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Frank
Aguirre, MD, FACC
Dr. Aguirre also has a practice at Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd. |
| Degree | Year | Institution | Area |
| BS | 1977 | Illinois Benedictine College | Biochemistry |
| MD | 1980 | Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | |
| Internship | 1981 | Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center | |
| Residency | 1984 | St. Louis University Hospital | Internal Medicine |
| Fellowship | 1988 | St. Louis University Medical Center | Clinical Cardiology |
| Fellowship | 1989 | St. Louis University Medical Center | Interventional Cardiology |
| Board Certifications | |||
| Internal Medicine | |||
| Cardiovascular Diseases | |||
| Interventional Cardiology | |||
| Academic Interests | |||
Dr. Aguirre has a special interest in research. He has participated in over 40 clinical trials of devices, and drugs and published more than 150 abstracts, articles, and book chapters. Dr. Aguirre has been instrumental
in establishing the Prairie Stat Heart program for heart attack treatment,
for which he is currently medical director. The goal of the Prairie Stat
Heart program is for patients who present to area emergency rooms with
symptoms of a heart attack be diagnosed, transported, and on the operating
table within 90 minutes. |
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| Clinical Interests | |||
Diagnostic studies, exercise studies, echocardiography, cardiac pacing, the diagnosis and management of lipid disorders and preventive cardiology. |
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| Representative Publications | |||
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