Thomas Vacek

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Folate and B Vitamins Research(12), Sulfur Compounds in Biology(6), Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling(5), Coronary Artery Anomalies(4), Bone health and osteoporosis research(3)

Publications45 total

A case of percutaneous coronary intervention of the right coronary artery in a situs inversus patient with foreshortening of lesion revealed by intravenous ultrasound imaging technology
Oxford Medical Case Reports·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
One down, one to go: coronary anomaly dual LAD blood supply with worsening chronic stable angina and 100% occluded left short LAD type IV variant
Oxford Medical Case Reports·2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Down on your luck: cardiomyopathy precipitated by a bar fight
Oxford Medical Case Reports·2018· 2 citedOpen Access
PFO closure in high-risk patient with paradoxical arterial embolism, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and factor V Leiden genetic mutation
Oxford Medical Case Reports·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor and Midodrine in a Patient With Autonomic Instability 2/2 Compressive Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Pain
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
Dynamic Course of <i>Serratia marcescens</i> Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis Resulting in Submassive PE and Valve Replacement
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports·2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Spontaneous Left Main and Right Coronary Artery Spasm in a Patient With Vasospastic Angina
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
Effect of MMPs on Cardiovasculature and Blood Flow
Atherosclerosis·2015
Matrix metalloproteinases in atherosclerosis: role of nitric oxide, hydrogen sulfide, homocysteine, and polymorphisms
Vascular Health and Risk Management·2015· 133 citedOpen Access
Recurrent myocardial infarctions in a young football player secondary to thrombophilia, associated with elevated factor VIII activity
International Medical Case Reports Journal·2014· 6 citedOpen Access
Another cause of chest pain: Staphylococcus aureus sternal osteomyelitis in an otherwise healthy adult
International Medical Case Reports Journal·2014· 5 citedOpen Access
Hydrogen sulfide and sodium nitroprusside compete to activate/deactivate MMPs in bone tissue homogenates
Vascular Health and Risk Management·2013· 15 citedOpen Access
TIMP-2 mutant decreases MMP-2 activity and augments pressure overload induced LV dysfunction and heart failure
Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry·2013· 39 citedOpen Access
The role of homocysteine in bone remodeling
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)·2013· 122 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial mitophagic mechanisms of myocardial matrix metabolism and remodelling
Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry·2011· 30 cited
Autophagy and Heart Failure: A Possible Role for Homocysteine
Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics·2011· 24 cited
Hyperhomocysteinemia decreases bone blood flow
Vascular Health and Risk Management·2011· 34 citedOpen Access
Electrical stimulation of cardiomyocytes activates mitochondrial matrix metalloproteinase causing electrical remodeling
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·2010· 18 citedOpen Access
Hydrogen sulfide protects against vascular remodeling from endothelial damage
Amino Acids·2010· 57 cited
Homocysteine effects classical pathway of GPCR down regulation
2009· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Neetu Tyagi(22), Suresh C. Tyagi(18), Karni S. Moshal(16), Utpal Sen(15), Munish Kumar(12), Suresh C. Tyagi(8), Naira Metreveli(8), William M. Hughes(5), Jonathan Vacek(5), John C. Passmore(5), R Müller(4), Robert Betzu(4), Analkumar Parikh(4), Shipeng Yu(3), Walter Rodríguez(3), Lawrence Gould(3), Vettiazhath Pradeep(3), Chloe Meyer(3), Ravi Gurujal(3), Mesia Steed(3)