Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine
Cardiology
Dr. Alan D. Forker, MD
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Alan Forker practices Cardiology. He went to University of Kansas School of Medicine. He received awards:"Super Doctor", "Fellow (FACC)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Alan D. Forker, MD is a published doctor as well. He has 75 publications published. The latest was: Aerobic exercise as a therapeutic modality in the relief of stress.
Publications
- Comparison of aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide combination therapy and amlodipine monotherapy in patients with stage 2 systolic Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Prescription omega-3 fatty acid as an adjunct to fenofibrate therapy in hypertriglyceridemic subjects.
- Hyperthyroidism: a 'curable' cause of Congestive heart failure--three case reports and a review of the literature.
- Atypical presentation of cocaine-induced Type A aortic dissection: a diagnosis made by transesophageal echocardiography.
- A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of remote, intercessory prayer on outcomes in patients admitted to the Coronary care unit.
- Tracheobronchitis and pneumonia due to herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection.
- Relation of severe Coronary artery narrowing to insulin or thiazolidinedione use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularizati...
- Control of lipids at baseline in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial.
- Digoxin use in Congestive heart failure. Current status.
- A cardiologist's perspective on evolving concepts in the management of Congestive heart failure.
- The lost art of physical diagnosis.
- Adjunctive medical therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
- Symposium: A multi-institutional research study on the use of simulation for teaching and evaluating patient examination skills.
- Clinical decision-making with treadmill testing and thallium 201.
- Tricyclic antidepressant overdose: clinical and cardiovascular features.
- "Harvey," the cardiology patient simulator: pilot studies on teaching effectiveness.
- Mexiletine in the treatment of refractory ventricular Arrhythmias: a report of five cases.
- A cardiology patient simulator for continuing education of family physicians.
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
- Complications of Swan-Ganz catheterization in a University and Veterans Administration Hospital.
- Cardiovascular effects of tricyclic antidepressant drugs: therapeutic usage, overdose, and management of complications.
- Intra-Coronary thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction.
- Teaching bedside cardiologic examination skills using "Harvey", the cardiology patient simulator.
- Isolated tricuspid insufficiency.
- Congenital absence of the left pericardium. Clinical findings.
- Syndrome of hypoplasia of the right lung and dextroposition of the Heart: "scimitar sign" with normal pulmonary venous drainage.
- Complete Heart block, prosthetic aortic valve, and successful pregnancy.
- Interruption of the aortic arch without a patent ductus arteriosus.
- Atypical presentations of patients with calcific aortic stenosis. Patients with normal ECG and patients with associated systemic Hypertension.
- Hypertrophic subaortic stenosis with ostium secundum Atrial septal defect.
- Meningococcemia without meningitis presenting as cardiac tamponade. Survival with disseminated intravascular coagulation.
- Isolated tricuspid stenosis.
- Complete transposition of great vessels without associated defects. Case report of first patient to live to be a normal adult: result of surgery.
- Coronary arterial fistulas: seven cases with unusual features.
- Left aortic arch and right superior vena cava in mirror-image dextrocardia with tetralogy.
- Cardiac tamponade in procainamide induced lupus erythematosus.
- Acquired Coronary artery fistula from nonpenetrating chest injury.
- Digitalis toxicity. Neurologic manifestations.
- Aortic stenosis. Vagaries in diagnosis in the adult.
- Congestive heart failure. A new iatrogenic epidemic, propranolol (Inderal) induced.
- Exercise-induced "benign" paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia with normal Coronary arteries.
- Primary dissecting aneurysm of the right Coronary artery with survival.
- Intermittent aortic insufficiency. An indication of a malfunctioning aortic valve prosthesis.
- Complete replacement of the ascending aorta and the aortic valve in Marfan''s syndrome.
- Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect and ventricular aneurysm. Report of a case with successful repair.
- Congenital left circumflex Coronary artery fistula to right atrium without a murmur.
- The electrocardiogram in hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
- Illustrative echocardiogram. Eisenmenger''s syndrome, pulmonary valvular insufficiency, and paradoxic septal motion.
- Early results with aortoCoronary saphenous vein graft surgery.
- Results of elective aortoCoronary saphenous vein graft surgery in a community hospital.
- Unexplained Congestive heart failure--value of echocardiography in detecting correctible disease.
- Antihypertensive therapy. Current issues and challenges.
- The management of tachyArrhythmias in the emergency room.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis of idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS).
- Echocardiographic detection of pericardial effusion.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis of silent mitral stenosis.
- Echocardiographic Mimics of aortic root dissection.
- Correlation between segmental early relaxation of the left ventricular wall and Coronary occlusive disease.
- Bilateral nonfistulous congenital Coronary arterial aneurysms.
- Bilateral arteriosclerotic Coronary arterial aneurysms successfully treated with saphenous vein bypass grafting.
- Aerobic exercise as a therapeutic modality in the relief of stress.
- Diagnosis of congenital Heart disease in the neonate by non-invasive methods.
- Selective Coronary arteriography. Risk in a community hospital.
- Innovation in health education--Heartline to health.
- Intermittent complete atrioventricular block masquerading as epilepsy in the mitral valve prolapse syndrome.
- Temporary transvenous cardiac pacemaking in rural family practice.
- Swinging Heart syndrome with predominant anterior pericardial effusion.
- Echocardiographic features of combined hypertrophic and membranous subvalvular aortic stenosis: a case report.
- Echocardiography in discrete subaortic stenosis.
- Spurious ST segment abnormalities caused by Atrial repolarization.
- Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm identified by cross-sectional echocardiography.
- Loop logic: an introduction to vectorcardiography.
- Isolated gonococcal pulmonary valve endocarditis: diagnosis by echocardiography.
- METABOLISM OF CORTISOL-C14 BY HUMAN PERIPHERAL LEUKOCYTE CULTURES FROM LEUKEMIC PATIENTS.
Schools
University of Kansas School of Medicine
University Minn Hosps
Mayo Clinic Rochester
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Conditions Treated
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACC)
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education -
University of Minnesota at Fairview -
University of Kansas School of Medicine
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