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Veli Kemal Topkara M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
660 S. Euclid Ave. Campus Box 8086 Washington Universit Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Veli Topkara is a cardiologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Topkara specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Topkara also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Left ventricular assist device implantation after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: a two-center study.
- Nutritional status in patients on left ventricular assist device support.
- Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic congestive heart failure who undergo left ventricular assist device implantation.
- The future of human valve allografts: bioengineering and stem cells.
- Digital recording of operations.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians: outcomes and predictors.
- Concurrent coronary and carotid artery surgery: an open debate.
- Effect of cryopreservation techniques on aortic valve glycosaminoglycans.
- Reduction ascending aortoplasty: midterm follow-up and predictors of redilatation.
- Topical versus systemic vancomycin for deep sternal wound infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a rodent experimental model.
- Images in cardiothoracic surgery: multislice computed tomography visualization of the VSTENT device.
- Resection and end-to-end anastomosis for ascending aortic aneurysms associated with a bicuspid valve: case reports.
- 17Beta-estradiol effects on human coronaries and grafts employed in myocardial revascularization: a preliminary study.
- Rates of cycling cells in cryopreserved valvular homograft: a preliminary study.
- Administration of octreotide for management of postoperative high-flow chylothorax.
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