Paul M Ridker MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
900 Commonwealth Ave East Brigham And Womens H Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Paul Ridker is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Ridker 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. Ridker also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inflammation, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular risk: an epidemiologic view.
- Factor V Leiden is not a risk factor for myocardial infarction among young women.
- Lipid lowering and beyond: results from the CARE study on lipoproteins and inflammation. Cholesterol and Recurrent Events.
- Are associations between infection and coronary disease causal or due to confounding?
- Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors: can we better predict heart attacks?
- Cross-sectional study of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and cardiovascular risk factors in apparently healthy men.
- Plasma concentrations of interleukin-6 and abdominal aortic diameter among subjects without aortic dilatation.
- Long-term effects of pravastatin on plasma concentration of C-reactive protein. The Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) Investigators.
- Novel inflammatory markers of coronary risk: theory versus practice.
- Cocaine-induced erythrocytosis and increase in von Willebrand factor: evidence for drug-related blood doping and prothrombotic effects.
- Cystatin C deficiency in human atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms.
- Survey of C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk factors in apparently healthy men.
- Clinical efficacy of an automated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein assay.
- Prevention Conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: medical office assessment: Writing Group I.
- Prevention Conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: noninvasive tests of atherosclerotic burden: Writing Group III.
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