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  1. Benefits of Oral Nitrite Supplementation on Mitochondrial Respiration and Physical Function In Older Adults..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  2026
  2. Advancing Quality in Post-Acute Cardiovascular and Stroke Care: Why National Leadership and Certification Matter..  The American journal of medicine.  2026
  3. Post-Acute Cardiovascular and Stroke Care and the Potential of Certification Programs: A "Call to Action" Current Challenges of Post-Acute Care and Rationale for Certification..  The American journal of medicine.  2026
  4. The "Reducing Inflammation for Greater Health Trial (RIGHT)" Study-Concept, Rationale, and Design..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  2026
  5. Frailty Modifies the Prognostic Effect of Age Among Older Adults With Acute Coronary Syndrome..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  15:-. 2025
  6. Determining reduced functional capacity in older adults using research-grade wearable accelerometers: a secondary analysis of the study of muscle, mobility, and aging..  BJA open.  -. 2025
  7. Evolving Insights Regarding Biomarkers to Better Manage Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease..  The journal of applied laboratory medicine.  10:1691-1702. 2025
  8. Cardiomyopathy in Older Adults..  Current cardiology reports.  27:-. 2025
  9. Human-Centered Design to Tailor Telehealth Cardiac Rehabilitation to Diverse Populations: The MCNAIR Study..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  14:-. 2025
  10. What Matters Most to Older Adults Referred for Stress Testing..  JAMA network open.  8:-. 2025
  11. Peak oxygen uptake in older adults with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis..  GeroScience.  2025
  12. Cognitive Impairment Highly Prevalent and Associated With Reduced Physical Function in Older Veteran Clinical Exercise Program..  Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation.  7:-. 2025
  13. Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mechanisms to Restore Function and Clinical Impact..  Circulation research.  137:255-272. 2025
  14. The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Cardiovascular Disease..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  85:2472-2491. 2025
  15. Recommendations for Providing Feedback and Medical Reassurance Following Maximal-Graded Exercise Testing for Exercise Prescription in Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  45:236-238. 2025
  16. Machine Learning Application for Bleeding Risk Prediction in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Treated with Oral Anticoagulation..  Acta haematologica.  148:1-582. 2025
  17. Association of Sleep Quality With Activity and Participation in Older Adults..  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation.  107:207-214. 2025
  18. Managing Hypercholesterolemia in Adults Older Than 75 years Without a History of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: An Expert Clinical Consensus From the National Lipid Association and the American Geriatrics Society..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  73:1674-1696. 2025
  19. Managing hypercholesterolemia in adults older than 75 years without a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: An Expert Clinical Consensus from the National Lipid Association and the American Geriatrics Society..  Journal of clinical lipidology.  19:215-237. 2025
  20. Advanced Liver Fibrosis Impairs Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease..  Digestive diseases and sciences.  70:1530-1539. 2025
  21. Selecting Appropriate Clinical Trial Endpoints for Geroscience Trials: A Path Towards Consensus..  Research square.  2025
  22. The Safety Profile of Amiodarone Among Older Adults (Age ≥75 Years): A Pharmacovigilance Study from the FDA Data..  The American journal of medicine.  138:819-826. 2025
  23. Cardiorespiratory Fitness From Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Is a Comprehensive Risk-stratifying Tool in Liver Transplant Candidates..  Transplantation direct.  10:-. 2024
  24. Beyond Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy: Nonpharmacologic Management for Patients With Heart Failure..  JACC. Heart failure.  13:185-199. 2024
  25. Sex differences in the association between skeletal muscle energetics and perceived physical fatigability: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)..  GeroScience.  47:1999-2013. 2024
  26. A Pragmatic Approach to Introducing Translational Geroscience Into the Clinic: A Paradigm Based on the Incremental Progression of Aging-Related Clinical Research..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  79. 2024
  27. Role of Walking Energetics and Perceived Fatigability Differs by Gait Speed: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  79. 2024
  28. The role of maximal inspiratory pressure on functional performance in adults with heart failure..  ESC heart failure.  11:4231-4241. 2024
  29. Adapting and Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Behavioral Intervention to Promote Sleep Health in Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Behavioral sleep medicine.  22:1-16. 2024
  30. Frailty and Cardiovascular Health..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  13:-. 2024
  31. Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Capacities Are Associated With Multimorbidity Burden in Older Adults: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  79. 2024
  32. Associations between regional adipose tissue distribution and skeletal muscle bioenergetics in older men and women..  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.).  32:1125-1135. 2024
  33. Skeletal Muscle SIRT3 Deficiency Contributes to Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction..  Circulation.  150:867-883. 2024
  34. Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC): Human Studies Design and Protocol..  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985).  137:473-493. 2024
  35. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in a Prospective Multicenter Cohort of Older Adults..  Medicine and science in sports and exercise.  56:1574-1584. 2024
  36. JACC.  JACC. Advances.  3. 2024
  37. Associations of accelerometry-measured and self-reported physical activity and sedentary behavior with skeletal muscle energetics: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)..  Journal of sport and health science.  13:621-630. 2024
  38. Cardiovascular Disease in the Older Adult: Where Are We 4 Decades Later?.  JACC. Advances.  3. 2024
  39. Usual-paced 400 m long distance corridor walk estimates cardiorespiratory fitness among older adults: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  72:858-865. 2023
  40. New statin use, mortality, and first cardiovascular events in older US Veterans by frailty status..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  72:410-422. 2023
  41. The Importance of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Adults..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  44:E5-E6. 2023
  42. Automated Messaging Program to Facilitate Systematic Home Blood Pressure Monitoring: Qualitative Analysis of Provider Interviews..  JMIR cardio.  -. 2023
  43. Prehabilitation: evolving role in contemporary cardiac surgery..  Nature reviews. Cardiology.  20:793-794. 2023
  44. Validation of the Pittsburgh Performance Fatigability Index in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  78:2387-2395. 2023
  45. Lower muscle mitochondrial energetics is associated with greater phenotypic frailty in older women and men: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging..  GeroScience.  46:2409-2424. 2023
  46. Muscle mitochondrial bioenergetic capacities is associated with multimorbidity burden in older adults: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)..  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences.  2023
  47. Effect of canakinumab on frailty: A post hoc analysis of the CANTOS trial..  Aging cell.  23:-. 2023
  48. Associations between skeletal muscle energetics and accelerometry-based performance fatigability: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging..  Aging cell.  23:-. 2023
  49. Incident low muscle mass is associated with greater lung disease and lower circulating leptin in a tobacco-exposed longitudinal cohort..  Respiratory research.  24:-. 2023
  50. A Comprehensive Exercise (COMEX) Intervention to Optimize Exercise Participation for Improving Patient-Centered Outcomes and Physical Functioning in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: Development and Pilot Testing..  Kidney medicine.  5:-. 2023
  51. Baseline Characteristics and Barriers to Recruitment in Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation NIH-Funded Trials..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  43:407-411. 2023
  52. Hospitalizations during home-based walking exercise interventions in peripheral artery disease: Results from two randomized clinical trials..  Vascular medicine (London, England).  28:583-585. 2023
  53. Life's Essential 8: Optimizing Health in Older Adults..  JACC. Advances.  2. 2023
  54. Frailty Status Modifies the Efficacy of ICD Therapy for Primary Prevention Among Patients With HF..  JACC. Heart failure.  12:757-767. 2023
  55. Race or ethnicity and education in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment..  Journal of cardiology.  83:280-283. 2023
  56. The Association of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment and Non-Fatal Cardiovascular or Serious Adverse Events in Older Adults with Mortality: Mediation Analysis in SPRINT..  European journal of preventive cardiology.  30:996-1004. 2023
  57. JACC: Advances.  JACC. Advances.  2. 2023
  58. Impact of Geroscience on Therapeutic Strategies for Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease: JACC Scientific Statement..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  82:631-647. 2023
  59. JACC: Advances.  JACC. Advances.  2. 2023
  60. Sarcopenia and Cardiovascular Diseases..  Circulation.  147:1534-1553. 2023
  61. Veterans Health Administration research in aging: Opportunities for high impact across the academic career..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  71:3001-3004. 2023
  62. Pragmatic evaluation of events and benefits of lipid lowering in older adults (PREVENTABLE): Trial design and rationale..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  71:1701-1713. 2023
  63. MetfOrmin BenefIts Lower Extremities with Intermittent Claudication (MOBILE IC): randomized clinical trial protocol..  BMC cardiovascular disorders.  23:-. 2023
  64. Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and body mass index of pre-adolescent children and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic..  Frontiers in public health.  -. 2023
  65. Geriatric Cardiology: Coming of Age..  JACC. Advances.  1. 2022
  66. Effects of Walking Exercise at a Pace With Versus Without Ischemic Leg Symptoms on Functional Performance Measures in People With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: The LITE Randomized Clinical Trial..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  11:-. 2022
  67. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation: Effect Modification by Household Income..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  11:-. 2022
  68. AGS and NIA bench-to bedside conference summary: Cancer and cardiovascular disease..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  70:2764-2774. 2022
  69. Prevalence, Impact, and Trajectories of Sleep Disturbance in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A NARRATIVE REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS FOR EVALUATION AND TREATMENT..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  42:316-323. 2022
  70. Preexisting frailty and outcomes in older patients with acute myocardial infarction..  American heart journal.  34-44. 2022
  71. Factors Associated With Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation in Older Adults After Myocardial Infarction: THE SILVER-AMI STUDY..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  42:109-114. 2022
  72. Cardiac rehabilitation for older adults: current evidence and future potential..  Expert review of cardiovascular therapy.  20:13-34. 2022
  73. Applying frailty to guide myocardial infarction management: an important step towards precision medicine and personalized care for older adults..  European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care.  11:99-101. 2022
  74. Interventions for Frailty Among Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease: JACC State-of-the-Art Review..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  79:482-503. 2022
  75. Tracking Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization in Medicare Beneficiaries: 2017 UPDATE..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  42:235-245. 2022
  76. Cardiac rehabilitation in older adults: Apropos yet significantly underutilized..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  94-101. 2022
  77. Update on RFA Increasing Use of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Traditional and Community Settings NIH-Funded Trials: ADDRESSING CLINICAL TRIAL CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  42:10-14. 2022
  78. Body Composition and Incident Heart Failure in Older Adults: Results From 2 Prospective Cohorts..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  11:-. 2021
  79. Modified Application of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Adults (MACRO) Trial: Protocol changes in a pragmatic multi-site randomized controlled trial in response to the COVID-19 pandemic..  Contemporary clinical trials.  -. 2021
  80. Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival for Ischemic Heart Disease..  Current cardiology reports.  23:-. 2021
  81. Frailty and cardiovascular outcomes in the National Health and Aging Trends Study..  European heart journal.  42:3856-3865. 2021
  82. Frailty as a Predictor of Device Choice and Mortality in Older Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Recipients..  Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology.  14:-. 2021
  83. Exercise Intolerance in Older Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: JACC State-of-the-Art Review..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  78:1166-1187. 2021
  84. Cardiovascular care of older adults..  BMJ (Clinical research ed.).  -. 2021
  85. Research Priorities in the Secondary Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation: A National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Virtual Workshop Report..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  10:-. 2021
  86. Randomized feasibility trial of a digital intervention for hypertension self-management..  Journal of human hypertension.  36:718-725. 2021
  87. Prefrailty, impairment in physical function, and risk of incident heart failure among older adults..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  69:2486-2497. 2021
  88. Multidimensional Sleep Health and Physical Functioning in Older Adults..  Gerontology & geriatric medicine.  -. 2021
  89. Sustained physical activity in peripheral artery disease: Associations with disease severity, functional performance, health-related quality of life, and subsequent serious adverse events in the LITE randomized clinical trial..  Vascular medicine (London, England).  26:497-506. 2021
  90. Effect of Low-Intensity vs High-Intensity Home-Based Walking Exercise on Walk Distance in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: The LITE Randomized Clinical Trial..  JAMA.  325:1266-1276. 2021
  91. Cardiac Rehabilitation for Patients With Heart Failure: JACC Expert Panel..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  77:1454-1469. 2021
  92. Differences in Comorbid Conditions Among Older Adult Participants in Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  41:109-112. 2021
  93. Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: EXPERIENCE FROM THE VETERANS AFFAIRS..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  41:93-99. 2021
  94. The Physiological Burden of the 6-Minute Walk Test Compared With Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test in Patients With Severe Aortic Atenosis..  CJC open.  3:769-777. 2021
  95. Cardiac Rehabilitation Knowledge and Attitudes of Cardiology Fellows..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  41:30-34. 2021
  96. PTSD Improvement Associated with Social Connectedness in Gerofit Veterans Exercise Program..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  69:1045-1050. 2020
  97. Rapid Transition to Telehealth Group Exercise and Functional Assessments in Response to COVID-19..  Gerontology & geriatric medicine.  -. 2020
  98. Gerotechnology for Older Adults With Cardiovascular Diseases: JACC State-of-the-Art Review..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  76:2650-2670. 2020
  99. Physical Frailty Phenotype and the Development of Geriatric Syndromes in Older Adults with Coronary Heart Disease..  The American journal of medicine.  134:662-671.e1. 2020
  100. Enhancing Functional Risk Stratification in Contemporary Cardiac Rehabilitation: RESPONDING TO PATIENTS WHO ARE INCREASINGLY OLDER AND MORE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  40:394-398. 2020
  101. Increasing Use of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Traditional and Community Settings: OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  40:350-355. 2020
  102. Embedding and Sustaining a Focus on Function in Specialty Research and Care..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  69:225-233. 2020
  103. Cardiovascular Biomarkers and Imaging in Older Adults: JACC Council Perspectives..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  76:1577-1594. 2020
  104. Effects of Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation on Time to Enrollment and Functional Status in Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  9:-. 2020
  105. Cardiac Rehabilitation Is Associated With Improved Physical Function in Frail Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  40:310-318. 2020
  106. Association of Statin Use With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in US Veterans 75 Years and Older..  JAMA.  324:68-78. 2020
  107. Cardiac Rehabilitation: You Can't Have "Too Much of a Good Thing"..  Journal of cardiac failure.  26:652-653. 2020
  108. Cardiac Rehabilitation During COVID-19 Pandemic: Highlighting the Value of Home-Based Programs..  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association.  26:1322-1324. 2020
  109. Baseline frailty status and outcomes important for shared decision-making in older adults receiving transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a prospective observational study..  Aging clinical and experimental research.  33:345-352. 2020
  110. Age and Heart Failure Trials - Lessons from DAPA-HF..  Journal of cardiac failure.  26:191-192. 2020
  111. Cardiac Rehabilitation in Frail Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease: A NEW DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PARADIGM..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  40:72-78. 2020
  112. Primary Prevention Statins in Older Adults: Personalized Care for a Heterogeneous Population..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  68:467-473. 2020
  113. The importance of physical function as a clinical outcome: Assessment and enhancement..  Clinical cardiology.  43:108-117. 2019
  114. Impact of Age on Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction..  JACC. Heart failure.  7:1056-1065. 2019
  115. Frailty Among Older Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Outcomes From Percutaneous Coronary Interventions..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  8:-. 2019
  116. Cardiac Rehabilitation for Older Adults: Vital Opportunity to Improve Patient-Centered Cardiovascular Disease Care amid Worldwide Patient Aging..  Clinics in geriatric medicine.  35:xiii-xiv. 2019
  117. Treating Hypercholesterolemia in Older Adults..  JAMA.  322:-. 2019
  118. Statins for Primary Prevention in Those Aged 70 Years and Older: A Critical Review of Recent Cholesterol Guidelines..  Drugs & aging.  36:687-699. 2019
  119. Never Too Old for Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Clinics in geriatric medicine.  35:407-421. 2019
  120. Cardiac Rehabilitation to Optimize Medication Regimens in Heart Failure..  Clinics in geriatric medicine.  35:549-560. 2019
  121. Temporal Trends of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Older Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction..  Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions.  12:-. 2019
  122. Thirty-Day Readmission Risk Model for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction..  Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes.  12:-. 2019
  123. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  73:1890-1900. 2019
  124. A novel geriatric assessment frailty score predicts 2-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation..  European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes.  5:153-160. 2019
  125. Pathways, Contributors, and Correlates of Functional Limitation Across Specialties: Workshop Summary..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  74:534-543. 2019
  126. "Doc, I Think My Meds Are Killing Me! Please Help…": Transdisciplinary Forces Unite to Refocus Pharmacotherapy for Older Adults..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  67:205-207. 2018
  127. Impaired Exercise Tolerance in Heart Failure: Role of Skeletal Muscle Morphology and Function..  Current heart failure reports.  15:323-331. 2018
  128. Lessons From the First 202 REHAB-HF Participants..  Circulation. Heart failure.  11:-. 2018
  129. Resting Heart Rate and Chronotropic Response to Exercise: Prognostic Implications in Heart Failure Across the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Spectrum..  Journal of cardiac failure.  24:753-762. 2018
  130. Weighty Matters in HFpEF and Aging..  JACC. Heart failure.  6:650-652. 2018
  131. Individual and Joint Effects of Pulse Pressure and Blood Pressure Treatment Intensity on Serious Adverse Events in the SPRINT Trial..  The American journal of medicine.  131:1220-1227.e1. 2018
  132. Cardiovascular phenotype and prognosis of patients with heart failure induced by cancer therapy..  Heart (British Cardiac Society).  105:34-41. 2018
  133. Multimorbidity in Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  71:2149-2161. 2018
  134. Association of Veterans Health Administration Home-Based Programs With Access to and Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation..  JAMA internal medicine.  178:715-717. 2018
  135. Domain Management Approach to Heart Failure in the Geriatric Patient: Present and Future..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  71:1921-1936. 2018
  136. Physical activity and CVD in older adults: an expert's perspective..  Expert review of cardiovascular therapy.  16:1-10. 2017
  137. Octogenarians' post-acute care use after cardiac valve surgery and recovery: clinical implications..  Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.).  39:371-375. 2017
  138. Cardiac amyloidosis is prevalent in older patients with aortic stenosis and carries worse prognosis..  Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.  19:-. 2017
  139. Prognostic Value of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Heart Failure With Reduced, Midrange, and Preserved Ejection Fraction..  Journal of the American Heart Association.  6. 2017
  140. Limitations of Treating Heart Rate as the Primary Outcome Determinant in Older Adults..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  70:1872-1874. 2017
  141. Similar clinical benefits from below-target and target dose enalapril in patients with heart failure in the SOLVD Treatment trial..  European journal of heart failure.  20:359-369. 2017
  142. A Qualitative Study of Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs in an Integrated Health Care System..  Military medicine.  182:e1757-e1763. 2017
  143. Gait Speed Assessment in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Step in the Right Direction..  Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions.  10. 2017
  144. Impact of Incident Heart Failure on Body Composition Over Time in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study Population..  Circulation. Heart failure.  10. 2017
  145. Assessing the Value of Moving More-The Integral Role of Qualified Health Professionals..  Current problems in cardiology.  43:138-153. 2017
  146. Exercise Training for Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  60:115-120. 2017
  147. Physical function and exercise training in older patients with heart failure..  Nature reviews. Cardiology.  14:550-559. 2017
  148. Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the Older Adult Patient With Diabetes..  Diabetes care.  40:476-484. 2017
  149. Insulin provision therapy and mortality in older adults with diabetes mellitus and stable ischemic heart disease: Insights from BARI-2D trial..  International journal of cardiology.  35-40. 2017
  150. Arterial Stiffness and Risk of Overall Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The Health ABC Study (Health, Aging, and Body Composition)..  Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979).  69:267-274. 2016
  151. Knowledge, barriers and facilitators of exercise in dialysis patients: a qualitative study of patients, staff and nephrologists..  BMC nephrology.  17:-. 2016
  152. Notice of Retraction and Replacement. Schopfer DW, et al. Cardiac Rehabilitation Use Among Veterans With Ischemic Heart Disease. JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(10):1687-1689..  JAMA internal medicine.  176:1726-1727. 2016
  153. Cardiorespiratory fitness is differentially associated with cortical thickness in young and older adults..  NeuroImage.  1084-1092. 2016
  154. Effect of a Long-Term Physical Activity Intervention on Resting Pulse Rate in Older Persons: Results from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  64:2511-2516. 2016
  155. Growing Relevance of Cardiac Rehabilitation for an Older Population With Heart Failure..  Journal of cardiac failure.  22:1015-1022. 2016
  156. Skilled Nursing Facility Care for Patients With Heart Failure: Can We Make It "Heart Failure Ready?"..  Journal of cardiac failure.  22:1004-1014. 2016
  157. Knowledge Gaps in Cardiovascular Care of Older Adults: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Geriatrics Society: Executive Summary..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  64:2185-2192. 2016
  158. Overcoming Potential Threats to Scientific Advancements: Conflict of Interest, Ulterior Motives, False Innuendos and Harassment..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  59:522-524. 2016
  159. Decisive Bearing of Organizational Dynamics on the Application and Success of Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Mayo Clinic proceedings.  91:975-7. 2016
  160. Frailty: A Vital Sign for Older Adults With Cardiovascular Disease..  The Canadian journal of cardiology.  32:1082-7. 2016
  161. Top 10 List for the Cardiovascular Care of Older Adults..  The American journal of medicine.  129:901-2. 2016
  162. Multimorbidity is strongly associated with long-term but not short-term mortality after cardiac valve replacement..  International journal of cardiology.  417-21. 2016
  163. Geriatric Cardiology: An Emerging Discipline..  The Canadian journal of cardiology.  32:1056-64. 2016
  164. Gait Speed: Stepping Towards Improved Assessment of Heart Failure Patients..  JACC. Heart failure.  4:299-300. 2016
  165. Heart Failure and Midrange Ejection Fraction: Implications of Recovered Ejection Fraction for Exercise Tolerance and Outcomes..  Circulation. Heart failure.  9:-. 2016
  166. Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older Adults..  The Canadian journal of cardiology.  32:1088-96. 2016
  167. A branched-chain amino acid metabolite drives vascular fatty acid transport and causes insulin resistance..  Nature medicine.  22:421-6. 2016
  168. Slow Gait Speed and Risk of Mortality or Hospital Readmission After Myocardial Infarction in the Translational Research Investigating Underlying Disparities in Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction: Patients' Health Status Registry..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  64:596-601. 2016
  169. Association of Age to Mortality and Repeat Revascularization in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: Implications for Clinicians and Future Health Policies..  The Permanente journal.  20:4-9. 2016
  170. Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Torque Capacity and Circulating Ceramides in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure..  Journal of cardiac failure.  22:347-55. 2016
  171. Assessing Risks and Benefits of Invasive Cardiac Procedures in Patients with Advanced Multimorbidity..  Clinics in geriatric medicine.  32:359-71. 2016
  172. Bulking Up Skeletal Muscle to Improve Heart Failure Prognosis..  JACC. Heart failure.  4:274-6. 2016
  173. Cardiac Rehabilitation: The Mandate Grows..  Mayo Clinic proceedings.  91:125-8. 2016
  174. Influence of age in estimating maximal oxygen uptake..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  13:126-31. 2016
  175. Stable ischemic heart disease in the older adults..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  13:109-14. 2016
  176. Improved Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Older Adults..  F1000Research.  2016
  177. Care of older adults..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  13:1-7. 2016
  178. Evolving Role of Exercise Testing in Contemporary Cardiac Rehabilitation..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  36:309-19. 2016
  179. Factors Associated With Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease in the Veterans Health Administration: A QUALITATIVE STUDY..  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention.  36:167-73. 2016
  180. Use of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Medicare Patients..  JAMA.  314:1873-4. 2015
  181. Physical Activity Is Positively Associated with Episodic Memory in Aging..  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS.  21:780-90. 2015
  182. Heart Failure Among Older Adults in Skilled Nursing Facilities: More of a Dilemma Than Many Now Realize..  Current geriatrics reports.  4:318-326. 2015
  183. What to Expect From the Evolving Field of Geriatric Cardiology..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  66:1286-1299. 2015
  184. Secondary cardiovascular prevention in older adults: an evidence based review..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  12:459-64. 2015
  185. Medical decision making for older adults: an international perspective comparing the United States and India..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  12:329-34. 2015
  186. Heart Failure as a Newly Approved Diagnosis for Cardiac Rehabilitation: Challenges and Opportunities..  Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  65:2652-2659. 2015
  187. Clinical pharmacology relevant to older adults with cardiovascular disease..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  12:192-5. 2015
  188. Essentials of cardiovascular care for older adults: extending a US-based educational resource for collaboration with our China colleagues..  Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC.  12:-. 2015
  189. Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with white matter integrity in aging..  Annals of clinical and translational neurology.  2:688-98. 2015
  190. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in Older But Not Younger Adults..  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences.  71:474-82. 2014
  191. The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive and Neural Decline in Aging and Cardiovascular Disease..  Current geriatrics reports.  3:282-290. 2014
  192. Therapeutic interventions for frail elderly patients: part I. Published randomized trials..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  57:134-43. 2014
  193. Therapeutic interventions for frail elderly patients: part II. Ongoing and unpublished randomized trials..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  57:144-51. 2014
  194. Bringing geriatric cardiology to the next level..  Progress in cardiovascular diseases.  57:125-6. 2014

Principal Investigator on

• Leadership & Administrative Core 2004 - 2030
• Pitt Integrated Clinical and Geroscience Research Training Program 2003 - 2029
• Nitrite Supplementation to Mitigate Fatigability and Increase Function in Long COVID Patients 2023 - 2025
• Leadership & Administrative Core (LAC) 2004 - 2025
• Modified Application of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) for Older Adults (MACRO) 2018 - 2025
• Nitrite therapy to improve mitochondrial energetics and physical activity in older adults 2019 - 2023
• Nitrite benefits to mediate fatigability in older HFpEF patients 2016 - 2018
• ACTION - A CHF Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise 2002 - 2006

Areas of Focus