Dr. Frank W. Sellke MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Two Dudley Street, Suite 470 Providence RI, 02905Rating
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Dr. Frank Sellke is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Sellke specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Sellke 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.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vascular effects of isoflurane: no inconsistency between data.
- Effect of sialyl Lewis(x) oligosaccharide on myocardial and cerebral injury in the pig.
- Coronary microvascular protection with mg2+: effects on intracellular calcium regulation and vascular function.
- Effect of sevoflurane and desflurane on the myogenic constriction and flow-induced dilation in rat coronary arterioles.
- Intracoronary and intravenous administration of basic fibroblast growth factor: myocardial and tissue distribution.
- Intracellular free calcium accumulation in ferret vascular smooth muscle during crystalloid and blood cardioplegic infusions.
- Attenuation of endothelium-dependent dilation of pig pulmonary arterioles after cardiopulmonary bypass is prevented by monoclonal antibody to complement C5a.
- The role of cyclooxygenase in regulation of vasomotor tone during endotoxemia.
- Influence of oxygenation on endothelial modulation of coronary vasomotor function during hyperkalemic cardioplegia.
- Preconditioning improves cardioplegia-related coronary microvascular smooth muscle hypercontractility: role of KATP channels.
- Surgical ICU recidivism after cardiac operations.
- Angiogenesis in cardiovascular disease: current status and therapeutic potential.
- Local perivascular delivery of basic fibroblast growth factor in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery: results of a phase I randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Vascular changes after cardiopulmonary bypass and ischemic cardiac arrest: roles of nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase.
- Serotonin-induced coronary contraction increases after blood cardioplegia-reperfusion: role of COX-2 expression.
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