Matthew Wheeler
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Medicine
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Professional Education
| Doctor of Medicine: | University of Chicago, (2005) |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University of Chicago, (2003) |
| Bachelor of Arts: | Williams College, History and Biology (1998) |
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Research Interests
Research into cardiomyopathy genetics, mechanisms, and screening. Current projects include investigating cholesterol metabolism in cardiac hypertrophy, cost and effectiveness of preparticipation screening, quality of life in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pharmacogenomics of heart failure therapies, novel therapeutics for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Publications
- Mechanisms of exercise intolerance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J. 2009; (3): e27-34
- Pharmacogenetics of Heart Failure: Evidence, Opportunities, and Challenges for Cardiovascular Pharmacogenomics J Cardiovasc Translational Res. 2008; (1): 25-36
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype predicts cardiac and autonomic responses to prolonged exercise. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; (3): 523-31
- The interaction of coronary tone and cardiac fibrosis. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2005; (3): 219-26
- Smooth muscle cell-extrinsic vascular spasm arises from cardiomyocyte degeneration in sarcoglycan-deficient cardiomyopathy. J Clin Invest. 2004; (5): 668-75
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