Chad M. House
Cardiology Research Project Manager

About

Chad’s primary research interests are valvular heart disease and cardiac imaging. Prior to joining HealthPartners and Regions Hospital, Chad was a technical consultant in the heart valve division at Medtronic. While at Medtronic, Chad was involved with an original research project involving prosthetic heart valve imaging artifacts, which stimulated his interest in clinical cardiology research. Since 2008 Chad and the cardiology investigators at Regions Hospital have more than 25 peer-reviewed publications.

Conducting Institute research since 2008.

Education and training:
Bachelor of Science; University of Minnesota-Duluth
Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)
Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)

Research interests include: Valvular heart disease and cardiac imaging

Current research activities and funding:
Evaluating sex differences in the quantification of mitral insufficiency using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Related websites: Chad M House (resear

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • Sex difference in mitral valve prolapse regurgitant volume is resolved by normalization of regurgitant volume to left ventricular end-diastolic volume. 
    International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024
    Article has an altmetric score of 5
  • Gender differences in primary mitral regurgitant volumes at specific regurgitant fractions as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Inappropriate noise detection in Tendril family pacing leads. 
  • Management of functional Sprint Fidelis leads at cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator generator replacement: a novel option for preventing inappropriate shocks from lead failure in fragile patients with high risk of sudden death. 
    Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology. 2017
  • Prevalence and doppler echocardiographic characteristics of normally functioning mitral prostheses with mean gradient >/=10 mmHg. 
    Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2017
    • Editorial Article
  • Questions regarding a recent study comparing mitral regurgitant volume between proximal flow convergence and volumetric methods: the importance of sex differences [editorial]. 
    Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.  35. 2022
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
    • Review
  • Performing accurate standard 12 lead ECGs on patients with burns to the chest [review]. 
  • Manufacturer-provided effective orifice area index charts and the prevention of prosthesis-patient mismatch [review]. 
    Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2012
  • Safety of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients on uninterrupted warfarin therapy: a meta-analysis [review, meta-analysis]. 
    • Abstract
  • A comparison of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by various commercially-available nuclear cardiology software on a CZT SPECT camera [abstract]. 
    Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2017
  • Management of functional Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads at cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator generator replacement: an alternative approach for prevention of inappropriate shocks caused by lead failure [abstract]. 
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2016
  • The incidence and doppler echocardiographic characteristics of normally functioning mitral prostheses with mean gradient ≥ 10 mm Hg [abstract]. 
    Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2016
  • Early discharge with next day stress testing in low risk chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department is feasible [abstract]. 
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015
  • Normalization of left ventricular ejection fraction is associated with the absence of appropriate anti-tachycardia therapy in patients receiving implantable defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden death [abstract]. 
    Circulation. 2013

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • A comparison of three different peri-operative anticoagulation strategies during cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation [presentation], Robert Hebbel Fifteenth Annual Research Day
  • Association and severity of coronary artery disease and carotid artery disease in patients with aortic stenosis [presentation], University of Minnesota 11th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • Chronic kidney disease is a significant predictor of pocket hematoma complications after pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement independent of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents [presentation], University of Minnesota 12th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • Continuation of warfarin is superior to holding warfarin with or without bridging therapy in patients undergoing pacemaker and defibrillator placement [presentation], University of Minnesota 12th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • How reliable is an effective orifice area indexed chart [presentation]?, University of Minnesota 11th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day

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  • Chad M. House

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  • Chad.M.House@HealthPartners.com

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  • 651-254-3485

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