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:
Chen Tiffany, Ferrari Victor A, Silvestry Frank E: Identification and Quantification of Degenerative and Functional Mitral Regurgitation for Patient Selection for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. Interventional cardiology clinics 7 (3): 387-404,2018.
Tiffany Chen, MD and Frank E. Silvestry, MD FACC: Echocardiography in Cardiac Transplantation and Assist Devices Acc.org (EchoSAP 8) : 2018.
Enriquez Andres, Saenz Luis C, Rosso Raphael, Silvestry Frank E, Callans David, Marchlinski Francis E, Garcia Fermin: Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Interventional Cardiology: Working With the Anatomy Rather Than Fighting It. Circulation 137 (21): 2278-2294,2018.
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.
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