Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia Heart Institute - 2nd Floor, Suite 2A
39th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Appointments
Contact: Mary Behan (215) 662-9992

Clinical Specialty:

• Cardiovascular Medicine

Practice Location:

• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, PHI
• Penn Medicine at Radnor

Education:

• DO: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital
• Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• PFellowship: Hahnemann University Hospital

Research Interest:

• Preventive Cardiology
• Women and Heart Disease

Selected Publications:

1. Spratt KA, Frank WS, Meyers J. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis: applications in the cardiac patient, Practical Cardiology 17:28-39, 1991.
2. Spratt KA, Michelson EL, Dreifus LS. Management of ventricular arrhythmias in the elderly, Protocols 2:3-8, 1992.
3. Spratt KA, Borans SM, Michelson EL. Early repolarization: Normalization of the electrocardiogram with exercise as a clinically useful diagnostic feature, Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Electrophysiology Corner 7:238-242, 1995.
4. Karalis DG, Quinn V, Victor M, Ross J, Polansky M, Spratt KA, Chandrasekaran K. Risk of catheter related emboli in patients with atherosclerotic debris in the thoracic aorta, American Heart Journal 131:1149-1155, 1996.
5. Spratt KA. Sex and age-related anti-hypertensive effects of amlodipine (letter). Am J Cardiol 79:843-844, 1997.
6. Spratt KA, Blumberg EA, Wood CA, Kutalek SP, Reboli AC. Infections of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: Approach to management. Clinical Infectious Diseases 17:679-685, 1998.
7. Spratt KA. The Clinician’s Guide to a Woman’s Heart. J Am Osteop Assoc 99:S1-S6, 1998.
8. Spratt KA, Fiengo MA, Michelson EL. Evaluation of palpitations and nonlife-threatening arrhythmias, Current Practice of Medicine 1:469-481, 1998.