Physician
Cardiology
Dr. Paul T. Vaitkus, MD
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Dr. Paul T. Vaitkus works in the field of Cardiology. He attended Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 30 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACC)". Paul Vaitkus is a published doctor and has 68 publications published. The lastest was: 'Economic impact on physicians and hospitals of proposed changes in Medicare reimbursement for coronary interventions.'
Publications
- Can we appropriately measure appropriateness?
- Markers of cardiac collagen turnover are similar in patients with mild and more severe symptoms of heart failure.
- Outcome of heart transplantation in patients with sarcoid cardiomyopathy.
- N-acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: publication bias perpetuated by meta-analyses.
- Common sense, dollars and cents, and drug-eluting stents.
- Low bleeding risk from cardiac catheterization in patients with advanced liver Disease.
- Risks of noncardiac surgery after Coronary stenting.
- Efficacy and safety of fixed low-dose dalteparin in preventing venous thromboembolism among obese or elderly hospitalized patients: a subgroup analysis of the PREVENT ...
- Effect of stents in reducing restenosis in small Coronary arteries: a meta-analysis.
- A meta-analysis of percutaneous vascular closure devices after diagnostic catheterization and percutaneous Coronary intervention.
- Does N-acetylcysteine prevent contrast-induced nephropathy?
- Role of echocardiography in detecting portopulmonary Hypertension in liver transplant candidates.
- A comparative trial of controlled-onset, extended-release verapamil, enalapril, and losartan on blood pressure and heart rate changes.
- Experimental study of the effects of pulsed Doppler sample volume size and position on the Doppler spectrum.
- Drug-eluting stents to prevent reblockage of Coronary arteries.
- Hyperkalemia after the publication of RALES.
- The relationship between the supply of cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiologists and the use of invasive cardiac procedures in northern New England.
- Unrecognized stent embolization causing recurrent chest pain.
- Racial differences in potassium response to spironolactone in heart failure.
- A randomized controlled trial of the efficacy, safety and cost of a single-use myocardial bioptome.
- Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of dalteparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in acutely ill medical patients.
- VasoSeal arterial closure devices may not be as safe as manual compression in percutaneous Coronary intervention. Commentary.
- Early post-thrombolysis catheterisation may be preferable to a conservative strategy for people with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Commentary.
- Thromboprophylaxis with dalteparin in medical patients: which patients benefit?
- Mortality rates and risk factors for asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in medical patients.
- Thromboprophylaxis in immobilized medical patients.
- Rationale and design of a clinical trial of a low-molecular-weight heparin in preventing clinically important venous thromboembolism in medical patients: the prospecti...
- Economic impact on physicians and hospitals of proposed changes in Medicare reimbursement for Coronary interventions.
- Determinants of rebound thrombin activity after cessation of heparin in patients undergoing Coronary interventions.
- The evolving costs of intraCoronary stents.
- Cost advantages of an ad hoc angioplasty strategy.
- Economic impact of angioplasty salvage techniques, with an emphasis on Coronary stents: a method incorporating costs, revenues, clinical effectiveness and payer mix.
- Patient acceptance of reused angioplasty equipment.
- Cardiologists' perception of risk of Coronary revascularization procedures.
- The ability of vegetation size on echocardiography to predict clinical complications: a meta-analysis.
- Results of directional Coronary atherectomy in Northern New England. Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group.
- Evaluation of the significance of a transvalvular catheter on Aortic valve gradient in Aortic stenosis: a direct hemodynamic and Doppler echocardiographic study.
- A two-step program of competitive bidding and physician feedback to reduce Coronary angioplasty equipment costs.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Constrictive pericarditis.
- Embolic potential, prevention and management of mural thrombus complicating anterior myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis.
- Percutaneous balloon Aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to heart transplantation.
- Ischemia-induced changes in human endocardial electrograms during percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty.
- Indications for antithrombotic therapy after myocardial infarction.
- Electrophysiologically guided antiarrhythmic therapy versus beta-blocker therapy in patients with ventricular tachyArrhythmias.
- Treatment of malignant pericardial effusion.
- Efficacy of adjunctive thrombolytic therapy in percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty.
- Gender differences in the utilization of cardiac catheterization for the diagnosis of chest pain.
- Limitations of primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.
- Percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty versus thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis.
- The continuing evolution of percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty in the treatment of Coronary artery disease.
- Left ventricular mural thrombus and the risk of embolic stroke after acute myocardial infarction.
- Characterization of platelet activation and thrombin generation accompanying percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty.
- Accuracy of quantitation of Aortic stenosis using femoral arterial recordings corrected for both temporal delay and systolic amplification.
- Infarction and rupture of the heart.
- Cycle-length response of ventricular tachycardia associated with Coronary artery disease to procainamide and amiodarone.
- Complete heart block due to interleukin-2 therapy.
- Influence of gender on inducibility of ventricular Arrhythmias in survivors of cardiac arrest with coronary artery disease.
- Constrictive pericarditis versus restrictive cardiomyopathy: a reappraisal and update of diagnostic criteria.
- Physician profiling in the catheterization laboratory: a worthwhile strategy or a path to futility?
- Current status of prevention, diagnosis, and management of Coronary artery disease in patients with kidney failure.
- Percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty in the elderly: epidemiology, clinical risk factors, and in-hospital outcomes. The Northern New England Cardiovascular D...
- Cause of in-hospital death in 12,232 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty. The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease St...
- The impact of reimbursement changes for intraCoronary stents on providers and Medicare.
- Differences in electrophysiological substrate in patients with Coronary artery disease and cardiac arrest or ventricular tachycardia. Insights from endocardial mapping...
- Management and immediate outcome of patients with intraCoronary thrombus during percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty.
- Stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction. A meta-analysis of risk modification by anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy.
- Percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty in patients undergoing chronic dialysis.
Schools
Boston Univ Sch Of Med
Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Conditions Treated
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Hyperlipidemia
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Boston University School of Medicine
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