitral Regurgitation After Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Gervasio A. Lamas;Gary F. Mitchell;Greg C. Flaker;Sidney C. Smith

  • Quality of life and clinical outcomes in elderly patients treated with ventricular pacing as compared with dual-chamber pacing. Pacemaker Selection in the Elderly Investigators.

    G A Lamas;E J Orav;B S Stambler;K A Ellenbogen

  • Ventricular dysfunction and the risk of stroke after myocardial infarction

    Evan Loh;Martin St John Sutton;Chuan Chuan C Wun;Jean L. Rouleau

  • Cardiovascular death and left ventricular remodeling two years after myocardial infarction: baseline predictors and impact of long-term use of captopril: information from the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement (SAVE) trial.

    Martin St. John Sutton;Marc A. Pfeffer;Lemuel Moye;Ted Plappert

  • Right ventricular dysfunction and risk of heart failure and mortality after myocardial infarction

    Leonardo A.M. Zornoff;Hicham Skali;Marc A. Pfeffer;Martin St. John Sutton

  • A computer-derived protocol to aid in the diagnosis of emergency room patients with acute chest pain.

    Goldman L;Weinberg M;Weisberg M;Olshen R

  • Minimizing Ventricular Pacing to Reduce Atrial Fibrillation in Sinus-Node Disease

    Michael O. Sweeney;Alan J. Bank;Emmanuel Nsah;Maria Koullick

  • Effects of captopril on ischemic events after myocardial infarction. Results of the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement trial. SAVE Investigators.

    J D Rutherford;M A Pfeffer;L A Moyé;B R Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith S. Hochman
Judith S. Hochman New York University
Marc A. Pfeffer
Marc A. Pfeffer Harvard Medical School
Kerry L. Lee
Kerry L. Lee Duke University
Daniel B. Mark
Daniel B. Mark Duke University
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Witold Rużyłło
Witold Rużyłło New York University
Lemuel A. Moyé
Lemuel A. Moyé The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital
G.B. John Mancini
G.B. John Mancini University of British Columbia
Eldrin F. Lewis
Eldrin F. Lewis Stanford University

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