Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases

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Victor G. Davila-Roman, MD

Specialty Areas
Cardiology

Areas of Clinical Interest
Cardiomyopathy, magnetic resonance imaging, myocardiology, hypertension, vascular surgery, coronary artery disease, supervising and interpreting diagnostic tests, such as echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms, treadmill stress test, Holter, Event and Loop monitors

Patients must be referred by a physician.

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial Referee
Circulation
Coronary Artery Disease
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
The New England Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Cardiology

Journal Articles

Hogue CW Jr, Sundt T 3rd, Barzilai B, Schecthman KB, Davila-Roman VG. Cardiac and neurologic complications identify risks for mortality for both men and women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Anesthesiology 2001; Nov;95(5):1074-8

Peterson LR, Eyster D, Davila-Roman VG, Stephens AL, Schechtman KB, Herrero P, Gropler RJ. Related Short-term oral estrogen replacement therapy does not augment endothelium-independent myocardial perfusion in postmenopausal women. Am Heart J 2001; Oct;142(4):641-7

Hogue CW Jr, Barzilai B, Pieper KS, Coombs LP, DeLong ER, Kouchoukos NT, Davila-Roman VG. Sex differences in neurological outcomes and mortality after cardiac surgery: a society of thoracic surgery national database report. Circulation 2001; May 1;103(17):2133-7

Nickerson NJ, Murphy SF, Dávila-Román VG, Schechtman KB, Kouchoukos NT: Obstacles to early discharge after cardiac surgery. Am J Managed Care 1999; 5:100-105

Dávila-Román VG, Murphy SF, Nickerson NJ, Kouchoukos NT, Schechtman KB,
Barzilai B: Atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta is an independent predictor of long-term neurologic events and mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33:1308-1316

Hogue CW, Murphy SF, Schechtman KB, Dávila-Román VG: Risk factors for early or delayed stroke after cardiac surgery. Circulation 1999; 100:642-647

Harris KM, Petrovic O, Dávila-Román VG, Yusen R, Littenberg B, Barzilai B: Changing patterns of transesophageal echocardiography in the intensive care unit. Echocardiogr 1999; 16:559-565

Huang J, Abendschein D, Dávila-Román VG, Amini AA: Four-dimensional LV tissue tracking from tagged MRI with 4D B-Spline Model. IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 1999; 18:957-972

Peterson LR, Courtois M, Peterson LF, Peterson MR, Dávila-Román VG, Spina RJ, Barzilai B. Estrogen increases hyperemic microvascular blood flow velocity in postmenopausal women. J Gerontol 1999 (in press)

Hogue C, Barzilai B, Dávila-Román VG: Stroke reduction: Diagnosis and Management of the atherosclerotic ascending aorta during cardiac surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1999; 3:17-24

Hogue CW, Sundt TM, Goldberg M, Barner H, Dávila-Román VG: Neurological complications of cardiac surgery: The need for new paradigms in prevention and treatment. Semin Thorac and Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 11:105-115

Kates AM, Vedala G, Woodard PK, Dávila-Román VG, Gropler RJ: Noninvasive coronary artery imaging in the diagnosis and management of patients with ischemic heart disease. Curr Opin Cardiol 1999; 14:314-320


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