Erin Howden

Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) Protocol: Establishing Reference Intervals for Vascular Ageing in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults.

Terence S Fong, Elaine M Urbina, Erin J Howden, Imogen Wallace, Chloe Park, Seana Gall, Agus Salim, Pierre Boutouyrie, Rosa-Maria Bruno, Rachel E Climie

Journal article  |  2021  |  Heart Lung Circ

BACKGROUND: In the last two decades, the global prevalence of paediatric hypertension increased by approximately 75%. Nearly 25% o..

Oxygen Pathway Limitations in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Erin J Howden, Sergio Ruiz-Carmona, Mathias Claeys, Ruben De Bosscher, Rik Willems, Bart Meyns, Tom Verbelen, Geert Maleux, Laurent Godinas, Catharina Belge, Jan Bogaert, Piet Claus, Andre La Gerche, Marion Delcroix, Guido Claessen

Journal article  |  2021  |  CIRCULATION

BACKGROUND: Exertional intolerance is a limiting and often crippling symptom in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hyp..

Genome wide association study of response to interval and continuous exercise training: the Predict-HIIT study.

Camilla J Williams, Zhixiu Li, Nicholas Harvey, Rodney A Lea, Brendon J Gurd, Jacob T Bonafiglia, Ioannis Papadimitriou, Macsue Jacques, Ilaria Croci, Dorthe Stensvold, Ulrik Wisloff, Jenna L Taylor, Trishan Gajanand, Emily R Cox, Joyce S Ramos, Robert G Fassett, Jonathan P Little, Monique E Francois, Christopher M Hearon, Satyam Sarma, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Biomed Sci

BACKGROUND: Low cardiorespiratory fitness (V̇O2peak) is highly associated with chronic disease and mortality from all causes. Whil..

Traditional markers of cardiac toxicity fail to detect marked reductions in cardioresriratory fitness among cancer patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment

Erin J Howden, Steve Foulkes, Hayley T Dillon, Ashley Bigaran, Leah Wright, Kristel Janssens, Prue Comie, Benedict Costello, Andre La Gerche

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

AIMS: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is standard of care for evaluating chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity, althoug..

Evidence of reduced efferent renal sympathetic innervation after chemical renal denervation in humans.

Christopher M Hearon, Erin J Howden, Qi Fu, Jeung-Ki Yoo, Katrin A Dias, Monique A Roberts-Reeves, Mitchel Samels, Satyam Sarma, Shawna Nesbitt, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, David S Goldstein, Tayo Addo, Benjamin D Levine

Journal article  |  2021  |  Am J Hypertens

BACKGROUND: Renal denervation (RDN) is effective at lowering blood pressure. However, it is unknown if ablative procedures elicit ..

The effect of posture on maximal oxygen uptake in active healthy individuals

Hayley T Dillon, Christophe Dausin, Guido Claessen, Anniina Lindqvist, Amy Mitchell, Leah Wright, Rik Willems, Andre La Gerche, Erin J Howden

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

PURPOSE: Semi-supine and supine cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) with concurrent cardiac imaging has emerged as a valuable ..

Central Command and the Regulation of Exercise Heart Rate Response in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Satyam Sarma, Erin Howden, Justin Lawley, Mitchel Samels, Benjamin D Levine

Journal article  |  2021  |  Circulation

BACKGROUND: Chronotropic incompetence is common in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and is linked to impaire..

Reducing intracranial pressure by reducing central venous pressure: assessment of potential countermeasures to spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome.

Alexander B Hansen, Justin S Lawley, Caroline A Rickards, Erin J Howden, Satyam Sarma, William K Cornwell, Sachin B Amin, Hendrik Mugele, Kyohei Marume, Carmen Possnig, Louis A Whitworth, Michael A Williams, Benjamin D Levine

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Appl Physiol (1985)

Spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) involves unilateral or bilateral optic disc edema, widening of the optic nerve..

The role of systolic-diastolic coupling in distinguishing impaired diastolic recoil in healthy aging and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

James P MacNamara, Vivek Koshti, I-Jou Cheng, Katrin A Dias, Christopher M Hearon, William Cornwell, Erin J Howden, Benjamin D Levine, Satyam Sarma

Journal article  |  2021  |  Echocardiography

BACKGROUND: Age-related changes to left ventricular (LV) early diastolic recoil confound the diagnostic value of e' velocity in he..

Exercise cardiovascular magnetic resonance reveals reduced cardiac reserve in pediatric cancer survivors with impaired cardiopulmonary fitness

Stephen Foulkes, Benedict T Costello, Erin J Howden, Kristel Janssens, Hayley Dillon, Claudia Toro, Piet Claus, Steve F Fraser, Robin M Daly, David A Elliott, Rachel Conyers, Andre La Gerche

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

BACKGROUND: Pediatric cancer survivors are at increased risk of cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Reduced peak oxygen consump..