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Raymond J. Kim is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and specializes in Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their primary research areas include cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiovascular function and risk factors, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering. This multidisciplinary expertise underpins a broad approach to cardiovascular research and related diagnostic technologies.

Raymond J. Kim has contributed to multiple recent papers published in notable academic journals. Selected publications include:

  • Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocols: 2020 update (2020, Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance)
  • Standardized image interpretation and post-processing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance - 2020 update (2020, Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance)
  • Patients With Acute Myocarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination (2021, JAMA Cardiology)
  • Relationship of LVEF and Myocardial Scar to Long-Term Mortality Risk and Mode of Death in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy (2021, Circulation)
  • Effects of Elamipretide on Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The PROGRESS-HF Phase 2 Trial (2020, Journal of Cardiac Failure)

Frequent coauthors with Raymond J. Kim include:

  • Michele Parker
  • Robert M. Judd
  • Han W. Kim
  • Dipan J. Shah
  • Yodying Kaolawanich

The scientist's publications appear mostly in leading cardiovascular and imaging journals, highlighting their research focus. These venues include:

  • Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation

Raymond J. Kim's main topics of work encompass:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Best Publications

  • The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction.

    Raymond J. Kim;Edwin Wu;Allen Rafael;Enn Ling Chen

  • Relationship of MRI delayed contrast enhancement to irreversible injury, infarct age, and contractile function.

    Raymond J. Kim;David S. Fieno;Todd B. Parrish;Kathleen Harris

  • ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 Appropriateness Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

    Robert C. Hendel;Manesh R. Patel;Christopher M. Kramer;Michael Poon

  • Standardized image interpretation and post processing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Board of Trustees Task Force on Standardized Post Processing

    Jeanette Schulz-Menger;David A Bluemke;Jens Bremerich;Scott D Flamm

  • An Improved MR Imaging Technique for the Visualization of Myocardial Infarction

    O. P. Simonetti;R. J. Kim;D. S. Fieno;H. B. Hillenbrand

  • Contrast-enhanced MRI and routine single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) perfusion imaging for detection of subendocardial myocardial infarcts: an imaging study

    Anja Wagner;Anja Wagner;Heiko Mahrholdt;Heiko Mahrholdt;Thomas A Holly;Michael D Elliott

  • Effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition on exercise capacity and clinical status in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A randomized clinical trial

    Margaret M. Redfield;Horng H. Chen;Barry A. Borlaug;Marc J. Semigran

  • Delayed enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies

    Heiko Mahrholdt;Anja Wagner;Robert M. Judd;Udo Sechtem

  • Visualisation of presence, location, and transmural extent of healed Q-wave and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction.

    Edwin Wu;Robert M Judd;John D Vargas;Francis J Klocke

  • Myocardial Gd-DTPA Kinetics Determine MRI Contrast Enhancement and Reflect the Extent and Severity of Myocardial Injury After Acute Reperfused Infarction

    Raymond J. Kim;Enn-Ling Chen;Joa˜o A.C. Lima;Robert M. Judd

  • Transmural Extent of Acute Myocardial Infarction Predicts Long-Term Improvement in Contractile Function

    Kelly M. Choi;Raymond J. Kim;George Gubernikoff;John D. Vargas

  • SIRT6 regulates TNF-α secretion through hydrolysis of long-chain fatty acyl lysine

    Hong Jiang;Saba Khan;Yi Wang;Guillaume Charron

  • Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocols: 2020 update

    Christopher M. Kramer;Jörg Barkhausen;Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci;Scott D. Flamm

  • Myocardial scarring in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Lubna Choudhury;Heiko Mahrholdt;Anja Wagner;Kelly M. Choi

  • Detection of Myocardial Damage in Patients With Sarcoidosis

    Manesh R. Patel;Peter J. Cawley;John F. Heitner;Igor Klem

  • Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) protocols 2013 update

    Christopher M Kramer;Jörg Barkhausen;Scott D Flamm;Raymond J Kim

  • Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of myocardium at risk ☆: Distinction between reversible and irreversible injury throughout infarct healing

    David S. Fieno;Raymond J. Kim;Enn Ling Chen;Jon W. Lomasney

  • Standardized cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocols, society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance: board of trustees task force on standardized protocols

    Christopher M Kramer;Jorg Barkhausen;Scott D Flamm;Raymond J Kim

  • Visualization of Discrete Microinfarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Associated With Mild Creatine Kinase-MB Elevation

    Mark J. Ricciardi;Edwin Wu;Charles J. Davidson;Kelly M. Choi

  • Standardized image interpretation and post-processing in cardiovascular magnetic resonance - 2020 update

    Jeanette Schulz-Menger;David A. Bluemke;Jens Bremerich;Scott D. Flamm

Frequent Co-Authors

Manesh R. Patel
Manesh R. Patel Duke University
Robert O. Bonow
Robert O. Bonow Northwestern University
Christopher M. Kramer
Christopher M. Kramer University of Virginia Health System
Mihai Gheorghiade
Mihai Gheorghiade Northwestern University
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
Udo Sechtem
Udo Sechtem Robert Bosch (Germany)
Eike Nagel
Eike Nagel Goethe University Frankfurt
Javed Butler
Javed Butler University of Mississippi
Matthias G. Friedrich
Matthias G. Friedrich McGill University
Dudley J. Pennell
Dudley J. Pennell National Institutes of Health

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