Salvador Borges-Neto, MD

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Services

• General and Consultative Heart Care
• Radiology

Department / Division:
Radiology / Nuclear Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3949
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 684-7647

Office Telephone:
(919) 684-7857

Fax Telephone:
(919) 684-7321

• M.D., Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, 1981

• Cardiology Fellowship, Antonio Pedro University Hospital, Brazil, 1982-1983
• Cardiology Fellowship (Research), Brigham Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, 1984-1985

• Nuclear Cardiology Fellowship (Clinical), Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, 1986
• Nuclear Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1992-1993

Clinical Interests:
Nuclear cardiology and cardiovascular imaging, the role of cardiac imaging in predicting outcomes and guiding therapy

Research Interests:
1. Combined Myocardial Perfusion SPECT imaging and First-Pass Radionuclide Angiocardiography to assess patients with suspect or known coronary artery disease.

2. Diagnostic and Prognostic utility of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine in coronary artery disease.

3. Pharmacological Stress Test and SPECT imaging for diagnosis and Prognosis of Patients with coronary artery disease.

Representative Publications:
Borges-Neto S, Coleman RE, Jones RH. Perfustion and Function at Rest and Exercise Using Tc-99m Sestamibi: Comparison of One and Two Days Protocols in Normal Volunteers. J Nuc Med. 1990; 31(7) 1128-1132. (1990)

Borges-Neto S, Mahmariam JJ, Jain A, Roberts R, Verani MS. Quantitative Thallium-201 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography After Oral Dipyridamole for Assessing the Presence, Anatomical Location and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease. J AM Coll Card 1988;11(5):962-969. (1988)

Borges-Neto S, Coleman RE, Potts JM, Jones RH. Combine Treadmill Exercise First-Pass and Spect Perfusion Studies For Assessment of Chronic Coronary Artery Disease. Semin Nuc Med 1991; 21:223-229. (1991)

Borges-Neto S, Puma J, Jones RH, Sketch M, Hanson MW, Stack R, Coleman RE. Myocardial Perfusion and Function During Coronary Artery Occulsion in Humans: A Comparison with Rest and Exercise Studies. Circulation. 1994; 89(1):218-284. (1994)