Dr. Roger N Ruckman MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
111 Michigan Ave NW Washington DC, 20010About
Dr. Roger Ruckman is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Ruckman 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1970
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Atrial septal thickness and area in normal heart specimens and in those with ostium secundum atrial septal defects.
- Atrial septal thickness and area in normal heart specimens and in those with ostium secundum atrial septal defects.
- The effects of ultrasound on embryonic heart structure and function.
- Cardiovascular defects associated with alcohol, retinoic acid, and other agents.
- Fetal echocardiography: a large clinical experience and follow-up.
- Cardiac causes of syncope.
- Chronic ethanol exposure in the embryonic chick heart: effect on myocardial function and structure.
- Late complications following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return below the diaphragm.
- Late complications following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return below the diaphragm.
- Focal cardiomyopathy and ectopic atrial tachycardia in Beckwith syndrome.
- Critical aortic coarctation: patch aortoplasty in infants less than age 3 months.
- Critical aortic coarctation: patch aortoplasty in infants less than age 3 months.
- Repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery in the infant and small child.
- Anatomic types of congenital mitral stenosis: report of 49 autopsy cases with consideration of diagnosis and surgical implications.
- Aortic arch complex anomalies: 20-year experience with symptoms, diagnosis, associated cardiac defects, and surgical repair.
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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