JoaoA CLimaMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Professor of Medicine, Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging

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Office
600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 524
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 443-997-0270

Fax+1 410-614-8222
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1988 - 1990
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1988
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1982
Federal University of Bahia Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

UT State Medical License 1900 - Present
MD State Medical License 1983 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2016
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Transesophageal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Conjunction With Lipid Lowering Measures Start of enrollment: 2000 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol Increased Plaque Stabilization in the Elderly Start of enrollment: 2003 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
Diagnostic Accuracy of Multi-Detector Spiral Computed Tomography Angiography Using 64 Detectors Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
F18PET/CT Versus TC-MDP Scanning to Detect Bone Mets Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Unknown status
Phase 3
Combined Non-invasive Coronary Angiography and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Using 320 Detector Computed Tomography Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Personalized Risk Identification and Management for Arrhythmias and Heart Failure by ECG and MRI Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
Completed
Dynamic Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 30
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography (MRCA) With Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) Start of enrollment: 2019 Sep 03
Active, not recruiting
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Associations of Circulating Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 With Long-Term Cardiac Function.
Daniel T Mathew, Suzette J Bielinski, Nicholas B Larson, Graham Peigh, Joao A C Lima, Matthew A Allison, Sanjiv J Shah, Ravi B Patel> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2024 Mar 19
Subclinical vascular composites predict clinical cardiovascular disease, stroke, and dementia: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Timothy M Hughes, Jordan Tanley, Haiying Chen, Christopher L Schaich, Joseph Yeboah, Mark A Espeland, Joao A C Lima, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Erin D Michos, Jingzhong...> ;Atherosclerosis. 2024 Mar 15
HIV, HIV-specific Factors and Myocardial Disease in Women.
Kato, Y., Ambale-Venkatesh, B., Naveed, M., Shitole, S., Peng, Q., Levsky, J., Haramati, L., Ordovas, K., Noworolski, S., Lee, Y., Kim, R., Lazar, J., Anastos, K., Tie...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024 Feb 13
Association of global longitudinal strain by feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with adverse outcomes among community-dwelling adults without cardiova...
Vinayak Subramanian, Neil Keshvani, Matthew W Segar, Nitin J Kondamudi, Alvin Chandra, Bhumika Maddineni, Susan A Matulevicius, Erin D Michos, Joao A C Lima, Jarett D ...> ;European Journal of Heart Failure. 2024 Feb 1
1 citations
Clinical Outcomes Among Immunotherapy-Treated Patients With Primary Cardiac Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.
Amin H Nassar, Edward El-Am, Ryan Denu, Sarah Abou Alaiwi, Talal El Zarif, Walid Macaron, Noha Abdel-Wahab, Aakash Desai, Caleb Smith, Kaushal Parikh, Muhannad Abbasi,...> ;JACC. Cardiooncology. 2024 Feb 1
Association between secondhand smoke exposure and incident heart failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Gen-Min Lin, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Laura A Colangelo, Joao A C Lima, Moyses Szklo, Kiang Liu> ;European Journal of Heart Failure. 2024 Feb 1
Implications of metabolism on multi-systems healthy aging across the lifespan.
Shanshan Yao, Laura A Colangelo, Andrew S Perry, Megan M Marron, Kristine Yaffe, Sanaz Sedaghat, Joao A C Lima, Qu Tian, Clary B Clish, Anne B Newman, Ravi V Shah, Ven...> ;Aging Cell. 2024 Apr 1
Deep Learning for Automatic Volumetric Segmentation of Left Ventricular Myocardium and Ischemic Scar from Multi-Slice LGE-CMR.
Jani, V., Chamera, E., Kato, Y., Ambale-Venkatesh, B., Ostovaneh, M., Lima, J.> ;European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024 Jan 19
Editorial for "Cardiac T1ρ Mapping Values Affected by Age and Sex in a Healthy Chinese Cohort".
Kato, Y., Ambale-Venkatesh, B., Lima, J.> ;Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2024 Jan 10
Association of 20-Year Longitudinal Depressive Symptoms With Left Ventricular Geometry Outcomes in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study: A Role f...
Colangelo, L., Carroll, A., Perak, A., Gidding, S., Lima, J., Lloyd-Jones, D.> ;Psychosomatic Medicine. 2024 Jan 9
Left atrial diastasis strain slope is a marker of hemodynamic recovery in post-ST elevation myocardial infarction: the Laser Atherectomy for STemi, Pci Analysis with S...
Yoko Kato, Wei Hao Lee, Makoto Natsumeda, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Kensuke Takagi, Yuji Ikari, Joao A C Lima> ;Frontiers in Radiology. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Eicosanoid and eicosanoid-related inflammatory mediators and exercise intolerance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Lau, E., Roshandelpoor, A., Zarbafian, S., Wang, D., Guseh, J., Allen, N., Varadarajan, V., Nayor, M., Shah, R., Lima, J., Shah, S., Yu, B., Alotaibi, M., Cheng, S., J...> ;Nature Communications. 2023 Nov 20
Higher HDL cholesterol levels are associated with increased markers of interstitial myocardial fibrosis in the MultiEthnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Omar Chehab, Elie Akl, Ashkan Abdollahi, Ralph Zeitoun, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Colin Wu, Russell Tracy, Roger S Blumenthal, Wendy S Post, Joao A C Lima, Annabelle R...> ;Scientific Reports. 2023 Nov 17
Asian Female Athlete's Heart: The CHIEF Heart Study.
Ming-Yueh Liu, Pang-Yen Liu, Kun-Zhe Tsai, Joao A C Lima, Carl J Lavie, Gen-Min Lin> ;Acta Cardiologica Sinica. 2023 Nov 1
Multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analyses identify methylated sites associated with aortic augmentation index in TOPMed MESA.
Xiaowei Hu, Jeongok G Logan, Younghoon Kwon, Joao A C Lima, David R Jacobs, Daniel Duprez, Lyndia Brumback, Kent D Taylor, Peter Durda, W Craig Johnson, Elaine Cornell...> ;Scientific Reports. 2023 Oct 17
Higher diet quality relates to better cardiac function in cancer survivors: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.
Moriah P Bellissimo, Salvatore Carbone, Jian He, Jennifer H Jordan, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Joao A Lima, Jessica Gokee LaRose, Fadi N Salloum, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay...> ;Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 2023 Oct 16
Statin use and longitudinal changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers of thigh muscle quality: data from Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Bahram Mohajer, Kamyar Moradi, Ali Guermazi, Mahsa Dolatshahi, Frank W Roemer, Hamza A Ibad, Ghazaal Parastooei, Philip G Conaghan, Bashir A Zikria, Mei Wan, Xu Cao, J...> ;Skeletal Radiology. 2024 Apr 1
Assessment of Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Risk Factors Associated With "Low Flow State" Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance.
Yifang Yuan, David Herrington, Joao A C Lima, R Brandon Stacey, David Zhao, James Thomas, Mario Garcia, Min Pu> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Innovations, Quality & Outcomes. 2023 Oct 1
Higher HDL Cholesterol Levels Are Associated with Increased Markers of Interstitial Myocardial Fibrosis: Insights from The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Omar Chehab, Elie Akl, Ashkan Abdollahi, Ralph Zeitoun, Bharath Ambale-Venkatesh, Colin Wu, Russell Tracy, Roger Blumenthal, Wendy Post, Joao Lima, Annabelle Rodriguez> ;Research Square. 2023 Sep 11
Associations between eGFR and albuminuria with right ventricular measures: the MESA-Right Ventricle study.
Faeq Husain-Syed, Matthew F DiFrancesco, Rajat Deo, R Graham Barr, Julia J Scialla, David A Bluemke, Richard A Kronmal, Joao A C Lima, Amy Praestgaard, Russell P Tracy...> ;Clinical Kidney Journal. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Electrocardiographic Associations of Cardiac Biomarkers and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Measures of Fibrosis in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Leonard Ilkhanoff, Xiaoxiao Qian, Joao A Lima, Henry Tran, Elsayed Z Soliman, Joseph Yeboah, Stephen Seliger, Christopher R deFilippi> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2023 Oct 1
Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiomyopathy Risk: A Genetic Link in the MESA.
Min Wang, Gregory D Jenkins, Jerome I Rotter, Stephen S Rich, Anthony Batzler, Kent D Taylor, Josyf C Mychaleckyj, Duan Liu, Joao A C Lima, Naveen L Pereira, Mahsima S...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2023 Sep 1
Multi-ancestry epigenome-wide analyses identify methylated sites associated with aortic augmentation index in TOPMed MESA.
Ani Manichaikul, Xiaowei Hu, Jeongok Logan, Younghoon Kwon, Joao Lima, David Jacobs, Daniel Duprez, Lyndia Brumback, Kent Taylor, Peter Durda, Craig Johnson, Elaine Co...> ;Research Square. 2023 Jul 13
2 citations
Left atrioventricular coupling index assessed using cardiac CT as a prognostic marker of cardiovascular death.
Théo Pezel, Jean-Guillaume Dillinger, Solenn Toupin, Raphael Mirailles, Damien Logeart, Alain Cohen-Solal, Alexandre Unger, Elena Sofia Canuti, Florence Beauvais, Alex...> ;Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. 2023 Dec 1
Imaging Early Life Cardiovascular Phenotype.
Samuel S Gidding, Colin Wu, J Jeffrey Carr, Joao A C Lima, Varadarajan, V.> ;Circulation Research. 2023 Jun 9
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Journal Articles

Association of the V122I Transthyretin Amyloidosis Genetic Variant with Cardiac Structure and Function in Middle-Aged Black Adults
Clyde W Yancy, Elizabeth M Mcnally, Joao Lima, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Sadiya S Khan, JAMA Cardiology

Lectures

Updates for Cardiologists
Pri-Med, Rosemont, Illinois - 12/3/2011

Press Mentions

What Is High Blood Pressure—and Why Do Your Numbers Matter?November 30th, 2018
Toshiba USA to Open Research Facility at Johns HopkinsJanuary 3rd, 2017
There May Be a Very Good Reason Why It's so Hard to Treat Heart Disease in WomenOctober 24th, 2015
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