Dr. Scot H Merrick MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
350 Parnassus Ave Suite 150 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Scot H. Merrick is a heart surgeon who specializes in procedures such as surgical coronary revascularization, valve repair and valve replacement as well as surgery for congenital heart disease, arrhythmia, ...
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Maze procedure and homograft replacement of a rheumatic mitral valve.
- Positron emission tomography with f18-fluorodeoxyglucose in the staging and preoperative evaluation of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
- Transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement in carcinoid heart disease.
- Arrhythmogenic ventricular aneurysms unrelated to coronary artery disease.
- Balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to aortic valve replacement in critically ill patients.
- Evaluation of thoracic aortic dissection using breath-holding cine MRI.
- Acute effects of intraoperative multisite ventricular pacing on left ventricular function and activation/contraction sequence in patients with depressed ventricular function.
- Cardiac valve surgery in octogenarians: improving quality of life and functional status.
- Pulmonary metastases of endocrine origin: the role of surgery.
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Awards
- San Francisco Super Doctors 2012
Fellowships
- UCSF, Cardiothoracic Surgery 1987
- University California 1987
- UCSF, Cardiothoracic Surgery 1987
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