Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program University of Chicago
Cardiology
Dr. R P. Ward, MD
Dr. R P. Ward practices Cardiology. He researched medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received 1 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Ward has written publications. He has 49 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Similarity in gallstone formation from 900 kcal/day diets containing 16 g vs 30 g of daily fat: evidence that fat restriction is not the main culprit of cholelithiasis...'
Publications
- Identifying Errors and Inconsistencies in Real Time While Using Facilitated Echocardiographic Reporting.
- Comparison of the Updated 2011 Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography to the Original Criteria for Transthoracic, Transesophageal, and Stress Echocardiography.
- Echocardiographic assessment and clinical management of Tricuspid regurgitation.
- Use of a web-based application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Use Criteria for Transthoracic Ech...
- ACCF/ASE/AHA/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCM/SCCT/SCMR 2011 Appropriate Use Criteria for Echocardiography A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriate...
- The role of radionuclide Myocardial perfusion imaging for asymptomatic individuals.
- Evaluation of the clinical application of the ACCF/ASE appropriateness criteria for stress echocardiography.
- Right-ventricular function by nuclear cardiology.
- Predictors of Hypertension control in a diverse general cardiology practice.
- Comparison of high risk stress Myocardial perfusion imaging findings in men with rapid versus prolonged recovery of ST-segment depression after exercise stress testing.
- SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with prone-only acquisitions: correlation with Coronary angiography.
- Evaluation of the application of the ACCF/ASE appropriateness criteria for transesophageal echocardiography in an academic medical center.
- Usefulness of abnormal Heart rate recovery on exercise stress testing to predict high-risk findings on single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion ...
- ACC/AHA/ACR/ASE/ASNC/HRS/NASCI/RSNA/SAIP/SCAI/ SCCT/SCMR/SIR 2008 Key Data Elements and Definitions for Cardiac Imaging: A Report of the American College of Cardiology...
- Appropriateness criteria for echocardiography: an important step toward improving quality.
- Use of Carotid intima-media thickness to identify patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack with low yield of cardiovascular sources of embolus on tr...
- Prospective evaluation of the clinical application of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Society of Echocardiography Appropriateness Criteria for t...
- Echocardiographic predictors of Pulmonary embolism in patients referred for helical CT.
- Value of vasodilator stress Myocardial contrast echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging for the differential diagnosis of ischemic versus nonischemic cardiomyo...
- Comparison of findings on stress myocardial perfusion imaging in men with versus without erectile dysfunction and without prior Heart disease.
- Thrombus-in-transit: two cases and a review of diagnosis and management.
- A hypertensive response to exercise is associated with transient ischemic dilation on Myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging.
- Comparison of the frequency of abnormal cardiac findings by echocardiography in patients with and without peripheral arterial Disease.
- Overestimation of postischemic Myocardial stunning on gated SPECT imaging: correlation with echocardiography.
- Prediction of coronary Heart disease by erectile dysfunction in men referred for nuclear stress testing.
- Predictors of long-term mortality in patients with ischemic stroke referred for transesophageal echocardiography.
- Coronary to pulmonary artery fistula--diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
- Clinical features of complications from transesophageal echocardiography: a single-center case series of 10,000 consecutive examinations.
- Female gender is an independent predictor of operative mortality after Coronary artery bypass graft surgery: contemporary analysis of 31 Midwestern hospitals.
- High prevalence of important cardiac findings in patients with peripheral arterial Disease referred for echocardiography.
- Use of hand-carried ultrasound devices to augment the accuracy of medical student bedside cardiac diagnoses.
- Racial differences in Aortic atheroma in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography for unexplained stroke or transient ischemic attack.
- Combination of acceleration and collision involving the left atrial appendage limbus as a mechanism of hemolytic anemia in the setting of periprosthetic mitral Valve r...
- Transient ischemic attack in a patient with Pulmonary vein thrombosis after left upper lobectomy for squamous cell lung cancer.
- Assessment of left ventricular function with contrast echocardiography.
- Differential diagnosis of cardiac masses using contrast echocardiographic perfusion imaging.
- Acute pancreatitis mimicking myocardial infarction: evaluation with myocardial contrast echocardiography.
- Harmonic imaging for endocardial visualization and Myocardial contrast echocardiography during transesophageal echocardiography.
- Pheochromocytoma storm presenting as cardiovascular collapse at term pregnancy.
- Innovations in transesophageal echocardiographic imaging.
- Resting "Solar Polar" map pattern and reduced apical flow reserve: characteristics of apical hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy on SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
- Quantitative diagnosis of apical Cardiomyopathy using contrast echocardiography.
- Slowing the progression of CHF. Drug therapy to correct neurohormonal abnormalities.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Hemolysis after mitral Valve repair.
- Role of adenosine and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in mediating haloperidol-induced gene expression and catalepsy.
- Molecular and behavioral effects mediated by Gs-coupled adenosine A2a, but not serotonin 5-Ht4 or 5-Ht6 receptors following antipsychotic administration.
- Similarity in gallstone formation from 900 kcal/day diets containing 16 g vs 30 g of daily fat: evidence that fat restriction is not the main culprit of cholelithiasis...
- Colocalization of serotonin receptor subtypes 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, and 5-HT6 with neuropeptides in rat striatum.
Schools
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
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
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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University of Chicago -
University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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University of Chicago Medical Center
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