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Kim K. Birtcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-3028-5997
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Research Areas
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Pharmacy and Medical Practices

University of Houston
 2014-2025

American College of Cardiology
 2015-2021

Heart Rhythm Society
 2021

American Heart Association
 2015-2021

American Geriatrics Society
 2021

American Association for Thoracic Surgery
 2021

European Society of Cardiology
 2021

American College of Physician Executives
 2021

National Medical Association
 2021

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
 2021

 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol
OPENALEX - Publications 
Scott M. Grundy Neil J. Stone Alison Bailey Craig Beam Kim K. Birtcher and 19 more Roger S. Blumenthal Lynne T. Braun Sarah D. de Ferranti Joseph Faiella-Tommasino Daniel E. Forman Ronald Goldberg Paul A. Heidenreich Mark A. Hlatky Daniel W. Jones Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones Nuria Lopez-Pajares Chiadi E Ndumele Carl E. Orringer Carmen Peralta Joseph J. Saseen Sidney C. Smith Laurence S. Sperling Salim S. Virani Joseph Yeboah

10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.003 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018-11-10
 2018 AHA/ACC/AACVPR/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/ADA/AGS/APhA/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol: Executive Summary
OPENALEX - Publications 
Scott M. Grundy Neil J. Stone Alison Bailey Craig Beam Kim K. Birtcher and 19 more Roger S. Blumenthal Lynne T. Braun Sarah D. de Ferranti Joseph Faiella-Tommasino Daniel E. Forman Ronald Goldberg Paul A. Heidenreich Mark A. Hlatky Daniel W. Jones Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones Nuria Lopez-Pajares Chiadi E Ndumele Carl E. Orringer Carmen Peralta Joseph J. Saseen Sidney C. Smith Laurence S. Sperling Salim S. Virani Joseph Yeboah

10.1016/j.jacc.2018.11.002 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018-11-10
 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain
OPENALEX - Publications 
Martha Gulati Phillip D. Levy Debabrata Mukherjee Ezra A. Amsterdam Deepak L. Bhatt and 17 more Kim K. Birtcher Ron Blankstein Jack Boyd Renée P. Bullock-Palmer Theresa Conejo Deborah B. Diercks Federico Gentile John P. Greenwood Erik P. Hess Steven M. Hollenberg Wael A. Jaber Hani Jneid José A. Joglar David A. Morrow Robert E. O’Connor Michael A. Ross Leslee J. Shaw

10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.053 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021-10-28
 2017 Focused Update of the 2016 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Non-Statin Therapies for LDL-Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
OPENALEX - Publications 
Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones Pamela B. Morris Christie M. Ballantyne Kim K. Birtcher David D. Daly and 4 more Sondra M. DePalma Margo Minissian Carl E. Orringer Sidney C. Smith

10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.745 article EN Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017-09-05
 2020 Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Novel Therapies for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
OPENALEX - Publications 
Sandeep R. Das Brendan M. Everett Kim K. Birtcher Jenifer M. Brown James L. Januzzi and 6 more Rita R. Kalyani Mikhail Kosiborod Melissa Magwire Pamela B. Morris Joshua J. Neumiller Laurence S. Sperling

10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.037 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020-08-05
 2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
OPENALEX - Publications 
Paul A. Heidenreich Biykem Bozkurt David Aguilar Larry A. Allen Joni J. Byun and 49 more Monica Colvin Anita Deswal Mark H. Drazner Shannon M. Dunlay Linda R. Evers James C. Fang Savitri Fedson Gregg C. Fonarow Salim S. Hayek Adrian F. Hernandez Prateeti Khazanie M. Kittleson Christopher S. Lee Mark S. Link Carmelo A. Milano Lorraine C. Nnacheta Alexander T. Sandhu Lynne W. Stevenson Orly Vardeny Amanda R. Vest Clyde W. Yancy Joshua A. Beckman Patrick T. O’Gara Sana M. Al‐Khatib Anastasia L. Armbruster Kim K. Birtcher Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lisa de las Fuentes Anita Deswal Dave L. Dixon Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Zachary D. Goldberger Bülent Görenek Norrisa Haynes Adrian F. Hernandez Mark A. Hlatky José A. Joglar W. Schuyler Jones Joseph E. Marine Daniel B. Mark Debabrata Mukherjee Latha Palaniappan Mariann R. Piano Tanveer Rab Erica S. Spatz Jacqueline E. Tamis‐Holland Duminda N. Wijeysundera Y. Joseph Woo

10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.02.010 article EN Journal of Cardiac Failure 2022-04-01
 2022 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Role of Nonstatin Therapies for LDL-Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk
OPENALEX - Publications 
Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones Pamela B. Morris Christie M. Ballantyne Kim K. Birtcher Ashleigh M. Covington and 6 more Sondra M. DePalma Margo Minissian Carl E. Orringer Sidney C. Smith Ashley Waring John T. Wilkins

10.1016/j.jacc.2022.07.006 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2022-08-25
 2016 ACC/AHA guideline focused update on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease
OPENALEX - Publications 
Glenn N. Levine Eric Bates John A. Bittl Ralph G. Brindis Stephan D. Fihn and 28 more Lee A. Fleisher Christopher B. Granger Richard A. Lange Michael J. Mack Laura Mauri Roxana Mehran Debabrata Mukherjee L. Kristin Newby Patrick T. O’Gara Marc S. Sabatine Peter K. Smith Sidney C. Smith Jonathan L. Halperin Glenn N. Levine Sana M. Al‐Khatib Kim K. Birtcher Biykem Bozkurt Ralph G. Brindis Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lesley H. Curtis Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Samuel S. Gidding Mark A. Hlatky John S. Ikonomidis José A. Joglar Susan J. Pressler Duminda N. Wijeysundera

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.07.044 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016-10-15
 2018 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Novel Therapies for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
OPENALEX - Publications 
Sandeep R. Das Brendan M. Everett Kim K. Birtcher Jenifer M. Brown William T. Cefalu and 6 more James L. Januzzi Rita R. Kalyani Mikhail Kosiborod Melissa Magwire Pamela B. Morris Laurence S. Sperling

10.1016/j.jacc.2018.09.020 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018-11-26
 Further Evolution of the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendation Classification System
OPENALEX - Publications 
Jonathan L. Halperin Glenn N. Levine Sana M. Al‐Khatib Kim K. Birtcher Biykem Bozkurt and 11 more Ralph G. Brindis Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lesley H. Curtis Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Samuel S. Gidding Mark A. Hlatky John S. Ikonomidis José A. Joglar Susan J. Pressler Duminda N. Wijeysundera

10.1161/cir.0000000000000312 article EN Circulation 2015-09-24
 2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI focused update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST‐elevation myocardial Infarction: An update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST‐elevation myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
OPENALEX - Publications 
Glenn N. Levine Eric Bates James C. Blankenship Steven R. Bailey John A. Bittl and 57 more Bojan Cercek Charles E. Chambers Stephen G. Ellis Robert A. Guyton Steven M. Hollenberg Umesh N. Khot Richard A. Lange Laura Mauri Roxana Mehran Issam Moussa Debabrata Mukherjee Henry H. Ting Patrick T. O’Gara Frederick G. Kushner Deborah D. Ascheim Ralph G. Brindis Donald E. Casey Mina K. Chung James A. de Lemos Deborah B. Diercks James C. Fang Barry A. Franklin Christopher B. Granger Harlan M. Krumholz Jane A. Linderbaum David A. Morrow L. Kristin Newby Joseph P. Ornato Narith N. Ou Martha J. Radford Jacqueline E. Tamis‐Holland Carl L. Tommaso Cynthia M. Tracy Y. Joseph Woo David Zhao Jonathan L. Halperin Glenn N. Levine Jeffrey L. Anderson Nancy M. Albert Sana M. Al‐Khatib Kim K. Birtcher Biykem Bozkurt Ralph G. Brindis Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lesley H. Curtis Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Samuel S. Gidding Mark A. Hlatky John S. Ikonomidis José A. Joglar Richard J. Kovacs E. Magnus Ohman Susan J. Pressler Frank W. Sellke Win‐Kuang Shen Duminda N. Wijeysundera

To ensure that guidelines reflect current knowledge, available treatment options, and optimum medical care, existing clinical practice guideline recommendations are modified new added in response to data, medications or devices. keep pace with evolving evidence, the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines ("Task Force") has issued this focused update revise basis recently published data. This is not based a complete...

10.1002/ccd.26325 article EN Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2015-10-21
 2021 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on the Management of ASCVD Risk Reduction in Patients With Persistent Hypertriglyceridemia
OPENALEX - Publications 
Salim S. Virani Pamela B. Morris Anandita Agarwala Christie M. Ballantyne Kim K. Birtcher and 5 more Penny M. Kris‐Etherton Amanda B. Ladden-Stirling Michael Miller Carl E. Orringer Neil J. Stone

10.1016/j.jacc.2021.06.011 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021-07-28
 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: Executive Summary
OPENALEX - Publications 
Martha Gulati Phillip D. Levy Debabrata Mukherjee Ezra A. Amsterdam Deepak L. Bhatt and 17 more Kim K. Birtcher Ron Blankstein Jack Boyd Renée P. Bullock-Palmer Theresa Conejo Deborah B. Diercks Federico Gentile John P. Greenwood Erik P. Hess Steven M. Hollenberg Wael A. Jaber Hani Jneid José A. Joglar David A. Morrow Robert E. O’Connor Michael A. Ross Leslee J. Shaw

10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.052 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2021-10-28
 2022 ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease
OPENALEX - Publications 
Eric M. Isselbacher Ourania Preventza James H. Black John Augoustides Adam W. Beck and 63 more Michael A. Bolen Alan C. Braverman Bruce E. Bray Maya M. Brown-Zimmerman Edward P. Chen Tyrone J. Collins Abe DeAnda Christina Fanola Leonard N. Girardi Caitlin W. Hicks Dawn S. Hui W. Schuyler Jones Vidyasagar Kalahasti Karen M. Kim Dianna M. Milewicz Gustavo S. Oderich Laura Ogbechie Susan B. Promes Elsie Gyang Ross Marc L. Schermerhorn Sabrina Times Elaine E. Tseng Grace J. Wang Young Woo David P. Faxon Gilbert R. Upchurch Aaron W. Aday Ali Azizzadeh Michael L. Boisen Beau Hawkins Christopher M. Kramer Jessica G.Y. Luc Thomas E. MacGillivray S. Chris Malaisrie Kathryn Osteen Himanshu J. Patel Parag J. Patel Wanda M. Popescu Evelio Rodríguez Rebecca Sorber Philip S. Tsao Annabelle Santos Volgman Joshua A. Beckman Catherine M Otto Patrick T. O’Gara Anastasia L. Armbruster Kim K. Birtcher Lisa de las Fuentes Anita Deswal Dave L. Dixon Bülent Görenek Norrisa Haynes Adrian F. Hernandez José A. Joglar W. Schuyler Jones Daniel B. Mark Debabrata Mukherjee Latha Palaniappan Mariann R. Piano Tanveer Rab Erica S. Spatz Jacqueline Tamis‐Holland Young Woo

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.04.023 article EN Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2023-06-28
 Surgery for Aortic Dilatation in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves
OPENALEX - Publications 
Loren F. Hiratzka Mark A. Creager Eric M. Isselbacher Lars G. Svensson Rick A. Nishimura and 25 more Robert O. Bonow Robert A. Guyton Thoralf M. Sundt Jonathan L. Halperin Glenn N. Levine Jeffrey L. Anderson Nancy M. Albert Sana M. Al‐Khatib Kim K. Birtcher Biykem Bozkurt Ralph G. Brindis Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lesley H. Curtis Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Samuel S. Gidding Mark A. Hlatky John S. Ikonomidis José A. Joglar Richard J. Kovacs E. Magnus Ohman Susan J. Pressler Frank W. Sellke Win-Kuang Shen Duminda N. Wijeysundera

Two guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Association (AHA), and collaborating societies address risk aortic dissection in patients with bicuspid valves severe enlargement: “2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for Diagnosis Management Patients With Thoracic Aortic Disease” (Circulation. 2010;121:e266–e369) “2014 AHA/ACC Guideline Valvular 2014;129:e521–e643). However, 2 differ regard to recommended threshold root or ascending dilatation that...

10.1161/cir.0000000000000331 article EN Circulation 2015-12-05
 Further Evolution of the ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendation Classification System
OPENALEX - Publications 
Jonathan L. Halperin Glenn N. Levine Sana M. Al‐Khatib Kim K. Birtcher Biykem Bozkurt and 11 more Ralph G. Brindis Joaquin E. Cigarroa Lesley H. Curtis Lee A. Fleisher Federico Gentile Samuel S. Gidding Mark A. Hlatky John S. Ikonomidis José A. Joglar Susan J. Pressler Duminda N. Wijeysundera

10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.001 article EN publisher-specific-oa Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2015-09-24
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