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Judy R. Kersten is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on cardiovascular and molecular biological studies.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Kersten's research covers several subfields, notably:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The scientist's primary topics of investigation include:

  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Signaling Pathways in Disease
  • Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Kersten regularly collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • John J. Schellenberg
  • Daniel Alexander Bizjak
  • L Matits
  • Shelley Baumgardt
  • Juan Fang

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Kersten include:

  • "Genetic deletion or pharmacologic inhibition of histone deacetylase 6 protects the heart against ischaemia/reperfusion injury by limiting tumour necrosis factor alpha-induced mitochondrial injury in experimental diabetes" (2024), published in Cardiovascular Research
  • "Assessment of myocardial function and cardiac performance using left ventricular global longitudinal strain in athletes after COVID-19: a follow-up study" (2023), published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • "Augmentation of Histone Deacetylase 6 Activity Impairs Mitochondrial Respiratory Complex I in Ischemic/Reperfused Diabetic Hearts" (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Left ventricular global longitudinal strain as a parameter of mild myocardial dysfunction in athletes after COVID-19" (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "No impairment of cardiac function after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection in elite athletes" (2025), published in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Best Publications

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery).

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the 2002 guid

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • Isoflurane mimics ischemic preconditioning via activation of K(ATP) channels: reduction of myocardial infarct size with an acute memory phase.

    Judy R. Kersten;Todd J. Schmeling;Paul S. Pagel;Garrett J. Gross

  • 2009 ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • 2009 ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • Isoflurane Protects against Myocardial Infarction during Early Reperfusion by Activation of Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Signal Transduction: Evidence for Anesthetic-induced Postconditioning in Rabbits

    Pascal C. Chiari;Martin W. Bienengraeber;Paul S. Pagel;John G. Krolikowski

  • Mechanisms of cardioprotection by volatile anesthetics.

    Katsuya Tanaka;Lynda M. Ludwig;Judy R. Kersten;Paul S. Pagel

  • Levosimendan, a new positive inotropic drug, decreases myocardial infarct size via activation of K(ATP) channels.

    Judy R. Kersten;Matthew W. Montgomery;Paul S. Pagel;David C. Warltier

  • Diabetes abolishes ischemic preconditioning: role of glucose, insulin, and osmolality

    Judy R. Kersten;Wolfgang G. Toller;Eric R. Gross;Paul S. Pagel

  • Acute hyperglycemia abolishes ischemic preconditioning in vivo

    Judy R. Kersten;Todd J. Schmeling;Karl G. Orth;Paul S. Pagel

  • ACC/AHA 2006 guideline update on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery: Focused update on perioperative beta-blocker therapy. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (Writing Committee to update the 2002 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery)

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • Sevoflurane reduces myocardial infarct size and decreases the time threshold for ischemic preconditioning in dogs

    Wolfgang G. Toller;Judy R. Kersten;Paul S. Pagel;Douglas A. Hettrick

  • Mechanical function of the left atrium: new insights based on analysis of pressure-volume relations and Doppler echocardiography.

    Paul S. Pagel;Franz Kehl;Meir Gare;Douglas A. Hettrick

  • Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics modeling of alterations in coronary wall shear stress produced by stent implantation.

    John F. LaDisa;Ismail Guler;Lars E. Olson;Douglas Anthony Hettrick;Douglas Anthony Hettrick

  • Approaches to the prevention of perioperative myocardial ischemia.

    David C. Warltier;Paul S. Pagel;Judy R. Kersten

  • Alterations in wall shear stress predict sites of neointimal hyperplasia after stent implantation in rabbit iliac arteries.

    John F. LaDisa;Lars E. Olson;Robert C. Molthen;Douglas Anthony Hettrick

  • Mechanism of myocardial protection by isoflurane. Role of adenosine triphosphate-regulated potassium (KATP) channels.

    Judy R. Kersten;Todd J. Schmeling;Douglas A. Hettrick;Paul S. Pagel

  • Modifying cardiovascular risk in diabetes mellitus.

    Weidong Gu;Paul S Pagel;David C Warltier;Judy R Kersten

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Warltier
David C. Warltier Medical College of Wisconsin
Paul S. Pagel
Paul S. Pagel Medical College of Wisconsin
Lee A. Fleisher
Lee A. Fleisher University of Pennsylvania
Garrett J. Gross
Garrett J. Gross Medical College of Wisconsin
Joshua A. Beckman
Joshua A. Beckman Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Barbara Riegel
Barbara Riegel University of Pennsylvania
Hugh Calkins
Hugh Calkins Johns Hopkins University
Yang Shi
Yang Shi University of Oxford
Elliott M. Antman
Elliott M. Antman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Loren F. Hiratzka
Loren F. Hiratzka Good Samaritan Hospital

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