Dr. John M Eckerd M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
830 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 103 Charleston WV, 25302About
Dr. John Eckerd is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Charleston, WV. Dr. Eckerd specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1986
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 1969
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Recent increase in incidence of acute rheumatic fever in southern West Virginia.
- Factors affecting use of the Doppler-determined time from flow onset to maximal pulmonary artery velocity for measurement of pulmonary artery pressure in children.
- Emergency ventricular pacing from the esophagus in infancy.
- Hereditary aspects of Graves' disease in infancy and childhood.
- Marcus Gunn phenomenon.
- Long-term memory monitoring in infant tachycardias.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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