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Dr. Shahab A Akhter MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
115 HEART DR GREENVILLE NC, 27834About
Dr. Shahab Akhter is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Akhter specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Akhter typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1993
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of alpha1-adrenergic stimulation on normal and hypertrophied mouse hearts. Relation to caveolin-3 expression.
- Role of the beta-adrenergic receptor kinase in myocardial dysfunction after brain death.
- The L-type calcium channel in the heart: the beat goes on.
- Glucocorticoid administration reduces cardiac dysfunction after brain death in pigs.
- Restoration of myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor signaling after left
- Beta-adrenergic receptor antagonism preserves myocardial function after brain death in a porcine model.
- Inhibition of protein kinase C alpha improves myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor
- Acute beta-blockade prevents myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor desensitization and preserves early ventricular function after brain death.
- Uncoupling of myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor signaling during coronary artery bypass grafting: the role of GRK2.
- Activation of JAK-STAT and nitric oxide signaling as a mechanism for donor heart dysfunction.
- Technique for left ventricular apical cannulation for short-term mechanical circulatory support.
- G alpha(q)-mediated activation of GRK2 by mechanical stretch in cardiac myocytes: the role of protein kinase C.
- Cardiac tamponade mimicking tuberculous pericarditis as the initial presentation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a 58-year-old woman: a case report.
- High-molecular-weight polyethylene glycol protects cardiac myocytes from hypoxia- and reoxygenation-induced cell death and preserves ventricular function.
- G protein-coupled receptor kinase-2 is a novel regulator of collagen synthesis in
Dr. Shahab A Akhter MD's Practice location
Practice At 5841 S Maryland Ave Mc 5040
5841 S Maryland Ave Mc 5040 -Chicago, IL 60637Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Walter Douglas Boyd MD115 HEART DR GREENVILLE NC 27834
- Dr. Alan P Kypson MD115 Heart Dr Dept Of Greenville NC 27834
- Eric Lehr M.D., PHD600 Moye Blvd Greenville NC 27834
- Dr. Joseph R. Elbeery M.D.600 Moye Blvd Greenville NC 27834
- Dr. Hesham Z. Saleh M.D.115 Heart Dr Greenville NC 27834
- Dr. Wilson Monroe Clements M.D.115 Heart Dr Greenville NC 27834
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628 E 12TH ST WASHINGTON NC 27889