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Dr. Sharp speaks at the 2025 American Heart Association, Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Session, Baltimore, MD. 

AHA BCVS is one of the largest meetings globally dedicated to fundamental...

"Renal Denervation Improves Cardiac Function and Exercise Duration in a Miniswine Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction"

Aims - Overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is...

Dr. Sharp speaks at the 2025 Inaugural USF Heart Institute Symposium. Talk entitled "Microbiota, Metabolites, and Myocardium: Cardiovascular Consequences of Alcohol-Induced Gut Dysbiosis"

Dr. Sharp speaks at the 2025 HFpEF Summit, Beverly Hills, CA. A world-class summit which brings together internationally recognized experts discussing the preclinical and clinical findings in...

"Comprehensive Echocardiographic Protocol for Pigs with Emphasis on Diastolic Function: Advantages over MRI Assessment"

Swine are increasingly utilized in cardiovascular research due to their...

"Alcohol-induced gut microbial reorganization and associated overproduction of phenylacetylglutamine promotes cardiovascular disease"

The mechanism(s) underlying gut microbial metabolite (GMM)...

The HFpEF Summit is a bi-annual, two-day meeting which brings together internationally recognized leaders in the areas of clinical, translational and biological studies of heart failure with preserved...

Abstract Presented:

"Ultrasound Renal Denervation Protects the Ischemic-Reperfused Myocardium in a swine Model of Hypertension and Dyslipidemia"

"Thromboxane A2 blockade attenuates ethanol-induced myocardial inflammation: Sipping from the same bottle."

Originally, light-to-moderate alcohol consumption was believed to provide some protective...

Abstract Presented:

"Gut Microbial Metabolite Phenylacetylglutamine Leads to Cardiomyocyte Hypercontractility and Vascular Endothelial Cell Activation."