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Byron Williams Jr. MD

  • Department of Medicine
    Professor Emeritus
  • (404) 686-2501
  • byronr.williamsjr@emory.edu
Head shot of Byron Williams Jr.

Overview

Clinical Interests

-Angina
-Arteriosclerosis & lipids
-Cardiology - general
-Cardiovascular disease
-Echocardiogram
-Hypertension
-Mitral stenosis
-Myocardial infarction
-Palpitations
-Positron emission tomography
-Stress test
-Stroke
-Syncope
-Transesophageal echo
-Transient ischemic attacks
-Valve disease

Academic Appointment

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of Florida
  • BA from Citadel

Research

Focus

  • Founded Emory Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic. Research focus is mainly clinical research involving hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, including registry of HCM patients who have undergone alcohol septal ablation at EUH, effect of temperature on symptoms in HCM patients, Another area of interest is cardiovascular disease in athletes. We are compiling a database of nearly 2000 echocardiograms of intercollegiate athletes to assess racial differences in physiologic adaptations to athletic training.

Publications

  • Longitudinal Aortic Root Dilatation in Collegiate American-Style Football Athletes.
    J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 12 Page(s): e030314
    06/20/2023 Authors: Tso JV; Turner CG; Liu C; Prabakaran G; Jackson M; Galante A; Gilson CR; Clark C; Williams BR; Quyyumi AA
  • Hypertension and Ventricular-Arterial Uncoupling in Collegiate American Football Athletes.
    J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 11 Page(s): e023430
    03/15/2022 Authors: Tso JV; Turner CG; Liu C; Ahmad S; Ali A; Selvaraj S; Galante A; Gilson CR; Clark C; Williams BR
  • NOT YOUR TYPICAL OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
    Volume: 79 Page(s): 2642 - 2642
    03/08/2022 Authors: Huang J; Brown M; Williams BR; Levit R
  • Hospitalists and intensivists in the medical ICU: a prospective observational study comparing mortality and length of stay between two staffing models.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 7 Page(s): 183 - 189
    03/01/2012 Authors: Wise KR; Akopov VA; Williams BR; Ido MS; Leeper KV; Dressler DD
  • Cardiac sarcoid: a clinician's review on how to approach the patient with cardiac sarcoid.
    Clin Cardiol Volume: 35 Page(s): 410 - 415
    01/01/2012 Authors: Mantini N; Williams B; Stewart J; Rubinsztain L; Kacharava A
  • Bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis less than one year after replacement and an ablative MAZE procedure: a case report.
    J Cardiothorac Surg Volume: 5 Page(s): 18
    03/29/2010 Authors: Saeed O; Williams BR; Ku M; Lattouf OM
  • Rapid onset and resolution of cardiogenic shock in a patient with pheochromocytoma.
    Congest Heart Fail Volume: 15 Page(s): 151 - 153
    01/01/2009 Authors: Shih JA; Williams BR; Merlino J; Butler J; Smith A; Book W; Laskar S
  • The lack of association between four point mutations in the promoter region of the toll-like 4 receptor gene and myocardial infarction.
    Thromb Res Volume: 119 Page(s): 105 - 110
    01/01/2007 Authors: De Staercke C; Lally C; Austin H; Winston C; Dowling N; Williams B; Hooper WC
  • Randomized phase III trial of low-dose isotretinoin for prevention of second primary tumors in stage I and II head and neck cancer patients.
    J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 98 Page(s): 441 - 450
    04/05/2006 Authors: Khuri FR; Lee JJ; Lippman SM; Kim ES; Cooper JS; Benner SE; Winn R; Pajak TF; Williams B; Shenouda G
  • Cardiac sarcoidosis.
    Heart Volume: 92 Page(s): 282 - 288
    02/01/2006 Authors: Doughan AR; Williams BR
  • Myocardial viability assessment by PET: (82)Rb defect washout does not predict the results of metabolic-perfusion mismatch.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 46 Page(s): 1602 - 1609
    10/01/2005 Authors: Stankewicz MA; Mansour CS; Eisner RL; Churchwell KB; Williams BR; Sigman SR; Streeter J; Patterson RE
  • Long-term left internal mammary artery graft patency for coronary artery disease associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
    Ann Thorac Surg Volume: 78 Page(s): 691 - 693
    08/01/2004 Authors: Song HK; Sharoni E; Williams B; Guyton RA; Puskas JD
  • Rb-82 positron emission tomography identifies left main or three vessel cornory disease.
    Volume: 43 Page(s): 175P - 175P
    05/01/2002 Authors: Dou Y; Eisner RL; Streeter JR; Halkar RK; Mansour CS; Williams BR; Sigman S; Patterson RE
  • How to assess myocardial viability by PET: Myocardial perfusion imaging with Rubidium-82 does not predict the results of metabolic/perfusion mismatch in patients
    Volume: 104 Page(s): 720 - 720
    10/23/2001 Authors: Mansour CS; Sullivan KW; Eisner RL; Williams BR; Patterson RE
  • The impact of smoking status, disease stage, and index tumor site on second primary tumor incidence and tumor recurrence in the head and neck retinoid chemoprevention trial.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev Volume: 10 Page(s): 823 - 829
    08/01/2001 Authors: Khuri FR; Kim ES; Lee JJ; Winn RJ; Benner SE; Lippman SM; Fu KK; Cooper JS; Vokes EE; Chamberlain RM
  • Randomized phase III intergroup trial of isotretinoin to prevent second primary tumors in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.
    J Natl Cancer Inst Volume: 93 Page(s): 605 - 618
    04/18/2001 Authors: Lippman SM; Lee JJ; Karp DD; Vokes EE; Benner SE; Goodman GE; Khuri FR; Marks R; Winn RJ; Fry W
  • Is 'diaphragmatic' attenuation a misnomer?. Evaluation of the anatomic cause of 'diaphragmatic' attenuation in SPECT thallium scanning.
    Int J Card Imaging Volume: 13 Page(s): 161 - 164
    04/01/1997 Authors: Elson SH; Clark WS; Williams BR
  • A retrospective study of the diagnostic accuracy of a community hospital-based PET center for the detection of coronary artery disease using rubidium-82.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 35 Page(s): 1586 - 1592
    10/01/1994 Authors: Williams BR; Mullani NA; Jansen DE; Anderson BA
  • A randomized trial of intravenous heparin in conjunction with anistreplase (anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex) in acute myocardial infarction: the Duke University Clinical Cardiology Study (DUCCS) 1.
    J Am Coll Cardiol Volume: 23 Page(s): 11 - 18
    01/01/1994 Authors: O'Connor CM; Meese R; Carney R; Smith J; Conn E; Burks J; Hartman C; Roark S; Shadoff N; Heard M
  • The role of nuclear imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
    Prim Care Volume: 8 Page(s): 399 - 413
    09/01/1981 Authors: Williams BR
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