Donald L Lappe M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
5169 Cottonwood St Building B, Suite 52 Salt Lake City UT, 84107Rating
5/5
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Dr. Donald Lappe is a cardiologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Lappe 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. Lappe also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Femoral arterial puncture management after percutaneous coronary procedures: a
- Preoperative use of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin increases the incidence of re-exploration for postoperative bleeding after open-heart surgery in patients who present with an acute coronary syndrome: clinical investigation and repo
- Temporary esophageal stenting allows healing of esophageal perforations following atrial fibrillation ablation procedures.
- Inductionless or limited shock testing is possible in most patients with implantable cardioverter- defibrillators/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators: results of the multicenter ASSURE Study (Arrhythmia Single Shock Defibrillation Thresh
- Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with senile, vascular, and Alzheimer's dementia.
- Warfarin knowledge in patients with atrial fibrillation: implications for safety, efficacy, and education strategies.
- A strategy of rapid cardioversion minimizes the significance of early recurrent
- Patients treated with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation have long-term rates of death, stroke, and dementia similar to patients without atrial fibrillation.
- Trends in early and late mortality in patients undergoing coronary catheterization for myocardial infarction: implications on observation periods and risk factors to determine ICD candidacy.
- Atrial fibrillation hospitalization is not increased with short-term elevations in exposure to fine particulate air pollution.
- Ranolazine reduces ventricular tachycardia burden and ICD shocks in patients with drug-refractory ICD shocks.
- Intracardiac ultrasound for esophageal anatomic assessment and localization during left atrial ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Increasing time between first diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and catheter ablation adversely affects long-term outcomes.
- Atrial fibrillation ablation patients have long-term stroke rates similar to patients without atrial fibrillation regardless of CHADS2 score.
- Coronary artery disease screening using coronary computed tomography angiography--reply.
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