Associate Professor, Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine

Cardiology

Dr. Alvin S. Blaustein, MD

Alvin Blaustein is an expert in the field of Cardiology. He went to medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Alvin Blaustein is also a published MD. He has 30 publication published. The most recent publication is: Tricuspid valve disease. Clinical evaluation, physiopathology, and management.

Publications

Physicians assistants in VA medical centers--reply.
Aortic valve leaflet entrapment by a percutaneous closure device.
Health Care at the VA: Recommendations for Change.
Revascularization improves mortality in elderly patients with Acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock.
Early Experience of a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Program at a Veterans Affairs Facility.
Double-staged approach for advanced mitral-tricuspid Disease.
Bioprosthetic mitral Valve endocarditis after percutaneous device closure of severe paravalvular leak.
Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement as a treatment for late apicoAortic conduit obstruction in a patient with severe Aortic stenosis.
Establishment of a transcatheter Aortic valve program and heart valve team at a Veterans Affairs facility.
The natural history of moderate Aortic stenosis in a veteran population.
Papillary fibroelastoma of the Aortic valve: operative approaches upon incidental discovery.
Phase II evaluation of iproplatin in patients with advanced gastric and pancreatic cancer.
Left ventricular dysfunction in deteriorating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease.
Dobutamine echocardiography and quantitative rest-redistribution 201Tl tomography in Myocardial hibernation. Relation of contractile reserve to 201Tl uptake and compar...
Asynchronous (segmental early) relaxation of the left ventricle.
Mechanisms of pulsus paradoxus during resistive respiratory loading and asthma.
Right ventricular pacing reduces the rate of left ventricular relaxation and filling.
Characteristics of chronic left ventricular dysfunction induced by Coronary embolization in a canine model.
Indications for and timing of surgical intervention in infective Endocarditis.
Adjunctive nifedipine therapy in high-risk, medically refractory, unstable Angina pectoris.
Tricuspid Valve disease. Clinical evaluation, physiopathology, and management.
Identification of hibernating myocardium: comparative accuracy of Myocardial contrast echocardiography, rest-redistribution thallium-201 tomography and dobutamine echo...
Preoperative and perioperative management of cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Outcomes in patients with Acute non-Q-wave myocardial infarction randomly assigned to an invasive as compared with a conservative management strategy. Veterans Affairs...
Design and baseline characteristics of the Veterans Affairs Non-Q-Wave Infarction Strategies In-Hospital (VANQWISH) trial. VANQWISH Trial Research Investigators.
Non-Q-wave Myocardial infarction following thrombolytic therapy: a comparison of outcomes in patients randomized to invasive or conservative post-infarct assessment st...
Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable Coronary disease.
Intensive multifactorial intervention for stable Coronary artery disease: optimal medical therapy in the COURAGE (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Agg...
Severe Aortic stenosis in a veteran population: treatment considerations and survival.

Schools

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
New England Med Center Hosps

Conditions Treated

Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Valve Disease
Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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Doctors Specialties

Cardiology
Pulmonology

Accepted Insurances

Education

Tufts Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Hospital

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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