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Last published 2024
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Christine Rutlen

Researcher

Also affiliated: Oregon Health & Science University (2021–2024); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2016); University of Portland (2021)

Faculty Researcher

3 h-index 15 pubs 178 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • COVID-19
  • Aged
  • Adult
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Electrocardiography
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Adolescent
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Electric Countershock
  • Recurrence

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Christine Rutlen's research investigates cardiovascular events and outcomes, particularly in the context of COVID-19 infection and atrial fibrillation. She has published on the risk of cardiovascular events following COVID-19, utilizing double-cohort study designs. Her work also examines factors influencing atrial fibrillation recurrence, such as the distinction between paroxysmal and persistent forms. Additionally, Rutlen has explored the association between preadmission metformin use and mortality in diabetic patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Her publications also include case reports detailing rare medical conditions, such as traumatic mitral regurgitation from bullet fragments and vegetation on a calcified aortic plaque. Rutlen is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she collaborates with researchers including Jackson Mosley and Joshua M. Hagood.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 15
  • Citations: 178

Selected Publications

  • Traumatic Mitral Regurgitation From Intracardiac Bullet Fragments With Bullet Embolism to the Brain (2024)
    JACC Case Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • A CASE OF TRAUMATIC MITRAL REGURGITATION FROM INTRACARDIAC BULLET FRAGMENT (2024)
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
  • A RARE CASE OF VEGETATION ON A CALCIFIED PLAQUE IN DESCENDING AORTA (2024)
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
  • E-33 | What Patients Hear: Effect of Cardiac Catheterization Lab Conversations on Patient Experience (2023)
    Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions DOI OpenAlex
  • Crop burning and the prevalence of asthma and COPD emergency department treatments in a rural Arkansas county (2019)
    Journal of Asthma 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Is Endurance Exercise Safe? The Myth of Pheidippides (2019)
    Southern Medical Journal 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Chamber-Made: Mural Endocarditis (2018)
    The American Journal of Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Effects of Aging and Sex Steroid Deficiency on the Murine Skeleton Are Independent and Mechanistically Distinct (2016)
    Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 118 citations DOI OpenAlex

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