Sarah de Ferranti

Summary

Affiliation: Children's Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Childhood cholesterol disorders: the iceberg base or nondisease?
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Med Clin North Am 96:141-54. 2012
  2. ncbi Hypertriglyceridemia in a pediatric referral practice: experience with 300 patients
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:297-307. 2011
  3. ncbi The perfect storm: obesity, adipocyte dysfunction, and metabolic consequences
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Chem 54:945-55. 2008
  4. ncbi Epidemiology of paediatric metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Preventive Cardiology Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Diab Vasc Dis Res 4:285-96. 2007
  5. ncbi Nonfasting low-density lipoprotein testing: utility for cholesterol screening in pediatric primary care
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:441-5. 2007
  6. ncbi Endothelial pulse amplitude testing: feasibility and reproducibility in adolescents
    Elif Seda Selamet Tierney
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02155, USA
    J Pediatr 154:901-5. 2009
  7. ncbi Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in American adolescents: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    Circulation 110:2494-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Storm over statins--the controversy surrounding pharmacologic treatment of children
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Preventive Cardiology Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston, USA
    N Engl J Med 359:1309-12. 2008
  9. ncbi C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease: a review of risk prediction and interventions
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Clin Chim Acta 317:1-15. 2002
  10. ncbi Inflammation and changes in metabolic syndrome abnormalities in US adolescents: findings from the 1988-1994 and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology; Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Chem 52:1325-30. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Nutritional Treatment of Overweight Adolescents with Cardiovascular Risk Factors
    Sarah de Ferranti; Fiscal Year: 2007

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Childhood cholesterol disorders: the iceberg base or nondisease?
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Med Clin North Am 96:141-54. 2012
    ..However, many gaps in the pediatric knowledge base remain about the benefits and risk, the optimal method for lipid screening, and about appropriate indications for pharmacotherapy...
  2. ncbi Hypertriglyceridemia in a pediatric referral practice: experience with 300 patients
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:297-307. 2011
    ..Pediatric hypertriglyceridemia is an emerging comorbidity of childhood obesity...
  3. ncbi The perfect storm: obesity, adipocyte dysfunction, and metabolic consequences
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Chem 54:945-55. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Epidemiology of paediatric metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Preventive Cardiology Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Diab Vasc Dis Res 4:285-96. 2007
    ..This epidemic will bear fruit in forthcoming decades, putting further stress on the healthcare system and probably leading to increased morbidity and a shorter lifespan for future generations...
  5. ncbi Nonfasting low-density lipoprotein testing: utility for cholesterol screening in pediatric primary care
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:441-5. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Endothelial pulse amplitude testing: feasibility and reproducibility in adolescents
    Elif Seda Selamet Tierney
    Department of Cardiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02155, USA
    J Pediatr 154:901-5. 2009
    ..To test prospectively the reproducibility and feasibility of endothelial pulse amplitude testing (Endo-PAT), a novel Food and Drug Administration-approved technology, in healthy adolescents...
  7. ncbi Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in American adolescents: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    Circulation 110:2494-7. 2004
    ..Because childhood MetS likely tracks into adulthood, early identification may help target interventions to improve future cardiovascular health...
  8. ncbi Storm over statins--the controversy surrounding pharmacologic treatment of children
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Preventive Cardiology Clinic, Children's Hospital Boston, USA
    N Engl J Med 359:1309-12. 2008
  9. ncbi C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease: a review of risk prediction and interventions
    Sarah de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Clin Chim Acta 317:1-15. 2002
    ..In the future CRP may modify treatment and preventive therapies...
  10. ncbi Inflammation and changes in metabolic syndrome abnormalities in US adolescents: findings from the 1988-1994 and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
    Sarah D de Ferranti
    Department of Cardiology; Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Chem 52:1325-30. 2006
    ..Adolescents with more metabolic abnormalities have higher CRP, which may be an indicator of greater metabolic derangement and future cardiovascular risk...
  11. ncbi Obesity is a common comorbidity in children with congenital and acquired heart disease
    Nelangi M Pinto
    Division of Cardiology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e1157-64. 2007
    ..Many children with heart disease are sedentary as a result of physician-, parent-, and/or self-imposed restrictions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the epidemic of obesity on children with heart disease...

Research Grants2

  1. Nutritional Treatment of Overweight Adolescents with Cardiovascular Risk Factors
    Sarah de Ferranti; Fiscal Year: 2007
    The applicant, Dr. Sarah de Ferranti, is a pediatric cardiologist and Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard University...