Samuel S. Gidding MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
A. I. Dupont Hospital For Children 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington DE, 19803Rating
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About
Dr. Samuel Gidding is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Gidding 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.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preventive pediatric cardiology. Tobacco, cholesterol, obesity, and physical activity.
- Beta-blocker treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure in children: a multi-institutional experience.
- Association of fasting blood sugar level, insulin level, and obesity with left ventricular mass in healthy children and adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study.
- Anthropometric and physiologic correlates of mitral valve prolapse in a biethnic cohort of young adults: the CARDIA study.
- Impaired exercise parameters in pediatric heart transplant recipients: comparison of biatrial and bicaval techniques.
- Active and passive tobacco exposure.
- Cholesterol guidelines debate.
- Stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in low birth weight neonates: can we justify it?
- Reversal of severe late left ventricular failure after pediatric heart transplantation and possible role of plasmapheresis.
- Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular risk in young adult African Americans.
- Are we losing the game? Cardiovascular health in minority children.
- Demographics and correlates of five-year change in echocardiographic left ventricular mass in young black and white adult men and women: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.
- Obesity, smoking, and multiple cardiovascular risk factors in young adult African Americans.
- The aging of the cardiovascular system: when should children be treated like adults?
- Commentary: lifelong prevention of atherosclerosis: the critical importance of major risk factor exposures.
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