Professor, Geriatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. George E. Taffet, MD
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George E. Taffet works in the field of Internal Medicine. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine. He has 2 awards "Regional Top Doctor" and "Robert J. Luchi, M.D. Chair in Geriatric Medicine". Dr. George E. Taffet has written publications. He has 98 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Functional cardiac imaging in mice using Ta-178.'
Publications
- Plasma Levels of Endothelial Microparticles Bearing Monomeric C-reactive Protein are Increased in Peripheral Artery Disease.
- Left Atrial Volume and Pulmonary Artery Diameter Are Noninvasive Measures of Age-Related Diastolic Dysfunction in Mice.
- High-sensitivity troponin T and cardiovascular events in systolic blood pressure categories: atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
- Adverse fibrosis in the aging heart depends on signaling between myeloid and mesenchymal cells; role of inflammatory fibroblasts.
- Application of speckle-tracking in the evaluation of carotid artery function in subjects with hypertension and diabetes.
- AICAR-dependent AMPK activation improves scar formation in the aged heart in a murine model of reperfused myocardial infarction.
- Initiation of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in an Inpatient Setting.
- Young Little Mice Express a Premature Cardiovascular Aging Phenotype.
- Incidence of cholinesterase inhibitor therapy initiation among hospitalized patients.
- SRC-2 coactivator deficiency decreases functional reserve in response to pressure overload of mouse heart.
- Aberrant differentiation of fibroblast progenitors contributes to fibrosis in the aged murine heart: role of elevated circulating insulin levels.
- Cholinesterase inhibitor initiation in hospital setting.
- Disruption of K(2P)6.1 produces vascular dysfunction and hypertension in mice.
- Deficient synthesis of glutathione underlies oxidative stress in aging and can be corrected by dietary cysteine and glycine supplementation.
- CCR2 Mediates the Uptake of Bone Marrow-Derived Fibroblast Precursors in Angiotensin II-induced Cardiac Fibrosis.
- Doppler Velocity Measurements from Large and Small Arteries of Mice.
- Novel approaches to perioperative assessment and intervention may improve long-term outcomes after colorectal cancer resection in older adults.
- Cerebrovascular responses in mice deficient in the potassium channel, TREK-1.
- Bedside-to-Bench conference: research agenda for idiopathic fatigue and aging.
- Cardiomyocyte PDGFR-beta signaling is an essential component of the mouse cardiac response to load-induced stress.
- Coronary flow reserve in mice: effects of age, coronary disease, and vascular loading.
- Blood pressure control in the elderly: can you have too much of a good thing?
- Effect of isoflurane on aortic impedance in mice.
- Coronary flow reserve as an index of cardiac function in mice with cardiovascular abnormalities.
- Aortic impedance in Little mice.
- In-vitro evaluation of sensors and amplifiers to measure left ventricular pressure in mice.
- Cardiac function in young and old Little mice.
- TNF provokes cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cardiac remodeling through activation of multiple cell death pathways.
- Trigeminal trophic syndrome.
- A pivotal role for endogenous TGF-beta-activated kinase-1 in the LKB1/AMP-activated protein kinase energy-sensor pathway.
- Mice with the R176Q cardiac ryanodine receptor mutation exhibit catecholamine-induced ventricular tachycardia and cardiomyopathy.
- Targeted deletion of ROCK1 protects the heart against pressure overload by inhibiting reactive fibrosis.
- Pulsed Doppler signal processing for use in mice: applications.
- Regulatable atrial natriuretic peptide gene therapy for hypertension.
- Transgenic mouse model of ventricular preexcitation and atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia induced by an AMP-activated protein kinase loss-of-function mutation res...
- Noninvasive ultrasonic measurement of arterial wall motion in mice.
- Determinants of cardiac electrophysiological properties in mice.
- Disruption of Rho signaling results in progressive atrioventricular conduction defects while ventricular function remains preserved.
- Bcl-2 overexpression corrects mitochondrial defects and ameliorates inherited desmin null cardiomyopathy.
- Measurement of aortic input impedance in mice: effects of age on aortic stiffness.
- Effect of age on peripheral vascular response to transverse aortic banding in mice.
- Telomere attrition and Chk2 activation in human heart failure.
- Load-dependent and -independent regulation of proinflammatory cytokine and cytokine receptor gene expression in the adult mammalian heart.
- MEKK1 is essential for cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction induced by Gq.
- Heart failure and greater infarct expansion in middle-aged mice: a relevant model for postinfarction failure.
- Noninvasive cardiovascular phenotyping in mice.
- Substance p receptor antagonism: a potential novel treatment option for viral-myocarditis.
- Telomerase reverse transcriptase promotes cardiac muscle cell proliferation, hypertrophy, and survival.
- Effect of cellular elements on pressure-velocity relationship in mice.
- Hemodynamic regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene and protein expression in adult feline myocardium.
- Noninvasive determination of pulse-wave velocity in mice.
- The age-associated alterations in late diastolic function in mice are improved by caloric restriction.
- Membrane asymmetry in isolated canine cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum: comparison with skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum.
- Functional cardiac imaging in mice using Ta-178.
- Myocardial infarction and remodeling in mice: effect of reperfusion.
- Local insulin-like growth factor I expression induces physiologic, then pathologic, cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice.
- The absence of desmin leads to cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac dilation with compromised systolic function.
- Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane lipid asymmetries.
- A chronic mouse model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion: essential in cytokine studies.
- Endogenous tumor necrosis factor protects the adult cardiac myocyte against ischemic-induced apoptosis in a murine model of acute myocardial infarction.
- Hypernatremia in the geriatric population.
- TAK1 is activated in the myocardium after pressure overload and is sufficient to provoke heart failure in transgenic mice.
- Hemodynamic changes in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice.
- Enhanced calcium uptake of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum in exercise-trained old rats.
- The regulatory role of calcium in striated muscle.
- Hematogenously acquired Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in seemingly immunocompetent drug addicts.
- Urinary incontinence in a community-residing elderly population.
- Mechanisms for the responses of cardiac muscle to physical activity in old age.
- Estimation of severity of illness with APACHE II: age-related implications in cardiac arrest outcomes.
- The MgATPase activity of rat cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum is a function of the calcium ATPase protein.
- Survival of elderly men with congestive heart failure.
- The role of calcium in the energetics of contracting skeletal muscle.
- microRNA-22 Promotes Heart Failure through Coordinate Suppression of PPAR/ERR-Nuclear Hormone Receptor Transcription.
- Nucleotide specificity of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Inhibition of GTPase activity by ATP analogue in fluorescein isothiocyanate-modified calcium ATPase.
- Mitochondrial metabolism and substrate competition in the aging Fischer rat heart.
- The calcium uptake of the rat heart sarcoplasmic reticulum is altered by dietary lipid.
- CaATPase content is lower in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum isolated from old rats.
- SERCA2a and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase expression are increased in hearts of exercise-trained old rats.
- Noninvasive indexes of cardiac systolic and diastolic function in hyperthyroid and senescent mouse.
- Exercise training improves lusitropy by isoproterenol in papillary muscles from aged rats.
- Doppler evaluation of peripheral vascular adaptations to transverse aortic banding in mice.
- Noninvasive blood pressure measurement in mice using pulsed Doppler ultrasound.
- Activation of cardiac Cdk9 represses PGC-1 and confers a predisposition to heart failure.
- Multichannel pulsed Doppler signal processing for vascular measurements in mice.
- Doppler estimation of reduced coronary flow reserve in mice with pressure overload cardiac hypertrophy.
- Effects of isoflurane on coronary blood flow velocity in young, old and ApoE(-/-) mice measured by Doppler ultrasound.
- Immune-inflammatory dysregulation modulates the incidence of progressive fibrosis and diastolic stiffness in the aging heart.
- Monocytic fibroblast precursors mediate fibrosis in angiotensin-II-induced cardiac hypertrophy.
- Feasibility of dual Doppler velocity measurements to estimate volume pulsations of an arterial segment.
- A murine model of ischemic cardiomyopathy induced by repetitive ischemia and reperfusion.
- Impaired vascular contractility and blood pressure homeostasis in the smooth muscle alpha-actin null mouse.
- Considerations related to disability and exercise in elderly women with congestive heart failure.
- Educating the elderly: cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions before and after intervention.
- Canine cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum is not altered with endurance exercise training.
- Development of murine ischemic cardiomyopathy is associated with a transient inflammatory reaction and depends on reactive oxygen species.
- Active ghrelin levels and active to total ghrelin ratio in cancer-induced cachexia.
- Cardiac tissue-specific repression of CELF activity disrupts alternative splicing and causes cardiomyopathy.
Schools
Brown Medical School
Baylor Coll Med Affil Hosp
Baylor College Of Medicine Geriatrics Fellowship
Brown Univ
Doctors Specialties
- Geriatric Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Robert J. Luchi, M.D. Chair in Geriatric Medicine
Education
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Baylor College of Medicine -
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Hospital
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Park Plaza Hospital -
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center -
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center -
Harris Health System
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1740360080 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | TAFFET |
| First Name Of The Provider | GEORGE |
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