Leo J Spaccavento MD

Expert Publications

• Thallium-201 scintigraphy after intravenous infusion of adenosine compared with exercise thallium testing in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
• Hemodynamic effects of intravenous metoprolol in acute myocardial infarction: the role of anatomic subsets in predicting patient response.
• Usefulness of ambulatory radionuclide monitoring of left ventricular function early after acute myocardial infarction for predicting residual myocardial ischemia.
• Incomplete revascularization in multivessel percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: the role for stress thallium-201 imaging.
• Stress thallium-201 imaging after coronary angioplasty predicts restenosis and recurrent symptoms.
• Comparable effects of intravenous nitroglycerin and intravenous nitroprusside in acute ischemia.
• Verapamil prophylaxis of migraine. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
• Migraine as an etiology of stroke in young adults.
• Lateral medullary syndrome after basilar migraine.
• Myocardial infarct artery patency and reocclusion rates after treatment with duteplase at the dose used in the International Study of Infarct Survival-3. Burroughs Wellcome Study Group.

Media Releases

Leo J. Spaccavento, MD is a Cardiologist with Advanced Heart Care Associates, and affiliated with Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, University Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus, and St. Rose Dominican Hospitals - Rose de Lima Campus. Dr. Leo J. Spaccavento is a highly respected and experienced physician, having been in practice for over four decades. His career in medicine began in 1978 when he graduated with his Medical Degree from Drexel University College Of Medicine in Pennsylvania. After medical school, Dr. Spaccavento completed his internship with the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Maryland, followed by his residency with Wright - Patterson Medical Center in Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Dr. Spaccavento is certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and the Interventional Cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and has dedicated his life to delivering compassionate care. He is determined to enhance his patients’ quality of life, providing high quality, individualized care in order to ensure the most optimal results. With a passion for his work, Dr. Spaccavento is noted for his expertise in Interventional Cardiology and Internal Medicine. Dr. Spaccavento keeps current with the newest developments, guidelines, and procedures in his field.

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