Dr. Michael R Recto MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
601 S Floyd St Suite 602 Louisville KY, 40202Rating
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Dr. Michael Recto is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Louisville, KY. Dr. Recto specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Lymphocutaneous fistula as a long-term complication of multiple central venous catheter placement.
- Transcatheter coil occlusion of a thoracic arteriovenous fistula in an infant with congestive heart failure.
- Transcatheter closure of large persistent left superior vena cava causing cyanosis in two patients post-Fontan operation utilizing the Gianturco Grifka vascular occlusion device.
- Use of the new IntraStent for treatment of transverse arch hypoplasia/coarctation of the aorta.
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial bridging.
- Late superior vena cava perforation and aortic laceration after stenting to treat superior vena cava syndrome secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis.
- Left atrial thrombus formation on a CardioSeal Septal Occlusion device in a patient with elevated factor VIII: resolution with medical therapy.
- Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale in an adult with hypoxemia after cardiac transplantation.
- Ascites secondary to indolent pacemaker infection in a Fontan patient.
- Contraction of the Amplatzer Vascular Plug I and II in pulmonary artery and systemic venous collateral vessels is safe and of no hemodynamic or vascular consequence in short- and mid-term follow-up.
- Ventricular septal avulsion and ventricular septal defect after blunt trauma.
- Possible association between maternal lithium therapy and premature closure of the arterial duct. A case report.
- Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery: does pulmonary artery translocation affect coronary artery course?
- A method providing bidirectional control of coil delivery in occlusions of patent ductus arteriosus with shallow ampulla and Pott's shunts.
- Clinical implications and possible association of malposition of the branch pulmonary arteries with DiGeorge syndrome and microdeletion of chromosomal region 22q11.
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