Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiology
Dr. Michael A. Fifer, MD
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Michael Fifer practices Cardiology. He went to Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical college. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He has 3 awards "Fellow (FACC)", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Michael A. Fifer has written publications. He has 81 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'ACC expert consensus document. Present use of bedside right heart catheterization in patients with cardiac disease. American College of Cardiology.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- New-onset left bundle branch block immediately following noncardiac surgery under combined general and epidural anesthesia.
- Medical, Surgical and Interventional Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy With Obstruction.
- Management Strategy in 249 Consecutive Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Referred to a Dedicated Program.
- 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Associa...
- 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/Ame...
- 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/Am...
- 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Associ...
- Still a kid at Heart: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the elderly.
- A pipeline that integrates the discovery and verification of plasma protein biomarkers reveals candidate markers for cardiovascular Disease.
- Ventricular arrhythmia following alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Metabolite profiling of blood from individuals undergoing planned Myocardial infarction reveals early markers of Myocardial injury.
- Short PR interval in the absence of preexcitation: a characteristic finding in a patient with Fabry Disease.
- Use of tissue Doppler to distinguish discrete upper ventricular septal hypertrophy from obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Management of symptoms in hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Frequency and mechanism of persistent systolic anterior motion and mitral regurgitation after septal ablation in obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Controversies in cardiovascular medicine. Most fully informed patients choose Septal ablation over Septal myectomy.
- Time course of pressure gradient response after first alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Acute predictors of subacute complete Heart block after alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 26-2005. A 48-year-old man with sudden loss of consciousness while jogging.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Isolated right ventricular infarction resulting from occlusion of a nondominant right Coronary artery.
- Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide for the evaluation of intensive care unit shock.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Household clustering of hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Covered stent septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopathy: initial success but ultimate failure resulting from colla...
- A utilization management intervention to reduce unnecessary testing in the Coronary care unit.
- Outcome following mitral Valve replacement in patients with mitral stenosis and moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
- Controversies in cardiovascular medicine. Hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopathy: alcohol septal ablation.
- Management of Coronary artery compression caused by recurrent aortic root abscess.
- Sustained improvement in left ventricular diastolic function after alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- Natriuretic peptide testing for the evaluation of critically ill patients with shock in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.
- Ventricular systolic discordance in pericardial tamponade: Acute reversal by pericardiocentesis.
- Pathological effects of alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- Non-coronary sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm rupture.
- Myocardial contractile function in Aortic stenosis as determined from the rate of stress development during isovolumic systole.
- Association of a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase with a purified translational inhibitor isolated from hemin-deficient rabbit reticulocyte lysates.
- Studies of the plasma membrane during maturation of the mammalian erythrocyte.
- Effects of dobutamine on Gorlin and continuity equation valve areas and valve resistance in valvular Aortic stenosis.
- Positive inotropic and lusitropic effects of intravenous flosequinan in patients with Heart failure.
- Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on myocardial contractile and diastolic function in patients with Heart failure.
- What does positron emission tomography teach us about Coronary angioplasty?
- Left ventricular diastolic function in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction due to Coronary artery disease and effect of nicardipine.
- Hemodynamic and renal effects of atrial natriuretic peptide in congestive Heart failure.
- dP/dt and isovolumic pressure decline.
- Techniques for assessing inotropic effects of drugs in patients with Heart failure: application to the evaluation of nicardipine.
- Programmed ventricular stimulation in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and ventricular tachycardia: effects of Acute hemodynamic improvement due to nitroprus...
- Left ventricular performance during psychological stress.
- Linearity of the left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume relation in patients with severe Heart failure.
- Octogenarians with Aortic stenosis. Outcome after Aortic valve replacement.
- Inotropic effect of nicardipine in patients with Heart failure: assessment by left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume analysis.
- Differentiation of restrictive Cardiomyopathy from pericardial constriction: assessment of diastolic function by radionuclide angiography.
- The creatine kinase system in normal and Diseased human myocardium.
- Diastolic function in patients with severe Heart failure: comparison of the effects of enoximone and nitroprusside.
- Inotropic effect of enoximone in patients with severe Heart failure: demonstration by left ventricular end-systolic pressure-volume analysis.
- Preload dependence of Doppler-derived indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in humans.
- Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on coronary hemodynamics and myocardial energetics in patients with Heart failure.
- Responsiveness of plasma Atrial natriuretic factor to short-term changes in left Atrial hemodynamics after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty.
- Early diastolic left ventricular function in children and adults with Aortic stenosis.
- Angiosarcoma of the Heart: three-year survival and follow-up by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
- Milrinone and dobutamine in severe Heart failure: differing hemodynamic effects and individual patient responsiveness.
- Degree of reversibility of left ventricular systolic dysfunction after Aortic valve replacement for isolated Aortic valve stenosis.
- Altered left ventricular diastolic properties during pacing-induced Angina in patients with aortic stenosis.
- Right main Coronary artery disease: antemortem diagnosis and treatment.
- Positive inotropic and vasodilator actions of milrinone in patients with severe congestive Heart failure. Dose-response relationships and comparison to nitroprusside.
- Inotropic, vascular and neuroendocrine effects of nifedipine in Heart failure: comparison with nitroprusside.
- Calcium channel blockers in congestive Heart failure: theoretic considerations and clinical experience.
- End-systolic pressure-volume and stress-length relations in the assessment of ventricular function in man.
- Improvement in indexes of diastolic performance in patients with congestive Heart failure treated with milrinone.
- Milrinone: a positive inotropic vasodilator.
- Hemodynamic effects of inhaled nitric oxide in Heart failure.
- Exercise capacity and systolic and diastolic ventricular function after recovery from Acute dilated cardiomyopathy.
- Effects of disopyramide on left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Effects of Atrial natriuretic peptide on left ventricular function in hypertension.
- Continuous wave Doppler echocardiography for noninvasive assessment of left ventricular dP/dt and relaxation time constant from Mitral regurgitant spectra in patients.
- Relation of Atrial pressure and plasma level of Atrial natriuretic factor in cardiac tamponade.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Systolic obliteration of the left anterior descending Coronary artery.
- Long-term outcome of enoximone therapy in patients with refractory Heart failure.
- Coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with Acute-onset idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
- ACC expert consensus document. Present use of bedside right Heart catheterization in patients with cardiac disease. American College of Cardiology.
- Comparison of the effects of nitric oxide, nitroprusside, and nifedipine on hemodynamics and right ventricular contractility in patients with Chronic pulmonary hyperte...
- Outcome following isolated tricuspid Valve replacement.
- MRI of Dissection of the aorta: recognition of the intimal tear and differential flow velocities.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham Womens Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Ectasia
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Fallon Community Health Plan
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- National Elevator
- Tufts PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- Fellow (FACC)
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Massachusetts General Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1730170630 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FIFER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MICHAEL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 021142696 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 272.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1730170630 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FIFER |
| First Name Of The Provider | MICHAEL |
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