Michael G.W. Camitta, MD
Department / Division
Pediatrics /
Pediatrics-Cardiology
Address
DUMC 3090
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-668-4000
Office Telephone
919-684-3574
Fax Telephone
919-681-5903
- MD, University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, 1996
- Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 1996-1999
- Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1999-2002
Clinical Interests
Pediatric cardiology; echocardiography including fetal, transthoracic, and transesophageal imaging; pediatric cardiac intensive care; fetal diagnosis and counseling; clinical research studies; telemedicine imaging
Research Interests
Echocardiographic assesment of diastolic function.
Echocardiographic assesment of cardiomyopathies.
Use of echocardiography in the intensive care unit.
Single ventricle palliation approaches and long-term medical therapies.
Pericardial effusions after bone marrow transplantation.
Cardiopulmonary disease in infants with sickle cell disease
Clopidigrel therapy for reduction of neonatal shunt thrombosis.
Evaluation of cardiac output in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- Pfizer Inc.
Representative Publications
Barker PC, Houle H, Li JS, Miller S, Herlong JR, Camitta MG. Global longitudinal cardiac strain and strain rate for assessment of fetal cardiac function: novel experience with velocity vector imaging. Echocardiography. 2009 Jan;26(1):28-36.
(2009)
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Camitta MG, Li JS, St. Geme III JW. Infective endocarditis. In: Shah S, ed. Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
(2009)
Drinker LR, Camitta MG, Herlong JR, Miller S, Lodge AJ, Jaggers J, Barker PC. Use of the monoplane intracardiac imaging probe in high-risk infants during congenital heart surgery. Echocardiography. 2008 Oct;25(9):999-1003.
(2008)
Abstract
Milazzo AS, Golioto A, Camitta MG, O'Laughlin MP. An infant with subvalvar and valvar aortic stenosis, subvalvar and valvar pulmonary stenosis, severe biventricular hypertrophy and pulmonary hemorrhage. Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Mar-Apr;24(2):169-71.
(2003)
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Camitta MG, Gabel SA, Chulada P, Bradbury JA, Langenbach R, Zeldin DC, Murphy E. Cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 knockout mice demonstrate increased cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury but are protected by acute preconditioning. Circulation. 2001 Nov 13;104(20):2453-8.
(2001)
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