Dr. Francis J. Zidar, MD

Interventional Cardiologist

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Dr. Zidar practices Interventional Cardiology in Austin, Texas.

Physician Profile for Dr. Francis J. Zidar, MD

Address:: 3801 North Lamar Boulevard; Austin, TX 78756

Personal Facts

Personal Facts:: Male; Years Since Graduation: 12; Practice Member Since: 2005.; Current Title: Interventional Cardiologist; Physician Website: http://www.austinheart.com/displaypage.asp?code=0000800059; Professional Status:
Private Practice - Group/Partnership, Full-Time
Awards and Honors:: 1992, Cum Laude; Boston College, School of Arts & Sciences; 1992, Alpha Epsilon Delta - National Pre-Medical Honor Society; 2002, Bristol Myers Squibb Research Award Winner: Cardiology
: HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
Professional Appointments:: Director, Austin Heart - Interventional Services; Director, Heart Hospital of Austin - Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Professional Affiliations/Memberships:: Member, Texas Medical Association; Member, American Medical Association; Member, Travis County Medical Society; Member; Texas ACC Councilor - Travis County, American College of Cardiology; Member, Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Publications:: 2007, Book Chapter
Rao SV, Zidar FJ, Zidar JP. Iliac Angioplasty and Stenting. In: Douglas J, Yeung A, and King S, editors. Interventional Cardiology. McGraw-Hill.; 2004, Book Chapter
Zidar FJ. Peripheral Vascular Disease. In: Topol EJ, Griffin B, editors. The Manual of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004, Book Chapter
Zidar FJ, Lincoff AM. Thrombolytic Therapy. In: Fuster V, Topol EJ, Nabel EG, editors. Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1991, Publication
Tarlé SA, Davidson BL, Wu VC, Zidar FJ, Seegmiller E, Kelley WN, and Palella TD: Determination of the Mutations Responsible for the Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome in Seventeen Subjects. Genomics (1991) 10: 499-501.; 1993, Publication
Grines CL, Zidar FJ, Jones DJ, Castellani MD, Savas V, Schrieber T, Gangadharan V, Brodsky M, Levin R, Timmis GC: A Randomized Trial of Ionic versus Nonionic Contrast in Myocardial Infarction or Unstable Angina Patients Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). [Abstract] Circulation (1993) 88 (4, pt 2): I-352.; 1993, Publication
Zidar FJ, Schreiber T, Jones D, Puchrowicz-Ochocki S, Ajluni SC, Hollingsworth V, Timmis GC, Sobolski J, Grines CL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Prolonged Urokinase Infusion for Chronic Total Occlusion in Native Coronary Arteries. [Abstract] Circulation (1993) 88 (4, pt 2): I-505.; 1995, Publication
Ajluni SC, Jones DE, Zidar FJ, Puchrowicz-Ochocki S, Margulis A, O’Neill WW, Grines CL: Prolonged Urokinase Infusion for Chronic Total Native Coronary Occlusions - Clinical, Angiographic, and Treatment Observations. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Diagnosis (1995) 34 (2): 106-110.; 1995, Publication
Kaplan BM, Zidar FJ, Jones DE, ONeill WW, Schreiber TL, Timmis GC, Grines CL: A Prolonged Intracoronary Infusion of Urokinase for Chronic Total Occlusions: Case Reviews. Journal of Invasive Cardiology (1995) 7 (suppl E): 21-25.; 1995, Publication
Kaplan BM, Jones DE, Zidar FJ, Schreiber TL, Timmis GC, Grines CL: Clinical and Angiographic Follow-up to a Randomized Trial of Prolonged Urokinase Infusion for Chronic Total Occlusion in Native Coronary Arteries. [Abstract] Circulation (1995) 92 (8, pt 1): I-784.; 1996, Publication
Grines CL, Schreiber TL, Savas V, Jones DE, Zidar FJ, Gangadharan V, Brodsky M, Levin R, Puchrowicz-Ochocki S, Castellani MD, ONeill WW: A Randomized Trial of Ionic versus Nonionic Contrast Media in Patients with Myocardial Infarction or Unstable Angina Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (1996) 27 (6): 1381 - 1386.; 1996, Publication
Zidar FJ, Kaplan BM, ONeill WW, Jones DE, Schreiber TL, Safian RD, Ajluni SC, Sobolski J, Timmis GC, Grines CL: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Prolonged Intracoronary Infusion for Chronic Total Occlusions in Native Coronary Arteries. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (1996) 27 (6): 1406 - 1412.; 2003, Publication
Girod JP, Messerli AW, Zidar FJ, Tang WHW, Brenner SJ: Tako-Tsubo-Like Transient Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Circulation (2003) 107: 120e – 121.; 2003, Publication
Vivekananthan DP, Bhatt DL, Chew DP, Zidar FJ, Chan AW, Moliterno DJ, Ellis SG, Topol EJ: Clopidogrel Pretreatment Attenuates Periprocedural Rise in C-Reactive Protein After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [Abstract]: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2003) 41 (6-suppl A): 24A.; 2003, Publication
Zidar FJ, Quinn MJ, Bhatt DL, Vivekananthan D, Aronow HD, Ellis SG, Plow E, Topol EJ: Clopidogrel Pretreatment Reduces Platelet Inflammatory Marker Expression in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [Abstract] : Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2003) 41 (6-suppl A) : 45A.; 2004, Publication
Quinn MJ, Bhatt DL, Zidar FJ, Vivekananthan D, Chew DP, Ellis SG, Plow E, Topol EJ: Effect of Clopidogrel Pretreatment on Inflammatory Marker Expression in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology (2004) 93: 679 – 684.; 2004, Publication
Zidar FJ, Moliterno DJ, Bhatt DL, Marchant KK, Plow EF, Topol EJ: High-dose Clopidogrel Loading Reduces Both Platelet Inflammatory Marker Expression and Aggregation [Abstract] : Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2004) 43 (5-suppl A) : 64A.; 2004, Publication
Narizhneva NV, Byers-Ward VJ, Quinn MJ, Zidar FJ, Plow EF, Topol EJ, Byzova TV: Molecular and Functional Differences Induced in Trombospondin-1 by the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Associated with the Risk of Premature, Familial Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) 279 (20): 21651-21657.; 2004, Publication
Vivekananthan DP, Bhatt DL, Chew DP, Zidar FJ, Chan AW, Moliterno DJ, Ellis SG, Topol EJ. Effect of Clopidogrel Pretreatment on Periprocedural Rise in C-Reactive Protein after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology (2004) 94: 358-360.; 2008, Publication
FJ Zidar, RS Gammon, DA Waldo, P Kobza : Real-Time Imaging of the Arterial Wall during Plaque Excision using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - the NightHawk device [Abstract]: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2008) 51 (10-suppl B) : B32.
Television:: 2008, Identifying Heart Disease, http://www.austinheart.com/displaypage.asp?CODE=000100003300202
Austin KEYE News
Radio:: 2008, Sudden Cardiac Death, http://www.austinheart.com/displaypage.asp?CODE=0001000201
Austin KUT - NPR
Professional Interests:: Cardiac, Carotid, and Peripheral Vascular Interventions
Physician Treats:: Cardiovascular (Heart & Blood Vessel) Disease, Carotid artery disease, Peripheral arterial disease, Peripheral vascular disease
Physician Performs:: Cardiac catheterization & angioplasty stenting, Carotid Artery Stenting, Vascular procedures

Patient / Medical Philosophy: Austin Heart desires to be an innovative leader in the delivery of cardiac and vascular care. We approach all relationships with integrity and strive to deliver superior service to patients, referring physicians and the communities we serve. Our physicians provide care to their patients as they would for their own families. We know that teamwork is a core attribute of a successful group.

Experience / Training

Specialty:: Interventional Cardiology; (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Francis J. Zidar, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine); A self-designated specialty or practice area is not equivalent to, nor does it imply, ABMS Board Certification or special training and competence.

Medical School:: University Of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI 1997
Internship:: University Of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI 1998
Residency:: University Of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI 2001
Fellowship:: Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH 2004; Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC 2005
Positions:: University of Michigan Medical Center, Chief Medical Resident
Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate School:: Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 1992
Professional Status:: Private Practice - Group/Partnership

Procedure

Procedure	Number per Year (Approximate)
Cardiac catheterization & angioplasty stenting	-
Carotid Artery Stenting	-
Vascular procedures	-

Disciplinary Actions: HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Francis J. Zidar, MD as of 07/10/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.

Malpractice History: HealthGrades did not find any closed malpractice claims for Dr. Francis J. Zidar, MD in the states of California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, or West Virginia. Learn More

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