Paul T Vaitkus MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1340 Charles St Suite 300 Rockford IL, 61104About
Dr. Paul Vaitkus is a cardiologist practicing in Rockford, IL. Dr. Vaitkus 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. Vaitkus also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Boston Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The impact of reimbursement changes for intracoronary stents on providers and Medicare.
- Current status of prevention, diagnosis, and management of coronary artery disease in patients with kidney failure.
- Physician profiling in the catheterization laboratory: a worthwhile strategy or a path to futility?
- A comparative trial of controlled-onset, extended-release verapamil, enalapril, and losartan on blood pressure and heart rate changes.
- Role of echocardiography in detecting portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates.
- Does N-acetylcysteine prevent contrast-induced nephropathy?
- Stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction. A meta-analysis of risk modification by anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy.
- Thromboprophylaxis in immobilized medical patients.
- A meta-analysis of percutaneous vascular closure devices after diagnostic catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention.
- Effect of stents in reducing restenosis in small coronary arteries: a meta-analysis.
- Risks of noncardiac surgery after coronary stenting.
- Low bleeding risk from cardiac catheterization in patients with advanced liver
- Early post-thrombolysis catheterisation may be preferable to a conservative strategy for people with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Commentary.
- VasoSeal arterial closure devices may not be as safe as manual compression in percutaneous coronary intervention. Commentary.
- Common sense, dollars and cents, and drug-eluting stents.
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