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Robert C. Bourge is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of cardiology, pulmonary medicine, and related biomedical engineering fields.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics that include heart failure treatment, pulmonary hypertension, and hemodynamic monitoring. Notable papers include:

  • Lower Rates of Heart Failure and All-Cause Hospitalizations During Pulmonary Artery Pressure-Guided Therapy for Ambulatory Heart Failure, 2020, Circulation Heart Failure
  • Aggressive Afterload Lowering to Improve the Right Ventricle: A New Target for Medical Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?, 2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Remote Hemodynamic-Guided Therapy of Patients With Recurrent Heart Failure Following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Sustained Reduction in Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Hospitalizations During 2 Years of Ambulatory Monitoring, 2022, Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Delphi consensus recommendation for optimization of pulmonary hypertension therapy focusing on switching from a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor to riociguat, 2022, Pulmonary Circulation

The work spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Medicine

More specific subfields represented in their research are:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

Key research topics addressed include:

  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring

Bourge collaborates frequently with several coauthors. Regular collaborators include Lynne W. Stevenson, Lisa Rathman, J. Thomas Heywood, John Henderson, and Marie-Elena Brett.

Their publications appear in a range of specialized journals, including:

  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • Circulation Heart Failure
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • A Comparison of Continuous Intravenous Epoprostenol (Prostacyclin) with Conventional Therapy for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

    Robyn J. Barst;Lewis J. Rubin;Walker A. Long;Michael D. McGoon

  • Continuous subcutaneous infusion of treprostinil, a prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

    Gerald Simonneau;Robyn J. Barst;Nazzareno Galie;Robert Naeije

  • Wireless pulmonary artery haemodynamic monitoring in chronic heart failure: a randomised controlled trial

    William T Abraham;Philip B Adamson;Robert C Bourge;Mark F Aaron

  • Continuous intravenous epoprostenol for pulmonary hypertension due to the scleroderma spectrum of disease. A randomized, controlled trial.

    David B. Badesch;Victor F. Tapson;Michael D. McGoon;Bruce H. Brundage

  • Short-term intravenous milrinone for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

    Michael S. Cuffe;Robert M. Califf;Kirkwood F. Adams;Raymond Benza

  • Intravenous nesiritide, a natriuretic peptide, in the treatment of decompensated congestive heart failure. Nesiritide Study Group.

    W S Colucci;U Elkayam;D P Horton;W T Abraham

  • A randomized active-controlled trial of mycophenolate mofetil in heart transplant recipients. Mycophenolate Mofetil Investigators.

    Jon Kobashigawa;Leslie Miller;Dale Renlund;Robert Mentzer

  • A Dose-Dependent Increase in Mortality with Vesnarinone Among Patients with Severe Heart Failure

    Jay N. Cohn;Sidney O. Goldstein;Barry H. Greenberg;Beverly H. Lorell

  • Consensus recommendations for the management of chronic heart failure: Introduction

    Milton Packer;Jay N. Cohn;William T. Abraham;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Heart transplant coronary artery disease detected by coronary angiography: A multiinstitutional study of preoperative donor and recipient risk factors

    M. R. Costanzo;D. C. Naftel;Marc R Pritzker;J. K. Heilman

  • Transition from chronic compensated to acute decompensated heart failure: pathophysiological insights obtained from continuous monitoring of intracardiac pressures.

    Michael R. Zile;Tom D. Bennett;Martin St. John Sutton;Yong K. Cho

  • Sustained efficacy of pulmonary artery pressure to guide adjustment of chronic heart failure therapy: complete follow-up results from the CHAMPION randomised trial

    William T Abraham;Lynne W Stevenson;Robert C Bourge;Jo Ann Lindenfeld

  • Selection and Treatment of Candidates for Heart Transplantation A Statement for Health Professionals From the Committee on Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association

    Maria Rosa Costanzo;Sharon Augustine;Robert Bourge;Michael Bristow

  • Imatinib Mesylate as Add-On Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Results of the Randomized IMPRES Study

    Marius M. Hoeper;Robyn J. Barst;Robert C. Bourge;Jeremy Feldman

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of an Implantable Continuous Hemodynamic Monitor in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: The COMPASS-HF Study

    Robert C. Bourge;William T. Abraham;Philip B. Adamson;Mark F. Aaron

  • Heart failure, chronic diuretic use, and increase in mortality and hospitalization: an observational study using propensity score methods

    Ali Ahmed;Ahsan Husain;Thomas E. Love;Giovanni Gambassi

  • Pretransplantation risk factors for death after heart transplantation: a multiinstitutional study. The Transplant Cardiologists Research Database Group.

    Bourge Rc;Naftel Dc;Costanzo-Nordin Mr;Kirklin Jk

  • Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring Guides Management to Reduce Decompensation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Philip B. Adamson;William T. Abraham;Robert C. Bourge;Maria Rosa Costanzo

  • BG9719 (CVT-124), an A1 adenosine receptor antagonist, protects against the decline in renal function observed with diuretic therapy

    Stephen S. Gottlieb;D. Craig Brater;Ignatius Thomas;Edward Havranek

  • Effects of long-term infusion of prostacyclin (epoprostenol) on echocardiographic measures of right ventricular structure and function in primary pulmonary hypertension

    A. L. Hinderliter;P. W. Willis;R. J. Barst;S. Rich

Frequent Co-Authors

William T. Abraham
William T. Abraham The Ohio State University
David C. Naftel
David C. Naftel University of Alabama at Birmingham
James K. Kirklin
James K. Kirklin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lynne W. Stevenson
Lynne W. Stevenson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Michael R. Zile
Michael R. Zile Medical University of South Carolina
James B. Young
James B. Young Cleveland Clinic
Leslie W. Miller
Leslie W. Miller Leonhardt Ventures
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Victor F. Tapson
Victor F. Tapson Duke University

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