Description of Research Expertise:
Genetic Polymorphisms in Response to Heart Failure Medications
End-stage Heart Failure
Selected Publications:
McLean R, Reese P, Acker M, Atluri P, Blumberg E, Reddy R, Hornsby N, Abt P, Sicilia A, Goldberg D: Early Results from the USHER Study: a Pilot Trial of Transplanting HCV-Infected Hearts into HCV-Negative Recipients Followed by Anti-Viral Treatment American Transplant Congress : 2018.
Reza N, Mahmud N, Molina M, McLean R, Goldberg L, Acker M, Bermudez C, Owens A: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Stratification Identifies Two Distinct Cohorts of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Patients Undergoing Transplantation ISHLT : 2018.
Kim, Y; Wald, J; Acker, M; Atluri, P; Fuller, S; Mascio, C; McLean, R; Ruckdeschel, E; Drajpuch, D; Tobin, L: Single Center Outcomes of Heart Transplantation Referrals in Adults with Systemic Right Ventricles ISHLT : 2018.
Seigerman M, Molina M, Shore S, Dayoub E, Hanff T, Mazurek J, Padegimas A, Menachem J, Rame J, Hornsby N, Acker M, Atluri P, Bermudez C, Margulies K, Jessup M, Bloom R, Goldberg L, Forde-Mclean R, Birati E: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience Journal of the American College of Cardiology : 2018.
Ayers, M; Clark, K; McLean, R; Rame, E: Phosphodiesterase-type 5 Inhibition for refractory pre-capillary PH in Advanced Heart Failure is Associated with Increased Early Mortality Post Heart Transplant ISHLT : 2018.
Atluri, P; Acker, M; Thomasson, A; Gordon, J; Chen, C; Chung, J; McLean, R: Cardiac Allograft Survival Stratified by Preservation Solution: A Multi-Institutional Analysis ISHLT : 2018.
Menachem J, Birati E, Zamani P, Fox A, Tanna M, Owens A, Atluri P, Hornsby N, Kayser A, Drajpuch D, Tobin L, Kim Y, Wald J, Forde-McLean R, Rame J, Goldberg L, Mascio C, Bermudez C, Acker M, Mazurek J: Successful Heart Transplantation Alone in a Patient with Congenital Heart Disease and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension ISHLT : 2017.
Rhoades D, Tabibian J, Forde K, McLean R, Chandrasekhara V: Timing of gastrointestinal bleeding after LVAD implantation predicts anatomic location and affects clinical presentation and management AGA (American Gastroenterology Associates) : 2017.
Han J, Gaffey A, Soopan R, Hung G, McLean R, Acker M, Howard J, Phillips E, Venataraman C, Acker M, Atluri, P: HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Geometry on Chest Radiograph Does Not Correlate with Risk of Pump Thrombosis ASAIO Journal : 2016.
McLean R: 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 387 (10025): 1298–1304,2016.