Ricky Dwayne Latham MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1650 Cowles St Fairbanks AK, 99701Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Ricky Latham is a cardiologist practicing in Fairbanks, AK. Dr. Latham 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. Latham also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In Shreveport, Shreveport La 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fast estimation of arterial vascular parameters for transient and steady beats with application to hemodynamic state under variant gravitational conditions.
- The role of arterial elastance in ventricular-arterial coupling in normal gravity and altered acceleration environments.
- Body position and volume status as determinants of cardiovascular responses to transition into microgravity in parabolic flight.
- G-suit inflation to 50 mmHg alters the cardiovascular transients when entering micro-G in parabolic flight.
- Effects of 12 days exposure to simulated microgravity on central circulatory hemodynamics in the rhesus monkey.
- Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function during parabolic flight.
- Aortic wave reflection and input impedance as a function of posture in a chronic primate model.
- Ventricular/vascular coupling under hypergravity in a chronically instrumented conscious primate model.
- Hemodynamic effects of dobutamine and their influence on G-tolerance in pigs.
- Cardiac dysfunction in patients seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus.
- Pulmonary arterial compliance at rest and exercise in normal humans.
- Gravitational influence on systemic arterial dynamics using a 3-element Windkessel model.
- Regional aortic pressure apparent phase velocity in the baboon during passive 70 degree tilt.
- The histologic diagnosis of myocarditis.
- Atrial natriuretic peptide release during atrial arrhythmias in cardiac transplantation.
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