Dr. Ian C Balfour MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
500 Medical Center Blvd Suite 340 Lawrenceville GA, 30045Rating
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About
Dr. Ian Balfour is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Lawrenceville, GA. Dr. Balfour specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
Univ Of West Indies- Fac Med Sci- Kingston- Jamaica 1975
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of The West Indies (Jamaica) 1975
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The in vitro assessment of anti-human lymphocyte globulin.
- Cyclosphosphamide/prednisone for combination immunosuppression and therapy of lymphoproliferative disease.
- Main coronary artery and coronary ostial stenosis in children: detection by transthoracic color flow and pulsed Doppler echocardiography.
- Chest pain in children.
- Five-loop coil occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus prevents recurrence of shunt at follow-up.
- Clinical spectrum of restrictive cardiomyopathy in children.
- The distribution, age effects and disease associations of HLA antigens and other blood group markers in a random sample of an elderly population.
- The distribution, age effects and disease associations of HLA antigens and other blood group markers in a random sample of an elderly population.
- Arcade mitral valve and anomalous left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery.
- Steroid-induced hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following stem cell transplantation in a neonate: a case report.
- Bridge stents in the management of obstructive vascular lesions in children.
- Aberrant coronary arteries: a reliable echocardiographic screening method.
- Assessment of the coronary arteries in children: an integral part of each transthoracic echocardiographic study.
- Venous sheath to facilitate cardiac catheterization via the umbilical vein.
- Arterial approach as the sole route for cardiac catheterization in infants and children with complex congenital heart disease.
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