Norman B Ratliff MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1302 E 32nd ST Va Community Clinic Silver City NM, 88061Rating
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Dr. Norman Ratliff is a cardiologist practicing in Silver City, NM. Dr. Ratliff 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. Ratliff also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vascular rejection in cardiac transplantation.
- Clinical and pathologic study of two siblings with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
- Parenchymal cell proliferation in coronary arteries after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a human tissue bank study.
- Oral steroid pulse without taper for the treatment of asymptomatic moderate cardiac allograft rejection.
- Primary synovial sarcoma of the left heart.
- Study of 52 patients with idiopathic aortitis from a cohort of 1,204 surgical cases.
- Of rice, grain, and zeal: lessons from Drs. Kempner and Esselstyn.
- Alterations in cardiac function and gene expression during autoimmune myocarditis in mice.
- Immediate post-operative balloon dilatation of neonatal long segment stenosis of the descending thoracic aorta.
- Case report: outer sheath rupture may precede complete chordal rupture in fibrotic mitral valve disease.
- Letter to the editors: Myocardial zonal lesions and myofibrillar degeneration: the need for definition.
- Cellular rejection and rate of progression of transplant vasculopathy: a 3-year serial intravascular ultrasound study.
- Myxomatous mitral valve chordae. I: Mechanical properties.
- Myxomatous mitral valve chordae. II: Selective elevation of glycosaminoglycan content.
- Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of papillary fibroelastomas: a retrospective and prospective study in 162 patients.
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