Douglas L Packer M.D.
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
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About
Dr. Douglas Packer is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Packer performs testing procedures on patients hearts electrical system in order to assess timing and abnormalities associated with electrical activities of the heart. Adult Cardiac Electrophysiologists are trained to treat irregular heartbeats, and carry out electrophysiology studies or ablations.
Education and Training
Univ of Ut Sch of Med, Salt Lake Cty Ut 1980
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1983
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of ablation electrode length and catheter tip to endocardial orientation on radiofrequency lesion size in the canine right atrium.
- Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography for guiding transseptal catheter placement: utility and learning curve.
- Effect of implantable defibrillators on arrhythmic events and mortality in the multicenter unsustained tachycardia trial.
- Early direct coronary angioplasty in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Familial atrial fibrillation is a genetically heterogeneous disorder.
- Long-term outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after successful early defibrillation.
- Long-term subjective memory function in ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors resuscitated by early defibrillation.
- Impact of age on long-term survival and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Prognostic implication of early ejection fraction on long-term mortality and quality of life following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Outcomes and in-hospital treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation by early defibrillation.
- Mechanisms for enlarging lesion size during irrigated tip radiofrequency
- Metabolic acidosis associated with propofol in the absence of other causative factors.
- Evolution of mapping and anatomic imaging of cardiac arrhythmias.
- Evolution of mapping and anatomic imaging of cardiac arrhythmias.
- Analysis of catheter-tip (8-mm) and actual tissue temperatures achieved during radiofrequency ablation at the orifice of the pulmonary vein.
Awards
- Best Doctors in America
- Best Doctors in America Board 2008
- Alpha Omega Alpha (Jr Yr), AOA National Honor Society 1979
- Distinguished Service Award, Brigham Young University 2006
- John M. Nasseff Sr. Professorship in Cardiology, Mayo in honor of Bur 2008
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Cardiology
- Fellow American Heart Association
- Fellow Heart Rhythm Society, Fellow,
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Duke University Medical Center, Cardiac Electrophysiology, NC, USA 1985
- Duke University Medical Center, Cardiovascular Disease, NC, USA 1985
- Fellow - Cardiology/Electrophysiology: Duke University
Experience & Accolades
- Honorary Professorship2014Dalian, China -16
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