Mr. Theodore Leon Folkerth MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
3998 Vista Way #204 Oceanside CA, 92056Rating
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About
Dr. Theodore Folkerth is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Oceanside, CA. Dr. Folkerth specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Folkerth typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1965
Indiana University School of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Saphenous vein graft from aorta to coronary vein with production of continuous murmur. A complication of coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis with ostium secundum atrial septal defect: successful surgical correction.
- Neurochemical correltes of behavior. III. Variation of serotonin content in several brain areas and peripheral tissues of the pigeon following 5-hydroxytryptophan adminstration.
- BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE AVIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM-I. THE 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN DECARBOXYLASE-MONOAMINE OXIDASE AND CHOLINEACETYLASE-ACETYCHOLINESTERASE SYSTEMS IN SEVERAL DISCRETE AREAS OF THE PIGEON BRAIN.
- Pseudomitral regurgitation due to false aneurysm of the left ventricle treated successfully by surgery.
- Role of the atrial myocardium in the pathogenesis of the "shock lung".
- Posttraumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm: recognition and treatment.
- Mitral valve replacement versus reconstruction. An analysis of indications and results of mitral valve procedures in a consecutive series of 80 patients.
- Mitral valve replacement versus reconstruction. An analysis of indications and results of mitral valve procedures in a consecutive series of 80 patients.
- Combined valvular aortic stenosis, hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and coronary artery disease: successful surgical correction.
- Combined valvular aortic stenosis, hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and coronary artery disease: successful surgical correction.
- An analysis of direct and indirect measurements of left atrial filling pressure.
- Cor triatriatum: report of a case in a young adult with special reference to the echocardiographic features and etiology of the systolic murmur.
- Hodgkin's disease of the anterior mediastinum presenting as pulmonic stenosis.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Lung Cancer
- Aneurysm
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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