Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training Program

Department / Division:
Medicine / Cardiology

Address:
DUMC 3157
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-5816

Office Telephone:
919-681-2704

Fax Telephone:
919-681-7223

• MD, Creighton University School of Medicine (Nebraska), 1984

• Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Hospital, 1984-1987
• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1990

Clinical Interests:
Diagnostic catheterization, interventional cardiac catheterization, coronary angioplasty, stents, new interventional devices, and valvular heart disease

Research Interests:

My current research interests are focused in the area of diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization.  In the arena of diagnostic cardiac catheterization, I am currently evaluating the role of Prostaglandin E1 in the prevention of contrast induced renal dysfunction.  In the arena of interventional cardiac catheterization, I have been actively involved in both the development and subsequent determination of potential niches for new interventional technologies in the management of coronary artery disease.  These interventional technologies include balloon angioplasty, the perfusion balloon catheter, transluminal extraction catheter, and several intracoronary stents.

Representative Publications:
4. Puma JA, Sketch MH Jr, Tcheng JE, Harrington RA, Phillips HR, Stack RS, Califf RM. Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Coronary Occlusions: An Overview. J Am Coll Cardio 26:1-11, 1995. (1995)

3. Borges-Neto S, Puma J, Jones RH, Sketch MH Jr., Stack R, Hanson MW, Coleman E. Myocardial Perfusion and Ventricular Function Measurements During Total Coronary Artery Occlusion in Humans: A Comparison With Rest and Exercise Radionuclide Studies. Circulation 89:278-284, 1994. (1994)

Buller CE, Culp SC, Sketch MH Jr., Phillips HR, Virmani R, Stack RS. Thermal-perfusion balloon coronary angioplasty: in-vivo evaluation. Am Heart J 125:226-233, 1993. (1993)

2. Sketch MH Jr., Quigley PJ, Perez JA, Davidson CJ, Muhlestein JB, Herndon JE, Glower DD, Phillips HR, Califf RM, Stack, RS. Angiographic follow-up after internal mammary artery graft angioplasty. Am J Cardiol 70:401-403, 1992. (1992)

1. Sketch MH Jr., Phillips HR, Lee MM, Stack RS. Coronary transluminal extraction-endarterectomy. J Invas Cardiol 3:13-18, 1991. (1991)