Dr. Robert Joseph Ascuitto PH.D., M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
1415 Tulane Ave New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Robert Ascuitto is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Ascuitto specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A direct comparison of right and left ventricular performance in the isolated neonatal pig heart.
- Performance of the chronically hypoxic young rabbit heart.
- Analysis of pulmonary vascular response to acute alveolar hypoxic challenge in young rabbits subjected to chronic hypoxia from birth.
- Recovery of the chronically hypoxic young rabbit heart reperfused following no-flow ischemia.
- Complete unilateral leg duplication with ipsilateral renal agenesis.
- Surgical improvement of hepatic venous mixing to resolve systemic arterial hypoxemia associated with post-Fontan pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae.
- Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide: a neuropeptide with potent inotropic and coronary vasodilatory effects in neonatal pig hearts.
- A pregnant woman with moderate pulmonary hypertension.
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide: electrophysiologic activity in the newborn heart.
- Innominate artery steal syndrome after stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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