Susan Elizabeth Wiegers, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E.
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular Division
9020 E. Gates Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Cardiovascular Division
9020 E. Gates Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-2246
Fax: (215) 349-8190
Fax: (215) 349-8190
Email:
wiegsus@mail.med.upenn.edu
wiegsus@mail.med.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
B.A. (Physics)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1977.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1981.
Permanent linkB.A. (Physics)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1977.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1981.
Description of CVI Expertise
Director, Clinical Echocardiography;Co-Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship
CVI Program Unit(s):
Cardiovascular Development / Congenital Heart Disease
Biotechnology / Nanomedicine / Imaging
CVI Research Description:
• Echocardiography of valvular heart disease
(human and animal models, valve repair, percutaneous approaches).
• Assessment of Device therapy with imaging (CRT, LVAD, BiVAD).
• ICE (Intracardiac Echocardiography).
Selected Publications
Testani JM, McCauley B, Khera A, Yu A, Wiegers S, Owens A, St. John Sutton M, Kirkpatrick J: Effect of Right Ventricular Function on Cardio-Renal Interactions During the Treatment of Decompensated Heart Failure. Heart Failure Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting September 2009.Testani JM, Yu A, McCauley B, Khera A, Owens A, Kirkpatrick J, St. John Sutton M, Wiegers S: Prevalence of Reduced Cardiac Index in a Post-Cardiac Transplant Population. Heart Failure Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting September 2009.
Chirinos, J A, Segers, P, Gupta, A, Swillens, A, Rietzschel, E R, De Buyzere, M L, Kirkpatrick, J N, Gillebert, T C, Wang, Y, Keane, M G, Townsend, R, Ferrari, V A, Wiegers, S E, St. John Sutton, M G.: Time-Varying Myocardial Stress and Systolic pressure-Stress Relationship. Role in Myocardial-Arterial Coupling in Hypertension. Circulation 119(21): 2798-2807, June 2009.
Thomas JD, Zoghbi WA, Beller GA, Bonow RO, Budoff MJ, Cerqueira MD, Creager MA, Douglas PS, Fuster V, Garcia MJ, Homes DR Jr., Manning WJ, Pohost GM, Ryan TJ, Van Decker WA, Wiegers SE.: ACCF 2008 Training Statement on Multimodality Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 53(1): 125-146, Jan 2009.
Kirkpatrick, James N. Ky, Bonnie. Rahmouni, Hind W. Chirinos, Julio A. Farmer, Steven A. Fields, Anjali V. Ogbara, Jeffrey. Eberman, Karen M. Ferrari, Victor A. Silvestry, Frank E. Keane, Martin G. Opotowsky, Alexander R. Sutton, Martin St John. Wiegers, Susan E.: Application of appropriateness criteria in outpatient transthoracic echocardiography.[see comment]. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 22(1): 53-9, Jan 2009.
Kini VU, Logani S, Wiegers SE, Ferrari VA, Ky B, Chirinos JA, Moss JD, Keane MG, St John Sutton M, Rahmouni HW, Farmer S, Eberman K, Kirkpatrick JN: Blood Culture Results Are Not Associated with Vegetations on Transesophageal Echocardiography: Implications for the Appropriate Ordering of TEE. American Society of Echocardiography 2009.
Ogbara J, Logani S, Ky B, Moss J, Chirinos JA, Eberman K, Sutton B, Ryan G, Ferrari VA, Silvestry FE, Keane MG, St John Sutton M, Wiegers SE, Kirkpatrick JN: Appropriateness and Clinical Utility in Carefully-Screened Transesophageal Echocardiograms. American Society of Echocardiography 2009.
Kolansky, Daniel M. Cuchel, Marina. Clark, Bernard J. Paridon, Steve. McCrindle, Brian W. Wiegers, Susan E. Araujo, Luis. Vohra, Yogesh. Defesche, Joep C. Wilson, James M. Rader, Daniel J.: Longitudinal evaluation and assessment of cardiovascular disease in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. American Journal of Cardiology 102(11): 1438-43, Dec 1 2008.
Chirinos JA, Segers P, Swillens A, Kirkpatrick JN, Rahmouni H, Lanning C, Silvestry FE, Keane MG, Wiegers SE, Ferrari VA, St John Sutton M: Does End-systolic Stress Adequately Reflect Time-varying Left Ventricular Wall And Fiber Stress in Hypertension?: Influence Of The Components Of Arterial Pulsatile Load. American Heart Association Circulation 118, Oct 2008.
Douglas PK, Khandheria B, Stainback RF, Weissman NJ, Peterson ED, Hendel RC, Blaivas M, Dez Prez RD, Gilliam LD, Golash T, Hiratzka LF, Kussmaul WG, Labovitz AJ, Lindenfeld J, Masoudi FA, Mayo PH, Porembka D, Spertus JA, Wann LS, Wiegers SE, Brindis RG, Patel, MR, Peterson ED, Wolk MJ, Allen JM: ACCF/ASE/ACEP/AHA/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2008. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 71(5): E1-19, Apr 2008.
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