Multicenter Trials

ACUITY trial

Antithrombotic agents in patients with acute coronary syndromes

PI: Maan El Khadra, MD

Co-PI: Sandeep Nathan, MD

TIMI 30 Protect trial

PI: Maan El Khadra, MD

PEACE trial

ACE inhibitors in patients with coronary artery disease and normal ventricular function

PI: Suhail Khadra, MD

CRUSADE registry

Adherence to published treatment guidelines and improvement in hospital care in patients with acute coronary syndromes

PI: Suhail Khadra, MD

HART trial

Improving outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

Partners for Life trial

Effect of spousal education on outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

STICH trial

New surgical techniques in patients with left ventricular dysfunction

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

OPTIMIZE-HF

Early use of beta blockers in hospitalized patients with congestive heart failure

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

VALIANT trial

Valsartan and captopril in patients with acute myocardial infarction

PI: James Calvin, MD

Co-PI: Payman Sattar, MD

Single-Center Studies

The use of Doppler hemodynamics, c-reactive protein and CA-125 levels for predicting outcomes in African American patients with systolic heart failure

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

Evaluating tissue Doppler as a predictor of risk and ventricular remoseling in acute myocardial infarction

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients undergoing treadmill and dobutamine stress testing

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in detecting diastolic dysfunction determined by echo tissue Doppler

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

Factors associated with hospital readmission in African American patients with heart failure

PI: Thomas Stamos, MD

Clinical and transthoracic echocardiography predictors in the diagnisis of infectious endocarditis by transesophageal echocardiography

PI: Rami Doukky, MD

Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular mass and diastolic left ventricular function in African American patients newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus with and without hypertension

PI: Rami Doukky, MD