
Douglas B Sawyer MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Douglas Sawyer is a cardiologist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Sawyer specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Sawyer also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Daunorubicin-induced apoptosis in rat cardiac myocytes is inhibited by dexrazoxane.
- Cytokine-mediated apoptosis in cardiac myocytes: the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase induction and peroxynitrite generation.
- NRG-1-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Role of PI-3-kinase, p70(S6K), and MEK-MAPK-RSK.
- Adrenergic overload and apoptosis in heart failure: implications for therapy.
- High-throughput assessment of calcium sensitivity in skinned cardiac myocytes.
- Reactive oxygen species mediate amplitude-dependent hypertrophic and apoptotic responses to mechanical stretch in cardiac myocytes.
- Role of reactive oxygen species and NAD(P)H oxidase in alpha(1)-adrenoceptor signaling in adult rat cardiac myocytes.
- Myocardial hibernation: restorative or preterminal sleep?
- Modulation of anthracycline-induced myofibrillar disarray in rat ventricular myocytes by neuregulin-1beta and anti-erbB2: potential mechanism for trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity.
- The sting of salt on an old, but open, wound--is Na(+) the cause of mitochondrial and myocardial injury during ischemia/reperfusion?
- Regulation of neuregulin/ErbB signaling by contractile activity in skeletal muscle.
- Titin determines the Frank-Starling relation in early diastole.
- Inflammatory markers and risk of heart failure in elderly subjects without prior myocardial infarction: the Framingham Heart Study.
- Myocyte contractile activity modulates norepinephrine cytotoxicity and survival effects of neuregulin-1beta.
- Serum insulin-like growth factor I and risk for heart failure in elderly individuals without a previous myocardial infarction: the Framingham Heart Study.
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