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Loren F. Hiratzka is affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine, with particular attention to pulmonary and respiratory medicine as well as surgical fields.

The scientist's work prominently addresses topics related to aortic diseases and treatment approaches. Specific areas of study include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions

Their publication record includes research published in the journal Aorta, where they have contributed at least one paper. This paper is titled "Ascending Aortic Aneurysms <4.5 cm for Nonsyndromic Adults: Very Slow Growth and Low Risk" and was published in 2022. This work has received citations within the academic community.

Loren F. Hiratzka collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include Tiffany Hanlon and Katherine Vorpe, each of whom has coauthored at least one paper with them.

Best Publications

  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Executive summary and recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines (committee on the management of patients with unstable angina)

    Eugene Braunwald;Elliott M. Antman;John W. Beasley;Robert M. Califf

  • 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

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic)

    Alan T. Hirsch;Ziv J. Haskal;Norman R. Hertzer;Curtis W. Bakal

  • ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline Update for Exercise Testing: Summary Article A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1997 Exercise Testing Guidelines)

    Raymond J. Gibbons;Gary J. Balady;J. Timothy Bricker;Bernard R. Chaitman

  • 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): Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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

  • 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

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

  • 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 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)

    Sharon A Hunt;David W Baker;Marshall H Chin;Michael P Cinquegrani

  • ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography).

    Melvin D Cheitlin;William F Armstrong;Gerard P Aurigemma;George A Beller

  • ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with chronic stable angina--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina)

    Raymond J. Gibbons;Jonathan Abrams;Kanu Chatterjee;Jennifer Daley

  • ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities

    Andrew E. Epstein;John P. DiMarco;Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

  • ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery—Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

    Kim A. Eagle;Peter B. Berger;Hugh Calkins;Bernard R. Chaitman

  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).

    Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • 1999 update: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction)

    Thomas J. Ryan;Elliott M. Antman;Neil H. Brooks;Robert M. Califf

  • AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update A Guideline From the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation

    Sidney C. Smith;Emelia J. Benjamin;Robert O. Bonow;Lynne T. Braun

  • ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease)

    Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello;Kanu Chatterjee;Antonio C. de Leon

  • ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction—summary article

    Eugene Braunwald;Elliott M Antman;John W Beasley;Robert M Califf

  • 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 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice K. Jacobs
Alice K. Jacobs Boston University
Sidney C. Smith
Sidney C. Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David P. Faxon
David P. Faxon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elliott M. Antman
Elliott M. Antman Brigham and Women's Hospital
Valentin Fuster
Valentin Fuster Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sharon A. Hunt
Sharon A. Hunt Stanford University
Jonathan L. Halperin
Jonathan L. Halperin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joseph S. Alpert
Joseph S. Alpert University of Arizona
Barbara Riegel
Barbara Riegel University of Pennsylvania
Clyde W. Yancy
Clyde W. Yancy Northwestern University

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