Dr. Joseph Hopkins Rapp M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
4150 Clement St Sf Vamc (112g) San Francisco CA, 94121About
Dr. Joseph Rapp is a vascular surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Rapp specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Rapp diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1973
Oregon Health And Science University School of Medicine,Portland, Or, United States 1973
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Detection of clinically silent infarcts after carotid endarterectomy by use of diffusion-weighted imaging.
- Major carotid plaque surface irregularities correlate with neurologic symptoms.
- Rupture rate of large abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients refusing or unfit for elective repair.
- Hepatic endosomal trafficking of lipoprotein-bound endotoxin in rats.
- Double-lumen carotid plaque: a morbid configuration.
- Contrast material-enhanced MRA overestimates severity of carotid stenosis, compared with 3D time-of-flight MRA.
- Magnetic resonance angiography of the carotid artery combining two- and three-dimensional acquisitions.
- Current status of carotid imaging by MRA.
- Relation of plasma lipid and apoprotein levels to progressive intimal hyperplasia after arterial endarterectomy.
- Inhibition of injury induced intimal hyperplasia by saralasin in rats.
- The effect of lipid lowering on the incidence of recurrent carotid stenosis.
- Assessment of carotid artery stenosis by MR angiography: comparison with x-ray angiography and color-coded Doppler ultrasound.
- Atheroemboli during renal artery angioplasty: an ex vivo study.
- Credentialing for carotid artery stenting.
- Unmasking complicated atherosclerotic plaques on carotid magnetic resonance angiography: a report of three cases.
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Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
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