Dr. Heather L Mertz MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Medical Center Winston Salem NC, 27157About
Dr. Heather Mertz is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Mertz specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Mertz can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Mertz can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG- Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. Does use of a strict algorithm decrease the incidence of tubal rupture?
- Lepirudin for treatment of acute thrombosis during pregnancy.
- Migraine during pregnancy: is it more than a headache?
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic repair of symptomatic cesarean scar defect: a report of two cases.
- Successful treatment of severe sepsis with recombinant activated protein C during the third trimester of pregnancy.
- Hemodynamic responses to angiotensin-(1-7) in women in their third trimester of pregnancy.
- The psychosocial impact of inpatient management of monoamniotic twin gestations.
- Downregulation of apelin in the human placental chorionic villi from preeclamptic pregnancies.
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