Regis A Desilva M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
330 Brookline Ave Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Regis Desilva is a cardiologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Desilva 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. Desilva also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
University of Malaya 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pathophysiology and triggers of acute myocardial infarction: clinical implications.
- The role of the central nervous system in fatal arrhythmias.
- The role of the central nervous system in fatal arrhythmias.
- Letter: Eating cigarette ashes in anemia.
- Hypothesis for low-energy transthoracic defibrillation.
- Hypothesis for low-energy transthoracic defibrillation.
- Central nervous system risk factors for sudden cardiac death.
- Energy requirement for defibrillation of a markedly overweight patient.
- Energy requirement for defibrillation of a markedly overweight patient.
- Health-manpower needs.
- Health-manpower needs.
- Central nervous system risk factors for sudden cardiac death.
- Unrecognized organic mental disorders in survivors of cardiac arrest.
- Roles of psychologic stress and autonomic nervous system changes in provocation of ventricular premature complexes.
- Roles of psychologic stress and autonomic nervous system changes in provocation of ventricular premature complexes.
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