By Associate Professor Erin Howden

Journal articles

Beetham KS; Krishnasamy R; Stanton T; Sacre JW; Douglas B; Isbel NM; Coombes JS; Howden EJ, 2022, 'Effect of a 3-Year Lifestyle Intervention in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 33, pp. 431 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2021050668

Carrick-Ranson G; Howden EJ; Levine BD, 2022, 'Exercise in Octogenarians: How Much Is Too Little?', Annual Review of Medicine, 73, pp. 377 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-070119-115343

Janssens K; Mitchell A; Foulkes S; Head G; Howden E; Claessen G; La Gerche A, 2022, 'Modest Association Between Peak Exercise Blood Pressure and Ambulatory Hypertension in Endurance Athletes', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 31, pp. S47 - S47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.020

Williams CJ; Li Z; Harvey N; Lea RA; Gurd BJ; Bonafiglia JT; Papadimitriou I; Jacques M; Croci I; Stensvold D; Wisloff U; Taylor JL; Gajanand T; Cox ER; Ramos JS; Fassett RG; Little JP; Francois ME; Hearon CM; Sarma S; Janssen SLJE; Van Craenenbroeck EM; Beckers P; Cornelissen VA; Howden EJ; Keating SE; Yan X; Bishop DJ; Bye A; Haupt LM; Griffiths LR; Ashton KJ; Brown MA; Torquati L; Eynon N; Coombes JS, 2021, 'Genome wide association study of response to interval and continuous exercise training: the Predict-HIIT study', Journal of Biomedical Science, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12929-021-00733-7

MacNamara JP; Koshti V; Dias KA; Howden E; Hearon CM; Cheng IJ; Hynan LS; Levine BD; Sarma S, 2021, 'The impact of cardiac loading on a novel metric of left ventricular diastolic function in healthy middle-aged adults: Systolic–diastolic coupling', Physiological Reports, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15129

Howden EJ; Ruiz-Carmona S; La Gerche A; Delcroix M; Claessen G, 2021, 'Response by Howden et al to Letter Regarding Article, "oxygen Pathway Limitations in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension"', Circulation, 144, pp. E330 - E331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056806

Fong TS; Urbina EM; Howden EJ; Wallace I; Park C; Gall S; Salim A; Boutouyrie P; Bruno RM; Climie RE, 2021, 'Youth Vascular Consortium (YVC) Protocol: Establishing Reference Intervals for Vascular Ageing in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults', Heart Lung and Circulation, 30, pp. 1710 - 1715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2021.05.107

Cartledge S; Rawstorn J; Tran M; Ryan P; Howden E; Jackson A, 2021, 'Throwing cardiac rehabilitation into the 21st Century: a focus group study exploring the impact of COVID-19 on cardiac rehabilitation delivery in Victoria, Australia', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab060.069

Hearon CM; Howden EJ; Fu Q; Yoo JK; Dias KA; Roberts-Reeves MA; Samels M; Sarma S; Nesbitt S; Vongpatanasin W; Goldstein DS; Addo T; Levine BD, 2021, 'Evidence of Reduced Efferent Renal Sympathetic Innervation after Chemical Renal Denervation in Humans', American Journal of Hypertension, 34, pp. 744 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpab022

Howden EJ; Ruiz-Carmona S; Claeys M; De Bosscher R; Willems R; Meyns B; Verbelen T; Maleux G; Godinas L; Belge C; Bogaert J; Claus P; La Gerche A; Delcroix M; Claessen G, 2021, 'Oxygen Pathway Limitations in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension', Circulation, 143, pp. 2061 - 2073, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052899

Dillon HT; Dausin C; Claessen G; Lindqvist A; Mitchell A; Wright L; Willems R; La Gerche A; Howden EJ, 2021, 'The effect of posture on maximal oxygen uptake in active healthy individuals', European Journal of Applied Physiology, 121, pp. 1487 - 1498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00421-021-04630-7

Howden EJ; Foulkes S; Dillon HT; Bigaran A; Wright L; Janssens K; Comie P; Costello B; La Gerche A, 2021, 'Traditional markers of cardiac toxicity fail to detect marked reductions in cardiorespiratory fitness among cancer patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment', European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, 22, pp. 451 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaa421

Bigaran A; Zopf E; Gardner J; La Gerche A; Murphy DG; Howden EJ; Baker MK; Cormie P, 2021, 'The effect of exercise training on cardiometabolic health in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 24, pp. 35 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41391-020-00273-5

Sarma S; Howden E; Lawley J; Samels M; Levine BD, 2021, 'Central Command and the Regulation of Exercise Heart Rate Response in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction', Circulation, 143, pp. 783 - 789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048338

Hansen AB; Lawley JS; Rickards CA; Howden EJ; Sarma S; Cornwell WK; Amin SB; Mugele H; Marume K; Possnig C; Whitworth LA; Williams MA; Levine BD, 2021, 'Reducing intracranial pressure by reducing central venous pressure: Assessment of potential countermeasures to spaceflight-associated neuroocular syndrome', Journal of Applied Physiology, 130, pp. 283 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/JAPPLPHYSIOL.00786.2020

MacNamara JP; Koshti V; Cheng IJ; Dias KA; Hearon CM; Cornwell W; Howden EJ; Levine BD; Sarma S, 2021, 'The role of systolic–diastolic coupling in distinguishing impaired diastolic recoil in healthy aging and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction', Echocardiography, 38, pp. 261 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/echo.14975

Foulkes SJ; Claessen G; Howden EJ; Daly RM; Fraser SF; Haykowsky MJ; La Gerche A, 2021, 'A Walnut Heart Phenotype Is Associated With Reduced Cardiovascular Reserve In Breast Cancer Survivors', Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 53, pp. 86 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000760120.76553.11

Cartledge S; Rawstorn J; Ryan P; Tran M; Howden E; Jackson A, 2021, 'Cardiac Rehabilitation During COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: Telehealth is Here to Stay but it is Not Without Challenges. A Focus Group Study', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 30, pp. S277 - S277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.406

Foulkes S; Costello BT; Howden EJ; Janssens K; Dillon H; Toro C; Claus P; Fraser SF; Daly RM; Elliott DA; Conyers R; La Gerche A, 2020, 'Exercise cardiovascular magnetic resonance reveals reduced cardiac reserve in pediatric cancer survivors with impaired cardiopulmonary fitness', Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12968-020-00658-4

Hardin EA; Stoller D; Lawley J; Howden EJ; Hieda M; Pawelczyk J; Jarvis S; Prisk K; Sarma S; Levine BD, 2020, 'Noninvasive assessment of cardiac output: Accuracy and precision of the closed-circuit acetylene rebreathing technique for cardiac output measurement', Journal of the American Heart Association, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.015794

Foulkes SJ; Howden EJ; Antill Y; Loi S; Salim A; Haykowsky MJ; Daly RM; Fraser SF; La Gerche A, 2020, 'Exercise as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for preventing cardiovascular morbidity in breast cancer patients- The BReast cancer EXercise InTervention (BREXIT) trial protocol', BMC Cancer, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07123-6

Carrick-Ranson G; Sloane NM; Howden EJ; Bhella PS; Sarma S; Shibata S; Fujimoto N; Hastings JL; Levine BD, 2020, 'The effect of lifelong endurance exercise on cardiovascular structure and exercise function in women', Journal of Physiology, 598, pp. 2589 - 2605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP278503

Sarma S; Howden E; Carrick-Ranson G; Lawley J; Hearon C; Samels M; Everding B; Livingston S; Adams-Huet B; Dean Palmer M; Levine BD, 2020, 'Elevated exercise blood pressure in middle-aged women is associated with altered left ventricular and vascular stiffness', Journal of Applied Physiology, 128, pp. 1123 - 1129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00458.2019

Foulkes S; Claessen G; Howden EJ; Daly RM; Fraser SF; La Gerche A, 2020, 'The Utility of Cardiac Reserve for the Early Detection of Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiac Dysfunction: A Comprehensive Overview', Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.00032

Huppertz N; Beetham KS; Howden EJ; Leicht AS; Isbel NM; Coombes JS, 2020, 'A 12-month lifestyle intervention does not improve cardiac autonomic function in patients with chronic kidney disease', Autonomic Neuroscience Basic and Clinical, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2020.102642

Sarma S; Stoller D; Hendrix J; Howden E; Lawley J; Livingston S; Adams-Huet B; Holmes C; Goldstein DS; Levine BD, 2020, 'Mechanisms of Chronotropic Incompetence in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction', Circulation Heart Failure, 13, pp. E006331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006331

Hieda M; Sarma S; Hearon CM; Dias KA; Martinez J; Samels M; Everding B; Palmer D; Livingston S; Morris M; Howden E; Levine BD, 2020, 'Increased Myocardial Stiffness in Patients with High-Risk Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: The Hallmark of Stage-B Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction', Circulation, 141, pp. 115 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040332

Dillon H; Dausin C; Claessen G; Lindqvist A; Mitchell A; Wright L; Howden E; La Gerche A, 2020, '008 Differential Oxygen Consumption and Cardiac Response to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Upright, Semi-Supine and Supine Cycling Positions', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S40 - S41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.015

Foulkes S; Wright L; Paratz E; Antill Y; Loi S; Daly R; Fraser S; Howden E; La Gerche A, 2020, '286 Anthracycline Chemotherapy is not associated with Reductions in Right-Ventricular or Left Atrial Strain in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S162 - S162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.293

Wright L; Kawakami H; Howden E; Marwick T, 2020, '305 Comparison of a Novel “length of Line” Speckle Tracking Approach for Left Atrial Strain Measurement', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S170 - S170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.312

Foulkes S; Howden E; Antill Y; Loi S; Haykowsky M; Daly R; Fraser S; La Gerche A, 2020, '399 Reduced End Systolic Volume is associated With Attenuated Cardiac Reserve and Lower Exercise Capacity in Women Recently Diagnosed With Breast Cancer', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S217 - S218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.406

Costello BT; Roberts TJ; Howden EJ; Bigaran A; Foulkes SJ; Beaudry RI; Janssens K; Haykowsky MJ; Antill Y; Nightingale S; Loi S; La Gerche A, 2019, 'Exercise Attenuates Cardiotoxicity of Anthracycline Chemotherapy Measured by Global Longitudinal Strain', Jacc Cardiooncology, 1, pp. 298 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2019.09.002

Beetham KS; Howden EJ; Fassett RG; Petersen A; Trewin AJ; Isbel NM; Coombes JS, 2019, 'High-intensity interval training in chronic kidney disease: A randomized pilot study', Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 29, pp. 1197 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sms.13436

Foulkes SJ; Howden EJ; Bigaran A; Janssens K; Antill Y; Loi S; Claus P; Haykowsky MJ; Daly RM; Fraser SF; La Gerche A, 2019, 'Persistent Impairment in Cardiopulmonary Fitness after Breast Cancer Chemotherapy', Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 51, pp. 1573 - 1581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001970

Taylor CE; Boulton D; Howden EJ; Siebenmann C; Macefield VG, 2019, 'Central command increases muscle sympathetic nerve activity more to contracting than noncontracting muscle during rhythmic isotonic leg exercise', Journal of Neurophysiology, 121, pp. 1704 - 1710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00075.2019

Howden EJ; Bigaran A; Beaudry R; Fraser S; Selig S; Foulkes S; Antill Y; Nightingale S; Loi S; Haykowsky MJ; La Gerche A, 2019, 'Exercise as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the prevention of cardiovascular dysfunction in breast cancer patients', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 26, pp. 305 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487318811181

Hieda M; Howden EJ; Sarma S; Cornwell W; Lawley JS; Tarumi T; Palmer D; Samels M; Everding B; Livingston S; Fu Q; Zhang R; Levine BD, 2019, 'The impact of 2 years of high-intensity exercise training on a model of integrated cardiovascular regulation', Journal of Physiology, 597, pp. 419 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP276676

Williams CJ; Gurd BJ; Bonafiglia JT; Voisin S; Li Z; Harvey N; Croci I; Taylor JL; Gajanand T; Ramos JS; Fassett RG; Little JP; Francois ME; Hearon CM; Sarma S; Janssen SLJE; Van Craenenbroeck EM; Beckers P; Cornelissen VA; Pattyn N; Howden EJ; Keating SE; Bye A; Stensvold D; Wisloff U; Papadimitriou I; Yan X; Bishop DJ; Eynon N; Coombes JS, 2019, 'A multi-center comparison of VO2peak trainability between interval training and moderate intensity continuous training', Frontiers in Physiology, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00019

Beaudry RI; Howden EJ; Foulkes S; Bigaran A; Claus P; Haykowsky MJ; Gerche AL, 2019, 'Determinants of exercise intolerance in breast cancer patients prior to anthracycline chemotherapy', Physiological Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13971

Dias KA; Lawley JS; Gatterer H; Howden EJ; Sarma S; Cornwell WK; Hearon CM; Samels M; Everding B; Liang ASW; Hendrix M; Piper T; Thevis M; Bruick RK; Levine BD, 2019, 'Effect of acute and chronic xenon inhalation on erythropoietin, hematological parameters, and athletic performance', Journal of Applied Physiology, 127, pp. 1503 - 1510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00289.2019

McNamara DA; Aiad N; Howden E; Hieda M; Link MS; Palmer D; Samels M; Everding B; Ng J; Adams-Huet B; Opondo M; Sarma S; Levine BD, 2019, 'Left atrial electromechanical remodeling following 2 years of high-intensity exercise training in sedentary middle-aged adults', Circulation, 139, pp. 1507 - 1516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037615

Petersen LG; Lawley JS; Lilja-Cyron A; Petersen JCG; Howden EJ; Sarma S; Cornwell WK; Zhang R; Whitworth LA; Williams MA; Juhler M; Levine BD, 2019, 'Lower body negative pressure to safely reduce intracranial pressure', Journal of Physiology, 597, pp. 237 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP276557

Lawley JS; Gatterer H; Dias KA; Howden EJ; Sarma S; Cornwell WK; Hearon CM; Samels M; Everding B; Bruick RK; Hendrix M; Piper T; Thevis M; Levine BD, 2019, 'Safety, hemodynamic effects, and detection of acute xenon inhalation: Rationale for banning xenon from sport', Journal of Applied Physiology, 127, pp. 1511 - 1518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00290.2019

Foulkes S; Costello B; Howden E; Elliott D; Conyers R; La Gerche A, 2019, 'Exercise Cardiac MRI Unmasks Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivors with Reduced Cardiopulmonary Fitness', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S135 - S135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.010

Janssens K; Claessen G; Foulkes S; Sully F; Flannery D; Howden E; La Gerche A, 2019, 'High Peak Exercise Blood Pressure in Athletes is Proportional to Exercise Capacity; Need for a New Approach to Normal Reference Values', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S141 - S141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.021

Howden E; Foulkes S; Wright L; Sully F; Janssens K; Dillon H; Costello B; La Gerche A, 2019, 'Traditional Markers of Myocardial Dysfunction Fail to Detect Marked Reductions in Physical Fitness Among Chemotherapy Patients', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S136 - S136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.011

Beetham KS; Howden EJ; Isbel NM; Coombes JS, 2018, 'Agreement between cystatin-C and creatinine based eGFR estimates after a 12-month exercise intervention in patients with chronic kidney disease', BMC Nephrology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1146-4

Howden EJ; Levine BD, 2018, 'Response by Howden and Levine to Letters Regarding Article, "Reversing the Cardiac Effects of Sedentary Aging in Middle Age-A Randomized Controlled Trial: Implications for Heart Failure Prevention"', Circulation, 138, pp. 1759 - 1760, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036249

Howden EJ; La Gerche A; Arthur JF; McMullen JR; Jennings GL; Dunstan DW; Owen N; Avery S; Kingwell BA, 2018, 'Standing up to the cardiometabolic consequences of hematological cancers', Blood Reviews, 32, pp. 349 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.blre.2018.02.005

Fraser S; Howden E; Foulkes S; Bigaran A; Janssens K; Beaudry R; Selig S; Haykowsky MJ; Antill YC; Loi S; LaGerche A, 2018, 'Role of cardiac reserve as a tool to unmask cardiotoxicity following anthracycline therapy and whether exercise training can attenuate cardiotoxicity.', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 36, pp. 556 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.556

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