Dr. Edward R O'brien D.O.
Internist
2700 27th Ave. Coralville IA, 52241About
Dr. Edward O'brien is an internist practicing in Coralville, IA. Dr. O'brien specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. O'brien provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences 1997
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hospitalization costs of primary stenting versus thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: cost analysis of the Canadian STAT Study.
- Antagonism of the alpha4 integrin subunit attenuates the acute inflammatory response to stent implantation yet is insufficient to prevent late intimal formation.
- c-kit-immunopositive vascular progenitor cells populate human coronary in-stent restenosis but not primary atherosclerotic lesions.
- Novel antiinflammatory vascular benefits of systemic and stent-based delivery of ethylisopropylamiloride.
- 17beta-estradiol downregulates tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme and ANG II type 1 receptor in female rats.
- Modulation of estrogen signaling by the novel interaction of heat shock protein 27, a biomarker for atherosclerosis, and estrogen receptor beta: mechanistic insight into the vascular effects of estrogens.
- Combined angioplasty and pharmacological intervention versus thrombolysis alone in acute myocardial infarction (CAPITAL AMI study).
- Regulation of components of the brain and cardiac renin-angiotensin systems by 17beta-estradiol after myocardial infarction in female rats.
- Comparison of processing and sectioning methodologies for arteries containing metallic stents.
- Comparison of early mortality of paramedic-diagnosed ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with immediate transport to a designated primary percutaneous coronary intervention center to that of similar patients transported to the nearest hospital
- NM23-H2, an estrogen receptor beta-associated protein, shows diminished expression with progression of atherosclerosis.
- The interaction and cellular localization of HSP27 and ERbeta are modulated by 17beta-estradiol and HSP27 phosphorylation.
- Discovery of NM23-H2 as an estrogen receptor beta-associated protein: role in estrogen-induced gene transcription and cell migration.
- A citywide protocol for primary PCI in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
- Contribution of recipient-derived cells in allograft neointima formation and the response to stent implantation.
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