Robert P Frantz M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Robert Frantz is a cardiologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Frantz 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. Frantz also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Mayo Med Sch, Rochester Mn 1984
Florida International University, Miami, FL 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Beta blockade in patients with congestive heart failure. Why, who, and how.
- Techniques of immunosuppression after cardiac transplantation.
- Immediate and long-term hemodynamic and clinical effects of sildenafil in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving vasodilator therapy.
- Effects of acute changes in pulmonary wedge pressure on periodic breathing at rest in heart failure patients.
- Systemic inflammation and metabolic syndrome in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
- Right ventricular function with hypoxic exercise: effects of sildenafil.
- Influence of sildenafil on lung diffusion during exposure to acute hypoxia at rest and during exercise in healthy humans.
- Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 predicts progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy and increased risk of cardiovascular events in heart transplant patients.
- The effects of sildenafil and acetazolamide on breathing efficiency and ventilatory control during hypoxic exercise.
- Bosentan for pulmonary hypertension and other pulmonary diseases: emerging evidence.
- The pharmacokinetics of racemic verapamil in patients with impaired renal
- Causes of breathing inefficiency during exercise in heart failure.
- The usefulness of submaximal exercise gas exchange in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a case series.
- Integration of clinical and hemodynamic parameters in the prediction of long-term survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Hemodynamic monitoring in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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