Venkatesh Murthy
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Melvyn Rubenfire Professor of Preventive Cardiology
Internal Medicine - Cardiology
Medicine
MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Murthy’s main research focus is in improved understanding and risk stratification for cardiometabolic diseases, which represent a cascade starting from obesity and adiposity and ending in atherosclerosis and heart failure. The two primary methods used are (1) quantitative imaging methods (positron emission tomography [PET], computed tomography [CT], and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) and (2) high throughput profiling of metabolites and other circulating biomarkers. These data are combined with a variety of quantitative, analytic approaches both to identify potential mechanisms and to assess potential for clinical risk assessment.
Projects:
Metabolomics of Early Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolomics of Healthy Aging, Metabolomics of Insulin Resistance
University Affiliation(s)
Frankel Cardiovascular Center | MiCHAMP
Research Area(s)
Biomarkers | Clinical care | Clinical research | Health outcomes
Publications
- Guidance and Best Practices for Reestablishment of Non-Emergent Care in Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Information Statement from ASNC, IAEA, and SNMMI.
- Heterogeneity in statin indications within the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines
- Comparison of the treatment implications of American society of hypertension and international society of hypertension 2013 and eighth joint national committee guidelines: An analysis of national health and nutrition examination survey
Grants
- Principal investigator of: Increasing precision of coronary artery disease diagnostics with learning-based regularization in dynamic cardiac PET reconstruction
- Co-investigator of: Feasibility study of a reduced order model for calculating FFR using angiographic data
- Co-investigator of: Reducing Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (AIR-HEART)