Michael J Ptacin MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
9200 W Wisconsin Ave Division Of Cardiova Milwaukee WI, 53226About
Dr. Ptacin welcomes any general cardiology patients. He has a special interest in coronary disease.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Interventional Cardiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Urgent biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a patient with situs inversus totalis and dextrocardia.
- Cardiovascular regulation during head-out water immersion exercise.
- Technetium 99m-pyrophosphate scintigraphy in amyloid cardiomyopathy.
- Comparison of ST segment depression in upright treadmill and supine bicycle exercise testing.
- Determination of stroke volume and cardiac output during exercise: comparison of two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, Fick oximetry, and thermodilution.
- Value of exercise electrocardiography to predict additional jeopardized myocardial regions remote from site of previous myocardial infarction.
- Myocardial uptake of technetium-99m pyrophosphate in systemic amyloidosis.
- Uremic constrictive pericarditis: case report.
- Prevalence of mitral prolapse by two dimensional echocardiography in healthy young women.
Awards
- 2011 Milwaukee Super Doctors
Treatments
- Heart Problems, Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease
Fellowships
- Cardiology - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals - Milwaukee 1978
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