Wolfgang A.K. Radtke, MD
CardiologyInsurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
- Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
- Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
- Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
- Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
- AmeriHealth Caritas Florida (FKA Prestige Health Choice)
- AvMed
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
- Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
- Cigna & Great West HMO/POS Open Access
- Cigna & Great West PPO/EPO
- Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
- Cigna/Great West PPO
- Community Care Plan Medicaid
- Delaware First Health
- Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
- Delaware Medicare
- Devon Health Services
- Employers Health Network PPO
- Evolutions Healthcare
- Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
- First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
- First Health/Affordable PPO
- Florida Community Care
- Florida Medicaid
- Florida Medicare
- Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
- Global Medical Managment DE/PA
- Health First Health Plans
- Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
- HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
- Highmark Medicaid Health Options
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
- Humana HMO/POS
- Humana PPO/EPO
- Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
- Insurance Administrators of America
- INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
- Keystone First Medicaid HMO
- Lifetrac Transplant
- Maryland Medicaid
- Molina Healthcare Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- New Jersey Medicaid
- Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
- Pennsylvania Medicaid
- Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
- Preferred Healthcare PPO
- Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
- Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
- Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
- United Healthcare Commercial Products
- United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
- United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
- UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
- US Family Health Plan
- Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
- Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid
- Aortic Stenosis
- Atrial Septal Defects
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Interrupted Aortic Arch
- Patent Ductus Arteriosis
- Pulmonary Artery Sling
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Ventricular Septal Defects
Research Activities
Currently, my research interests revolve around interventional cardiac catheterization, development and evaluation of new therapeutic procedures and implants, and long-term outcomes.
Medical Interests
- Non-surgical repair of heart defects (interventional cardiac catheterization)
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Case report: hepatobronchial lymphatic communications in single ventricle patients as a pathophysiological mechanism of plastic bronchitis: diagnosis and treatment.; European heart journal. Case reports; (2020).
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Prominent Eustachian Valve and Atrial Septal Defect Presenting With Chronic Hypoxemia in a Teenager.; World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery; (2020).
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Balloon angioplasty of bidirectional Glenn anastomosis.; Cardiology in the young; (2020).
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Early Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defect Improves Clinical Status of Symptomatic Young Children with Underlying Pulmonary Abnormalities.; Pediatric cardiology; (2020).
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Lymphatic Management in Single-Ventricle Patients.; Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual; (2020).
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Identifying Subclinical Coronary Abnormalities and Silent Myocardial Ischemia After Arterial Switch Operation.; Pediatric cardiology; (2019).
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Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus using the AMPLATZERâ„¢ duct occluder II (ADO II).; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions; (2017).
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The Medtronic Micro Vascular Plugâ„¢ for Vascular Embolization in Children With Congenital Heart Diseases.; Journal of interventional cardiology; (2017).
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Initial clinical experience with the Medtronic Micro Vascular Plugâ„¢ in transcatheter occlusion of PDAs in extremely premature infants.; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions; (2016).
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Maladaptive aortic properties after the Norwood procedure: An angiographic analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial.; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2016).
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Coronary artery problems late after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.; Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society; (2015).
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Hybrid palliation for critical systemic outflow obstruction: neither rapid stage 1 Norwood nor comprehensive stage 2 mitigate consequences of early risk factors.; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2014).
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Improving early outcomes following hybrid procedure for patients with single ventricle and systemic outflow obstruction: defining risk factors†.; European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery; (2014).
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Acquired discrete subaortic stenosis in solid organ transplant recipients.; Pediatric transplantation; (2014).
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Device closure of secundum atrial septal defects in infants weighing less than 8 kg.; Pediatric cardiology; (2014).
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Impact of pre-stage II hemodynamics and pulmonary artery anatomy on 12-month outcomes in the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial.; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2013).
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Bilateral pulmonary arterial banding results in an increased need for subsequent pulmonary artery interventions.; The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; (2013).
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Intervention for recoarctation in the single ventricle reconstruction trial: incidence, risk, and outcomes.; Circulation; (2013).
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Hard choices for high-risk patients with critical left ventricular outflow obstruction: contemporary comparison of hybrid versus surgical strategy.; World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery; (2010).
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Complex atrial septal defect: percutaneous repair guided by three-dimensional echocardiography.; Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.); (2010).
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Bailout after failed biventricular management of critical aortic stenosis: another application of the hybrid approach.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2009).
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Improving the outcome of high-risk neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: hybrid procedure or conventional surgical palliation?; European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery; (2008).
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Stage II reconstruction after hybrid palliation for high-risk patients with a single ventricle.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2008).
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Right ventricular outflow tract stent as a bridge to surgery in a premature infant with tetralogy of Fallot.; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2006).
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Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects using the new Amplatzer membranous VSD occluder: results of the U.S. phase I trial.; Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (2006).
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Vascular access and management of its complications.; Pediatric cardiology; (2005).
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Characteristics of the interatrial communication in patients undergoing transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects for cryptogenic stroke.; Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.); (2005).
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Predictors of residual defects following closure of defects in the oval fossa using the Amplatzer device: echocardiography recapitulates morphometry.; Cardiology in the young; (2003).
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Early and late results of thrombolytic therapy using tissue-type plasminogen activator to restore arterial pulse after cardiac catheterization in infants and small children.; The American journal of cardiology; (2003).
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Palliative stent implantation for aortic coarctation in premature infants weighing <1,500 g.; The American journal of cardiology; (2002).
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Experience with use of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography to guide closure of atrial septal defects using the amplatzer device.; Pediatric cardiology; (2002).
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Patterns of late diameter change after balloon angioplasty of branch pulmonary artery stenosis: evidence for vascular remodeling.; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions; (2002).
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Aortopulmonary collateral flow in the Fontan patient: does it matter?; The Annals of thoracic surgery; (2001).
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Rapid development of a large systemic-to-pulmonary vein fistula after bidirectional Glenn shunt and successful closure with an Amplatzer duct occluder.; Circulation; (2001).
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Transcatheter reconstruction of obliterated superior vena cava with additional obliteration of right internal jugular and subclavian vein.; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions; (2000).
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Transcatheter closure of multiple atrial septal defects. Initial results and value of two- and three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography.; European heart journal; (2000).
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Percutaneous catheter interventions to replace surgery: how far have we come, how far can we go?; Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975); (1999).
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Images in cardiovascular medicine. Successful transcatheter retrieval of an air gun pellet and adherent thrombus from a pulmonary artery branch.; Circulation; (1998).
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Transcatheter fenestration of hemi-Fontan baffles after completion of Fontan physiology using balloon dilatation and stent placement.; Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis; (1998).
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Current therapy of the patent ductus arteriosus.; Current opinion in cardiology; (1998).
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Gadopentetate dimeglumine and iodinated contrast media. Hemodynamic side effects after bolus injections in pigs.; Investigative radiology; (1997).
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Percutaneous radiofrequency valvotomy using a standard 5Fr electrode catheter for pulmonary atresia in neonates.; The American journal of cardiology; (1996).
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Core curriculum for the training of pediatric invasive/interventional cardiologists: report of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Committee on Pediatric Cardiology Training Standards.; Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis; (1996).
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Heterotaxia syndrome and autosomal dominant inheritance.; American journal of medical genetics; (1995).
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Interventional pediatric cardiology: state of the art and future perspective.; European journal of pediatrics; (1994).
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Balloon dilation catheters.; Pediatric clinics of North America; (1990).
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Coil embolization to occlude aortopulmonary collateral vessels and shunts in patients with congenital heart disease.; Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (1989).
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Pulsed holmium laser ablation of cardiac valves.; Lasers in surgery and medicine; (1989).
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Comparison of digital with conventional ventriculography for quantitative right ventricular studies.; Cardiovascular and interventional radiology; (1988).
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Acute complications of catheter therapy for congenital heart disease.; The American journal of cardiology; (1987).
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Percutaneous balloon valvotomy of congenital pulmonary stenosis using oversized balloons.; Journal of the American College of Cardiology; (1986).
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Myocardial imaging by digital subtraction angiography for left ventricular mass measurement.; Herz; (1985).
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Right ventricular imaging with digital subtraction angiocardiography using intraventricular contrast injection.; The American journal of cardiology; (1984).
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Late results of valve xenograft conduits between the right ventricle and the pulmonary arteries in patients with pulmonary atresia and extreme tetralogy of Fallot.; The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon; (1984).
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Assessment of left ventricular muscle volume by digital angiocardiography.; Investigative radiology; (1983).
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Quantitative analysis of structure and function of the cardiovascular system by roentgen-video-computer techniques.; Mayo Clinic proceedings; (1982).
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