CURRICULUM VITAE

June 2016 ______

Signature

Stephen Scott Gottlieb, M.D.

Professor of Medicine______

University of Maryland School of MedicineDate

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

110 South Paca Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

(410) 328-8788

FAX: (410) 328-1048

EMAIL:

EDUCATION

1977B.A.Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

1981M.D.Brown University

Program in Medicine

Providence, Rhode Island

Internship (Medical)

1981 - 1982University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics

Chicago, Illinois

Residency (Medical)

1982 - 1984University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics

Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship

1984 - 1987Division of Cardiology

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Department of Medicine

New York, New York

CERTIFICATION

1985 - Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine

1988 - Diplomate, ABIM, Sub-Specialty in Cardiovascular Disease

2010 - Sub-Specialty in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology

LICENSURE

1988 - Maryland, #D36885

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

Arrhythmias in Congestive Heart Failure

Pharmacology in Congestive Heart Failure

Renal function in Congestive Heart Failure

Exercise and Congestive Heart Failure

FACULTY POSITIONS

1987 - 1988Instructor in Medicine (Cardiology)

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, New York

1988 - 1994Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

1994 - 2000Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

1996 - presentGraduate Faculty

University of Maryland Graduate School

Baltimore, Maryland

2000 - presentProfessor of Medicine (Cardiology)

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

2000 - presentFaculty Associate

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Baltimore, Maryland

MAJOR ACADEMIC TASKS

1987 - 1988Co-Director, Ames and Rose Coronary Care Units

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York

1988 - 2003Director, Cardiac Care Unit

University of Maryland Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

1992 - 2003Director, Heart Failure Service

University of Maryland Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

1992 - presentStaff Physician

Baltimore VA Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland

2003 -2008Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation

University of Maryland Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

2009 – presentDirector, Cardiology Clinical Research Program

University of Maryland Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

1985 - presentFellow, American Heart Association

1988 - presentFellow, American College of Cardiology

1997 - presentMember, Heart Failure Society of America

HONORS, AWARDS

1977Phi Beta Kappa

1981Sigma Xi

1988Fellow, American College of Cardiology

1990Fellow, American Heart Association

1994Presidential Recognition Award

American Heart Association, Maryland Affiliate

2003Class of 2005 Teaching Award in Pathophysiology

and Therapeutics, II; Cardiovascular-Hypertension Unit

REVIEWER

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

American Journal of Cardiology

American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting

American Journal of Medicine

European Heart Journal

Circulation

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Journal of the American Medical Association

Annals of Internal Medicine

Lancet

Journal of Heart Lung Transplant

Heart Failure Society of America Annual Meeting

New England Journal of Medicine

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

The Wellcome Trust 2010

Medical Letter

Research Councils UK grant applications

EDITORIAL BOARD

1999-2008Circulation

1999-2001American Health Consultants CHF Disease Management

2000-2006Journal of Cardiac Failure

2001-2008Journal of the American College of Cardiology

2002-presentCritical Pathways in Cardiology

2004-presentCurrent Cardiology Reviews

2005-presentJournal of Cardiothoracic-Renal Research

2006-presentAssociate Editor, Journal of Cardiac Failure

2007-presentThe Open General Internal Medicine Journal

SENIOR CONSULTING AND GUEST EDITOR

2012 – presentJACC: Heart Failure

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

2006 - 2010Journal of Cardiac Failure

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

1.Gottlieb SS. Diuretics. In: Congestive Heart Failure: Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, and Comprehensive Approach to Management. Hosepud JD and Greenberg B, eds. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993, pp 341-353.

2. Gottlieb SS. Hemodynamic effects of arrhythmia and antiarrhythmic agents. In: Arrhythmia: A Clinical Approach. Podrid PJ, Kowey PR, eds. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1995, pp 739-751.

3.Gottlieb SS. Diuretics. In: Congestive Heart Failure, 2nd Edition: Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, and Comprehensive Approach to Management. Hosepud JD and Greenberg B, eds., Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, 2000, pp 421-433.

4.Gottlieb SS. Management of Congestive Heart Failure. In: Essential Cardiology. Rosendorf C, ed., W.B. Saunders, Phila, Pa. 2001, pp 365-390.

5.Gottlieb SS. How to use beta-blockers in heart failure. In: Harrison's Online, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

  1. Gottlieb SS. Heart Failure, In: Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. Elsevier, pub., W.B. Saunders, Phila, Pa. 2003, pp 595-602.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Section Editor. Current Heart Failure Reports, Volumes 1-2, Issue 2; Treatment: RRAS Inhibition and Beyond. Wilson S. Colucci, MD, Academic Editor; Current Science, Inc., Phila, Pa. 2004, 2005.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Section Co-Editor. Up-to-Date, Congestive Heart Failure.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Section Editor. Current Heart Failure Reports, Impact of Comorbidities on Heart Failure. Current Science, Inc., Phila, Pa. 2005.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Management of Congestive Heart Failure. In: Essential Cardiology. Rosendorf C, ed., Humana Press, Inc , Totowa, NJ. 2005, pp 371-392.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Congestive Heart Failure, Traditional Diuretics and other Diuresing Agents. Hosenpud & Greenberg, ed.; Lippincott, William & Wilkens, pub. 2006.
  1. Binkley PF, Gottlieb SS, eds. Depression in Heart Failure.Heart Failure Reviews 2011.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Management of Congestive Heart Failure. In: Essential Cardiology. Rosendorf C, ed., Springer, New York, NY. 2013, pp 347-360.

Refereed Publications

Articles

  1. Eden F, Hendrick J, Gottlieb SS. Homology of single copy and repeated sequences in chicken, duck, Japanese quail, and ostrich DNA Biochemistry 1978; 17(24):5113-5121.
  1. Packer M, Kessler PD, Gottlieb SS. Adverse effects of converting enzyme inhibition in patients with severe congestive heart failure: pathophysiology and management. Postgrad Med J 1986; 62(1):179.
  1. Packer M, Gottlieb SS, Kessler PD. Hormone-electrolyte interactions in the patho-genesis of lethal cardiac arrhythmias in patients with congestive heart failure. The basis of a new physiologic approach to control of arrhythmia. Am J Med 1986; 80(4A): 23-29.
  1. Packer M, Lee WH, Kessler PD, Gottlieb SS, Medina N. Yushak M, Bernstein JL, Kukin M. Role of neurohormonal mechanisms in determining the survival of patient with severe chronic heart failure. Circulation 1987; 75 (Suppl IV): IV80-IV91.
  1. Packer M. Gottlieb SS, Blum MA. Immediate and long-term pathophysiologic mechanisms in the genesis of sudden cardiac death in patients with congestive heart failure. Am J Med 1987; 82 (3A): 4-10.
  1. Packer M, Lee WH, Kessler PH, Gottlieb SS. Can we expect vasodilator therapy to prolong life in patients with congestive heart failure? J Cardiovas Pharmacol 1987; 9 (Suppl 2) : S73-S75.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Hansen DE, Wood LDH, Long GR. The effect of nitroprusside on pulmonary edema, oxygen exchange, and blood flow in hydrochloric acid aspiration. Anesthesiology 1987; 67(2): 203.
  1. Packer M, Lee WH, Medina N, Yushak M. Kessler PD, Gottlieb SS. Influence of diabetes mellitus on changes in left ventricular performance and renal function produced by converting-enzyme inhibition in patients with severe chronic heart failure. Am J Med 1987; 82:1119-1126.
  1. Packer M, Lee WH, Kessler PD, Medina N, Yushak M, Gottlieb SS. Identification of hyponatremia as a risk factor for the development of functional renal insufficiency during converting enzyme inhibition in severe chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987; 10:837-844.
  1. Packer M, Lee WH, Kessler PD, Gottlieb SS. Medina N, Yushak M. Prevention and reversal of nitrate tolerance in patients with congestive heart failure. New Eng J Med 1987; 317:799-804.
  1. Mayers I, Breen PH, Gottlieb SS, Long R. Wood LDH. The effects of indomethacin on edema and gas exchange in canine acid aspiration. Respiration Physiology 1987; 69:149-160.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Kukin ML, Ahern D, Packer M. Prognostic importance of atrial natriuretic peptide in patients with chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Card 1989; 13:1534-1539.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Kukin ML, Ahern D, Packer M. Adverse hemodynamic and clinical effects of encainide in severe chronic heart failure. Ann Int Med 1989; 110:505-9
  1. Gottlieb SS, Kukin ML, Medina N, Yushak M, Packer M. Comparative hemodynamic effects of procainamide, tocainide and encainide in severe chronic heart failure. Circulation 1990; 81:860-864.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Packer M. Deleterious hemodynamic effects of lidocaine in severe congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1989; 118:611-612.
  1. Gottlieb SS. Importance of magnesium in congestive heart failure. Am J Card 1989; 63:39G-42G.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Baruch L, Kukin ML, Bernstein JL, Fisher ML, Packer M. Prognostic importance of the serum magnesium concentrations in patients with congestive heart failure. J Am Coll Card 1990; 16(4):827-831
  1. Gottlieb SS, Weir MR. Renal effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in congestive heart failure. Am J Card 1990; 66 (11) D14-D21.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Weinberg MC. Hemodynamic and neurohormonal effects of quinidine in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction secondary to coronary artery disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Card 1991; 67:728-731
  1. Haber HL, Leavy JA, Kessler PD, Kukin ML, Gottlieb SS, Packer M. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate in congestive heart failure. N Eng J Med 1991; 324: 353-358.
  1. Steingart RM, Packer M, Hamm P, Coglianese ME, Gersh B, Geltman EM, Sollano J, Katz S, Moyé L, Basta LL, Lewis SJ, Gottlieb SS, Bernstein V, McEwan P, Jacobson K, Brown EJ, Kukin ML, Kantrowitz NE, Pfeffer MA. Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease. New Eng J Med 1991; 325:226-230.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Weinberg MC. Comparative hemodynamic effects of mexiletine and quinidine in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Am Heart J 1991; 122: 1368-1374.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Weinberg MC. Cardiodepressant effects of mexiletine in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Euro Heart J 1992; 13: 22-27.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Robinson S, Weir MR, Fisher ML, Krichten CM. Determinants of the renal response to ACE inhibition in patients with congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1992; 124: 131-136.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Rogowski AC, Weinberg M, Krichten CM, Hamilton BP, Hamlyn JM. Elevated concentrations of endogenous ouabain in patients with congestive heart failure. Circulation 1992; 86: 420-425.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Robinson S, Krichten CM, Fisher ML. Renal response to indomethacin in congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1992; 70: 890-893.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Pressel MD, Patten RD, Weinberg M, Greenberg N. Effects of intravenous magnesium sulfate on arrhythmias in patients with congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1993; 125: 1645-1650.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Kukin ML, Penn J, Fisher ML, Cines M, Medina N, Yushak M, Taylor M, Packer M. Sustained hemodynamic response to flosequinan in patients with heart failure receiving converting enzyme inhibitors. J Am Coll Card 1993; 22: 963-7.
  1. Rouleau JL, de Champlain J, Klein M, Bichet D, Moyé L, Packer M, Dagenais GR, Sussex B, Arnold JM, Sestier F, Parker JO, McEwan P, Bernstein V, Cuddy TE, Lamas G, Gottlieb SS, McCans J, Nadeau C, Delage F, Hamm P, Pfeffer M. Activation of neurohumoral systems in postinfarction left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Card 1993; 22: 390-8.
  1. Schwengel RH, Hawke MW, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Plotnick GD. Abnormal Valsalva blood pressure response in dilated cardiomyopathy: Association with "pseudonormalization" of echocardiographic doppler transmitral filling velocity pattern. Am Heart J 1993;126:1182-6.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Dickstein K, Fleck E, Kostis J, Levine TB, LeJemtel T, DeKock M. Hemodynamic and neurohormonal effects of the angiotensin II antagonist losartan in patients with congestive heart failure. Circulation 1993; 88: 1602-1609.
  1. Schwengel RH, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML. Protein-energy malnutrition in patients with ischemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1994; 73: 908-910.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Riggio DW, Lauria S, Peters RW, Shorofsky SR, Cines M, Froman D, Gold MR. High dose oral amiodarone loading exerts important hemodynamic actions in patients with congestive heart failure. J Am Coll Card 1994; 23: 560-4.
  1. Fisher ML, Gottlieb SS, Plotnick GD, Greenberg NL, Patten RD, Bennett SK, Hamilton BP. Beneficial effects of metoprolol in heart failure associated with coronary artery disease: A randomized trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994; 23: 943-50.
  1. Lang RM, DiBianco R, Broderick GT, Gottlieb SS, Kostis J, Lyle PA, Makris L, Rajfer SI, Rucinska EJ. First-dose effects of enalapril 2.5 mg and captopril 6.25 mg in patients with heart failure: A double-blind, randomized, multicenter study. Am Heart J 1994; 128: 551-6.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Cines M, Pressel MD. The hemodynamic actions of the antiarrhythmic agent, ipazilide fumarate, in patients with congestive heart failure. Clin Pharm Ther 1994; 56: 75-81.
  1. Hall C, Rouleau JL, Moyé L, de Champlain J, Bichet D, Klein M, Sussex B, Packer M, Rouleau J, Arnold JM, Lamas G, Sestier F, Gottlieb SS, Wun CC, Pfeffer M. N-terminal proatrial natriuretic factor: An independent predictor of long-term prognosis after myocardial infarction. Circulation 1994; 89: 1934-42.
  1. Poehlman ET, Scheffers J, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Vaitekevicius P. Increased resting metabolic rate in congestive heart failure. Ann Int Med 1994; 121; 860-862.
  1. Rouleau J, Packer M, Moyé L, de Champlain J, Bichet D, Rouleau JR, Sussex B, Arnold JM, Sestier F, Parker JO, McEwan P, Bernstein V, Cuddy TE, Lamas G, Gottlieb SS, McCans J, Nadeau C, Delage F, Wun CC, Pfeffer MA. Prognostic value of neurohumoral activation in patients with an acute myocardial infarction: Effect of captopril. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994; 24: 583-591.
  1. Dickstein K, Gottlieb S, Fleck E, Kostis J, Levine B, DeKock M, LeJemtel T. Hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of the angiotensin II antagonist losartan in patients with heart failure. J Hypertens 1994;12:S31-5.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Abraham WT, Butler J, Forman DE, Krumholz HM, Loh E, Massie BM, Rich 41. Silverman ME, Pressel MD, Brackett JC, Lauria SS, Gold MR, Gottlieb SS. Prognostic value of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram and a prolonged QRS in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1995; 75: 460-464.
  1. Reese DB, Silverman ME, Gold MR, Gottlieb SS. Prognostic importance of the length of ventricular tachycardia in patients with non-ischemic congestive heart failure. Am Heart J 1995; 130: 489-93.
  1. Hallstrom A, Pratt CM, Greene HL, Huther M, Gottlieb SS, DeMaria A, Young JB. Relations between heart failure, ejection fraction, arrhythmia suppression and mortality: Analysis of the cardiac arrhythmia suppression trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:1250-7.
  1. Riggio DW, Peters RW, Feliciano Z, Gottlieb SS, Shorofsky SR, Gold MR. Acute electrophysiologic effects of amiodarone in patients with congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1995;75:1158-61.
  1. Gold MR, Feliciano Z, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML. Dual-chamber pacing with a short atrioventricular delay in congestive heart failure: A randomized study. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;26:967-73.
  1. Poehlman ET, Toth MJ, Fishman PS, Vaitkevicius P, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML,Fonong T. Sarcopenia in Aging Humans: The Impact of Menopause and Disease. J Gerontol 1995;50:73-77.
  1. Stambler BS, Gottlieb SS, Singh BN, Ramanathan KB, Ogilby JD, Ellenbogen KA. Hemodynamic effects of intravenous sematilide in patients with congestive heart failure: A class III antiarrhythmias agent without cardio-depressant effects. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 26: 1679-1684.
  1. Obiseman TO, Toth MJ, Donaldson K, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Vaitekevicius P, Poehlman ET. Energy expenditure and symptom severity in men with heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1996; 77: 1250-1252.
  1. Gold MR, Fisher ML, Gottlieb SS. Failure of short atrioventricular delay pacing to improve hemodynamic function in patients with congestive heart failure. HeartWeb 1996; 2:2.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Singh S, Munger M, Eichhorn EJ, Ilgenfritz J, Hanyok J. Hemodynamic effects of the class III antiarrhythmic drug, d-sotalol, in patients with congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1996;78:1411-5.
  1. Packer M, Colucci WS, Sackner-Bernstein JD, Liang CS, Goldscher DA, Freeman I,Kukin ML, Kinhal V, Udelson JE, Klapholz M, Gottlieb SS, Pearle D, Cody RJ, Gregory JJ, Kantrowitz NE, LeJemtel TH, Young ST, Lukas MA, Shusterman NH. Double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of carvedilol in patients with moderate to severe heart failure. The PRECISE Trial. Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Carvedilol on Symptoms and Exercise. Circulation 1996;94:2793-9.
  1. Gold MR, Shorofsky SR, Metcalf MD, Feliciano Z, Fisher ML, Gottlieb SS. The acute hemodynamic effects of right ventricular septal pacing in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol l997;79: 679-681.
  1. Loh E, Sutton MS, Wun CC, Rouleau JL, Flaker GC, Gottlieb SS, Lamas GA, Moye LA, Goldhaber SZ, Pfeffer MA. Ventricular dysfunction and the risk of stroke after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1997; 336: 251-7.
  1. Toth MJ, Gottlieb SS, Goran MI, Fisher ML, Poehlman ET. Daily energy expenditure in free-living heart failure patients. Am J Physiol 1997; 272 (Endocrinol Metab 35): E469-E475.
  1. Toth MJ, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Ryan AS, Nicklas BJ, Poehlman ET. Plasma leptin concentrations and energy expenditure in heart failure patients. Metabolism 1997;46: 450-453.
  1. Toth MJ, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Poehlman ET. Skeletal muscle atrophy and peak oxygen consumption in heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1997;79:1267-69 .
  1. Toth MJ, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Poehlman ET. Daily energy requirements in heart failure patients. Metabolism 1997;46:1294-1298.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Cines M, Marshall J. Torsades de pointes with administration of high-dose intravenous d-sotalol to a patient with congestive heart failure. Pharmacotherapy 1997;17:4.
  1. Gottlieb SS, The use of pacemakers as treatment for systolic dysfunction. J Cardiac Failure 1998;4:145-150.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Khatta M, Wentworth D, Roffman D, Fisher ML, Kramer WG. The effects of diuresis on the pharmacokinetics of loop diuretics in patients with heart failure. Am J Med 1998;104:533-538.
  1. Gottlieb SS, McCarter RJ, Vogel RA. Effect of beta-blockade on mortality in high-risk and low-risk patients after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1998;339:489-497.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Skettino SL, Wolff A, Beckman E, Fisher ML, Freudenberger R, Gladwell T, Marshall J, Cines M, Bennett D, Liittschwager E. The effects of BG9719 (CVT-124), an A1 adenosine receptor antagonist, and furosemide on glomerular filtration rate and natriuresis in congestive heart failure patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 35:56-59..
  1. MERIT-HF Study Group. Effect of metoprolol CR/XL in chronic heart failure: Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF). Lancet 1999;353:2001-2007.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Freudenberger R, Robinson S, Zietowski G, Alves L, Krichten C, Vaitkevicus P, McCarter R. Effects of exercise training on peak performance and quality of life in congestive heart failure patients. J Cardiac Failure 1999; 5: 188-194.
  1. Goldstein S, Kennedy HL, Hall C, Anderson JL, Gheorghiade M, Gottlieb S, Jessup M, Karlsberg RP, Friday G, Haskell L. Metoprolol CR/XL in patients with heart failure: A pilot study examining the tolerability, safety, and effect on left ventricular ejection fraction. Am Heart J 1999; 138:1158-65.
  1. Hjalmarson A, Goldstein S, Fagerberg B, Wedel H, Waagstein F, Kjekshus J, Wikstrand J, El Allaf D, Vítovec J, Aldershvile J, Halinen M, Dietz R, MD; Neuhaus K, Jánosi A, Thorgeirsson G, Dunselman PHJM, Gullestad L; Kuch J, Herlitz J, Rickenbacher P, Ball S, Gottlieb S, Deedwania P,for the MERIT-HF Study Group. Effects of controlled-release metoprolol on total mortality, hospitalizations, and well-being in patients with heart failure: The Metoprolol CR/XL Randomized Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF). JAMA. 2000; 283:1295-1302.
  1. Khatta M, Alexander BS, Krichten CM, Fisher ML, Freudenberger R, Robinson S, Gottlieb SS. The impact of coenzyme Q10 in patients with congestive heart failure. Ann Int Med 2000; 132: 636-640.
  1. Freudenberger R,Gottlieb S, Robinson S, Fisher M. Heart Failure for Y2K: A disease management perspective. Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes 2000; 1(1):25-33.
  1. Givertz MM, Colucci WS, LeJemtel TH, Gottlieb SS, Hare JM, Slawsky MT, Leier CV, Loh E, Nicklas JM, Lewis BE. Acute endothelin A receptor blockade causes selective pulmonary vasodilation in patients with chronic heart failure. Circulation 2000;101:2922-7.
  1. Slawsky MT, Colucci WS, Gottlieb SS, Greenberg BH, Haeusslein E, Hare J, Hutchins S, Leier CV, LeJemtel TH, Loh E, Nicklas J, Ogilby D, Singh BN, Smith W. Acute hemodynamic and clinical effects of Levosimendan in patients with severe heart failure. Circulation 2000;102:2222-2227.
  1. Skotzko CE, Krichten C, Zietowski G, Alves L, Freudenberger R, Robinson S, Fisher M, Gottlieb SS. Depression is common and precludes accurate assessment of functional status in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. J Card Fail. 2000;6:300-305.
  1. Freudenberger R, Sikora JA, Gottlieb S, Robinson S, Fisher M. Characteristics of patients referred for cardiac transplantation: implications for the donor organ shortage. Am Heart J. 2000;140:857-61.
  1. Gottlieb SS, McCarter RJ. Comparative effects of three -blockers (atenolol, metoprolol, and propranolol) on survival after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Card 2001; 87:823-826.
  1. Scaffidi R, Gottlieb SS. Cardiovascular Medicine in the 21st Century: Heart Failure at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Cardiovasc Rev & Rep 2001;22:467-481.
  1. Wedel H, DeMets D, Deedwania P, Fagerberg B, Goldstein S, Gottlieb S, Hjalmarson A, Kjekshus J, Waagstein F, Wikstrand J, (MERIT-HF Study Group). Challenges of subgroup analyses in multinational clinical trials. Am Heart J 2001;142(3):502-511.
  1. Wieczorek SJ, Wu AHB, Christenson R, Krishnaswamy P, Gottlieb SS, Rosano T, Hager D, Gardetto N, Bailly KR, Maisel A. A rapid B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) assay accurately diagnosis left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure - A multi-center evaluation. Am Heart J 2002, 144(5):834-9.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Kjekshus J, Deedwania P, Gullestad L, Vitovec J, Wikstrand J, on behalf of the MERIT-HF Investigators. Tolerability of beta-blocker initiation and titration in MERIT-HF. Circulation 2002; 105:1182-88.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Brater DC, Thomas I, Havranek E, Bourge R, Goldman S, Dyer F, Gomez M, Bennett D, Ticho B, Beckman E, Abraham WT. BG9719 (CVT-124), an A1 adenosine receptor antagonist, protects against the decline in renal function observed with diuretic therapy. Circulation 2002;105:1348-1353.
  1. Bennett SK, Smith MF, Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML, Bacharach SL, Dilsizian V. Effect of metoprolol on absolute myocardial blood flow in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Am J Card 2002; 89:1431-1434.
  1. Ghali JK, Pina IL, Gottlieb SS, Deedwania PC, Wikstrand JC, on behalf of the MERIT-HF Study Group. Metoprolol CR/XL in Female Patients with Heart Failure: Analysis of the Experience in Metoprolol Extended-Release Randomized Intervention Trial in Heart Failure (MERIT-HF). Circulation 2002;105(13):1585-1591.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Abraham W, Butler J, Forman DE, Loh E, Massie BM, O’Connor CM, Rich MW, Stevenson LW, Young J, Krumholz HM. The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure. J Card Fail 2002, 8:136-41.
  1. Gottlieb SS, Fisher ML.