Retired from clinical practice. Associate Editor, Statistics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Thomas W. Riggs, MD
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Thomas W. Riggs is an expert in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. He attended University of Michigan Medical School. He received awards:"Fellow", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "Phi Beta Kappa" and "Super Doctor". Thomas Riggs has written publications. He has 81 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Fetal cardiac asymmetry: a marker for congenital heart disease.'
Publications
- Hypertriglyceridemia in extremely low birth weight infants receiving lipid emulsions.
- Single institutional experience using biological mesh for abdominal wall reconstruction.
- Does sedation type affect colonoscopy perforation rates?
- Impact of the new 16-hour duty period on pediatric interns' neonatal education.
- Resuscitation of infants born at 22 weeks gestation: a 20-year retrospective.
- Risk factors for anastomotic leak and mortality in diabetic patients undergoing colectomy: analysis from a statewide surgical quality collaborative.
- An analysis of fine needle aspiration versus core needle biopsy in clinically palpable breast lesions: a report on the predictive values and a cost comparison.
- The relationship of newborn adiposity to fetal growth outcome based on birth weight or the modified neonatal growth assessment score.
- A comparison of cardiac Z-scores versus cardiac asymmetry for the prenatal screening of Congenital heart disease.
- Fetal echocardiography: z-score reference ranges for a large patient population.
- Predictive factors affecting survival in stage II colorectal cancer: is lymph node harvesting relevant?
- Characterizing the dynamics of CD4+ T cell priming within a lymph node.
- Cyclical infection prevalence in small groups.
- A comparison of random vs. chemotaxis-driven contacts of T cells with dendritic cells during repertoire scanning.
- Toward a multiscale model of antigen presentation in immunity.
- Blood pressure during the first 7 days in premature infants born at postmenstrual age 23 to 25 weeks.
- Maximizing statistical power in group-randomized vaccine trials.
- A stochastic model of vaccine trials for endemic infections using group randomization.
- Long-term follow-up with stress echocardiograms of patients with Kawasaki''s Disease.
- Prophylactic mastectomy in carriers of BRCA mutations.
- A quadricuspid pulmonic Valve diagnosed in a live newborn by two-dimensional echocardiography.
- Spontaneous closure of atrial septal defects in premature vs. full-term neonates.
- Double-outlet right ventricle: an antenatal diagnostic dilemma.
- Doppler velocity and flow through the aortic isthmus in normal term neonates.
- Recurrence risk of supraventricular tachycardia in pediatric patients.
- Fetal cardiac asymmetry: a marker for Congenital heart disease.
- Sonographic screening to detect fetal cardiac anomalies: a 5-year experience with 111 abnormal cases.
- Tetralogy of Fallot: prenatal diagnosis and postnatal survival.
- Isolated bicuspid aortic Valve in a newborn with Down syndrome.
- Prenatal screening for cardiac anomalies: the value of routine addition of the aortic root to the four-chamber view.
- Abnormal right ventricular filling in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
- Respiratory influence on Doppler estimation of valvar gradients in Congenital pulmonic stenosis.
- Cerebral blood flow velocity in normal, full-term newborns is not related to ductal closure.
- Tissue plasminogen activator lysis of a right ventricular thrombus.
- Pulmonary-to-aorta diameter ratio in the normal and abnormal fetal Heart.
- Dietary treatment of childhood hypercholesterolemia.
- Dizygotic twins concordant for truncus arteriosus.
- Physiologic peripheral pulmonic stenosis in infancy.
- Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function in adolescents with diabetes mellitus.
- Cardiomyopathy and Pulmonary emboli in terminal Duchennne's muscular dystrophy.
- Respiratory influence on right and left ventricular diastolic function in normal children.
- Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of right and left ventricular diastolic function in normal neonates.
- Functional aortic Valve atresia in transposition of the great arteries.
- In utero diagnosis of pericardial tumor with successful surgical repair.
- The surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to tricuspid Valve pouch in complete transposition of the great arteries.
- Surgical management of anomalous left coronary artery with mitral insufficiency in infancy: contribution of echocardiography.
- Masked subaortic stenosis in ostium primum atrial septal defect: recognition and treatment.
- Radiological case of the month. Tetralogy of Fallot with absent Pulmonary valve.
- Successful surgical repair of aortic atresia associated with normal left ventricle.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic measurement of right Pulmonary artery diameter in infants and children.
- Measurement of mitral Valve orifice area in infants and children by two-dimensional echocardiography.
- Radiologic evaluation of adenoids and tonsils in children with obstructive sleep apnea: plain films and fluoroscopy.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic and angiocardiographic diagnosis of subPulmonary stenosis due to tricuspid valve pouch in complete transposition of the great arteries.
- Unusual mitral Valve abnormalities complicating surgical repair of endocardial cushion defects.
- The role of the Glenn shunt in patients undergoing the Fontan operation.
- Echocardiographic and hemodynamic findings in isolated symptomatic coarctation of the aorta in infancy.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic recognition of papillary muscle fibrosis in pediatric patients.
- Echocardiographic features of ventricular septal defect patch dehiscence.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic features of interruption of the aortic arch.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular rhabdomyoma in two infants.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic prospective diagnosis of common truncus arteriosus in infants.
- Urokinase therapy for a catheter-related right atrial thrombus.
- Neonatal circulatory changes following elective cesarean section: an echocardiographic study.
- Primary vascular tumors of the Heart in infancy. Report of a case with successful surgical management.
- Echocardiographic diagnosis of tricuspid valve endocarditis in a child with a normal Heart. Special emphasis on surgical considerations.
- Two dimensional echocardiography in evaluation of right atrial masses: five cases in pediatric patients.
- Respiratory variation in Frank vectorcardiography and echocardiography in children.
- The pediatric spectrum of dynamic left ventricular obstruction.
- Echocardiographic abnormalities in infants of diabetic mothers.
- Echocardiographic assessment of the adequacy of Pulmonary arterial banding.
- Spectral analysis of the normal electrocardiogram in children and adults.
- Echocardiographic estimation of ventricular hypoplasia in complete atrioventricular canal.
- Thymic response to endogenous and exogenous steroids in premature newborn infants.
- Ventricular septal defect in infancy: a combined vectorgraphic and echocardiographic study.
- Echographic ventricular systolic time intervals in normal term and preterm neonates.
- Respiratory distress syndrome: echocardiographic assessment of cardiovascular function and Pulmonary vascular resistance.
- Persistence of fetal circulation syndrome: an echocardiographic study.
- Neonatal circulatory changes: an echocardiographic study.
- Inferior vena cava obstruction secondary to indwelling venous catheters: two cases.
- Assessment of the Pulmonary vascular bed by echocardiographic right ventricular systolic time intervals.
Schools
University of Mi Med Sch
Mich Med Center
Case West Res
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Imaging
Conditions Treated
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disease
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Super Doctor
Education
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Case Western Reserve University -
Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers -
University of Michigan Medical School -
University of Michigan
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