Dr. Robert H Beekman M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
3333 Burnet Ave Ml 2003 Cincinnati OH, 45229About
Dr. Robert Beekman is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Beekman specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1961
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pediatric interventional cardiology: a specialty comes of age.
- Balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary valve stenosis.
- Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects.
- Embolization therapy in pediatric cardiology.
- Thrombotic occlusion of the main stem of the left coronary artery in a neonate.
- Utility of cardiac catheterization in pediatric cardiac patients on ECMO.
- Transhepatic therapeutic cardiac catheterization: a new option for the pediatric interventionalist.
- Radiation exposure to children during coil occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus.
- Exposure to ionizing radiation in children undergoing Amplatzer device placement to close atrial septal defects.
- One-year follow-up of the amplatzer device to close atrial septal defects.
- Unique echocardiographic features associated with deployment of the Amplatzer atrial septal defect device.
- Effect of superior cavopulmonary anastomosis on the rate of tricuspid annulus dilation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- Surgical emergencies during pediatric interventional catheterization.
- Cost-effectiveness of coarctation repair strategies: endovascular stenting versus surgery.
- Color M-mode and Doppler tissue evaluation of diastolic function in children: simultaneous correlation with invasive indices.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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