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Sharmila Dorbala

Professor of Radiology, Harvard University
Verified email at partners.org
Cited by 104602

Nonbiopsy diagnosis of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis

…, HJ Lachmann, S Bokhari, A Castano, S Dorbala… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Cardiac transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a progressive and fatal
cardiomyopathy for which several promising therapies are in development. The diagnosis is …

Improved cardiac risk assessment with noninvasive measures of coronary flow reserve

…, M Gaber, G Di Carli, R Blankstein, S Dorbala… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Impaired vasodilator function is an early manifestation of coronary artery
disease and may precede angiographic stenosis. It is unknown whether noninvasive …

Cardiac positron emission tomography enhances prognostic assessments of patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis

…, R Padera, J Hainer, WG Stevenson, S Dorbala… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives : This study sought to relate imaging findings on positron emission tomography (PET)
to adverse cardiac events in patients referred for evaluation of known or suspected …

AL (light-chain) cardiac amyloidosis: a review of diagnosis and therapy

RH Falk, KM Alexander, R Liao, S Dorbala - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
The amyloidoses are a group of protein-folding disorders in which ≥1 organ is infiltrated by
proteinaceous deposits known as amyloid. The deposits are derived from 1 of several …

Effects of sex on coronary microvascular dysfunction and cardiac outcomes

…, VR Taqueti, CR Foster, M Gaber, J Hainer, S Dorbala… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is a prevalent and prognostically
important finding in patients with symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease. The …

Anatomic versus physiologic assessment of coronary artery disease: role of coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve, and positron emission tomography imaging …

…, BJW Chow, MF Di Carli, S Dorbala… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Angiographic severity of coronary artery stenosis has historically been the primary guide to
revascularization or medical management of coronary artery disease. However, physiologic …

Association between coronary vascular dysfunction and cardiac mortality in patients with and without diabetes mellitus

…, CR Foster, M Gaber, J Hainer, J Klein, S Dorbala… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of adverse cardiac outcomes and is
considered a coronary artery disease (CAD) equivalent. We examined whether coronary …

ASNC imaging guidelines/SNMMI procedure standard for positron emission tomography (PET) nuclear cardiology procedures

…, SR Bergmann, D Delbeke, S Dorbala… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Stress-induced myocardial perfusion defects have been firmly established as an important
diagnostic and prognostic technique for identifying flow-limiting epicardial coronary artery …

ASNC/AHA/ASE/EANM/HFSA/ISA/SCMR/SNMMI expert consensus recommendations for multimodality imaging in cardiac amyloidosis: part 1 of 2—evidence base …

S Dorbala, Y Ando, S Bokhari, A Dispenzieri… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Springer
Cardiac amyloidosis is a form of restrictive infiltrative cardiomyopathy that confers significant
mortality. Due to the relative rarity of cardiac amyloidosis, clinical and diagnostic expertise …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction and future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

…, J Hainer, CF Bibbo, S Dorbala… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Coronary microvascular ischaemia, cardiomyocyte injury and stiffness may play an
important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). …