Diane Gauthier, M.S., R.N., C.S.

Staff Appointment:

Clinical and Nurse Coordinator, Cardiomyopathy Program, Boston Medical Center, Boston MA.

School:

BSN, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH (1977). MS, Northeastern University, Boston MA (1997).

Licences:

Registered Nurse, Massachusetts; Adult Nurse Practitioner, Massachussetts

Special Interest(s):

Cardiomyopathy; Heart Failure

Selected Publications:

Colucci WS, Ribeiro JP, Rocco MB, Quigg RJ, Creager MA, Marsh JD, Gauthier DF, Hartley LH. Impaired chronotropic response to exercise in patients with congestive heart failure: role of post-synaptic beta-adrenergic desensitization. Circulation 1989; 80:314-323.

Landzberg JS, Parker JD, Gauthier DF, Colucci WS. Alpha-1 adrenergic receptor stimulation increase contractility in humans. Circulation 1991; 84:1608-1614.

Landzberg JS, Parker JD, Gauthier DF, Colucci WS. Effects of intracoronary acetylcholine and atropine on basal and dobutamine-stimulated left ventricular contractility. Circulation 1994; 89:164-168.