Joseph P Murgo MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
2829 Babcock Rd Tower I, Suite 235 San Antonio TX, 78229Rating
5/5
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Dr. Joseph Murgo is a cardiologist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Murgo 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. Murgo also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1966
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Microsphere and dilution techniques for the determination of blood flows and volumes in conscious mice.
- Balloon aortic valvuloplasty: the Texas Heart Institute experience.
- Intravascular ultrasound-assisted percutaneous angioplasty of aortic coarctation.
- Effect of exercise on indices of valvular aortic stenosis.
- Recanalization of arterial occlusions with a lensed fiber and a holmium:YAG laser.
- Coronary artery imaging with intravascular ultrasound in patients following cardiac transplantation.
- Noninvasive input impedance of the human systemic circulation.
- Location of a reflection site is elusive: consequences for the calculation of aortic pulse wave velocity.
- Assessment of stable ischemic heart disease. Which tests are best for which patients?
- Percutaneous angioscopy during coronary angioplasty using a steerable microangioscope.
- Have we really come to understand the relationship between the left ventricular outflow tract gradient and left ventricular emptying in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
- Results of laser-assisted balloon angioplasty for peripheral arterial obstruction using a lensed fiber-tip delivery catheter.
- Rest and exercise hemodynamic and metabolic findings in active duty soldiers referred for cardiac catheterization to exclude heart disease: Insights from past invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing using multisensor high fidelity catheters.
- The hemodynamic evaluation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: systolic and diastolic dysfunction.
- Prenatal diagnosis of multiple cardiac tumors presenting as an arrhythmia.
Treatments
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Endocarditis
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Brooke Army Medical Center-Fort Sam
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