Chester H Conrad M.D., PH.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
150 S Huntington Ave Va Boston Hcs Jamaica Plain MA, 02130About
Dr. Chester Conrad is a cardiologist practicing in Jamaica Plain, MA. Dr. Conrad 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. Conrad also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1977
Harvard Medical School 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myocardial injury in the mouse induced by transthoracic cauterization.
- Differences between mouse and rat myocardial contractile responsiveness to calcium.
- Myocardial fibrosis in transforming growth factor beta(1)heterozygous mice.
- Altered inotropic responsiveness and gene expression of hypertrophied myocardium with captopril.
- Studies of prevention, treatment and mechanisms of heart failure in the aging spontaneously hypertensive rat.
- Comparison of contractile function of diaphragm and cardiac muscle in response to paired electrical stimulation.
- Isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury and diastolic dysfunction in mice:
- Intracellular calcium transients in myocardium from spontaneously hypertensive rats during the transition to heart failure.
- Myocardial function structure and collagen in the spontaneously hypertensive rat: progression from compensated hypertrophy to haemodynamic impairment.
- Modulation of left and right ventricular beta-adrenergic receptors from spontaneously hypertensive rats with left ventricular hypertrophy and failure.
- The spontaneously hypertensive rat as a model of the transition from compensated left ventricular hypertrophy to failure.
- Reperfusion induced arrhythmias following ischaemia in intact rat heart: role of
- Effects of treppe and calcium on intracellular calcium and function in the failing heart from the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
- Thyroid hormone effects on intracellular calcium and inotropic responses of rat ventricular myocardium.
- Fluorocarbon simulation of myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion: studies of relationships between force and intracellular calcium.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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