Karl Edward Hammermeister M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
3000 East Cedar #4 Polo Place Denver CO, 80209About
Dr. Karl Hammermeister is a cardiologist practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Hammermeister specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Hammermeister also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1964
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Health-related quality of life as a predictor of mortality following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Participants of the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery.
- Stroke in cardiac surgical patients: determinants and outcome.
- Myocardial imaging with indium- 113m- and technetium-99m-macroaggregated albumin. New procedure for identification of stress-induced regional ischemia.
- Changes in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- The effect of external pressure diastolic augmentation on regional myocardial perfusion in experimental myocardial infarction.
- Refractory ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in a patient with the prolapsing mitral leaflet syndrome: successful control with overdrive pacing.
- THE ASSAY OF ADENOSINE-3' ,5'-PHOSPHATE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE.
- STUDIES ON PHOSPHORYLASE ACTIVATION IN THE HEART.
- Relationship between processes of care and coronary bypass operative mortality and morbidity.
- Predictors of cognitive decline following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Predictors of health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Noninvasive screening criteria for enhanced 4-year survival after aortocoronary bypass surgery.
- Noninvasive screening criteria for enhanced 4-year survival after aortocoronary bypass surgery.
- Implications of third heart sounds in patients with valvular heart disease. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease.
- Biological age--a concept whose time has come: a preliminary study.
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