Assistant Professor of Medicine

E-Mail

Presbyterian Medical Center
390 Wright-Saunders Building
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: (215) 662-9006

Clinical Specialty:

• Interventional Cardiology and Heart Failure / Cardiac Transplantation

Practice Location:

• Presbyterian Medical Center, Suite 2B, PHI Building

Education:

• MD: Tufts University School of Medicine
• Residency: Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
• Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Research Interest:

• Hemodynamic and Physiologic monitoring with Cardiac Catheterization
• New Devices in Interventional Cardiology
• Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Cardiac Transplant Vasculopathy/Accelerated Coronary Artery Disease

Selected Publications:

1. Chang G, DeNofrio D, Desai S, Kelley MP, Rader DJ, Acker MA, Loh E. Lipoprotein (a) Levels and Heart Transplantation Atherosclerosis. Am Heart J 136(2):329-334, 1998.
2. DeNofrio D, Desai S, Rader DJ, Chang G, Kelley MP, Acker MA, Loh E. Changes in Lipoprotein (a) Concentration After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Am Heart J 139(4):729-733, 2000.
3. Herrmann HC, Chang G, Klugherz BD, Mahoney PD. Hemodynamic Effects of Sildenafil in Men with Severe Coronary Artery Disease. NEJM 342(22):1622-1626, 2000.
4. Chang G and Herrmann HC. Issues and Recommendations for Treating Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Ischemic Heart Disease. Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports 22:285-291, 2001.
5. See VY, DeNofrio D, Goldberg L, Chang G, Sasseen BM, Kolansky DM, Pickering F, Kao A, Loh E, Wilensky RL. Atorvastatin Eliminates The Post-Cardiac Transplant Increase in LDL, Reduces Development of Intimal Hyperplasia, and Ameliorates Progression of Endothelial Dysfunction. (manuscript in preparation).

Editorials, Chapters, and Reviews:

1. Chang G. Intracoronary Ultrasound: A Review. Applications In Imaging: Cardiac Interventions. September, 1999:pp4-13.
2. Chang G and Loh E. Cardiac Intensive Care. Circulation 100(25):e120, 1999.
3. Sasseen BM, Berko B, Ferrari VA, Axel L, Gardner T, Chang G, Kolansky DM. Pasteurella Multocida Pericarditis Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade. Cardiovascular Fellows Forum. February, 2000:vol 1(4):pp3-5.
4. Chang G. Pulmonary Artery Dissection (Chapter 36) in Wiegers SE (Ed.). Echocardiography in Practice: A Case-Oriented Approach. Martin Dunitz, LTD., London, 2001, pp124-127.
5. Chang G. Dilated Cardiomyopathy-Batista Repair (Chapter 82) in Wiegers SE (Ed.). Echocardiography in Practice: A Case-Oriented Approach. Martin Dunitz, LTD., London, 2001, pp283-286.