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Paul Thompson MD

Paul D. Thompson MD

Chief of Cardiology – Emeritus, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; Professor of Medicine –Emeritus, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Dr. Paul Thompson is Chief of Cardiology – Emeritus, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, and Professor of Medicine – Emeritus at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He previously was Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh from 1992 to 1997 and on the faculty of Brown University from 1978 to 1992.

He has authored over 500 scientific articles on topics which include: the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors; the effects of exercise training on preventing and treating heart disease; the risk of sudden death during exercise; the effects of statins on muscle function; and genetic factors affecting the exercise response. His past NIH funding includes the Preventive Cardiology Academic Award as well as studies examining the effect of exercise training on HDL metabolism; the effect of testosterone on endothelial function; genetic factors affecting muscle hypertrophy with exercise training; the effects of statins on skeletal muscle strength; the effects of coenzyme Q10 on statin myalgia; and genetic factors increasing the risk of statin myalgia.

Dr. Thompson is the co-editor of the book Exercise and Sports Cardiology and of the book Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms. He is a past president of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Disclosures

  • Consultant: Legal consultation on exercise-related cardiac events and statin myopathy
  • Research funding: Esperion; Novartis
  • Financial interests: Abbott Labs; CVS; Illumina; Novo-Nordisk; GE Healthcare; Johnson & Johnson; Medtronic; OpSens; scPharmaceuticals; Sarepta; Shockwave Medical

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Right Ventricular Dysfunction Is Associated With Arrhythmias in Athletes
  2. Cardiac Effects of Alcohol Consumption in the Elderly
  3. The Effect of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Age-Related Lipids and Lipoproteins
  4. Ten-Year Review of Rates of Sudden Cardiac Death in NCAA Athletes
  5. The National Physical Activity Plan
  6. Sports Participation in Genotype Positive Long QT Syndrome
  7. Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival in a Large Community Cohort
  8. Genetically Determined Height and Coronary Artery Disease
  9. Sudden Cardiac Arrest During Sports Activity in Middle Age
  10. Impact of Statins on Serial Coronary Calcification During Atheroma Progression and Regression

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