Michael A Fifer MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
55 Fruit St Grb 8 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Michael Fifer is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Fifer 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. Fifer also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1978
Harvard Medical School 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Outcome following isolated tricuspid valve replacement.
- Outcome following mitral valve replacement in patients with mitral stenosis and moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
- A utilization management intervention to reduce unnecessary testing in the coronary care unit.
- Effects of dobutamine on Gorlin and continuity equation valve areas and valve resistance in valvular aortic stenosis.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Household clustering of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Positive inotropic and lusitropic effects of intravenous flosequinan in patients with heart failure.
- Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on myocardial contractile and diastolic function in patients with heart failure.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Isolated right ventricular infarction resulting from occlusion of a nondominant right coronary artery.
- Myocardial contractile function in aortic stenosis as determined from the rate of stress development during isovolumic systole.
- Myocardial contractile function in aortic stenosis as determined from the rate of stress development during isovolumic systole.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 26-2005. A 48-year-old man with sudden loss of consciousness while jogging.
- Acute predictors of subacute complete heart block after alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Time course of pressure gradient response after first alcohol septal ablation for
- Ventricular systolic discordance in pericardial tamponade: acute reversal by pericardiocentesis.
- Pathological effects of alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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