Jeptha Pelham Curtis MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
11 Harrison Ave Branford CT, 06405About
Dr. Jeptha Curtis is a cardiologist practicing in Branford, CT. Dr. Curtis 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. Curtis also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1997
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The significance of elevated troponin T in patients with nondialysis-dependent renal insufficiency: a validation with coronary angiography.
- Elevated B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with increased in-hospital mortality or cardiac arrest in patients undergoing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
- Improvements in door-to-balloon time in the United States, 2005 to 2010.
- Bleeding-avoidance strategies and outcomes in patients ≥80 years of age with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (from the NCDR CathPCI Registry).
- Electrophysiology studies in patients undergoing ICD implantation: findings from the NCDR®.
- The prevalence and outcomes of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: analysis from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (2007 to 2011).
- Safety of pacemaker implantation in nonagenarians: an analysis of the healthcare cost and utilization project-nationwide inpatient sample.
- Baby or bathwater?: Early follow-up after hospital discharge.
- Patient, physician, and procedural factors influencing the use of defibrillation testing during initial implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion: findings from the NCDR®.
- Use of remote monitoring of newly implanted cardioverter-defibrillators: insights from the patient related determinants of ICD remote monitoring (PREDICT RM) study.
- Temporal trends in quality of care among recipients of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: insights from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.
- Developing a risk model for in-hospital adverse events following implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: a report from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry).
- Living in the readmission era.
- Age and sex differences in inhospital complication rates and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention procedures: evidence from the NCDR(®).
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
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