Michael Faulx, MD

Appointed
2005

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cardiovascular Disease
Cleveland, OH
2005

Residency - University Hospitals of Cleveland
Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH
2001

Internship - University Hospitals of Cleveland
Internal Medicine
Cleveland, OH
1998

Medical Education - Temple University School of Medicine
M.D.
Philadelphia, PA
1997

Undergraduate - Pennsylvania State University
Biochemistry
University Park, PA
1992

Professional Highlights

• Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Faulx MD, Wright AT, Hoit BD. The Detection of Endothelial Dysfunction Using Brachial Artery Ultrasound Scanning. Am Heart J 2003; 145(6): 943-51.
  2. Faulx MD, Larkin EK, Hoit BD, Aylor JE, Wright AT, Redline S. Sex Influences Endothelial Function in Sleep Disordered Breathing. Sleep 2004; 27(6):1113-20.
  3. Morgan EE, Faulx MD, McElfresh TA, Kung TA, Zawaneh MS, Stanley WC, Chandler MP, Hoit BD. Validation of Echocardiographic Methods for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Rats with Myocardial Infarction. Am J Physiol – Heart and Circ Physiol 2004; 287(5):H2049-53.
  4. Karim S, Rhee AY, Given AM, Faulx MD, Hoit BD, Brozovich FV. Vascular Reactivity in Heart Failure: The Role of Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase. Circ Res 2004; 95: 612-618.
  5. Faulx MD, Ernsberger P, Vatner D, Hoffman RD, Strachan R, Lewis W, Hoit BD. Strain-Dependent Beta Adrenergic Receptor Function Influences Myocardial Responses to Isoproterenol Stimulation in Mice. Am J Physiol – Heart and Circ Physiol 2005; 289(1):H30-6.
  6. Faulx MD, Chandler MP, Stanley WC, Zawaneh MS, Hoit BD. Strain Specific Differences in Cardiac Metabolic Enzyme Activities Observed in a Mouse Model of Isoproterenol-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy Clin Exper Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34(1-2): 77-80.
  7. Faulx MD, Storfer-Isser A, Kirchner HL, Jenny NS, Tracy RP, Redline S. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Increased Urinary Albumin Excretion. Sleep 2007; 30(7): 923-29.
  8. Perkins DA, Nielsen C, Faulx M. Internal Medicine Board Review. A young pregnant woman with shortness of breath. Cleve Clin J Med 2008; 75(11): 788- 92.
  9. Faulx MD and Francis GS. Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Prob Cardiol 2008; 33: 703-68.
  10. Mekuria SM, Tan C, Schoenhagen P, Faulx MD. Shortness of Breath and Visual Hallucinations. Am J Med 2009; 122(4): 338-41.
  11. Batal O, Faulx MD, Krasuski RA, Khatib OF, Hammer JP, Hussein A, Dweik RA. Effect of Obesity on B-type Natiuretic Peptide Levels in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Am J Cardiol 2012; 110(6): 909-14.
  12. Ha D, Faulx M, Isada C, Kattan M, Yu C, Olender J, Nielsen C, Brateanu A. Transitioning from a noon conference to an academic half-day curriculum model: effect on medical knowledge acquisition and learning satisfaction. J Grad Med Educ. 2014 Mar; 6(1):93-9.
  13. Vu NM, Hill TE, Summers MR, Vranian MN, Faulx MD. Management of life-threatening flecainide overdose: A case report and review of the literature. Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2016; 2(3): 228–31.
  14. Mohananey D, Villablanca PA, Gupta T, Agrawal S, Faulx M, Menon V, Kapadia SR, Griffin BP, Ellis SG, Desai MY. Recognized Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Associated with Improved In-Hospital Outcomes After ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.  J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6(7):e006.
  15. Patel N, Harb S, Xu B, Soltesz E, Myles J, Faulx MD. Multiple Cardiac Papillary Fibroblastomas. CASE: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports 2017; 1(3): 104-6.
  16. Khirfan G, Ahmed M, Faulx M, Dakkak W, Dweik R, Tonelli A. Gasometric Gradients between Blood Obtained from the Pulmonary Artery Wedge and Pulmonary Artery Positions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Respir Res 2019; 20 (1): 1-8.
  17. Mani P, Gonzalez D, Chatterjee S, Faulx M. Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: what to look for. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(10): 685-95.
  18. Walia H, Foldvary-Schaefer Nancy, Thompson N, Strohl K, Faulx M, Waters T, Kominsky A, Mehra R. Upper Airway Stimulation versus Positive Airway Pressure Impact on Blood Pressure and Sleepiness Symptoms in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Chest 2020; 157(1): 173-83.
  19. Desai M, Alashi A, Isaza N, Faulx J, Popovic Z, Menon V, Ellis S, Faulx M, Kapadia S, Griffin B. Outcomes of patients with Takotsubo syndrome: Impact of baseline and temporal changes in left ventricular systolic function. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9(16): e016537.
  20. Isaza N, Alashi A, Faulx J, Popovic Z, Menon V, Ellis S, Faulx M, Kapadia S, Griffin B, Desai M. Impact of temporal changes in left ventricular systolic function on outcomes in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol Imaging 2020; Dec 10:S1936-878X (20)30943-8.
  21. Sheehan M, Yoshihito S, Popovic ZB, Faulx MD. Echocardiography in suspected coronavirus infection: indications, limitations and impact on management. Open Heart 2021; 8(2):e001702.
  22. Faulx MD. Predicting Incident Atrial Fibrillation Using Single Channel Nocturnal Oximetry: Can Necessity Become the Mother of Intervention?  Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021; 18(6): 952-4.
  23. Laczay B and Faulx MD. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Contemporary Review. J Clin Med 2021, 10: 3785.
  24. Prasada S, Desai M, Saad M, Smilowitz N, Faulx M, Menon V, Moudgil R, Chaudhury P, Hussein A, Taigen T, Nakhla S, Mentias A. Impact of Preexisting Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiovascular Outcomes after Non-Cardiac Surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jun 28; 79(25):2471-2485.
  25. Bansal A, Gad M, Faulx M, Alverez P, Xu B. Age-Related Variations in Hospital Events and Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Nationwide Cohort Study. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2022; 23(1): 24-26.
  26. Faulx MD, Mehra R, Geovanini, et al on behalf of the International Collaboration of Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Trialists (INCOSACT). Obstructive Sleep Apnea and its Management in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: An International Collaboration of Sleep Apnea Cardiovascular Trialists (INCOSACT) global survey of practicing cardiologists. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2022 Jul 19;42: 101085.
  27. Badwan OZ, Abu-Shawer O, Paul A, Faulx M, Barzilai B. Postoperative Apical Ballooning Syndrome Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Cureus 2023; 15(1): e34450. doi:10.7759/cureus.34450
  28. Nandan A and Faulx MD. Current Perspectives in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Positive Airway Pressure. Curr Pulmonol Rep 2023.doi: 1007/s13665-023-00308-x.
  29. Heinzinger C, Thompson N, Milinovich A, Lima Diniz Araujo M, Pena Orbea C, Foldvary-Shaefer N, Haouzi P, Faulx M, Van Wagoner D, Chung M, and Mehra R. Sleep Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Pulmonary Physiologic Influences in Atrial Fibrillation. J Amer Heart Assn 2023:e031462.
  30. Duran Crane A, Militello M, Faulx MD. Digoxin is still useful, but still causing toxicity. Cleve Clin J Med 2024; 91(8):1-11.
  31. Heinzinger CM, Lapin B, Thompson NR, Milinovich A, May A, Faulx M, Van Wagoner DR, Chung MK, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Mehra R. Novel Sleep Phenotypic Profiles Associated with Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a Large Clinical Cohort. J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Jul 17, 2024. Epublished DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.05.027
  32. Agrawal A, Bhagat U, Bayat A, Sawhney A, Chandna S, Arockiam AD, Haroun E, Gupta R, Faulx M, Desai MY, Jaber Y, Menon V, Griffin B, Wang TKM. Contemporary Characteristics, Outcomes and Novel Risk Score for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis. Open Heart 2024, accepted for publication
  33. Dugan E, Abdulhai F, Badwan O, Tang C, Skoza W, Rodriguez ER, Faulx M. A Case of Jailed Right Coronary Artery Presenting with Recurrent Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest. Submitted, JACC Case Reports 2024, being revised.
  34. Safdar A, Sipko J, Wang TKM, Faulx M. Giant Coronary Aneurysms, submitted to JACC Case Reports 2024,
      JCR070724-1790R, being revised

  Invited, Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

  1. Faulx MD, Fox K, Hoit BD. Strain and Strain Rate Echocardiography. Cardiac Ultrasound Today 2003; 9(6): 113-32.
  2. Faulx MD.When you should see a doctor about shortness of breath. The Heart Edition, Men’s Health Magazine. April 2017.
  3. Faulx MD.Impact of the 2021 AHA/ACC Chest Pain Guideline on Clinical Practice: Time to Re-Plan Your Scans?  acc.org/Latest-in-Cardiology/Articles. March 2022.
  4. Faulx MD. How Sleep Affects Your Heart Rate. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/sleeping-heart-rate. Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials. February 2024.

  Book & Book Chapters

  1. Hoit BD and Faulx MD. Chapter 12: Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease in Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Cardiology, 2^nd Michael Crawford, Editor. McGraw-Hill, Philadelphia, 2002.
  2. Faulx MD and Brozovich F. The Developing Role of the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) in Acute Coronary Syndromes in Proceedings of the 32^nd Memorial Meeting of Professor Janez Plecnik, International Symposium in Honor of Professor Rene Favaloro, Cardiovascular Diseases. Published through the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 2001. Draga S. Martincic, Editor.
  3. Hoit BD and Faulx MD. Chapter 80: Diseases of the Pericardium in Hurst’s The Heart, 11^th Edition, Valentin Fuster, R. Wayne Alexander, Robert A. O’Rourke, Editors. McGraw-Hill, Philadelphia, 2004.
  4. Faulx MD and Dunlap ME. The Role of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure(CPAP) in the Management of Decompensated Heart Failure Complicated by Acute Pulmonary Edema in Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Christopher M. O’Connor, Wendy A. Gattis, Mihai Gheorghiade, Kirkwood F. Adams, Editors. Taylor and Francis Books, Ltd., 2005.
  5. Faulx MD and Hoit BD. Chapter 36: Diseases of the Pericardium in Hurst’s The Heart Manual of Cardiology, 11^th Ed. Robert O’Rourke, Editor. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005. 
  6. Faulx MD, Pina I, Francis GS. Chapter 94: Adverse Cardiovascular Drug Interactions and Complications in Hurst’s The Heart, 12^th Edition, Valentin Fuster, Editor. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008.
  7. Faulx MD. Chapter 21: Pulmonic Valve Echocardiography in Atlas of Echocardiography: Imaging Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. James D. Thomas, Editor. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2010.
  8. Faulx MD and Kumar P. Section II: Methods of hemodynamic evaluation, Chapter 8: Right and left heart catheterizationin Cardiovascular Hemodynamics: An Introductory Guide. Arman T. Askari, Saif Anwaruddin, Joseph M. Martin, Stephens JC (Eds). Springer Publishing, New York. 2012.
  9. Lewis AB and Faulx MD. Section I: Cardiovascular Physiology: Flow-Volume Loops in The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review. Second Edition. Brian P. Griffin, Samir R. Kapadia, Curtis M. Rimmerman, Editors. Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, London, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Sydney, Tokyo. 
  10. Faulx MD. Section I: Cardiovascular History and Physical Examination in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  11. Faulx MD. Section II: The Electrocardiogram in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY 2015.
  12. Faulx MD. Section III: Cardiovascular Providers and Procedures in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  13. Faulx MD.Case 3: Cardiogenic Shock in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  14. Faulx MD.Case 22: Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  15. Faulx MD.Case 23: Dyspnea in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  16. Faulx MD.Case 26: Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Case Files: Cardiology, First Edition. Eugene Toy and Michael D. Faulx, editors. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 
  17. Faulx MD. Section II: Methods of hemodynamic evaluation, Chapter 8: Right and left heart catheterizationin Cardiovascular Hemodynamics: An Introductory Guide. Arman T. Askari, Adrian Messerli (Eds). Springer Publishing, New York. 2019.
  18. Meredith R and Faulx MD. Section I: Cardiovascular Physiology: Flow-Volume Loops in The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review. Third Edition. Brian P. Griffin, Samir R. Kapadia, Venu Menon, Editors. Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, London, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Sydney, Tokyo. 2019, revised for 2022.
  19. Hedley JR and Faulx MD. Chapter 58: Effects of Systemic Diseases on the Heart and Cardiovascular System in The Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Board Review. Third Edition. Brian P. Griffin, Samir R. Kapadia, Venu Menon, Editors. Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, London, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Sydney, Tokyo. 2019, revised for 2022.
  20. Bakhtadze B and Faulx M. Chapter 2: Non ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine, 6^th Brian P. Griffin, Editor. Wolters Kluwer Health, Denver, CO. 2023.

  Media Appearances & Coverage / Podcasts

  1. “Good Company”, WKYC-TV Channel 3, Cleveland, Ohio

  Heart Month Tips for a Healthy Heart

  February 2007

  2. Podcast “How your sleep can affect your heart” with Reena Mehra, MD, MS

  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/love-your-heart/how-you-sleep-can-affect-your-heart

  October 2021. Available on all United Airlines flights.

  3. Podcast “Stress testing: questions and answers” with Drs. Lorenzo Braghieri, Arjun Chatterjee and Richard Wardrop III as part of the “Medicine Grand Rounders” podcast series. Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program, June 2023.
  4. Podcast “GDMT” with Drs. Lorenzo Braghieri, Arjun Chatterjee and Richard Wardrop III as part of the “Medicine Grand Rounders” podcast series. Cleveland Clinic Internal Medicine Residency Program, March 2024.

Specialty Interests

General cardiology, critical care cardiology, structural heart disease, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, stress induced cardiomyopathy, cardiac manifestations of rheumatologic disorders

Memberships

• American Heart Association
• American College of Cardiology

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