Robert F Rea M.D.
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Robert Rea is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Rea performs testing procedures on patients hearts electrical system in order to assess timing and abnormalities associated with electrical activities of the heart. Adult Cardiac Electrophysiologists are trained to treat irregular heartbeats, and carry out electrophysiology studies or ablations.
Education and Training
Mechanical Engineering 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for the prevention of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Use of a transurethral microwave thermotherapeutic device with permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
- Role of programmed ventricular stimulation and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and syncope.
- Unintentional deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in health care settings.
- Hydrogen ion concentration is not the sole determinant of muscle metaboreceptor responses in humans.
- Effects of quinidine on vascular resistance and sympathetic nerve activity in humans.
- Muscle sympathetic nerve responses to static leg exercise.
- A signal-averaging technique for the analysis of human muscle sympathetic nerve activity.
- Left atrial appendage aneurysm.
- Paradoxical undersensing due to quiet timer blanking.
- Electrophysiologic manifestations of ventricular tachyarrhythmias provoking appropriate defibrillator interventions in high-risk patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Complication risk with pulse generator change: implications when reacting to a device advisory or recall.
- Yohimbine increases sympathetic nerve activity and norepinephrine spillover in normal volunteers.
- Subacute perforation of the St. Jude Riata implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead: a report of two pediatric cases.
- Long-term stability of endocardial left ventricular pacing leads placed via the
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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