Researcher Spotlight: Jamieson Bourque, MD, Unexplained Chest Pain & High-Intensity Exercise

Jamieson Bourque, MD, is a UVA Health cardiologist, researcher, professor of cardiovascular medicine, and medical director of our nuclear cardiology, stress, and echocardiographic labs. Bourque's research is currently focused on two areas:

• Using exercise to find the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with unexplained chest pain
• Applying predictive analytics to identify patients at risk for decompensation on acute care cardiology wards

One of his key interests is how high-intensity exercise can treat heart problems, helping patients improve their heart health through movement.

He also aims to further develop the understanding of coronary microvascular dysfunction using advanced noninvasive imaging techniques. This includes cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

See Bourque's selected publications. Below, Bourque discusses his work and answers our Researcher Spotlight questions.