Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Thomas A. Ports, MD
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Thomas Ports is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He went to The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received 3 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACC)". Thomas Ports is a published doctor and has 101 publications published. The lastest was: 'Long-term outpatient vasodilator therapy of congestive heart failure. Consideration of agents at rest and during exercise.' Dr. Thomas A. Ports is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Patient and physician perspectives on outcomes weighting in revascularization. The POWR study.
- Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine to dilate the radial Artery prior to transradial cardiac catheterization: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical t...
- Sterile radial Artery granuloma after transradial cardiac catheterization.
- Sterile radial Artery granuloma after transradial procedures: a unique and avoidable complication.
- Multivessel Coronary artery disease predicts mortality, length of stay, and pressor requirements after liver transplantation.
- Safety of cardiac catheterization in patients with end-stage liver Disease awaiting liver transplantation.
- Determination of adequate Coronary stent expansion using StentBoost, a novel fluoroscopic image processing technique.
- Long-term mortality, cause of death, and temporal trends in complications after percutaneous Aortic balloon valvuloplasty for calcific Aortic stenosis.
- Randomized study of the safety and clinical utility of rotational vs. standard Coronary angiography using a flat-panel detector.
- Is there any indication for Aortic valvuloplasty in the elderly?
- Left ventricular systolic unloading and augmentation of intraCoronary pressure and Doppler flow during enhanced external counterpulsation.
- Pretreatment with intragraft verapamil prior to percutaneous Coronary intervention of saphenous vein graft lesions: results of the randomized, controlled vasodilator p...
- Trans-radial versus trans-femoral access in patients with end-stage liver Disease undergoing cardiac catheterization.
- The effects of intra-arterial vasodilators on radial artery size and spasm: implications for contemporary use of trans-radial access for Coronary angiography and percu...
- Influence of oral prazosin therapy on exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe Chronic heart failure.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of a ruptured right sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm.
- Changes in mixed venous and Coronary sinus P50 secondary to anesthesia and cardiac disease.
- Minoxidil therapy in chronic congestive heart failure: Acute plus long-term hemodynamic and clinical study.
- Hemodynamic benefit of Atrial pacing in right ventricular myocardial infarction.
- The role of right ventricular systolic dysfunction and elevated intrapericardial pressure in the genesis of low output in experimental right ventricular Infarction.
- Efficacy of diltiazem in Angina on effort: a multicenter trial.
- Halothane and morphine-nitrous oxide anesthesia in patients undergoing Coronary artery bypass operation. Patterns of intraoperative ischemia.
- The role of aortic balloon pumping in postinfarction Angina. A different perspective.
- Severe Aortic insufficiency in juvenile chronic arthritis.
- Mechanism of relief of pacing induced Angina with oral verapamil: reduced oxygen demand.
- Trimazosin in Chronic congestive heart failure: improved left ventricular function at rest and during exercise.
- Diagnostic and prognostic value of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.
- Measurement of volumetric Coronary blood flow with a Doppler catheter: validation in an animal model.
- Coronary air embolism complicating transseptal radiofrequency ablation of left free-wall accessory pathways.
- Echocardiography of right ventricular tumors.
- Intravascular coagulation in fresh-water submersion: report of three cases.
- Echocardiography of left ventricular masses.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of Ebstein''s anomaly.
- Comparison of haemodynamic effects of oral hydralazine and prazosin hydrochloride in patients with Chronic congestive heart failure.
- Early and long-term prognosis after vasodilator therapy in the Acute phase of myocardial infarction.
- Influence of short-term oral hydralazine therapy on exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe Chronic heart failure.
- Detection of left ventricular functional reserve by supine exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe, Chronic heart failure.
- Venous anomalies of the Coronary sinus: detection by M-mode, two-dimensional and contrast echocardiography.
- Attenuation of prazosin effect on cardiac output in Chronic heart failure.
- Left ventricular volume from paired biplane two-dimensional echocardiography.
- Operative correction of total left anomalous Pulmonary venous return.
- Echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular septal Aneurysms.
- Paradox of improved exercise but not resting hemodynamics with short-term prazosin in Chronic heart failure.
- Echocardiographic manifestation of flail right and nonCoronary aortic valve leaflets.
- Long-term clinical results after vasodilator evaluation in patients with primary (unexplained) and secondary precapillary pulmonary hypertension: Acute hemodynamic com...
- Assessment of severity of Coronary stenoses using a Doppler catheter. Validation of a method based on the continuity equation.
- Ethics in cardiovascular medicine. Task Force II: The relation of cardiovascular specialists to patients, other physicians and physician-owned organizations.
- Regression of Coronary atherosclerosis during treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia with combined drug regimens.
- Myocardial oxygen supply and demand.
- Dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy: the experience with its application in one hundred seventy patients with known or suspected unstable Angina.
- Lifestyle changes and heart Disease.
- Can lifestyle changes reverse Coronary heart disease? The Lifestyle Heart Trial.
- ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac catheterization and cardiac catheterization laboratories. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Ad Hoc Task Force on...
- Transvenous Coronary ultrasound imaging. A novel approach to visualization of the Coronary arteries.
- Differentiation of abnormal blood flow patterns in Coronary arteries based on Doppler catheter recordings.
- Contribution of localized calcium deposits to Dissection after angioplasty. An observational study using intravascular ultrasound.
- The effects of Coronary angioplasty and reperfusion on distribution of myocardial flow.
- Simultaneous percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty and Coronary artery angioplasty in an elderly patient.
- Using beta blockers after MI in the elderly.
- Nonparenteral vasodilator therapy for Chronic congestive heart failure.
- Long-term outpatient vasodilator therapy of congestive Heart failure. Consideration of agents at rest and during exercise.
- Estimation of the functional and anatomic extent of Myocardial infarction using magnetic resonance imaging.
- Segmental evaluation of left ventricular wall motion after Myocardial infarction: magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography.
- Evaluation of left ventricular thrombi by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and two-dimensional echocardiography.
- Feasibility, reliability, and advantage of utilizing low contrast dose digital subtraction ventriculography in a conventional catheterization laboratory.
- Constrictive pericarditis: techniques for differential diagnosis.
- Right ventricular Myocardial infarction with ventricular septal rupture.
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Effects of Acute and chronic verapamil treatment on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function.
- High-degree atrioventricular block after radiation therapy.
- EndoMyocardial biopsy in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
- Use of a percutaneous arterial suture device (Perclose) in patients undergoing percutaneous balloon Aortic valvuloplasty.
- Cardiogenic shock: thrombolysis or angioplasty?
- Intensive lifestyle changes for reversal of Coronary heart disease.
- Combined PTCA and aortic valvuloplasty for Acute myocardial infarction complicated by severe aortic stenosis and cardiogenic shock.
- Frequency, duration, magnitude, and consequences of myocardial ischemia during intraCoronary ultrasonography.
- Accuracy of Doppler catheter measurements: effect of inhomogeneous beam power distribution on mean and peak velocity.
- Impact of the operating physician on costs of percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty.
- Angiographically silent atherosclerosis detected by intravascular ultrasound in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and familial combined Hyperlipidemia: corre...
- Intracardiac pheochromocytoma with dual Coronary blood supply: case report and literature review.
- Balloon Aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to Aortic valve replacement in critically ill patients.
- Contained rupture following percutaneous transluminal Coronary angioplasty: long-term outcome.
- Mitral and Aortic paravalvular leaks with hemolytic anemia.
- Comparison of the retrograde and transSeptal methods for ablation of left free wall accessory pathways.
- Contrast-enhanced intravascular ultrasound: validation of a new technique for delineation of the vessel wall boundary.
- Increased prevalence of Coronary ectasia in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
- Catheter fragmentation of massive Pulmonary embolus: guidance with transesophageal echocardiography.
- Determination of left ventricular volume in children: echocardiographic and angiographic comparisons.
- Oral hydralazine in Chronic heart failure: sustained beneficial hemodynamic effects.
- The changing face of intensive care.
- Left Atrial volume estimation by two-dimensional echocardiography.
- Dobutamine in chronic ischemic heart failure: alterations in left ventricular function and Coronary hemodynamics.
- Hemodynamic effects of prazosin in Chronic heart failure.
- Late prognostic value of scintigraphic parameters of Acute myocardial infarction size in complicated myocardial infarction without heart failure.
- The late prognostic value of Acute scintigraphic measurement of myocardial infarction size.
- Immediate and sustained hemodynamic and clinical improvement in Chronic heart failure by an oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
- Measurement of left ventricular stroke volume using continuous wave Doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta and M-mode echocardiography of the Aortic valve.
- Quantitation of Mitral regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography.
- The clinical and pathophysiologic implications of pain, ST abnormalities, and scintigraphic changes induced during dipyridamole infusion: their relationships to the pe...
- Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting as unstable Angina.
- Improved stenosis geometry by quantitative Coronary arteriography after vigorous risk factor modification.
Schools
Ohio State University College Of Medicine and Public Health
University Chicago Hosps
University Calif Hospital
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
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Ectasia
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Basic HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- Access Plus Savenet
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- Local Access Plus HMO
- Brown & Toland Physicians
- Cigna HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- WholeCare Network HMO
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Top MD
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Chicago -
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco VA Medical Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1679513824 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | PORTS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | THOMAS | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941430001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 748.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1679513824 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | PORTS |
| First Name Of The Provider | THOMAS |
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