Vera A Bittner MD

PubMed

• Persistent chest pain trends at 3 years in women with INOCA vs. obstructive CAD: results from the NHLBI-sponsored women's ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE).
  Okezi Obrutu, Martha Gulati, Steven Reis, Vera Bittner, Eileen Handberg
  European Heart Journal. Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes. 2026-03-05
• Barriers and Emerging Strategies to Bridge Gaps in Implementation of Evidence-Based Lipid-Lowering Therapies.
  Christopher S Marnell, Wolfgang Koenig, Vera Bittner, Karol E Watson, Paul Muntner
  Circulation. Population Health and Outcomes. 2026-03-02
• 2 citations
  Oxidized Phospholipids, Lipoprotein(a), and Cardiovascular Outcomes After Acute Coronary Syndrome.
  Sotirios Tsimikas, Michael Szarek, Christa M Cobbaert, Fred Romijn, J Wouter Jukema
  Circulation. 2025-12-16

Journal Articles

• Original Investigations Alirocumab Reduces Total Nonfatal Cardiovascular and Fatal Events in the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Trial  
  Vera Bittner, MD, ScienceDirect
• Alirocumab and Cardiovascular Outcomes After Acute Coronary Syndrome  
  Vera A Bittner, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Deepak L Bhatt, Robert A Harrington, Gregory G Schwartz, Matthew T Roe, The New England Journal of Medicine
• Do Not Smoke, Eat Healthy, and Exercise  
  Vera Bittner, MD, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Lectures

• Lipoprotein(a) Lowering by Alirocumab Contributes to Total Events Reduction Independent of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Trial 
  2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
• Late-Breaking Clinical Trials 
  2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
• Hypertension Management Hypercharged: The Devil is in the Details 
  2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019