Dr. Karl Frederick Welke MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
311 S L St Tacoma WA, 98405About
Dr. Karl Welke is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Welke specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Welke 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- Physician process and patient outcome measures for diabetes care: relationships to organizational characteristics.
- Classifying the effectiveness of Veterans Affairs guideline implementation approaches.
- Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals.
- Treatment variation in older black and white patients undergoing aortic valve replacement.
- Invited commentary.
- National practice patterns for management of adult congenital heart disease:
- The rush to atrial septal defect closure: is the introduction of percutaneous closure driving utilization?
- Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--a comparison of administrative and clinical data.
- Gastrointestinal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease.
- Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005.
- The influence of surgeon specialty on outcomes in general thoracic surgery: a national sample 1996 to 2005.
- Evolution of treatment options and outcomes for hypoplastic left heart syndrome over an 18-year period.
- Chance, bias, and confounding: threats to valid measurement of quality in the context of pediatric cardiac surgery.
- Common ground: measuring intrainstitutional mortality among pediatric surgical procedures.
- Adults or big kids: what is the ideal clinical environment for management of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease?
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