Description of Research Expertise:
Mitral Valve Disease
Patent Foramen Ovale
Atrial Septal Defect
Structural heart disease
Valvular heart disease
Cardiac Imaging
Intracardiac Echocardiography
Interventional Echocardiography
Selected Publications:
Hirshfeld John W, Fiorilli Paul N, Silvestry Frank E: Important Strategies to Reduce Occupational Radiation Exposure in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: No Lower Limit. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71 (11): 1255-1258,2018.
Kaye David M, Silvestry Frank E, Gustafsson Finn, Cleland John G, van Veldhuisen Dirk J, Ponikowski Piotr, Komtebedde Jan, Nanayakkara Shane, Burkhoff Dan, Shah Sanjiv J: Impact of atrial fibrillation on rest and exercise haemodynamics in heart failure with mid-range and preserved ejection fraction. European journal of heart failure : 2017.
Kaye David M, Hasenfuß Gerd, Neuzil Petr, Post Martijn C, Doughty Robert, Trochu Jean-Noël, Kolodziej Adam, Westenfeld Ralf, Penicka Martin, Rosenberg Mark, Walton Antony, Muller David, Walters Darren, Hausleiter Jorg, Raake Philip, Petrie Mark C, Bergmann Martin, Jondeau Guillaume, Feldman Ted, Veldhuisen Dirk J van, Ponikowski Piotr, Silvestry Frank E, Burkhoff Dan, Hayward Christopher: One-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Insertion of an Interatrial Shunt Device for the Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation. Heart failure 9 (12): 2016.
Rene AG, Jagasia D, Wickramasinghe SR, Desai N, Szeto W, Vallabhajosyula P, Li RH, Silvestry FE, Giri J, Jha S, Herrmann HC, Anwaruddin S1: New Ventricular Septal Defects Following Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement J Invasive Cardiol 28 (7): E59-65,2016.
Feldman Ted, Komtebedde Jan, Burkhoff Daniel, Massaro Joseph, Maurer Mathew S, Leon Martin B, Kaye David, Silvestry Frank E, Cleland John G F, Kitzman Dalane, Kubo Spencer H, Van Veldhuisen Dirk J, Kleber Franz, Trochu Jean-Noël, Auricchio Angelo, Gustafsson Finn, Hasenfuβ Gerd, Ponikowski Piotr, Filippatos Gerasimos, Mauri Laura, Shah Sanjiv J: Transcatheter Interatrial Shunt Device for the Treatment of Heart Failure: Rationale and Design of the Randomized Trial to REDUCE Elevated Left Atrial Pressure in Heart Failure (REDUCE LAP-HF I). Circulation. Heart failure 9 (7): 2016.
Liang JJ, Silvestry FE.: Mechanistic insights into mitral regurgitation due to atrial fibrillation: "atrial functional mitral regurgitation" Trends Cardiovasc Med : 2016.
Hasenfuß Gerd, Hayward Chris, Burkhoff Dan, Silvestry Frank E, McKenzie Scott, Gustafsson Finn, Malek Filip, Van der Heyden Jan, Lang Irene, Petrie Mark C, Cleland John G F, Leon Martin, Kaye David M: A transcatheter intracardiac shunt device for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (REDUCE LAP-HF): a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 1 trial. Lancet (London, England) 387 (10025): 1298-304,2016.
Feldman Ted, Kar Saibal, Elmariah Sammy, Smart Steven C, Trento Alfredo, Siegel Robert J, Apruzzese Patricia, Fail Peter, Rinaldi Michael J, Smalling Richard W, Hermiller James B, Heimansohn David, Gray William A, Grayburn Paul A, Mack Michael J, Lim D Scott, Ailawadi Gorav, Herrmann Howard C, Acker Michael A, Silvestry Frank E, Foster Elyse, Wang Andrew, Glower Donald D, Mauri Laura: Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: 5-Year Results of EVEREST II. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66 (25): 2844-54,2015.
Frank E. Silvestry, MD: Primary Mitral Valve Regurgitation Treatment Options American College of Cardiology/education.acc.org : 2015.
Frank E. Silvestry, MD, FASE, Chair, Meryl S. Cohen, MD, FASE, Co-Chair, Laurie B. Armsby, MD, FSCAI, Nitin J. Burkule, MD, DM, FASE, Craig E. Fleishman, MD, FASE, Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH, MSCAI, Roberto M. Lang, MD, FASE, Jonathan J. Rome, MD, and Yan Wang, RDCS: Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of
Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen Ovale: From
the American Society of Echocardiography and
Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 28 : 910-58,2015.
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