Dr. Ruben J Acherman MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
3006 S Maryland Pkwy Suite #690 Childrens Las Vegas NV, 89109Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Ruben Acherman is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Acherman specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
Universidad Del Valle, Cali MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1977
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus: a congenital lesion.
- Reverse aortic arch flow secondary to severe pulmonary hypertension in the neonate.
- Systemic to pulmonary collaterals in very low birth weight infants: color doppler detection of systemic to pulmonary connections during neonatal and early infancy period.
- Predictors of left ventricular outflow obstruction following single-stage repair of interrupted aortic arch and ventricular septal defect.
- Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in differentiating congestive heart failure from lung disease in pediatric patients with respiratory distress.
- Enlarged left vitelline vein remnant as a cause of cyanosis after the Fontan procedure: resolution with an Amplatzer vascular plug.
- Modified De Vega mitral valve annuloplasty in an infant with endocarditis.
- An unusual fetal ductus arteriosus pathway.
- Argatroban anticoagulation for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in an infant with double outlet right ventricle and a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
- One hundred years of texts describing congenitally malformed hearts from 1814 to 1914.
- Successful immediate newborn ross-konno and mitral valve repair following fetal aortic valvuloplasty.
- Preserving the azygos vein when repairing esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula accompanied by interrupted inferior vena cava.
- Transvenous hepatic biopsy in stable Fontan patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.
- Heterotaxy in southern Nevada: prenatal detection and epidemiology.
- Normal Sinus Rhythm-Sinus Bradycardia is Common in Young Children Post-extracardiac Fontan.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
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