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Peter B Kurnik MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
219 N Broad St 6th Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Peter Kurnik is the director of diagnostic and interventional cardiology within the Division of Cardiology. He specializes in interventional cardiology, practicing in Center City Philadephia and M ...
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Electrophysiological-anatomic correlates of ATP-triggered vagal reflex in the dog. V. Role of purinergic receptors.
- Renal and systemic oxygen consumption in patients with normal and abnormal renal function.
- Mannitol stimulates atrial natriuretic peptide release in humans.
- Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide versus mannitol on renal blood flow during radiocontrast infusion in chronic renal failure.
- Frequency of low-grade residual coronary stenosis after thrombolysis during acute myocardial infarction.
- Improvement in early diastolic filling dynamics after aortic valve replacement.
- Coronary artery-to-left ventricle communication with abnormal regional coronary flow demonstrated by ultrafast computed tomography.
- Pelvic examination pulmonary edema.
- Paucity of subtle myocardial injury after angioplasty delineated with MB CK.
- Systolic and diastolic performance in normal human subjects as measured by
- Influence of reduction of preload and afterload by nitroglycerin on left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relations and relaxation in man.
- Influence of reduction of preload and afterload by nitroglycerin on left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relations and relaxation in man.
- Circadian variation in the efficacy of tissue-type plasminogen activator.
- Adverse effects of calcium binding contrast agents in diagnostic cardiac angiography. A comparison between formulations with and without calcium binding additives.
- Providing fluoroscopy in the CCL during electrical power interruptions.
Treatments
- Cardiac Catheterization, Coronary Artery Disease
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Cardiology
Fellowships
- Cardiology - Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. 1984
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Practice At 219 N Broad St 6th Floor
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Nearest Hospitals
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
111 SOUTH 11TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19107PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITALl
800 SPRUCE STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19107HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
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