Marc A Pfeffer M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
75 Francis Street Brigham & Women's Ho Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Marc Pfeffer is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Pfeffer 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. Pfeffer also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Ok Coll of Med, Oklahoma City Ok 1976
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
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Expert Publications
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- Coronary heart disease in patients with low LDL-cholesterol: benefit of pravastatin in diabetics and enhanced role for HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides as risk factors.
- New therapeutic options in congestive heart failure: Part I.
- New therapeutic options in congestive heart failure: Part II.
- Myocardial infarct: no one size fits all.
- Omapatrilat reduces pulse pressure and proximal aortic stiffness in patients with systolic hypertension: results of the conduit hemodynamics of omapatrilat international research study.
- Ventricular remodeling does not accompany the development of heart failure in diabetic patients after myocardial infarction.
- Renin-angiotensin system and cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction.
- Janice M. Pfeffer Memorial Lecture.
- Value of the electrocardiogram in predicting left ventricular enlargement and dysfunction after myocardial infarction.
- Left ventricular hypertrophy and the risk of subsequent left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction.
- Left ventricular remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction.
- Cardiac function and heart failure.
- Determinants of elevated pulse pressure in middle-aged and older subjects with uncomplicated systolic hypertension: the role of proximal aortic diameter and the aortic pressure-flow relationship.
- Effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced left-ventricular systolic function taking angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors: the CHARM-Added trial.
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