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Ana Barac
Researcher at Georgetown University
Publications - 158
Citations - 8236
Ana Barac is an academic researcher from Georgetown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 126 publications receiving 5347 citations. Previous affiliations of Ana Barac include MedStar Georgetown University Hospital & MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
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Recurrent cardiac myxoma complicated by brain metastases: role of multimodality imaging in diagnosis and management
Ryan Kabir,Syed Z. Qamer,Shahrad Shadman,Itsik Ben-Dor,Michael C. Slack,Christian Schultz,Vikram V. Nayar,Benjamin A. Weinberg,Ana Barac +8 more
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Clinical Presentations of Chagas Cardiomyopathy
TL;DR: The three hallmark clinical presentations: stroke, ventricular arrhythmias, and heart failure, which should prompt suspicion for Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy are described.
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Readmission after inferior vena cava filter placement for acute venous thromboembolism in the United States: Impact of a cancer diagnosis.
Avirup Guha,Avirup Guha,Amit K. Dey,Grant McKinley,Rebecca R. Carter,P. Elliott Miller,Abhishek Deshmukh,Raja Zaghlol,Ana Barac,Nihar R. Desai,Daniel Addison +10 more
TL;DR: In patients readmitted after an IVCF implantation, those with cancer have longer hospital stays and higher costs of care, however, in-hospital mortality is similar to those without cancer.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in treatment-related heart disease mortality among U.S. breast cancer survivors.
Jacqueline B. Vo,Cody Ramin,Wayne R. Lawrence,Ana Barac,Katherine Ho,Jongeun Rhee,Lene H.S. Veiga,Amy Berrington de Gonzalez +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the disparities in heart disease mortality by initial treatment type among breast cancer survivors, especially after initial chemotherapy, and found that women with advanced (regional/distant) stage had higher risk of heart disease.
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Future Clinical and Professional Directions in Cardio-oncology
Ana Barac,Erica L. Mayer +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses how the partnership of these two medical subspecialties in the future will improve outcomes for cancer patients.