Alain L Heroux, MD
Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
888-584-7888
Appointments (New Patients Welcome)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
888-584-7888Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S First Ave
Maywood
, IL 60153
View hours
Tuesday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Monday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Wednesday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Thursday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Friday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Saturday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Sunday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
About
Academic Title
Professor
Leadership Title
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
Co-Director of the Stritch School of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute
Ages Seen
Adults - Over 65
Adults - 18 to 64
Additional Resources
Education & Certifications
Education
Education:
Faculte du Medicin de l'Universite Laval
(1981)
Residency:
Faculte du Medicin de l'Universite Laval
(1985)
Residency:
Royal Victoria Hospital
(1987)
Fellowship:
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
(1989)
Board Certifications
Cardiology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (1987)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Publications
- Preoperative Right Heart Dysfunction and Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Liebo, M.; Newman, J.; Yu, M.; Hussain, Z.; Malik, S.; Lowes, B.; Joyce, C.; Zolty, R.; Basha, H. I.; Heroux, A.; McGee, E.; Um, J. Y.; Raichlin, E.; ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)
- Impact of donor smoking history on post heart transplant outcomes: A propensity-matched analysis of ISHLT registry. Hussain, Z.; Yu, M.; Wozniak, A.; Kim, D.; Krepostman, N.; Liebo, M.; Raichlin, E.; Heroux, A.; Joyce, C.; Ilias-Basha, H.; Clinical transplantation
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing cardiac MRI viability assessment prior to revascularization. Doukas, D.; Porcaro, K.; Marot, J.; Burke, L.; Joyce, C.; Weaver, F.; Nguyen, J.; Cao, J. J.; Mathew, V.; Heroux, A.; Syed, M. A.; The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
- Elevated Heart Rate Following Heart Transplantation Is Associated With Increased Graft Vasculopathy and Mortality. Liebo, M.; Newman, J.; Joshi, A.; Lowes, B. D.; Peled-Potashnik, Y.; Basha, H. I.; Zolty, R.; Um, J. Y.; McGee, E.; Heroux, A.; Raichlin, E.; Journal of cardiac failure
- Early immune biomarkers and intermediate-term outcomes after heart transplantation: Results of Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation-18. Stehlik, J.; Armstrong, B.; Baran, D. A.; Bridges, N. D.; Chandraker, A.; Gordon, R.; De Marco, T.; Givertz, M. M.; Heroux, A.; Iklé, D.; Hunt, J.; Kfoury, A. G.; Madsen, J. C.; Morrison, Y.; Feller, E.; Pinney, S.; Tripathi, S.; Heeger, P. S.; Starling, R. C.; American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- The effect of donor alcohol abuse on outcomes following heart transplantation. Newman, J.; Liebo, M.; Lowes, B. D.; Ilias Basha, H.; Peled, Y.; Cendrowski, E.; Zolty, R.; Douglas, D.; Um, J. Y.; McGee, E.; Heroux, A.; Raichlin, E.; Clinical transplantation
- The value of psychosocial factors in patient selection and outcomes after heart transplantation. Coglianese, E. E.; Samsi, M.; Liebo, M. J.; Heroux, A. L.; Current heart failure reports
- Incidence of fractures after cardiac and lung transplantation: a single center experience. Hariman, A.; Alex, C.; Heroux, A.; Camacho, P.; Journal of osteoporosis
- Neurologic aspects of heart transplantation. Heroux, A.; Pamboukian, S. V.; Handbook of clinical neurology
- Regulation of connective tissue growth factor gene expression and fibrosis in human heart failure. Koshman, Y. E.; Patel, N.; Chu, M.; Iyengar, R.; Kim, T.; Ersahin, C.; Lewis, W.; Heroux, A.; Samarel, A. M.; Journal of cardiac failure
- Left ventricular assist device-induced coagulation and platelet activation and effect of the current anticoagulant therapy regimen. Ashbrook, M.; Walenga, J. M.; Schwartz, J.; Heroux, A.; Jeske, W. P.; Escalante, V.; Bakhos, M.; Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
- Single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging to detect cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Thompson, D.; Koster, M. J.; Wagner, R. H.; Heroux, A.; Barron, J. T.; European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging
- Serine-910 phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase is critical for sarcomere reorganization in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Chu, M.; Iyengar, R.; Koshman, Y. E.; Kim, T.; Russell, B.; Martin, J. L.; Heroux, A. L.; Robia, S. L.; Samarel, A. M.; Cardiovascular research
- Utility of screening computed tomography of chest, abdomen and pelvis in patients after heart transplantation. Dasari, T. W.; Pavlovic-Surjancev, B.; Dusek, L.; Patel, N.; Heroux, A. L.; European journal of radiology
- Incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter after heart transplantation. Dasari, T. W.; Pavlovic-Surjancev, B.; Patel, N.; Williams, A. A.; Ezidinma, P.; Rupani, A.; Sinacore, J. L.; Heroux, A. L.; The American journal of cardiology
- Gemella morbillorum prosthetic valve endocarditis. Al Chekakie, M. O.; Heroux, A.; Montpetit, M.; Nemeh, H.; Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.)
- Outcomes of bare metal versus drug-eluting stents in allograft vasculopathy. Reddy, P. R.; Gulati, A.; Steen, L.; Sinacore, J.; Leya, F.; Heroux, A.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- Does heart transplantation confer additional benefit over medical therapy to patients who have waited > 6 months for heart transplantation? Kao, W.; McGee, D.; Liao, Y.; Heroux, A. L.; Mullen, G. M.; Johnson, M. R.; Costanzo, M. R.; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- Longitudinal effects of cyclosporine administration at 0 to 60 months after heart transplantation. Costanzo, M. R.; Beto, J. A.; Potempa, L. D.; Bansal, V. K.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; Pifarre, R.; Johnson, M. R.; Transplantation proceedings
- Factors associated with the development of persistently depressed cardiac output during the first year after cardiac transplantation. Glazier, J. J.; Mullen, G. M.; Johnson, M. R.; Lung, C. T.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; Koch, D.; Khatib, Y.; Fisher, S. G.; Costanzo, M. R.; Clinical cardiology
- Risk/benefit ratio of perioperative OKT3 in cardiac transplantation. Johnson, M. R.; Mullen, G. M.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Liao, Y.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; Pifarre, R.; Costanzo, M. R.; The American journal of cardiology
- Intracoronary ultrasound assessment of morphological and functional abnormalities associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Heroux, A. L.; Silverman, P.; Costanzo, M. R.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Johnson, M. R.; Liao, Y.; McKiernan, T. L.; Balhan, J. E.; Leya, F. S.; Mullen, G. M.; Circulation
- Abnormal ambulatory left ventricular ejection fraction in heart transplant arteriopathy. Sobotka, P. A.; Patel, R. I.; Wagner, R. H.; Heroux, A. L.; Popovski, S.; Johnson, S. A.; Henkin, R. E.; Clinical nuclear medicine
- Endocardial infiltrates in the transplanted heart: clinical significance emerging from the analysis of 5026 endomyocardial biopsy specimens. Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Winters, G. L.; Fisher, S. G.; O'Sullivan, J.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W.; Mullen, G. M.; Johnson, M. R.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- Heart transplantation as a treatment option for end-stage heart disease in patients older than 65 years of age. Heroux, A. L.; Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; O'Sullivan, J. E.; Kao, W. G.; Liao, Y.; Mullen, G. M.; Johnson, M. R.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- High-risk cardiac operation: a viable alternative to heart transplantation. Johnson, M. R.; Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; Mullen, G. M.; Pifarré, R.; Sullivan, H. J.; The Annals of thoracic surgery
- Role of humoral immunity in acute cardiac allograft dysfunction. Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Heroux, A. L.; Radvany, R.; Koch, D.; Robinson, J. A.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- Risk/benefit ratio of perioperative OKT3 in cardiac transplantation. Johnson, M. R.; Mullen, G. M.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Liao, Y.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W.; Pifarre, R.; Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Transplantation proceedings
- Photopheresis versus corticosteroids in the therapy of heart transplant rejection. Preliminary clinical report. Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Hubbell, E. A.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Johnson, M. R.; Mullen, G. M.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; McManus, B. M.; Pifarre, R.; Robinson, J. A.; Circulation
- Cytomegalovirus infections in heart transplant recipients: relationship to immunosuppression. Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Swinnen, L. J.; Fisher, S. G.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Pifarre, R.; Heroux, A. L.; Mullen, G. M.; Johnson, M. R.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- Successful treatment of heart transplant rejection with photopheresis. Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Hubbell, E. A.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Johnson, M. R.; Mullen, G. M.; Heroux, A. L.; Kao, W. G.; McManus, B. M.; Pifarre, R.; Robinson, J. A.; Transplantation
- Increased incidence of lymphoproliferative disorder after immunosuppression with the monoclonal antibody OKT3 in cardiac-transplant recipients. Swinnen, L. J.; Costanzo-Nordin, M. R.; Fisher, S. G.; O'Sullivan, E. J.; Johnson, M. R.; Heroux, A. L.; Dizikes, G. J.; Pifarre, R.; Fisher, R. I.; The New England journal of medicine