Dr. Alden Hood Harken M.D.
Surgeon
1411 E 31st St Qic 22134 Oakland CA, 94602Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Alden Harken is a general surgeon practicing in Oakland, CA. Dr. Harken specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Harken provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1967
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Surgical implications of therapeutic angiogenesis.
- Antiarrhythmic surgery.
- Surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
- Clinical implications of hemoglobin as a nitric oxide carrier.
- p38 MAPK inhibition decreases TNF-alpha production and enhances postischemic human myocardial function.
- LPS-Induced NF-kappaB activation and TNF-alpha release in human monocytes are protein tyrosine kinase dependent and protein kinase C independent.
- Liposomal delivery of purified inhibitory-kappaBalpha inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced human vascular smooth muscle proliferation.
- Autonomic control of pulmonary trapped gas volume in subhuman primates.
- Autonomic control of pulmonary trapped gas volume in subhuman primates.
- Adrenergic induction of bimodal myocardial protection: signal transduction and cardiac gene reprogramming.
- Therapeutic strategies to reduce TNF-alpha mediated cardiac contractile depression following ischemia and reperfusion.
- The NFkappaB inhibitory peptide, IkappaBalpha, prevents human vascular smooth muscle proliferation.
- Review article: the role of tumor necrosis factor in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.
- Calcium preconditioning, but not ischemic preconditioning, bypasses the adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium (KATP) channel.
- Kinetics of interleukin-11 release after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
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