Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Cardiology
Dr. Flordeliza S. Villanueva, MD
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Flordeliza Villanueva works in the field of Cardiology. She went to Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine has a rank of 30 in research and a 52 in primary care She received 3 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Elected Member" and "Fellow (FACC)". Flordeliza Villanueva is also a published MD. She has 77 paper published. The most recent paper is: Microbubbles targeted to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 bind to activated coronary artery endothelial cells. She accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Fluid Viscosity Affects the Fragmentation and Inertial Cavitation Threshold of Lipid-Encapsulated Microbubbles.
- Dynamic Behavior of Microbubbles during Long Ultrasound Tone-Burst Excitation: Mechanistic Insights into Ultrasound-Microbubble Mediated Therapeutics Using High-Speed ...
- Individual lipid encapsulated microbubble radial oscillations: Effects of fluid viscosity.
- Suspension-Expansion of Bone Marrow Results in Small Mesenchymal Stem Cells Exhibiting Increased TransPulmonary Passage Following Intravenous Administration.
- Treatment of Microvascular Micro-embolization Using Microbubbles and Long-Tone-Burst Ultrasound: An in Vivo Study.
- New insights into mechanisms of sonothrombolysis using ultra-high-speed imaging.
- Noninvasive detection of lipids in atherosclerotic plaque using ultrasound thermal strain imaging: in vivo animal study.
- Ultra-fast bright field and fluorescence imaging of the dynamics of micrometer-sized objects.
- American society of echocardiography cardiovascular technology and research summit: a roadmap for 2020.
- Getting good vibes: the therapeutic power of microbubbles and ultrasound.
- Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction to Deliver siRNA Cancer Therapy.
- Modulation of Pre-Capillary Arteriolar Pressure with Drag-Reducing Polymers: A Novel Method for Enhancing Microvascular Perfusion.
- Volumetric quantification of in vitro sonothrombolysis with microbubbles using high-resolution optical coherence tomography.
- In vivo PEG modification of vascular surfaces for targeted delivery.
- Vascular endoluminal delivery of mesenchymal stem cells using acoustic radiation force.
- Optimization of ultrasound contrast agents with computational models to improve selection of ligands and binding strength.
- Myocardial perfusion imaging using ultrasound contrast agents: now or never?
- Imaging Myocardial metabolic remodeling.
- Detection of elevated right Atrial pressure using a simple bedside ultrasound measure.
- Ultrasound mediated destruction of DNA-loaded microbubbles for enhancement of cell-based therapies: new promise amidst a confluence of uncertainties?
- Multimodality cardiovascular molecular imaging, part I.
- Molecular imaging of cardiovascular Disease using ultrasound.
- Targeting microspheres and cells to polyethylene glycol-modified biological surfaces.
- Myocardial ischemic memory imaging with molecular echocardiography.
- Effect of Coronary stenosis on adjacent bed flow reserve: assessment of microvascular mechanisms using myocardial contrast echocardiography.
- Targeted ultrasound contrast agents: in vitro assessment of endothelial dysfunction and multi-targeting to ICAM-1 and sialyl Lewisx.
- Molecular images of neovascularization: art for art's sake or form with a function?
- Ultrasonic imaging of tumor angiogenesis using contrast microbubbles targeted via the tumor-binding peptide arginine-arginine-leucine.
- Incremental value of cardiac imaging in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and without ST-segment elevation: a multicenter study.
- Targeted ultrasound imaging using microbubbles.
- Ultrasound imaging of Acute cardiac transplant rejection with microbubbles targeted to intercellular adhesion molecule-1.
- Targeted in vivo labeling of receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor: approach to identification of ischemic tissue.
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography in Acute myocardial infarction.
- Modulating targeted adhesion of an ultrasound contrast agent to dysfunctional endothelium.
- Microbubble-endothelial cell interactions as a basis for assessing endothelial function.
- Part I: recent advances in Myocardial contrast echocardiography: an overview.
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to assess the microvascular response to vascular endothelial growth factor-121.
- New insights into the microvascular mechanisms of drag reducing polymers: effect on the cell-free layer.
- Resolution of severe Pulmonary hypertension after heterotopic cardiac transplantation.
- Echocardiographic detection of perforation of the cardiac ventricular septum by a permanent pacemaker lead.
- Contrast echocardiography: current and future applications.
- TransPulmonary transit of microbubbles during contrast echocardiography: implications for estimating cardiac output and Pulmonary blood volume.
- Dipyridamole/thallium-201 imaging: how safe is it? When should it be used?
- The use of Myocardial contrast echocardiography in clinical evaluation after Myocardial infarction.
- New insights into the physiology of retrograde cardioplegia delivery.
- Is the determination of myocardial perfusion necessary to evaluate the success of reperfusion when the infarct-related Artery is open?
- On-line intraoperative quantitation of regional myocardial perfusion during Coronary artery bypass graft operations with myocardial contrast two-dimensional echocardio...
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography and the transmural distribution of flow: a critical appraisal during Myocardial ischemia not associated with infarction.
- Detection of Coronary artery stenosis with power Doppler imaging.
- Assessment of myocardial perfusion in Coronary artery disease using myocardial contrast echocardiography.
- Albumin microbubble adherence to human Coronary endothelium: implications for assessment of endothelial function using myocardial contrast echocardiography.
- Targeting and ultrasound imaging of microbubble-based contrast agents.
- Coronary collateral development during chronic ischemia: serial assessment using harmonic myocardial contrast echocardiography.
- ST-segment depression during dipyridamole infusion, and its clinical, scintigraphic and hemodynamic correlates.
- Successful and reproducible myocardial opacification during two-dimensional echocardiography from right Heart injection of contrast.
- A mathematical model for the quantification of Mitral regurgitation. Experimental validation in the canine model using contrast echocardiography.
- Dobutamine echocardiography for determining the extent of Myocardial salvage after reperfusion. An experimental evaluation.
- Assessment of risk area during Coronary occlusion and infarct size after reperfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography using left and right atrial injections o...
- In vivo Myocardial kinetics of air-filled albumin microbubbles during Myocardial contrast echocardiography. Comparison with radiolabeled red blood cells.
- Characterization of spatial patterns of flow within the reperfused myocardium by Myocardial contrast echocardiography. Implications in determining extent of Myocardial...
- Value and limitations of current methods of evaluating patients presenting to the emergency room with cardiac-related symptoms for determining long-term prognosis.
- Prevalence and correlates of increased lung/Heart ratio of thallium-201 during dipyridamole stress imaging for suspected coronary artery disease.
- Assessment of resting perfusion with Myocardial contrast echocardiography: theoretical and practical considerations.
- Microbubbles targeted to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 bind to activated Coronary artery endothelial cells.
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to quantify intramyocardial blood volume: new insights into structural mechanisms of Coronary autoregulation.
- Coronary reserve abnormalities in the infarcted myocardium. Assessment of myocardial viability immediately versus late after reflow by contrast echocardiography.
- Comparison of usefulness of dipyridamole stress Myocardial contrast echocardiography to technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography for detecti...
- Clinical and molecular heterogeneity in the Brugada Syndrome: a novel gene locus on chromosome 3.
- Myocardial contrast echocardiography in Acute coronary syndromes.
- Fate of culture-expanded mesenchymal stem cells in the microvasculature: in vivo observations of cell kinetics.
- A novel hydrodynamic approach to the treatment of Coronary artery disease.
- Ultrasound molecular imaging of cardiovascular Disease.
- A novel hydrodynamic method for microvascular flow enhancement.
- Drag reducing polymers improve Coronary flow reserve through modulation of capillary resistance.
- Quantification of plaque neovascularization using contrast ultrasound: a histologic validation.
- Gene therapy of carcinoma using ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction.
Schools
Boston University School Of Medicine
Duke University Med Center
Duke University
University Va
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Cardioversion, Elective
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Ectasia
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Elected Member
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Virginia -
Duke University Hospital -
Boston University School of Medicine
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1295702546 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | VILLANUEVA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | FLORDELIZA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 152132546 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 230.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1295702546 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | VILLANUEVA |
| First Name Of The Provider | FLORDELIZA |
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