Navin Kumar Kapur M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
600 N Wolfe St Baltimore MD, 21205Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Navin Kapur is a cardiologist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Kapur 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. Kapur also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Can a potent statin actually regress coronary atherosclerosis?
- Rosuvastatin: a highly potent statin for the prevention and management of coronary artery disease.
- Invited commentary.
- Clinical efficacy and safety of statins in managing cardiovascular risk.
- Letter by Sutton et al regarding article, "Effect of rosuvastatin therapy on coronary artery stenoses assessed by quantitative coronary angiography: a study to evaluate the effect of rosuvastatin on intravascular ultrasound-derived coronary atheroma
- Quantitative and qualitative effects of rosuvastatin on LDL-cholesterol: what is the clinical significance?
- Percutaneous right ventricular assist via the internal jugular vein in cardiogenic shock complicating an acute inferior myocardial infarction.
- High-risk coronary intervention with a percutaneous ventricular assist device in the presence of an unstable left ventricular thrombus.
- Percutaneous veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: another tool in the interventional-heart failure armamentarium.
- Transforming growth factor-β: governing the transition from inflammation to fibrosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular function.
- Management of HeartWare left ventricular assist device thrombosis using intracavitary thrombolytics.
- Bivalirudin is a dual inhibitor of thrombin and collagen-dependent platelet
- Subacute left ventricular rupture supported with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device.
- A clinical commentary on the articles "strategies for tissue engineering cardiac constructs to affect functional repair following myocardial infarction" and "stem cell-based cardiac tissue engineering" : repairing, reprogramming, and renewing: the pr
- The pulmonary artery pulsatility index identifies severe right ventricular dysfunction in acute inferior myocardial infarction.
Awards
- 2007 American Heart Association - ATVB Young Investigator Merit Award
- First Place Molecular Cardiology Division 2006 American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award
- 2005 American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Science New Investiga
- Second Place Heart Failure Society of America 2005 Jay N. Cohn New Investigator Basic Science Award
- First Place Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2005 Stanley L. Blumenthal Cardiovascular Research Award
- First Place 2005 11th Annual AstraZeneca / Jeremiah Stamler Young Investigator Award
- 2002 Harvard Medical School Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 2001 James Tullis Resident Teaching Award
Treatments
- Cardiac Catheterization
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fellow:Cardiovascular Diseases 2002
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fellow:Adv. Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology 2005
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fellow:Interventional Cardiology 2006
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Practice At 600 N Wolfe St
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