Lena Molly Mathews, MD, MHS

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Find a Clinical Trial

Selected Publications

• Mathews L, Iantorno M, Schär M, Bonanno G, Gerstenblith G, Weiss RG, Hays AG. Coronary endothelial function is better in healthy premenopausal women than in healthy older postmenopausal women and men. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 26;12(10):e0186448. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186448. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29073168 Free PMC article

• Mathews L, Brewer LC. A Review of Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation: EVIDENCE, DRIVERS, AND SOLUTIONS. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2021 Nov 1;41(6):375-382. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000659. PMID: 34727556 Review

• Mathews L, Ding N, Sang Y, Loehr LR, Shin JI, Punjabi NM, Bertoni AG, Crews DC, Rosamond WD, Coresh J, Ndumele CE, Matsushita K, Chang PP. Racial Differences in Trends and Prognosis of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Surveillance Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01202-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35001343

• Mathews L, Han D, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Ndumele CE, Crews DC. Prevalence of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Among Baltimore City Adults in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span (HANDLS) Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Feb 16. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-00984-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33594652

• Mathews L, Ogunmoroti O, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Utuama OA, Rouseff M, Das S, Veledar E, Feldman T, Agatston A, Zhao D, Michos ED. Psychological Factors and Their Association with Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Women and Men. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018 May;27(5):709-715. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6563. Epub 2018 Jan 29. PMID: 29377738 Free PMC article.

Lectures & Presentations

• Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels And Endothelial Function Among Men and Post-Menopausal Women in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), Poster Presentation, Mid Atlantic American College of Cardiology Conference, 11/1/17
• Healthy postmenopausal women have impaired coronary endothelial function measured on MRI after isometric handgrip exercise when compared to healthy premenopausal women, Poster Presentation, Society of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scientific Sessions, Washington, D.C., 2/1/17
• High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin-T and Subsequent Risk of Hospitalization with Bleeding: The Atherosclerosis in Communities (ARIC) Study, Oral Presentation, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 11/1/17
• Self-Perceived Psychological Factors and Their Impact on Ideal Cardiovascular Health by Gender: The Baptist Health South Florida (BHSF) Employee Study, Poster Presentation, American Heart Association Epi/Lifestyles Session, Portland, Oregon, 3/1/17

Memberships

• American Heart Association,

  Member

• American College of Cardiology,

  Member