Professor, Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University
Internal Medicine
Dr. Sheldon E. Litwin, MD
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Sheldon Litwin is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He researched medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Fellow (FASE)", "Fellow (FSCCT)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Doctor Sheldon E. Litwin, MD is also a published doctor. He has 96 publication published. The most recent publication is: Association between high levels of ornithine decarboxylase activity and favorable prognosis in human colorectal carcinoma. He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Hyperglycemia and adverse outcomes in Acute coronary syndromes: is serum glucose the provocateur or innocent bystander?
- Coronary Calcium Scores 6 Years After Bariatric Surgery.
- Diabetes and the heart: is there objective evidence of a human diabetic Cardiomyopathy?
- Nrf2 deficiency prevents reductive stress-induced hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Good fat, bad fat: The increasingly complex interplay of adipose tissue and the cardiovascular system.
- Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mtor) is essential for murine embryonic Heart development and growth.
- Aurora kinase A mediates epithelial ovarian cancer cell migration and adhesion.
- Normal weight obesity: is bigger really badder?
- Reductions in cardiovascular risk after bariatric surgery.
- The effect of obesity on regadenoson-induced Myocardial hyperemia: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study.
- PGC-1β deficiency accelerates the transition to Heart failure in pressure overload hypertrophy.
- Physiological profile of world-record-holder Sherpas.
- High prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction in ICD patients with shocks: a potential new predictor in risk stratification.
- Favorable changes in cardiac geometry and function following gastric bypass surgery: 2-year follow-up in the Utah obesity study.
- Improved Heart rate recovery after marked weight loss induced by gastric bypass surgery: two-year follow up in the Utah Obesity Study.
- Knockout of insulin receptors in cardiomyocytes attenuates Coronary arterial dysfunction induced by pressure overload.
- Can echocardiographic evaluation of cardioPulmonary hemodynamics decrease right heart catheterizations in end-stage heart failure patients awaiting transplantation?
- Utility of intracardiac echocardiography for Atrial baffle leak closure in repaired transposition of the great arteries.
- Loss of bradykinin signaling does not accelerate the development of cardiac dysfunction in type 1 diabetic akita mice.
- Left Atrial strain and strain rate in patients with paroxysmal and persistent Atrial fibrillation: relationship to left Atrial structural remodeling detected by delaye...
- Cardiac remodeling in obesity: time for a new paradigm.
- Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary Artery pressures: moving beyond tricuspid regurgitation velocities.
- Inadvertent placement of pacemaker lead into the systemic ventricle in repaired D-transposition of the great arteries.
- Health outcomes of gastric bypass patients compared to nonsurgical, nonintervened severely obese.
- Diagnosing Coronary artery disease in women: an update on cardiac imaging modalities.
- Mammalian target of rapamycin is a critical regulator of cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously Hypertensive rats.
- Measuring progression of Coronary atherosclerosis with computed tomography: searching for clarity among shades of gray.
- Contribution of impaired myocardial insulin signaling to mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in the Heart.
- Vascular PPARgamma controls circadian variation in blood pressure and Heart rate through Bmal1.
- Type 1 diabetic akita mouse Hearts are insulin sensitive but manifest structurally abnormal mitochondria that remain coupled despite increased uncoupling protein 3.
- Insulin-like growth factor I receptor signaling is required for exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy.
- Which measures of obesity best predict cardiovascular risk?
- Disruption of the circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte influences Myocardial contractile function, metabolism, and gene expression.
- Scatter in repolarization timing predicts clinical events in post-Myocardial infarction patients.
- Cardiac hypertrophy caused by peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor-gamma agonist treatment occurs independently of changes in Myocardial insulin signaling.
- Is there a Cardiomyopathy of obesity?
- Quercetin reduces blood pressure in Hypertensive subjects.
- A conserved role for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase but not Akt signaling in mitochondrial adaptations that accompany physiological cardiac hypertrophy.
- A quercetin supplemented diet does not prevent cardiovascular complications in spontaneously Hypertensive rats.
- Response to a Possible Role of Visceral Fat-Related Inflammation in Linking Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.
- Left ventricular hypertrophy in severe obesity: interactions among blood pressure, nocturnal hypoxemia, and body mass.
- Integrin activation in the Heart: a link between electrical and contractile dysfunction?
- Ablation of PGC-1beta results in Defective mitochondrial activity, thermogenesis, hepatic function, and cardiac performance.
- Quercetin-supplemented diets lower blood pressure and attenuate cardiac hypertrophy in rats with Aortic constriction.
- The growing problem of obesity and the Heart: the plot "thickens".
- "Ryanogate": who leaked the calcium?
- Reduced cardiac efficiency and altered substrate metabolism precedes the onset of hyperglycemia and contractile dysfunction in two mouse models of insulin resistance a...
- Effect of fiber orientation on propagation: electrical mapping of genetically altered mouse Hearts.
- Close coupling of systolic and diastolic function: combined assessment provides superior prediction of exercise capacity.
- Doppler-derived left ventricular filling pressures and the regulation of heart rate recovery after exercise in patients with suspected Coronary artery disease.
- Mechanisms of exercise intolerance: insights from tissue Doppler imaging.
- Minimally invasive Aortic banding in mice: effects of altered cardiomyocyte insulin signaling during pressure overload.
- Enhanced sodium-calcium exchange in the infarcted Heart: effects on sarcoplasmic reticulum content and cellular contractility.
- Insulin signaling coordinately regulates cardiac size, metabolism, and contractile protein isoform expression.
- Prognostic value of normal stress echocardiography in obese patients.
- Defibrillation threshold testing does not cause Acute electrocardiographic changes in cardiomyopathy patients undergoing insertion of an implantable cardioverter defib...
- Reconstruction with myocutaneous flaps following resection of locally recurrent rectal cancer.
- A single institutional experience with preoperative chemoradiotherapy for stage I-III pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- A comparison of resection and radiation in the control of cancer within the mouth.
- Paclitaxel by 24- or 1-hour infusion n combination with carboplatin in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: the Fox Chase Cancer Center experience.
- Preclinical and clinical evaluation of broccoli supplements as inducers of glutathione S-transferase activity.
- Somatic mutation and light chain rearrangement generate autoimmunity in anti-single-stranded DNA transgenic MRL/lpr mice.
- Association between high levels of ornithine decarboxylase activity and favorable prognosis in human colorectal carcinoma.
- Pretreatment p53 protein expression correlates with decreased survival in patients with end-stage head and neck cancer.
- B-cell activation in HIV infection: relationship of spontaneous immunoglobulin secretion to various immunological parameters.
- Report of phase II trial of concurrent chemoradiotherapy with radical thoracic irradiation (60 Gy), infusional fluorouracil, bolus cisplatin and etoposide for clinical...
- Genomic imbalances in human lung adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas.
- A pilot study of preoperative chemoradiation for patients with localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
- Implications of fine-needle aspiration in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.
- Modulation of gene expression in subjects at risk for colorectal cancer by the chemopreventive dithiolethione oltipraz.
- In vivo assessment of LV mass in mice using high-frequency cardiac ultrasound: necropsy validation.
- How accurate is size measurement of pancreas cancer masses by computed axial tomography (CT) scanning?
- Vascular endothelial growth factor is a marker of tumor invasion and metastasis in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck.
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life in bariatric surgery patients.
- Training, competency, and certification in cardiac CT: a summary statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
- Regulation of intrarenal and circulating renin-angiotensin systems in severe Heart failure in the rat.
- Effect of ANG II on pHi, [Ca2+]i, and contraction in rabbit ventricular myocytes from infarcted Hearts.
- Effects of different pacing modes on left ventricular relaxation in closed-chest dogs.
- Inotropic effects of alpha 1-adrenergic agonists in myocardium from rats with postinfarction Heart failure.
- Evidence for tissue-specific activation of renal angiotensinogen mRNA expression in Chronic stable experimental heart failure.
- Peripheral circulatory control of cardiac output in diabetic rats.
- Evidence that reverse Na-Ca exchange can trigger SR calcium release.
- Effect of internal sodium and cellular calcium load on voltage-dependence of the Indo-1 transient in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.
- Diastolic dysfunction as a cause of Heart failure.
- Captopril enhances intracellular calcium handling and beta-adrenergic responsiveness of myocardium from rats with postinfarction Failure.
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: congestive Heart failure and beyond.
- Ruptured sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
- Alterations in contractility and intracellular Ca2+ transients in isolated bundles of skeletal muscle fibers from rats with Chronic heart failure.
- Contractility and stiffness of noninfarcted myocardium after Coronary ligation in rats. Effects of chronic angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition.
- Effects of captopril on contractility after Myocardial infarction: experimental observations.
- Abnormal cardiac function in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Changes in active and passive properties of the left ventricle.
- Induction of myocardial hypertrophy after Coronary ligation in rats decreases ventricular dilatation and improves systolic function.
- Serial echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular geometry and function after large Myocardial infarction in the rat.
- Serial echocardiographic-Doppler assessment of left ventricular geometry and function in rats with pressure-overload hypertrophy. Chronic angiotensin-converting enzyme...
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition prolongs survival and modifies the transition to Heart failure in rats with pressure overload hypertrophy due to ascending aor...
Schools
Washington University St Louis
Beth Israel Deaconess Hp M C
University Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Fellow (FASE)
- Fellow (FSCCT)
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
University of Arizona -
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1861447989 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LITWIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | SHELDON | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 294258908 | |
| NPPES Provider State | SC | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 446.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1861447989 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LITWIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | SHELDON |
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