Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit, UCSD Medical Center
Clinical Interests and Responsibilities
General cardiology, Coronary Care Unit
Research Interests
Effect of Ezetimibe on endothelial function
Effect of Crystal Methamphetamine on Cardiac Function
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Clinical Trials in Hypertension, ACS, Thrombosis
Journal Articles
Ben-Yehuda O. The cardiologist’s toolbox: improving care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Jun 16;43(12):2174-6.
Ben-Yehuda O (Guest Editor). Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Cardiology
Clinics. 2004. August; 22 (3).
Guillinta P, Peterson KL, Ben-Yehuda O. Cardiac catheterization techniques in pulmonary hypertension. Cardiology Clinics. 2004 Aug:22(3):401-15.
Auger WR, Kerr KM, Kim NH, Ben-Yehuda O, Knowlton KU, Fedullo PF. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Cardiology Clinics 2004 Aug;22(3):453-66
Demaria, AN, Ben-Yehuda O, Berman D, Feld GK, GreenBerg BH, Knoke JD, Knowlton KU, Lew WY, Narula J, Sahn Dm Tsimikas S,. Highlights of the year in JACC 2004. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Jan 4;45(1):137-53.
Book Chapters/Books
Ben-Yehuda O. Anti-platelet therapies. In: Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease, A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease Chien K (ed.) Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa. 2004
Ashikaga H, Ben-Yehuda O, Chein, K. Biotechnology and Cardiovascular Medicine: Recombinant Protein Therapy. In: Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease, A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. Chien K (ed.) Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa. 2004
Ashikaga H, Ben-Yehuda O, Chein K. Coronary Restenosis. In: Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular Disease, A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease Chien K (ed.) Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa. 2004
Abstracts
Banki N, Siecke N, Waltman T, Ben-Yehuda O. Methamphetamine Abuse is
Associated With Left Ventricular Dysfunction. J Amer Coll Cardiol 41;6 (Suppl A): 212A 2003.
Siecke NW, Jahanbakhsh K, Waltman T, Ben-Yehuda O. HIV cardiomyopathy is rare in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Amer Coll Cardiol . 43:5 Suppl. A: 117, 2004.
M Akhtar, KL Peterson, PS Phillips, O Ben-Yehuda. Initial response to statin therapy predicts response to dose titration. J Amer Coll Cardiol . 43:5 Suppl. A: 171, 2004.