Douglas W Losordo MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
736 Cambridge St Dept Of Cardiology C Brighton MA, 02135About
Dr. Losordo is an interventional cardiologist, a professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a member of the Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation. Dr. Losordo ...
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Therapeutic angiogenesis for heart failure.
- Role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cell migration.
- Catheter-based myocardial gene transfer utilizing nonfluoroscopic electromechanical left ventricular mapping.
- Gene therapy for myocardial angiogenesis.
- Estrogen and angiogenesis: A review.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis: crouching tiger or hidden dragon?
- Assessment of risks associated with cardiovascular gene therapy in human subjects.
- [Growth factors for therapeutic angiogenesis in cardiovascular diseases].
- In vivo blockade of tumor necrosis factor-alpha accelerates functional endothelial recovery after balloon angioplasty.
- Estrogen receptor-mediated, nitric oxide-dependent modulation of the immunologic barrier function of the endothelium: regulation of fas ligand expression by estradiol.
- Genetic targeting for cardiovascular therapeutics: are we near the summit or just beginning the climb?
- Acetylcysteine to prevent angiography-related renal tissue injury (the APART trial).
- Angiogenic gene therapy: pre-clinical studies and phase I clinical data.
- Phase 1/2 placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-escalating trial of myocardial vascular endothelial growth factor 2 gene transfer by catheter delivery in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia.
- Nitric oxide and angiogenesis.
Awards
- Chicago Super Doctors 2012
Fellowships
- St. Elizabeth's Medical Center 1989
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center 1989
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center 1988
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Fellow:Interventional Cardiology 1988
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