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Howard R. Horn, MD Howard R. Horn, MD

Title:
L. W. Diggs Alumni Professor of Medicine and Chair of Excellence in Medical Education
Assist. Vice-President for Professional Affairs, UTHSC

Contact Information:
Email:  hhorn@utmem.edu
Office:  (901) 448-4039

Clinical/Research Interest:
endothelium, lipids, exercise and preventive cardiology. Faculty staff for Medplex Cardiology consult clinic

Residency:  John Gaston Hospital/University of Tennessee, Memphis TN
Fellowship:   Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Joined UT:  1967

Recent Publications:
  1. Horn HR. Physical training in heart failure patients. Cardiology Review 1999;16(2):29.
  2. Horn HR. Stress testing and coronary risk reduction. Cardiology Review 1999;16(4):29.
  3. Horn HR. Exercise training and endothelial dysfunction in chronic heart failure. Cardiology Review 2000;17(2):17.
  4. Horn HR. Benefits of exercise for chronic heart failure. Cardiology Review 2000;17(10):34.
  5. Ramanathan KB, Horn HR. Anticoagulation for the patient with valvular heart disease and atrial fibrillation In: Alpert JS, Dalen JE, Rahimtoola SH, eds. Valvular Heart Disease. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2000:445-464.
  6. Burlew BS, Horn HR, Sullivan JM. Pregnancy and the heart. In: Alpert JS, ed. Cardiology for the Primary Care Physician. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Current Medicine, 2001:411-415.
  7. Cohen JD, Blumenthal RS, Horn HR, Weintraub H, Weglicki W. Torsades de pointes, a potential complication of diuretic-induced hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia in patients with congestive heart failure. Curr Ther Res. 2002;63:803-809.
  8. Horn HR. Difficulties establishing exercise dose. Cardiology Review 2002;19(2):39.
  9. Horn HR. Exercise tolerance in heart failure patients. Cardiology Review 2002;19(13):40.