Brian J. Malm, MD, FACC, FASE
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)Cards
Appointments
Additional Titles
Associate Chief of Cardiology, VA CT Healthcare System
Contact Info
Cardiovascular Medicine
PO Box 208017
New Haven, CT 06520-8017
United States
Appointments
Additional Titles
Associate Chief of Cardiology, VA CT Healthcare System
Contact Info
Cardiovascular Medicine
PO Box 208017
New Haven, CT 06520-8017
United States
Appointments
Additional Titles
Associate Chief of Cardiology, VA CT Healthcare System
Contact Info
Cardiovascular Medicine
PO Box 208017
New Haven, CT 06520-8017
United States
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Associate Chief of Cardiology, VA CT Healthcare SystemBiography
Dr. Malm is a general cardiologist and the Associate Chief of Cardiology at VA CT healthcare. He is also an echocardiography attending at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, adult comprehensive echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He joined the Yale faculty in 2008 and is an ACGME core faculty member for the cardiology fellowship training program. He has served as a site principal investigator on multi-center clinical trials in preventive cardiology, including the ongoing ZEUS, PREVENTABLE, and VA-IMPACT trials. He is the current Governor and President of the CT Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
Appointments
Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale-New Haven Medical Center (2008)
- Resident
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell (2005)
- Intern
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell (2003)
- MD
- State University of New York at Buffalo (2002)
- BS
- State University of New York at Binghamton (1996)
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Mehran M Sadeghi, MD
Alexander Thomas, MD
Craig Gunderson, MD, SFHM
Cynthia Brandt, MD, MPH
David J. Hur, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR
James Dziura, MPH, PhD
Publications
2023
Opioid prescription and risk of atrial fibrillation in younger veterans
Chui P, Khokhar A, Gordon K, Dziura J, Burg M, Brandt C, Haskell S, Malm B, Bastian L, Gandhi P. Opioid prescription and risk of atrial fibrillation in younger veterans. American Heart Journal 2023, 268: 61-67. PMID: 37949420, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2023.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsTime-updated Cox regressionIncident atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationOpioid exposureVeterans Health AdministrationOpioid typeCox regressionOpioid prescriptionsICD-9-CM diagnostic codesIncidence of AFDevelopment of AFPrescription opioid exposureModifiable risk factorsPrimary care visitsPrescribed opioidsCare visitsOpioid useRisk factorsDiagnostic codesTime-dependent variablesOpioidsHealth AdministrationYounger veteransBaseline periodStudy samplePragmatic evaluation of events and benefits of lipid lowering in older adults (PREVENTABLE): Trial design and rationale
Joseph J, Pajewski N, Dolor R, Sellers M, Perdue L, Peeples S, Henrie A, Woolard N, Jones W, Benziger C, Orkaby A, Mixon A, VanWormer J, Shapiro M, Kistler C, Polonsky T, Chatterjee R, Chamberlain A, Forman D, Knowlton K, Gill T, Newby L, Hammill B, Cicek M, Williams N, Decker J, Ou J, Rubinstein J, Choudhary G, Gazmuri R, Schmader K, Roumie C, Vaughan C, Effron M, Cooper‐DeHoff R, Supiano M, Shah R, Whittle J, Hernandez A, Ambrosius W, Williamson J, Alexander K, Group P. Pragmatic evaluation of events and benefits of lipid lowering in older adults (PREVENTABLE): Trial design and rationale. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 1701-1713. PMID: 37082807, PMCID: PMC10258159, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18312.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsOlder adultsHigh-intensity statin therapyRandomized pragmatic clinical trialCognitive testingBenefits of lipidInitiation of statinsBenefits of statinsNational Death Index searchEffect of statinsPragmatic clinical trialsCommunity-dwelling adultsMild cognitive impairmentLow participant burdenBaseline cognitive testingElectronic health recordsCardiovascular deathCardiovascular eventsCoronary revascularizationLipid panelStatin therapyStatin useUnstable anginaHeart failurePrimary outcomeMyocardial infarctionOpioid Prescription and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Younger Veterans: Opioid Use and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
Philip W. Chui, Arshjot Khokhar, Kirsha S. Gordon, James Dziura, Matthew M. Burg, Cynthia Brandt, Sally G. Haskell, Brian Malm, Lori A. Bastian, Parul U. Gandhi. Opioid Prescription and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Younger Veterans: Opioid Use and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation. American Heart Journal, 2023.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Triglyceride Lowering with Pemafibrate to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk.
Das Pradhan A, Glynn RJ, Fruchart JC, MacFadyen JG, Zaharris ES, Everett BM, Campbell SE, Oshima R, Amarenco P, Blom DJ, Brinton EA, Eckel RH, Elam MB, Felicio JS, Ginsberg HN, Goudev A, Ishibashi S, Joseph J, Kodama T, Koenig W, Leiter LA, Lorenzatti AJ, Mankovsky B, Marx N, Nordestgaard BG, Páll D, Ray KK, Santos RD, Soran H, Susekov A, Tendera M, Yokote K, Paynter NP, Buring JE, Libby P, Ridker PM, PROMINENT Investigators. Triglyceride Lowering with Pemafibrate to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk. N Engl J Med 2022, 387: 1923-1934. PMID: 36342113, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2210645.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Myopericarditis with Significant Left Ventricular Dysfunction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report
Bartlett VL, Thomas A, Hur DJ, Malm B. Myopericarditis with Significant Left Ventricular Dysfunction Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report. American Journal Of Case Reports 2021, 22: e934066-1-e934066-6. PMID: 34795198, PMCID: PMC8611472, DOI: 10.12659/ajcr.934066.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSignificant left ventricular dysfunctionLeft ventricular dysfunctionCOVID-19 vaccinationVentricular dysfunctionCOVID-19 vaccineCase reportNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatmentBNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccineAdverse effectsGreater cardiac dysfunctionAnti-inflammatory treatmentRare adverse effectMiddle-aged patientsSafety of vaccinesMiddle-aged menEmergency use authorizationMyopericarditis casesAdverse eventsVentricular functionCardiac dysfunctionSecond doseVaccinationMyopericarditisDysfunctionVaccineEffect of High-Dose Trivalent vs Standard-Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine on Mortality or Cardiopulmonary Hospitalization in Patients With High-risk Cardiovascular Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Vardeny O, Kim K, Udell JA, Joseph J, Desai AS, Farkouh ME, Hegde SM, Hernandez AF, McGeer A, Talbot HK, Anand I, Bhatt DL, Cannon CP, DeMets D, Gaziano JM, Goodman SG, Nichol K, Tattersall MC, Temte JL, Wittes J, Yancy C, Claggett B, Chen Y, Mao L, Havighurst TC, Cooper LS, Solomon SD, INVESTED Committees and Investigators.. Effect of High-Dose Trivalent vs Standard-Dose Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine on Mortality or Cardiopulmonary Hospitalization in Patients With High-risk Cardiovascular Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Reply to letter to the editor regarding “prevalence and variability in reporting of clinically actionable incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT scans in a veteran population”
Malm BJ, He BJ, Carino M, Sadeghi MM. Reply to letter to the editor regarding “prevalence and variability in reporting of clinically actionable incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT scans in a veteran population”. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2019, 27: 1054. PMID: 30825113, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-019-01667-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Contemporary approach to stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Risks, benefits, and new options
Stock J, Malm BJ. Contemporary approach to stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Risks, benefits, and new options. Trends In Cardiovascular Medicine 2018, 28: 469-480. PMID: 29739702, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2018.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAtrial fibrillationStroke riskRisk factorsStroke risk factorsDirect oral anticoagulantsStrong risk factorStandard of careOral anticoagulantsMost patientsSelect patientsThromboembolic complicationsCoronary diseaseHeart failureAppropriate therapyCommon diagnosisRisk stratificationFibrillationPatientsMechanical interventionRiskTherapyNew optionsAccurate assessmentAnticoagulationHypertensionPrevalence and variability in reporting of clinically actionable incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT scans in a veteran population
He BJ, Malm BJ, Carino M, Sadeghi MM. Prevalence and variability in reporting of clinically actionable incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT scans in a veteran population. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2018, 26: 1688-1693. PMID: 29492838, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-018-1232-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsIncidental noncardiac findingsMyocardial perfusion imagingNoncardiac findingsPulmonary nodulesIncidental findingActionable incidental findingsVeteran populationOverall interobserver agreementAttenuation correction CTSpecific guidelinesHiatal herniaExtracardiac massPleural plaquesAortic aneurysmPhysician specialtyPerfusion imagingCommon occurringCardiologistsInterobserver agreementInterreader agreementAttenuation artifactsRadiologistsPrevalenceNodulesVeterans
2017
Derivation of a Clinical Model to Predict Unchanged Inpatient Echocardiograms
Gunderson CG, Gromisch ES, Chang JJ, Malm BJ. Derivation of a Clinical Model to Predict Unchanged Inpatient Echocardiograms. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2017, 13: 164-169. PMID: 29073315, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChronic kidney diseaseAcute myocardial infarctionCAVE scoreClinical prediction modelKidney diseaseMyocardial infarctionSingle-center retrospective cohort studyRetrospective cohort studyGood discriminationInpatient echocardiogramSubset of studiesCohort studyIndependent predictorsValvular diseaseECG changesElectrocardiogram changesC-statisticCardiothoracic surgeryRepeat studyFull cohortClinical modelDiseaseTTEΒ coefficientsInfarction
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
activity Committee Member
CommitteesYale University School of MedicineClinical Competency Committee, Cardiology Fellowship ProgramDetails07/01/2010 - Presentactivity Reviewer
Journal ServiceAmerican Journal of CardiologyAd hoc reviewerDetails2009 - Presentactivity Committee Member
CommitteesYale UniversityCardiology Fellowship Selection CommitteeDetails2009 - Presentactivity Reviewer
Journal ServiceAmerican Journal of MedicineAd hoc reviewerDetails03/01/2016 - Presentactivity Reviewer
Journal ServiceHeliyonAd hoc reviewerDetails11/01/2017 - Present
Clinical Care
Overview
Brian Malm, MD, is a specialist in cardiovascular medicine, focusing on abnormalities in the heart’s valves, chambers, and walls. He performs diagnostic and surgical procedures, including cardiac catheterization, transthoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
Dr. Malm’s research interests include cardiovascular disease prevention, stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, and aortic valve and aneurysm abnormalities.
Dr. Malm has received numerous awards, including the VISN 1 Clinical Service Line Award, the Young Investigator Travel Award from the American Heart Association, the Bacelli Award for Most Outstanding Research, and the David K. Miller Prize in Medicine.
Dr. Malm is an associate professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2018
- Original Certification Date
- 2008
Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography
- Certification Organization
- The National Board of Echocardiography
- Original Certification Date
- 2008
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2015
- Original Certification Date
- 2005
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PO Box 208017
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United States
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