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Vlad Cotarlan, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Internal Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (Heart Failure and Transplant)
  • Fellowship: Geisinger Medical Center (Cardiovascular Medicine)
  • Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Internal Medicine)
  • MD: Ovidius University School of Medicine (Medicine)
  • Bachelor of Science: Saint Sava College of High School (Mathematics and Physics)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Internal Medicine (Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology) (Certification Date: 2010-11-08) - (Recertification Date: 2021-02-23)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) (Certification Date: 2008-11-07) - (Recertification Date: 2019-10-31)

Specialties

Cardiovascular Disease
Echocardiography
Heart Failure/Transplant
Internal Medicine

Contact Information
Research Interests

Heart Failure, Heart Transplant

Clinical Interests

Cardiology

Cardiovascular Disease

Heart Failure

Heart Transplant

Peer Reviewed Publications

Teerlink, John R; Diaz, Rafael; Felker, G Michael; McMurray, John J V; Metra, Marco; Solomon, Scott D; Adams, Kirkwood F; Anand, Inder; Arias-Mendoza, Alexandra; Biering-Sørensen, Tor; Böhm, Michael; Bonderman, Diana; Cleland, John G F; Corbalan, Ramon; Crespo-Leiro, Maria G; Dahlström, Ulf; Echeverria, Luis E; Fang, James C; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Fonseca, Cândida; Goncalvesova, Eva; Goudev, Assen R; Howlett, Jonathan G; Lanfear, David E; Li, Jing; Lund, Mayanna; Macdonald, Peter; Mareev, Viacheslav; Momomura, Shin-Ichi; O'Meara, Eileen; Parkhomenko, Alexander; Ponikowski, Piotr; Ramires, Felix J A; Serpytis, Pranas; Sliwa, Karen; Spinar, Jindrich; Suter, Thomas M; Tomcsanyi, Janos; Vandekerckhove, Hans; Vinereanu, Dragos; Voors, Adriaan A; Yilmaz, Mehmet B; Zannad, Faiez; Sharpsten, Lucie; Legg, Jason C; Varin, Claire; Honarpour, Narimon; Abbasi, Siddique A; Malik, Fady I; Kurtz, Christopher E 2021. Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure. The New England journal of medicine, 384 2, 105-116

Becker RC, Cotarlan V, Sadayappan S. 2019. The rapid proliferation of solicited content online journals: a quest to disseminate knowledge? J Thromb Thrombolysis, 47 3, 337

Becker, Richard C; Cotarlan, Vlad; Sadayappan, Sakthi 2019. The rapid proliferation of solicited content online journals: a quest to disseminate knowledge? Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 47 3, 337-344

Cotarlan, Vlad; Johnson, Frances; Goerbig-Campbell, Jennifer; Light-McGroary, KellyAnn; Inampudi, Chakradhari; Franzwa, Jennifer; Jenn, Kyle; Johnson, Carol; Tandon, Rudhir; Tahir, Rizwan; Nabeel, Yassar; Emerenini, Uzodinma; Giudici, Michael 2019. Usefulness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. The American journal of cardiology, 123 1, 93-99

Voruganti DC, Briasoulis A, Chaudhry M, Alvarez P, Cotarlan V, Bhama JK, Giudici M. 2019. Cardiac resynchronization therapy and outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Fail Rev., 24 2, 229

Voruganti, Dinesh Chandra; Briasoulis, Alexandros; Chaudhry, Mohsan; Alvarez, Paulino; Cotarlan, Vlad; Bhama, Jay K; Giudici, Michael 2019. Cardiac resynchronization therapy and outcomes in patients with left ventricular assist devices: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart failure reviews, 24 2, 229-236

Voruganti, D; Gajurel, K; Bhama, J K; Cotarlan, V 2018. Ruptured Intracranial Mycotic Aneurysm in Infective Endocarditis With Left Ventricular Assist Device and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Device: A Clinical Course. Transplantation proceedings, 50 10, 4064-4066

Acharya, Yuba; Agrawal, Sahil; Bhattarai, Junu; Cotarlan, Vlad; Shirani, Jamshid 2017. Predictors and prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation developed during dobutamine stress echocardiography: A propensity score-matched comparison. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), 34 3, 429-435

Abu-El-Haija, Basil; Bhave, Prashant D; Campbell, Dwayne N; Mazur, Alexander; Hodgson-Zingman, Denice M; Cotarlan, Vlad; Giudici, Michael C 2015. Venous Stenosis After Transvenous Lead Placement: A Study of Outcomes and Risk Factors in 212 Consecutive Patients. Journal of the American Heart Association, 4 8, e001878

Cotarlan, Vlad; Ho, David; Pineda, John; Qureshi, Anwer; Shirani, Jamshid 2014. Impact of clinical predictors and routine coronary artery disease testing on outcome of patients admitted to chest pain decision unit. Clinical cardiology, 37 3, 146-51

Cotarlan, Vlad; Brofferio, Alessandra; Gerhard, Glenn S; Chu, Xin; Shirani, Jamshid 2013. Impact of ?(1)- and ?(2)-adrenergic receptor gene single nucleotide polymorphisms on heart rate response to metoprolol prior to coronary computed tomographic angiography. The American journal of cardiology, 111 5, 661-6

Shirani, Jamshid; Pranesh, Shruthi; Menhaji, Kimia; Cotarlan, Vlad; Brofferio, Alessandra 2013. Dobutamine-induced myocardial ischemia and ST-segment elevation in collateral-dependent myocardium. The American journal of cardiology, 112 9, 1293-7

Uriel, Nir; Naka, Yoshifumi; Colombo, Paolo C; Farr, Maryjane; Pak, Sang-Woo; Cotarlan, Vlad; Albu, Jeanine B; Gallagher, Dympna; Mancini, Donna; Ginsberg, Henry N; Jorde, Ulrich P 2011. Improved diabetic control in advanced heart failure patients treated with left ventricular assist devices. European journal of heart failure, 13 2, 195-9

Uriel, Nir; Vainrib, Alan; Jorde, Ulrich P; Cotarlan, Vlad; Farr, Maryjane; Cheema, Faisal H; Naka, Yoshifuma; Mancini, Donna; Colombo, Paolo C 2010. Mediastinal radiation and adverse outcomes after heart transplantation. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 29 3, 378-81

Uriel, Nir; Jorde, Ulrich P; Cotarlan, Vlad; Colombo, Paolo C; Farr, Maryjane; Restaino, Susan W; Lietz, Katherine; Naka, Yoshifuma; Deng, Mario C; Mancini, Donna 2009. Heart transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 28 7, 667-9

Tibb, Amit S; Ennezat, Pierre V; Chen, Jennifer A; Haider, Ali; Gundewar, Susheel; Cotarlan, Vlad; Aggarwal, Vimla S; Talreja, Ashok; Le Jemtel, Thierry H 2005. Diabetes lowers aerobic capacity in heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 46 5, 930-1