Dr. Peter S Fischbach MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
1405 Clifton Rd Ne Atlanta GA, 30322Rating
3/5
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Dr. Peter Fischbach is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Fischbach 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.
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tedisamil and dofetilide-induced torsades de pointes, rate and potassium dependence.
- Conversion of atrial fibrillation by the experimental antiarrhythmic drug tedisamil in two canine models.
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for life-threatening arrhythmias in young patients.
- Risk of ventricular proarrhythmia with selective opening of the myocardial sarcolemmal versus mitochondrial ATP-gated potassium channel.
- Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: demographics, medical profiles, and initial outcomes.
- Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia.
- Radiofrequency ablation for supraventricular tachycardia in children < or =15 kg is safe and effective.
- Transcatheter cryothermal ablation of junctional ectopic tachycardia in the normal heart.
- Effect of sodium/hydrogen exchange inhibition on myocardial infarct size after coronary artery thrombosis and thrombolysis.
- Transcatheter cryotherapy for the treatment of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias in children: a single center experience.
- Impact of a computer assisted navigation system on radiation exposure during pediatric ablation procedures.
- Activation of mu opioid receptors inhibits transient high- and low-threshold Ca2+ currents, but spares a sustained current.
- Inappropriate ICD discharges in single-chamber versus dual-chamber devices in the pediatric and young adult population.
- Short QT syndrome in a pediatric patient.
- T-type calcium channels: heterogeneous expression in rat sensory neurons and selective modulation by phorbol esters.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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