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John R. Teerlink is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. The primary field of study for their research is Medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Subfields contributing to their work include endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and economics and econometrics.

Their research centers on several main topics, including heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, diabetes treatment and management, mechanical circulatory support devices, and health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life. Potassium and related disorders also form a part of their research interests.

Frequent coauthors working alongside John R. Teerlink include:

  • G. Michael Felker
  • Marco Metra
  • Adriaan A. Voors
  • John J.V. McMurray
  • Gerasimos Filippatos

Some of the publication venues where John R. Teerlink has frequently contributed are:

  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • JACC Heart Failure
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by John R. Teerlink include:

  • "Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure" (2021, European Journal of Heart Failure)
  • "The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: a multinational randomized trial" (2022, Nature Medicine)
  • "Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure" (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America" (2023, Journal of Cardiac Failure)
  • "Effect of Empagliflozin on the Clinical Stability of Patients With Heart Failure and a Reduced Ejection Fraction" (2020, Circulation)

Best Publications

  • HFSA 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline.

    Lindenfeld J;Albert Nm;Boehmer Jp

  • Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

    C. M. O'Connor;R. C. Starling;A. F. Hernandez;P. W. Armstrong

  • Ultrafiltration versus intravenous diuretics for patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure.

    Maria Rosa Costanzo;Maya E. Guglin;Mitchell T. Saltzberg;Mariell L. Jessup

  • Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, for treatment of acute heart failure (RELAX-AHF): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    John R Teerlink;Gad Cotter;Beth A Davison;G Michael Felker

  • Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure: Endorsed by the Canadian Heart Failure Society, Heart Failure Association of India, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chinese Heart Failure Association.

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew J.S. Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Ca Magdy Abdelhamid

  • 2017 Cardiovascular and Stroke Endpoint Definitions for Clinical Trials.

    Karen A. Hicks;Kenneth W. Mahaffey;Roxana Mehran;Steven E. Nissen

  • Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibition Compared With Enalapril on the Risk of Clinical Progression in Surviving Patients With Heart Failure

    Milton Packer;John J. V. McMurray;Akshay S. Desai;Jianjian Gong

  • Warfarin and Aspirin in Patients with Heart Failure and Sinus Rhythm

    Shunichi Homma;John L.P. Thompson;Patrick M. Pullicino;Bruce Levin

  • Universal Definition and Classification of Heart Failure: A Report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure

    Biykem Bozkurt;Andrew Js Coats;Hiroyuki Tsutsui;Magdy Abdelhamid

  • Rolofylline, an Adenosine A1−Receptor Antagonist, in Acute Heart Failure

    Barry M. Massie;Christopher M. O'Connor;Marco Metra;Piotr Ponikowski

  • Cardiac myosin activation with omecamtiv mecarbil in systolic heart failure

    John R. Teerlink;Rafael Diaz;G. Michael Felker;John J.V. McMurray

  • Effect of Serelaxin on Cardiac, Renal, and Hepatic Biomarkers in the Relaxin in Acute Heart Failure (RELAX-AHF) Development Program: Correlation With Outcomes

    Marco Metra;Gad Cotter;Beth A. Davison;G. Michael Felker

  • Relaxin for the treatment of patients with acute heart failure (Pre-RELAX-AHF): a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-finding phase IIb study

    John R Teerlink;Marco Metra;G Michael Felker;Piotr Ponikowski

  • Effect of Levosimendan on the Short-Term Clinical Course of Patients With Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure

    Milton Packer;Wilson Colucci;Lloyd Fisher;Barry M. Massie

  • Mode of Death in Patients With Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction Results From the Irbesartan in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Study (I-Preserve) Trial

    Michael R. Zile;William H. Gaasch;Inder S. Anand;Markus Haass

  • The effects of the cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, on cardiac function in systolic heart failure: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover, dose-ranging phase 2 trial.

    John G. F. Cleland;John R. Teerlink;Roxy Senior;Evgeny M. Nifontov

  • Developing Therapies for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Current State and Future Directions

    Javed Butler;Gregg C. Fonarow;Michael R. Zile;Carolyn S. Lam

  • Effects of Tezosentan on Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: The VERITAS Randomized Controlled Trials

    John J V McMurray;John R. Teerlink;Gadi Cotter;Robert C. Bourge

  • Advanced (stage D) heart failure: A statement from the heart failure society of america guidelines committee

    James Chentson Fang;Gregory A. Ewald;Larry A. Allen;Javed Butler

  • Diuretic response in acute heart failure: clinical characteristics and prognostic significance

    Mattia A. E. Valente;Adriaan A. Voors;Kevin Damman;Dirk J. Van Veldhuisen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Metra
Marco Metra University of Brescia
Piotr Ponikowski
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
Adriaan A. Voors
Adriaan A. Voors University Medical Center Groningen
Gad Cotter
Gad Cotter Momentum Research Inc
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
G. Michael Felker
G. Michael Felker Duke University
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Barry H. Greenberg
Barry H. Greenberg University of California, San Diego
Michael M. Givertz
Michael M. Givertz Brigham and Women's Hospital

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