Hector O Ventura MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1514 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans LA, 70121Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Hector Ventura is a cardiologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Ventura 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. Ventura also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Univ De Buenos Aires- Fac De Med- Buenos Aires- Argentina 1974
Universidad De Buenos Aires, Facultad De Ciencias Medicas 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The independent effects of left ventricular ejection fraction on short-term outcomes and resource utilization following hospitalization for heart failure.
- Percutaneous coronary angioscopy: applications in interventional cardiology.
- Diuretics for hypertension.
- The prognostic implications of outpatient diuretic dose in heart failure.
- Study of arterial and autonomic effects of cyclosporine in humans.
- Robert James Graves and the cardiovascular responses to postural changes in heart failure.
- Profiles in cardiology. Rudolph Virchow and cellular pathology.
- Giovanni Battista Morgagni and the foundation of modern medicine.
- Insights into ventricular repolarization abnormalities in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
- Historical perspectives on cardiac transplantation: the past as prologue to challenges for the 21st century.
- Treatment of heart failure according to William Stokes: the enchanted mercury.
- Valvular heart disease and pregnancy. A high index of suspicion is important to reduce risks.
- Difficult cases in heart failure: Raison d'Être behind ACE inhibitors and AT1 receptor combinations in chronic heart failure: chemical nuances or clinical significance?
- Is heart failure with preserved systolic function an overlooked enigma?
- Bridging patients to cardiac transplantation.
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