Melvin Donald Cheitlin MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
1001 Portrero Ave Rm 5g1 San Francisco CA, 94110Rating
5/5
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Dr. Melvin Cheitlin is a cardiologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Cheitlin 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. Cheitlin also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1954
Temple University School of Medicine 1954
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Certification in interventional cardiology: how far have we come? What remains to be done?
- ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography: executive summary and recommendations. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Coronary Angiography) developed in collabora
- ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines (Committee on Coronary Angiography). Developed in collaboration with the Society for Cardiac Angi
- Evaluation of the low-risk patient with chest pain: is there incremental value over the clinical assessment of the patient with chest pain to doing a stress test in the emergency department?
- ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Chronic Stabl
- The ten most commonly asked questions about sildenafil (Viagra).
- Spontaneous graft closure in anomalous origin of the left coronary artery.
- What a physician needs to know about cost-effectiveness: commentary.
- Surgery for chronic mitral valve regurgitation: determining the optimal time for intervention.
- Obesity is bad: but what should the definition be, and when is it bad?
- Editorial: Infectious pericarditis.
- Clinical pathologic conference: heart neoplasm.
- Biomarkers of myocardial infarction: finding the right cut-off point.
- Surgery for chronic aortic regurgitation: when should it be considered?
- A primary reader for the initiate to molecular cardiology (molecular cardiology for dummies).
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