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James Dennis O'toole MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
5200 Centre Ave Suite 703 Pittsburgh PA, 15232About
Dr. James O'toole is a cardiologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. O'toole 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. O'toole also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1966
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1966
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Alterations of right ventricular systolic time intervals by chronic pressure and volume overloading.
- Update in coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Update in coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Sound pressure correlates of the second heart sound. An intracardiac sound study.
- Antihypertensive effects of prostaglandin A1 in essential hypertension.
- Pressure and sound correlates of the mitral valve ecyocardiogram in mitral stenosis.
- Pressure and sound correlates of the mitral valve ecyocardiogram in mitral stenosis.
- Delayed postoperative cardiac tamponade: diagnosis and management.
- Cardiac tamponade: hemodynamic observations in man.
- Effect of preoperative ejection fraction on survival and hemodynamic improvement following aortic valve replacement.
- The genesis of gallop sounds: investigation by quantitative phono- and apexcardiography.
- Determinants of variation between Fick and indicator dilution estimates of cardiac output during diagnostic catheterization. Fick vs. dye cardiac outputs.
- Reversibility of left ventricular asynergy by nitroglycerin in coronary artery disease.
- The second heart sound: newer concepts. Part II: Paradoxical splitting and narrow physiological splitting.
- The second heart sound: newer concepts. Part I: normal and wide physiological splitting.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
James Dennis O'toole MD's Practice location
Practice At 5200 Centre Ave Suite 703
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