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Dr. Jack Ligon Blackshear MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
4300 W 7th St 111h Little Rock AR, 72205About
Dr. Jack Blackshear is a gastroenterologist practicing in Little Rock, AR. Dr. Blackshear specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Blackshear performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Uams,Hendrix College
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Warfarin safety and efficacy in patients with thoracic aortic plaque and atrial fibrillation. SPAF TEE Investigators. Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation. Transesophageal echocardiography.
- Transesophageal echocardiography in source-of-embolism evaluation: the search for a better therapeutic rationale.
- Onset and termination of atrial fibrillation.
- 70-year-old woman with chest pain and new diastolic murmur 6 months after coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Development of a decision aid for atrial fibrillation who are considering antithrombotic therapy.
- Stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting: are we forgetting atrial fibrillation?
- Step care therapy for hypertension in diabetic patients.
- Antiarrhythmic drug therapy and cardiac mortality in atrial fibrillation. The Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Investigators.
- Ambulatory monitoring of silent myocardial ischemia: what is its utility?
- Clinical utility of transesophageal echocardiography.
- Streptokinase therapy for extensive venous thromboses in a patient with severe ulcerative colitis.
- Guanfacine as monotherapy for systemic hypertension.
- Effects of oral potassium supplements on upper gastrointestinal mucosa: multicenter clinical comparison of three formulations and placebo.
- Renal complications of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs: identification and monitoring of those at risk.
- Dissociation of renin release and renal vasodilation by prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors.
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- Dr. James A. Metrailer M.D.1100 N. University Ave Little Rock AR 72207
- Dr. Jaymie H. Pennington M.D.409 N University Ave Little Rock AR 72205
- Dr. Rayburn Francis Rego MD4301 W MARKHAM ST # 783 LITTLE ROCK AR 72205
- Dr. Tom L Meziere M.D.409 N University Ave Little Rock AR 72205
- Dr. Otis T Gordon M.D.417 N UNIVERSITY AVE LITTLE ROCK AR 72205
Nearest Hospitals
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TWO ST VINCENT CIRCLE LITTLE ROCK AR 72205UAMS MEDICAL CENTERl
4301 WEST MARKHAM STREET MAIL SLOT 612 LITTLE ROCK AR 72205ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALl
1 CHILDREN'S WAY, SLOT 301 LITTLE ROCK AR 72202