Kenneth J Silverman M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
800 Washington St Norwood Hospital Norwood MA, 02062About
Dr. Kenneth Silverman is a cardiologist practicing in Norwood, MA. Dr. Silverman 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. Silverman also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neovascularization and coronary atherosclerotic plaque: cinematographic localization and quantitative histologic analysis.
- Angiogenic activity of adipose tissue.
- The effect of caffeine on exercise tolerance and left ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease.
- Assessment of long-term therapy with milrinone and the effects of milrinone withdrawal.
- Supine versus upright anterior images: comparison in T1-201 myocardial scintigraphy.
- Hemodynamic determinants of thallium-201 lung uptake in patients during atrial pacing stress.
- Pathology of the stone heart syndrome. Massive myocardial contraction band necrosis and widely patent coronary arteries.
- Pathology of the stone heart syndrome. Massive myocardial contraction band necrosis and widely patent coronary arteries.
- Hypothesis: vasa vasorum and neovascularization of human coronary arteries. A possible role in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis.
- Comparison of early thallium-201 scintigraphy and gated blood pool imaging for predicting mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- Angina pectoris. Natural history and strategies for evaluation and management.
- Left ventricular pressure-volume diagrams and end-systolic pressure-volume relations in human beings.
- The pacing stress test: thallium-201 myocardial imaging after atrial pacing. Diagnostic value in detecting coronary artery disease compared with exercise testing.
- The pacing stress test reexamined: correlation of pacing-induced hemodynamic changes with the amount of myocardium at risk.
- The pacing stress test: a reexamination of the relation between coronary artery disease and pacing-induced electrocardiographic changes.
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Clinical and Research Fellowship in Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD 1980
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fellow:Cardiology 1977
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