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 Irving Franco, M.D.Dr. Irving Franco is an interventional cardiologist in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Interventional Cardiology. In his work as an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Franco's specialty interests include diagnostic cardiac catheterization, angiography, coronary angioplasty, acute coronary interventions, coronary atherectomy, rotational coronary stenting and laser therapy. A native of the Dominican Republic and a naturalized U.S. citizen, Dr. Franco received his medical degree from Santo Domingo University. He completed his internship at St. Alexis Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio and his residency at Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital. Following his clinical training, Dr. Franco received fellowships in clinical cardiology and invasive cardiology from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He was appointed to the Cleveland Clinic in 1971. Dr. Franco’s research has focused primarily on the safe and effective treatment
of coronary artery disease, including studies of expandable stents, saphenous
vein grafts and guided radio frequency energy ablation. He has published his
research findings and his clinical experience in articles and abstracts in
leading publications. Most recently, he co-authored an article on peripheral
vascular disease, bare metal stenting, and long-term outcomes following coronary stenting. Dr. Franco is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association (Northeast Ohio Affiliate), and the Ohio State Medical Association. |
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AICD implantation AV Malformation (adult) AV Malformation (pediatric) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal aneurysm Abnormal Stress Test Amyloidosis Angina Angina (stable) Angina (unstable) Angina Pectoris Aortic aneurysm Aortic insufficiency Arrhythmia Ascending aortic aneurysm Atheroembolism Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease Bacterial endocarditis Bypass surgery evaluation Cardiac Arrest (history of) Cardiac Pacemaker (history of) Cardiomyopathy Carotid ASO with cerebral infarction Carotid ASO without cerebral infarction Carotid Artery Disease Chest pain Chest pressure Chest tightness Chronotrophic Incompetence Claudication Congenital heart disease Congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure (eval for percutaneous myogenesis) Coronary artery bypass grafting Coronary artery bypass grafting (history of) Coronary artery disease Dilated cardiomyopathy Flail mitral valve leaflet Heart murmur (adult) Heart transplantation (evaluation for) Hyperlipidemia Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (pediatric) Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) (evaluation) Inoperable coronary disease (eval for novel/new treatment) Lower Extremity (leg) Problems - Arterial Myocardial Infarction PCI (Percutaneous coronary intervention) evaluation PTCA stent (history of) Palpitations Pericarditis Peripheral Arterial Disease (excluding Carotid arteries) Peripheral vascular disease Pulmonary Hypertension Syncope Thoracic aortic aneurysm Vasodepressor syncope
