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PubMed

• 30 citations
  Ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA): A patient self-report quality of life survey from INOCA international.
  Martha Gulati, Najah Khan, Maria George, Colin Berry, Alaide Chieffo
  International Journal of Cardiology. 2023-01-15
• 8 citations
  Sex differences in contributors to coronary microvascular dysfunction.
  Alan C Kwan, Janet Wei, David Ouyang, Joseph E Ebinger, C Noel Bairey Merz
  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023-01-01
• Prognostic association of plasma NT-proBNP levels in patients with microvascular angina -A report from the international cohort study by COVADIS.
  Akira Suda, Jun Takahashi, Maike Schwidder, Peter Ong, Daniel Ang
  International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature. 2022-12-01

Journal Articles

• Cardiac risk factors and myocardial perfusion reserve in women with microvascular conronary dysfunction  
  Agarwal M, Shufelt S, Mehta PK, Gill E, Berman DS, Li D, Sharif B, Li N, Bairey Merz CN, Thomson LEJ, Cardiovascular Diagnosis & Therapy, 9/1/2013
• A preliminary investigation on the acceptance, feasibility, and safety of acupuncture in the intensive care unit  
  Yeh EC, Mirocha JJ, Brantman A, Ma XL, Qiao Y, Bairey Merz CN, Jones H, SAGE, 3/1/2013
• Anxiety Associations with Cardiac Symptoms, Angiographic Disease Severity and Healthcare Utilization: The NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation  
  Rutledge T, Kenkre TS, Bittner V, Krantz DS, Thompson DV, Linke SE, Eastwood JA, Eteiba W, Cornell CE, Vaccarino V, Pepine CJ, Johnson BD, Bairey Merz CN, Int J Cardiol, 2/1/2013
• Oral contraceptive use and the ECG: Evidence of an adverse effect on the corrected QT interval  
  Sedlak T, Shufelt C, Iribarren C, Lyons L, and Bairey Merz CN, Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology Journal, 1/1/2013
• Sex differences in clinical outcomes in pateints with stable angina and no obstructive coronary artery disease  
  Sedlak TL, Lee M, Izadnegahdar M, Bairey Merz CN, Humphries KH, American Heart Journal, 1/1/2013
• Brachial Artery Constriction during Brachial Artery Reactivity Testing Predicts Major Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: Results fo...  
  Sedlak TL, Johnson BD, Pepine CJ, Reis SE, Bairey Merz, CN,, PLOS One, 1/1/2013
• Anginal Symptoms, Coronary Artery Disease and Adverse Outcomes in Black and White Women: The NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study  
  Eastwood J, John BD, Thomas R, Bittner V, Whittaker KS, Drantz DS, Cornell CE, Eteiba W, HAndberg E, Vido D, Bairey Merz CN, Journal of Women’s Health, 1/1/2013
• Left Ventricular Energy Model Predicts Adverse Events in Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: Results from the NHLBI Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluatio...  
  Doyle M, Weinberg N, Pohost GM, Bairey Merz, CN, Shaw LJ, Sopko G, Fuisz A, Rogers WJ, Reis SE, Vido DA, Rayarao G, Bittner V, Tauxe L, Olson MG, Kelsey SF, Biederman WW, Cardiovasc Diagn Ther, 1/1/2013
• Red Versus White Wine as a a nutritional Aromatase Inhibitor in Premenopausal Women  
  Shufelt C, Bairey Merz, CN, Yang Y, Kirschner J, Polk D, Stanczyk F, Paul-Labrador M, Braunstein GD, J Womens Health (Larchmt), 3/1/2012
• Relationships Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Events in Women  
  Rutledge T, Linke SE, Johnson BD, Bitner V, Krantz DS, Cornell CE, Vaccarino B, Pepine CJ, Handberg EM, Eteiba W, Shaw LJ, Parashar S, Eastwood J, Vido DA, Bairey ..., Journal of Women's Health, 2/1/2012
• Reproducibility of Myocardial Perfusion Reserve – Variations in Measurements from Post Processing using Commercially Available Software  
  Goykhman P, Mehta PK, Agarwal M, Shufelt C, Slomka P, Yang Y, Xu Y, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Bairey Merz CN, Thomson LJ, Cardiovasc Diagn Ther, 1/1/2012
• Combining psychosocial data to improve prediction of cardiovascular disease risk factors and events: The NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study  
  Whittaker, K.S., Krantz, D.S., Rutledge, T., Johnson, B.D., Wawrzyniak A.J., Bittner V, Eastwood, J., Etebia, W., Cornell, C.E., Pepine, C.J., Vido, D.A., Handberg, ..., Psychosomatic Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Cardiovascular Disease and Endometrial Cancer  
  Mehta PK, Bairey Merz CN, Gynecologic Oncology, 1/1/2012
• Effect of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Women: A Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Ancillary Study  
  Denardo SJ, Wen S, Handberg EM, Bairey Merz CN, Sopko G, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Pepine CJ, Clin Cardiol, 1/1/2011
• DHEA-S Levels and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Post-Menopausal Women: Results from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)  
  Shufelt C, Bretsky P, Johnson BD, Shaw LJ, Azziz R, Braunstein GD, Pepine CJ, Bittner V, Vido DA, Bairey Merz CN, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 8/1/2010
• Self-rated versus Objective Health Indicators as Predictors of Major Cardiovascular Events: the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study  
  Rutledge T, Linke SE, Johnson BD, Bittner V, Krantz DS, Whittaker KS, Eastwood J, Eteiba W, Cornell CE, Pepine CJ, Vido DA, Olson MB, Shaw LJ, Vaccarino V, Bairey Merz CN, Psychosomatic Medicine, 7/1/2010
• Coronary Microvascular Reactivity to Adenosine Predicts Adverse Outcome in Women Evaluated for Suspected Ischemia: Results from the NHLBI Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Eva...  
  Pepine CJ, Anderson RD, Sharaf BL, Reis SE, Smith KM, Handberg EM, Johnson BD, Sopko G, Bairey Merz CN, J Am Coll Cardiol, 6/1/2010
• Heart Rate Response to Exercise Stress Testing in Asymptomatic Women: The St James Women Take Heart Project  
  Gulati M, Shaw LJ, Thisted RA, Black HR, Bairey Merz CN, Arnsdorf MF, Circulation, 1/1/2010
• The Joint Impact of Smoking and Exercise Capacity on Clinical Outcomes among Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: The WISE Study  
  Linke SE, Johnson BD, Olson MB, Bittner V, Cornell CE, Shaw LJ, Eteiba W, Parashar S, Sheps DS, Vido DA, Mulukutla S, Bairey Merz CN, J Womens Health, 4/1/2009
• Comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms as predictors of cardiovascular events: Results from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study  
  Rutledge T, Linke, SE, Krantz, DS, Johnson BD, Bittner V, Eastwood, J, Eteiba W, Pepine CJ, Vaccarion V, Francis J, Vido DA, Bairey Merz, CN, Psycho Med, 1/1/2009
• Depression and Cardiovascular Healthcare Costs among Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: Prospective Results in the Women’s and Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)  
  Rutledge T , Vaccarino V, Johnson BD, Bittner V, Olson MB, Linke SE, Cornell CE, Eteiba W, Sheps DS, Francis J, Krantz DS, Bairey Merz CN, Parasha S, Handberg E, Shaw LJ, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2009
• Effects of Simvastatin on Cardiac Neural and Electrophysiological Remodeling in Rabbits with Hypercholesterolemia  
  Liu YB, Lee YT, Pak HN, Lin SF, Fishbein MC, Chen LS, Bairey Merz CN, Chen PS, Heart Rhythm Journal, 1/1/2009
• Multimarker Approach Predicts Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Women Evaluated for Suspected Ischemia: Results from the HNLBI-sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evalu...  
  Arant CB, Wessel TR, Ridker PM, Olson MB, Reis SE, Johnson BD, Sharaf BL, Kerensky RA, Pauly DF, Handberg E, Zineh I, Sopko G, Kelsey SF, Bairey Merz CN, Pepine C, Clinical Cardiology, 1/1/2009
• Lipid-Lowering Medication Use and Aggression Scores in Women: A Report from the NHLBI-Sponsored WISE Study  
  Olson MB, Kelsey SF, Matthews KA, Bairey Merz CN, Eteiba W, McGorray SP, Cornell CE, Vido DA, Muldoon MF, Journal of Women's Health, 3/1/2008
• Pulse pressure and adverse outcomes in women: a report from the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE)  
  Anderson RD, Sizemore BC, Barrow GM, Johnson BD, Bairey Merz CN, Sopko G, von Mering GO, Handberg EM, Nichols WW, Pepine CJ, American Journal of Hypertension, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

• Heart and Mind: The Practice of Cardiac Psychology 
  Chapter: Gender Differences in Psychosocial Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease 
  Rutledge T, Vaccarino V, Shaw CN, Bairey Merz CNAmerican Psychological Association, Washington, DCEdition 2nd,2012
• Adult Clinical Cardiology Self-Assessment Program Version 8 (ACCSAP 8) 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular disease prevention: considerations for women 
  Gulati M, Bairey Merz CNEditors: Bashore TM, Fang JC, Hirsch GA, Indik JH, O’Gara PT, Rao SV, Polk DM.American College of Cardiology Foundation, Washington, DC2012
• Women and Health 
  Chapter: Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women 
  Lewis JF, Bairey Merz CNEditors: Goldman MB, Troisi R, Rexrode KM.Elsevier, San Diego, CAEdition 2nd,2012
• Preventive Cardiology. Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Disease in Women 
  Orakzai, R, Shufelt CL, Shaw LJ, Bairey Merz, CNSaunders, Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA2011
• Medical Clinics of North America 
  Chapter: Nonacute Coronary Syndrome Anginal Chest Pain 
  Agarwal M, Mehta PK, Bairey Merz CNW.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA2010
• Clinical Lipidology: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease 
  Chapter: Treatment Guidelines Overview 
  Bairey Merz CN, Polk DEditors: Ballantyne CM.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 1st,2009
• Cardiology Secrets 
  Chapter: Heart Disease in Women 
  Witt BJ, Bairey Merz CNPhiladelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2008
• Ischemic Heart Disease 
  Chapter: Primary Prevention 
  Lee S, Bairey Merz CNManson Publishing LTD, London, UK2007
• Treatment of the postmenopausal women. Basic and clinical aspects 
  Chapter: The effects of hormone therapy on inflammatory, hemostatic and fibrinolytic markers in postmenopausal women 
  Koh KK, Yoon B-K, Bairey Merz CN, Sakuma I, Rebar RWEditors: Lobo R.Elsevier Academic Press Publication, Burlington, MAEdition 3rd,2007
• Risk Factors in Coronary Artery Disease 
  Chapter: Psychosocial factors and cardiovascular disease 
  Polk DM, Nordstrom CK, Dwyer J, Kop W, Krantz DS, Bairey Merz CNEditors: PK Shah.Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, New York, NY2006
• Psychosocial Processes and Health: A Reader 
  Chapter: Mental stress and the induction of silent myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease 
  Rozanski A, Bairey CN, Krantz DS, Friedman J, Resser KJ, Morell M, Hilton-Chalfen S, Hestrin L, Bietendorf J, Berman DSCambridge University Press1994
• Contemporary Cardiology: Coronary Disease in Women: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Chapter: Clinical Risk Assessment in Women: Chest Discomfort. Report from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study 
  Johnson BD, Kelsey SF, Bairey Merz CNEditors: L. Shaw, R. Hachamovitch, R. Redberg, S. Culler.Humana Press
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Abstracts/Posters

• Perceptions of Health-Related Quality of Life, Psychosocial Stress, and Functional Capacity
  Mou Y, Mehta PK, Li N, Shufelt C, Fulton L, Agboto V, Neal D, Bairey Merz CN, The American Public Health Association 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition, 11/2/2013
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Myocardial Perfusion and Diastolic Function
  Haftabaradaran A; Mehta P; Agarwal M; Sharif B PhD; Chen D PhD; Shufelt C;Gill E; Lentz,G; Berman D; Slomka P; Minissian M; Li D; C; Bairey Merz CN;. Thomson L, SCMR, 2/1/2013
• Comparison of Fully Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Measure of Women’s Myocardial Perfusion Reserve for Diagnosis of Microvascular Dysfunction. Accepted poster pres...
  Chen D, Sharif B, Haftbaradaran A, Zaya M, Shufelt C, Mehta P, Berman D, Thomson L, Li D, Bairey Merz CN, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2/1/2013
• Myocardial perfusion is reduced in symptomatic women with mitrcovasclular coronary dysfunction compared to a matches reference control group
  Thomson L, Shufelt C, Goykhman P, Agarwal M, Mehta P, Sedlak T, Li N, Samuels B, Azarbal B, Kar S, Kothawade K, Minissian M, Slomka P, Berman D, Bairey Merz CN, Hear Lung and Ciculation, 1/1/2013
• Angina and Anti-Anginal Therapy in Women with Signs and Symptoms of Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
  Mehta PK, Sedlak T, Kenkre T, Johnson BD, Shufelt C, Petersen J, Azarbal B, Samuels B, Anderson R, Shaw L, Kar S, Handberg E, Kelsey S, Pepine C, Bairey Merz CN, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2013
• Coronary Artery Disease in Premenopausal Women: A Non-invasive Approach for Investigation
  Eastwood J, Johnson BD, Brecht ML, Sharaf BL, Ahemd B, MinissianM, Shufelt C, Bairey Merz CN, Journal of Women's Health, 2/1/2012
• Is hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women associated with poor outcome after heart transplantation?
  Kobashigawa L, Rafiei M, Stern LK, Hamilton M, Bairey Merz, CN, J Investig Med, 1/1/2012
• Do Women with Statin- Related Myalgias Have Low Vitamin D Levels?
  Minissian M, Kothawade K, Agarwal M, Lentz G, Shufelt C, Eastwood JA, Mehta P, Bairey Merz CN, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2012
• Oral Contraceptive Use and Corrected QT Interval: Evidence of an Adverse Effect
  Sedlak T, Shufelt C, Iribarren C, Lyon L, Bairey Merz CN, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2012
• Effect of Traditional Acupuncture on Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
  Painovich J, Phan A, Li N, Chowdury S, Taylor D, Marban E, Bairey Merz CN, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Prevalence of angina in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
  Ishimori, ML, Gal NJ, Rogatko A, Berman DS, Wilson A, Wallace DJ, Bairey Merz CN, Weisman MH, Arthritis Res Ther, 1/1/2012
• Lipid Lowering therapy with Combination Niacin and Statin in Women: Age-related Endothielial Effects
  Kothawade K, Kim N, Parker B, Paul-Labrador M, Bairey Merz CN, Polk, D, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2011
• Alternate Statin Protocol: A Novel Nurse Practitioner Managed Approach for Treating Women with Previous Statin Intolerance
  Minissian M, Kothawade K, Pena F, Shifelt C, Agarwal M, Mehta P, Eastwood JoAnn, Yang Y, Bairey Merz CN, Circulation, 11/1/2010
• Ranolazine Improves Angina in Women with Evidence of Ischena but No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease; A Pilot, Randomized-Controlled Trial
  Mehta PK, Goykhman P, Thomson LE, Shuftelt C, Wei J, Yang Y, Gill E, Minissian M, Berman DS, Bairey Merz CN, Circulation, 11/1/2010
• Psychosocial Predictors of Cardiovascular Events in the WISE Study
  Bittner V, Eastwood J, Bairey Merz CN, Johnson D, Eteiba W, Pepine C, Cornell C, Krantz D, Bekkouche N, Rutledge TR, Vido D, 2010 American Psychosomatic Society Conference, 1/1/2010
• The Utility of Adenosine Stress-Rest Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Evaluating Cardiac Function and Perfusion in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  Goykhman P, Thomson LE, Yang Y, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Gill E, Ishimori ML, Martin R, Wallace DJ, Schapira JN, Shufelt CL, Weisman MH, Bairey Merz CN, JACC, 1/1/2010
• Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Women with Microvascular Dysfunction
  Phan A, Chowdhury S, Minissian M, Shufelt CL, Kar S, Taylor D, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Bairey Merz CN, Marban E, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 1/1/2009
• Successful recruitment and retention strategies for the study, “The Effects of Traditional Acupuncture on Coronary Heart Disease.”
  Kirschner J, Clarke A, Williams J, Paul-Labrador M, Polk DM, Ma X, Qiao Y, Brantman A, Painovich J, Minissian M, Shufelt C, Mou Y, Bairey Merz CN, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 1/1/2009
• Diastolic Dysfunction by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Women with Open Coronary Arteries and Microvascular Dysfunction
  Wei J. Thomson L, Shufelt C, Yang Y, Gill E, Minissian M, Kar S, Berman D, Bairey Merz CN, JACC, 1/1/2009
• Chest Pain Duration is Related to Microvascular Dysfunction
  Shufelt CL, Kar SY, Minissian M, Phan A, Wei J, Bairey Merz CN, Gender Medicine, 9/1/2008
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Coronary Reactivity Testing: A Useful Noninvasive Tool
  Shufelt CL, Kar S, Slivka M, Thomson L, Yang Y, Berman D, Polk D, Tolstrup K, Bairey Merz CN, JACC, 3/1/2008
• Angina, Open Arteries and Endothelial Dysfunction in Women with suspected Ischemia
  Polk D, Shufelt C, Yang Y, Kirschner J, Paul-Labrador M, Williams J, Kar S, Tolstrup K, Bairey Merz CN, JACC, 3/1/2008
• Transition to Menopause and Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Women” A Report from the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study (LAAS)
  Johnson BD, Dwyer K, Paul-Labrador M, Stanczyk F, Bittner V, Berga SL, Braunstein GD, Azziz R, Yang Y, Brestsy P, Bairey Merz CN, Circulation, 1/1/2008
• Women with Heart Disease: Are They Different? GW-ICC Clincial Cardiology
  Bairey Merz CN, Circulation, 1/1/2008
• Who Should Be Screened and with what Tools? GW-ICC Clinical Cardiology
  Bairey Merz CN, Circulation, 1/1/2008
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Lectures

• Cardiovascular Disease in Women 
  2019 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Philadelphia - 4/12/2019
• Estrogen, HRT, Atherosclerosis and Outcomes: What do we know? 
  10/1/2013
• Health and Wellness: The Most Up-to-Date Information Every Woman Should Know 
  9/29/2013
• Studies Design: Types of Studies, Outcome Measures 
  8/6/2013
• Clinical Perspective on Comparative Trial Methods 
  Los Angeles, CA - 7/24/2013
• Ethnic Disparities in CVD 
  6/11/2013
• A Celebration of Women, Life and Hope 
  5/13/2013
• New Approaches to Angina and Microvascular Coronary Dysfunction 
  4/15/2013
• ACC-JCS Joint Symposium Cardiac Rehabilitation as Cardiovascular Therapy 
  Yokohama, Japan - 3/16/2013
• Taking Care of a Woman’s Heart 
  1/25/2013
• Cardiovascular Disease in Women: The Yentl Syndrome 
  12/11/2012
• Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Tools in the Home and Office 
  11/16/2012
• Ischemic Heart Disease 
  11/5/2012
• Women and Heart Disease Beyond Hype: Hard Facts and Practical Solutions 
  Beverly Hills, CA - 9/21/2012
• Microcascular Disease: Lessons Leartned and What Remains to be Known 
  9/14/2012
• Diabetes and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease 
  5/29/2012
• Integrative Medicine for Women: State of the Science 
  5/15/2012
• Gender aspects in angina despite normal coronary arteries. Coronary vasomotor abnormalities and angina pectoris- a common pathogenic mechanism? 
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 4/18/2012
• Hormones & Hostility: Unique Gender Differences in Stress& Health 
  3/29/2012
• Preventive Cardiology Focus-I. Assessing Cardiovascular Risk. Women and Heart Disease – Have We Become WISE? 
  Cancun, Quinta Roo, Mexico - 2/27/2012
• Preventive Cardiolgy Focus II – Diagnosing Sublinical Coronary Artery Disease, NCEP IV – What is Coming? 
  Cancun, Quinta Roo, Mexico - 2/27/2012
• Landmark Dyslipidemia Trial: Past, Present, and Future 
  Thousand Oaks, CA - 1/18/2012
• Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Not Important? Stable Chest Pain and Nonobstuctive Coronary Disease 
  11/13/2011
• Gender Disparities, Physiology of Cardiovascular Disease 
  The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS - 10/12/2011
• Interventions to Prevent Cardiovascular Disesae in Women with a History of Preeclampsia 
  9/16/2011
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