Su-Min Chang, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Institute for Academic Medicine
Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College

Su-Min Chang, MD

Biography

Dr. Chang received his first academic appointment in 2003 at the University of Wisconsin as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology. While there, he also held the position of Director of the Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory at the William S. Middleton Memorial VA Medical Center. Dr. Chang held these positions until 2007 when he joined the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center.

 

Description of Research

Dr. Chang´s research concentrates on the use of computed tomography and other imaging methods to improve diagnostic accuracy and predict outcomes in patients with various forms of cardiovascular disease.

 

Areas Of Expertise

Cardiovascular disease CT clinical outcomes

 

Education & Training

Residency, Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine

MD, University of Buenos Aires

 

Active Clinical Trials
Reducing Radioisotope Dose: the Half-Dose CZT study

NCT01518777

 

Publications

Determinants of long-term clinical outcomes in patients with angina but without obstructive coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Radico, F, Zimarino, M, Fulgenzi, F, Ricci, F, Di Nicola, M, Jespersen, L, Chang, SM, Humphries, KH, Marzilli, M & De Caterina, R 2018, European Heart Journal, vol 39, no. 23, pp. 2135-2146. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy185

 

Cardiac imaging in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction

Nagueh, SF, Chang, SM, Nabi, F, Shah, DJ & Estep, JD 2017, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol 10, no. 9, e006547. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006547

 

Imaging to Diagnose and Manage Patients in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Nagueh, SF, Chang, SM, Nabi, F, Shah, DJ & Estep, JD 2017, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol 10, no. 4, e005615. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005615

 

Coronary Artery Fistula

Sunkara, A, Chebrolu, LH, Chang, SM & Barker, C 2017, Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol 13, no. 2, pp. 78-80. DOI: 10.14797/mdcj-13-2-78

 

Coronary artery calcium score as a predictor for incident stroke: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Chaikriangkrai, K, Jhun, HY, Palamaner Subash Shantha, G, Bin Abdulhak, A, Sigurdsson, G, Nabi, F, Mahmarian, JJ & Chang, SM 2017, International Journal of Cardiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.132

 

Related Videos

Multimodality Case Studies in Vascular Disease Video

Multimodality Case Studies in Vascular Disease

Dipan Shah, MD, and Su-Min Chang, MD, take viewers on a diagnostic journey using multimodality imaging to evaluate cases of vascular disease.

Imaging the Patient with LVAD Video

Imaging the Patient with LVAD

Jerry D. Estep, MD, FACC, and Su Min Chang, MD, FACC, discuss the importance of imaging when managing LVAD patients. This presentation was a part of the 2018 Multi-Modality Imaging Conference.