Phillip A Horwitz MD
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Phillip Horwitz is a cardiologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Horwitz 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. Horwitz also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1995
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expression of protein F, the fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes JRS4, in heterologous streptococcal and enterococcal strains promotes their adherence to respiratory epithelial cells.
- Percutaneous patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closure in adults: results and device comparison in 100 consecutive implants at a single center.
- Desensitization for the management of clopidogrel hypersensitivity: initial clinical experience.
- Clopidogrel desensitization protocol for the treatment of thienopyridine hypersensitivity.
- Constrictive/restrictive cardiac physiology: pericarditis or right ventricular infarction?
- Thrombocytopenia in patients treated with heparin, combination antiplatelet therapy, and intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation.
- Two-year results of paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with medically treated diabetes mellitus from the TAXUS ARRIVE program.
- The impact of hospital cardiac specialization on outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: analysis of medicare claims data.
- Economic outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents versus bypass surgery for patients with left main or three-vessel coronary artery disease: one-year results from the SYNTAX trial.
- Prevalence and correlates of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy in hospitalized smokers with acute myocardial infarction.
- Left main coronary artery compression by an enlarged pulmonary artery.
- Insulin resistance is associated with significant clinical atherosclerosis in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- Radial versus femoral access for primary percutaneous interventions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Single versus double stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery bifurcation lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Trends in the use of percutaneous ventricular assist devices: analysis of national inpatient sample data, 2007 through 2012.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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