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Walter K Clair MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
3601 Tvc Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Walter Clair is a cardiologist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Clair 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. Clair also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1981
Harvard Medical School 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with oral diltiazem.
- Palpitations: an annoyance that may require clairvoyance.
- Efficacy of a Bio-Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope to Prevent Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in High-Risk Subjects.
- Incidence of symptomatic atrial fibrillation in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
- Asymptomatic arrhythmias in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
- Spontaneous occurrence of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in untreated patients.
- Comparison of mortality in patients treated with propafenone to those treated with a variety of antiarrhythmic drugs for supraventricular arrhythmias.
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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