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Francesca Nesta Delling, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Medicine
Address: 
555 Mission Bay Blvd South, Rm 452M
UCSF Box 3122
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

My lab’s research has focused on mitral valve prolapse or “floppy” mitral valve, and the combined use of echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and molecular genetics to better understand disease mechanisms and progression to either severe mitral regurgitation or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.

Publications: 

Inheritance of Imaging Parameters of Arrhythmic Risk in Mitral Valve Prolapse: A Pedigree Study.

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

Cristin L, Dixit S, Bibby D, Tang JJ, Fang Q, Tastet L, Rich AH, Jhawar R, Nagata Y, Higuchi S, Levine RA, Hsia HH, Tseng ZH, Schiller NB, Delling FN

Interstitial Fibrosis and Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: Unravelling Sex-Based Differences.

Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Tastet L, Dixit S, Jhawar R, Nguyen T, Al-Akchar M, Dwight Bibby R, Arya F, Cristin L, Anwar S, Higuchi S, Hsia H, Lee YJ, Delling FN

Smoking Cessation and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a Longitudinal Cohort.

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology

Teraoka JT, Tang JJ, Delling FN, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM

Ethnic Differences in Atrial Fibrillation in the United Kingdom

JACC: Advances

Frimodt-Møller EK, Tang JJ, Biering-Sørensen T, Delling FN, Jackson LR, Marcus GM.

Ethnic Differences in Atrial Fibrillation in the United Kingdom.

JACC. Advances

Frimodt-Møller EK, Tang JJ, Biering-Sørensen T, Delling FN, Jackson LR, Marcus GM

Primary Atriopathy in Mitral Valve Prolapse: Echocardiographic Evidence and Clinical Implications.

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

Tastet L, Lim LJ, Bibby D, Hu G, Cristin L, Rich AH, Jhawar R, Fang Q, Arya F, Delling FN

Mitral Annular Disjunction: An Under-Recognized Entity in Pediatrics.

JACC. Case reports

Alfares FA, Sohn JH, Lee YJ, Farrell R, Delling FN, Avasarala K, Moon-Grady AJ, Anwar S, Austin KM

Clinical Improvement With Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Repair Irrespective of Right Atrial Pressure.

JACC. Advances

Ya'Qoub L, Caughron H, Qasim A, Tolstrop K, Delling FN, Watt C, Nguyen T, Deuse T, Beygui RE, Mahadevan VS

Mechanical Dispersion Discriminates Between Arrhythmic and Nonarrhythmic Sudden Death: From the POST SCD Study.

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology

Tastet L, Ramakrishna S, Lim LJ, Bibby D, Olgin JE, Connolly AJ, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH, Delling FN

Left ventricular fibrosis in arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse: quantification and comparison of semi-automated techniques assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance.

The international journal of cardiovascular imaging

Cecere A, Cipriani A, De Lazzari M, Graziano F, Brunetti G, De Conti G, Motta R, Ravagnin A, Lorenzoni G, Gregori D, Basso C, Tona F, Lee YJ, Delling FN, Iliceto S, Marra MP

Cannabis use and incident atrial fibrillation in a longitudinal cohort.

Heart rhythm

Teraoka JT, Tang JJ, Delling FN, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM

Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome

medRxiv

Chakrabarti A, Giudicessi JR, Ezzeddine FM, Delling FN, Dixit S, Lee YJ, Muser D, Magnani S, Van Wijngaarden A, Ajmone Marsan N, Miller MA, Gandhi J, Trivieri M, Font J, Martins R, McCaffrey JA, Santangeli P, Marchlinski FE, Chapagain H, Mathew D, Kancharla K, Syed FF, Abid A, Cerbin L, Tzou WS, Garg L, Della Rocca DG, Natale A, Mohanty S, Sheldon SH, Kuo L, Haugaa KH, Aabel EW, Enriquez A, Maeda S, Deshmukh A, Ghannam M, Bogun FM, Ackerman MJ, Liang JJ.

Identifying Mitral Valve Prolapse at Risk for Arrhythmias and Fibrosis From Electrocardiograms Using Deep Learning.

JACC. Advances

Tison GH, Abreau S, Barrios J, Lim LJ, Yang M, Crudo V, Shah DJ, Nguyen T, Hu G, Dixit S, Nah G, Arya F, Bibby D, Lee Y, Delling FN

Stroke in mitral valve prolapse: risk factors and left atrial function in cryptogenic versus non-cryptogenic ischemic subtypes.

Frontiers in neurology

Calicchio F, Lim LJ, Cross D, Bibby D, Fang Q, Meisel K, Schiller NB, Delling FN

Abnormal Mechanics Relate to Myocardial Fibrosis and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse.

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

Nagata Y, Bertrand PB, Baliyan V, Kochav J, Kagan RD, Ujka K, Alfraidi H, van Kampen A, Morningstar JE, Dal-Bianco JP, Melnitchouk S, Holmvang G, Borger MA, Moore R, Hua L, Sultana R, Calle PV, Yum B, Guerrero JL, Neilan TG, Picard MH, Kim J, Delling FN, Hung J, Norris RA, Weinsaft JW, Levine RA

Research Opportunities in the Treatment of Mitral Valve Prolapse: JACC Expert Panel.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Delling FN, Noseworthy PA, Adams DH, Basso C, Borger M, Bouatia-Naji N, Elmariah S, Evans F, Gerstenfeld E, Hung J, Le Tourneau T, Lewis J, Miller MA, Norris RA, Padala M, Perazzolo-Marra M, Shah DJ, Weinsaft JW, Enriquez-Sarano M, Levine RA

Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic loci: a new polygenic risk score for mitral valve prolapse.

European heart journal

Roselli C, Yu M, Nauffal V, Georges A, Yang Q, Love K, Weng LC, Delling FN, Maurya SR, Schrölkamp M, Tfelt-Hansen J, Hagège A, Jeunemaitre X, Debette S, Amouyel P, Guan W, Muehlschlegel JD, Body SC, Shah S, Samad Z, Kyryachenko S, Haynes C, Rienstra M, Le Tourneau T, Probst V, Roussel R, Wijdh-Den Hamer IJ, Siland JE, Knowlton KU, Jacques Schott J, Levine RA, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Horne BD, Muhlestein JB, Benfari G, Enriquez-Sarano M, Natale A, Mohanty S, Trivedi C, Shoemaker MB, Yoneda ZT, Wells QS, Baker MT, Farber-Eger E, Michelena HI, Lundby A, Norris RA, Slaugenhaupt SA, Dina C, Lubitz SA, Bouatia-Naji N, Ellinor PT, Milan DJ

Sex Differences and Similarities in Valvular Heart Disease.

Circulation research

DesJardin JT, Chikwe J, Hahn RT, Hung JW, Delling FN

Coffee Consumption and Incident Tachyarrhythmias: Reported Behavior, Mendelian Randomization, and Their Interactions.

JAMA internal medicine

Kim EJ, Hoffmann TJ, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Delling F, Marcus GM

Antemortem and Post-Mortem Characteristics of Lethal Mitral Valve Prolapse Among All Countywide Sudden Deaths.

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology

Delling FN, Aung S, Vittinghoff E, Dave S, Lim LJ, Olgin JE, Connolly A, Moffatt E, Tseng ZH

Cardiac Imaging for Risk Assessment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

Tayal B, Delling FN, Malahfji M, Shah DJ

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Virani SS, Alonso A, Aparicio HJ, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Cheng S, Delling FN, Elkind MSV, Evenson KR, Ferguson JF, Gupta DK, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Lee CD, Lewis TT, Liu J, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Ma J, Mackey J, Martin SS, Matchar DB, Mussolino ME, Navaneethan SD, Perak AM, Roth GA, Samad Z, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Shay CM, Stokes A, VanWagner LB, Wang NY, Tsao CW, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke St

Characteristics and Significance of Tricuspid Valve Prolapse in a Large Multidecade Echocardiographic Study.

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography

Lorinsky MK, Belanger MJ, Shen C, Markson LJ, Delling FN, Manning WJ, Strom JB

Long-term outcomes of ablation for ventricular arrhythmias in mitral valve prolapse.

Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing

Marano PJ, Lim LJ, Sanchez JM, Alvi R, Nah G, Badhwar N, Gerstenfeld EP, Tseng ZH, Marcus GM, Delling FN

Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Imaging.

Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal

Lim LJ, Tison GH, Delling FN

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Virani SS, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Delling FN, Djousse L, Elkind MSV, Ferguson JF, Fornage M, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Kwan TW, Lackland DT, Lewis TT, Lichtman JH, Longenecker CT, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Martin SS, Matsushita K, Moran AE, Mussolino ME, Perak AM, Rosamond WD, Roth GA, Sampson UKA, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Shay CM, Spartano NL, Stokes A, Tirschwell DL, VanWagner LB, Tsao CW, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke St

Automated and Interpretable Patient ECG Profiles for Disease Detection, Tracking, and Discovery.

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

Tison GH, Zhang J, Delling FN, Deo RC

Primary cilia defects causing mitral valve prolapse.

Science translational medicine

Toomer KA, Yu M, Fulmer D, Guo L, Moore KS, Moore R, Drayton KD, Glover J, Peterson N, Ramos-Ortiz S, Drohan A, Catching BJ, Stairley R, Wessels A, Lipschutz JH, Delling FN, Jeunemaitre X, Dina C, Collins RL, Brand H, Talkowski ME, Del Monte F, Mukherjee R, Awgulewitsch A, Body S, Hardiman G, Hazard ES, da Silveira WA, Wang B, Leyne M, Durst R, Markwald RR, Le Scouarnec S, Hagege A, Le Tourneau T, Kohl P, Rog-Zielinska EA, Ellinor PT, Levine RA, Milan DJ, Schott JJ, Bouatia-Naji N, Slaugenhaupt SA, Norris RA

Does cannabis legalisation change healthcare utilisation? A population-based study using the healthcare cost and utilisation project in Colorado, USA.

BMJ open

Delling FN, Vittinghoff E, Dewland TA, Pletcher MJ, Olgin JE, Nah G, Aschbacher K, Fang CD, Lee ES, Fan SM, Kazi DS, Marcus GM

Genome-Wide Association Study-Driven Gene-Set Analyses, Genetic, and Functional Follow-Up Suggest GLIS1 as a Susceptibility Gene for Mitral Valve Prolapse.

Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine

Yu M, Georges A, Tucker NR, Kyryachenko S, Toomer K, Schott JJ, Delling FN, Fernandez-Friera L, Solis J, Ellinor PT, Levine RA, Slaugenhaupt SA, Hagège AA, Dina C, Jeunemaitre X, Milan DJ, Norris RA, Bouatia-Naji N

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Benjamin EJ, Muntner P, Alonso A, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Das SR, Delling FN, Djousse L, Elkind MSV, Ferguson JF, Fornage M, Jordan LC, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Kwan TW, Lackland DT, Lewis TT, Lichtman JH, Longenecker CT, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Martin SS, Matsushita K, Moran AE, Mussolino ME, O'Flaherty M, Pandey A, Perak AM, Rosamond WD, Roth GA, Sampson UKA, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Spartano NL, Stokes A, Tirschwell DL, Tsao CW, Turakhia MP, VanWagner LB, Wilkins JT, Wong SS, Virani SS, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke St

Left ventricular mechanical dispersion predicts arrhythmic risk in mitral valve prolapse.

Heart (British Cardiac Society)

Ermakov S, Gulhar R, Lim L, Bibby D, Fang Q, Nah G, Abraham TP, Schiller NB, Delling FN

New insights into mitral valve dystrophy: a Filamin-A genotype-phenotype and outcome study.

European heart journal

Le Tourneau T, Le Scouarnec S, Cueff C, Bernstein D, Aalberts JJJ, Lecointe S, Mérot J, Bernstein JA, Oomen T, Dina C, Karakachoff M, Desal H, Al Habash O, Delling FN, Capoulade R, Suurmeijer AJH, Milan D, Norris RA, Markwald R, Aikawa E, Slaugenhaupt SA, Jeunemaitre X, Hagège A, Roussel JC, Trochu JN, Levine RA, Kyndt F, Probst V, Le Marec H, Schott JJ

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Benjamin EJ, Virani SS, Callaway CW, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Chiuve SE, Cushman M, Delling FN, Deo R, de Ferranti SD, Ferguson JF, Fornage M, Gillespie C, Isasi CR, Jiménez MC, Jordan LC, Judd SE, Lackland D, Lichtman JH, Lisabeth L, Liu S, Longenecker CT, Lutsey PL, Mackey JS, Matchar DB, Matsushita K, Mussolino ME, Nasir K, O'Flaherty M, Palaniappan LP, Pandey A, Pandey DK, Reeves MJ, Ritchey MD, Rodriguez CJ, Roth GA, Rosamond WD, Sampson UKA, Satou GM, Shah SH, Spartano NL, Tirschwell DL, Tsao CW, Voeks JH, Willey JZ, Wilkins JT, Wu JH, Alger HM, Wong SS, Muntner P, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke St

Incidental Statin Use and the Risk of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack after Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer.

Journal of stroke

Addison D, Lawler PR, Emami H, Janjua SA, Staziaki PV, Hallett TR, Hennessy O, Lee H, Szilveszter B, Lu M, Mousavi N, Nayor MG, Delling FN, Romero JM, Wirth LJ, Chan AW, Hoffmann U, Neilan TG

Mitral Valve Prolapse: Multimodality Imaging and Genetic Insights.

Progress in cardiovascular diseases

Parwani P, Avierinos JF, Levine RA, Delling FN

Heritability of Mitral Regurgitation: Observations From the Framingham Heart Study and Swedish Population.

Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics

Delling FN, Li X, Li S, Yang Q, Xanthakis V, Martinsson A, Andell P, Lehman BT, Osypiuk EW, Stantchev P, Zöller B, Benjamin EJ, Sundquist K, Vasan RS, Smith JG

Clinical performance of high-resolution late gadolinium enhancement imaging with compressed sensing.

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI

Basha TA, Akçakaya M, Liew C, Tsao CW, Delling FN, Addae G, Ngo L, Manning WJ, Nezafat R

Relationship between native papillary muscle T1 time and severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Kato S, Nakamori S, Roujol S, Delling FN, Akhtari S, Jang J, Basha T, Berg S, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Manning WJ, Nezafat R

Diffuse myocardial fibrosis in patients with mitral valve prolapse and ventricular arrhythmia.

Heart (British Cardiac Society)

Bui AH, Roujol S, Foppa M, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Hauser TH, Zimetbaum PJ, Ngo LH, Manning WJ, Nezafat R, Delling FN

Evolution of Mitral Valve Prolapse: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study.

Circulation

Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Fuller D, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Hackman B, Manning WJ, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS

Tricuspid Regurgitation and Mortality in Patients With Transvenous Permanent Pacemaker Leads.

The American journal of cardiology

Delling FN, Hassan ZK, Piatkowski G, Tsao CW, Rajabali A, Markson LJ, Zimetbaum PJ, Manning WJ, Chang JD, Mukamal KJ

Mitral valve disease--morphology and mechanisms.

Nature reviews. Cardiology

Levine RA, Hagége AA, Judge DP, Padala M, Dal-Bianco JP, Aikawa E, Beaudoin J, Bischoff J, Bouatia-Naji N, Bruneval P, Butcher JT, Carpentier A, Chaput M, Chester AH, Clusel C, Delling FN, Dietz HC, Dina C, Durst R, Fernandez-Friera L, Handschumacher MD, Jensen MO, Jeunemaitre XP, Le Marec H, Le Tourneau T, Markwald RR, Mérot J, Messas E, Milan DP, Neri T, Norris RA, Peal D, Perrocheau M, Probst V, Pucéat M, Rosenthal N, Solis J, Schott JJ, Schwammenthal E, Slaugenhaupt SA, Song JK, Yacoub MH, Leducq Mitral Transatlantic Network

Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Familial Clustering of Mitral Valve Prolapse in the Community".

Circulation

Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Slaugenhaupt SA, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS

Genetic association analyses highlight biological pathways underlying mitral valve prolapse.

Nature genetics

Dina C, Bouatia-Naji N, Tucker N, Delling FN, Toomer K, Durst R, Perrocheau M, Fernandez-Friera L, Solis J, PROMESA investigators, Le Tourneau T, Chen MH, Probst V, Bosse Y, Pibarot P, Zelenika D, Lathrop M, Hercberg S, Roussel R, Benjamin EJ, Bonnet F, Lo SH, Dolmatova E, Simonet F, Lecointe S, Kyndt F, Redon R, Le Marec H, Froguel P, Ellinor PT, Vasan RS, Bruneval P, Markwald RR, Norris RA, Milan DJ, Slaugenhaupt SA, Levine RA, Schott JJ, Hagege AA, MVP-France, Jeunemaitre X, Leducq Transatlantic MITRAL Network

Mutations in DCHS1 cause mitral valve prolapse.

Nature

Durst R, Sauls K, Peal DS, deVlaming A, Toomer K, Leyne M, Salani M, Talkowski ME, Brand H, Perrocheau M, Simpson C, Jett C, Stone MR, Charles F, Chiang C, Lynch SN, Bouatia-Naji N, Delling FN, Freed LA, Tribouilloy C, Le Tourneau T, LeMarec H, Fernandez-Friera L, Solis J, Trujillano D, Ossowski S, Estivill X, Dina C, Bruneval P, Chester A, Schott JJ, Irvine KD, Mao Y, Wessels A, Motiwala T, Puceat M, Tsukasaki Y, Menick DR, Kasiganesan H, Nie X, Broome AM, Williams K, Johnson A, Markwald RR, Jeunemaitre X, Hagege A, Levine RA, Milan DJ, Norris RA, Slaugenhaupt SA

Assessment of mitral valve disease: a review of imaging modalities.

Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine

Motiwala SR, Delling FN

Mitral valve prolapse and glaucoma: a 'floppy' perception?

Heart (British Cardiac Society)

Delling FN, Vasan RS

Familial clustering of mitral valve prolapse in the community.

Circulation

Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Slaugenhaupt SA, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS

Mild expression of mitral valve prolapse in the Framingham offspring: expanding the phenotypic spectrum.

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography

Delling FN, Gona P, Larson MG, Lehman B, Manning WJ, Levine RA, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS

Intermediate-signal-intensity late gadolinium enhancement predicts ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging

Appelbaum E, Maron BJ, Adabag S, Hauser TH, Lesser JR, Haas TS, Riley AB, Harrigan CJ, Delling FN, Udelson JE, Gibson CM, Manning WJ, Maron MS

CMR predictors of mitral regurgitation in mitral valve prolapse.

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging

Delling FN, Kang LL, Yeon SB, Kissinger KV, Goddu B, Manning WJ, Han Y

Mitral regurgitation augments post-myocardial infarction remodeling failure of hypertrophic compensation.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Beeri R, Yosefy C, Guerrero JL, Nesta F, Abedat S, Chaput M, del Monte F, Handschumacher MD, Stroud R, Sullivan S, Pugatsch T, Gilon D, Vlahakes GJ, Spinale FG, Hajjar RJ, Levine RA

Frequency and mechanism of persistent systolic anterior motion and mitral regurgitation after septal ablation in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The American journal of cardiology

Delling FN, Sanborn DY, Levine RA, Picard MH, Fifer MA, Palacios IF, Lowry PA, Vlahakes GJ, Vaturi M, Hung J

A framework for the analysis of acoustical cardiac signals.

IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering

Syed Z, Leeds D, Curtis D, Nesta F, Levine RA, Guttag J

Software enhanced learning of cardiac auscultation.

Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference

Syed Z, Curtis D, Guttag J, Nesta F, Levine RA

New locus for autosomal dominant mitral valve prolapse on chromosome 13: clinical insights from genetic studies.

Circulation

Nesta F, Leyne M, Yosefy C, Simpson C, Dai D, Marshall JE, Hung J, Slaugenhaupt SA, Levine RA

Usefulness of three-dimensionally guided assessment of mitral stenosis using matrix-array ultrasound.

The American journal of cardiology

Sebag IA, Morgan JG, Handschumacher MD, Marshall JE, Nesta F, Hung J, Picard MH, Levine RA

Leaflet concavity: a rapid visual clue to the presence and mechanism of functional mitral regurgitation.

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography

Nesta F, Otsuji Y, Handschumacher MD, Messas E, Leavitt M, Carpentier A, Levine RA, Hung J

A locus for autosomal dominant mitral valve prolapse on chromosome 11p15.4.

American journal of human genetics

Freed LA, Acierno JS, Dai D, Leyne M, Marshall JE, Nesta F, Levine RA, Slaugenhaupt SA

Impact of tissue harmonic imaging in patients with distorted left ventricles: improvement in accuracy and reproducibility of visual, manual and automated echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction.

European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology

Mele D, Campana M, Sclavo M, Seveso G, Aschieri D, Nesta F, D'Aiello I, Ferrari R, Levine RA

Endothelial dysfunction during heart failure: effects of Carvedilol

Heart Failure Reviews

Ferrari R, Agnoletti L, Ceconi C, Curello S, Nesta F, Manfredini R.

Metabolic derangement in ischemic heart disease and its therapeutic control.

The American journal of cardiology

Ferrari R, Pepi P, Ferrari F, Nesta F, Benigno M, Visioli O

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