Kalon Kwun leung Ho M.D., M.SC.
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
330 Brookline Ave Bidmc, Baker 4 Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Kalon Ho is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Ho 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. Ho also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1987
Harvard Medical School 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates improved regional systolic wall motion and thickening and myocardial perfusion of myocardial territories treated by laser myocardial revascularization.
- Randomized trial of a distal embolic protection device during percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein aorto-coronary bypass grafts.
- Randomized trial of 90Sr/90Y beta-radiation versus placebo control for treatment of in-stent restenosis.
- Clinical prevalence and ramifications of false-positive cardiac troponin I elevations from the Abbott AxSYM Analyzer.
- Treatment of saphenous vein bypass grafts with ultrasound thrombolysis: a randomized study (ATLAS).
- ECG-gated 99mTc single-photon emission CT for assessment of right ventricular structure and function: is the information provided similar to echocardiography?
- Safety and effectiveness of stent implantation without predilation for small coronary arteries.
- Incidence and predictors of late total occlusion following coronary stenting.
- Risk assessment for percutaneous coronary intervention: our version of the weather report?
- Beyond restenosis: five-year clinical outcomes from second-generation coronary stent trials.
- Cost-effectiveness of distal embolic protection for patients undergoing percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein bypass grafts: results from the SAFER trial.
- T-vector direction differentiates postpacing from ischemic T-wave inversion in precordial leads.
- Initial impact of drug-eluting stents on coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Clinical, procedural, and pharmacologic correlates of acute and subacute stent thrombosis: results of a multicenter case-control study with 145 thrombosis events.
- Neuregulin-1 attenuated doxorubicin-induced decrease in cardiac troponins.
Awards
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cardiology Fellows' Excellence in Teaching Award
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Outstanding 2013 Achievement Award
- 2013 National Cardiovascular Data Registry Leadership Award
Treatments
- Cardiac Catheterization, Epidemiology
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in General Cardiology, Boston, MA 1993
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Interventional Cardiology, Boston, MA 1995
- Beth Israel Hospital, Fellow 1990
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