Jerome Louis Fleg M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
National Naval Medical Ctr 8901 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda MD, 20889About
Dr. Jerome Fleg is a cardiologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Fleg 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. Fleg also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ of Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1970
University of Cincinnati / Main Campus 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Silent myocardial ischemia and low aerobic capacity: an unlucky combination.
- Increased carotid artery intimal-medial thickness: risk factor for exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic older individuals.
- Strength training normalizes resting blood pressure in 65- to 73-year-old men and women with high normal blood pressure.
- Nuclear cardiology approaches to defining normal and abnormal cardiovascular aging.
- Enhanced endothelial vasoreactivity in endurance-trained older men.
- The relationship between aerobic exercise capacity and circulating IGF-1 levels in healthy men and women.
- Leisure-time physical activities and their relationship to cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy men and women 18-95 years old.
- The relationship between creatine kinase kinetics and exercise intensity in human forearm is unchanged by age.
- Age and gender responses to strength training and detraining.
- Early repolarization: an electrocardiographic predictor of enhanced aerobic fitness.
- Effects of age, gender, and myostatin genotype on the hypertrophic response to heavy resistance strength training.
- Is the apoE4 allele an independent predictor of coronary events?
- Effect of strength training on resting metabolic rate and physical activity: age and gender comparisons.
- The effect of gender on the relationship between body fat distribution and lung function.
- Effect of estrogen and progestin replacement on arterial stiffness indices in postmenopausal women.
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