Robert A Ratshin M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
2340 Branner Dr Menlo Park CA, 94025About
Dr. Robert Ratshin is a cardiologist practicing in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. Ratshin 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. Ratshin also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Left ventricular dysfunction following acute myocardial infarction. A clinicopathologic and hemodynamic profile of shock and failure.
- Possible false-positive diagnosis of pericardial effusion by echocardiography in presence of large left atrium.
- Early sequential changes in left ventricular dimensions and filling pressure in patients after myocardial infarction.
- Determination of left ventricular preload and afterload by quantitative echocardiography in man.
- Hemodynamic evaluation of left ventricular function in shock complicating myocardial infarction.
- QT-interval prolongation, paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmias, and convulsive syncope.
- The similarity of changes in segmental contraction patterns induced by postextrasystolic potentiation and nitroglycerin.
- The similarity of changes in segmental contraction patterns induced by postextrasystolic potentiation and nitroglycerin.
- Hemodynamic effects of isosorbide dinitrate vs nitroglycerin in patients with unstable angina.
- Myocardial stress perfusion scintigraphy with rubidium-81 versus stress electrocardiography.
- Mitral-septal separation: new echocardiographic index of left ventricular function.
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