Associate Professor, Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Cardiology
Dr. Flora Sam, MD
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Flora practices Cardiology. She has 3 awards "Fellow (FACC)", "Fellow (FAHA)" and "Elected Member". Flora is a published doctor. She published 40 publications, including: 'Non-invasive imaging for cardiac amyloidosis - Delaying the obvious?' Flora Sam, MD accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Non-invasive imaging for cardiac amyloidosis - Delaying the obvious?
- Comparison of characteristics and outcomes of patients with Heart failure preserved ejection fraction versus reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in an urban coh...
- Mitochondrial encoded NADH dehydrogenase 5 (MT-ND5) gene point mutation presents as late onset Cardiomyopathy.
- Adiponectin modulates oxidative stress-induced autophagy in cardiomyocytes.
- 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Ta...
- New and Emerging Biomarkers in Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction-Insight into Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Serial troponin-I measurement as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in Chronic myocarditis.
- State hospitals, academic medicine and the decline of health care in South Africa - a cry of support from those who have left for those who stay.
- Oxidative stress and autophagy in cardiac Disease, neurological disorders, aging and cancer.
- Aldosterone and cardiovascular remodelling: focus on myocardial Failure.
- Role of endothelin-1 in myocardial Failure.
- Evidence for a functional role of the molecular chaperone clusterin in amyloidotic Cardiomyopathy.
- Cardiac myocyte-specific ablation of follistatin-like 3 attenuates stress-induced Myocardial hypertrophy.
- Follistatin-like 1 in chronic systolic Heart failure: a marker of left ventricular remodeling.
- Adiponectin mediates cardioprotection in oxidative stress-induced cardiac myocyte remodeling.
- Cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in the metabolic Syndrome: a role for aldosterone and the mineralocorticoid receptor.
- Amyloidotic Cardiomyopathy: multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment.
- Adiponectin in cardiovascular inflammation and obesity.
- Cardiac myocyte follistatin-like 1 functions to attenuate hypertrophy following pressure overload.
- Mice lacking osteopontin exhibit increased left ventricular dilation and reduced fibrosis after aldosterone infusion.
- Relations of serum aldosterone to cardiac structure: gender-related differences in the Framingham Heart Study.
- Mineralocorticoid receptor inhibition ameliorates the transition to myocardial failure and decreases oxidative stress and inflammation in mice with Chronic pressure ov...
- Aldosterone stimulates matrix metalloproteinases and reactive oxygen species in adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes.
- Increased reactive oxygen species production and functional alterations in antioxidant enzymes in human failing myocardium.
- The relationship between aldosterone, oxidative stress, and inflammation in chronic, stable human Heart failure.
- Digesting the remodeled Heart: role of lysosomal cysteine proteases in Heart failure.
- Predictors of improved left ventricular systolic function in an urban Cardiomyopathy program.
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha-independent actions of fenofibrate exacerbates left ventricular dilation and fibrosis in Chronic pressure overload.
- Adiponectin protects against the development of systolic dysfunction following Myocardial infarction.
- Effects of fenofibrate on cardiac remodeling in aldosterone-induced Hypertension.
- Usefulness of the aldosterone synthase gene polymorphism C-344-T to predict cardiac remodeling in African-Americans versus non-African-Americans with Chronic systolic ...
- A novel role for tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) in the development of cardiac dysfunction and Failure.
- Fenofibrate inhibits aldosterone-induced apoptosis in adult rat ventricular myocytes via stress-activated kinase-dependent mechanisms.
- Effects of fixed-dose isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine on diastolic function and exercise capacity in hypertension-induced diastolic Heart failure.
- Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors in cardiac amyloidosis: relationship to structural, functional Myocardial changes and to light chain amyloid depo...
- Cardiac-specific deletion of LKB1 leads to hypertrophy and dysfunction.
- Adiponectin deficiency, diastolic dysfunction, and diastolic Heart failure.
- What can adiponectin say about left ventricular function?
- Determinants of adiponectin levels in patients with chronic systolic Heart failure.
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACC)
- Fellow (FAHA)
- Elected Member
Education
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Boston University Medical Center -
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center -
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus -
St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center -
University of the Witwatersrand
Hospital
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Boston Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1316918337 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SAM | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | FLORA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021182309 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 752.0 | |
| 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] | 1316918337 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SAM |
| First Name Of The Provider | FLORA |
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