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Cardiovascular Medicine

Transplant Medicine

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Medical Management of Transplant Patients

Echocardiogram

Stress Echocardiogram

Cardioversion

Left Ventricular Assist Device

Heart Failure, Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support

Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Medicine

conditions

Heart failure

Heart valve disorders

Heart attack 

treatments

Heart transplant

Mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSD)

MitraClip therapy

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Dr. Rahko is Professor of Medicine in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division of the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is the director of the Adult Echocardiography Lab at UW Hospital and Clinics. His clinical interests include noninvasive imaging characterization of ventricular structure and function in patients with heart failure and heart failure devices. He also is involved in echocardiographic evaluation of valvular heart disease, particularly candidates for TAVR. He has an active practice in general cardiology and a specialized clinic for the medical management cardiomyopathies and of end-stage heart failure, including the evaluation of innovative pharmaceutical and device therapies for heart failure. He also has implemented an echo-based screening program for detection of heart disease in varsity athletes and implemented this as a part of the medical evaluation of all incoming athletes to the university.

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University Hospital Heart Clinic

University Hospital Heart Failure Program

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Peter Rahko

Peter S. Rahko, MD, FACC

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Cardiovascular Disease

Internal Medicine

UWMF

University of Pittsburgh Health Center Hospitals, Pittsburgh, PA

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University Hospital

Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN

Cardiologist

Transplant Cardiologist

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