Research Interests for James A. Blumenthal

Psychosocial factors and coronary heart disease, including such factors as social support, Type A behavior and hostility, and depression, exercise training and depression in the elderly; behavioral approaches to the treatment of hypertension (e.g., weight loss and exercise); cardiac rehabilitation; neuropsychological outcomes following cardiac surgery; psychosocial aspects of heart and lung transplantation; exercise training and osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia; compliance.

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Representative Publications   (search)

1. Carney, RM; Freedland, KE; Steinmeyer, B; Blumenthal, JA; Berkman, LF; Watkins, LL; Czajkowski, SM; Burg, MM; Jaffe, AS, Depression and five year survival following acute myocardial infarction: a prospective study., Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 109 no. 1-2 (July, 2008), pp. 133-138 [18191208], [doi] [abs].
2. Lett, HS; Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Catellier, DJ; Carney, RM; Berkman, LF; Burg, MM; Mitchell, P; Jaffe, AS; Schneiderman, N, Response: Perceived social support predicts outcomes following myocardial infarction: A call for screening?, Health Psychology, vol. 27 no. 1 (2008), pp. 1-3.
3. Trivedi, R; Sherwood, A; Strauman, TJ; Blumenthal, JA, Laboratory-based blood pressure recovery is a predictor of ambulatory blood pressure., Biological Psychology, vol. 77 no. 3 (March, 2008), pp. 317-323 [18096293], [doi] [abs].
4. Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Ironson, G; Thoresen, C; Powell, L; Czajkowski, S; Burg, M; Keefe, FJ; Steffen, P; Catellier, D; ENRICHD Investigators,, Spirituality, religion, and clinical outcomes in patients recovering from an acute myocardial infarction., Psychosom Med, vol. 69 no. 6 (2007), pp. 501-508 [17636153], [doi] [abs].
5. Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Doraiswamy, PM; Watkins, L; Hoffman, BM; Barbour, KA; Herman, S; Craighead, WE; Brosse, AL; Waugh, R; Hinderliter, A; Sherwood, A, Exercise and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder., Psychosom Med, vol. 69 no. 7 (2007), pp. 587-596 [17846259], [doi] [abs].
6. Blumenthal, JA; Sherwood, A; Rogers, SD; Babyak, MA; Doraiswamy, PM; Watkins, L; Hoffman, BM; O'Connell, C; Johnson, JJ; Patidar, SM; Waugh, R; Hinderliter, A, Understanding prognostic benefits of exercise and antidepressant therapy for persons with depression and heart disease: the UPBEAT study--rationale, design, and methodological issues., Clinical Trials, vol. 4 no. 5 (2007), pp. 548-559 [17942470], [doi] [abs].
7. Blumenthal, JA, Psychosocial training and cardiac rehabilitation., Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, vol. 27 no. 2 (2007), pp. 104-106 [17558248], [doi].
8. Barbour, KA; Edenfield, TM; Blumenthal, JA, Exercise as a treatment for depression and other psychiatric disorders: a review., Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, vol. 27 no. 6 (2007), pp. 359-367 [18197069], [doi] [abs].
9. Mathew, JP; Podgoreanu, MV; Grocott, HP; White, WD; Morris, RW; Stafford-Smith, M; Mackensen, GB; Rinder, CS; Blumenthal, JA; Schwinn, DA; Newman, MF; PEGASUS Investigative Team,, Genetic variants in P-selectin and C-reactive protein influence susceptibility to cognitive decline after cardiac surgery., J Am Coll Cardiol, vol. 49 no. 19 (May, 2007), pp. 1934-1942 [17498578], [doi] [abs].
10. Doraiswamy, PM; Babyak, MA; Hennig, T; Trivedi, R; White, WD; Mathew, JP; Newman, MF; Blumenthal, JA, Donepezil for cognitive decline following coronary artery bypass surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial., Psychopharmacology Bulletin, vol. 40 no. 2 (2007), pp. 54-62 [17514186] [abs].
11. Pells, J.J., Shelby, R.A., Keefe, F.K., Dixon, K.E., Blumenthal, J.A., LaCaille, L., Tucker, J.M., Schmitt, D., Caldwell, D.S. and Kraus, V.B., Arthritis self-efficacy and self-efficacy for resisting eating: Relationships to pain, disability, and eating behavior in overweight and obese individuals with osteoarthritic knee pain, Pain (2007).
12. Smith, PJ; Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Georgiades, A; Hinderliter, A; Sherwood, A, Effects of exercise and weight loss on depressive symptoms among men and women with hypertension., Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 63 no. 5 (November, 2007), pp. 463-469 [17980217], [doi] [abs].
13. Smith, PJ; Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Georgiades, A; Sherwood, A; Sketch, MH; Watkins, LL, Ventricular ectopy: impact of self-reported stress after myocardial infarction., American Heart Journal, vol. 153 no. 1 (January, 2007), pp. 133-139 [17174651], [doi] [abs].
14. Carney, RM; Howells, WB; Blumenthal, JA; Freedland, KE; Stein, PK; Berkman, LF; Watkins, LL; Czajkowski, SM; Steinmeyer, B; Hayano, J; Domitrovich, PP; Burg, MM; Jaffe, AS, Heart rate turbulence, depression, and survival after acute myocardial infarction., Psychosom Med, vol. 69 no. 1 (January, 2007), pp. 4-9 [17167127], [doi] [abs].
15. Mathew, J.P., Mackensen, G.B., Phillips-Bute, B., Stafford-Smith, M., Podgoreanu, M.V., Grocott, H.P., Hill, S.E., Smith, P.K., Blumenthal, J.A., Reves, J.G., Newman, M.F., for the Neurologic Outcome Research Group (NORG) of the Duke Heart Center., Effects of extreme hemodilution during cardiac surgery on cognitive function in the elderly., Anesthesiology, vol. 107 no. 4 (2007), pp. 577-584.
16. Smith, PJ; Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Hoffman, BM; Doraiswamy, PM; Waugh, R; Hinderliter, A; Sherwood, A, Cerebrovascular risk factors, vascular disease, and neuropsychological outcomes in adults with major depression., Psychosom Med, vol. 69 no. 6 (2007), pp. 578-586 [17634564], [doi] [abs].
17. Lett, HS; Blumenthal, JA; Babyak, MA; Catellier, DJ; Carney, RM; Berkman, LF; Burg, MM; Mitchell, P; Jaffe, AS; Schneiderman, N, Social support and prognosis in patients at increased psychosocial risk recovering from myocardial infarction., Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, vol. 26 no. 4 (July, 2007), pp. 418-427 [17605561], [doi] [abs].
18. Sherwood, A; Bower, JK; McFetridge-Durdle, J; Blumenthal, JA; Newby, LK; Hinderliter, AL, Age moderates the short-term effects of transdermal 17beta-estradiol on endothelium-dependent vascular function in postmenopausal women., Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, vol. 27 no. 8 (August, 2007), pp. 1782-1787 [17541023], [doi] [abs].
19. Sherwood, A; Blumenthal, JA; Trivedi, R; Johnson, KS; O'Connor, CM; Adams, KF; Dupree, CS; Waugh, RA; Bensimhon, DR; Gaulden, L; Christenson, RH; Koch, GG; Hinderliter, AL, Relationship of depression to death or hospitalization in patients with heart failure., Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 167 no. 4 (February, 2007), pp. 367-373 [17325298], [doi] [abs].
20. Whellan, DJ; O'Connor, CM; Lee, KL; Keteyian, SJ; Cooper, LS; Ellis, SJ; Leifer, ES; Kraus, WE; Kitzman, DW; Blumenthal, JA; Rendall, DS; Houston-Miller, N; Fleg, JL; Schulman, KA; Piña, IL; HF-ACTION Trial Investigators,, Heart failure and a controlled trial investigating outcomes of exercise training (HF-ACTION): design and rationale., American Heart Journal, vol. 153 no. 2 (February, 2007), pp. 201-211 [17239677], [doi] [abs].