Selected recent publications:

• Simon MA, Primack BA, Teuteberg J, Kormos RL, Bermudez C, Toyoda Y, Shah H MD;  Gorscan J, McNamara DM. Left Ventricular Remodeling and Myocardial Recovery on Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Card Fail. 2010 Feb;16(2):99-105.
• Teuteberg JJ, Shullo MA, Zomak R, Toyoda Y, McNamara DM, Bermudez C, Kormos RL, McCurry KR. Alemtuzumab Induction Prior to Cardiac Transplantation with Lower Intensity Maintenance Immunosuppression: One-Year Outcomes. Am J Transplant. 2010 Feb;10(2):382-8.
• Bhama JK, Nguyen DQ, Scolieri S, Teuteberg JJ, Toyoda Y, Kormos RL, McCurry KR, McNamara D, Bermudez CA. Surgical revascularization for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Is it still an option? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jun;137(6):1488-92.
• Rame EJ, Tam SW, McNamara D, Worcel M,  Sabolinski ML, Wu A,  Dries DL. . Dysfunctional Corin I555 (P568) Allele is Associated with Impaired BNP Processing and Adverse Outcomes in African-Americans with Systolic Heart Failure: Results from the Genetic Risk Assessment in Heart Failure A-HeFT Sub-Study. Circ Heart Fail. 2009 Nov;2(6):541-8.
• McNamara DM, Tam SW, Sabolinski ML, Tobelmann P,  Janosko J, Venkitachalam L,  Ofili E, Yancy C,  Feldman AM, Ghali JK, Taylor AL, Cohn JN, MD8, Worcel M. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) polymorphisms in African Americans with heart failure: results from the A-HeFT Trial. J Card Fail. 2009; 15(3):191-8.
• Bedi MS, Alvarez RJ, Kubota T, Sheppard R, Kormos RL, Siegenthaler MP, Feldman AM, McNamara DM.  Myocardial Fas and cytokine expression in end-stage heart failure. Clinical Translational Science, 2008; 1(3): 245-248
• Teuteberg JJ, Shullo M, Zomak R, McNamara D, McCurry K, Kormos RL. Aggressive steroid weaning after cardiac transplantation is possible without the additional risk of significant rejection. Clin Transplant. 2008 Nov-Dec;22(6):730-7.
• Toyoda Y, Thacker J, Santos R, Nguyen D, Bhama J, Bermudez C, Kormos R, Johnson B, Crespo M, Pilewski J, Teuteberg J, Alvarez R, Mathier M, McNamara D, McCurry K, Zenati M, Hattler B. Long-term outcome of lung and heart-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Oct;86(4):1116-22.
• Refaat M, McNamara D, Teuteberg J, Kormos R, McCurry K, Shullo M, Toyoda Y, Bermudez C. Successful cidofovir treatment in an adult heart transplant recipient with severe adenovirus pneumonia. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Jun;27(6):699-700.
• Pacanowski MA, Zineh I, Li H, Johnson BD, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Bittner V, McNamara DM, Sharaf BL, Merz CN, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA. Adrenergic gene polymorphisms and cardiovascular risk in the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation. J Transl Med. 2008 Mar 10;6:11
• Angheloiu GO, Rahaby M, Starling RC, Angheloiu V, McNamara DM, Yamani MH, Young JB. Myocardial degradation and left bundle branch block predict conversion to low ejection fraction in heart failure with preserved systolic function.    Congest Heart Fail. 2008 Jul-Aug;14(4):192-6. 
• Ishizawar D, Teuteberg JJ, Cadaret LM, Mathier MA, McNamara DM. The b1-adrenergic receptor mediates the pharmacogenetic interaction of the ACE D allele and beta-blockers.  Clinical Translational Science, 2008; 1(2):151-154
• London B, Michalec M, Mehdi H, Zhu X, Kerchner L, Sanyal S, Viswanathan PC, Pfahnl AE, Shang LL, Madhusudanan M, Baty CJ, Lagana S, Aleong R, Gutmann R, Ackerman MJ, McNamara DM, Weiss R, Dudley SC Jr. Mutation in glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 1 like gene (GPD1-L) decreases cardiac Na+ current and causes inherited arrhythmias. Circulation. 2007 Nov 13;116(20):2260-8.
• Tang Z, Diamond MA, Chen JM, Holly TA, Bonow RO, Dasgupta A, Hyslop T, Purzycki A, Wagner J, McNamara DM, Kukulski T, Wos S, Velazquez EJ, Ardlie K, Feldman AM. Polymorphisms in adenosine receptor genes are associated with infarct size in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Oct;82(4):435-40.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dennis M. McNamara, M.D.
Phone: (412) 647 - 7168
Email: menamaradm@upmc.edu