Barry D. Bertolet, MD

Expert Publications

• Calcium antagonists in the post-myocardial infarction setting.
• Use of clopidogrel loading, enoxaparin, and double-bolus eptifibatide in the setting of early percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes.
• Precautions for use and adverse effects of vesnarinone: potential mechanisms and future therapies.
• Unrecognized myocardial infarction.
• Late discovery of cor triatriatum as a result of unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction.
• Theophylline for the treatment of atrioventricular block after myocardial infarction.
• Effect of precordial electrocardiographic electrode placement on ST-segment measurement during exercise.
• Adenosine blockade as primary therapy for ischemia-induced accelerated idioventricular rhythm: rationale and potential clinical application.
• Adenosine: diagnostic and therapeutic uses in cardiovascular medicine.
• Absence of adenosine-induced chest pain after total cardiac afferent denervation.
• Lysis of intravascular thrombus prior to coronary stenting using the dispatch infusion catheter.
• Cardiac troponin. See ya later, CK!
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive review.

Clinical Trials

• OPTIMIZE IDE for the Treatment of ACS
• Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of FCM as Treatment for Heart Failure With Iron Deficiency
• Shockwave Medical Peripheral Lithoplasty System Study for PAD (Disrupt PAD III)

Media Releases

Get to know Cardiologist Dr. Barry D. Bertolet, who serves patients throughout the State of Mississippi.

A seasoned cardiologist, Dr. Bertolet is affiliated with Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi, seeing patients at their Tupelo, Corinth, and Columbus clinics.

Back in 1986, he graduated with his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Shands Hospital in 1990. He then went on to complete two consecutive fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at the same educational venue in 1993 and 1995, respectively.

Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, endovascular interventions, and vascular medicine, the doctor has been recognized as a Diplomate of both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Vascular Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at North Mississippi Medical Center, and is the Vice President of the Mississippi Health Care Alliance.

Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart, as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiologists are doctors who diagnose, assess, and treat patients with diseases and defects of the heart and blood vessels (the cardiovascular system).

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