Professor of Medicine, Radiology, and Surgery; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Dept of Medicine; University Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiology
Dr. Robert C. Bourge, MD
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Robert Bourge is an expert in the field of Cardiology. He went to medical school at University of Alabama Medical Center. University of Alabama Medical Center is ranked 37 in research and 17 in primary care medicine He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACC)" and "Top MD". Robert C. Bourge has written publications. He has 62 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Interventions Linked to Decreased HeartFailure Hospitalizations During Ambulatory Pulmonary Artery PressureMonitoring.' Robert Bourge is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Interventions Linked to Decreased Heart Failure Hospitalizations During Ambulatory Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring.
- Sustained efficacy of pulmonary artery pressure to guide adjustment of Chronic heart failure therapy: complete follow-up results from the CHAMPION randomised trial.
- Heart failure and respiratory hospitalizations are reduced in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease with the use of an implantable pulm...
- Acute Heart Failure in the Elderly: Differences in Clinical Characteristics, Outcomes, and Prognostic Factors in the VERITAS Study.
- Have risk factors for mortality after Heart transplantation changed over time? Insights from 19 years of Cardiac Transplant Research Database study.
- Wireless Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring guides management to reduce decompensation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- Worsening heart failure, a critical event during hospital admission for Acute heart failure: results from the VERITAS study.
- Pulmonary hypertension related to left heart Disease: Insight from a wireless implantable hemodynamic monitor.
- Hemodynamic ranges during daily activities and exercise testing in patients with Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of sitaxsentan to improve impaired exercise tolerance in patients with Heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction.
- Conversion From Sildenafil to Tadalafil: Results From the Sildenafil to Tadalafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (SITAR) Study.
- Digoxin Use and Lower 30-day All-cause Readmission for Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure.
- Digoxin and 30-day All-cause Hospital Admission in Older Patients with Chronic Diastolic Heart Failure.
- Effects of Exercise on Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Properties in Patients with Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction versus Heart Failure and a R...
- Digoxin Reduces 30-day All-cause Hospital Admission in Older Patients with Chronic Systolic Heart Failure.
- Rapid transition from inhaled iloprost to inhaled treprostinil in patients with Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Systemic Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction is Associated With an Attenuated Acute Vascular Response to Inhaled Prostanoid in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension P...
- Total lymphoid irradiation in Heart transplantation: long-term efficacy and survival-an 18-year experience.
- Continuous hemodynamic monitoring in patients with mild to moderate Heart failure: results of The Reducing Decompensation Events Utilizing Intracardiac Pressures in Pa...
- Hemodynamic factors associated with Acute decompensated heart failure: part 2--use in automated detection.
- Hemodynamic factors associated with Acute decompensated heart failure: part 1--insights into pathophysiology.
- Safety and accuracy of a wireless Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring system in patients with heart failure.
- IntraPulmonary shunting associated with sildenafil treatment in a patient with idiopathic Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- CHAMPION trial rationale and design: the long-term safety and clinical efficacy of a wireless Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring system.
- Chronic ambulatory intracardiac pressures and future heart failure events.
- Invasive monitoring in patients with Heart failure.
- Safety and efficacy of ibutilide in Heart transplant recipients.
- Implantable hemodynamic monitors.
- Application of implantable hemodynamic monitoring in the management of patients with diastolic Heart failure: a subgroup analysis of the COMPASS-HF trial.
- A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in patients with systolic Heart failure: rationale, design, and b...
- Transition from chronic compensated to Acute decompensated heart failure: pathophysiological insights obtained from continuous monitoring of intracardiac pressures.
- Treprostinil-based therapy in the treatment of moderate-to-severe Pulmonary arterial hypertension: long-term efficacy and combination with bosentan.
- Continuous hemodynamic monitoring in patients with Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Effect of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure or oxygen on sleep-disordered breathing in patients with Heart failure: results of the Sleep Events, Arrhy...
- Comparison of a radiofrequency-based wireless pressure sensor to swan-ganz catheter and echocardiography for ambulatory assessment of Pulmonary artery pressure in hear...
- Reducing events in patients with Chronic heart failure (REDUCEhf ) study design: continuous hemodynamic monitoring with an implantable defibrillator.
- Post-Heart transplant diastolic dysfunction is a risk factor for mortality.
- Right ventricular pressure waveform and wave reflection analysis in patients with Pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Rationale, design, and methods for the Transplant-Eligible MAnagement of Congestive Heart Failure (TMAC) trial: a multicenter clinical outcomes trial using nesiritide ...
- Alterations in the fibrinolytic cascade post-transplant: evidence of a bimodal expression pattern.
- A wireless pressure sensor for monitoring Pulmonary artery pressure in advanced heart failure: initial experience.
- Tissue Doppler assessment of longitudinal right and left ventricular strain and strain rate in Pulmonary artery hypertension.
- Temporal trends and drug exposures in Pulmonary hypertension: an American experience.
- Heart rhythm considerations in Heart transplant candidates and considerations for ventricular assist devices: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation ...
- Validation and clinical utility of a simple in-home testing tool for sleep-disordered breathing and Arrhythmias in heart failure: results of the Sleep Events, Arrhythm...
- Acute take-off of the right coronary artery with long intra-aortic wall course presenting as chronic coronary ostium occlusion in a patient with end-stage heart failure.
- Implantable hemodynamic monitoring devices in Heart failure.
- Efficacy of bosentan in a small cohort of adult patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart Disease.
- Case studies in advanced monitoring with the Chronicle device.
- Ultrafiltration: a new approach toward mechanical diuresis in Heart failure.
- Response of doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy to the current management strategy of heart failure.
- Multi-organ transplantation: is there a protective effect against Acute and chronic rejection?
- The case for selective re-issuance of medical certificates to allow pilots who have received a Heart transplant to resume flying.
- Palliation of allograft vasculopathy with transluminal angioplasty: a decade of experience.
- Neurological events during long-term mechanical circulatory support for Heart failure: the Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congesti...
- Long-term follow-up of brachytherapy for treatment of allograft in-stent restenosis.
- Retransplantation in 7,290 Primary transplant patients: a 10-year multi-institutional study.
- Infection in ventricular assist devices: prevention and treatment.
- Cardiac transplant patients response to the (31)P MRS stress test.
- Treatment of end-stage heart Disease with outpatient ventricular assist devices.
- The Relationships Among Satisfaction With Social Support, Quality of Life, and Survival 5 to 10 Years After Heart Transplantation.
Schools
Louisiana State Univ School Of Medicine In New Orleans
University Of Alabama Birmingham Hospitals
University Of Alabama Uab and Birmingham Va Medical Center
Louisiana State University
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Imaging
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
Conditions Treated
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACC)
- Top MD
Education
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University of Alabama Medical Center -
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1598712424 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BOURGE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 352332110 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 3712.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 12.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.32 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1598712424 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BOURGE |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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