Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Brown Medical School
- Internship: Emory University School of Medicine
- Residency: Emory Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Effect of age and gender on left ventricular rotation and twist in a large group of normal adults--a multicenter study.
Sun JP, Lam YY, Wu CQ, Yang XS, Guo R, Kwong JS, Merlino JD, Yu CM
International journal of cardiology. 2013;167(5):2215-21.
PMID: 22727965 - Quantification of left ventricular regional myocardial function using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy volunteers--a multi-center study.
Sun JP, Lee AP, Wu C, Lam YY, Hung MJ, Chen L, Hu Z, Fang F, Yang XS, Merlino JD, Yu CM
International journal of cardiology. 2013;167(2):495-501.
PMID: 22365315 - Optimisation of atrioventricular delay during exercise improves cardiac output in patients stabilised with cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Sun JP, Lee AP, Grimm RA, Hung MJ, Yang XS, Delurgio D, Leon AR, Merlino JD, Yu CM
Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2012;98(1):54-9.
PMID: 21880650 - Agreement is poor among current criteria used to define response to cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Fornwalt BK, Sprague WW, BeDell P, Suever JD, Gerritse B, Merlino JD, Fyfe DA, León AR, Oshinski JN
Circulation. 2010;121(18):1985-91.
PMID: 20421518 - Variability in tissue Doppler echocardiographic measures of dyssynchrony is reduced with use of a larger region of interest.
Fornwalt BK, Sprague WW, Carew JD, Merlino JD, Fyfe DA, León AR, Oshinski JN
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2009;22(5):478-85.e3.
PMID: 19450742 - Differentiation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis from other causes of ventricular wall thickening by two-dimensional strain imaging echocardiography.
Sun JP, Stewart WJ, Yang XS, Donnell RO, Leon AR, Felner JM, Thomas JD, Merlino JD
The American journal of cardiology. 2009;103(3):411-5.
PMID: 19166699 - Prognostic value of the shock index along with transthoracic echocardiography in risk stratification of patients with acute pulmonary embolism.
Toosi MS, Merlino JD, Leeper KV
The American journal of cardiology. 2008;101(5):700-5.
PMID: 18308025 - Effects of region of interest tracking on the diagnosis of left ventricular dyssynchrony from Doppler tissue images.
Fornwalt BK, Thomas JA, Bhasin M, Merlino JD, León AR, Fyfe DA, Oshinski JN
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2008;21(3):234-40.
PMID: 18187302 - Electrocardiographic score and short-term outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism.
Toosi MS, Merlino JD, Leeper KV
The American journal of cardiology. 2007;100(7):1172-6.
PMID: 17884383 - Cross-correlation quantification of dyssynchrony: a new method for quantifying the synchrony of contraction and relaxation in the heart.
Fornwalt BK, Arita T, Bhasin M, Voulgaris G, Merlino JD, León AR, Fyfe DA, Oshinski JN
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2007;20(12):1330-1337.e1.
PMID: 17643956
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