Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease
Cardiology
Dr. Michael J. Blaha, MD
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Doctor Michael J. Blaha, MD works in the field of Cardiology. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Dr. Michael J. Blaha is a published doctor. He has 101 papers published. The most current publication "Coronary artery Calcium predicts Cardiovascular events in participants with a low lifetime risk of Cardiovascular disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (M..." He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Age-dependent prognostic value of exercise capacity and derivation of fitness-associated biologic age.
- Coronary artery Calcium predicts Cardiovascular events in participants with a low lifetime risk of Cardiovascular disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (M...
- The Association of Resting Heart Rate and Incident Hypertension: The Henry Ford Hospital Exercise Testing (FIT) Project.
- Coronary calcium scoring for long-term mortality prediction in patients with and without a family history of Coronary disease.
- Predictors of Long-Term Healthy Arterial Aging: Coronary Artery Calcium Nondevelopment in the MESA Study.
- Predicted vs Observed Clinical Event Risk for Cardiovascular Disease.
- Relationship of the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio to the remainder of the lipid profile: The Very Large Database of Lipids-4 (V...
- The association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, and metabolic Syndrome, with systemic inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Stud...
- Leptin and incident cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
- The association of resistin with cardiovascular Disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
- Scoring of Coronary artery calcium scans: History, assumptions, current limitations, and future directions.
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Incident Diabetes: The FIT (Henry Ford Exercise Testing) Project.
- The relationship between Coronary artery calcium score and the long-term mortality among patients with minimal or absent Coronary artery risk factors.
- Blood pressure is associated with the presence and severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver Disease across the spectrum of cardiometabolic risk.
- Usefulness of Regional Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium to Improve the Prediction of All-Cause Mortality.
- Comparison of Coronary artery calcium presence, carotid plaque presence, and carotid intima-media thickness for cardiovascular disease prediction in the Multi-Ethnic S...
- Relation of physical activity to prevalence of nonalcoholic Fatty liver Disease independent of cardiometabolic risk.
- Establishing the warranty of a Coronary artery calcium score of zero.
- Improving the relationship between Coronary artery calcium score and Coronary plaque burden: Addition of regional measures of Coronary artery calcium distribution.
- Recommendations for the management of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
- Relation of Resting Heart Rate to Risk for All-Cause Mortality by Gender After considering Exercise Capacity (the Henry Ford Exercise Testing Project).
- Measuring Coronary artery calcification: Is serum vitamin D relevant?
- High-density lipoprotein and endothelial function in patients with Myocardial infarction: Pieces in a puzzle.
- Coronary Artery Calcium and Incident Cerebrovascular Events in an Asymptomatic Cohort: The MESA Study.
- Eligibility for Statin Therapy According to New Cholesterol Guidelines and Prevalent Use of Medication to Lower Lipid Levels in an Older US Cohort: The Atherosclerosis...
- Significance of a Positive Family History for Coronary Heart Disease in Patients With a Zero Coronary Artery Calcium Score (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclero...
- Statins, mood, sleep, and physical function: a systematic review.
- The Future of CV Risk Prediction: Multisite Imaging to Predict Multiple Outcomes.
- Association of Coronary Artery Calcium and Coronary Heart Disease Events in Young and Elderly Participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: A Secondary An...
- The new "intermediate risk" group: a comparative analysis of the new 2013 ACC/AHA risk assessment guidelines versus prior guidelines in men.
- Headed in the Right Direction But at Risk for Miscalculation: A Critical Appraisal of the 2013 ACC/AHA Risk Assessment Guidelines.
- Improving lipid control following Myocardial infarction.
- HDL cholesterol subclasses, Myocardial infarction, and mortality in secondary prevention: the lipoprotein investigators collaborative.
- 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Treatment Guideline: What Was Done Well and What Could Be Done Better.
- Baseline subclinical atherosclerosis burden and distribution are associated with frequency and mode of future Coronary revascularization: multi-ethnic study of atheros...
- Ethnic and sex differences in Fatty liver on cardiac computed tomography: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
- Understanding the High Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. South Asians Compared with Four Racial/Ethnic Groups: The MASALA and MESA Studies.
- Critical Review of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Artery Calcium for the Guidance of Statin Allocation: Head-to-Head Comparison of the JUPITER and St...
- Risk factors: New risk-assessment guidelines-more or less personalized?
- Incremental prognostic value of Coronary artery calcium score versus CT angiography among symptomatic patients without known Coronary artery disease.
- Coronary artery calcium and physical fitness - The two best predictors of long-term survival.
- Comparing Coronary artery calcium among U.S. South Asians with four racial/ethnic groups: The MASALA and MESA studies.
- Systematic review on noninvasive assessment of subclinical cardiovascular Disease in obstructive sleep apnea: new kid on the block!
- Polypill Therapy, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Events-Implications for the Use of Preventive Pharmacotherapy: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atheroscle...
- Family history of Coronary heart disease and the incidence and progression of Coronary artery calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
- Risk and the Physics of Clinical Prediction.
- Dyslipidemia, Coronary artery calcium, and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: implications for statin therapy from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclero...
- How do statins work?: changing paradigms with implications for statin allocation.
- Short and lifetime cardiovascular risk estimates: Same wine, different bottles. Do we have the COURAGE to abandon risk scores?
- Statin Use Is Not Associated With Presence of and Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.
- Modifiable lifestyle risks, cardiovascular Disease, and all-cause mortality.
- Impact of Coronary artery calcium on Coronary heart disease events in individuals at the extremes of traditional risk factor burden: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosc...
- Relation Between Self-Reported Physical Activity Level, Fitness, and Cardiometabolic Risk.
- Association Between Resting Heart Rate and Inflammatory Biomarkers (High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin-6, and Fibrinogen) (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of...
- Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Guideline Targets, and Population Percentiles for Secondary Prevention in 1.3 Million Adults: The VLDL-2 Study (Very Large Da...
- Comparison of a Novel Method vs the Friedewald Equation for Estimating Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels From the Standard Lipid Profile.
- Very Large Database of Lipids: Rationale and Design.
- A systematic review: Burden and severity of subclinical cardiovascular Disease among those with nonalcoholic fatty liver; Should we care?
- Landmark lipid-lowering trials in the primary prevention of cardiovascular Disease.
- Delayed Heart Rate Recovery is Strongly Associated With Early and Late-Stage Prehypertension During Exercise Stress Testing.
- Niacin--a case study for the role of event-driven versus surrogate endpoint trials.
- Relation of Hepatic Steatosis to Atherogenic Dyslipidemia.
- Association of resting heart rate with carotid and Aortic arterial stiffness: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
- Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular Disease: the benefits outweigh the risks.
- Absolute Coronary artery calcium score is the best predictor of non-calcified plaque involvement in patients with low calcium scores (1-100).
- Friedewald-estimated versus directly measured low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and treatment implications.
- High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and cardiovascular Disease: a resolute belief or an elusive link?
- A Clinician's Guide to the ABCs of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease and American College of Ca...
- Family history of Coronary heart disease and markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease: Where do we stand?
- Gender differences in Coronary plaque composition and burden detected in symptomatic patients referred for Coronary computed tomographic angiography.
- Cardiovascular Disease prevention: matching evidence-based algorithms with individualized care.
- Impact of Fitness Versus Obesity on Routinely Measured Cardiometabolic Risk in Young, Healthy Adults.
- Comparing the New European Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline With Prior American Heart Association Guidelines: An Editorial Review.
- Mortality rates in smokers and nonsmokers in the presence or absence of Coronary artery calcification.
- Relation of Uric Acid to Serum Levels of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, Triglycerides, and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and to Hepatic Steatosis.
- A Point-by-Point Response to Recent Arguments Against the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: This Statement is Endorsed by the American Society for Preventive Cardi...
- Statin therapy for healthy men identified as "increased risk".
- Waiting for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel IV Guidelines, and in the Meantime, Some Challenges and Recommendations.
- Niacin and Statin Combination Therapy for Atherosclerosis Regression and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Events: Reconciling the AIM-HIGH (Atherothrombosis Interv...
- Potential Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing for Guiding Aspirin Use Among Asymptomatic Individuals With Diabetes Mellitus.
- Potential Use of Coronary Artery Calcium Progression to Guide the Management of Patients at Risk for Coronary Artery Disease Events.
- The Association of Framingham and Reynolds Risk Scores With Incidence and Progression of Coronary Artery Calcification in MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis).
- No Justification for Coronary CT Angiography in Low- to Intermediate-Risk Individuals with Coronary Artery Calcium Score of 0.
- Effects of Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Disease.
- Making the case for selective use of statins in the Primary prevention setting.
- The relationship of insulin resistance and extraCoronary calcification in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
- The relationship between resting heart rate and incidence and progression of Coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).
- Impact of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Results on Patient and Physician Behavior in a Low-Risk Population.
- Localized calcific constrictive pericarditis masquerading as a basal Aneurysm.
- Association between obesity, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein ?2 mg/L, and subclinical atherosclerosis: implications of JUPITER from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Ather...
- Association between High-Sensitivity C Reactive Protein and Coronary Plaque Subtypes Assessed by 64-slice Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in an Asymptomatic P...
- "Metabolically benign" obesity: A wolf in sheep's clothing.
- The relationship between insulin resistance and incidence and progression of Coronary artery calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
- Understanding the utility of zero Coronary calcium as a prognostic test: a Bayesian approach.
- Differences in Coronary plaque composition with aging measured by Coronary computed tomography angiography.
- Adjunctive lipid lowering therapy in the era of surrogate endpoints.
- Statin therapy in the prevention and treatment of Atrial fibrillation.
- Relation of Aortic valve calcium detected by cardiac computed tomography to all-cause mortality.
- Coronary artery calcium progression: an important clinical measurement? A review of published reports.
- Caveat emptor: the Coronary calcium warranty.
Schools
Vanderbilt Univ Sch Of Med
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1285770313 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BLAHA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MICHAEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 212870005 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MD | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 170.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1285770313 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BLAHA |
| First Name Of The Provider | MICHAEL |
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