Dr. Vivian Andrew Fonseca MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1430 Tulane Ave Sl 53 New Orleans LA, 70112Rating
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Dr. Vivian Fonseca practices Endocrinology in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Fonseca specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Fonseca examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intractable hypercalcemia due to a metastatic carcinoid secreting parathyroid hormone-related peptide and interleukin-6: response to octreotide.
- Recent advances in pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Plasma homocysteine concentrations in type II diabetic patients in India: relationship to body weight.
- Risk factors for coronary heart disease in diabetes.
- Exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance.
- Hyperhomocysteinemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus: cardiovascular risk factors and effect of treatment with folic acid and pyridoxine.
- Nonhypoglycemic effects of thiazolidinediones.
- Blood S-adenosylmethionine concentrations and lymphocyte methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase activity in diabetes mellitus and diabetic nephropathy.
- The stimulation of tumor necrosis factor and inhibition of glucose transport and lipoprotein lipase in adipose cells by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
- Acute and prolonged effects of sildenafil on brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation in type 2 diabetes.
- A selective somatostatin type-2 receptor agonist inhibits neointimal thickening and enhances endothelial cell growth and morphology following aortic balloon injury in the rabbit.
- Effects of thiazolidinediones on cardiovascular risk factors.
- Inflammation and emerging risk factors in diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis.
- Novel cardiovascular risk factors and macrovascular and microvascular complications of diabetes.
- Management of diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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