John Edwin Atwood M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
6900 Georgia Ave Nw Wramc Dept Cardiolog Washington DC, 20307About
Dr. John Atwood is a cardiologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Atwood 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. Atwood also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of betaxolol on the hemodynamic, gas exchange, and cardiac output response to exercise in chronic atrial fibrillation.
- Lessons learned from studies of the standard exercise ECG test.
- Images in clinical medicine. Constrictive pericarditis.
- Management of the patient with congestive heart failure using outpatient, home, and palliative care.
- Diagnostic exercise tests on 4000 consecutive men.
- Clinical and exercise test predictors of all-cause mortality: results from > 6,000 consecutive referred male patients.
- Exercise capacity and mortality among men referred for exercise testing.
- Peripheral edema.
- Images in clinical medicine. Calcified left ventricular aneurysm.
- Active lifestyle and diabetes.
- Watch the p wave: it can change!
- Images in clinical medicine. "T-U-P" syndrome, or pseudoatrial flutter.
- Chronotropic incompetence in a young adult: case report and literature review.
- A systolic murmur is a common presentation of aortic regurgitation detected by echocardiography.
- Exercise testing in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: case report with ECG and literature review.
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