Michael L Main M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
4330 Wornall Rd Suite 2000 Kansas City MO, 64111Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Michael Main graduated from the University of Iowa College Of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha), and completed an Internal Medicine residency and Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at the University of ...
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1991
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardioversion in atrial fibrillation: indications, thromboembolic prophylaxis, and role of transesophageal echocardiography.
- Determinants of diastolic myocardial tissue Doppler velocities: influences of relaxation and preload.
- Usefulness of myocardial contrast echocardiography in predicting global left ventricular functional recovery after anterior wall acute myocardial infarction.
- Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of Aspergillus fumigatus aortitis after percutaneous coronary intervention.
- Contrast administration reduces interobserver variability in determination of left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and good baseline endocardial border delineation.
- Usefulness of myocardial contrast echocardiography in predicting late mortality in patients with anterior wall acute myocardial infarction.
- Clinical and echocardiographic markers of mortality risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Clinical predictors of left atrial thrombus and spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial appendage occluder device infection.
- Rapid bioprosthetic valve degeneration resulting in severe mitral stenosis.
- Acute severe functional mitral regurgitation secondary to cocaine-mediated anterior myocardial infarction.
- Sudden cardiac arrest in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the absence of conventional criteria for high risk status.
- Mortality rates and clinical predictors of reduced survival after cardioverter defibrillator implantation.
- Acute mortality in hospitalized patients undergoing echocardiography with and without an ultrasound contrast agent: results in 18,671 consecutive studies.
- Transoesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in a patient with ischaemic stroke.
Treatments
- Echocardiogram (echo)
- Heart Disease
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member Saint Luke's Care
Fellowships
- Cardiovascular Disease, University of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr, Dallas, TX 1997
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 1998
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