James C. Blankenship M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
100 N Academy Ave Danville PA, 17822About
Dr. James Blankenship is a cardiologist practicing in Danville, PA. Dr. Blankenship 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. Blankenship also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Interventional Cardiology- 1999
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Telephone reporting in the consultant-generalist relationship.
- Effect of recombinant ApoA-I Milano on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a randomized controlled trial.
- Ethics in interventional cardiology: combining coronary intervention with diagnostic catheterization.
- Snare retrieval of the distal tip of a fractured rotational atherectomy guidewire: roping the steer by its horns.
- Coronary artery stenting in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.
- Infection control guidelines for the cardiac catheterization laboratory: society guidelines revisited.
- Non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
- Thrombus predicts ischemic complications during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts: results from TARGET (do Tirofiban and ReoPro give similar efficacy trial?).
- Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: success and outcomes of a low-volume procedure at a rural medical center.
- Predictors of periprocedural creatine kinase-myocardial band elevation complicating elective percutaneous coronary intervention.
- The angiographic step-up and step-down: a surrogate for optimal stent expansion by intravascular ultrasound.
- A sequential approach to the management of a massive intracoronary thrombus in ST elevation myocardial infarction: a case report.
- Utility of routine exercise treadmill testing early after percutaneous coronary
- Routine functional testing after percutaneous coronary intervention: results of the aggressive diagnosis of restenosis in high-risk patients (ADORE II) trial.
- Parsing the subsets: When small studies create confusion.
Fellowships
- U. of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers - Cardiology 1987
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