EmmaJBirksMD

Heart Failure & Transplantation, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care

Professor, Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine

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Office
UK Gill Heart Institute
800 Rose St
Lexington, KY 40536
Phone+1 859-323-0295

Fax+1 708-342-5183

PubMed

How to diagnose and manage emergency medical conditions in patients on left ventricular assist device support: A clinician's field guide.
Maya Guglin, Joshua R Hirsch, Tanyanan Tanawuttiwat, Naveed Akhtar, Scott Silvestry
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2024-12-03
Using electronic medical records to identify patients at risk for underlying cardiac amyloidosis.
Michael A Pascoe, Andrew Kolodziej, Emma J Birks, Gaurang Vaidya
Journal of Cardiology. 2024-07-09
Sex differences in heart transplantation - analysis of the national inpatient sample 2012-2019.
Nakeya Dewaswala, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Khadija Amanullah, Dmitry Abramov
Current Problems in Cardiology. 2024-06-01

Other

Intermediate- and long-term mechanical cardiac support
Birks EJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/intermediate-and-long-term-mechanical-cardiac-support
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-18

'It's the Best Feeling' — Swimmer Back in Action After UK, LVAD Saved Her HeartJune 8th, 2022
Device plus 'Aggressive' Drug Strategy May Curb Severe Heart FailureNovember 14th, 2016