Ingela Schnittger, MD

Medical School:

• Karolinska Institute
  Stockholm, Sweden
  1975

Clinical Interests:

• Cardiology (Heart)
• Echocardiography

Board Certifications:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Research Interests:

• Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
• Exercise/Stress Echocardiography
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV

Selected Publications:

• Heidenreich PA, Hancock SL, Vagelos RH, Lee BK, Schnittger I
  "Diastolic dysfunction after mediastinal irradiation."
  Am Heart J 2005; 150: 5: 977-82
• Heidenreich PA, Schnittger I, Hancock SL, Atwood JE
  "A systolic murmur is a common presentation of aortic regurgitation detected by echocardiography."
  Clin Cardiol 2004; 27: 9: 502-6
• Heidenreich PA, Hancock SL, Lee BK, Mariscal CS, Schnittger I
  "Asymptomatic cardiac disease following mediastinal irradiation."
  J Am Coll Cardiol 2003; 42: 4: 743-9
• Liang D, Schnittger I
  "Accuracy of hand-carried ultrasound."
  Echocardiography 2003; 20: 5: 487-90
• Rugolotto M, Chang CP, Hu B, Schnittger I, Liang DH
  "Clinical use of cardiac ultrasound performed with a hand-carried device in patients admitted for acute cardiac care."
  Am J Cardiol 2002; 90: 9: 1040-2