Dr. David Ellsworth Fixler MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390Rating
5/5
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Dr. David Fixler is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Dallas, TX. Dr. Fixler specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
,B.S. University of Notre Dame,Notre Dame, Indiana MD
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of the right ventricle during hypobaric hypoxic exercise: insights from patients after the Fontan operation.
- Reduced myocardial reflow and increased coronary vascular resistance following prolonged myocardial ischemia in the dog.
- Effect of center volume on outcome of ventricular septal defect closure and arterial switch operation.
- Cardiopulmonary bypass to repair an atrial septal defect does not affect cognitive function in children.
- Trisomy 21 and congenital heart disease: effect of timing of initial echocardiogram.
- Relation between ambient air quality and selected birth defects, seven county study, Texas, 1997-2000.
- Effect of proximity to hazardous waste sites on the development of congenital heart disease.
- Mortality in first 5 years in infants with functional single ventricle born in Texas, 1996 to 2003.
- Mortality among infants with birth defects: Joint effects of size at birth, gestational age, and maternal race/ethnicity.
- Mortality resulting from congenital heart disease among children and adults in the United States, 1999 to 2006.
- Racial/Ethnic disparities in risk of early childhood mortality among children with congenital heart defects.
- 3-Acetyl-benzoic acid.
- Effect of acculturation and distance from cardiac center on congenital heart disease mortality.
- Trends in congenital heart disease in Dallas County births. 1971-1984.
- The importance of the muscle and ventilatory blood pumps during exercise in patients without a subpulmonary ventricle (Fontan operation).
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