Dr. Richard A. Humes M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
Childrens Hospital Of Michigan 3901 Beaubien Blvd Detroit MI, 48201Rating
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About
Dr. Richard Humes is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Detroit, MI. Dr. Humes 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
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in children.
- Cardiac tamponade caused by serous pericardial effusion in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Pressure recovery in pediatric aortic valve stenosis.
- Increased atrial natriuretic factor response to exercise after coarctation repair.
- Augmented norepinephrine and renin output in response to maximal exercise in hypertensive coarctectomy patients.
- Guidelines and standards for performance of a pediatric echocardiogram: a report from the Task Force of the Pediatric Council of the American Society of Echocardiography.
- Information at the point of care: effect on patient care and resource consumption.
- CT artifact mimicking pulmonary embolism in a patient with single ventricle.
- Sildenafil use in a symptomatic neonate with severe Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve.
- Regression equations for calculation of z scores of cardiac structures in a large cohort of healthy infants, children, and adolescents: an echocardiographic study.
- The role of chronotropic impairment during exercise after the Mustard operation.
- Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy secondary to left pulmonary artery stent in a child.
- Tetralogy of Fallot with complete DiGeorge syndrome: report of a case and a review of the literature.
- Pressure Recovery in Congenital Aortic Stenosis.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Marfan Syndrome
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Endocarditis
- Kawasaki Disease
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