Women’s Heart Health Laboratory

IEEMPregnancy@TexasHealth.org IEEMSPA@TexasHealth.org

7232 Greenville Avenue

Dallas, TX 75231

214-345-4607

Interests

Our laboratory specifically seeks to understand:

Why young women feel faint more than young men
How blood pressure is regulated during pregnancy
Blood pressure control and hypertension differences in relation to sex and age
Sex differences in antihypertensive treatment

Current Projects

Obesity and Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy
Chronic Lower Leg Heating for the Treatment of Hypertension in Older Women
Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): Autonomic Circulatory Control
Influence of Early Menopause on Sympathetic Activation and Cardiovascular Function in Older Women

Current Research Opportunities

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Researchers

Principal Investigator

Qi Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellows / Residents

John D. Akins, Ph.D.

Sarah Hissen, Ph.D.

Takuro Washio, Ph.D.
Staff

Anna Geib, B.S.P.H.

Lauren Houston, R.N.

Monique Roberts-Reeves, R.N.

Skyler Robles, B.S. Ed

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Publications

Most recent articles. There are nearly a dozen.

Early onset neurocirculatory response

Yoo JK, Badrov MB, Parker RS, Anderson EH, Wiblin JL, North CS, Suris A, and Fu Q. Early onset neurocirculatory response to static handgrip is associated with greater blood pressure variability in women with post-traumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology 318 (1): H49-58, 2020.
Sex-differences in the sympathetic neural recruitment

Badrov MB, Okada Y, Yoo JK, Vongpatanasin W, Shoemaker JK, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Sex-differences in the sympathetic neural recruitment and hemodynamic response to graded head-up tilt in elderly hypertensives. Hypertension 75 (2): 458-467, 2020.
Impact of prolonged spaceflight on orthostatic tolerance

Fu Q, Shibata S, Hastings JL, Platts SH, Hamilton DM, Bungo MW, Stenger MB, Ribeiro C, and Levine BD. Impact of prolonged spaceflight on orthostatic tolerance during ambulation and blood pressure profiles in astronauts. Circulation 140: 729-738, 2019.
Role of Corin in Blood Pressure

Badrov MB, Park SY, Yoo JK, Hieda M, Okada Y, Jarvis SS, Stickford AS, Best SA, Nelson DB, Fu Q. Role of corin in blood pressure regulation in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy: A prospective study. Hypertension 73: 432-9, 2019.
Cerebral blood flow regulation and cognitive function in women

Ogoh S, Yoo JK, Badrov MB, Parker RS, Anderson EH, Wiblin JL, North CS, Suris AM, and Fu Q. Cerebral blood flow regulation and cognitive function in women with post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Applied Physiology 125: 1627-35, 2018.
Time course of changes in maternal left ventricular function

Hieda M, Yoo JK, Sun DD, Okada Y, Parker RS, Roberts-Reeves MA, Adams-Huet B, Nelson DB, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Time course of changes in maternal left ventricular function during subsequent pregnancy in women with a history of gestational hypertensive disorders. American Journal of PhysiologyRegulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 315: R587-94, 2018.
Menstrual cycle phase

Stickford ASL, VanGundy TB, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Menstrual cycle phase does not affect sympathetic neural activity in women with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Journal of Physiology 593: 2131-43, 2015.
Heart rate recovery after maximal exercise

Best SA, Bivens TB, Palmer MD, Boyd KN, Galbreath MM, Okada Y, Carrick-Ranson G, Fujimoto N, Shibata S, Hastings JL, Spencer MD, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Heart rate recovery after maximal exercise is blunted in hypertensive seniors. Journal of Applied Physiology 117: 1302-7, 2014.
Sympathetic activation during early pregnancy

Jarvis SS, Shibata S, Bivens TB, Okada Y, Casey BM, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Sympathetic activation during early pregnancy in humans. Journal of Physiology 590 (15): 3535-43, 2012.
Relationship between sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity and arterial stiffness

Okada Y, Galbreath MM, Shibata S, Jarvis SS, VanGundy TB, Meier RL, Vongpatanasin W, Levine BD, and Fu Q. Relationship between sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity and arterial stiffness in elderly men and women. Hypertension 59 (1): 98-104, 2012.
Cardiac origins of the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Fu Q, VanGundy TB, Galbreath MM, Shibata S, Jain M, Hastings JL, Bhella PS, and Levine BD. Cardiac origins of the Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 55 (25): 2858-68, 2010.

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