MelvinDFlammJr.MD

Cardiology • Sacramento, CA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Interventional Cardiology

Clinical Professor,UCDavis SOM

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Office
5301 F St
117
Sacramento, CA 95819
Phone+1 916-733-1788

Fax+1 916-733-1787

Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1966 - 1968
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1964 - 1966
National Capital ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1960 - 1961
School of Aerospace MedicinePrimary Course in Aerospace Medicine, 1961
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1960
University of California at Los AngelesB.A, 1956

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1961 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Casimir Funk Award Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, for accomplishment in the field of cardiovascular disease, 1973
Honor Graduate Primary Course in Aerospace Medicine, 1961
Alpha Omega Alpha Stanford University, 1959
Phi Beta Kappa University of California at Los Angeles, 1956
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Noninvasive Regional Myocardial Perfusion with Radioactive Potassium.
B.L. Zaret, H.W. Strauss, N.D. Martin, H.P. Wells and M.D. Flamm, New England Journal of Medicine, 288:809
Recipient Selection for Cardiac Transplantation.
J.S. Schroeder, M.D. Flamm, D.C. Harrison, Circulation 37: VI-175
Pulmonary Hypertension and Sudden Death in Aortic Stenosis.
M.M. McHenry, J. Rice, H.J. Matlof, and M.D. Flamm, British Heart Journal, 41:463
Diagnostic Accuracy of Noninvasive Myocardial Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease: An Electrocardiographic and Angiographic Correlation.
R.L. McGowan, N.D. Martin, B.L. Zaret, R.R. Hall, A.L. Bryson, H.W. Strauss, and M.D. Flamm, American Journal of Cardiology, 40:6-10
Noninvasive Myocardial Imaging with Potassium-43 and Rubidium-81 in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block.
R.L. McGowan, T.G. Welch, B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, and M.D. Flamm, American Journal of Cardiology. 38:422
Clinical Correlates of Coronary Cineangiography in Young Males with Myocardial Infarction.
S.V. Savran, A.L. Bryson, T.G. Welch, B.L. Zaret, R.L. McGowan, and M.D. Flamm, American Heart Journal. 91:551
Transient ST Segment Elevation with Post Myocardial Infarction Angina: Prognostic Significance.
R.E. Stenson, M.D. Flamm, B.L. Zaret, and R.L. McGowan, American Heart Journal. 89:449
Fever as a Toxic Reaction to Quinidine.
S.V. Savran and M.D. Flamm, New England Journal of Medicine, 292:427
On the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis.
R.E. Stenson and M.D. Flamm, Resident and Staff Physician, 20:35
Rubidium-81, A New Myocardial Scanning Agent: Noninvasive Regional Myocardial Perfusion Scans at Rest and Exercise, and Comparison with Potassium-43.
N.D. Martin, B.L. Zaret, R.L. McGowan, H.P. Wells, and M.D. Flamm, Radiology, Vol 111, No. 3:651-656
Rest and Exercise Potassium-43 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Noninvasive Evaluation of Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery.
B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, R.L. McGowan, H.W. Strauss, H.P. Wells, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation, 49:688
Potassium-43 Myocardial Perfusion Scanning for the Noninvasive Evaluation of Patients with False-Positive Exercise Tests.
B.L. Zaret, R.E. Stenson, N.D. Martin, H.W. Strauss, H.P. Wells, R.L. McGowan, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation, 48:1234
Amyl Nitrite Employed as a Screening Test for Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis.
K.E. Cohn, M.D. Flamm, and E.W. Hancock, American Journal of Cardiology, 21:681
How to Recognize and Treat Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis.
M.D. Flamm and R.E. Stenson, Medical Times, 101:100
Noninvasive Evaluation of Regional Myocardial Perfusion with Potassium-43: Technique in Patients with Exercise-Induced Transient Myocardial Ischemia.
H.W. Strauss, B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin. H.P. Wells, Jr., and M.D. Flamm, Radiology, 108:85
Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis: Clinical and Hemodynamic Effects of Long-Term Propranolol Therapy.
R.E. Stenson, M.D. Flamm, D.C. Harrison, and E.W. Hancock, American Journal of Cardiology, 31:763
Variant Angina Pectoris: Anatomical Findings and Prognostic Implications.
M.E. Silverman and M.D. Flamm, Annals of Internal Medicine, 75:339
Cardiac Transplantation in Four Patients.
J.S. Schroeder, E.B. Stinson, E. Dong, Jr., M.D. Flamm, N.E. Shumway, and D.C. Harrison, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 59:155-67
Ventricular Function in Atrial Septal Defect.
M.D. Flamm, K.E. Cohn, and E.W. Hancock, American Journal of Medicine, 48:286
Non-Rheumatic Mitral Insufficiency, Determination of Operability and Prognosis.
M. Klughaupt, M.D. Flamm, E.W. Hancock, and D.C. Harrison, Circulation, 39:307
Pulmonary Edema.
H.N. Hultgren and M.D. Flamm, Modern Concepts of Cardiovascular Disease, 38:1
Measurement of Systemic Cardiac Output at Rest and Exercise in Patients with Atrial Septal Defect.
M.D. Flamm, K.E. Cohn, and E.W. Hancock, American Journal of Cardiology, 23:258
Muscular Subaortic Stenosis: Prevention of Outflow Obstruction with Propranolol.
M.D. Flamm, D.C. Harrison, and E.W. Hancock, Circulation, 38:846
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery.
M.D. Flamm, E.B. Stinson, H.M. Hultgren, N.E. Shumway, and E.W. Hancock, Circulation, 38:112
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Books/Book Chapters

Respiratory and Circulation, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Chapter: Heart Pressures
H.N. Hultgren and M.D. FlammEditors: Altman, P.L. and Dittmer, D.S.Man, Bethesda, MD
Circulatory Effects and Clinical Uses of Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Drugs.
Chapter: Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade in Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis
M.D. Flamm and R.E. StensonEditors: Harrison, D.C.Exerpta Medica, Amsterdam
Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine.
Chapter: Myocardial Imaging for the Noninvasive Evaluation of Regional Perfusion at Rest and After Exercise
B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, and M.D. FlammEditors: H.W. Strauss, B. Pitt and A.E. James.Mosby, St. Louis

Abstracts/Posters

Potassium-43 Myocardial Imaging for Noninvasive Assessment of Regional Perfusion Following Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery.
B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, R.L. McGowan, H.P. Wells, M.D. Flamm, Circulation 47: IV-118
Direct Argon Laser Angioplasty: Peripheral Results Summary for 137 Domestic Procedures Prior to April 22, 1988.
M.D. Flamm, course syllabus for Abbott Northwestern's Laser Angioplasty Symposium
Argon Laser Assisted Angioplasty of Coronary Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions.
M.A. Kutcher, A.E. Foschi, M.D. Flamm, G.E. Myers, W.C. Jacobs, JACC 17:124A
Laser Enhanced Coronary Angioplasty.
A.E. Foschi, G.E. Myers, M.D. Flamm, W.C. Jacobs, JACC 15:56A
Laser Enhanced Coronary Angioplasty via Direct Argon Laser Exposures.
A.E. Foschi, G.E. Myers, M.D. Flamm, Circulation 80: II-478
Effect of Perhexiline on Exercise Tolerance and Regional Myocardial Scan Defects.
S.V. Savran, A.L. Bryson, R.L. McGowan, B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation 51: II-236
Correlation of Noninvasive Myocardial Imaging Studies with Coronary Angiography in the Evaluation of Patients for Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.
R.R. Hall, R.L. McGowan, A.L. Bryson, M.D. Flamm, N.D. Martin, Circulation 51: II-110
The Hyperadrenergic Spectrum of Hypertension.
T.G. Welch, L.N. Feingold, D.A. McIntosh, S.V. Savran, M.D. Flamm, and A.M. McClain, Circulation Vol. 49: II
Changes in Regional Ventricular Contraction of the Arteriosclerotic Heart Following Nitroglycerin Administration - Surgical Correlation.
A.L. Bryson, A.C. Aycock, M.D. Flamm, B.L. Zaret, R.A. Ratshin, and R.L. McGowan, Circulation Vol 49: III-44
Abnormal Septal Uptake of Potassium-43 in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block and Normal Coronary Arteries.
R.L. McGowan, T.G. Welch, N.D. Martin, A.L. Bryson, R.A. Ratshin, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation Vol 49: III-95
Clinical Correlates of Angiographic Anatomy of Young Men with Myocardial Infarction.
S.V. Savran, T.G. Welch, A.L. Bryson, R.L. McGowan, B.L. Zaret, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation Vol. 49: III-150
Rubidium-81, A New Agent for Myocardial Perfusion Scans at Rest and Exercise, and Comparison with Potassium-43.
R.L. McGowan, N.D. Martin, B.L. Zaret, H.P. Wells, and M.D. Flamm, American Journal of Cardiology, 33:154
Changes in Regional Ventricular Contraction of the Normal and Arteriosclerotic Heart Following Nitroglycerin Administration.
A.L. Bryson, A.C. Aycock, M.D. Flamm, B.L. Zaret, R.A. Ratshin, and R.L., McGowan, Clinical Research 22:140a
Transient ST Segment Elevation During Post Myocardial Infarction Angina.
R.L. McGowan, R.E. Stenson, B.L. Zaret, M.D. Flamm, Circulation 47: IV-193
Mechanism of Effort Syncope in Aortic Stenosis.
M.D. Flamm, B.A. Braniff, R. Kimball, and E.W. Hancock, Circulation 35: Supplement 2-109
Potassium-43 Myocardial Scanning for Noninvasive Evaluation of False-Positive Exercise Tests.
M.D. Flamm, B.L. Zaret, R.E. Stenson, N.D. Martin, R.L. McGowan, H.P. Wells, Circulation 47: IV-118
Potassium-43 for the Evaluation of Regional Myocardial Perfusion.
H.W. Strauss, B.L. Zaret, N.D. Martin, H.P. Wells, and M.D. Flamm, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 14:458
Myocardial Perfusion Scanning with Potassium-43 for Evaluation of False-Positive Exercise Tests.
B.L. Zaret, R.E. Stenson, N.D. Martin, H.W. Strauss, R.L. McGowan, and M.D. Flamm, Clinical Research 21:243
Noninvasive Assessment of Regional Myocardial Perfusion with Potassium-43 at Rest, Exercise, and During Angina Pectoris.
B.L. Zaret, H.W. Strauss, N.D. Martin. H.P. Wells, and M.D. Flamm, Circulation 45: II-6
Hemodynamic Observations inPatients with Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis on Long-Term Propranolol Therapy.
R.E. Stenson, M.D. Flamm, D.C. Harrison, E.W. Hancock, Circulation 39: III-195
Ventricular Function in Atrial Septal Defect.
M.D. Flamm, K.E. Cohn, E.W. Hancock, Circulation, Vol 37: VI-77
Non-Rheumatic Mitral Insufficiency: Determination of Operability and Prognosis.
D.C. Harrison, M. Klughaupt, M.D. Flamm, E.W. Hancock, Circulation 37: VI-96
Indications for Surgery in Secondary Mitral Insufficiency.
M. Klughaupt, M.D. Flamm, E.W. Hancock, and D.C. Harrison, Clinical Research 16:236
Mechanism of Effort Syncope in Aortic Stenosis.
E.W. Hancock, M.D. Flamm, B.E. Braniff, and R.W. Kimball, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 47:44a
Prevention of Latent and Labile Outflow Obstruction in Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis (IHSS) with Propranolol.
M.D. Flamm, D.C. Harrison, E.W. Hancock, American Journal of Cardiology, 21:98
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Lectures

Clinical Aspects of Noninvasive Myocardial Imaging for Ischemia: Recent Advances in Adult and Pediatric Nuclear Medicine.
San Francisco, California
Nuclear Cardiology.
University of California at Davis School of Medicine Postgraduate Course, Sacramento, California
Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery.
30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology, San Francisco, California
Indications for and Clinical Value of Nuclear Cardiac Procedures. Grand Horizons in Nuclear Medicine.
Northern California Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Reno, Nevada
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Symposium on Nuclear Cardiology. Sacramento, California
Diagnostic Evaluation of Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease. Ischemic Heart Disease: A Critical Overview.
American College of Cardiology Postgraduate Course, San Francisco, California
Noninvasive Myocardial Perfusion with Rubidium-81 and Potassium-43. A Review of Six Hundred Cases.
Annual Scientific Session of the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Sac
The Use of Radioisotopes in Diagnostic Cardiology.
24th Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology, Houston, Texas
The Use of Potassium-43 for Studying Myocardial Blood Flow in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Clinical and Hemodynamic Effects of Long Term Propranolol Therapy in Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis.
Institute of Medical Sciences, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Radioisotope Myocardial Imaging for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Disease.
Cardiology Conference, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento, California
Myocardial Imaging for the Noninvasive Evaluation of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.
Internal Medicine Service, Silas B. Hays Army Medical Center, Ford Ord, California
Noninvasive Evaluation of Myocardial Perfusion in Coronary Artery Disease.
Fourth Annual Meeting, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Radioisotope Techniques in Clinical Cardiology.
Presbyterian Hospital of Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California
Noninvasive Regional Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Radioisotopes in Detection of Coronary Disease.
American College of Cardiology Postgraduate Course, San Francisco, California
Clinical Differentiation of Pulmonary Edema, Embolus, and Infection.
Fireside Panelist, American College of Cardiology 21st Annual Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois
Current Concepts of Acute Coronary Care.
Annual Meeting of the Chief Medical Officers, California Department of Corrections, San Francisco,CA
Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations.
Memorial Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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