Kristen Kimberly Patton
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
University Of Washington Medical Ctr 1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Patton is an electrophysiologist in the Division of Cardiology. Her clinical interests include diagnosis and management of heart rhythm disorders such as rapid or slow rhythms; evaluation for individuals ...
Education and Training
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1995
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology- 2005
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease- 2002
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1998
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prophylaxis of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
- New-onset paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is permanence inevitable?
- Pharmacological therapy of atrial fibrillation.
- Atrial lead dysfunction: an unusual feature of hypothyroidism.
- Ventricular tachycardia in a patient with inclusion-body myositis.
- Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in athletes.
- The riddle of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death: are we approaching a solution?
- Elevated depressive symptoms and incident stroke in Hispanic, African-American, and White older Americans.
- Inappropriate mode switching in a dual-chamber defibrillator system: what is the mechanism?
- Early life predictors of atrial fibrillation-related mortality: evidence from the health and retirement study.
- Does the association between depressive symptoms and cardiovascular mortality risk vary by race? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.
- N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity.
- In anticipation of grief: using insights from social epidemiology to improve quality of care.
- Proximal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass alters drug absorption pattern but not systemic exposure of CYP3A4 and P-glycoprotein substrates.
- From Bradycardia to Tachycardia: Complete Heart Block.
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Cardiomyopathy
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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