Dr. Loren Forrest Hiratzka MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
4030 Smith Rd Suite 300 Cincinnati OH, 45209About
Dr. Loren Hiratzka is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Hiratzka specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Hiratzka typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1970
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- 1999 update: ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary and Recommendations: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Commi
- 1999 update: ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Acute Myocardial
- ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: executive summary. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Com
- ACC/AHA/ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Commi
- ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to revise the 1995 G
- ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Gu
- Predictors and outcomes of gastrointestinal complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective, nested case-control study.
- Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: does the pump influence outcome?
- Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with dialysis-dependent end stage renal disease: a prospective, nested case-control study.
- Nutrition and the cardiac surgical patient.
- Aborted off-pump coronary artery bypass patients have much worse outcomes than on-pump or successful off-pump patients.
- Cardiac surgery in octogenarians: does age alone influence outcomes?
- Hypertensive crisis during coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a case of unsuspected pheochromocytoma.
- Coronary artery bypass graft surgery outcomes among African-Americans and Caucasian patients.
- Development of systems of care for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: the non-percutaneous coronary intervention-capable (ST-elevation myocardial infarction referral) hospital perspective.
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