Edward G. Lakatta
Preventive Cardiology
National Institutes of Health
About
Edward G. Lakatta works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with National Institutes of Health.
Edward G. Lakatta is a Senior Investigator and Chief of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. He founded the laboratory in 1985 after serving as section chief in the Clinical Physiology Branch. He also holds an adjunct professorship in Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Research focus
Cardiovascular AgingArterial StiffnessCardiac Excitation-Contraction CouplingIon Channel Regulation in MyocardiumVascular Smooth Muscle Function
Impact
1,205 pubs · 100,871 cites · h-index 152
Training
M.D.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
1970
Affiliations
Work Experience
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
1985 - Present
Clinical Physiology Branch, National Institutes of Health
1976 - 1985
University of Maryland School of Medicine