Arthur Stephen Agatston M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1691 Michigan Ave Suite 500 Miami Beach FL, 33139Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Arthur Agatston is a cardiologist practicing in Miami Beach, FL. Dr. Agatston 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. Agatston also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
New York University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of gender and age on the cardiac baroreceptor reflex in hypertension.
- The end of the diet debates? All fats and carbs are not created equal.
- Doppler echocardiography.
- Update for primary healthcare providers: recent statin trials and revised National Cholesterol Education Program III guidelines.
- Coronary calcium scoring at 100kVp: a new twist to a familiar test.
- Healthier options for public schoolchildren program improves weight and blood pressure in 6- to 13-year-olds.
- Effect of a two-year obesity prevention intervention on percentile changes in body mass index and academic performance in low-income elementary school children.
- Effective multi-level, multi-sector, school-based obesity prevention programming improves weight, blood pressure, and academic performance, especially among low-income, minority children.
- Cor triatriatum sinister in an adult: management guided by real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and stress echocardiography.
- Comparison of serial quantitative evaluation of calcified coronary artery plaque by ultrafast computed tomography in persons with and without obstructive coronary artery disease.
- Association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and coronary plaque subtypes assessed by 64-slice coronary computed tomography angiography in an asymptomatic population.
- Influence of diet on visceral adipose remodeling in NONcNZO10 mice with polygenic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes.
- Polypill therapy, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular events-implications for the use of preventive pharmacotherapy: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis).
- The postcardiotomy syndrome following transvenous pacemaker insertion.
- Systematic review on noninvasive assessment of subclinical cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnea: new kid on the block!
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