Stuart Taylor Higano M.D.
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
1010 Old Des Peres Rd Saint Louis MO, 63131About
Dr. Stuart Higano is a cardiologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Higano 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. Higano also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ma Med Sch- Worcester Ma 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Variability of myocardium at risk for acute myocardial infarction.
- Diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis.
- Systemic amyloidosis presenting with angina pectoris.
- Attenuated coronary flow reserve and vascular remodeling in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy.
- Obesity is independently associated with coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with normal or mildly diseased coronary arteries.
- Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and current management strategies for chest pain in patients with normal findings on angiography.
- Association between obesity and coronary atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling.
- Low-output, low-gradient aortic stenosis in patients with depressed left ventricular systolic function: the clinical utility of the dobutamine challenge in the catheterization laboratory.
- Assessing coronary endothelial dysfunction.
- Relation of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count to coronary flow parameters.
- Enhanced external counterpulsation improves endothelial function in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease.
- Coronary endothelial dysfunction is associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular events.
- Abnormal coronary microvascular endothelial function in humans with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
- Editorial comment.
- Noninvasive identification of patients with early coronary atherosclerosis by assessment of digital reactive hyperemia.
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