Director of Interventional Cardiology Massachusetts General Hospital
Internal Medicine
Dr. Igor F. Palacios, MD
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Igor Palacios practices Internal Medicine. He researched medicine at Universidad Central de Venezuela College of Medicine. He has 5 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine", "Boston Herald", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACC)". Igor F. Palacios, MD is a published doctor. He has 79 papers published. The most current publication "Patent foramen ovale (PFO), stroke and pregnancy." He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Percutaneous left ventricular assist device for high-risk percutaneous Coronary interventions: Real-world versus clinical trial experience.
- Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement and standard therapy in inoperable patients with Aortic stenosis and low EF.
- Continued expansion of the Heart Team concept.
- Impact of atrial fibrillation on outcomes in patients who underwent transcatheter Aortic valve replacement.
- Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure as an independent predictor of outcome during balloon Aortic valvuloplasty.
- Long-term experience and outcomes with transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale.
- Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Results From the Placement...
- The Echo Score Revisited: Impact of Incorporating Commissural Morphology and Leaflet Displacement to the Prediction of Outcome for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Mit...
- Optimizing rotational atherectomy in high-risk percutaneous Coronary interventions: Insights from the PROTECT ÎÎ study.
- A combined epidemiologic and metabolomic approach improves CKD prediction.
- Patent foramen ovale transcatheter closure vs. medical therapy on recurrent vascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Effect of Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance on Outcomes After Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty.
- The Brain's Heart - Therapeutic Opportunities for Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Neurovascular Disease.
- Outcome of Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention During On- Versus Off-hours (A Harmonizing Ou...
- Heart-brain signaling in patent foramen ovale-related stroke: differential plasma proteomic expression patterns revealed with a 2-pass liquid chromatography-tandem mas...
- Management Strategy in 249 Consecutive Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Referred to a Dedicated Program.
- Transcatheter Aortic valve implantation: the interventionist vision.
- Left ventricular assistant device impella 2.5 usage for patients undergoing high-risk PCI.
- Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in patients with secundum Atrial septal defects: outcomes following transcatheter closure.
- Acute myocardial infarction caused by multivessel coronary spasm due to calcium channel blocker withdrawal.
- Difference in outcome among women and men after percutaneous Mitral valvuloplasty.
- Suicide left ventricle following transcatheter Aortic valve implantation.
- Management of residual shunts after initial percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: a single center experience with immediate and long-term follow-up.
- Comparison of procedural and in-hospital outcomes of percutaneous balloon Aortic valvuloplasty in patients >80 years versus patients < or =80 years.
- Impact of rapid ventricular pacing during percutaneous balloon Aortic valvuloplasty in patients with critical Aortic stenosis: should we be using it?
- Impact of pre- and postprocedural Mitral regurgitation on outcomes after percutaneous Mitral valvuloplasty for Mitral stenosis.
- ST-elevation Myocardial infarction mortality in a major academic center "on-" versus "off-" hours.
- Structural Heart disease interventions: an emerging discipline in cardiovascular medicine.
- Retrograde versus antegrade percutaneous Aortic balloon valvuloplasty: immediate, short- and long-term outcome at 2 years.
- Ventricular arrhythmia following alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Predicting success and long-term outcomes of percutaneous Mitral valvuloplasty: a multifactorial score.
- Endovascular therapy for left main compression Syndrome. Case report and literature review.
- May-Thurner Syndrome in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale: an important clinical association.
- Echocardiographic assessment of percutaneous patent foramen ovale and Atrial septal defect closure complications.
- Long-term safety and durability of percutaneous septal sinus shortening (The PS(3) System) in an ovine model.
- A prospective feasibility trial investigating the use of the Impella 2.5 system in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous Coronary intervention (The PROTECT I Tria...
- Predictive factors for in-stent late loss and Coronary lesion progression in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus randomized to rosiglitazone or placebo.
- Sex differences in medical care and early death after Acute myocardial infarction.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Giant left circumflex coronary artery Aneurysm with arteriovenous fistula to the coronary sinus.
- Quality of life with PCI versus medical therapy in stable Coronary disease.
- Metabolite profiling of blood from individuals undergoing planned Myocardial infarction reveals early markers of Myocardial injury.
- Impact of concomitant Aortic regurgitation on percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty: Immediate results, short-term, and long-term outcome.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. The traveling amplatzer: rare complication of percutaneous Atrial septal occluder device embolism.
- Frequency and mechanism of persistent systolic anterior motion and mitral regurgitation after septal ablation in obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Aneurysm of the Vieussens' arterial ring.
- Safety and feasibility of Acute percutaneous septal sinus shortening: first-in-human experience.
- Novel use of the Amplatzer septal occluder device in the percutaneous closure of ascending aortic pseudoAneurysms: a case series.
- Drug-eluting stents in Primary PCI.
- Transcatheter closure of Atrial septal defects in adults using two devices: an angiographic overview.
- Immediate and long-term follow-up of percutaneous balloon Mitral valvuloplasty in pregnant patients with rheumatic Mitral stenosis.
- Percutaneous septal sinus shortening: a novel procedure for the treatment of functional Mitral regurgitation.
- Time course of pressure gradient response after first alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Acute predictors of subacute complete Heart block after alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- The impact of age in the immediate and long-term outcomes of percutaneous Mitral balloon valvuloplasty.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Visualization of endoMyocardial fibrosis by delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging.
- Drug-eluting stents for diabetes mellitus: a rush to judgment?
- Percutaneous Valve replacement and repair: fiction or reality?
- Transcatheter intracardiac device implantation for Atrial level defects and thrombosis: a call for randomized, controlled data.
- Hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide in right ventricular Myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock.
- The changing pattern of Coronary perforation during percutaneous Coronary intervention in the new device era.
- Percutaneous approaches to valvular Disease.
- Coronary in-stent restenosis following beta brachytherapy: a histopathological examination.
- Percutaneous transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure using the right internal jugular venous approach.
- Effect of Atrial septal mobility on transcatheter closure of interAtrial communications.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Covered stent septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopathy: initial success but ultimate failure resulting from colla...
- Compassionate use of the amplatzer ASD closure device for residual postInfarction ventricular septal rupture following surgical repair.
- Transthoracic left ventricular puncture for the assessment of patients with Aortic and mitral valve prostheses: the Massachusetts General Hospital experience, 1989-2000.
- Directional Coronary atherectomy vs. rotational atherectomy for the treatment of in-stent restenosis of native Coronary arteries.
- Percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with paradoxical embolism.
- Catheter pericardiocentesis for delayed tamponade after cardiac Valve operation.
- Which patients benefit from percutaneous Mitral balloon valvuloplasty? Prevalvuloplasty and postvalvuloplasty variables that predict long-term outcome.
- Stenting vs. balloon angioplasty with provisional stenting for the treatment of vessels with small reference diameter.
- Echocardiography in Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty.
- Coronary Sinus Pacing for the Management of Right Ventricular and Atrial Infarction with Isolated Right Ventricular Pulsus Alternans.
- Proteomic signatures of serum albumin-bound proteins from stroke patients with and without endovascular closure of PFO are significantly different and suggest a novel ...
- The Aortic valve calcium nodule score (AVCNS) independently predicts paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter Aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
- Feasibility of C-arm computed tomography for transcatheter Aortic valve replacement planning.
- Patent foramen ovale (PFO), stroke and pregnancy.
Schools
Universidad Central De VenezuelaJose Maria Vargas Escuela De Medicina Jose Maria Vargas
Hospital University De Caracas
Mass Genl Hospital Harvard
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Magazine
- Boston Herald
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Universidad Central de Venezuela College of Medicine -
Central University of Venezuela
Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1376533562 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | PALACIOS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | IGOR | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021142696 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 203.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1376533562 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | PALACIOS |
| First Name Of The Provider | IGOR |
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