Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD
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Professor of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingCards
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2025
Delayed Cardiac Herniation after Partial Thymectomy.
Borgese M, Blasberg J, Fuss C, Bader A. Delayed Cardiac Herniation after Partial Thymectomy. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging 2025, 7: e250206. PMID: 41379010, DOI: 10.1148/ryct.250206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentricular Assist Devices and Other Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: Types, Complications, and Updates.
Dixe de Oliveira Santo I, Kaur M, Haramati L, Bader A, Fuss C. Ventricular Assist Devices and Other Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: Types, Complications, and Updates. RadioGraphics 2025, 45: e250063. PMID: 41166103, DOI: 10.1148/rg.250063.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAge-related severity of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is mediated by aberrant macrophage responses and lung microbial dysbiosis
Napier E, Doratt B, Cinco I, Stuart E, Geron R, Davies M, Malherbe D, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Age-related severity of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease is mediated by aberrant macrophage responses and lung microbial dysbiosis. Journal Of Infection 2025, 91: 106626. PMID: 41077197, PMCID: PMC12666862, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Myocarditis
Hammer M, Tysarowski M, Fuss C, Bader A. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Myocarditis. Echocardiography 2025, 42: e70131. PMID: 40067334, DOI: 10.1111/echo.70131.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsLow-Dose CT of the Chest: Is High-Risk Population Screening for Both Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Possible?
Fuss C. Low-Dose CT of the Chest: Is High-Risk Population Screening for Both Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Possible? Radiology 2025, 314: e250215. PMID: 39964272, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.250215.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2024
CT for Congenital Heart Disease
Fuss C. CT for Congenital Heart Disease. 2024, 277-293. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-6919-3_21.ChaptersImmunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
Cinco I, Napier E, Rhoades N, Davies M, Allison D, Kohama S, Bermudez L, Winthrop K, Fuss C, Spindel E, Messaoudi I. Immunological and microbial shifts in the aging rhesus macaque lung during nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. MBio 2024, 15: e00829-24. PMID: 38771046, PMCID: PMC11237422, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00829-24.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransthoracic Echocardiography–Guided Placement of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter in a Patient With a Known Persistent Left but Unknown Absent Right Superior Vena Cava
Leclerc J, Clemes R, Fuss C, Macon C, Schulman P. Transthoracic Echocardiography–Guided Placement of a Pulmonary Artery Catheter in a Patient With a Known Persistent Left but Unknown Absent Right Superior Vena Cava. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2024, 17: e016301. PMID: 38469718, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.123.016301.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Filamin C-associated Cardiomyopathy on Cardiac MR Images.
Weller S, Bartz-Overman C, Fuss C, Wu E. Filamin C-associated Cardiomyopathy on Cardiac MR Images. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging 2023, 5: e230165. PMID: 38166338, PMCID: PMC11163239, DOI: 10.1148/ryct.230165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImaging Acute and Chronic Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 and after COVID-19 Vaccination.
Sánchez Tijmes F, Marschner C, de Matos J, Urzua Fresno C, Gutiérrez Chacoff J, Thavendiranathan P, Fuss C, Hanneman K. Imaging Acute and Chronic Cardiac Complications of COVID-19 and after COVID-19 Vaccination. RadioGraphics 2023, 43: e230044. PMID: 37616171, DOI: 10.1148/rg.230044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Overview
Cristina Fuss, MD, PhD, a radiologist specializing in cardiothoracic imaging, focuses on the use of advanced imaging techniques to diagnose and manage conditions affecting the heart and lungs.
As a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Fuss is actively involved in research aimed at improving imaging techniques for better patient outcomes. Her work is dedicated to enhancing the accuracy and effectiveness of diagnostic imaging in cardiothoracic care.
Dr. Fuss earned her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where she also pursued residency training in diagnostic radiology. She later completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic imaging at Oregon Health & Science University.
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Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
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- June 29, 2026
Fuss, Khosravi, Rouzrokh Selected for RSNA Honored Educator Award
- June 17, 2026
Diagnostic Radiology Graduates 16 Residents
- November 18, 2025
Progress and Hope: Sharing the Latest Advances in Lung Cancer Care
- November 05, 2024
Yale Researchers at American Heart Association Scientific Session 2024
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