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James A. de Lemos is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their work is concentrated primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research portfolio includes over 505 publications, with 212 of these specifically related to cardiology and cardiovascular studies.

The scientist's research covers several subfields and main topics, including:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Oncology

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

De Lemos's frequent publication venues include some of the leading journals in cardiovascular and medical research such as:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • JAMA Cardiology

They have collaborated extensively with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Christie M. Ballantyne
  • Colby Ayers
  • Jarett D. Berry
  • Vijay Nambi
  • Ambarish Pandey

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by James A. de Lemos include:

  • "Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality" (2023), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19" (2020), published in Circulation
  • "2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines" (2025), published in Circulation
  • "Myocarditis Temporally Associated With COVID-19 Vaccination" (2021), published in Circulation
  • "Prevalence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis" (2022), published in Circulation

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • The prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

    James A. de Lemos;David A. Morrow;Jane H. Bentley;Torbjørn Omland

  • TIMI risk score for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A convenient, bedside, clinical score for risk assessment at presentation: An intravenous nPA for treatment of infarcting myocardium early II trial substudy.

    David A. Morrow;Elliott M. Antman;Andrew Charlesworth;Richard Cairns

  • Early Intensive vs a Delayed Conservative Simvastatin Strategy in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Phase Z of the A to Z Trial

    James A de Lemos;Michael A. Blazing;Stephen D. Wiviott;Eldrin F. Lewis

  • Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy A Meta-analysis

    David Preiss;Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai;Paul Welsh;Sabina A. Murphy

  • B-type natriuretic peptide in cardiovascular disease

    James A de Lemos;Darren K McGuire;Mark H Drazner

  • HDL Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Incident Cardiovascular Events

    Anand K Rohatgi;Amit Khera;Jarett D Berry;Edward G. Givens

  • Association of Troponin T Detected With a Highly Sensitive Assay and Cardiac Structure and Mortality Risk in the General Population

    James A de Lemos;Mark H Drazner;Torbjorn Omland;Colby R. Ayers

  • A Sensitive Cardiac Troponin T Assay in Stable Coronary Artery Disease

    Torbjørn Omland;James A de Lemos;Marc S. Sabatine;Costas A. Christophi

  • Multimarker Approach to Risk Stratification in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Simultaneous Assessment of Troponin I, C-Reactive Protein, and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide

    Marc S. Sabatine;David A. Morrow;James A. de Lemos;C. Michael Gibson

  • Race and gender differences in C-reactive protein levels.

    Amit Khera;Darren K. McGuire;Sabina A. Murphy;Harold G. Stanek

  • Cardiac Troponin T Measured by a Highly Sensitive Assay Predicts Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

    Justin T. Saunders;Justin T. Saunders;Vijay Nambi;James A. de Lemos;Lloyd E. Chambless

  • Association of serial measures of cardiac troponin T using a sensitive assay with incident heart failure and cardiovascular mortality in older adults

    Christopher R. deFilippi;James A. de Lemos;Robert H. Christenson;John S. Gottdiener

  • 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: developed in collaboration with the American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

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

  • Dysfunctional Adiposity and the Risk of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Adults

    Ian J. Neeland;Aslan T. Turer;Colby R. Ayers;Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley

  • 2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;James C. Blankenship;Steven R. Bailey

  • Management of cocaine-associated chest pain and myocardial infarction: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology.

    James McCord;Hani Jneid;Judd E. Hollander;James A. de Lemos

  • Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy

    David Preiss;Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally;Paul Welsh;Sabina A. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

Amit Khera
Amit Khera Harvard University
Darren K. McGuire
Darren K. McGuire The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
David A. Morrow
David A. Morrow Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Mark H. Drazner
Mark H. Drazner The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Christopher P. Cannon
Christopher P. Cannon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sabina A. Murphy
Sabina A. Murphy Brigham and Women's Hospital
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Marc S. Sabatine
Marc S. Sabatine Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elliott M. Antman
Elliott M. Antman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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