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Nanette K. Wenger

Nanette K. Wenger

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2000 - Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, American Medical Women's Association

Overview

Nanette K. Wenger is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans a total of 145 publications in Medicine, including 85 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, alongside work in Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Sex and Gender in Healthcare
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Wenger are:

  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2023, European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care
  • Reducing the Clinical and Public Health Burden of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Hypertension During Pregnancy, 2020, Current Hypertension Reports
  • Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients 75 Years and Older, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wenger include:

  • Radmila Lyubarova
  • Michael D. Shapiro
  • Annabelle Santos Volgman
  • C. Noel Bairey Merz
  • Harmony R. Reynolds

The scientist's work is notably published in the following venues:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • JACC Advances
  • Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Nanette K. Wenger was awarded the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal by the American Medical Women's Association in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease.

    John C. LaRosa;Scott M Grundy;David D. Waters;Charles Shear

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Ezra A. Amsterdam;Nanette K. Wenger;Ralph G. Brindis;Donald E. Casey

  • Exercise and Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease A Statement From the Council on Clinical Cardiology (Subcommittee on Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Prevention) and the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism (Subcommittee on Physical Activity)

    Paul D. Thompson;David Buchner;Ileana L. Piña;Gary J. Balady

  • Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women-2011 update: A Guideline from the American Heart Association

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)...

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Cynthia D. Adams;Elliott M. Antman;Charles R. Bridges

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Fifteen year mortality in Coronary Drug Project patients: Long-term benefit with niacin

    Paul L. Canner;Kenneth G. Berge;Nanette K. Wenger;Jeremiah Stamler

  • Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes During 6.8 Years of Hormone Therapy: Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study Follow-up (HERS II)

    Stephen Hulley;Curt Furberg;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

    Shaul G. Massry;Jack W. Coburn;Glenn M. Chertow;Keith Hruska

  • Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

    Lori Mosca;Lawrence J. Appel;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA focused update of the guideline for the management of patients with unstable angina/non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (updating the 2007 guideline and replacing the 2011 focused update): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Hani Jneid;Jeffrey L. Anderson;R. Scott Wright;Cynthia D. Adams

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Executive Summary

    Ezra A. Amsterdam;Nanette K. Wenger;Ralph G. Brindis;Donald E. Casey

  • Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 Update

    Lori Mosca;Carole L. Banka;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Assessment of Quality of Life in Clinical Trials of Cardiovascular Therapies

    Nanette K. Wenger;Margaret E. Mattson;Curt D. Furberg;Jack Elinson

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Ezra A. Amsterdam;Nanette K. Wenger;Ralph G. Brindis;Donald E. Casey

  • 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

  • Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation - executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Aassociation task force on practice guidelines and the European society of cardiology committee for practice guidelines (writing committee to revise the 2001 guidelines for the management of patients With atrial fibrillation)Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation)

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Cynthia D. Adams;Elliott M. Antman;Charles R. Bridges

  • Intensive Lipid Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients With Stable Coronary Disease

    J.C. LaRosa;S.M. Grundy;D.D. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Weber
Michael A. Weber SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Vera Bittner
Vera Bittner University of Alabama at Birmingham
C. Noel Bairey Merz
C. Noel Bairey Merz Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eric D. Peterson
Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Prakash Deedwania
Prakash Deedwania United States Department of Veterans Affairs
David D. Waters
David D. Waters University of California, San Francisco
John J.P. Kastelein
John J.P. Kastelein University of Amsterdam
Viola Vaccarino
Viola Vaccarino Emory University
David M. Herrington
David M. Herrington Wake Forest University

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