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Hunter C. Champion

Hunter C. Champion

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
35563
World Ranking
10794
National Ranking
5553

Overview

Hunter C. Champion is affiliated with Mercer University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of medicine. Their research work spans several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, epidemiology, and statistics and probability.

The scientist's main research topics focus on pulmonary hypertension research and treatments, renin-angiotensin system studies, heart failure treatment and management, neuroendocrine tumor research advances, statistical methods in clinical trials, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, and cardiovascular issues in pregnancy.

Recent publications by Hunter C. Champion include:

  • Combination Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Targeting the Nitric Oxide and Prostacyclin Pathways, 2021, Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Reprise pondérale excessive après un an de traitement médical de la maladie de Basedow, 2020, Annales d Endocrinologie
  • Effect of a short course of parenteral treprostinil therapy on right heart structure and function in pulmonary arterial hypertension, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • 3-Month Post-operative increase in FGF21 is predictive of one-year weight loss after Bariatric surgery, 2023, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • Pulmonary Arterial Compliance and the FREEDOM-EV study, 2025, Video Journal of Biomedicine

Hunter C. Champion has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Stacy Mandras, Gábor Kovács, Horst Olschewski, Meredith Broderick, and Andrew C. Nelsen.

The scientist's work has appeared in a variety of publication venues such as the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Annales d Endocrinologie, European Heart Journal, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, and Video Journal of Biomedicine.

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

  • Diagnosis and Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    David B. Badesch;Hunter C. Champion;Miguel Angel Gomez Sanchez;Marius M. Hoeper

  • Tricuspid annular displacement predicts survival in pulmonary hypertension.

    Paul R. Forfia;Micah R. Fisher;Stephen C. Mathai;Traci Housten-Harris

  • Accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in the hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary hypertension.

    Micah R. Fisher;Paul R. Forfia;Paul R. Forfia;Elzbieta Chamera;Traci Housten-Harris

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

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

  • Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases.

    Jean-Luc Vachiery;Yochai Adir;Joan Albert Barberà;Hunter C. Champion

  • Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung diseases

    Werner Seeger;Werner Seeger;Yochai Adir;Joan Albert Barberà;Hunter Champion

  • Awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of depression.

    Larry S. Goldman;Nancy H. Nielsen;Hunter C. Champion

  • Arginase Reciprocally Regulates Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity and Contributes to Endothelial Dysfunction in Aging Blood Vessels

    Dan E. Berkowitz;Ron White;Dechun Li;Khalid M. Minhas

  • Comprehensive Invasive and Noninvasive Approach to the Right Ventricle–Pulmonary Circulation Unit State of the Art and Clinical and Research Implications

    Hunter C. Champion;Evangelos D. Michelakis;Evangelos D. Michelakis;Paul M. Hassoun

  • Oxidant stress from nitric oxide synthase-3 uncoupling stimulates cardiac pathologic remodeling from chronic pressure load.

    Eiki Takimoto;Hunter C. Champion;Manxiang Li;Shuxun Ren

  • 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

  • Stress Cardiomyopathy After Intravenous Administration of Catecholamines and Beta-Receptor Agonists

    Jacob Abraham;James O Mudd;Navin K Kapur;Kelly Klein

  • Clinical differences between idiopathic and scleroderma-related pulmonary hypertension

    Micah R. Fisher;Stephen C. Mathai;Hunter C. Champion;Reda E. Girgis

  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension The Clinical Syndrome

    Yen-Chun Lai;Karin C. Potoka;Hunter C. Champion;Ana L. Mora

  • Positive inotropic and lusitropic effects of HNO/NO− in failing hearts: Independence from β-adrenergic signaling

    Nazareno Paolocci;Tatsuo Katori;Hunter C. Champion;Marcus E. St. John

  • RhoA/Rho-kinase suppresses endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the penis: A mechanism for diabetes-associated erectile dysfunction

    Trinity J. Bivalacqua;Hunter C. Champion;Mustafa F. Usta;Selim Cellek

  • Targeting Nrf2 with the triterpenoid CDDO-imidazolide attenuates cigarette smoke-induced emphysema and cardiac dysfunction in mice.

    Thomas E. Sussan;Tirumalai Rangasamy;Tirumalai Rangasamy;David J. Blake;Deepti Malhotra

  • Cavernous neurotomy causes hypoxia and fibrosis in rat corpus cavernosum.

    Somboon Leungwattanakij;Trinity J. Bivalacqua;Mustafa F. Usta;Dae Yul Yang

  • Endothelial dysfunction in erectile dysfunction: role of the endothelium in erectile physiology and disease.

    Trinity J. Bivalacqua;Mustafa F. Usta;Hunter C. Champion;Philip J. Kadowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Kass
David A. Kass Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Wayne J.G. Hellstrom
Wayne J.G. Hellstrom Tulane University
Arthur L. Burnett
Arthur L. Burnett Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul M. Hassoun
Paul M. Hassoun Johns Hopkins University
David H. Coy
David H. Coy Tulane University
Joshua M. Hare
Joshua M. Hare University of Miami
Abba J. Kastin
Abba J. Kastin Louisiana State University
James E. Zadina
James E. Zadina Tulane University
Mark T. Gladwin
Mark T. Gladwin University of Pittsburgh
Rubin M. Tuder
Rubin M. Tuder University of Colorado Denver

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