David L. Fischman M.D.
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
925 Chestnut St Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. David Fischman is a cardiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Fischman 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. Fischman also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
New York Medical College 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Balloon optimization versus stent study (BOSS): provisional stenting and early recoil after balloon angioplasty.
- Safety of intracoronary administration of c-myc antisense oligomers after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
- Cost-effectiveness of coronary CT angiography in evaluation of patients without symptoms who have positive stress test results.
- Entrainment versus resetting of a long RP tachycardia: what is the diagnosis?
- Nodoventricular pathways.
- A Call to Arms: Radial Artery Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- An update on management of the patient presenting with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.
- Non-Invasive Intra-cardiac Pressure Measurements Using Subharmonic-Aided Pressure Estimation: Proof of Concept in Humans.
- Coronary artery stents.
- False-positive reversible perfusion defect during dobutamine-thallium imaging in left bundle branch block.
- Comparison of coronary angiographic findings during the first six hours of non-Q-wave and Q-wave myocardial infarction.
- Interprocedural interval as a predictor of stent restenosis after previous
- The interventional cardiologist and the diabetic patient. Have we pushed the envelope too far or not far enough?
- One-year follow-up of the Stent Restenosis (STRESS I) Study.
Treatments
- High Cholesterol
- Angina
- Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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