Cardiologist

Board certification
Cardiovascular disease, internal medicine and interventional cardiology.

Education
Cardiologist Stephen Battista, MD, earned his medical degree from University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas.  He completed his residency and an internship in internal medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Texas. He completed a fellowship in cardiology at University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Special medical interests
Complex angioplasty and preventive cardiology with focus on lipid management.

Awards and honors
Named Top Doc in cardiology by Mpls/St Paul magazine, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

For appointments
952-924-9005

Clinic location
Minnesota Heart Clinic
305 East Nicollet Blvd.
Ridgeview Office Bldg.
Suite 372
Burnsville, MN 55337


Publications
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Mortality After Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis.  A High Risk Subgroup Identified by Pre-operative Relative Wall Thickness.  Orsinelli, DA, Aurigemma, GP, Battista S, et al. JACC 1993; 22:1679-83.

Abnormal Left Ventricular Intracavitary Flow Acceleration in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis: A Marker for High Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality.  Aurigemma G, Battista S, Orsinelli D, et al.  Circulation 1002; 86:926-36.

Laser Facilitated Angioplasty and Thrombolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Prolonged or Recurrent Chest Pain.  Topaz O, Rozenbaum A, Battista S, Peterson C, Wysham D.  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1993; 28:7-16.


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