
Dr. Michael Darby Pettersen MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
Childrens Hospital Mi Cardiology 3901 Beaubien 2nd Fl Detroit MI, 48201About
Dr. Michael Pettersen is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Detroit, MI. Dr. Pettersen 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Images in cardiology: Pericardial yolk sac tumor presenting as cardiac tamponade in a 21-month-old child.
- B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker for cardiac dysfunction in anthracycline-treated children.
- Atrioventricular septal defect with common atrioventricular junction, common arterial trunk, and severe coarctation of the aorta in a patient with Down's syndrome.
- Transient heart block in a neonate associated with previously undiagnosed
- Measuring stress velocity index using mean blood pressure: simple yet accurate?
- Infants and children with tachycardia: natural history and drug administration.
- Central venous catheter-associated pericardial tamponade in a 6-day old: a case report.
- Vitamin D deficiency and arterial wall stiffness in children with chronic kidney disease.
- Functional critical aortic stenosis with transient retrograde flow in a neonate with left diaphragmatic hernia.
- Predictors of left ventricular remodeling after aortic valve replacement in
- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased left ventricular mass and
- Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery with a large patent ductus arteriosus: aversion of a catastrophe.
- Cardiomyopathies encountered commonly in the teenage years and their presentation.
- Diastolic function in anthracycline-treated children.
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Peter P. Karpawich M.D.Childrens Hospital Of Michigan Detroit MI 48201
- Dr. Nestor J Truccone MD43380 Woodward Ave Bloomfield Hills MI 48302
- Nancy Cutler MD3535 W 13 Mile Rd Royal Oak MI 48073
- Dr. Yamuna Sanil M.D3901 Beaubien Detroit MI 48201
- Julie J Sommerfield MD3901 Beaubien 2nd Floor Detroit MI 48201
- Dr. Marjorie Alderete Gayanilo MD3901 BEAUBIEN - 4TH FLOOR - CARL'S BLDG DETROIT MI 48201
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