John Nixon, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACSM
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1250 E Marshall St Internal Medicine Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. John Nixon is a cardiologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Nixon 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. Nixon also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Manchester, Fac of Med, Manchester (- Prior /) 1965
University Of New South Wales Sydney Australia 1965
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early cardiovascular adaptation to zero gravity simulated by head-down tilt.
- Simplified right ventricular volume algorithm using one digitized view and transducer tilt angle.
- Comparison of 2-dimensional echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging for diagnosing myocardial infarction in emergency department patients.
- Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography during pulmonary vein isolation and linear ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Comparison of contrast echocardiography with single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in the evaluation of patients with possible acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department.
- Transesophageal echocardiography to assess mitral valve function and flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Cholesterol management and the reduction of cardiovascular risk.
- Echocardiographic profile of the transplanted human heart in clinically well recipients.
- Lower is better--the contemporary concept of low-density lipoprotein lowering in the preventive management of cardiovascular risk: does this apply to all patients?
- Who should receive a statin drug to lower cardiovascular risk? Does the drug and the dose of the drug matter?
- Circumferential involvement of an acute type B aortic dissection: a unique case.
- Impending paradoxical embolism: echocardiographic diagnosis of an intracardiac thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovale.
- Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa in a patient after radio frequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
- Malposition of a central venous catheter in the right main pulmonary artery detected by transesophageal echocardiography.
- Myxoma of the left ventricular outflow tract.
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