Robert E Eckart DO
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
4411 Medical Dr 300 San Antonio TX, 78229About
Dr. Robert Eckart is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Eckart 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
Philadelphia Coll of Osteo Med, Philadelphia Pa 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Relation of QTc duration heterogeneity to mortality following orthotopic heart transplantation.
- Usefulness of programmed ventricular stimulation in predicting future arrhythmic events in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.
- Unusual QRS morphology on ECG: a rare condition and an interesting response to pacing.
- The cardiovascular patient's perceptions of complementary and alternative
- Peripheral blood levels of matrix metalloproteinases in patients referred for percutaneous balloon mitral valve commissurotomy.
- Direct admission to cardiology for patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation reduces length of stay and increases guideline adherence.
- Spontaneous premature atrial depolarization proving the mechanism of a wide complex tachycardia.
- Sinoatrial arrest associated with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
- Chest pain, ST elevation, and positive cardiac enzymes in an austere environment: differentiating smallpox vaccination-mediated myocarditis and acute coronary syndrome in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Resource utilization in the management of young patients with syncope in a combat theater of operations.
- Intensive education on evidence-based evaluation of syncope increases sudden death risk stratification but fails to reduce use of neuroimaging.
- High-velocity penetrating thoracic trauma with suspected cardiac involvement in a combat support hospital.
- Management of central venous gradient using excimer laser lead extraction of chronic indwelling pacemaker leads in the setting of ipsilateral arteriovenous fistula.
- Thermogenic supplement use does not alter characteristics of sudden death in the young.
- Sudden death in the young--did sensationalism trump science?
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