John G. Canto MD
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland Florida, 33805Rating
5/5
About
John G Canto, MD, began his medical career in 1991 after receiving his degree from the University of Minnesota. He went on to complete both his internship and residency at University of Texas SW Medical Center. Dr. Canto is not only an accomplished doctor, he is ranked as one the nation's leading experts on Myocardial Infarction, and is highly published in prestigious medical journals. Since beginning his career, Canto has become a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and a Fellow of the American Heart Association. Today, Dr. Canto is a practicing cardiologist at the Watson Clinic, in Lakeland, Florida.
Education and Training
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Medical School 1991
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Nuclear Cardiology
Echocardiography
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment and outcomes of left bundle-branch block patients with myocardial infarction who present without chest pain. National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators.
- Hormone therapy and in-hospital survival after myocardial infarction in postmenopausal women.
- Safety and effectiveness of combined low molecular weight heparin and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
- Early use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: observations from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 4.
- Effectiveness and safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors and clopidogrel alone and in combination in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (from the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction-4).
- Selecting the ideal cardiovascular surgeon: is it possible with public dissemination of clinical outcomes?
- Trends in quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction from 1990 to 2006.
- Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients who present during off hours have higher risk profiles and are treated less aggressively, but their outcomes are not worse: a report from Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppre
- Outcomes among patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presenting to interventional hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgery.
- Outcomes among patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction presenting to interventional hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgery.
- Differences in symptom presentation and hospital mortality according to type of acute myocardial infarction.
- A call to standardize symptom presentation in acute coronary syndromes.
- Time to standardize and broaden the criteria of acute coronary syndrome symptom
- Reply to letter from DeVon et al. - Time to standardize and broaden the criteria of acute coronary syndrome symptom presentations in women.
- The prehospital electrocardiogram in acute myocardial infarction: is its full potential being realized? National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2 Investigators.
Awards
- 'Patient's Choice Award,' 2008 and 2009
Treatments
- High Cholesterol
- Angina
- Heart Disease
- Breast Cancer
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Internships
- University of Texas SW Medical Center
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology
Articles and Publications
- 'Ischaemic symptoms, quality of care and mortality during myocardial infarction,' Heart (British Cardiac Society), January, 2008
What do you attribute your success to?
- Organization, Persistence, Hard Work, and Passion
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