Rita Coram, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Clinical expertise:

Interventional cardiology and Endovascular peripheral arterial treatments and Women's Cardiovascular Health

Publications:

• Raheja P, Sekhar A, Lewis D, Samson R, Sardana V, Coram R. Wellens' syndrome over the past three decades. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Mar 5. [Epub ahead of print]
• Tricoci P, Huang Z, Held C, Moliterno DJ, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, White HD, Aylward PE, Wallentin L, Chen E, Lokhnygina Y, Pei J, Leonardi S, Rorick TL, Kilian AM, Jennings LH, Ambrosio G, Bode C, Cequier A, Cornel JH, Diaz R, Erkan A, Huber K, Hudson MP, Jiang L, Jukema JW, Lewis BS, Lincoff AM, Montalescot G, Nicolau JC, Ogawa H, Pfisterer M, Prieto JC, Ruzyllo W, Sinnaeve PR, Storey RF, Valgimigli M, Whellan DJ, Widimsky P, Strony J, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW; TRACER Investigators. Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 5;366(1):20-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109719. Epub 2011 Nov 13.
• Tisdale JE, Overholser BR, Wroblewski HA, Sowinski KM, Amankwa K, Borzak S, Kingery JR, Coram R, Zipes DP, Flockhart DA, Kovacs RJ. Enhanced sensitivity to drug-induced QT interval lengthening in patients with heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. J Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Sep;52(9):1296-305. doi: 10.1177/0091270011416939. Epub 2011 Nov 1.
• Giugliano RP, White JA, Bode C, Armstrong PW, Montalescot G, Lewis BS, van 't Hof A, Berdan LG, Lee KL, Strony JT, Hildemann S, Veltri E, Van de Werf F, Braunwald E, Harrington RA, Califf RM, Newby LK; EARLY ACS Investigators. Early versus delayed, provisional eptifibatide in acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2009 May 21;360(21):2176-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0901316. Epub 2009 Mar 30.
• Tisdale JE, Overholser BR, Sowinski KM, Wroblewski HA, Amankwa K, Borzak S, Kingery JR, Coram R, Zipes DP, Flockhart DA, Kovacs RJ. Pharmacokinetics of ibutilide in patients with heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Pharmacotherapy. 2008 Dec;28(12):1461-70.
• Coram R, George Z, Breall JA. Percutaneous intervention through a Cabrol composite graft. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005 Nov;66(3):356-9.