DonaldLLappeMD

Cardiology • Salt Lake City, UT

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Physician

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Office
5169 Cottonwood St Ste 520
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1976 - 1978
Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of RochesterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1972 - 1973
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1972

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 1975 - 2024
MD State Medical License 1972 - 2010
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Behavioral Nudges as Patient Decision Support for Medication Adherence: The ENCOURAGE Randomized Controlled Trial.
Benjamin D. Horne, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald L. Lappé, Heidi T May, Viet T Le, Tami L Bair, Daniel Babcock, Daniel Bride, Kirk U. Knowlton, Jeffrey L. Anderson> ;American Heart Journal. 2021 Nov 16
Partners in Healing: Redesign and expansion of family involvement in inpatient nursing care.
Michelle Van De Graaff, Ramona O Hopkins, Julie Gee, Sarah J. Beesley, Jorie Butler, Tammy Richards, Annette Crowley, Donald L. Lappé, Samuel M. Brown> ;Nursing. 2021 Nov 1
4 citations
High Statin Adherence over 5 Years of Follow-up is Associated with Improved Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Results fr...
Heidi T May, Kirk U. Knowlton, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Donald L. Lappé, Tami L Bair, Joseph B. Muhlestein> ;European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 2021 Mar 31
1 citations
Frequency and clinical impact of hyperkalaemia within a large, modern, real-world heart failure population.
Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jennifer Kammerer, Tami L. Bair, Kirk U. Knowlton, Viet T Le, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Donald L. Lappé, Heidi T May> ;Esc Heart Failure. 2021 Feb 1
2 citations
Vitamin D supplementation protects against reductions in plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D induced by open-heart surgery: Assess-d trial.
Tyler Barker, Heidi T May, John R. Doty, Donald L Lappe, Kirk U. Knowlton, John F. Carlquist, Kristin Konery, Shannon Inglet, Ben Chisum, Oxana Galenko, Jeffrey L. And...> ;Physiological Reports. 2021 Feb 1
2 citations
Predictors of Statin Intolerance in Patients With a New Diagnosis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Within a Large Integrated Health Care Institution: The IMPR...
Tami L Bair, Heidi T May, Kirk U. Knowlton, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Donald L Lappe, Joseph B. Muhlestein> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 2020 May 1
2 citations
Comparison of Three Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores With and Without Coronary Calcium for Predicting Revascularization and Major Adverse Coronary Ev...
Jeffrey L. Anderson, Viet T Le, David B. Min, Santanu Biswas, C. Michael Minder, Raymond O McCubrey, Stacey Knight, Benjamin D. Horne, Steve Mason, Donald L Lappe, Jos...> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2020 Feb 1
4 citations
Absence of Coronary Artery Calcium During Positron Emission Tomography Stress Testing in Patients Without Known Coronary Artery Disease Identifies Individuals With Ver...
Viet T Le, Stacey Knight, David B. Min, Raymond O McCubrey, Benjamin D. Horne, Kurt R. Jensen, Kent G. Meredith, Steven M. Mason, Donald L. Lappé, Jeffrey L. Anderson,...> ;Circulation-cardiovascular Imaging. 2020 Jan 21
7 citations
Free thyroxine within the normal reference range predicts risk of atrial fibrillation
Jeffrey L. Anderson, Victoria Jacobs, Heidi T. May, Tami L Bair, Barry A. Benowitz, Donald L. Lappé, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Kirk U. Knowlton, T. Jared Bunch> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2020 Jan 1
10 citations
Risk score-guided multidisciplinary team-based Care for Heart Failure Inpatients is associated with lower 30-day readmission and lower 30-day mortality.
Benjamin D Horne, Colleen Roberts, Kismet Rasmusson, Jason Buckway, Rami Alharethi, Jalisa Cruz, R. Scott Evans, James F. Lloyd, Tami L Bair, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Donal...> ;American Heart Journal. 2020 Jan 1
4 citations
Prediction of Long-Term Incidence of Chronic Cardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Diseases in Primary Care Patients for Population Health Monitoring: The Intermountain C...
Heidi T May, Donald L. Lappé, Kirk U. Knowlton, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne> ;Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2019 Jul 1
Safety and Efficacy of Periprocedural Heparin Plus a Short-Term Infusion of Tirofiban Versus Bivalirudin Monotherapy in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary In...
Joseph B. Muhlestein, Ian S. Hackett, Heidi T May, Tami L Bair, Viet T Le, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Brian Whisenant, Kirk U. Knowlton, Donald L Lappe> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2019 Jun 15
Volume and the Ever-Increasing Standard of Quality Heart Valve Care∗
Brian Whisenant, Edward Miner, Donald L. Lappé> ;Jacc-cardiovascular Interventions. 2019 Jan 14
10 citations
CHA2DS2-VASc scores and Intermountain Mortality Risk Scores for the joint risk stratification of dementia among patients with atrial fibrillation.
Kevin G. Graves, Heidi T May, Victoria Jacobs, Kirk U. Knowlton, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald L Lappe, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, T. Jared Bunch> ;Heart Rhythm. 2019 Jan 1
9 citations
Improving CHA2DS2-VASc stratification of non-fatal stroke and mortality risk using the Intermountain Mortality Risk Score among patients with atrial fibrillation
Kevin G Graves, Heidi T May, Kirk U. Knowlton, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Victoria Jacobs, Donald L Lappe, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne, T J Bunch> ;Open heart. 2018 Nov 1
19 citations
GlycA and hsCRP are independent and additive predictors of future cardiovascular events among patients undergoing angiography: The intermountain heart collaborative study
Joseph B. Muhlestein, Heidi T May, Oxana Galenko, Kirk U. Knowlton, James D. Otvos, Margery A. Connelly, Donald L. Lappé, Jeffrey L. Anderson> ;American Heart Journal. 2018 Apr 6
3 citations
Extreme erythrocyte macrocytic and microcytic percentages are highly predictive of morbidity and mortality
Benjamin D. Horne, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Sterling T. Bennett, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Kurt R. Jensen, Diane Marshall, Tami L Bair, Heidi T May, John F. Carlquist, Matthe...> ;JCI insight. 2018 Jul 26
Practical laboratory-based clinical decision tools and associations with short-term bleeding and mortality outcomes.
Kevin G Graves, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald L. Lappé, Raymond O McCubrey, Heidi T May, Stacey Knight, Viet T Le, Tami L Bair, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Benjamin D. Horne> ;Clinica Chimica Acta. 2018 Apr 6
8 citations
Implementation of a cardiac PET stress program: comparison of outcomes to the preceding SPECT era
Stacey Knight, David B. Min, Viet T Le, Kent G. Meredith, Ritesh Dhar, Santanu Biswas, Kurt R. Jensen, Steven M. Mason, Jon-David Ethington, Donald L Lappe, Joseph B. ...> ;JCI insight. 2018 May 3
3 citations
Temporal changes in statin prescription and intensity at discharge and impact on outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—Real-...
Jeffrey L. Anderson, Kirk U. Knowlton, Heidi T May, Tami L Bair, Shannon O. Armstrong, Donald L. Lappé, Joseph B. Muhlestein> ;Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2018 Jul 1
18 citations
Predicting readmission risk shortly after admission for CABG surgery
Jose Benuzillo, William T. Caine, R. Scott Evans, Colleen Roberts, Donald L. Lappé, John R. Doty> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2018 Apr 1
7 citations
Partners in Healing: Postsurgical Outcomes After Family Involvement in Nursing Care.
Michelle Van De Graaff, Sarah J. Beesley, Jorie Butler, Jose Benuzillo, Justin Poll, Thomas A. Oniki, Morgan Francis, Dale Cable, Ramona O. Hopkins, Donald L. Lappé, S...> ;Chest. 2018 Feb 1
3 citations
Clinically feasible stratification of 1-year to 3-year post-myocardial infarction risk
Benjamin D. Horne, Joseph B. Muhlestein, Durgesh Bhandary, Greta L Hoetzer, Naeem D. Khan, Tami L Bair, Donald L Lappe> ;Open heart. 2018 Feb 1
[Benefits of integrated care delivery system for heart failure: A case study of Intermountain Healthcare (USA)].
Pierre-Henri Bréchat, Kismet D. Rasmusson, Pascal Briot, Christian Foury, Ross Fulton, Doug Smith, Colleen Roberts, Donald Lapp> ;Santé publique (Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France). 2018 Jan 1
12 citations
Real world MRI experience with nonconditional and conditional cardiac rhythm devices after MagnaSafe
Steve Mason, Jeffrey S. Osborn, Ritesh Dhar, Allison Tonkin, Jon-David Ethington, Viet T Le, Jose Benuzillo, Donald L. Lappé, Kirk U. Knowlton, T. Jared Bunch, Jeffrey...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2017 Nov 1
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Journal Articles

Reducing HF Readmissions: Integrating Automated Technology into Post-Discharge Follow Up
Donald Lappe, MD, Journal of Cardiac Failure

Press Mentions

Celebrating Heart Doctor with 40-Year LegacyJune 21st, 2019
Two Differing Blood Clot Prevention Medications Used During Heart Procedure Both Safe and Effective for PatientsNovember 10th, 2016
Combining Risk Score Tools Improves Stroke and Mortality Prediction for Atrial Fibrillation PatientsMarch 14th, 2017
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