Ronald Caputo, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
6376 Pine Ridge Rd Naples FL, 34119Rating
5/5
About
Specializing in cardiovascular disease, interventional and structural cardiology, Dr. Ronald Caputo, MD is one of the country's most highly ranked doctors. He currently practices medicine at Physician's Regional Medical Center in Naples Florida and is Director of Cardiovascular Services at that Hospital. He holds the distinction of being designated a Master in the Society Coronary Angiography and Intervention.
Education and Training
U Mass Medical Center MD 1992
Harvard/Beth Israel MD 1996
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Cardiovascular Disease (Internal Medicine)
Interventional Cardiology (Internal Medicine)
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myocardial ischemia resulting from spontaneous dissection in a patient with massive bilateral sinus of valsalva aneurysms.
- An unusual complication during deployment of a Multi-Link stent.
- Transradial cardiac catheterization in patients with prior brachial artery cutdown.
- Successful treatment of a saphenous vein graft perforation with an autologous vein-covered stent.
- Transradial coronary stent placement in a patient with severe idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Adjunctive therapies in the cath lab. Use of combination glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor and direct thrombin inhibitor drugs to support percutaneous coronary stent placement in a patient with renal insufficiency and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
- Overcoming vascular anatomic challenges to cardiac catheterization by the radial artery approach: specific techniques to improve success.
- Percutaneous femoral arteriotomy repair -- initial experience with a novel staple closure device.
- Effect of tirofiban before primary angioplasty on initial coronary flow and early ST-segment resolution in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- Successful placement of a stent in a previously treated un-stentable vessel segment, made possible by the ACS Hi-Torque Wiggle Wire: a case report.
- Safety and efficacy of staple-mediated femoral arteriotomy closure: results from a randomized multicenter study.
- The use of both peripheral and coronary techniques to treat a diseased saphenous vein graft.
- Treatment of severe infrapopliteal vascular disease using a novel atherectomy device: a case report.
- Transradial arterial access: economic considerations.
- Transradial arterial access for coronary and peripheral procedures: executive summary by the Transradial Committee of the SCAI.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Awards
- Master 2023 Society Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- Naples Best Cardiologist 2024 Naples Magazine
- Chief Medical Resident 2026 U Mass Medical Center
Treatments
- Anxiety
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- American College of Cardiology
Internships
- Universitiy of Massachusetts Medical Center
Fellowships
- Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, Harvard Beth israel Hospital
Professional Society Memberships
- American College of Cardiology, Society for Coronary Angiography and Intervention, Collier County Medical Society
Articles and Publications
- Dr Caputo has written 4 book chapters and over 100 peer reviewed journal publications
What do you attribute your success to?
- A great example set by my parents
Areas of research
Coronary revascularization, Valvular Heart Disease
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