
Brett D. Atwater M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
Duke University Medical Ctr Erwin Road Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Brett Atwater is a cardiologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Atwater 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. Atwater also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists in non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: a review and guide to patient selection.
- Can we improve the identification of ventricular scar to guide substrate-based ventricular tachycardia ablation?
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: risks accompany the life-saving benefits.
- "Typical" cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter without the cava.
- The Selvester QRS score updated for use in conduction abnormalities: are we really ready to score?
- Localization of pacing and defibrillator leads using standard x-ray views is frequently inaccurate and is not reproducible.
- Specificity for each of the 46 criteria of the Selvester QRS score for electrocardiographic myocardial scar sizing in left bundle branch block.
- Selvester QRS scoring in conduction abnormalitites: Caution recommended due to recent findings.
- Evaluation of Selvester QRS score for use in presence of conduction abnormalities in a broad population.
- Intermittent Capture of the Left Bundle With Permanent His Bundle Pacing: Mechanistic Insights and Implications for an Emerging Field.
- Galen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D. (1939-2016) as international mentor of young investigators in electrocardiology.
- Special issue of the Journal of Electrocardiology to commemorate Dr. Galen Wagner (1939-2016).
- Incidence and Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients Treated With Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Before Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
- Evaluation of the ECG based Selvester scoring method to estimate myocardial scar burden and predict clinical outcome in patients with left bundle branch block, with comparison to late gadolinium enhancement CMR imaging.
- The electromechanical substrate for response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with right bundle branch block.
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Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITALl
3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704