Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
`Brief CV Summary:
Cardiologist, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque,
NM
Cardiologist, Albuquerque Health Partners
Board Certified, Internal Medicine
Board Certified Cardiovascular Disease
1984-2005
Medical License: New Mexico
Current (# 76-194)
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) UNM:
Editorial Board Journal of Electrocardiology
Born NYC, NY
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
1983
2009
1925
1944
M.D.
New York University
College of Medicine
1947
Internship:
Beth Israel Hospital
New York City
1947-1948
Resident:
Pathology, (Chief, Alfred Plaut)
Beth Israel Hospital
1948-1949
Resident:
Medicine, ( Chief, J. Murray Steele)
Goldwater Hospital
1949-1950
Resident:
Medicine, (Chief, Arthur M. Fishberg)
Beth Israel Hospital
1950-1951
Military Service:
Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps
1951-1953
Assistant Chief, Medical Service,
11th Evacuation Hospital, Wonju, Korea.
Member, Renal Insufficiency Unit and Hemodialysis
Team
Received “2nd Korean Winter” Medal
1951-1952
Chief, Department of Cardiology,
Tokyo Army Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1952-1953
Assistant Adjunct Physician
Beth Israel Hospital
New York, New York
1953-1956
Medical Staff
Long Island Jewish Hospital
New Hyde Park, New York
1954-1983
CV-Chronological
A.B. (cum Laude)
2004- 8/6/10
1955 Recert 1974
1977
Curriculum Vitae:
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
Clinical Assistant
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York
1954-1960
Assistant Physician
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York
1960-1963
Associate Physician
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York
1963
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1955
Fellow, American College of Physicians
1958
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
1958
Member, American Association Advancement of
Science
1954
Member, American Heart Association
1954
Cardiac Clinic
St. Joseph’s Hospital
1954-1983
Member, Medical Advisory Council to the Nassau
Heart Association
1964-1970
Chief, ECG
Long Island Jewish Hospital
1954-1983
Chief, ECG
St. Joseph’s Hospital
1961-1983
Consultant – Internal Medicine
Franklin General Hospital
1962-1983
Physician-in-Charge
Department of Phonocardiography
Long Island Jewish Hospital
1960-1980
Program Chairman
International Symposium on Vectorcardiography
Sponsored by Long Island Jewish Hospital
Held in May 1965
1965
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
Editor, Proceedings of the First International
Symposium on Vectorcardiography, North Holland
Publishing company, Amsterdam
1965
Chairman, XI International Symposium on
Vectorcardiography, May 15, 16, 17
1970
Attending Physician, Peninsula General Hospital,
Arverne, NY
1970-1983
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
1970
Invited Speaker, Conference, Computers in ECG
Interpretation, Washington, D.C.
1969
Invited Speaker, ECG-VCG Computer Diagnosis
American College of Cardiology,
New Orleans, LA
1970
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine State
University of New York-Stony brook
1974-1983
Chairman Symposium on Vectorcardiography
sponsored by American College of Cardiology
New York City, May
1974
Re-certified Board of Internal Medicine
1975
Course Director
“XYZ is the ABC of ECG”, Long Island Jewish
Hillside Medical Center, February
1976
Invited speaker American College of Cardiology,
February
1976
Invited lecturer Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
New York City, March
1976
Invited lecturer Harlem Hospital
Columbia University, New York City, April
1976
Director of Cardiology – South Shore Division
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, July
1976-1983
Invited lecturer University of New Mexico
1976
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
Albuquerque, September
Lecture series on Electrocardiography
September and October
1976
Co-Chairman:
CCU Committee Peninsula Hospital Center
CCU Committee South Shore Division
St. John’s Hospial
1976-1983
Faculty Member “Vectorcardiography” course given at
State University New York, Buffalo, August
1977
Invited speaker to 1976 Annual convention American
College of Physicians Workshop on
Electrocardiography
1977
Invited speaker “Ventricular conduction Disorders”,
Deborah Hospital Symposium “Current Diagnostic
Methods in Cardiology” November
1977
Certified Sub-Specialty Board in Cardiovascular
Disease, October
1977
Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology
American Heart Association
1977-2003
Chief Cardiology, South Shore, Division,
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital,
Far Rockaway, NY, November
1977-1983
Invited Speaker “Consultants Retreat in Cardiology:
Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Sponsored by American College
of Cardiology, November
1978
Invited speaker 1979 Convention, American College of
Physicians Workshop in Electrocardiography, March
1979
Visiting Professor Autonomous University
Guadalajara, Mexico, April
1979
Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program,
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
1981-1983
Testimony as Expert in Cardiology: Over 100
courtroom appearances as Expert in Cardiology before
Worker’s Compensation Board, New York State
1965-1981
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
State of New York
Consultant, St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM
1983
Active Staff, St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM
1984-2003
Director, Cardiovascular Learning Center
University of New Mexico
1988-2000
Consultant (Cardiology)
Lovelace Medical Center
1986-1995
Alpha Omega Alpha
University of New Mexico
1992
Electrocardiographer and Cardiologist
University of New Mexico Division Cardiology
1995-2003
Panel on Electrocardiography in Ischemic Heart
Disease (Leader)
American College Cardiology Symposium
1996,1997,1998,2000
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
University of New Mexico
1983-2003
Electrocardiographer
St. Vincent Hospital
Santa Fe, NM
1984-2002
Board Member
Santa Fe Chapter, American Heart Association
1984
Faculty Member “ECG for Clinicians” (Course at
Presbyterian Hospital)
Albuquerque, NM, Dr. B. Ramo, Director
1984
Faculty Member “Case Studies in Cardiology”
Course at Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. G. Raff, Director
1985
Clinical Faculty, Senior Cardiology Elective at St.
Vincent Hospital for UNM Medical Students
1985
Consultant in Cardiology
Las Familia Medical Center
Santa Fe, NM
1986
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
Teacher of the Year Award
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Excellence in Teaching Award (by Faculty, University
of New Mexico, School of Medicine)
1986
Khatali Award (Clinical Teaching), by Graduating
Class
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
1989
1989
Editorial Board Journal of Electrocardiography 2009
Publications – Books
1. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 1965: Symposium held at the Long Island Jewish Hospital, New
York City, May 11013, 1065. Editor: I. Hoffman, North Holland Publishing co. 1966 428 pp.
Assoc. Editor: R. Taymor, M.D.
2. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 2: Symposium sponsored by the Long Island Jewish Medical
Center at the Hotel Americana, New York City. May 15, 16, 17, 1970. 706 pp. North Holland
Publishing Co. Editor: Irwin Hoffman, M.D. Co-Editors: Ephraim Glassman, M.D. and Robert
I. Hamby, M.D.
3. XYZ IS THE ABC OF ECG: Year Book Publishers, Chicago, IL. 1974. 75pp.
4. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY 3: North Holland Publishing Company, 1975.
Other Publications:
1. BETA-HYPERGLOBULINEMIA PRODUCED BY CHOLESTEROL FEEDING IN THE
RABBIT. A.M. Fishberg, L. Friedfeld, I. Hoffman, E. R. Stoller and E. H. Fishberg. Society for
Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1950. v 75, 301, 303.
2. AMYLOIDOSIS AND HYPERTENSION IN CHOLESTEROL FED RABBITS. I. Hoffman, L.
Friedfeld, E. H. Fishberg, A.M. Fishberg. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Proceedings 1951. v78, 37-40.
3. EFFECT OF PROCAINE AMIDE ON ANOMALOUS CONDUCTION AND PAROXYSMAL
TACHYCARDIA IN A CASE RESEMBLING THE WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE
SYNDROME. Capt. Irwin Hoffman, 1st Lieut. Robert S. Abernathy & Lieut. Col. Thomas A.
Haedicke, Medical Corps, United States Army. American Heart Journal. July 1952. Vol. 44,
No. 1, p. 154-158.
4. THE RESPONSE OF ARRYTHMIAS AND TACHYCARDIAS OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR
ORIGIN TO ORAL PROCAIN AMIDE. Jerome Schack, Irwin Hoffman, Harry Vesell. British
Heart Journal. Vol. XIV, No. 4, p. 465-469, October 1952.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
5. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN DONORS DURING BLOODLETTING. Irwin
Hoffman, Joseph Litwins & Leon Sussman. The American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Vol.
21, No. 11, November 1951.
Other Publications: Continued
6. THE POSSIBLE ROLSE OF HISTAMINE IN EPIDEMIC HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, Irwin
Hoffman, Ralph C. Monroe, Robert S. Abernathy, Robert J. Hall, Joseph Picchi, Rex W. Speers,
Harold W. Glascock, Jr. U.S. ARMED FORCES Medical Journal, Vol. V, No. 5, May 1954.
7. ERRORS IN UNIPOLAR LIMB LEADS CAUSED BY UNBALANCED SKIN
RESISTANCES, AND A DEVICE FOR THEIR ELIMINATION. Myron M. Schwarzschild,
Irwin Hoffman & Milton Kissin. American Heart Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2, August 1954.
8. OSCILLATION-FREE BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPHY. A Simple Technic and a Demonstration
of Its Validity, Irwin Hoffman, Milton Kissin & Myron M. Schwartzschild. Circulation Vol.
XIII, No. 6, June 1956.
9. ABERRANT BEATS OF WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE CONFIGURATION IN
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, Milton H. Morris, Louis Friedfeld
& Robert D. Gittliber. British Heart Journal, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 July 1956.
10. SPONTANEOUS HEMORRHAGES CAUSED BY PLASMA-THROMBOPLASTINANTECEDENT DEFICIENCY. Edward I. Henry, Robert L. Rosenthal, and Irwin Hoffman.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 162, October 1956.
11. THE T WAVE IN BUNDLE BRANCH SYSTEM BLOCK: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
ANGLE FORMED BY THE TERMINAL PORTION OF QRS AND THE MEAN T VECTOR.
Irwin Hoffman, Jerome A. Schack. American Heart Journal, Vol. 52, No. 6 December 1956.
12. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RELATION OF QRS AND T WAVES IN BUNDLE BRANCH
BLOCK: A USEFUL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGN. Edward I Henry, Jerome A.
Schack and Irwin Hoffman. American Heart Journal, Vol. 54, No. 3, September 1957.
13. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC ALTERATIONS OBSERVED DURING PERCUTANEOUS
CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY. (with J. Epstein and B. Epstein) AMA Archives Neurology and
Psychiatry, 1959.
14. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC RESIDUA OF INFERIOR INFARCTION: SEVENTY-EIGHT
CASES STUDIED WITH THE FRANK SYSTEM. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor and
Abraham Gootnick. Circulation Vol. XXIX, April 1964.
15. NEW RAPID PAPER STRIP METHOD FOR DETERMINING URINE CHLORIDE. Irwin
Hoffman, Charles M. Holtzman. New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 64, No. 15, August
1, 1964.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
16. THE FRANK VECTORCARDIOGRAM IN MITRAL STENOSIS. Robert C. Taymor, Irwin
Hoffman and Edward Henry. Circulation Vol. XXX, December 1964.
17. NEPHROTIC SYNDROME SECONDARY TO BILATERAL RENAL VEIN THROMBOSIS.
N.Y. State Journal of Medicine, 1965 (case report)
Other Publications: Continued
18. QUANTITIVE CRITERIA FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DORSAL INFARCTION USING THE
FRANK VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor, Milton H. Morris,
Irving Kittell. American Heart Journal, Vol. 70, No. 3. September 1965.
19. T LOOP ROTATION IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, Robert C. Taymor
and Irving Kittell. Vectorcardiography 1965. North Holland Publishing Co. p. 181.
20. THE POSTERIOR QRS LOOP IN MITRAL STENOSIS. Robert C. Taymor, Irwin Hoffman
and Edward Henry. Vectorcardiography 1965. North Holland Publishing Co. 147.
21. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK: A VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC
STUDY OF 82 CASES. Shirley Rubler, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D., William C. Franklin,
M.D., and Robert C. Taymor, M.D. The American Heart Journal, Vol. 76, p. 217, 1968.
22. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY. Ephraim Glassman, Irwin
Hoffman and Robert Hamby. Aktuelle Probleme Der Vectorkariographie, Wenger, R., Ed. C.
Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 1968.
23. Electric Shock Hazards Letter To The Editor N Eng J Med 11/20/1969 page 1194
24. THE T LOOP IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY. Ephraim Glassman, Irwin
Hoffman and Robert Hamby. Diseases of the Chest. Vol. 55, p. 105, February 1969.
25. PITFALLS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY DISEASE FROM THE ECG AND VCG.
Joseph Hilsenrath, Ephraim Glassman, Gerald Roberts, Robert Hamby, Irwin Hoffman.
Vectorcardiography 1970. North Holland Publishing Co.
26. THE POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE OF ABSENT OR DIMINISHED LEFT POSTERIOR
QUADRANT QRS FORCES IN VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY. Norman L. Gootman, Irwin
Hoffman, Kun-Tzeng Ho. Vectorcardiography 1970. North Holland Publishing Co.
27. THE ELIMINATION OF TURNAROUND TIME IN ROUTINE ECG PROCESSING. Robert
Tell, M.S.H.A. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 4 (3) 279-281, 1971
28. PITFALLS IN PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION FROM
PATTERNS OF ANTERIOR INFARCTION ON ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND
VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Ephraim
Glassman, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 29, February
1972, 164-170.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
29. PITFALLS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE FROM THE
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM OR VECTORCARDIOGRAM. Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Robert I.
Hamby, M.D., and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J. Electrocardiology, 6 (4) 291-302, 1973.
Other Publications: Continued
30. SEVERITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS
WITH NORMAL RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS. Kota Redy, M.D., Robert I. Hamby,
M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Francine Smithline, B.S. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J.
Electrocardiology, 7 (2) 115-117, 1974.
31. THE CLOCKWISE HORIZONTAL PLANE T LOOP: A STUDY OF 73 PATIENTS. Francine
Smithline, B.A., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J.
Electrocardiology, 7 (1) 43-56, 1974.
32. CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC AND ANGIOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF INFERIOR AND
ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANGINA PECTORIS.
Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Agop Aintablian, M.D.,
Stanley Shanies, M.D., Venkatanarayana S. Padmanabhan, M.D. The American Journal of
Cardiology, Vol. 34, October 1974. 513-519.
33. EXERCISE STRESS TESTING FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE. Irwin Hoffman, M.D.,
Journal of Medicine, Peninsula Hospital Center, Far Rockaway, New York. Vol. 2, No. 2, 1974.
34. FAILURE OF THE OMNICARDIOGRAM TO PREDICT CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS. Kota Red, M.D.,
Francine Smithline, B.S., Barry T. Zeman, M.P.H., Robert I. Hamby, M.D. and Irwin Hoffman,
M.D. J. Electrocardiology. 8 (1) 13-16. 1975.
35. RELATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILE PATTERMS IN CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE TO THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND VECTORCARDIOGRAM.
Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D., Faroud Tabrah, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Irwin Hoffman, M.D. J.
Electrocardiology 8 (4) 335-342.
36. ANTERIOR CONDUCTION DELAY: A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR PROMINENT ANTERIOR
QRS FORCES. Irwin Hoffman, M.D., F.A.C.C., Jawahar Mehta, M.D., Joseph Hilsenrath, M.D.,
Robert I. Hamby, M.D., F.A.C.C. J. Electrocardiology 9 (1) 15-21, 1976.
37. MEDICAL-SURGICAL APSECTS OF LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.
Jawahar Mehta, M.D., Robert I. Hamby, M.D., Marvin L. Hartstein, M.D., B. George Wisoff,
M.D., New Hyde Park, Jamaica and Stony Brook, N.Y. Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 137-141, Jan. 1976 –
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
38. PROPERATIVE CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHIC PREDICTION OF BYPASS FLOW AND
SHORT-TERM PATENCY – Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 1:381-388 (1975).
39. ANTERIOR CONDUCTION DELAY: A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR PSEUDO DORSAL
INFARCTION. Vectorcardiography 3, Irwin Hoffman and Robert I. Hamby, eds., North
Holland Pub. Co. 1976.
Other Publications: Continued
40. ERRORS IN THE PREDICTION OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE OR VENTRICULAR
CONTRACTILE PATTERNS FROM THE RESTING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. NonInvasive Methods in Cardiology-Charles C. Thomas, Ed., 1975. pp 268-282.
41. DEFENSIVE VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY - Vectorcardiography 3, Irwin Hoffman and Robert
I. Hamby, Eds. North Holland Pub. Co. 1976
42. VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN INFERIOR INFARCTION: HEMODYNAMIC AND
VCG STUDIES. Vectorcardiography 3, Irwin Hoffman and Robert I. Hamby, Eds. Pp 47-53.
No. Holland Pub. Co. 1976
43. VCG CLUES TO VENTRICULAR FUNCTION ON PATIENTS WITH INFERIOR WALL
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. American Heart Journal June 1976, Vol. 91 pp 699-704.
44. Q WAVES AFTER SAPHENOUS VEIN BYPASS GRAFTING. J. Electrocardiology 9 (4)
1966 321-327.
45. ECG CORRELATES OF METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES IN DIABETES MELLITUS.
Charles C. Thomas Co. pp 78-91 1977.
46. IS MALE BALDNESS A CORONARY RISK FACTOR? Robert I. Hamby, A. Aintablian, Irwin
Hoffman, R. J. Kramer, J. W. Marx, Clin. Res. 25:226A, 1977.
47. CORONARY EXTASIA RESULTS OF ANGIOGRAPHY AND BY-PASS GRAFTING.
American Heart Journal. Vol. 98 9/78 p. 309-315.
48. Letter to the Editor: “Anterior Conduction Delay” American Heart Journal 12/77 pp. 813 Vol.
94 #6.
49. Letter to the Editor: “Sports Injuries to Achilles Tendon Complex: AMA Jan. 1978.
50. VECTORCARDIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION IN ISOLATED INFERIOR WALL
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Adv. Cardiol., Vol. 21 pp. 303-305 (Karger, Basel 1978)
51. SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW Q WAVES AFTER BYPASS GRAFTING: CORRELATIONS
BETWEEN GRAFT PATENCY, VENTRICULOGRAM, AND SURGICAL VENTING
TECHNIQUE. American Heart Journal, 4/78 Vol. 95 #4 p. 429.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
52. RESULTS OF AORTOCORONARY BYPASS GRAFTING IN PATIENTS WITH
SUBENDOCARDIAL INFARCTION: LATE FOLLOW-UP. The American Journal of
Cardiology. Vol. 42 #2 pp 183-186.
53. DO P WAVE ABNORMALITIES PREDICT LEFT ATRIAL SIZE?
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC, ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC AND HEMODYNAMIC
CORRELATES. Clin. Res. 26:213A, 1978.
Other Publications: Continued
54. ECG: AS EASY AS XYZ.. Emergency Medicine. January 1979. Vol. 11. pp 56-58
55. LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK – A PREDICTOR OF POOR LEFT VENTRICULAR
FUNCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Abstract for National: American
Federation for Clinical Research, January 1980.
56. RECURRENT ANGINA AFTER BYPASS SURGERY: EVALUATION BY EARLY AND
LATE ARTERIOGRAPHY. American Heart Journal, Vol. 99, No. 5, pp. 607-613, May 1980.
57. CLINICAL VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY IN ADULTS. PART 1. American Heart Journal, Vol.
100, No. 2, pp. 239-254, August 1980.
58. CLINICAL VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY IN ADULTS. PART 2. American Heart Journal, Vol.
100, No. 3, pp. 373-396, September 1980.
59. ARTERIOGRAPHY OF CORONARY DISEASE AT CLINICAL ONSET. CHEST, Vol. 78, p.
686-693, November 1980.
60. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND CORONARY
ARTERY DISEASE: CLINICAL, HEMODYNAMIC, AND ANGIOGRAPHIC
CORRELATES. American Heart Journal, Vol. 100., No. 6, pp. 794-801, part 1. December 1980.
61. Letter to the Editor: ANTERIOR DISPLACEMENT OF QRS LOOPS. J. Electrocardiology 14
(1), 1981, 105-106.
62. LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK: A PREDICTOR OF POOR LEFT VENTRICULAR
FUNCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. American Heart Journal, Vol. 106, No. 3,
pp. 471-477, September, 1983.
63. ATRIAL TRANSPORT FUNCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: RELATIN TO
LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION. J. American College of Cardiology, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.
1011-1017, 1983.
64. CLINICAL PREDICTABILITY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION POST
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FROM THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. American Heart J.
109, 338-42, Feb. 1985.
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
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87505
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65. CARDIAC DIAGNOSIS BY INSPECTION (Chapter in Physical Examination of the
Cardiovascular System, Jonathan Abrams Ed, 1986.
66. SYMPTOMATIC CORONARY DISEASE FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS: CLINICAL
ASPECTS, ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS. American
Heart J. 112 65-70, July 1985.
Other Publications: Continued
67. MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE OF LONG DURATION,
PRACTICAL CARDIOLOGY, Vol. 13, #8 July 1987 pps 47-57
68. SILENT ISCHEMIA (letter to the Editor, American College of Cardiology Extended Learning
Jnl, Vol. 20, #11, November 1988.
69. THE CARDIOVASCULAR LEARNING CENTER: A MAJOR TEACHING TOOL
PROGRESS IN CARDIOLOGY, November, 1989 pps 4-5.
70. SURGICAL REPAIR OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT DUE TO BLUNT TRAMA ANN
THORACIC SURGERY, 1993, 56 1174-4.
71. INTESTINAL TAMPONADE: CARDIAC COMPRESSION BY INTESTINAL CONTENTS
Journal Am Soc Echocardiography, 7, 89-91, 1994.
72. CARVEDILOL IN CLASS IV HEART FAILURE (letter to the Editor) J. American College of
Cardiology, Vol. 34, #7, 1999, pps 2149-50.
73. BOOK REVIEW: DARWIN’S AUDUBON: SCIENCE AND THE LIBERAL
IMAGINATION, Weissmann, Gerald. “The Pharos” Summer 2003, 41-43.
74. IS KATP CHANNEL RECRUITMENT A COMMON CAUSE FOR ECG-ST SEGMENT
DEVIATION? Medical Hypotheses, Churchill-Livingston, London, V60 2003, 593-597.
75. BOOK REVIEW : SINGULAR INTIMACIES (Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue)
Ofri, Danielle “ The Pharos” Autumn 2004 pps 42-45
76 T Waves are Independently Generated in both Right and Left Ventricles: The Clinically Recorded
T is a Summation of these two Separate Repolarizations and is thus always Biventricular
Medical Hypotheses Elsevier Ltd., London (2005) 65, 851-858
77 A FLATLINE LEAD II IS A MARKER FOR RIGHT ARM/RIGHT LEG ELECTRODE
SWITCH J. Electrocardiology 2007 40 226-227
78. PANIC DISORDER: IMPORTANCE of HYPERVENTILATION (Letter to the Editor)
New England J. Med 355 9/7/06 p 1067
Cardiology
Irwin Hoffman MD FACP FACC
646 Garcia St, Santa Fe, NM
87505
505-984-1854
79. Rice Paddy Dialysis Letter to the Editor The Pharos, Winter Issue, 2008
80. Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly (Letter to the Editor)
New England J Med 11/27/07 v357#22 2307-8
81. Einthoven’s Left Foot: A Plea for Disciplined Electrode Placement (Editorial)
Journal of Electrocardiology J. Electrocardiology 2008, 41, 205-206
82Ruptured Left Ventricular Free Wall- 10 year Survival After Surgical Repair
Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal 2008, 2, 1-2
83 A Flatline Lead I Results from Bilateral Arm to Leg Electrode Switch
Journal of Electrocardiology J.Electrocardiology 41 2008 388-90
84. Cyclosporine in Acute Myocardial Infarction Letter to the Editor N Eng J Med 2008 V359
pp2286-2289
85 Diagnosis of Acute Right Ventricular Infarction J.Electrocardiography
2009 42: May/June 226-7
86. Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia Poster Presentation, Am. Coll. Physicians,
Regional meeting, Albuquerque, NM , Oct 29/30 2010