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Harlan M. Krumholz

Harlan M. Krumholz

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Harlan M. Krumholz is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Economics and Econometrics, and Neurology.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • JAMA

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rohan Khera
  • Yuan Lu
  • César Caraballo
  • Zhenqiu Lin
  • Erica S. Spatz

Their research topics encompass:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Representative recent papers include:

  • Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-Up, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Foundation models for generalist medical artificial intelligence, 2023, Nature
  • Quality of primary health care in China: challenges and recommendations, 2020, The Lancet

Krumholz has received several awards, including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2010, membership in the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2007, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

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

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Patrick T. O'Gara;Frederick G. Kushner;Deborah D. Ascheim;Donald E. Casey

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines, and the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

    Stephan D. Fihn;Julius M. Gardin;Jonathan Abrams;Kathleen Berra

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Sidney C. Smith Jr.;Jerilyn Allen;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow

  • COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up

    Behnood Bikdeli;Mahesh V. Madhavan;David Jimenez;Taylor Chuich

  • Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.

    Aakriti Gupta;Aakriti Gupta;Mahesh V. Madhavan;Kartik Sehgal;Kartik Sehgal;Nandini Nair

  • 2009 Focused Updates: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Updating the 2004 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update) and ACC/AHA/SCAI Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Updating the 2005 Guideline and 2007 Focused Update): A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Frederick G. Kushner;Mary Hand;Sidney C. Smith;Spencer B. King

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: Executive summary: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation/american heart association task force on practice guidelines, american association for thoracic surgery, american college of radiology, american stroke association

    Loren F. Hiratzka;George L. Bakris;Joshua A. Beckman;Robert M. Bersin

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)...

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Cynthia D. Adams;Elliott M. Antman;Charles R. Bridges

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Patrick T. O'Gara;Frederick G. Kushner;Deborah D. Ascheim;Donald E. Casey

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary

    Patrick T. O'Gara;Frederick G. Kushner;Deborah D. Ascheim;Donald E. Casey

  • Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Elissa Driggin;Mahesh V. Madhavan;Behnood Bikdeli;Taylor Chuich

  • 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

  • Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials: Race-, Sex-, and Age-Based Disparities

    Vivek H. Murthy;Harlan M. Krumholz;Cary P. Gross

  • Sex-Based Differences in Early Mortality after Myocardial Infarction

    Viola Vaccarino;Lori Parsons;Nathan R. Every;Hal V. Barron

  • Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation from Medical Imaging Procedures

    Reza Fazel;Harlan M. Krumholz;Yongfei Wang;Joseph S. Ross

  • 2007 Focused update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines

    Spencer B. King;Sidney C. Smith;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • Post-hospital syndrome--an acquired, transient condition of generalized risk

    Harlan M. Krumholz

  • ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation - executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Aassociation task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (writing committee to revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients With atrial fibrillation)Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation)

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Cynthia D. Adams;Elliott M. Antman;Charles R. Bridges

  • ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices)

    Andrew E. Epstein;John P. Dimarco;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen;N. A. Mark Estes

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Spertus
John A. Spertus University of Missouri–Kansas City
Joseph S. Ross
Joseph S. Ross Yale University
Frederick A. Masoudi
Frederick A. Masoudi University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Yongfei Wang
Yongfei Wang Yale University
Martha J. Radford
Martha J. Radford New York University
Jeptha P. Curtis
Jeptha P. Curtis Yale University
Sharon-Lise T. Normand
Sharon-Lise T. Normand Harvard University
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Elizabeth H. Bradley
Elizabeth H. Bradley Vassar College
Judith H. Lichtman
Judith H. Lichtman Yale University

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