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Leigh Ann Jenkins

Leigh Ann Jenkins, MD

Professor
Division Chief: Cardiology

Office: 806-743-3155
Email: leighann.jenkins@ttuhsc.edu

Patient Appointments:
806-743-3150
Clinic Location:
Texas Tech Pavilion, 2nd Floor

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Education:

  • Fellowship: Lousiana State Univ, Shreveport, 1988
  • Residency: TTUHSC, 1986
  • Medical School: TTUHSC,M.D., 1983
  • Undergraduate School: TTU, B.A. English, 1979

Publications:

  • Transient left ventricular apical ballooning during dobutamine myocardial perfusion imaging.Published in electronic form in International Journal of Cardiology 2007 Mar 27.
  • Do comorbid psychiatric disorders contribute to the pathogenesis of Tako-tsubo syndrome? A review of pathogenesis. Congest Heart Fail. 2009;15:31-4.
  • Aortic coarctation complicated with multiple saccular aortic aneurysms. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 2009, 10:000-000.
  • Coronary artery aneurysms in Behcet’s disease. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2009, 10:128-129.
  • Left circumflex coronary artery to hepatic vein fistula: a case report and brief review of coronary vasculogenesis. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2009,10:179-182.
  • Postpartum Depression and Apical Ballooning Syndrome (Takotsubo Syndrome). Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2009,31(8):736-739.
  • Closure of A Giant Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysm with Emolization Coil. Cardiology Research and Practice 2009, Article ID 748272, 3 pages doi:10.4061/2009/748272.
  • Coronary angiography revealing a rare anomaly. Cardiology Review on line.
  • A Giant Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and a Massive Eye Hemorrhage Due to Advanced Atherosclerosis in an Eighty-Four Year Old Man. The Open Cardiovascular Imaging Journal, 2010, 2,1-2.
  • Placental Growth Factor: A New Kid on the Block? Southern Medical Journal, October 2010, Volume 103, Number 10.
  • Monophasic Synovial Sarcoma Presenting as Mitral Valve Obstruction. Tex Heart Inst J 2010;37(40:472-5.
  • Emotional stress and tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: observations on 2 distinct clinical phenotypes. J Investig Med. 2010 Feb;58(2):298-302.
  • LASER Endovascular Atherectomy with Secondary Stenting of Technically Challenging Calcified Celiac Trunk Stenosis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Aug 1;78(2)301-3.

Presentations:

  • Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. J Invest Medicine 55:S256, 2007. Presented at SSCI February 2007.
  Research Interests  
  • A prospective multinational, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, active-controlled trial to compare the effects of Lotrel(amlodipine/benazepril) to benazepril and HCTZ combined on the reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with high risk hypertension.