Merritt Hanson Raitt M.D.
Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
3710 Sw Us Veterans Hospital Rd P-3-Card Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Merritt Raitt is a Cardiac Electrophysicist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Raitt 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
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1986
University of California 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Combined historical and electrocardiographic timing of acute anterior and inferior myocardial infarcts for prediction of reperfusion achievable size limitation.
- "Stable" ventricular tachycardia is not a benign rhythm : insights from the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators (AVID) registry.
- Prognostic value of baseline electrophysiology studies in patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia: the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID) trial.
- Reversal of electrical remodeling after cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation.
- Have increasing rates of defibrillator implantation reduced the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?
- Predicting imminent episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia using heart rate.
- Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks: a double-edged sword?
- Effect of fish oil on ventricular tachyarrhythmia in three studies in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
- Tachycardia with typical left bundle branch block morphology and VA block: what is the differential diagnosis?
- Shocks burden and increased mortality in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients.
- Correlations among the frequencies of atrial activity on the surface electrocardiogram, intracardiac atrial electrograms, and the atrial effective refractory period in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- The effect of spironolactone on ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
- Reducing shocks and improving outcomes with implantable defibrillators.
- Inappropriate implantable defibrillator shocks: an adverse outcome that can be prevented.
- Para-Hisian Pacing: A Paradoxical Response?
Treatments
- Anxiety
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Pain
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