David M Berkson MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
2900 N Lake Shore Dr Chicago IL, 60657About
Dr. David Berkson is a cardiologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Berkson 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. Berkson also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Northwestern Uniiversity 1953
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1953
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Multivariate analysis of the relationship of six variables to blood pressure: findings from Chicago community surveys, 1965--1971.
- Relationship of relative weight and body mass index to 14-year mortality in the Chicago Peoples Gas Company study.
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy: case report and literature review.
- Reproducibility of systolic and diastolic blood pressure at rest and in response to submaximal bicycle ergometer tests in middle-aged men.
- Asystole complicating acute myocardial infarction; survival with the aid of a cardiac pacemaker and intravenous administration of isoproterenol.
- Controlling ventricular dilation in the compromised myocardium.
- Fulminating meningococcemia (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome): report of two patients successfully treated with chemotherapy, vasopressors, and adrenal steroids.
- Totally asymptomatic myocardial infarction: an estimate of its incidence in the living population.
- Prevalence and incidence of coronary heart disease in strata of the labor force of a Chicago industrial corporation.
- Approaches to the prevention of coronary heart disease.
- Effectiveness of estrogens for therapy of myocardial infarction in middle-age men.
- Diet and serum lipids in atherosclerotic coronary heart disease. Etiologic and preventive considerations.
- APPROACHES TO THE PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CLINICAL CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN HIGH-RISK, MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
- CARDIOVASCULAR EXAMINATION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HYPERTENSION.
- SERIAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
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- Heart Disease
- Pain
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