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Barry L. Sharaf, MD, is an interventional cardiologist and director of the angiographic core laboratory at Rhode Island Hospital. He is also an associate professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His research focus is interventional cardiology. Dr. Sharaf received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, completed his residency in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital, and completed fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology at Rhode Island Hospital. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular disease.

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Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute

Jan-2004 to Present

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Mild Renal Insufficiency Is Associated With Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease in Women

Background— Mild renal insufficiency is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events in women with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the relationship between mild rena...

Adverse outcomes among women presenting with signs and symptoms of ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease: Findings from the National Hea...

Background Women presenting with signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia frequently have no or nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Objective This study aimed to investigate th...

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Safety of Coronary Reactivity Testing in Women With No Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the NHLBI-Sponsored WISE (Women's Ischemia Sy...

Objectives: This study evaluated the safety of coronary reactivity testing (CRT) in symptomatic women with evidence of myocardial ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). ...

  • dott image October, 2011

In women with symptoms of cardiac ischemia, nonobstructive coronary arteries, and microvascular dysfunction, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition ...

Background We investigated the role of the renin-angiotensin system in women with signs and symptoms of ischemia without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Although microvascular dy...

  • dott image October, 2010

An Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis in Women Experiencing Chest Pain in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Substudy from the Natio...

Aims: Using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), we sought to characterize coronary morphology in women with chest pain without major epicardial obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). We hav...

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Prognostic Value of Global MR Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Women With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Disease: Results Fr...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of global magnetic resonance (MR) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in women with suspected myocardial ischemia and...

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Importance of Socioeconomic Status as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Outcome and Costs of Care in Women with Suspected Myocardial Ischemia. Results fro...

Background: For women, who are more likely to live in poverty, defining the clinical and economic impact of socioeconomic factors may aid in defining redistributive policies to improve healt...

Coronary Microvascular Reactivity to Adenosine Predicts Adverse Outcome in Women Evaluated for Suspected Ischemia: Results From the National Heart, Lu...

Objectives: We investigated whether coronary microvascular dysfunction predicts major adverse outcomes during follow-up among women with signs and symptoms of ischemia. Background: Altere...

A randomized controlled trial of low-dose hormone therapy on myocardial ischemia in postmenopausal women with no obstructive coronary artery disease: ...

Background Compared with men, women have more evidence of myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease. Although low endogenous estrogen levels are associated with endoth...

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ACCF/AHA/ACP 2009 Competence and Training Statement: A Curriculum on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF)/American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Physicians (ACP) Task Force on Clinical Competence was formed in 1998 to develop rec...