Dr. Douglas M Behrendt MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Douglas Behrendt is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Behrendt specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Behrendt 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.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1963
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aortic arch reconstruction without circulatory arrest.
- Congenital aneurysm (diverticulum) of the right atrium. Clinical manifestations and results of operative treatment.
- The modified Konno procedure for complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
- Survival of skin homografts in radiation chimeras.
- Effects of calcium channel blockers on calcium uptake in rat aortic valve allografts.
- Neonatal right atrial aneurysm.
- Session VI: Rejection/infection: the limits of heart transplantation success.
- Production of endothelium-dependent relaxation responses by saphenous vein grafts in the canine arterial circulation.
- Aortic valve replacement with pulmonary or aortic allografts.
- Pericardial influence on internal defibrillation energy requirements.
- 15-Deoxyspergualin and primate heart transplantation.
- Cardiothoracic surgery.
- A quantitative and qualitative comparison of fibrin glue, albumin, and blood as agents to pretreat porous vascular grafts.
- A reversible pulmonary artery band: preliminary experience.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of mediastinal paraganglioma.
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