Physician

Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Ruben J. Acherman, MD

Ruben Acherman is an expert in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. He over the years received 2 awards: "Vegas Seven" and "Desert Companion". Ruben Acherman is a published doctor as well. He has 42 publications published. The latest was: Severe pulmonary hypertension as a cause of reverse aortic arch flow in the neonate: report of two cases.

Publications

Moving towards universal prenatal detection of critical congenital heart disease in southern nevada: a community-wide program.
Heterotaxy in Southern Nevada: Prenatal Detection and Epidemiology.
Fontan hepatic fibrosis and pulmonary vascular development.
An Increased Incidence of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection among Hispanics in Southern Nevada.
Transvenous Hepatic Biopsy in Stable Fontan Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization.
Preserving the azygos vein when repairing esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula accompanied by interrupted inferior vena cava.
Laterally displaced superior vena cava on the fetal 3-vessel view from a right diaphragmatic hernia.
The changing occurrences of tetralogy of Fallot and simple transposition of the great arteries in Southern Nevada.
Stenosis of alternative umbilical venous pathways in absence of the ductus venosus.
Simplified pediatric electrocardiogram interpretation.
Dextrocardia: practical clinical points and comments on terminology.
Congenital portosystemic shunts and AMPLATZER vascular plug occlusion in newborns.
Aorta larger than pulmonary artery in the fetal 3-vessel view.
An unusual fetal ductus arteriosus pathway.
Argatroban anticoagulation for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in an infant with double outlet right ventricle and a history of heparin-induced thrombocyto...
B-natriuretic peptide: a helpful clinical marker after Norwood I.
Prenatal detection of congenital heart disease in southern Nevada: the need for universal fetal cardiac evaluation.
Diagnosis of absent ductus venosus in a population referred for fetal echocardiography: association with a persistent portosystemic shunt requiring postnatal device oc...
Expedited oxygen wean after coil embolization of systemic-to-pulmonary collaterals in a premature infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Cardiac abnormalities in children with sickle cell anemia.
Acute myocardial infarction in a 12-year-old as a complication of hyperosmolar diabetic ketoacidosis.
Troponin I elevation after supraventricular tachycardia in a child with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Positive maternal anti-SSA/SSB antibody-related fetal right ventricular endocardial fibroelastosis without atrioventricular block, reversal of endocardial fibroelastosis.
One hundred years of texts describing congenitally malformed hearts from 1814 to 1914.
Sustained fetal bradycardia with 1:1 atrioventricular conduction and long QT syndrome.
Hair-grooming syncope in children.
All cardiac right ventricular outpouches are not created equal.
Doppler fetal mechanical PR interval prolongation with positive maternal anti-RNP but negative SSA/Ro and SSB/La auto-antibodies.
Modified De Vega mitral valve annuloplasty in an infant with endocarditis.
Right ventricular noncompaction associated with long QT in a fetus with right ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac arrhythmias.
A rare presentation of Pompe disease with massive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at birth.
Cardiovascular effects of low-dose dexamethasone in very low birth weight neonates with refractory hypotension.
Predictors of left ventricular outflow obstruction following single-stage repair of interrupted aortic arch and ventricular septal defect.
Systemic to pulmonary collaterals in very low birth weight infants: color doppler detection of systemic to pulmonary connections during neonatal and early infancy period.
Reverse aortic arch flow secondary to severe pulmonary hypertension in the neonate.
Aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus: a congenital lesion.
Severe pulmonary hypertension as a cause of reverse aortic arch flow in the neonate: report of two cases.
Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary blood supply in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect.
Hypoalbuminemia: the etiology of antenatally diagnosed pericardial effusion in rhesus-hemolytic anemia.
Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in differentiating congestive heart failure from lung disease in pediatric patients with respiratory distress.
Enlarged left vitelline vein remnant as a cause of cyanosis after the Fontan procedure: resolution with an Amplatzer vascular plug.

Schools

Universidad Del Valle Columbia
La Co Usc Med Center
Faculty Med University Del Valle Cali
Hospital Sick Chldn

Procedures Preformed

Cardiac Imaging

Doctors Specialties

Pediatric Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Vegas Seven
Desert Companion

Education

University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center
Universidad del Valle Health Sciences

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