Angela Lorts, MD
Title
Staff, Cardiac Critical Care
Appointment
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
angela.lorts@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-3291
Fax
513-636-3952
Credentials
MD: Creighton University Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska, 1998
Residency: The Children’s Hospital, Denver, Colorado, 2001
Fellowship:
Cardiology: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004
Critical Care: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006
Certifications:
American Board of Pediatrics, 2001
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology, 2004
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care, 2006
Research
Myocardial remodeling
Research Grants and Contracts
Primary Investigator, K12: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Physcian Scientist Award 09/01/08 – Present
Publications, Most Recent
Lorts A, Schwanekamp JA, Elrod JW, Sargent MA, Molkentin JD: Genetic manipulation of periostin expression in the heart does not affect myocyte content, cell cycle activity, or cardiac repair.Circ Res 2009 Jan 2;104(1):e1-7.
Lorts A, Burroughs T, Shanley T: Elucidating the role of reversible protein phosphorylation in sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction.Shock. 2008 Dec 22, Epub ahead of print.
Brierley J, Choong K, Cornell T, Decaen A, Deymann A, Doctor A, Davis A, Duff J, Dugas MA, Duncan A, Evans B, Feldman J, Felmet K, Fisher G, Frankel L, Jeffries H, Greenwald B, Gutierrez J, Han K, Hanson J, Hazelzet J, Hernan L, Kiff J, Kissoon N, Kon A, Irazusta J, Lin J, Lorts A, Mariscalco M, Mehta R, Nadel S, Nguyen T, Nicholson C, Peters M, Okhuysen-Cawley R, Poulton T, Relves M, Rodriguez A, Rozenfeld R, Schnitzler E, Shanley T, Skache S, Skippen P, Torres A, von Dessauer Chile B, Weingarten J, Zaritsky A, Stojadinovic B, Zimmerman J, Zuckerberg A: 2007 American College of Critical Care Medicine clinical prectice parameters for hemodynamic support of pediatric and neonatal septic shock.Crit Care Med. 2008 Nov 28, Epub ahead of print.
Lorts A, Cornell TT, Shanley TP: Sepsis.Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide. Editors J, Rubenstein N, Thomas S, Lucking F, Maffei T, 2008.
Lorts A, Krawczeski, C, Marino, B: Cardiology. Blueprints Review Series. Lippincott, 5th edition, 2008.
Oka T, Xu J, Kaiser RA, Melendez J, Hambleton M, Sargent MA, Lorts A, Brunskill EW, Dorn GW 2nd, Conway SJ, Aronow BJ, Robbins J, Molkentin JD: Genetic manipulation of periostin expression reveals a role in cardiac hypertrophy and ventricular remodeling. Circ Res, 2007 Aug 3; 101(3) 313-21.
Mclean K, Lorts A, Pearl J: Current treatments for congenital aortic stenosis.Curr Opin Cardiol, 2006 May; 21(3) 200-4.
Pauliks L, Chan K, Lorts A, Valdes-Cruz L: Shprintzen-goldberg syndrome with tetralogy of fallot and subvalvar aortic stenosis.J Ultrasound Medicine, 2005 May:24 (5) 703-706.
Presentations, Most Recent
Lorts A, Burroughs TJ, Shanley TP: Myocardial depression in pediatric sepsis; Clinical and Molecular Advances. Presented at the Shock Society Meeting 2006.
Lorts A, Burroughs TJ, Shanley TP: PP2A Regulation of Myocardial Dysfunction in Endotoxemia. Presented at the Shock Society Meeting 2006.
Lorts A, Shanley T: Inhibition of PI3K gamma leads to improved myocardial function in sepsis. Presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2006.
Professional Organization Memberships
Special Interests
Heart failure; cardiopulmonary bypass mediated myocardial dysfunction
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