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• Felker GM, Milano CA, Yager JE, Hernandez AF, Blue L, Higginbotham MB, Lodge AJ, Russell SD. Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Nov;24(11):1781-6.
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• Binanay C, Califf RM, Hasselblad V, O'Connor CM, Shah MR, Sopko G, Stevenson LW, Francis GS, Leier CV, Miller LW; ESCAPE Investigators and ESCAPE Study Coordinators. Evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness: the ESCAPE trial. JAMA. 2005 Oct 5;294(13):1625-33.
• Jiang W, Kuchibhatla M, Cuffe MS, Christopher EJ, Alexander JD, Clary GL, Blazing MA, Gaulden LH, Califf RM, Krishnan RR, O'Connor CM. Prognostic value of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation. 2004 Nov 30;110(22):3452-6.
• Felker GM, Adams KF Jr, Gattis WA, O'Connor CM. Anemia as a risk factor and therapeutic target in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Sep 1;44(5):959-66.
• Anavekar NS, McMurray JJ, Velazquez EJ, Solomon SD, Kober L, Rouleau JL, White HD, Nordlander R, Maggioni A, Dickstein K, Zelenkofske S, Leimberger JD, Califf RM, Pfeffer MA. Relation between renal dysfunction and cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 2004 Sep 23;351(13):1285-95.
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• Pfeffer MA, McMurray JJ, Velazquez EJ, Rouleau JL, Kober L, Maggioni AP, Solomon SD, Swedberg K, Van de Werf F, White H, Leimberger JD, Henis M, Edwards S, Zelenkofske S, Sellers MA, Califf RM; Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial Investigators. Valsartan, captopril, or both in myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both. N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1893-906.
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Faculty

Christopher M. O'Connor, MD
Director

Joseph G. Rogers, MD
Medical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support

Michael S. Cuffe, MD
G. Michael Felker, MD, MHS
Adrian F Hernandez, MD
Paul Rosenberg, MD
Eric J. Velazquez, MD

Contact Information

Office: 7401 Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, 27710
Campus mail: DUMC Box 3356, Durham, NC, 27710 
Phone: 919-681-6195 
Fax: 919-681-7755