Emma J. Birks, MBBS, Ph.D., B.Sc., FRCP

Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
Director, Heart Failure and Mechanical Support Program

Clinical Expertise

Transplant Cardiology

Recent Publications

• Bartoli CR, McCants KC, Birks EJ, Flaherty MP, Slaughter MS. Percutaneous Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale to Prevent Paradoxical Thromboembolism in a Patient With a Continuous-Flow LVAD. J Invasive Cardiol. 2013 Mar;25(3):154-6.
• Feldman D, Pamboukian SV, Teuteberg JJ, Birks E, Lietz K, Moore SA, Morgan JA, Arabia F, Bauman ME, Buchholz HW, Deng M, Dickstein ML, El-Banayosy A, Elliot T, Goldstein DJ, Grady KL, Jones K, Hryniewicz K, John R, Kaan A, Kusne S, Loebe M, Massicotte MP, Moazami N, Mohacsi P, Mooney M, Nelson T, Pagani F, Perry W, Potapov EV, Eduardo Rame J, Russell SD, Sorensen EN, Sun B, Strueber M, Mangi AA, Petty MG, Rogers J. The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: executive summary. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2013 Feb;32(2):157-87. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.09.013.
• Grady KL, Warner Stevenson L, Pagani FD, Teuteberg J, Pamboukian SV, Birks E, Moore S, Kirklin JK. Beyond survival: recommendations from INTERMACS for assessing function and quality of life with mechanical circulatory support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Nov;31(11):1158-64. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.08.020. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
• Birks EJ, George RS, Firouzi A, Wright G, Bahrami T, Yacoub MH, Khaghani A. Long-term outcomes of patients bridged to recovery versus patients bridged to transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Jul;144(1):190-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.03.021. Epub 2012 Apr 11.
• Birks EJ. A changing trend toward destination therapy: are we treating the same patients differently? Tex Heart Inst J. 2011;38(5):552-4.
• Knöll R, Linke WA, Zou P, Miocic S, Kostin S, Buyandelger B, Ku CH, Neef S, Bug M, Schäfer K, Knöll G, Felkin LE, Wessels J, Toischer K, Hagn F, Kessler H, Didié M, Quentin T, Maier LS, Teucher N, Unsöld B, Schmidt A, Birks EJ, Gunkel S, Lang P, Granzier H, Zimmermann WH, Field LJ, Faulkner G, Dobbelstein M, Barton PJ, Sattler M, Wilmanns M, Chien KR. Telethonin deficiency is associated with maladaptation to biomechanical stress in the mammalian heart. Circ Res. 2011 Sep 16;109(7):758-69. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.245787. Epub 2011 Jul 28.
• Jakovljevic DG, Birks EJ, George RS, Trenell MI, Seferovic PM, Yacoub MH, Brodie DA. Relationship between peak cardiac pumping capability and selected exercise-derived prognostic indicators in patients treated with left ventricular assist devices. Eur J Heart Fail. 2011 Sep;13(9):992-9. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr069. Epub 2011 Jun 30.
• Williams ML, Trivedi JR, McCants KC, Prabhu SD, Birks EJ, Oliver L, Slaughter MS. Heart transplant vs left ventricular assist device in heart transplant-eligible patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May;91(5):1330-3; discussion 1333-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.062. Epub 2011 Mar 24.
• Slaughter MS, Meyer AL, Birks EJ. Destination therapy with left ventricular assist devices: patient selection and outcomes. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2011 May;26(3):232-6. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e328345aff4.
• Haj-Yahia S, Birks EJ, Amrani M, Petrou M, Bahrami T, Dreyfus G, Khaghani A. Bridging patients after salvage from bridge to decision directly to transplant by means of prolonged support with the CentriMag short-term centrifugal pump. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jul;138(1):227-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.018. Epub 2009 May 12.
• Breckenridge RA, Zuberi Z, Gomes J, Orford R, Dupays L, Felkin LE, Clark JE, Magee AI, Ehler E, Birks EJ, Barton PJ, Tinker A, Mohun TJ. Overexpression of the transcription factor Hand1 causes predisposition towards arrhythmia in mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Jul;47(1):133-41. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.04.007. Epub 2009 Apr 17.
• Felkin LE, Lara-Pezzi E, George R, Yacoub MH, Birks EJ, Barton PJ. Expression of extracellular matrix genes during myocardial recovery from heart failure after left ventricular assist device support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Feb;28(2):117-22. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.910.
• Lara-Pezzi E, Felkin LE, Birks EJ, Sarathchandra P, Panse KD, George R, Hall JL, Yacoub MH, Rosenthal N, Barton PJ. Expression of follistatin-related genes is altered in heart failure. Endocrinology. 2008 Nov;149(11):5822-7. doi: 10.1210/en.2008-0151. Epub 2008 Jul 10.
• De Robertis F, Rogers P, Amrani M, Petrou M, Pepper JR, Bahrami T, Dreyfus GD, Khaghani A, Birks EJ. Bridge to decision using the Levitronix CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 May;27(5):474-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.01.027.
• Birks EJ, Latif N, Enesa K, Folkvang T, Luong le A, Sarathchandra P, Khan M, Ovaa H, Terracciano CM, Barton PJ, Yacoub MH, Evans PC. Elevated p53 expression is associated with dysregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Res. 2008 Aug 1;79(3):472-80. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvn083. Epub 2008 Mar 28.