Dr. Ward Vaughn Houck M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1800 MEDICAL CENTER PKWY STE 440 MURFREESBORO TN, 37129About
Dr. Ward Houck is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Marietta, GA. Dr. Houck specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Houck typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Amlodipine therapy in congestive heart failure: hemodynamic and neurohormonal effects at rest and after treadmill exercise.
- Brain blood flow patterns after the development of congestive heart failure: effects of treadmill exercise.
- Benign metastasizing leiomyoma.
- Symptomatic Bochdalek hernia in an octogenarian.
- New approaches to the minimally invasive treatment of lung cancer.
- Angiographic salvage of a malpositioned Hickman catheter: a cost-effective tool.
- Amlodipine monotherapy, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition, and combination therapy with pacing-induced heart failure.
- Intrathoracic aberrant thyroid: identification critical for appropriate operative approach.
- Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition, AT1 receptor inhibition, and combination therapy with pacing induced heart failure: effects on left ventricular performance and regional blood flow patterns.
- Chronic amlodipine treatment during the development of heart failure.
- AT1 angiotensin II receptor inhibition in pacing-induced heart failure: effects on left ventricular performance and regional blood flow patterns.
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