Nelson B. Schiller MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Nelson B. Schiller is a cardiologist who specializes in the use of echocardiography in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. He is the founder of the UCSF Echocardiography Laboratory and t ...
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1966
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Exercise Doppler: functional evaluation of right heart dynamics.
- The Mitral Regurgitation Index: an echocardiographic guide to severity.
- Left atrial relaxation and left ventricular systolic function determine left atrial reservoir function.
- Echocardiography in patients with suspected endocarditis: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Best method in clinical practice and in research studies to determine left atrial size.
- Fen/phen and valvular heart disease: if it sounds too bad to be true, perhaps it isn't.
- Left upper pulmonary vein stenosis 2 months after radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
- Determinants of forward pulmonary vein flow: an open pericardium pig model.
- Fatigue, mood, and hemodynamic patterns after myocardial infarction.
- Cardiovascular effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Echocardiographic demonstration of early mitral valve closure in severe aortic insufficiency. Its clinical implications.
- Introduction to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with a historical perspective.
- Hemodynamics derived from transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
- Hand-held echocardiography: revolution or hassle?
- Effects of losartan in patients with a systemically functioning morphologic right ventricle after atrial repair of transposition of the great arteries.
Treatments
- Atrial Septal Defect, Bacterial Endocarditis
Fellowships
- UCSF Medical Center, Cardiovascular Diseases 1973
- UCSF Medical Center, Cardiovascular Diseases 1973
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