Heather Bartlett, MD
Research Profile
Contact Information:
E-mail: heather-bartlett@uiowa.edu
Education/Training
University of Arizona, Medical/Graduate School
University of Arizona, Residency
University of Iowa, Fellowship
Appointment December 2004
Clinical Interests
Congenital and acquired heart in children; adults with congenital heart disease; connective tissue disorders, heart transplantation.
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Research Interests
Interests center on the genetic regulation of heart development. Areas of focus include identification and characterization of genes critical to the normal development and physiology of the embryonic conduction system.
Lab Members: Chelsea Welp, Research Assistant
Affiliations:
Model System: Xenopus laevis
Recent Publications:
- Bartlett, H., Scholz T. Lamb F. Weeks D. Characterization of embryonic cardiac pacemaker and atrioventricular conduction physiology in Xenopus laevis using noninvasive imaging. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2004. 286(6): p. H2035-41.
- Kirklin J, Naftel D, Pearce F, White-Williams C, Caldwell R, Bartlett, H, Rusconi P, Robinson B, Should Status 2 Patients Be Removed From the Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting List: A Multi-institutional Study, J Heart Lung Transplant 2006 25(3):271-5.
- Bartlett, H, Atkins D, Burns T, Engelkes K, Larson S, Hills C, Moller J, Early Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Young Children, Circulation, in press 2007.
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