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Rick A. Nishimura
Researcher at American College of Cardiology
Publications - 135
Citations - 70942
Rick A. Nishimura is an academic researcher from American College of Cardiology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 63, co-authored 107 publications receiving 65828 citations. Previous affiliations of Rick A. Nishimura include American Heart Association & Elsevier.
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Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Late Gadolinium Enhancement by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Ronen Rubinshtein,James F. Glockner,Steve R. Ommen,Philip A. Araoz,Michael J. Ackerman,Paul Sorajja,J. Martijn Bos,A. Jamil Tajik,Uma S. Valeti,Rick A. Nishimura,Bernard J. Gersh +10 more
TL;DR: In patients with HCM, presence of LGE on CE-MRI was common and more prevalent among gene-positive patients, but LGE was not associated with severe symptoms and remained a significant associate of subsequent SCD and/or ICD discharge after controlling for other variables.
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ACC/AHA 2008 Guideline update on valvular heart disease: focused update on infective endocarditis: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Rick A. Nishimura,Blase A. Carabello,David P. Faxon,Michael D. Freed,Bruce W. Lytle,Patrick T. O'Gara,Robert A. O'Rourke,Pravin M. Shah +7 more
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Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: Executive summary: A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines (Committee on management of patients with valvular heart disease)
Robert O. Bonow,Blase A. Carabello,Antonio C. de Leon,L. Henry Edmunds,Bradley J. Fedderly,Michael D. Freed,William H. Gaasch,Charles R. McKay,Rick A. Nishimura,Patrick T. O'Gara,Robert A. O'Rourke,Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola,James L. Ritchie,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Kim A. Eagle,Timothy J. Gardner,Arthur Garson,Raymond J. Gibbons,Richard O. Russell,Thomas J. Ryan,Sidney C. Smith +20 more
TL;DR: A report of the 2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Valvular Heart Disease : A Report of the2008 Focused update Incorporated into the ACC and AHA 2006 guidelines for management of patients with valvular heart disease.
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Eligibility and Disqualification Recommendations for Competitive Athletes with Cardiovascular Abnormalities: Task Force 3: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy and Other Cardiomyopathies, and Myocarditis: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology
Barry J. Maron,James E. Udelson,Robert O. Bonow,Rick A. Nishimura,Michael J. Ackerman,N.A. Mark Estes,Leslie T. Cooper,Mark S. Link,Martin S. Maron +8 more
TL;DR: A risk-stratification algorithm has been largely effective in identifying those people at highest risk who are eligible for primary prevention of sudden death with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), thereby markedly reducing HCM-related mortality to 0.5% per year.
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ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices)
Andrew E. Epstein,John P. DiMarco,Kenneth A. Ellenbogen,N.A. Mark Estes,Roger A. Freedman,Leonard S. Gettes,A. Marc Gillinov,Gabriel Gregoratos,Stephen C. Hammill,David L. Hayes,Mark A. Hlatky,L. Kristin Newby,Richard L. Page,Mark H. Schoenfeld,Michael J. Silka,Lynne W. Stevenson,Michael O. Sweeney,Sidney C. Smith,Alice K. Jacobs,Cynthia D. Adams,Jeffrey L. Anderson,Christopher E. Buller,Mark A. Creager,Steven M. Ettinger,David P. Faxon,Jonathan L. Halperin,Loren F. Hiratzka,Sharon A. Hunt,Harlan M. Krumholz,Frederick G. Kushner,Bruce W. Lytle,Rick A. Nishimura,Joseph P. Ornato,Barbara Riegel,Lynn G. Tarkington,Clyde W. Yancy +35 more
TL;DR: In 2008, the American College of ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm as mentioned in this paper were developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic for implantation of pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.