MichaelCTurnerMD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Preventive Cardiology

Cardiovascular Special;ists of Southwest Louisiana

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Office
600 Dr Michael Debakey Dr
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone+1 337-493-4345

Fax+1 337-493-4355

In addition to invasive and preventive cardiology, I have a special interest in the use of cardiac CT in clinical practice.
I am the director of cardiac CT at Imperial Health, Christus Saint Patrick Hospital and West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Board certified in CCTA 2008 and 2016

Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1969 - 1971
Louisiana State University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 1968 - 1969
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansClass of 1968

Co-editor CT Rounds section Echocardiography, 2016
Fellow FSCCT SCCT, 2008
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2011-2012
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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PubMed

3 citations
Cardiac CT angiography in the emergency room: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting as acute coronary syndrome.
Michael C. Turner, Edmund K. Kerut, James Mckinnie, Michael Davis, Christine Hinton
Echocardiography. 2017-03-07
4 citations
Adult presentation of ALCAPA: Echo and CT diagnosis.
Edmund K. Kerut, Philip G. Kogos, Jason H. Anderson, Michael C. Turner, Robert Ascuitto
Echocardiography. 2018-07-01
3 citations
Coronary risk assessment using traditional risk factors with CT coronary artery calcium scoring in clinical practice.
Edmund K. Kerut, Michael E. Hall, Michael C. Turner, Michael R. McMullan
Echocardiography. 2018-08-01

Journal Articles

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy presenting as ACS
Michael Turner, Edmund Kerut, James McKinnie ,Michael Davis, Christine Hinton, Echocardiography, 1/2017
The impact of CCTA on the practice of cardiovascular medicine
Michael C Turner MD, Echocardiography, 12/2016
High risk plaque in patients with near normal coronary angiograms
Michael C Turner, MD, Echocardiography, 11/2016
Chest pain in the emergency room: an interesting case presentation
Michael C Turner, MD, Echocardiography, 9/2016
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Michael C. Turner, M.D., to Speak on Innovations in Coronary Artery Disease in Venice, Italy, on Breakthroughs in Cardiac CT Triage – October 2017November 6th, 2017