Louis Salciccioli, MD

Education and Training:

Fellowship:

Cardiology, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Westchester County Medical Center, NY 1989
Non-Invasive and Clinical Cardiac Research,Massachusetts General Hospital, New England Medical Center, MA 1991

Medical School:

Universidad Central Del Este, Dominican Republic 1982

Career / Research Interests:

Clinical cardiovascular disease; non-invasive cardiovascular testing including echocardiography and stress testing.

Research Trials:

1. Losartan Intervention For Endpoints Clinical Trial (LIFE). Downstate principal Investigator 1995. Funding: MERCK. $8,000.00
2. Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 12 (TIMI 12). Downstate principal Investigator 1996. Funding: Brigham and Women Hospital. $4,500.00
3. Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 16 (TIMI 16). Downstate principal Investigator 1997. Funding: Brigham and Women Hospital. $8,500.00
4. Omapatrilat Versus Enalapril Randomized Trial of Utility in Reducing Events (OVERTURE). Published Circulation 106: 920-926, 2002. Downstate co-investigator 2002. No funding.
5. Valsartan In Acute Myocardial Infarction (VALIANT). Published NEJM 349:1893-1906, 2003. Downstate co-investigator 2003. No funding.
6. African-American Heart Failure Trial (A-HeFT). Downstate principal investigator 2001. Funding: Nitromed. $7,250.00

• McFarlane SI, Qureshi G, Singh G, Venner-Jones K, Salciccioli L, Lazar J. Bone Mineral Density as a Predictor of Atherosclerosis and Arterial Wall Stiffness in Obese African-American Women. Cardiorenal Med. 2012 Dec;2(4):328-334.
• Bapat M, Musikantow D, Khmara K, Chokshi P, Khanna N, Galligan S, Kamran H, Salciccioli L, Barone FC, Lazar JM.Comparison of passive leg raising and hyperemia on macrovascular and microvascular responses. Microvasc Res. 2013 Mar;86:30-3.
• Lazar JM, Khanna N, Chesler R, Salciccioli L. Swimming and the heart. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 20;168(1):19-26.
• Poludasu S, Ramkissoon K, Salciccioli L, Kamran H, Lazar JM Left ventricular systolic function in sickle cell anemia: a meta-analysis. J Card Fail. 2013 May;19(5):333-41
• Naggar I, Nakase K, Lazar J, Salciccioli L, Selesnick I, Stewart M. Vagal control of cardiac electrical activity and wall motion during ventricular fibrillation in large animals. Auton Neurosci. 2014 Jul;183:12-22.
• Afzal A, Fung D, Galligan S, Godwin EM, Kral JG, Salciccioli L, Lazar JM. The effect of lower body weight support on arterial wave reflection in healthy adults. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2014 Jun;8(6):388-93.
• Salciccioli L, Kamran H, Liu Y, Kral JG, Lazar JM. Heart rate decreases during head out of water immersion and with lower body weight support: a measure of vagal reserve? J Strength Cond Res. 2014 Aug21.
• Herbert A, Cruickshank JK, Laurent S, Boutouyrie P; on behalf of The Reference Values for Arterial Measurements Collaboration. Establishing reference values for central blood pressure and its amplification in a general healthy population and according to cardiovascular risk factors.Eur Heart J. 2014 Aug 11
• Liu Y, Beck A, Olaniyi O, Singh SB, Shehaj F, Mann R-I, Hassan SR, Kamran H, Salciccioli L, Carter J, Lazar JM. Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity Responses Following Hyperemia in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2014;8(10):687-92.
• Liu Y, Bapat M, Kamran H, Salciccioli L, Rozenboym A, Coplan J,Lazar JM. The ankle brachial index is related to left ventricular ejection fraction in bonnett macaques. Cardiology. 2015;130(2):91-5.
• Gale M, Loarte P, Mirrer B, Mallet T, Salciccioli L, Petrie A, Cohen R. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Tension Pneumothorax. Case Rep Crit Care. 2015;2015:536931. doi: 10.1155/2015/536931. Epub 2015 Aug 23.
• Muhammad Ihsan M, Nunez A, Liu Y, Ahmed F, Patel H, Sharma N, Diaz M, Stewart M, Naggar I, Salciccioli L, Lazar JM. Assessment of Arterial Stiffness from Pedal Artery Korotkoff Sound Recordings: Feasibility and Potential Utility. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2015 Oct 30. pii: S1933-1711(15)00747-0

Book Chapters

• Lazar JM, Salciccioli L. The assessment and reduction of cardiac risk in diabetics undergoing noncardiac surgery. In Clark LT (ed): Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007;255-277.
• Lazar JM, Salciccioli L. Cardiovascular imaging in diabetes. In Clark LT (ed): Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007;375-401.

Abstracts

• Janani J, Bastien C, Gandhi C, Obasare E, Bapat M, Naggar I, Salciccioli L, Stewart M, Lazar J. Wave Intensity Analysis by Simultaneous Acquisition of Pressure and Velocity Waveforms using Applanation Tonometry and Arterial Doppler. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2012 NY,NY
• A. Afzal, M. Bapat, T. Pettie, D. Chabbot, A. Persits, C. Knutson, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. Effects Of Topical Capsaicin On Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity In Healthy Subjects. American Federation for Medical Research Eastern Regional Meeting. April 2013. Washington, DC.
• J.A. Brejt, A. Ginsburg, H. Kamran, A. Corbo, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. The Relationship Of The Carotid Artery Gray Scale Median To Anatomic And Functional Measures Of Cardiovascular Risk. American Federation for Medical Research Eastern Regional Meeting. April 2013. Washington, DC.
• A. Afzal, M. Bapat, C. Knutson, R. Obasare, A. Persits, H. Kamran, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. Determinants Of Post-Ischemic Reactive Hyperemia Tissue Oxygen Saturation In Normal Subjects. American Federation for Medical Research Eastern Regional Meeting. April 2013. Washington, DC.
• Y. Liu, M. Bapat, H. Kamran, A. V. Rosenboym, J. D. Coplan, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. The Ankle Brachial Index Is Dependent On Left Ventricular Systolic Function In Bonnet Macques. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY,NY
• Y. Liu, M. Behram, R. Mann, D. Fung, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. Effect Of Baseline Mean Flow Velocity, Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity and Laser Doppler Flowmetry On the Hyperemic Response. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY,NY.
• Y. Liu, L. Wang, A. Beck, O. Olaniyi, S. Singh, F. Shehaj, S. R. Hassan, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar;Determinants Of the Blunted Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity Decline To Hyperemia in Patients With Congested Heart Failure. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY,NY.
• Y. Liu, J. Paul, R. Shahzad, S. Khan, H.Singh, H. Kamran, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar Comparison Of Macrovascular and Microvascular Responses Evaluated By Hyperemia and Passive Leg Raising In Diabetic Patients. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY,NY.
• H. Kamran, A. Afzal, L. Salciccioli, J. Lazar. Relationship of Self-Measured Home Blood Pressure Variability To Arterial Stiffness. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY, NY.
• Y. Liu, M. Bapat, H. Kamran, Salciccioli L., J. Lazar. Determination Of the Stiffness Index Via Applanation Tonometry In Bonnet Macaques. American Society Of Hypertension, May 2014 NY, NY.
• Lazar J, L Salciccioli, Malamed E, Ginzler EM. Significance of cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with SLE. Lupus 2014, September 2014. Quebec, Canada. (Arthritis Research & Therapy 2014, Volume 16 Suppl 1; A44).
• Tin J, Nunez A., Ihsan M., Gillette P., Albertson B., Sheshadri N., Salciccioli L., Garnier E., Lazar J. Cognitive Dysfunction is Related to Impaired Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Sickle Cell Patients. AMA Research Symposium Nov 2015 (Meeting Abstracts). Atlanta Georgia.