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Overview

William C. Roberts is affiliated with Baylor University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies

William C. Roberts has published extensively, contributing to several prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
  • Cardiovascular Pathology
  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Recent papers highlight the focus on congenital cardiac anomalies and cardiomyopathies. Notable works include:

  • "International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes" (2021), European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • "International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes" (2021), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Ventricular Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Analysis Spanning 60 Years Of Practice): AJC Expert Panel" (2022), The American Journal of Cardiology
  • "International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research Purposes" (2021), The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • "LAMP2 Cardiomyopathy: Consequences of Impaired Autophagy in the Heart" (2021), Journal of the American Heart Association

William C. Roberts frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their recurrent co-authors include:

  • Victoria Delgado
  • Jeroen J. Bax
  • Shelley Hall
  • Jeffrey Schussler
  • Peter A. McCullough

Best Publications

  • Sudden death in young competitive athletes. Clinical, demographic, and pathological profiles.

    Barry J. Maron;Jamshid Shirani;Liviu C. Poliac;Robert Mathenge

  • The congenitally bicuspid aortic valve. A study of 85 autopsy cases.

    William C. Roberts

  • Frequency by Decades of Unicuspid, Bicuspid, and Tricuspid Aortic Valves in Adults Having Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis, With or Without Associated Aortic Regurgitation

    William C. Roberts;Jong M. Ko

  • Sudden death in young athletes.

    B J Maron;W C Roberts;H A McAllister;D R Rosing

  • NIH conference. The idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Clinical, pathophysiologic, and therapeutic considerations.

    Anthony S. Fauci;John B. Harley;William C. Roberts;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Prevention Conference V Beyond Secondary Prevention : Identifying the High-Risk Patient for Primary Prevention : Noninvasive Tests of Atherosclerotic Burden : Writing Group III

    Philip Greenland;Jonathan Abrams;Gerard P. Aurigemma;M. Gene Bond

  • Sarcoidosis of the heart. A clinicopathologic study of 35 necropsy patients (group 1) and review of 78 previously described necropsy patients (group 11).

    William C. Roberts;Hugh A. McAllister;Victor J. Ferrans

  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Clinical, Histologic, Radiographic, Physiologic, Scintigraphic, Cytologic, and Biochemical Aspects

    Ronald G. Crystal;Jack D. Fulmer;William C. Roberts;Morton L. Moss

  • Intramural ("small vessel") coronary artery disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Barry J. Maron;James K. Wolfson;Stephen E. Epstein;William C. Roberts

  • The heart in systemic lupus erythematosus and the changes induced in it by corticosteroid therapy: A study of 36 necropsy patients

    Bernadine H. Bulkley;William C. Roberts

  • The American Journal of Cardiology and Journal of Periodontology Editors' Consensus: periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

    Vincent E. Friedewald;Kenneth S. Kornman;James D. Beck;Robert Genco

  • Coronary artery narrowing in coronary heart disease: comparison of cineangiographic and necropsy findings.

    Ernest N. Arnett;Jeffrey M. Isner;David R. Redwood;Kenneth M. Kent

  • Coronary artery imaging with intravascular high-frequency ultrasound.

    Benjamin N. Potkin;Antonio L. Bartorelli;James M. Gessert;Richard F. Neville

  • Analysis of cellular and protein content of broncho-alveolar lavage fluid from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

    H Y Reynolds;J D Fulmer;J A Kazmierowski;W C Roberts

  • Causes of sudden death in competitive athletes.

    Barry J. Maron;Stephen E. Epstein;William C. Roberts

  • Major anomalies of coronary arterial origin seen in adulthood.

    William C. Roberts

  • Aortic dissection: Anatomy, consequences, and causes

    William C Roberts

  • Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a profile of 78 patients.

    B J Maron;W C Roberts;S E Epstein

  • Iron in the heart. Etiology and clinical significance

    L.Maximilian Buja;William C. Roberts

  • Right ventricular infarction complicating left ventricular infarction secondary to coronary heart disease. Frequency, location, associated findings and significance from analysis of 236 necropsy patients with acute or healed myocardial infarction.

    Jeffrey M. Isner;William C. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry J. Maron
Barry J. Maron University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Paul A. Grayburn
Paul A. Grayburn Baylor University Medical Center
Andrew G. Morrow
Andrew G. Morrow National Institutes of Health
Victor J. Ferrans
Victor J. Ferrans National Institutes of Health
Clyde W. Yancy
Clyde W. Yancy Northwestern University
Jeffrey M. Isner
Jeffrey M. Isner Tufts University
Renu Virmani
Renu Virmani CVPath Institute
Ronald G. Crystal
Ronald G. Crystal Cornell University
Carole A. Warnes
Carole A. Warnes Mayo Clinic
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School

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