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
Loyola Medicine Park Ridge
1030 W Higgins Rd
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Mercy Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside
8201 E Riverside Blvd
Rockford, IL 61114
Loyola Medicine Tinley Park
17901 S LaGrange Rd
Tinley Park, IL 60487-7226
Loyola Rockford Heart Transplant within Cardiovascular Associates at OSF St.Anthony Medical Cen
444 Roxbury Rd
Rockford, IL 61107
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
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