Department of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty

Medical School:
Georgetown University

Residency:
University of Texas, Southwestern

Fellowships:
Medical College of Virginia
University of Iowa

Byron Vandenberg, M.D.
Associate Professor

Dr. Vandenberg’s clinical and research interests are in general cardiology, preventive cardiology and cardiac imaging.  He is interested in new therapies for patients with lipid disorders, including LDL apheresis.  His cardiac imaging interests are in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• American Board of Clinical Lipidology, Diplomate
• American Society of Echocardiography, Fellow
• Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
• American Heart Association, Fellow
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• American College of Physicians, Fellow

Recent Publications

1. Vandenberg BF, Kerber RE:  Transthoracic echocardiography.  In:  Cardiology: An Illustrated Text.  Chatterjee K (Ed),  2012
2. Vandenberg BF:  Prosthetic heart valves.  In:  Cardiology: An Illustrated Text.  Chatterjee K (Ed),  2012
3. Vandenberg BF, Robinson J:  Management of the patient with statin intolerance.  Curr Atheroscler Rep 12:48-57, 2010
4. Vandenberg BF, Zinc MH, Ayres RW, Lindower PD, Rath LS, Lewis J: Inhalation of amyl nitrite and the measurement of left ventricular outflow velocity: Studies in normal, young adults. Echocardiography 17 (2);105-108, 2000
5. Vandenberg BF, Cardona  H, Miller JF, Burns T, Skorton D, Perez JE  Estimation of left ventricular ejection fraction by semiautomatic edge detection. Echocardiography 15:(8) 713-719, 1998
6. Marcus RH, Heinrich RS, Bednarz J, Lupovitch S, Abruzzo J, Borok R, Vandenberg B, Kerber RE, Piccione W, Yoganathan AP, Lang RM: Assessment of small diameter aortic mechanical prostheses. Physiologic relevance of the Doppler gradient, utility of flow augmentation, and limitations of orifice area estimation.  Circulation 98:866-872; 1998
7. Vandenberg BF, Oren R, Lewis J, Burns TL, Kerber RE:  Evaluation of Color Kinesis:  A new echocardiographic method for analyzing regional wall motion in patients with dilated left ventricles.  Am J Cardiol 79:645-650, 1997
8. Lindower PD, Dellsperger KC, Johnson B, Chandran KB, Vandenberg BF:  Variability in regurgitation in Bjork-Shiley mitral valves and relationship to occluder design: An in vitro two-dimensional color Doppler flow mapping study.  J Heart Valve Disease II:S-178-183, 1996
9. Vandenberg BF, Rossen JD, Grover-McKay M, Shammas NW, Burns TL, Rezai K:  Evaluation of diabetic patients for renal and pancreas transplantation: Non-invasive screening for coronary artery disease with radionuclide methods.  Transplantation 62:1230-1235, 1996
10. Hwang NHC, Meltzer RS, Moehring MA, Thomas JD, Vandenberg BF, Yoganathan AP:  Spontaneous echo contrast in patients with mechanical heart valve implants.  ASAIO Journal 42(1):24-26, 1996

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