Dr. Joao Lima, MD

• Cardiology

• Internal Medicine

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• The Johns Hopkins Hospital

  Fellowship Hospital, 1990

• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

  Residency Hospital, 1988

• University Fed Bahia Fac Med

  Medical School, 1977

• Baseline Subclinical Atherosclerosis Burden and Distribution are Associated with the Frequency and Mode of Future Coronary Revascularization: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2014-05-05

• Total Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden Assessment by CT Angiography for Detecting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Associated with Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities Plaque Burden for Coronary Artery Disease Evaluation, 2016-01-14

• Family History of Coronary Heart Disease and the Incidence and Progression of Coronary Artery Calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2013-12-06

• Right Ventricular Structure is Associated with the Risk of Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death: The MESA-Right Ventricle Study, 2012-08-29

• MRI gadolinium dosing on basis of blood volume, 2018-11-02

• Diagnostic Performance of Combined Non-invasive Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320 Row Detector Computed Tomography: Design and Implementation of the CORE320 Multicenter, Multinational Diagnostic Study, 2011-11-12

• Association of Serum Leptin With Future Left Ventricular Structure and Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2015-05-14

• Association of Aortic Root Dilation from Early Adulthood to Middle Age with Cardiac Structure and Function: The CARDIA Study, 2017-09-15

• The association between N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide and lipoprotein particle concentration plateaus at higher N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide values: Multi-Ethnic Study on Atherosclerosis, 2015-04-15

• Evolution of aortic wall thickness and stiffness with atherosclerosis: Long-term follow up from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2015-03-16

• Coronary Vessel Wall Evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Determinants of Image Quality, 2011-01-31

• Increasing NT-proBNP Precedes The Development of Arterial Hypertension: The Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis, 2014-11-22

• Coronary flow reserve correlates with right ventricular dysfunction and predicts right heart failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, 2011-02-02

• Racial Differences in Left Atrial Size: Results from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 2016-03-17

• Association of Elevated NT-proBNP With Myocardial Fibrosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2017-12-26

• Reflection Magnitude as a Predictor of Mortality: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-08-04

• Association of Electrocardiographic and Imaging Surrogates of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy with Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-03-19

• Diagnostic and Prognostic Utility of ECG for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Defined by MRI in Relationship to Ethnicity: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2010-02-03

• Regional Strain Score as Prognostic Marker of Cardiovascular Events From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2022-05-13

• Atlas-based analysis of cardiac shape and function: correction of regional shape bias due to imaging protocol for population studies, 2013-09-13

• Left ventricle mass by cardiac magnetic resonance and echocardiography: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2012-02-01

• Pulmonary Artery Stiffness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Emphysema: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study, 2017-05-10

• Von Willebrand Factor and the Right Ventricle (The MESA-Right Ventricle Study), 2012-09-18

• Coronary CT angiography using 64 detector rows: methods and design of the multi-centre trial CORE-64, 2008-11-08

• Infiltrated atrial fat characterizes underlying atrial fibrillation substrate in patients at risk as defined by the ARIC atrial fibrillation risk score, 2014-01-22

• Heterogeneity in age related central arterial stiffening: ascending aortic stiffness is a better predictor of carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity and brachial peripheral blood pressure than carotid stiffness, 2009-01-28

• Combining Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion by Computed Tomography in the Identification of Flow-Limiting Stenosis - The CORE320 study A Coronary CTA/Myocardial CTP Integrated Analysis, 2015-03-21

• Physical activity and impaired left ventricular relaxation in middle aged adults, 2018-08-20

• Three-Dimensional Volumetric Assessment of Diastolic Function by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2017-06-01

• CinE caRdiac magneTic resonAnce to predIct veNTricular arrhYthmia (CERTAINTY), 2021-11-22

• Gadolinium-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance: administered dose in relationship to united states food and drug administration (FDA) guidelines, 2012-02-29

• Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood and Association with Left Ventricular Structure and Function Later in Life: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study, 2015-09-01

• Cardiovascular Biomarkers in the Prediction of Incident Heart Failure with Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2018-03-01

• Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium by Age, Sex and Race among Patients 30-45 Years Old, 2022-05-17

• Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Multimodality Biomarkers on the Incidence of New Onset Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]), 2016-02-17

• Myocardial tissue tagging with cardiovascular magnetic resonance, 2009-12-21

• Healthy aging of the left ventricle in relationship to cardiovascular risk factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2017-06-22

• Intra-atrial Dyssynchrony During Sinus Rhythm Predicts Recurrence After the First Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 2018-01-17

• Factors of Health in the Protection against Death and Cardiovascular Disease among Adults with Subclinical Atherosclerosis, 2017-11-11

• Myocardial strain assessment using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, 2021-10-21

• Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Cardiovascular Disease in the General Population: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-03-25

• Resting Heart Rate, Short-Term Heart Rate Variability and Incident Atrial Fibrillation (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)), 2019-09-06

• Myocardial Fat Quantification in Humans: Evaluation by Two-Point Water-Fat Imaging and Localized Proton Spectroscopy, 2011-01-31

• Left ventricular mass and hypertrophy by echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2013-08-10

• Computerized tomography measured liver fat is associated with low levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic protein (NT-proBNP). Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2016-02-27

• Use of the Corus® CAD Gene Expression Test for Assessment of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Likelihood in Symptomatic Non-Diabetic Patients, 2013-08-26

• Sex-Specific Associations of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Biomarkers With Incident Heart Failure, 2020-09-22

• Pulmonary hyperinflation due to gas trapping and pulmonary artery size: The MESA COPD Study, 2017-05-02

• Association of Pericardial Fat with Cardiac Structure, Function and Mechanics: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2022-01-19

• Strain relaxation index and diastolic function from echocardiography: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2013-01-30

• Anti-chikungunya virus seroprevalence in Indigenous groups in the Sao Francisco Valley, Brazil, 2021-06-28

• LVM Assessed by Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Medical Practice, 2012-11-05

• Endothelin-1, cardiac morphology, and heart failure: The MESA Angiogenesis Study, 2019-08-10

• Associations of Electrocardiographic P-wave Characteristics with Left Atrial Structure, Function and Diffuse Left Ventricular Fibrosis Defined by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: the PRIMERI Study, 2014-10-14

• Relation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors to Right Ventricular Structure and Function as Determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), 2010-05-13

• HIV Infection and Abnormal Regional Ventricular Function, 2009-09-11

• Diastolic function from tagged MRI and myocardial fibrosis: the Multi-Ethnic study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2013-01-30

• Relation of Systolic, Diastolic, and Pulse Pressures and Aortic Distensibility with Atrial Fibrillation (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), 2014-06-06

• Number of P-wave fragmentations on P-SAECG correlates with infiltrated atrial fat, 2013-09-09

• Myocardial T1 Mapping with MRI: comparison of Look-Locker and MOLLI sequences, 2011-09-23

• MRI detects increased coronary wall thickness in asymptomatic individuals: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2008-08-06

• Periatrial Fat Quality Predicts Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Outcome, 2019-06-10

• Association of right atrial structure with incident atrial fibrillation: a longitudinal cohort cardiovascular magnetic resonance study from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2020-05-21

• The relationship of left ventricular trabeculation to ventricular function and structure over 9.5 years follow up: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-11-03

• Endogenous Sex Hormones and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Post-Menopausal Women, 2018-06-05

• The association of left atrial volume with age, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk factors in men and women: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2016-01-27

• Impaired left atrial function predicts inappropriate shocks in primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator candidates, 2017-06-22

• Adipose tissue biomarkers and type 2 diabetes incidence in normoglycemic participants in the MESArthritis Ancillary Study: A cohort study, 2021-07-09

• Computational Method for Identifying and Quantifying Shape Features of Human Left Ventricular Remodeling, 2009-03-26

• Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and its electrocardiographs (ECG): tips and tricks, 2011-10-28

• Associations of kidney injury markers with subclinical cardiovascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2015-11-11

• Non-contrast coronary magnetic resonance angiography: current frontiers and future horizons, 2020-04-02

• Left Atrial Structure in Relationship to Age, Gender, Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2017-01-27

• Progression of diffuse myocardial fibrosis assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance T1mapping, 2014-06-06

• Fibrinogen and Left Ventricular Myocardial Systolic Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2010-08-24

• Relationship of CRP, IL-6, and Fibrinogen with Right Ventricular Structure and Function: The MESA-Right Ventricle Study, 2013-08-09

• Relation Between Cigarette Smoking and Heart Failure (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), 2019-03-18

• Relationship of diffuse myocardial fibrosis to body composition: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atheroscelerosis (MESA), 2013-01-30

• Normal left atrial diameter is associated with better performance on a cognitive screener among a cohort of ischemic stroke patients, 2022-11-24

• Coronary Calcium Characteristics as Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Symptomatic Patients: Insights From the CORE 320 Multinational Study, 2019-03-16

• First-pass contrast bolus hemodynamics contain information on right ventricular function, remodeling, and lung resistance in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients, 2011-02-02

• Positive remodeling of the coronary arteries detected by MRI in an asymptomatic population: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2009-05-05

• Histamine H2Receptor Polymorphisms, Myocardial Transcripts and Heart Failure (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Beta-blocker Effect on Remodeling and Gene Expression Trial), 2017-10-20

• Cardiac MRI structural and functional predictors of left ventricular ejection fraction recovery following PVC catheter ablation, 2021-04-15

• Diagnostic Performance of Combined Noninvasive Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320-MDCT: The CT Angiography and Perfusion Methods of the CORE320 Multicenter Multinational Diagnostic Study, 2012-02-22

• MR Proton Spectroscopy for Myocardial Lipid Deposition Quantification: a Quantitative Comparison between 1.5-T and 3-T, 2012-07-23

• Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate and 10-Year Change in Left Ventricular Mass: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2021-03-09

• Thoracic Aortic Distensibility and Thoracic Aortic Calcium (From the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]), 2010-08-15

• The associations between metabolic variables and NT-proBNP are blunted at pathological ranges: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2013-11-27

• Left Atrial Mechanical Function and Incident Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events Independent of AF Insights From the MESA Study, 2019-04-17

• Increased Right Ventricular Septomarginal Trabeculation Mass is a Novel Marker for Pulmonary Hypertension: Comparison with Ventricular Mass Index and Right Ventricular Mass, 2012-04-13

• Prognostic value of noninvasive combined anatomic/functional assessment by cardiac CT in patients with suspected coronary artery disease - Comparison with invasive coronary angiography and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging for the five-year-follow up of the CORE320 multicenter study, 2021-05-12

• Cardiac CT and MRI guide surgery in impending left ventricular rupture after acute myocardial infarction, 2009-08-12

• Association between Biomarkers of Inflammation and 10-Year Changes in Aortic Stiffness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2023-08-01

• The cardiac atlas project: rationale, design and preliminary results, 2011-02-02

• Electrocardiographic Time to Intrinsicoid Deflection and Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2016-08-23

• Association of CMR-Measured LA Function With Heart Failure Development Results From the MESA Study, 2014-05-07

• Adipokines and the Right Ventricle: The MESA-RV Study, 2015-09-08

• Assessment of left atrial systolic dyssynchrony in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and heart failure using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: MESA study, 2015-02-03

• Analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in 36,000 individuals yields genetic insights into dilated cardiomyopathy, 2020-05-07

• Myocardial Delayed Enhancement in Pulmonary Hypertension: Pulmonary Hemodynamics, Right Ventricular Function, and Remodeling, 2011-01-31

• Left Atrioventricular Coupling Index as a Prognostic Marker of Cardiovascular Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2021-07-06

• Comprehensive Adenosine Stress Perfusion MRI Defines the Etiology of Chest Pain in the Emergency Room: Comparison With Nuclear Stress Test, 2011-01-31

• Quantification of the relationship between two cardiac magnetic resonance techniques: fast gradient echo and steady-state free precession for determination of left atrial volumes, 2015-02-03

• High prevalence of Left Ventricular Regional Dysfunction in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: a tagged MRI study, 2010-03-02

• Myoglobin for Detection of High-Risk Patients with Acute Myocarditis, 2020-01-31

• Highlights of the Year inJACC2012, 2013-01-22

• Defining the Flow Limiting Stenosis Non-Invasively for Management of Patients with CAD, 2013-12-11

• Association of aortic wall thickness with stiffness in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2014-01-16

• Cardiovascular events with absent or minimal coronary calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2009-10-16

• Right Ventricular Morphology and the Onset of Dyspnea: The MESA-Right Ventricle Study, 2013-02-15

• Sex Differences in the Cardiac Effects of Early-Onset Hypertension, 2019-09-30

• Urbanization and cardiovascular health among Indigenous groups in Brazil, 2023-02-02

• Weight loss decreases progressive left ventricular remodeling: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-01-16

• Association Between Interatrial Block, Left Atrial Fibrosis and Mechanical Dyssynchrony: Electrocardiography-Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlation, 2020-06-15

• Associations of angiopoietins with heart failure incidence and severity., 2021-04-17

• Excessive left ventricular trabeculation does not promote cardiac dysfunction in asymptomatic middle aged and older individuals with preserved cardiac function: an analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2015-02-03

• Smoking Status and Metabolic Syndrome in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. A cross-sectional study, 2012-06-20

• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in an adult human population: serial observations from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2017-07-18

• Characterization of Peri-Infarct Zone Heterogeneity by Contrast Enhanced Multi-detector Computed Tomography: Comparison with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2009-05-05

• Effect of Progression of Valvular Calcification on Left Ventricular Structure and Frequency of Incident Heart Failure (From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), 2020-08-15

• Sex and Race Differences in Right Ventricular Structure and Function: The MESA-Right Ventricle Study, 2011-06-07

• Pulmonary distensibility and flow dynamics in systemic sclerosis using velocity encoded magnetic resonance imaging, 2009-01-28

• Quantifying Left Atrial Structure and Function Using Single-Plane Tissue-Tracking Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, 2017-06-19

• Pulse wave velocity in the aortic arch is the strongest predictor of left ventricular concentric remodeling in subjects with different levels of cardiovascular risk, 2009-01-28

• Left ventricular shape variation in asymptomatic populations: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2014-07-30

• Real Time Single Heart Beat Fast Strain-Encoded Imaging of Right Ventricular Regional Function: Normal versus Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension, 2010-08-18

• Computed tomography myocardial perfusion vs15O-water positron emission tomography and fractional flow reserve, 2016-06-22

• Left Atrioventricular Coupling Index to Predict Incident Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2021-09-01

• Association of Subclinical Atherosclerosis Using Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Carotid Plaque, and Coronary Calcium Score with Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2015-02-07

• Prevalence of left ventricular regional dysfunction differ in asymptomatic patients with systemic sclerosis compared to rheumatoid arthritis, 2011-02-02

• Histamine H2Receptor Antagonists, Left Ventricular Morphology, and Heart Failure Risk: MESA, 2016-04-05

• Evaluation of Age-Related Interstitial Myocardial Fibrosis With Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Contrast-Enhanced T1Mapping in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2013-07-17

• Multi-Detector Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Myocardial Cell Therapy in Heart Failure:_A Comparison with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2011-12-14

• Associations between Coffee, Tea, and Caffeine Intake with Coronary Artery Calcification and Cardiovascular Events, 2016-09-15

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis of Dyssynchrony and Myocardial Scar Predicts Function Class Improvement following Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, 2009-02-02

• Athlete's Heart in Asian Military Males: The CHIEF Heart Study, 2021-09-29

• Relation of Thoracic Aortic Distensibility to Left Ventricular Area (From the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]), 2013-10-08

• Association of Left Atrial Function and Left Atrial Enhancement in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study Habibi et al: Left Atrial Enhancement and Function in AF, 2015-01-15

• Comprehensive metabolic phenotyping refines cardiovascular risk in young adults, 2020-10-19

• D-Dimer Levels Predict Myocardial Injury in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study, 2016-08-11

• The Absence of Coronary Calcification Does Not Exclude Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease or the Need for Revascularization in Patients Referred for Conventional Coronary Angiography, 2010-02-16

• Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with subclinical myocardial remodeling and dysfunction: A population-based study, 2015-06-26

• Quantification of vendor-specific relationships between fast gradient echo and steady-state free precession cine MRI for determination of myocardial mass and volumes, 2009-01-28

• Pulmonary vascular volume, impaired left ventricular filling and dyspnea: The MESA Lung Study, 2017-04-20

• Reply: A Comprehensive evaluation of Left Atrial Performance Using Volumetric Analysis, Strain and Strain Rate Imaging, 2014-11-10

• Diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance associate with left ventricular shape and torsion by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in asymptomatic individuals from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis, 2018-07-30

• Assessment of myocardial abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis using a comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance approach: a pilot study, 2010-09-13

• Cardiac Biomarkers in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the TODAY Study, 2018-01-31

• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use Is Associated with Right Ventricular Structure and Function: The MESA-Right Ventricle Study, 2012-02-17

• Long-Term Exposure to Airborne Particles and Arterial Stiffness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2011-01-18

• Sex-specific cardiometabolic risk markers of left ventricular mass in physically active young adults: the CHIEF heart study, 2022-07-07

• Alcohol Consumption and Myocardial Remodeling in Elderly Women and Men, 2015-05-22

• Clinical and Imaging Characteristics Associated with Discordance Between CT Angiography and Quantitative Coronary Angiography on the Diagnosis of Significant Coronary Artery Disease, 2013-08-08

• Extracoronary Abnormalities on Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Study: Frequency and Clinical Significance, 2011-01-31

• Mineral Metabolism and the Right Ventricle: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2014-11-11

• Modified look-locker inversion recovery T1 mapping indices: assessment of accuracy and reproducibility between magnetic resonance scanners, 2013-07-26

• Gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: administered dose in relationship to United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines, 2012-02-01

• Short and Long-term Associations of Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation with Left Atrial Structure and Function: a Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study, 2020-12-29

• Heterogeneous distribution of myocardial steatosis - an ex-vivo evaluation, 2012-05-10

• Warranty Period of a Calcium Score of Zero: Comprehensive Analysis from Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2020-10-28

• Cardiac Cine MRI: Quantification of the Relationship Between Fast Gradient Echo and Steady-State Free Precession for Determination of Myocardial Mass and Volumes, 2009-03-05

• Resistive and Pulsatile Arterial Load as Predictors of Left Ventricular Mass and Geometry: The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2014-10-06