Robert C Touchon MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1249 15th St Suite 4000 Huntington WV, 25701About
Dr. Robert Touchon is a cardiologist practicing in Huntington, WV. Dr. Touchon 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. Touchon also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
University of California 1970
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1965
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dyslipidemia evaluated by brachial artery vasoactivity: a case study of eight patients.
- Increased sensitivity of the obese Zucker rat to deoxycorticosterone-salt-induced hypertension.
- Aortic atherosclerosis and stroke.
- The role of two-dimensional echocardiology in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis [corrected].
- Late potentials in mitral valve prolapse.
- Late variation in ventricular function after myocardial infarction.
- Therapy of ischemic cardiomyopathy with pentoxifylline.
- Lipid screening in a rural West Virginia clinic.
- Short-term control of supraventricular tachycardia with verapamil infusion and calcium pretreatment.
- Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after myocardial infarction.
- Quantitativ studies on small lymphocyte disposition in epithelial cells.
- Coronary venous retroperfusion of arterial blood for the treatment of acute myocardial ischemia.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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