Peter J Zimetbaum M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
185 Pilgrim Rd Baker 4 Boston MA, 02215Rating
5/5
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Dr. Peter Zimetbaum is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Zimetbaum 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. Zimetbaum also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of outpatient initiation of antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients reverting to sinus rhythm after an episode of atrial fibrillation.
- The evolving role of ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring in general clinical practice.
- Incidence and predictors of myocardial infarction among patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Direct current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation--the next 40 years.
- Variable electrocardiographic characteristics of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter.
- Use of the electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction.
- Comparison of rotational atherectomy with conventional balloon angioplasty in the prevention of restenosis of small coronary arteries: results of the Dilatation vs Ablation Revascularization Trial Targeting Restenosis (DART).
- Pharmacologic management of atrial fibrillation in the elderly: rate control, rhythm control, and anticoagulation.
- Amiodarone versus sotalol for atrial fibrillation.
- Palpitations: a proper evaluation and approach to effective medical therapy.
- Cardiology patient page. Syncope.
- Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in two siblings with Wolfram syndrome.
- An unusual explanation for episodic dyspnea.
- Electrocardiographic predictors of arrhythmic death.
- Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia associated with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia: clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics.
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