Publications

Dr. Kontorovich’s NCBI Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/amy.kontorovich.1/bibliography/public/

2023

Lui, MM, Shadrina, M, Gelb BD, Kontorovich AR. Features of Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Among Biobank Participants Harboring Predicted High-Risk COL3A1 Genotypes. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2023 Apr;16(2):e003864. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.122.003864

Kontorovich AR. Approaches to Genetic Screening in Cardiomyopathies: Practical Guidance for Clinicians. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Feb;11(2):133-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.11.025. 

Kontorovich AR, Abul-Husn NS. TTR Val142Ile: Bystander Genetic Finding or Diagnosis?. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Feb;44(2):499-500. doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-03085-7.

2022

Fernández-Castañeda A, Lu P, Geraghty AC, Song E, Lee MH, Wood J, O’Dea MR, Dutton S, Shamardani K, Nwangwu K, Mancusi R, Yalçın B, Taylor KR, Acosta-Alvarez L, Malacon K, Keough MB, Ni L, Woo PJ, Contreras-Esquivel D, Toland AMS, Gehlhausen JR, Klein J, Takahashi T, Silva J, Israelow B, Lucas C, Mao T, Peña-Hernández MA, Tabachnikova A, Homer RJ, Tabacof L, Tosto-Mancuso J, Breyman E, Kontorovich A, McCarthy D, Quezado M, Vogel H, Hefti MM, Perl DP, Liddelow S, Folkerth R, Putrino D, Nath A, Iwasaki A, Monje M. Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation. Cell. 2022 Jul 7;185(14):2452-2468.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.008. 

Rashed ER, Ruiz Maya T, Black J, Fettig V, Kadian-Dodov D, Olin JW, Mehta L, Gelb BD, Kontorovich AR. Cardiovascular manifestations of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders. Vasc Med. 2022 Jun;27(3):283-289. doi: 10.1177/1358863X211067566.

Tabacof L, Tosto-Mancuso J, Wood J, Cortes M, Kontorovich A, McCarthy D, Rizk D, Rozanski G, Breyman E, Nasr L, Kellner C, Herrera JE, Putrino D. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome Negatively Impacts Physical Function, Cognitive Function, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Participation. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2022 Jan 1;101(1):48-52. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001910. 

2021

Ruiz Maya T, Fettig V, Mehta L, Gelb BD, Kontorovich AR. Dysautonomia in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders is associated with exercise intolerance and cardiac atrophy. Am J Med Genet A. Published online July 2021. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.62446

Kontorovich AR, Tang Y, Patel N, Georgievskaya Z, Shadrina M, Williams N, Moscati A, Peter I, Itan Y, Sampson B, Gelb BD. Burden of Cardiomyopathic Genetic Variation in Lethal Pediatric Myocarditis. Circ Genomic Precis Med. Published online July 2021. doi:10.1161/CIRCGEN.121.003426

Wenger BM, Patel N, Lui M, Moscati A, Do R, Stewart DR, Tartaglia M, Muiño-Mosquera L, De Backer J, Kontorovich AR, Gelb, Bruce D. A genotype-first approach to exploring Mendelian cardiovascular traits with clear  external manifestations. Genet Med. 2021;23(1):94-102. doi:10.1038/s41436-020-00973-2

Kontorovich AR, Patel N, Moscati A, Richter F, Peter I, Purevjav E, Selejan SR, Kindermann I, Towbin JA, Bohm M, Klingel K, Gelb BD. Myopathic Cardiac Genotypes Increase Risk for Myocarditis. JACC Basic to Transl Sci. 2021;6(7):584-592. doi:10.1016/j.jacbts.2021.06.001

Kontorovich AR, Abul-Husn NS. Retinol Binding Protein 4 as a Screening Biomarker for Hereditary TTR Amyloidosis in African American Adults With TTR V142I. J Card Fail. Published online May 2021. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.009

Soper ER, Suckiel SA, Braganza GT, Kontorovich AR, Kenny EE, Abul-Husn NS. Genomic Screening Identifies Individuals at High Risk for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis. J Pers Med. 2021;11(1). doi:10.3390/jpm11010049

Miller CL, Kontorovich AR, Hao K, Ma L, Iyegbe C, Björkegren J, Kovacic JC. Precision Medicine Approaches to Vascular Disease: JACC Focus Seminar 2/5. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021;77(20):2531-2550. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.001

Wood J, Tabacof L, Tosto-Mancuso J, McCarthy D, Kontorovich A, Putrino D. Levels of end-tial carbon dioxide are low despite normal respiratory rate in individuals with long COVID. J Breath Res. 2021 Dec 8;16(1). doi: 10.1088/1752-7163/ac3c18. 

2020

Malhotra A, Pace A, Ruiz Maya T, Colman R, Gelb BD, Mehta L, Kontorovich AR. Headaches in hypermobility syndromes: A pain in the neck? Am J Med Genet A. 2020;182(12):2902-2908. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.61873

Other Publications

Belkaya S, Kontorovich AR, Byun M, Byun M, Mulero-Navarro S, Bajolle F, Cobat A, Josowitz R, Itan Y, Quint R, Lorenzo L, Boucherit S, Stoven C, Di Filippo S, Abel L, Zhang S, Bonnet D Gelb BD, Casanova J. Autosomal Recessive Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Acute Myocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(13):1653-1665. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.01.043

Pollack A, Kontorovich AR, Fuster V, Dec GW. Viral myocarditis–diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2015;12(11):670-680. doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2015.108

Pawale A, Kontorovich AR, Kaushik R, Sengupta P, Sanz J, Orozco-Sevilla V, McGuire A, Thaker H, Stelzer P. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement for rapidly growing multiple sinus of Valsalva  pseudoaneurysms in a case of Behçet’s-like aortitis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013;96(1):e23. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.039

Kelly DJ, Rosen AB, Schuldt AJ, Kochupura PV, Doronin SV, Potapova IA, Azeloglu EU, Badylak SF, Brink PR, Cohen IS, Gaudette GR. Increased myocyte content and mechanical function within a tissue-engineered myocardial patch following implantation. Tissue Eng Part A. 2009 Aug;15(8):2189-201. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0430. PubMed PMID: 19231971; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2743237.

Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Kelly DJ, Rosen AB, Schuldt AJ, Lu Z, Kochupura PV, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS. Enhanced recovery of mechanical function in the canine heart by seeding an extracellular matrix patch with mesenchymal stem cells committed to a cardiac lineage. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Dec;295(6):H2257-63. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00219.2008. Epub 2008 Oct 3. PubMed PMID: 18835924; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2614533.

Rosen MR, Brink PR, Cohen IS, Danilo P Jr, Robinson RB, Rosen AB, Szabolcs MJ. Regenerative therapies in electrophysiology and pacing. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2008 Aug;22(2):87-98. doi: 10.1007/s10840-008-9208-3. Epub 2008 Mar 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 18363088; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4354935.

Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Kelly DJ, Rosen AB, Schuldt AJ, Lu Z, Guo Y, Kochupura PV, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS. Replacing damaged myocardium. J Electrocardiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;40(6 Suppl):S199-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.05.025. PubMed PMID: 17993323; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2702755.

Plotnikov AN, Shlapakova I, Szabolcs MJ, Danilo P Jr, Lorell BH, Potapova IA, Lu Z, Rosen AB, Mathias RT, Brink PR, Robinson RB, Cohen IS, Rosen MR. Xenografted adult human mesenchymal stem cells provide a platform for sustained biological pacemaker function in canine heart. Circulation. 2007 Aug 14;116(7):706-13. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.703231. Epub 2007 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 17646577.

Rosen AB, Kelly DJ, Schuldt AJ, Lu J, Potapova IA, Doronin SV, Robichaud KJ, Robinson RB, Rosen MR, Brink PR, Gaudette GR, Cohen IS. Finding fluorescent needles in the cardiac haystack: tracking human mesenchymal stem cells labeled with quantum dots for quantitative in vivo three-dimensional fluorescence analysis. Stem Cells. 2007 Aug;25(8):2128-38. doi: 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0722. Epub 2007 May 10. PubMed PMID: 17495112.

Cohen IS, Rosen AB, Gaudette GR. A Caveat Emptor for myocardial regeneration: mechanical without electrical recovery will not suffice. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2007 Feb;42(2):285-8. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.11.001. Epub 2006 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 17196613; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2709211.

Helmke BP, Rosen AB, Davies PF. Mapping mechanical strain of an endogenous cytoskeletal network in living endothelial cells. Biophys J. 2003 Apr;84(4):2691-9. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75074-7. PubMed PMID: 12668477; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1302835.