Bill Hsieh, MD

Biography

Faculty Appointment

Assistant Professor

Research Interests

His research has focused on advanced cardiac imaging techniques and improving the early detection of heart disease, particularly through the use of echocardiography and CT/MRI imaging.

Publications

• Peer review panel, Echocardiography
2014 to present
• Diaz-Zamudio M, Dey D, LaBounty T, Nelson M, Fan Z, Szczepaniak LS, Hsieh BP,
Rajani R, Berman D, Li D, Dharmakumar R, Hardy WD, Conte AH. Increased
pericardial fat accumulation is associated with increased intramyocardial lipid content
and duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy exposure in patients infected with
human immunodeficiency virus: a 3T cardiovascular magnetic resonance feasibility
study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2015 Oct 31;17:91.
• Hsieh BP, Jha O, Chandra R, Garcia M, Boxt L, Taub C. Novel computed tomography
indexes of left atrial appendage stasis. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging.
2013 Jan;29(1):237-44
• Hsieh BP, Tauras J, Taub C. Continuous apex to left ventricle blood flow pattern in
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with apical aneurysm and midventricular obstruction.
Echocardiography. 2012 Jul;29(6):E131-3.
• Hsieh BP, Travin MI. Myocardial perfusion image findings in apical hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy. J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Feb;19(1):172-6.
• Hsieh BP, Rogers AM, Na B, Wu AH, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Prevalence and
prognostic significance of incidental cardiac troponin T elevation in ambulatory patients
with stable coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul study. Am Heart J.
2009 Oct;158(4):673-9.
• Hsieh BP, Unver K, McNulty E, Schiller NB. The amplitude ratio of the first to second
heart sound is reduced in left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Int J Cardiol. 2010 Nov
5;145(1):133-5.
• Hsieh BP, Schiller NB. A 76 year old man with a murmur since childhood, presents with
progressive dyspnea and cyanosis. Echo of the month, case studies.
https//www.Cardiosource.org, American College of Cardiology. February 2008.
• Hsieh BP, Pham MX, Froelicher VF. Prognostic value of electrocardiographic criteria for
left ventricular hypertrophy. Am Heart J. 2005 Jul;150(1):161-7.
Textbook chapter
• Hsieh BP, Redberg R. Chapter 30 - Cardiac tumors. - Current Diagnosis & Treatment in
Cardiology, 4rd ed. Crawford MH (editor), New York, McGraw-Hill, 2013.
• Hsieh BP, Taub C. Chapter 2 - Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing
Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy - Comprehensive Review in Vascular and
Endovascular Medicine. Cardiotext Publishing. 2012.
• Hsieh BP, Redberg R. Chapter 30 - Cardiac tumors - Current Diagnosis & Treatment in
Cardiology, 3rd ed. Crawford MH (editor). New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
• Hsieh BP. (Figures and legends), Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a
systemic embolic event, chapter 40. Otto C (editor), Practice of Clinical
Echocardiography, 3rd ed. W.B. Saunders Company, 2007.