
Stephen L Kopecky M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Stephen Kopecky is a cardiologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Kopecky 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. Kopecky also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1981
University Of Texas Medical School at Houston 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Idiopathic atrial fibrillation: prevalence, course, treatment, and prognosis.
- Outcome of valve repair and the Cox maze procedure for mitral regurgitation and associated atrial fibrillation.
- Sex differences in evaluation and outcome of unstable angina.
- Cardiac catheterization reduces resource utilization in patients with chronic chest pain.
- Rapid ventricular repolarization in rodents: electrocardiographic manifestations, molecular mechanisms, and clinical insights.
- Should we revise our diagnostic methods for Q-wave myocardial infarction in the presence of right bundle branch block?
- Supine exercise capacity identifies patients at low risk for perioperative cardiovascular events and predicts long-term survival.
- Improved survival after acute myocardial infarction in patients with advanced Killip class.
- Effect of concomitant or very early statin administration on in-hospital mortality and reinfarction in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
- False-negative and false-positive ECG diagnoses of Q wave myocardial infarction in the presence of right bundle-branch block.
- Obesity is associated with premature occurrence of acute myocardial infarction.
- T-cell immunity in acute coronary syndromes.
- Intercessory prayer and cardiovascular disease progression in a coronary care unit population: a randomized controlled trial.
- Effect of early statin therapy after acute coronary syndromes: a concise review of the recent data.
- Statin lipid-lowering therapy for acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina: efficacy and mechanism of benefit.
Treatments
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Fellow - Cardiovascular Disease: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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