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Mark S. Link is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant concentration on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Other subfields in which they have contributed include Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

Their work covers several main topics, notably including:

  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Mark S. Link has coauthored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include Martin S. Maron, José A. Joglar, Michael J. Ackerman, Anita Deswal, and Christopher Madias.

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal watch
  • Circulation
  • Heart Rhythm
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Selected recent papers authored by or involving Mark S. Link include:

  • 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Part 3: Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, 2020, Circulation
  • 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2023, Circulation
  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani;Joseph A. Dearani

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

    Cynthia M. Tracy;Andrew E. Epstein;Dawood Darbar;John P. DiMarco

  • Part 8: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

    Robert W. Neumar;Charles W. Otto;Mark S. Link;Steven L. Kronick

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani

  • Part 7: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

    Mark S. Link;Lauren C. Berkow;Peter J. Kudenchuk;Henry R. Halperin

  • Part 1: Executive Summary 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

    John M. Field;Mary Fran Hazinski;Michael R. Sayre;Leon Chameides

  • Exercise and Acute Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology

    Paul D. Thompson;Barry A. Franklin;Gary J. Balady

  • Efficacy of Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillators for the Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Barry J. Maron;Win Kuang Shen;Mark S. Link;Andrew E. Epstein

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Is Predominantly a Disease of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

    Martin S. Maron;Iacopo Olivotto;Andrey G. Zenovich;Mark S. Link

  • Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete

    Domenico Corrado;Antonio Pelliccia;Hein Heidbuchel;Sanjay Sharma

  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and prevention of sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Barry J. Maron;Paolo Spirito;Win Kuang Shen;Tammy S. Haas

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani

  • Part 1: Executive Summary: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

    Robert W. Neumar;Michael Shuster;Clifton W. Callaway;Lana M. Gent

  • 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Steve R. Ommen;Seema Mital;Michael A. Burke;Sharlene M. Day

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Heart Rhythm Society

    Win Kuang Shen;Robert S. Sheldon;David G. Benditt;Mitchell I. Cohen

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update of the 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Cynthia M. Tracy;Andrew E. Epstein;Dawood Darbar;John P. DiMarco

  • 2019 HRS expert consensus statement on evaluation, risk stratification, and management of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

    Jeffrey A. Towbin;William J. McKenna;Dominic J. Abrams;Michael J. Ackerman

  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for Prevention of Sudden Death in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia

    Domenico Corrado;Loira Leoni;Mark S. Link;Paolo Della Bella

  • Part 8: Advanced Life Support: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations

    Laurie J. Morrison;Charles D. Deakin;Peter T. Morley;Peter T. Morley;Clifton W. Callaway

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani

Frequent Co-Authors

N.A. Mark Estes
N.A. Mark Estes Tufts Medical Center
Paul J. Wang
Paul J. Wang Stanford University
Barry J. Maron
Barry J. Maron University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Martin S. Maron
Martin S. Maron Tufts University
Douglas W. Dockery
Douglas W. Dockery Harvard University
Murray A. Mittleman
Murray A. Mittleman Harvard University
Diane R. Gold
Diane R. Gold Harvard University
James E. Udelson
James E. Udelson Tufts Medical Center
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Francine Laden
Francine Laden Harvard University

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