William B. Nelson, MD
Research Investigator and Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Research Programs at Regions Hospital

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HealthPartners Medical Group title: Cardiologist and director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiovascular Research programs at Regions Hospital

Education: MD, University of Minnesota Medical School; residency in internal medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center; fellowship in cardiovascular disease, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics; fellowship in nuclear medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospitals- Madison.

Affiliation

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  • Clinical Research Investigator, Cardiovascular health
  • Research Investigator, Critical Care Research Center
  • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • Sex difference in mitral valve prolapse regurgitant volume is resolved by normalization of regurgitant volume to left ventricular end-diastolic volume
    International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2024
  • Gender differences in primary mitral regurgitant volumes at specific regurgitant fractions as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging
    International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2022
  • Inappropriate noise detection in Tendril family pacing leads
    Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2019
  • Prevalence and doppler echocardiographic characteristics of normally functioning mitral prostheses with mean gradient >/=10 mmHg
    Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2017
  • Safety of continuing warfarin therapy in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation
    2017
  • Abstract
  • A comparison of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction by various commercially-available nuclear cardiology software on a CZT SPECT camera [abstract]
    Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2017
  • The incidence and doppler echocardiographic characteristics of normally functioning mitral prostheses with mean gradient ≥ 10 mm Hg [abstract]
    Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2016
  • Early discharge with next day stress testing in low risk chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department is feasible [abstract]
    Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2015
  • Normalization of left ventricular ejection fraction is associated with the absence of appropriate anti-tachycardia therapy in patients receiving implantable defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden death [abstract]
    Circulation. 2013
  • Normalization of left ventricular ejection fraction is associated with the absence of appropriate anti-tachycardia therapy in patients receiving implantable defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden death [abstract]
    2013
  • presentations

    Presentation
  • A comparison of three different peri-operative anticoagulation strategies during cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation [presentation], Robert Hebbel Fifteenth Annual Research Day
  • Association and severity of coronary artery disease and carotid artery disease in patients with aortic stenosis [presentation], University of Minnesota 11th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • Chronic kidney disease is a significant predictor of pocket hematoma complications after pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator placement independent of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents [presentation], University of Minnesota 12th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • Continuation of warfarin is superior to holding warfarin with or without bridging therapy in patients undergoing pacemaker and defibrillator placement [presentation], University of Minnesota 12th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
  • How reliable is an effective orifice area indexed chart [presentation]?, University of Minnesota 11th Annual Robert Hebbel Research Day
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