Claire Sommargren, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing

Grants and Projects

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• The Electrocardiogram in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, NIH, 2001-2003

Publications (21)

Top publication keywords:
Emergency Medical ServicesTachycardia, VentricularMyocardial IschemiaAmerican Heart AssociationMonitoring, PhysiologicAcute Coronary SyndromeTorsades de PointesSubarachnoid HemorrhageMedical Laboratory ScienceCritical CareCardiology Service, HospitalElectrocardiographyLong QT SyndromeArrhythmias, CardiacOccupational Health

• Ventricular tachycardia and in-hospital mortality in the intensive care unit.
  Heart rhythm O2 2023 Prasad PA, Isaksen JL, Abe-Jones Y, Zègre-Hemsey JK, Sommargren CE, Al-Zaiti SS, Carey MG, Badilini F, Mortara D, Kanters JK, Pelter MM
• An annotated ventricular tachycardia (VT) alarm database: Toward a uniform standard for optimizing automated VT identification in hospitalized patients.
  Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 2023 Pelter MM, Carey MG, Al-Zaiti S, Zegre-Hemsey J, Sommargren C, Isola L, Prasad P, Mortara D, Badilini F
• Update to Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
  Circulation 2017 Sandau KE, Funk M, Auerbach A, Barsness GW, Blum K, Cvach M, Lampert R, May JL, McDaniel GM, Perez MV, Sendelbach S, Sommargren CE, Wang PJ, American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and …
• Debatable issues in automated ECG reporting.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2017 Macfarlane PW, Mason JW, Kligfield P, Sommargren CE, Drew B, van Dam P, Abächerli R, Albert DE, Hodges M
• In memoriam: A tribute to the work and lives of Ron Selvester and Rory Childers.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2015 Drew BJ, Sommargren CE, Tolan GD, Macfarlane PW, Wagner GS, Strauss DG, Burke MC, Kligfield PD, Rowlandson I, Lux RL

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• Normal prehospital electrocardiography is linked to long-term survival in patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2015 Zègre-Hemsey JK, Sommargren CE, Asafu-Adjei JK, Drew BJ
• Heart rate variability measurement and clinical depression in acute coronary syndrome patients: narrative review of recent literature.
  Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 2014 Harris PR, Sommargren CE, Stein PK, Fung GL, Drew BJ
• Prehospital electrocardiographic manifestations of acute myocardial ischemia independently predict adverse hospital outcomes.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Zègre Hemsey JK, Dracup K, Fleischmann KE, Sommargren CE, Paul SM, Drew BJ
• Prehospital 12-lead ST-segment monitoring improves the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2011 Zègre Hemsey JK, Dracup K, Fleischmann K, Sommargren CE, Drew BJ
• A simple strategy improves prehospital electrocardiogram utilization and hospital treatment for patients with acute coronary syndrome (from the ST SMART Study).
  The American journal of cardiology 2011 Drew BJ, Sommargren CE, Schindler DM, Benedict K, Zegre-Hemsey J, Glancy JP
• Initial ECG acquisition within 10 minutes of arrival at the emergency department in persons with chest pain: time and gender differences.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2009 Zègre-Hemsey J, Sommargren CE, Drew BJ
• Reducing barriers for implementation of bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association for healthcare providers, policymakers, and community leaders regarding the effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
  Circulation 2008 Abella BS, Aufderheide TP, Eigel B, Hickey RW, Longstreth WT, Nadkarni V, Nichol G, Sayre MR, Sommargren CE, Hazinski MF, American Heart Association
• Preventing torsades de pointes by careful cardiac monitoring in hospital settings.
  AACN advanced critical care 2007 Sommargren CE, Drew BJ
• Novel electrocardiogram configurations and transmission procedures in the prehospital setting: effect on ischemia and arrhythmia determination.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2006 Drew BJ, Sommargren CE, Schindler DM, Zegre J, Benedict K, Krucoff MW
• AHA scientific statement: practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospital settings: an American Heart Association Scientific Statement from the Councils on Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: endorsed by the International Society of Computerized electrocardiology and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
  The Journal of cardiovascular nursing 2005 Drew BJ, Califf RM, Funk M, Kaufman ES, Krucoff MW, Laks MM, Macfarlane PW, Sommargren C, Swiryn S, Van Hare GF, American Heart Association
• Practice standards for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospital settings: an American Heart Association scientific statement from the Councils on Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young: endorsed by the International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
  Circulation 2004 Drew BJ, Califf RM, Funk M, Kaufman ES, Krucoff MW, Laks MM, Macfarlane PW, Sommargren C, Swiryn S, Van Hare GF, American Heart Association, Councils on Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, …
• Pre-hospital synthesized 12-lead ECG ischemia monitoring with trans-telephonic transmission in acute coronary syndromes: pilot study results of the ST SMART trial.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2004 Drew BJ, Dempsey ED, Joo TH, Sommargren CE, Glancy JP, Benedict K, Krucoff MW
• Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2002 Sommargren CE
• Electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities in subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2002 Sommargren CE, Zaroff JG, Banki N, Drew BJ
• Environmental hazards in the technological age.
  Critical care nursing clinics of North America 1995 Sommargren CE
• Violence as an occupational hazard in the acute care setting.
  AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing 1994 Sommargren CE