James N Kirkpatrick MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
3400 Spruce St Hup 9014 Gates Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. James Kirkpatrick is a cardiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Kirkpatrick 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. Kirkpatrick also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Assessment of global and regional left ventricular diastolic function in hypertensive heart disease using automated border detection techniques.
- Medical house officers' attitudes toward vigorous analgesia, terminal sedation, and physician-assisted suicide.
- Golden rule reasoning in clinical medicine: theoretical and empirical aspects.
- Clinical utility of automated assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction using artificial intelligence-assisted border detection.
- Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on ventricular remodeling.
- Hand-carried echocardiography for assessment of left ventricular filling and ejection fraction in the surgical intensive care unit.
- Analyzing the "speckled band" to predict response to CRT: a Sherlockian conundrum.
- Using echo to evaluate patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs):
- Safety and efficacy of pacemaker reuse in underdeveloped nations: a case series.
- Echocardiographic strain imaging and its use in the clinical setting.
- Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for the indication of suspected infective endocarditis: vegetations, blood cultures and imaging.
- Effect of right ventricular function and venous congestion on cardiorenal interactions during the treatment of decompensated heart failure.
- Accuracy of noninvasively determined pulmonary artery systolic pressure.
- ABCD's of heart failure: echo-ing through the first stage.
- Recovery of pacemakers and defibrillators for analysis and device advance directives: electrophysiologists' perspectives.
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