Karla Kurrelmeyer, MD, FACC, FASE

Biography

Dr. Kurrelmeyer began her research activities while still a cardiology fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine where she won the Best Basic Research Award in 1998. That same year, she was also the recipient of the American Heart Association Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Science. Dr. Kurrelmeyer stayed at Baylor after completing her fellowship, and was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine there in 2000. She joined the Physician´s Organization at Methodist in 2005, and received her faculty appointment at the Weill Medical School the following year.

Description of Research

Dr. Kurrelmeyer´s research centers on the role of inflammatory cytokines on disease progression in heart failure. She also conducts investigations into new treatments for diastolic heart failure and aortic regurgitation.

 

Areas Of Expertise

Heart failure Inflammation Diastolic heart failure Cytokines Aortic regurgitation Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation

 

Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

MD, University of Minnesota

Residency, Washington University Medical Center

 

Publications

Museum Image: Complications of Cardiac Contusion Diagnosed Using Multimodality Imaging

Chebrolu, L, McKay, J, Parker, J & Kurrelmeyer, K 2015, Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol 11, no. 4, pp. 253. DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-11-4-253

 

Case report: It wasn't cupid: multimodality imaging of inferior vena cava filter fracture with strut migration to the interventricular septum

Kassi, M, Lopez, J, Barker, C, Trerotola, S, Kleiman, N & Kurrelmeyer, K 2015, Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, vol 10, no. 3, pp. 198-200. DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-10-3-198

 

Effects of spironolactone treatment in elderly women with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

Kurrelmeyer, KM, Ashton, Y, Xu, JS, Nagueh, SF, Torre-Amione, G & Deswal, A 2014, Journal of Cardiac Failure, vol 20, no. 8, pp. 560-568. DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.05.010

 

Museum of TMH Multimodality Imaging Center.

Kurrelmeyer, K & Little, SH 2011, Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, vol 7, no. 4.

 

Fungal mycotic vegetation in the ascending aorta.

Ramchandani, M, Motomura, T, David, E, Kurrelmeyer, K, Shah, D & Garami, Z 2011, Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, vol 7, no. 2, pp. 41-45.