Thomas W. Rooke M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Thomas Rooke is a cardiologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Rooke 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. Rooke also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Natural history of erythromelalgia: presentation and outcome in 168 patients.
- Circulator boot therapy alters the natural history of ischemic limb ulceration.
- Mechanisms other than shunting are likely contributing to the pathophysiology of erythromelalgia.
- Symmetrical peripheral gangrene due to disseminated intravascular coagulation.
- Lipodermatosclerosis: review of cases evaluated at Mayo Clinic.
- A new hospital patient care model for the new millennium: preliminary Mayo Clinic experience.
- Polycythemia vera--a case report and discussion on pathogenic mechanisms of increased thrombosis.
- Intermittent compression pump for nonhealing wounds in patients with limb ischemia. The Mayo Clinic experience (1998-2000).
- Iron and peripheral arterial disease: revisiting the iron hypothesis in a different light.
- The use of transcutaneous oximetry in the noninvasive vascular laboratory.
- A young man with a thoracoabdominal aneurysm.
- Exercise strain-gauge venous plethysmography: evaluation of a "new" device for assessing lower limb venous incompetence.
- Predictive value of transcutaneous oxygen pressure and amputation success by use of supine and elevation measurements.
- Transcutaneous partial pressure of oxygen after surgical wounds.
- Compression therapy for chronic venous insufficiency.
Professional Memberships
- STAFF PRV METHODISTS HOSPITAL, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
- STAFF PRV ST MARY'S HOSPITAL, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Fellow - Cardiovascular Medicine: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- (Internal Medicine), MAYO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE EDUCATION, ROCHESTER, MN 1982
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