Edward M Geltman MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
216 S Kingshighway Blvd North Campus Cardiol Saint Louis MO, 63110Rating
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Dr. Edward Geltman is a cardiologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Geltman 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. Geltman also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1971
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of mibefradil, a T-type calcium channel blocker, on morbidity and mortality in moderate to severe congestive heart failure: the MACH-1 study. Mortality Assessment in Congestive Heart Failure Trial.
- Effect of captopril on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Results of the survival and ventricular enlargement trial. The SAVE Investigators.
- Survival of patients removed from the heart transplant waiting list.
- Effect of antecedent systemic hypertension on subsequent left ventricular dilation after acute myocardial infarction (from the Survival and Ventricular Enlargement trial).
- Dependence of recovery of contractile function on maintenance of oxidative metabolism after myocardial infarction.
- Prospective comparison of ventilatory equivalent versus peak oxygen consumption in predicting outcomes of patients with heart failure.
- Metabolic imaging of patients with cardiomyopathy.
- Myocardial uptake of carbon-11-acetate as an indirect estimate of regional myocardial blood flow.
- Acute decompensated heart failure: contemporary medical management.
- Sex differences in the management of coronary artery disease. Survival and Ventricular Enlargement Investigators.
- Conservative management after thrombolysis: the strategy of choice.
- Nonuniformity in myocardial accumulation of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in normal fasted humans.
- Graft survival after cardiac transplantation for alcohol cardiomyopathy.
- Mild heart failure: diagnosis and treatment.
- Assessment of myocardial oxidative metabolic reserve with positron emission tomography and carbon-11 acetate.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Medicne Washington University School of Medicine 1992 - 2017
- Medical Director, Heart Failure Program Barnes-Jewish Hospital 1995 - 2017
- Medical Director, Cardiac Diagnostic Laboratory Barnes-Jewish Hospital 1980 - 2017
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Society
- Phillip A Ludbrook Award 2012 Human Research Protection Office, Washington University
- Medical Heart Ball Honoree 1999 American Heart Association, St. Louis Chapter
- Arthur E. Strauss Award 1996 American Heart Association, St. Louis Chapter
- Research Award 1996 American Heart Association, Missouri Affiliate
Treatments
- Heart Problems, Transplant Surgery, Heart Failure And More
Professional Memberships
- Heart Failure Society of America
- American Heart Association
- American College of Cardiology, Missouri Chapter
- American College of Cardiology
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- American Heart Association
Areas of research
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