Affiliated Faculty

Joao A.C. Lima, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Radiology
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
Director, Stress Echocardiography Program
Co-Director, Intraoperative Echocardiography Program

Address:
Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 524D1
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: (410) 614-1284
E-mail: jlima@jhmi.edu

Research Interests:

Left Ventricular modeling
Subclinical atherosclerosis
Inpatient Cardiovascular Service
Cardiac MR
Cardiac CT

Selected Publications:

Edvardsen T, Rosen BD, Pan L, Jerosch-Herold M, Lai S, Hundley WG, Sinha S, Kronmal RA, Bluemke DA, Lima JAC. Regional Diastolic Dysfunction in Individuals with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Measured by Tagged MRI Strain Rate - The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am. Heart J. 2006 Jan;151(1):109-14.

Rosen BD, Saad MF, Shea S, Nasir K, Edvardsen T, Burke G, Jerosch-Herold M, Arnett DK, Lai S, Bluemke DA, Lima JAC. Hypertension and Smoking are associated with Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47(6):1150-8.

Cordeiro MAS, Lima JAC. Atherosclerotic Plaque Characterization by Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography Angiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47:40C-7C.

Amado LC, Kraitchman DL, Gerber BL, Castillo E, Boston RC. Grayzel J, Lima JAC. Reduction of "No-Reflow" phenomenon by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a randomized MRI experimental study. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. (In Press).

Fernandes VRS, Polak JF, Edvardsen T, Carvalho B, Gomes A, Bluemke DA, Nasir K, O'Leary DH, Lima JAC. Association between Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction Detected by Tagged MRI in Asymptomatic Individuals: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Coll Card (In Press).

George RT, Silva C, Cordeiro MA, Ichihara T, Lima JAC, Lardo AC. Multi-Detector Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging During Adenosine Stress. J Am Coll Card (In Press).

Rosen BD, Lima JA, Nasir K, Edvardsen T, Folsom AR, Lai S, Bluemke DA, Jerosch-Herold M. Reduced Myocardial Perfusion Reserve is Associated with Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Participants of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation (In Press).

McNamara RL, Lima JAC, Whelton PK, Powe NR. Echocardiographic Identification of Cardiovascular Sources of Emboli to Guide Clinical Management of Stroke: A Cost Effectiveness Analysis. Annals of Internal Medicine 127:775-787, 1997.

Correia LC, Atalar EA, Kelemen MD, Ocali O, Hutchins GM, Fleg JL, Gerstenblith G, Zerhouni EA, Lima JAC. Intravascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Aortic Atherosclerotic Plaque Composition. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 17:3626-3632, 1998.

Wu KC, Zerhouni EA, Judd RM, Lugo-Olivieri CH, Barouch LA, Schulman SP, Blumenthal RS, Lima JAC. The Prognostic Significance of Microvascular Obstruction by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation, 97:765-772, 1998.