Tom Ports, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

In addition to elective angioplasty, he specializes in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, balloon valvuloplasty of stenotic valves and alcohol septal ablation in obstructive cardiomyopathy. Ports, a professor of medicine at UCSF, is called upon frequently to give second opinions in difficult cases.

• The effects of intra-arterial vasodilators on radial artery size and spasm: implications for contemporary use of trans-radial access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2013 Boyer N, Beyer A, Gupta V, Dehghani H, Hindnavis V, Shunk K, Zimmet J, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports T, Boyle A
• Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine to dilate the radial artery prior to transradial cardiac catheterization: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial: the PRE-DILATE Study.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Beyer AT, Ng R, Singh A, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Boyle AJ
• Multivessel coronary artery disease predicts mortality, length of stay, and pressor requirements after liver transplantation.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2010 Yong CM, Sharma M, Ochoa V, Abnousi F, Roberts J, Bass NM, Niemann CU, Shiboski S, Prasad M, Tavakol M, Ports TA, Gregoratos G, Yeghiazarians Y, Boyle AJ
• Sterile radial artery granuloma after transradial procedures: a unique and avoidable complication.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2010 Zellner C, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Boyle AJ
• Sterile radial artery granuloma after transradial cardiac catheterization.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2010 Zellner C, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Ursell P, Boyle AJ
• Safety of cardiac catheterization in patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.
  The American journal of cardiology 2009 Sharma M, Yong C, Majure D, Zellner C, Roberts JP, Bass NM, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Gregoratos G, Boyle AJ
• Determination of adequate coronary stent expansion using StentBoost, a novel fluoroscopic image processing technique.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2007 Mishell JM, Vakharia KT, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Michaels AD
• Long-term mortality, cause of death, and temporal trends in complications after percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty for calcific aortic stenosis.
  Journal of interventional cardiology 2006 Klein A, Lee K, Gera A, Ports TA, Michaels AD
• Randomized study of the safety and clinical utility of rotational vs. standard coronary angiography using a flat-panel detector.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2005 Akhtar M, Vakharia KT, Mishell J, Gera A, Ports TA, Yeghiazarians Y, Michaels AD
• Ventricular tachycardia complicating alcohol septal ablation.
  The New England journal of medicine 2004 Boltwood CM, Chien W, Ports T
• Is there any indication for aortic valvuloplasty in the elderly?
  The American journal of geriatric cardiology 2003 Dauterman KW, Michaels AD, Ports TA
• Pretreatment with intragraft verapamil prior to percutaneous coronary intervention of saphenous vein graft lesions: results of the randomized, controlled vasodilator prevention on no-reflow (VAPOR) trial.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2002 Michaels AD, Appleby M, Otten MH, Dauterman K, Ports TA, Chou TM, Gibson CM
• Intensive lifestyle changes for reversal of coronary heart disease.
  JAMA 1998 Ornish D, Scherwitz LW, Billings JH, Brown SE, Gould KL, Merritt TA, Sparler S, Armstrong WT, Ports TA, Kirkeeide RL, Hogeboom C, Brand RJ
• Combined PTCA and aortic valvuloplasty for acute myocardial infarction complicated by severe aortic stenosis and cardiogenic shock.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1997 Whisenant B, Sweeney J, Ports TA
• Frequency, duration, magnitude, and consequences of myocardial ischemia during intracoronary ultrasonography.
  American heart journal 1997 Drew BJ, Adams MG, McEldowney DK, Lau KY, Wung SF, Wolfe CL, Ports TA, Chou TM
• Accuracy of Doppler catheter measurements: effect of inhomogeneous beam power distribution on mean and peak velocity.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1997 Denardo SJ, Talbot L, Hargrave VK, Selfridge AR, Ports TA, Yock PG
• Angiographically silent atherosclerosis detected by intravascular ultrasound in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and familial combined hyperlipidemia: correlation with high density lipoproteins.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1996 Hausmann D, Johnson JA, Sudhir K, Mullen WL, Friedrich G, Fitzgerald PJ, Chou TM, Ports TA, Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Yock PG
• Impact of the operating physician on costs of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
  The American journal of cardiology 1996 Heidenreich PA, Chou TM, Amidon TM, Ports TA, Browner WS
• Cardiogenic shock: thrombolysis or angioplasty?
  Journal of intensive care medicine 1996 Chou TM, Amidon TM, Ports TA, Wolfe CL
• Catheter fragmentation of massive pulmonary embolus: guidance with transesophageal echocardiography.
  American heart journal 1995 Heidenreich PA, Chou TM, Smedira NG, Sweeney JP, Schiller NB, Schwartz DE, Merrick SH, Ports TA
• Intracardiac pheochromocytoma with dual coronary blood supply: case report and literature review.
  Cardiovascular surgery (London, England) 1995 Fitzgerald PJ, Ports TA, Cheitlin MD, Magilligan DJ, Tyrrell JB
• Increased prevalence of coronary ectasia in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
  Circulation 1995 Sudhir K, Ports TA, Amidon TM, Goldberger JJ, Bhushan V, Kane JP, Yock P, Malloy MJ
• Contrast-enhanced intravascular ultrasound: validation of a new technique for delineation of the vessel wall boundary.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1994 Hausmann D, Sudhir K, Mullen WL, Fitzgerald PJ, Ports TA, Daniel WG, Yock PG
• Comparison of the retrograde and transseptal methods for ablation of left free wall accessory pathways.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1993 Lesh MD, Van Hare GF, Scheinman MM, Ports TA, Epstein LA
• Balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a bridge to aortic valve replacement in critically ill patients.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1993 Smedira NG, Ports TA, Merrick SH, Rankin JS
• Contained rupture following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: long-term outcome.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1993 Chou TM, Amidon TM, Ports TA
• Mitral and aortic paravalvular leaks with hemolytic anemia.
  American heart journal 1993 Amidon TM, Chou TM, Rankin JS, Ports TA
• Diagnostic and prognostic value of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.
  American heart journal 1992 Munoz del Romeral L, Dae MW, Ports TA, Botvinick EH
• Measurement of volumetric coronary blood flow with a Doppler catheter: validation in an animal model.
  American heart journal 1992 Sudhir K, Hargrave VK, Johnson EL, Aldea G, Mori H, Ports TA, Yock PG
• Coronary air embolism complicating transseptal radiofrequency ablation of left free-wall accessory pathways.
  Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 1992 Lesh MD, Coggins DL, Ports TA
• Contribution of localized calcium deposits to dissection after angioplasty. An observational study using intravascular ultrasound.
  Circulation 1992 Fitzgerald PJ, Ports TA, Yock PG
• Improved stenosis geometry by quantitative coronary arteriography after vigorous risk factor modification.
  The American journal of cardiology 1992 Gould KL, Ornish D, Kirkeeide R, Brown S, Stuart Y, Buchi M, Billings J, Armstrong W, Ports T, Scherwitz L
• Demonstration of postvalvuloplasty hemodynamic improvement in aortic stenosis based on Doppler measurement of valvular resistance.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1991 Isaaz K, Munoz L, Ports T, Schiller NB
• ACC/AHA guidelines for cardiac catheterization and cardiac catheterization laboratories. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Ad Hoc Task Force on Cardiac Catheterization.
  Circulation 1991 Pepine CJ, Allen HD, Bashore TM, Brinker JA, Cohn LH, Dillon JC, Hillis LD, Klocke FJ, Parmley WW, Ports TA
• Transvenous coronary ultrasound imaging. A novel approach to visualization of the coronary arteries.
  Circulation 1991 Sudhir K, Fitzgerald PJ, MacGregor JS, DeMarco T, Ports TA, Chatterjee K, Yock PG
• Differentiation of abnormal blood flow patterns in coronary arteries based on Doppler catheter recordings.
  Angiology 1991 Denardo SJ, Yock PG, Hargrave VK, Srebro JP, Ports TA, Talbot L
• Dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy: the experience with its application in one hundred seventy patients with known or suspected unstable angina.
  American heart journal 1991 Zhu YY, Chung WS, Botvinick EH, Dae MW, Lim AD, Ports TA, Danforth JW, Wolfe CL, Goldschlager N, Chatterjee K
• Regression of coronary atherosclerosis during treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia with combined drug regimens.
  JAMA 1990 Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Ports TA, Phillips NR, Diehl JC, Havel RJ
• Lifestyle changes and heart disease.
  Lancet (London, England) 1990 Ornish D, Brown SE, Scherwitz LW, Billings JH, Armstrong WT, Ports TA, McLanahan SM, Kirkeeide RL, Brand RJ, Gould KL
• Myocardial oxygen supply and demand.
  Chest 1990 Ardehali A, Ports TA
• Can lifestyle changes reverse coronary heart disease? The Lifestyle Heart Trial.
  Lancet (London, England) 1990 Ornish D, Brown SE, Scherwitz LW, Billings JH, Armstrong WT, Ports TA, McLanahan SM, Kirkeeide RL, Brand RJ, Gould KL
• Ethics in cardiovascular medicine. Task Force II: The relation of cardiovascular specialists to patients, other physicians and physician-owned organizations.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1990 Winters WL, McIntosh HD, Cheitlin MD, Elon R, Graboys TB, King SB, Murdaugh C, Orentlicher D, Ports TA, Rainer WG
• Assessment of severity of coronary stenoses using a Doppler catheter. Validation of a method based on the continuity equation.
  Circulation 1989 Johnson EL, Yock PG, Hargrave VK, Srebro JP, Manubens SM, Seitz W, Ports TA
• Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting as unstable angina.
  American heart journal 1989 Hui P, Ports T
• Long-term clinical results after vasodilator evaluation in patients with primary (unexplained) and secondary precapillary pulmonary hypertension: acute hemodynamic comparisons and long-term survival.
  International journal of cardiology 1989 McKay CR, Brundage BH, Ports TA, Parmley WW, Chatterjee K
• The clinical and pathophysiologic implications of pain, ST abnormalities, and scintigraphic changes induced during dipyridamole infusion: their relationships to the peripheral hemodynamic response.
  American heart journal 1988 Zhu YY, Lee W, Botvinick E, Dae M, Chatterjee K, Danforth J, Ports T
• Estimation of the functional and anatomic extent of myocardial infarction using magnetic resonance imaging.
  American heart journal 1988 White RD, Holt WW, Cheitlin MD, Cassidy MM, Ports TA, Lim AD, Botvinick EH, Higgins CB
• Simultaneous percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty and coronary artery angioplasty in an elderly patient.
  American heart journal 1988 Ports TA, Srebro JP, Manubens SM, White N, Johnson E, Yock PG, Lo E
• Segmental evaluation of left ventricular wall motion after myocardial infarction: magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography.
  American heart journal 1988 White RD, Cassidy MM, Cheitlin MD, Emilson B, Ports TA, Lim AD, Botvinick EH, Schiller NB, Higgins CB
• Measurement of left ventricular stroke volume using continuous wave Doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta and M-mode echocardiography of the aortic valve.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1987 Bouchard A, Blumlein S, Schiller NB, Schlitt S, Byrd BF, Ports T, Chatterjee K
• Quantitation of mitral regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography.
  Circulation 1986 Blumlein S, Bouchard A, Schiller NB, Dae M, Byrd BF, Ports T, Botvinick EH
• Evaluation of left ventricular thrombi by contrast-enhanced computed tomography and two-dimensional echocardiography.
  The American journal of cardiology 1986 Goldstein JA, Schiller NB, Lipton MJ, Ports TA, Brundage BH
• Feasibility, reliability, and advantage of utilizing low contrast dose digital subtraction ventriculography in a conventional catheterization laboratory.
  American heart journal 1985 Denardo SJ, Anderson DJ, Gould RG, Lipton MJ, Brundage BH, Ports TA
• The effects of coronary angioplasty and reperfusion on distribution of myocardial flow.
  Circulation 1985 Wahr DW, Ports TA, Botvinick EH, Dae M, Schechtmann N, Huberty J, Hattner RS, O'Connell JW, Turley K
• Using beta blockers after MI in the elderly.
  Geriatrics 1985 Danforth J, Ports TA
• Tissue characterization by magnetic resonance imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  The American journal of cardiology 1985 Farmer D, Higgins CB, Yee E, Lipton MJ, Wahr D, Ports T
• Right ventricular myocardial infarction with ventricular septal rupture.
  American heart journal 1984 Kereiakes DJ, Ports TA, Botvinick EH, Schiller NB, Turley K, Chatterjee K
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Effects of acute and chronic verapamil treatment on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function.
  British heart journal 1984 Anderson DM, Raff GL, Ports TA, Brundage BH, Parmley WW, Chatterjee K
• Endomyocardial biopsy in Henoch-Schönlein purpura.
  American heart journal 1984 Kereiakes DJ, Ports TA, Finkbeiner W
• Trimazosin in chronic congestive heart failure: improved left ventricular function at rest and during exercise.
  American heart journal 1983 Ports TA, Chatterjee K, Wilkinson P, Avakian D, Parmley WW
• Severe aortic insufficiency in juvenile chronic arthritis.
  The American journal of medicine 1983 Kramer PH, Imboden JB, Waldman FM, Turley K, Ports TA
• High-degree atrioventricular block after radiation therapy.
  The American journal of cardiology 1983 Kereiakes DJ, Morady F, Ports TA
• Late prognostic value of scintigraphic parameters of acute myocardial infarction size in complicated myocardial infarction without heart failure.
  The American journal of cardiology 1983 Botvinick EH, Perez-Gonzalez JF, Dunn R, Ports T, Chatterjee K, Parmley W
• Mechanism of relief of pacing induced angina with oral verapamil: reduced oxygen demand.
  Circulation 1983 Rouleau JL, Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Doyle MB, Hiramatsu B, Parmley WW
• The late prognostic value of acute scintigraphic measurement of myocardial infarction size.
  Circulation 1982 Perez-Gonzalez J, Botvinick EH, Dunn R, Rahimtoola S, Ports T, Chatterjee K, Parmley WW
• Constrictive pericarditis: techniques for differential diagnosis.
  Postgraduate medicine 1982 Higgins JR, Ports TA
• Minoxidil therapy in chronic congestive heart failure: acute plus long-term hemodynamic and clinical study.
  American heart journal 1982 McKay CR, Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Holly AN, Parmley WW
• Hemodynamic benefit of atrial pacing in right ventricular myocardial infarction.
  Annals of internal medicine 1982 Topol EJ, Goldschlager N, Ports TA, Dicarlo LA, Schiller NB, Botvinick EH, Chatterjee K
• The role of right ventricular systolic dysfunction and elevated intrapericardial pressure in the genesis of low output in experimental right ventricular infarction.
  Circulation 1982 Goldstein JA, Vlahakes GJ, Verrier ED, Schiller NB, Tyberg JV, Ports TA, Parmley WW, Chatterjee K
• Efficacy of diltiazem in angina on effort: a multicenter trial.
  The American journal of cardiology 1982 Hossack KF, Pool PE, Steele P, Crawford MH, DeMaria AN, Cohen LS, Ports TA
• Dobutamine in chronic ischemic heart failure: alterations in left ventricular function and coronary hemodynamics.
  The American journal of cardiology 1981 Bendersky R, Chatterjee K, Parmley WW, Brundage BH, Ports TA
• Halothane and morphine-nitrous oxide anesthesia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass operation. Patterns of intraoperative ischemia.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1981 Wilkinson PL, Hamilton WK, Moyers JR, Graham BG, Ports TA, Ullyot DJ, Chatterjee K
• Hemodynamic effects of prazosin in chronic heart failure.
  American heart journal 1981 Parmley WW, Chatterjee K, Arnold S, Rubin SA, Brundage BH, Williams RL, Ports T, Chuck L, Rouleau J
• Influence of oral prazosin therapy on exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe chronic heart failure.
  The American journal of medicine 1981 Chatterjee K, Rubin SA, Ports TA, Parmley WW
• Two-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of a ruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.
  Chest 1981 Schatz RA, Schiller NB, Tri TB, Bowen TE, Ports TA, Silverman NH
• Long-term vasodilator therapy for heart failure: clinical response and its relationship to hemodynamic measurements.
  Circulation 1981 Massie B, Ports T, Chatterjee K, Parmley W, Ostland J, O'Young J, Haughom F
• Left atrial volume estimation by two-dimensional echocardiography.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1981 Schabelman S, Schiller NB, Silverman NH, Ports TA
• Changes in mixed venous and coronary sinus P50 secondary to anesthesia and cardiac disease.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 1980 Wilkinson PL, Graham BH, Moyers JR, Hamilton WK, Ports TA, Ullyot DJ, Chatterjee K
• Determination of left ventricular volume in children: echocardiographic and angiographic comparisons.
  Circulation 1980 Silverman NH, Ports TA, Snider AR, Schiller NB, Carlsson E, Heilbron DC
• The role of aortic balloon pumping in postinfarction angina. A different perspective.
  Circulation 1980 Brundage BH, Ullyot DJ, Winokur S, Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Turley K
• Immediate and sustained hemodynamic and clinical improvement in chronic heart failure by an oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
  Circulation 1980 Ader R, Chatterjee K, Ports T, Brundage B, Hiramatsu B, Parmley W
• Oral hydralazine in chronic heart failure: sustained beneficial hemodynamic effects.
  Annals of internal medicine 1980 Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Brundage BH, Massie B, Holly AN, Parmley WW
• The changing face of intensive care.
  Intensive care medicine 1980 Ports TA, Parmley WW
• Comparison of haemodynamic effects of oral hydralazine and prazosin hydrochloride in patients with chronic congestive heart failure.
  British heart journal 1979 Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Arnold S, Brundage B, Parmley W
• Detection of left ventricular functional reserve by supine exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe, chronic heart failure.
  The American journal of cardiology 1979 Gelberg HJ, Rubin SA, Ports TA, Brundage BH, Parmley WW, Chatterjee K
• Influence of short-term oral hydralazine therapy on exercise hemodynamics in patients with severe chronic heart failure.
  The American journal of cardiology 1979 Rubin SA, Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Gelberg HJ, Brundage BH, Parmley WW
• Nonparenteral vasodilator therapy for chronic congestive heart failure.
  Comprehensive therapy 1979 Chatterjee K, Brundage BH, Ports TA
• Early and long-term prognosis after vasodilator therapy in the acute phase of myocardial infarction.
  Herz 1979 Chatterjee K, Ports TA, Parmley WW
• Venous anomalies of the coronary sinus: detection by M-mode, two-dimensional and contrast echocardiography.
  Circulation 1979 Snider AR, Ports TA, Silverman NH
• Attenuation of prazosin effect on cardiac output in chronic heart failure.
  Annals of internal medicine 1979 Arnold SB, Williams RL, Ports TA, Baughman RA, Benet LZ, Parmley WW, Chatterjee K
• Left ventricular volume from paired biplane two-dimensional echocardiography.
  Circulation 1979 Schiller NB, Acquatella H, Ports TA, Drew D, Goerke J, Ringertz H, Silverman NH, Brundage B, Botvinick EH, Boswell R, Carlsson E, Parmley WW
• Rate-pressure product and myocardial oxygen consumption during surgery for coronary artery bypass.
  Circulation 1979 Wilkinson PL, Moyers JR, Ports T, Chatterjee K, Ullyott D, Hamilton WK
• Echocardiographic evaluation of ventricular septal aneurysms.
  Circulation 1979 Snider AR, Silverman NH, Schiller NB, Ports TA
• Paradox of improved exercise but not resting hemodynamics with short-term prazosin in chronic heart failure.
  The American journal of cardiology 1979 Rubin SA, Chatterjee K, Gelberg HJ, Ports TA, Brundage BH, Parmley WW
• Operative correction of total left anomalous pulmonary venous return.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1979 Ports TA, Turley K, Brundage BH, Ebert PA
• Echocardiography of left ventricular masses.
  Circulation 1978 Ports TA, Cogan J, Schiller NB, Rapaport E
• Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of Ebstein's anomaly.
  Circulation 1978 Ports TA, Silverman NH, Schiller NB
• Long-term outpatient vasodilator therapy of congestive heart failure. Consideration of agents at rest and during exercise.
  The American journal of medicine 1978 Chatterjee K, Massie B, Rubin S, Gelberg H, Brundage BH, Ports TA
• Echocardiography of right ventricular tumors.
  Circulation 1977 Ports TA, Schiller NB, Strunk BL
• Intravascular coagulation in fresh-water submersion: report of three cases.
  Annals of internal medicine 1977 Ports TA, Deuel TF