Description of Research Expertise:
Genetic Polymorphisms in Response to Heart Failure Medications
End-stage Heart Failure
Selected Publications:
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.
Amrut V. Ambardekar, MD; Rhondalyn C. Forde-McLean, MD, MHS; Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD; Garrick C. Stewart, MD; Maryse Palardy, MD; Jennifer T. Thibodeau, MD,MSc; Adam D. DeVore, MD; Maria M. Mountis, DO; Linda Cadaret, MD; Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD; Salpy V. Pamboukian, MD,MSPH; Ryan S. Cantor, MSPH; JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD: High Early Event Rates in Patients with Questionable Eligibility for Advanced Heart Failure Therapies: Results from the Medical Arm of Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Medamacs) Registry. JHLT : 2016.
Slotwiner D, Varma N, Akar JG, Annas G, Beardsall M, Fogel RI, Galizio NO, Glotzer TV, Leahy RA, Love CJ, McLean RC, Mittal S, Morichelli L, Patton KK, Raitt MH, Ricci RP, Rickard J, Schoenfeld MH, Serwer GA, Shea J, Varosy P, Verma A, Yu CM: HRS Expert Consensus Statement on remote interrogation and monitoring for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. Heart Rhythm 12 (7): e69-100,2015.
Forde KA, McLean RC, O'Donnell W, Krok KL, Patel M, Lin G, Oh JK, Krowka MJ, Fallon MB, Kawut SM: Impact of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction on Patients Being Evaluated for Liver Transplantation American Transplant Congress : 2015.
Daniel P. Rhoades, MD, James H. Tabibian, MD, PhD, Kimberly A. Forde, MD, MHS, Rhondalyn C. McLean, MD, MHS, Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD: Impact of time to endoscopy and source of bleeding on outcomes of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with ventricular assist devices DDW : 2015.
Ahluwalia M, Owens A, Forde K, Jessup M, Forde-McLean R: Clinical utility of right heart catheterization in patients listed for heart transplantation ISHLT : 2015.
MM Kittleson, CB Patel, RS Cantor, AD DeVore, AV Ambardekar, JT Thibodeau, SV Pamboukian, JJ Teuteberg, RC Forde-McLean, MM Mountis, M Palardy, GC Stewart, MA Hamilton: Physician Prediction of Outcomes in Ambulatory Patients with Advanced Heart Failure ACC : 2015.
Kim R, Cingolani O, Wittstein I, McLean R, Han L, Cheng K, Robinson E, Brinker J, Schulman SS, Berger RD, Henrikson CA, Tereshchenko LG.: Mechanical alternans is associated with mortality in acute hospitalized heart failure: prospective mechanical alternans study (MAS). Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 7 (2): 259-266,2014.
McLean RC, Jessup M: The challenge of treating heart failure: a diverse disease affecting diverse populations JAMA 310 (19): 2033-2034,2013.
McLean RC: Inflammatory Markers and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery : 2013.