Bernard J Gersh MBCHB
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Bernard Gersh is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Gersh performs testing procedures on patients hearts electrical system in order to assess timing and abnormalities associated with electrical activities of the heart. Adult Cardiac Electrophysiologists are trained to treat irregular heartbeats, and carry out electrophysiology studies or ablations.
Education and Training
Univ Of Cape Town- Fac Of Med- Cape Town- So Africa 1965
University of Cape Town / Faculty of Health Sciences 1965
University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences 1965
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of race and sex on physicians' recommendations for cardiac catheterization.
- Lone atrial fibrillation: epidemiology and natural history.
- Relation between mode of pacing and long-term survival in the very elderly.
- Antithrombotic therapy in nonrheumatic/nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
- Effect of recent randomized trials on current pacing practice.
- Optimal management of acute myocardial infarction at the dawn of the next millennium.
- Comparison of acute myocardial infarct size to two-year mortality in patients <65 to those > or =65 years of age.
- Contemporary management of angina: part I. Risk assessment.
- Contemporary management of angina: part II. Medical management of chronic stable angina.
- Acute myocardial infarction complicated by atrial fibrillation in the elderly: prevalence and outcomes.
- Coronary angiography and outcome following acute myocardial infarction.
- Coronary interventions: keeping score.
- Comparison of percutaneous interventions for unstable angina pectoris in patients with and without previous coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Modern management of acute myocardial infarction.
- Risks of coronary heart disease in women: current understanding and evolving concepts.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
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