Karla M. Kurrelmeyer VIEW CLINICAL PROFILE

Karla M. Kurrelmeyer, MD, FACC, FASE

Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Academic Institute
Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Biography

Dr. Kurrelmeyer began her research activities while still a cardiology fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine where she won the Best Basic Research Award in 1998. That same year, she was also the recipient of the American Heart Association Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Science. Dr. Kurrelmeyer stayed at Baylor after completing her fellowship, and was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine there in 2000. She joined the Physician´s Organization at Methodist in 2005, and received her faculty appointment at the Weill Medical School the following year.

Description of Research

Dr. Kurrelmeyer´s research centers on the role of inflammatory cytokines on disease progression in heart failure. She also conducts investigations into new treatments for diastolic heart failure and aortic regurgitation.

Areas Of Expertise

Heart failure Inflammation Diastolic heart failure Cytokines Aortic regurgitation Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine
Residency, Washington University Medical Center
MD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Publications

Spectrum of Ischemic Heart Disease Throughout a Woman's Life Cycle
Gowda, SN, Garapati, SS & Kurrelmeyer, K 2024, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 81-93. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1331

Validating the predictive ability of the 2MACE score for major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation: results from phase II/III of the GLORIA-AF registry
on behalf of the GLORIA-AF Investigators 2024, , Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-023-02866-y

Evaluation and management of blood lipids through a woman's life cycle
Sharma, J, McAlister, J, Aggarwal, NR, Wei, J, Mehta, PK, Quesada, O, Mattina, D, Scott, NS, Michos, ED, Mahmoud, Z, Kurrelmeyer, K, Moraes De Oliveira, GM & Lindley, KJ 2022, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 10, 100333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2022.100333

Correction to: Comparative effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonists for atrial fibrillation in clinical practice: GLORIA-AF Registry (Clinical Research in Cardiology, (2022), 111, 5, (560-573), 10.1007/s00392-022-01996-2)
for the GLORIA-AF Investigators 2022, , Clinical Research in Cardiology, vol. 111, no. 5, pp. 593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02021-2

Comparative effectiveness and safety of non-vitamin K antagonists for atrial fibrillation in clinical practice: GLORIA-AF Registry
for the GLORIA-AF Investigators 2022, , Clinical Research in Cardiology, vol. 111, no. 5, pp. 560-573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-01996-2

Anticoagulant selection in relation to the SAMe-TT2R2 score in patients with atrial fibrillation: The GLORIA-AF registry
the GLORIA-AF Investigators 2021, , Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjc.2020.11.009

Micronodular Thymoma with Lymphoid Stroma: A Mediastinal Mass Masquerading as a Pericardial Mass
Swimley, K, Gonzalez-Bonilla, HM, Senapati, A & Kurrelmeyer, KM 2021, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 18-23. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.516

Incessant PVCs and Cardiomyopathy: Think Outside the Box
Senapati, A, Rojas, SF, Kurrelmeyer, K, Kassi, M, Valderrábano, M, Shah, DJ & Al-Mallah, MH 2020, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. e1. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-16-2-e1

Device-Related Thrombus: A Reason for Concern?
Hannawi, B, Beg, F, Valderrábano, M & Kurrelmeyer, K 2019, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 77-80. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-15-1-77

Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Kurrelmeyer, K 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 183-184. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-4-183

Kudos to Karla Kurrelmeyer, M.D., for Guiding this Issue on Women and Cardiovascular Disease
Kurrelmeyer, K 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 182. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-4-182

Noninvasive Evaluation of Symptomatic Women with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Chamsi-Pasha, MA & Kurrelmeyer, KM 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 193-200. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-4-193

Museum Image: Complications of Cardiac Contusion Diagnosed Using Multimodality Imaging
Chebrolu, L, McKay, J, Parker, J & Kurrelmeyer, K 2015, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 253. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-11-4-253

Case report: It wasn't cupid: multimodality imaging of inferior vena cava filter fracture with strut migration to the interventricular septum
Kassi, M, Lopez, J, Barker, C, Trerotola, S, Kleiman, N & Kurrelmeyer, K 2015, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 198-200. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-10-3-198

Effects of spironolactone treatment in elderly women with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
Kurrelmeyer, KM, Ashton, Y, Xu, J, Nagueh, SF, Torre-Amione, G & Deswal, A 2014, , Journal of Cardiac Failure, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 560-568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.05.010

Fungal mycotic vegetation in the ascending aorta.
Ramchandani, M, Motomura, T, David, E, Kurrelmeyer, K, Shah, D & Garami, Z 2011, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 41-45. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-7-2-41

Interesting echocardiogram in a cardiac transplant patient.
Kurrelmeyer, KM 2010, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 38-39. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-6-2-38

Prosthetic Aortic Regurgitation
Kurrelmeyer, KM 2010, . in Dynamic Echocardiography. Elsevier, pp. 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4377-2262-8.00026-8

Assessment of Left Ventricular Relaxation by Untwisting Rate Based on Different Algorithms
Wang, J, Khoury, DS, Kurrelmeyer, K, Torre-Amione, G & Nagueh, SF 2009, , Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 1040-1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2009.05.013

Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Evaluation of Ventricular Function and Clinical Management in a Large Prospective Cohort
Kurt, M, Shaikh, KA, Peterson, L, Kurrelmeyer, KM, Shah, G, Nagueh, SF, Fromm, R, Quinones, MA & Zoghbi, WA 2009, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.005

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