Victor Corrigan, MD

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Dr. Victor E. Corrigan received his undergraduate degree with summa cum laude honors from the University of Georgia. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha, an honors medical society. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship in cardiology at Emory University Hospital. In 1989, Dr. Corrigan joined the one of the three legacy cardiology practices that later merged to formPiedmont Heart Institute. He is a former president of the Georgia chapter of the American College of Cardiology and Medical Director of the American Heart Association for Metro Atlanta. Dr. Corrigan is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He was formerly the medical director of the heart transplant team and director of the Coronary Care Unit at Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta. He is actively involved in multiple medical device studies and pharmaceutical clinical studies.

Keywords alcoholic cardiomyopathy, cardiac amyloid, cardiac sarcoidosis, cardiomyopathy, chronic inotropic therapy, circulatory assist devices, congestive heart failure (chf), cor pulmonale, coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, coronary artery stent placement, diabetic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, familial dilated cardiomyopathy, genetic cardiomyopathy, giant cell myocarditis, heart biopsy, heart transplant, heart transplant rejection, home inotropes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, infiltrative disorders of the heart, intravascular ultrasound, mechanical circulatory support, myocarditis, pretransplant clearance, pulmonary edema, refractory angina, restrictive cardiomyopathy, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatic heart failure, right heart failure, right ventricular cardiomyopathy, rotational atherectomy, tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, transradial coronary angioplasty, ventricular assist device, viral cardiomyopathy, watchman device implantation.