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Dr. Jeffrey Barton Alpern DO
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
8575 E Princess Dr Suite 117 Scottsdale AZ, 85255About
Dr. Jeffrey Alpern is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Alpern specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Alpern typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ Of N Tx Hlth Sci Ctr- Tx Coll Osteo Med- Ft Worth Tx 1979
Univ Of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College Of Osteopathic 1979
Univ Of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College Of Osteopathic Medicine, University Of North 1979
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute postinfarction septal rupture: long-term results.
- Beware the pulsating swan.
- Beware centrifugal pumps: not a one-way street, but a potentially dangerous "siphon".
- Successful heart transplantation in recipients with recent preoperative pulmonary emboli.
- Osteogenic sarcoma of the breast arising in a cystosarcoma phyllodes.
- Chylothorax after orthotopic heart transplantation in an adult patient: a case
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- Dr. John C Opie MD8575 E Princess Dr Scottsdale AZ 85255
- Dr. Robert Lloyd Fortune M.D.9290 E Thompson Peak Pkwy Scottsdale AZ 85255
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