Peter J. Fitzgerald MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
300 Pasteur Dr Stanford CA, 94305About
Dr. Peter Fitzgerald is a cardiologist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Fitzgerald 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. Fitzgerald also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 1987
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Validation of Automated Border Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images.
- Intravascular ultrasound and quantitative coronary angiography.
- Effects of transducer position on backscattered intensity in coronary arteries.
- Effect of coronary stent overexpansion on lumen size and intimal hyperplasia at
- Late vascular response to repeat stenting for in-stent restenosis with and
- Discrimination of early/intermediate and advanced/complicated coronary plaque types by radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound analysis.
- Impact of vessel curvature on the accuracy of three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound: validation by phantoms and coronary segments.
- Impact of deep vessel wall injury and vessel stretching on subsequent arterial remodeling after balloon angioplasty: a serial intravascular ultrasound study.
- 7-hexanoyltaxol-eluting stent for prevention of neointimal growth: an intravascular ultrasound analysis from the Study to COmpare REstenosis rate between QueST and QuaDS-QP2 (SCORE).
- Delivered dose and vascular response after beta-radiation for in-stent restenosis: retrospective dosimetry and volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Intracoronary imaging with optical coherence tomography: a new high-resolution technology providing striking visualization in the coronary artery.
- Quantitative and spatial relation of baseline atherosclerotic plaque burden and subsequent in-stent neointimal proliferation as determined by intravascular ultrasound.
- New catheter-based technology for the treatment of restenosis.
- Mechanisms of acute lumen gain following cutting balloon angioplasty in calcified and noncalcified lesions: an intravascular ultrasound study.
- Impact of deep vessel wall injury on acute response and remodeling of coronary artery segments after cutting balloon angioplasty.
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