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Medical Lead for Cardiac Amyloidosis , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Permanent link21 7 BS 14 (Biology) c
44 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
46 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY , 2004.
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Description of Clinical Expertise
38 Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardiac Sarcoidosis71
Description of Research Expertise
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123 Qarni TN, Jones FJS, Drachman B, Khella S, Pieretti J, Bustamante NS, Karam C.: Treatment characteristics of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a cohort study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 19(1): 191, May 2024.
1ca Bhattaru A, Rojulpote C, Vidula M, Duda J, Maclean MT, Swago S, Thompson E, Gee J, Pieretti J, Drachman B, Cohen A, Dorbala S, Bravo PE, Witschey WR: Deep learning approach for automated segmentation of myocardium using bone scintigraphy single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 33: 101809, Mar 2024.
1aa Obici L, Ajroud-Driss S, Lin KP, Berk JL, Gillmore JD, Kale P, Koike H, Danese D, Aldinc E, Chen C, Vest J, Adams D; HELIOS-A Collaborators Study Group: Impact of Vutrisiran on Quality of Life and Physical Function in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy. Neurology and Therapy 12(5): 1759-1175, October 2023.
175 Wilcox NS, Prenner SB, Cevasco M, Condit C, Goldstein A, Peterson JT, Tondi Resta I, Palmer M, Lal P, Owens AT, Pieretti J, Drivas TG, Reza N.: End Stage Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation Due to Biallelic Pathogenic C1QBP Variants. Circ Genom Precis Med 15(2): e003559, Apr 2022.
11e Liang JJ, Frankel DS, Pieretti J, Deshpande C, Nazarian S: Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 57(3): 489-490, March 2020.
1f7 Maurer MS, Schwartz JH, Gundapaneni B, Elliott PM, Merlini G, Waddington-Cruz M, Kristen AV, Grogan M, Witteles R, Damy T, Drachman BM, Shah SJ, Hanna M, Judge DP, Barsdorf AI, Huber P, Patterson TA, Riley S, Schumacher J, Stewart M, Sultan MB, Rapezzi C; ATTR-ACT Study Investigators.: Tafamidis Treatment for Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. New England Journal of Medicine 379(11): 1007-1016, September 2018.
169 D.A. Baran, K. Liaquat, J. Pieretti, C. Gidea, M. Munagala, M. Camacho, C. Patel, M. Divita, M.J. Zucker: Too Much Information: Interaction of Donor Sequence and Acceptance in the UNOS Database. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4s): S86, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.
146 Baran DA, Rao P, Deo D, Liaquat K, Pieretti J, Gidea C, Munagala M, Zucker MJ: Lack of Rejection Despite Period of No Immunosuppression: The NoTac Case Series. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4): S282, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.
100 Tayal R, Pieretti J, Baran DA.: Severe systemic vasospasm causing recurrent cardiac arrest after orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 32(12): 1271-1272, Dec 2013.
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Selected Publications
1c3 Fessehaie NA, Bediako H, Kallan MJ, Levin M, Adusumalli S, Bravo P, Pieretti J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Ferrari VA, Denduluri S, Anyanwu E, Julien H, Eberly LA.: Utilization rates and determinants of PYP and CMR among patients with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography. Int J Cardiol 438: 133562, Nov 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133562.123 Qarni TN, Jones FJS, Drachman B, Khella S, Pieretti J, Bustamante NS, Karam C.: Treatment characteristics of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: a cohort study. Orphanet J Rare Dis 19(1): 191, May 2024.
1ca Bhattaru A, Rojulpote C, Vidula M, Duda J, Maclean MT, Swago S, Thompson E, Gee J, Pieretti J, Drachman B, Cohen A, Dorbala S, Bravo PE, Witschey WR: Deep learning approach for automated segmentation of myocardium using bone scintigraphy single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis. J Nucl Cardiol 33: 101809, Mar 2024.
1aa Obici L, Ajroud-Driss S, Lin KP, Berk JL, Gillmore JD, Kale P, Koike H, Danese D, Aldinc E, Chen C, Vest J, Adams D; HELIOS-A Collaborators Study Group: Impact of Vutrisiran on Quality of Life and Physical Function in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy. Neurology and Therapy 12(5): 1759-1175, October 2023.
175 Wilcox NS, Prenner SB, Cevasco M, Condit C, Goldstein A, Peterson JT, Tondi Resta I, Palmer M, Lal P, Owens AT, Pieretti J, Drivas TG, Reza N.: End Stage Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy and Heart Transplantation Due to Biallelic Pathogenic C1QBP Variants. Circ Genom Precis Med 15(2): e003559, Apr 2022.
11e Liang JJ, Frankel DS, Pieretti J, Deshpande C, Nazarian S: Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Arrhythmias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 57(3): 489-490, March 2020.
1f7 Maurer MS, Schwartz JH, Gundapaneni B, Elliott PM, Merlini G, Waddington-Cruz M, Kristen AV, Grogan M, Witteles R, Damy T, Drachman BM, Shah SJ, Hanna M, Judge DP, Barsdorf AI, Huber P, Patterson TA, Riley S, Schumacher J, Stewart M, Sultan MB, Rapezzi C; ATTR-ACT Study Investigators.: Tafamidis Treatment for Patients with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. New England Journal of Medicine 379(11): 1007-1016, September 2018.
169 D.A. Baran, K. Liaquat, J. Pieretti, C. Gidea, M. Munagala, M. Camacho, C. Patel, M. Divita, M.J. Zucker: Too Much Information: Interaction of Donor Sequence and Acceptance in the UNOS Database. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4s): S86, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.
146 Baran DA, Rao P, Deo D, Liaquat K, Pieretti J, Gidea C, Munagala M, Zucker MJ: Lack of Rejection Despite Period of No Immunosuppression: The NoTac Case Series. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 35(4): S282, April 2016 Notes: Poster presentation.
100 Tayal R, Pieretti J, Baran DA.: Severe systemic vasospasm causing recurrent cardiac arrest after orthotopic heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 32(12): 1271-1272, Dec 2013.
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