Alain L. Heroux MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
2160 S 1st Ave Ems Bldg. , Room 621 Maywood IL, 60153About
Dr. Alain Heroux is a cardiologist practicing in Maywood, IL. Dr. Heroux 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. Heroux also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ Laval, Fac De Med, Sainte-Foy, Que, Canada 1980
Univ Laval Fac De Med 1980
Laval Univ 1980
King Fahad Medical City Faculty of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cytomegalovirus infections in heart transplant recipients: relationship to immunosuppression.
- Incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter after heart transplantation.
- Utility of screening computed tomography of chest, abdomen and pelvis in patients after heart transplantation.
- Serine-910 phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase is critical for sarcomere reorganization in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.
- The value of psychosocial factors in patient selection and outcomes after heart transplantation.
- Endocardial infiltrates in the transplanted heart: clinical significance emerging from the analysis of 5026 endomyocardial biopsy specimens.
- Abnormal ambulatory left ventricular ejection fraction in heart transplant
- Risk/benefit ratio of perioperative OKT3 in cardiac transplantation.
- Role of humoral immunity in acute cardiac allograft dysfunction.
- Conversion from regular cyclosporine to microemulsion cyclosporine following heart transplantation.
Awards
- the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada(FRCPC) 1987 Fellow
Treatments
- Heart Transplant, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Heart Failure
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
Fellowships
- Cardiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada 1987
- Interventionnal Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec Canada 1988
- Heart Failure/Heart transplant, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia USA 1989
- Medical College of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals - Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
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