Benedicte Lefebvre, MD

Cardiology

5.0 with 49 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Dr. Lefebvre is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Abnormal Stress Test
Advanced Lipid Testing
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis
Anticoagulation
Aortic Valve Disorders
Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic Valve Sclerosis
Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
Arrhythmias During Pregnancy
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Arterial Insufficiency
Atherosclerosis
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Tachycardia
Atrioventricular Block
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia
Autoimmune Pericarditis
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Bradycardia (Slow Heart Rate)
Brugada Syndrome
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Channelopathies
Cardiac Conduction Defects
Cardiac Contractility Modulation
Cardiac Device Infection
Cardiac Device Malfunction
Cardiac Devices
Cardiac Implantable Device Replacement
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac Risk Assessment
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Cardiac Tamponade
Cardiomyopathy (Cardiomyopathies)
Cardio-Oncology
Cardiotoxicity
Cardiovascular Care
Cardioversion
Carotid Intimal Thickness
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Chest Pain
Chest Pain (Angina)
Cholesterol Disorders
Cholesterol Management
Complete Atrioventricular Block
Conduction Defects
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constrictive Pericarditis
Coronary Artery Calcification
Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Spasm (Prinzmetal's Angina)
Defibrillator Malfunction
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Dysautonomia
Dyspnea On Exertion
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
Elevated Creatine Kinase
Endocarditis
Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly)
Exercise Intolerance
Exercise Related Arrhythmia
Exercise Related Syncope
Familial Arrhythmias
Familial Cardiomyopathy
Family History of Heart Disease
First Degree Heart Block
Giant Cell Myocarditis
Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Heart Disease in Women
Heart Failure (Congestive Heart Failure)
Heart Health
Heart Murmur
Heart Problems
Heart Racing
Heart Tumor (Cardiac Tumor)
Heart Valve Disease
Holter Monitor
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Imaging of Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
Implantable Cardiac Devices
Implantable Cardiac Monitor Procedure
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement (ICD Placement)
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
Infiltrative Disorders of the Heart
In-Office Stress Test
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Lead Malfunction
Left Bundle Branch Block
Left Ventricular Dysfunction (LVD)
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Leg Swelling (Edema)
Long QT Syndrome
Loop Recorder
Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
Lymphangitis
Lymphedema
Mitral Regurgitation
Mitral Valve Disorders
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Myocarditis (Heart Tissue Inflammation)
Myxoma
Orthopnea
Orthostatic Hypotension
Pacemaker
Pacemaker Malfunction
Pacemaker Placement
Palpitations
Paraganglioma
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
Paroxysmal Tachycardia
Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
Pericardial Effusion
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Pre-Excitation Syndrome
Premature Atrial Contraction
Premature Beats
Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs)
Preoperative Evaluation
Presyncope
Preventative Cardiology
Prosthetic Heart Valves
Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Edema
Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
Remote Cardiac Device Monitoring
Replacement of Defibrillator
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Resynchronization Therapy
Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Right Bundle Branch Block
Secondary Hypertension
Short QT Syndrome
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sinoatrial Node Dysfunction
Sinus Node Dysfunction
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Syncope
Tachycardia (Fast Heart Rate)
Tachycardia-Bradycardia Syndrome
Type 1 Second-Degree Heart Block
Type 2 Second-Degree Heart Block
Unstable Angina
Valve Stenosis
Valvular Heart Disease
Vasospastic Angina
Vasovagal Syncope
Venous Tumors
Ventricular Aneurysm
Ventricular Arrhythmia
Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular Tachycardia (V-tach)
Viral Cardiomyopathy
Wearable Defibrillator
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Lefebvre is part of these programs:

Penn Cardio-Oncology Program

Board Certification

Cardiovascular Disease, 2018
Internal Medicine, 2016

Education and Training

Medical School: McGill University
Residency: McGill University Hospitals

Primary Location

Penn Heart and Vascular Center

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
East Pavilion, 2nd Floor
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Map Call 215-615-4949

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Blue Shield Medicare
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360

Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Takeshi Onoue, Andrew H Matthews, Azin Vakilpour, Yu Kang, Bénédicte Lefebvre, Amanda M Smith, Shannon R McCurdy, Michael G Fradley, Joseph Carver, Jesse Chittams, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: Cardiotoxicity of venetoclax in patients with acute myeloid leukemia: comparison with anthracyclines J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc : 2024.

Yu Kang, Benedicte Lefebvre, Ingrid Marti Pamies, Saar I Gill, Abigail G Doucette, Srinivas Denduluri, Amanda M Smith, Shannon McCurdy, Selina Luger, Joseph Carver, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: Symptomatic Heart Failure and Clonal Hematopoiesis-Related Mutations in Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia The American Journal of Cardiology : 2024.

Andy Y Wang, Peter M Rothwell, Jason Nelson, Jeffrey L Saver, Scott E Kasner, John Carroll, Jean-Louis Mas, Geneviève Derumeaux, Gilles Chatellier, Anthony J Furlan, Howard C Herrmann, Peter Jüni, Jong S Kim, Benjamin Koethe, Pil H Lee, Benedicte Lefebvre, Heinrich P Mattle, Bernhard Meier, Mark Reisman, Richard W Smalling, Lars Sondergaard, Jae-Kwan Song, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Marco DiTullio, Mitchell S V Elkind, Shunichi Homma, Cheryl Jaigobin, Patrik Michel, Marie-Luise Mono, Krassen Nedeltchev, Federica Papetti, Joaquin Serena, Christian Weimar, Linxin Li, Sara Mazzucco, Louise E Silver, David van Klaveren, David E Thaler, David M Kent: Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in Older Patients With Stroke: Patient Selection for Trial Feasibility Neurology : 2024.

Janane Maheswaran, Moezedin Javad Rafiee, Sydney Cordes, Benedicte Lefebvre, Michael Chetrit: Multimodality Imaging of Acute Myocarditis in Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) following CAR-T therapy Canadian Journal of Cardiology : 2024.

Azin Vakilpour, Bénédicte Lefebvre, Catherine Lai, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: Heartbreaker: Detection and prevention of cardiotoxicity in hematological malignancies Blood Reviews : 2024.

Kasey J Leger, Nora Robison, Hari K Narayan, Amanda M Smith, Tenaadam Tsega, Jade Chung, Amber Daniels, Zhen Chen, Virginia Englefield, Biniyam G Demissei, Benedicte Lefebvre, Gemma Morrow, Ilona Dizon, Robert B Gerbing, Reena Pabari, Kelly D Getz, Richard Aplenc, Jessica A Pollard, Eric J Chow, W H Wilson Tang, William L Border, Ritu Sachdeva, Todd A Alonzo, E Anders Kolb, Todd M Cooper, Bonnie Ky: Rationale and design of the Children's Oncology Group study AAML1831 integrated cardiac substudies in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia therapy Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine : 2023.

Takeshi Onoue, Yu Kang, Bénédicte Lefebvre, Amanda M Smith, Srinivas Denduluri, Michael G Fradley, Jesse Chittams, Joseph R Carver, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: Impact of atrial fibrillation on heart failure in patients treated with anthracycline chemotherapy American Journal of Cardiology : 2023.

James W. Schurr, Ian Sigal, Asad Usman, Prakash Patel, Benedicte Lefebvre, Kristy Kurcik, , Pavan Atluri, Michael Acker, Christian Bermudez, J. Eduardo Rame, Thomas Hanff, Marisa, Cevasco, Joyce Wald: Effect of Anesthesia on Cardiac Hemodynamics in Patients Undergoing Durable LVAD Implantation: The EACH LVAD Study ASAIO J 69 (10): 907-914,2023.

Bénédicte Lefebvre, Yu Kang, Azin Vakilpour, Takeshi Onoue, Noelle V. Frey, Priya Brahmbhatt, Brian Huang, Kemi Oladuja, Daniel Koropeckyj-Cox, Courteney Wiredu, Amanda M. Smith MA, Jesse Chittams, Joseph Carver, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: Incidence of MACE in Patients Treated with CAR-T Cell Therapy: A Prospective Study J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc : 2023.

Takeshi Onoue, Yu Kang, Bénédicte Lefebvre, Amanda M. Smith, Srinivas Denduluri, Joseph Carver, Michael G. Fradley, Jesse Chittams, and Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie: The Association of Metformin With Heart Failure in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy J Am Coll Cardiol CardioOnc : 2023.

Academic Contact Information

11-134 South Pavilion
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American College of Cardiology, National
American Heart Association, National
American Society of Echocardiography, National
Canadian Cardiovascular Society, International
Cardio-Oncology Society, International