
Carl L Tommaso MD
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
9669 Kenton Ave Suite 601 Skokie IL, 60076About
Dr. Carl Tommaso is a cardiologist practicing in Skokie, IL. Dr. Tommaso 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. Tommaso also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiopulmonary support for cath lab catastrophes.
- Enhanced detection of ischemic myocardium by transesophageal dobutamine stress echocardiography: comparison with simultaneous transthoracic echocardiography.
- Intravascular radiation: let's not let a promising therapy go unfulfilled.
- Can the use of suture-mediated closure devices save the American health care system?
- PCI for LMCA stenosis--is it time to ride the rank bull?
- Preventing radiation injuries: "if you stay out in the sun too long, you're gonna get burnt"--conventional wisdom.
- One year perspective on COURAGE.
- Around the heart in 4 seconds.
- Defining the length of stay following percutaneous coronary intervention: an expert consensus document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
- Structure and function of the ACC Interventional Scientific Council and Section.
- Ten years after: "I'd love to change the world".
- Long stents as a risk factor for late stent thrombosis size does matter.
- Effect of PCI on quality of life: "good always triumphs".
- Use of percutaneously inserted cardiopulmonary bypass in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
- 2012 American College of Cardiology Foundation/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions expert consensus document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards update: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task F
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Fellowships
- Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine 1981
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