Abbas Bitar, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Center
1500 E. Medical Center Dr., SPC 5853
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
[email protected]

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Abbas Bitar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
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    • Journal Article
      Gastrointestinal bleeding following Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist device implantation: The Michigan Bleeding Risk Model.
      Hammer Y, Xie J, Yang G, Bitar A, Haft JW, Cascino TM, Likosky DS, Pagani FD, Zhang M, Aaronson KD. J Heart Lung Transplant, 2024 Apr; 43 (4): 604 - 614. DOI:10.1016/j.healun.2023.11.016
      PMID: 38065237
    • Journal Article
      Beyond Tiers: Examination of the French Heart Allocation System.
      Bitar A, Colvin MM. Circ Heart Fail, 2024 Feb; 17 (2): e011312 DOI:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.011312
      PMID: 38299339
    • Journal Article
      Traumatic ischaemic cardiomyopathy in a 27-year-old: a case report.
      Pastapur AE, Bitar A, Wanamaker BL. Eur Heart J Case Rep, 2024 Feb; 8 (2): ytae056 DOI:10.1093/ehjcr/ytae056
      PMID: 38370400
    • Journal Article
      Aspirin and Hemocompatibility Events With a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Advanced Heart Failure: The ARIES-HM3 Randomized Clinical Trial.
      Mehra MR, Netuka I, Uriel N, Katz JN, Pagani FD, Jorde UP, Gustafsson F, Connors JM, Ivak P, Cowger J, Ransom J, Bansal A, Takeda K, Agarwal R, Byku M, Givertz MM, Bitar A, Hall S, Zimpfer D, Vega JD, Kanwar MK, Saeed O, Goldstein DJ, Cogswell R, Sheikh FH, Danter M, Pya Y, Phancao A, Henderson J, Crandall DL, Sundareswaran K, Soltesz E, Estep JD, ARIES-HM3 Investigators . JAMA, 2023 Dec 12; 330 (22): 2171 - 2181. DOI:10.1001/jama.2023.23204
      PMID: 37950897
    • Journal Article
      When all Else Fails, Try This: The HeartMate III Left Ventricle Assist Device.
      Bitar A, Aaronson K. Cardiol Clin, 2023 Nov; 41 (4): 593 - 602. DOI:10.1016/j.ccl.2023.06.009
      PMID: 37743081
    • Journal Article
      Gastrointestinal bleeding on continuous-flow left ventricular assist device therapy.
      Hammer Y, Bitar A, Aaronson KD. ESC Heart Fail, 2023 Aug; 10 (4): 2214 - 2224. DOI:10.1002/ehf2.14433
      PMID: 37322822
    • Presentation
      LVAD therapy in 2023: Which Patients and When?
      Bitar A. 2023 Jan;
    • Chapter
      The Chronic Heart Failure Patient: Presentation and Management
      Bitar A, Aaronson K. 2022 Textbook of Transplantation and Mechanical Support for End Stage Heart and Lung Disease,
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