James W. Choi
Experienced in Heart Murmurs

Dr. James W. Choi

Interventional Cardiology | Cardiology
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Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
8230 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 220, 
Dallas, TX 
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Experienced in Heart Murmurs
Texas Health Resources
Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
8230 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 220, 
Dallas, TX 
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Overview

Dr. James Choi has been caring for Texas hearts since 2004. He is fellowship-trained in interventional cardiology. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology and interventional cardiology. Dr. Choi’s areas of clinical interest and focus include cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients; highly complex cardiology interventions: left main coronary artery and chronic total occlusions; valvular heart interventions; structural heart interventions: ASD/PFO/Left atrial appendage closure; and peripheral vascular disease. He has published numerous articles and conducted clinical research on coronary stent implantation and chronic total occlusions as well as novel renal artery denervation treatment for resistant hypertension.Dr. Choi earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiology and interventional cardiology. He is the current medical director of Coronary, Renal and Structural Heart Technologies for the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas. He previously served as an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in College Station and as the director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.Dr. Choi is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. He currently chairs the DFW AngioClub and is a member of the American Heart Association, Texas Medical Association and Dallas County Medical Association. Dr. Choi has sat on numerous advisory boards, completed clinical research into various devices and cardiovascular procedures, and is active in the Korean-American medical community.

Dr. Choi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Murmurs. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 132 peer reviewed articles and participating in 9 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Northwestern University Medical School (1997)
Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program (2000)
Specialties
Interventional Cardiology
Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in TX
Fellowships
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program (2004, 2003)
Hospital Affiliations
Texas Health Dallas
Texas Health Kaufman
Texas Health Rockwall
Languages Spoken
English
Korean
Gender
Male

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Locations

Texas Health Heart and Vascular Specialists
8230 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 220, Dallas, TX 75231
Call: 214-345-8692
Other Locations
Texas Health Heart and Vascular Specialists
3920 W Wheatland Rd, Ste 134, Dallas, TX 75237
Call: 214-345-8692

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


9 Clinical Trials

Assessment of the WATCHMAN™ Device in Patients Unsuitable for Oral Anticoagulation (ASAP-TOO)
Assessment of the WATCHMAN™ Device in Patients Unsuitable for Oral Anticoagulation (ASAP-TOO)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: December 15, 2025
Intervention Type: Device, Drug
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Global Clinical Study of Renal Denervation With the Symplicity Spyral™ Multi-electrode Renal Denervation System in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension on Standard Medical Therapy (SPYRAL HTN-ON MED)
Global Clinical Study of Renal Denervation With the Symplicity Spyral™ Multi-electrode Renal Denervation System in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension on Standard Medical Therapy (SPYRAL HTN-ON MED)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: November 14, 2025
Intervention Type: Device, Procedure
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Global Clinical Study of Renal Denervation With the Symplicity Spyral™ Multi-electrode Renal Denervation System in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension in the Absence of Antihypertensive Medications (SPYRAL PIVOTAL - SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED)
Global Clinical Study of Renal Denervation With the Symplicity Spyral™ Multi-electrode Renal Denervation System in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension in the Absence of Antihypertensive Medications (SPYRAL PIVOTAL - SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 28, 2025
Intervention Type: Device, Procedure
Study Phase: Not Applicable
A Clinical Investigation to Assess the Abbott Next Generation Drug Eluting Stent 48mm Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System (EECSS) in Treatment of de Novo Native Coronary Artery Disease
A Clinical Investigation to Assess the Abbott Next Generation Drug Eluting Stent 48mm Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System (EECSS) in Treatment of de Novo Native Coronary Artery Disease
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: January 08, 2025
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Clinical Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular Outcomes In Patients Treated With the Tricuspid Valve Repair System Pivotal
Clinical Trial to Evaluate Cardiovascular Outcomes In Patients Treated With the Tricuspid Valve Repair System Pivotal
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: December 19, 2024
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Multicenter Randomized Assessment of the Firehawk™ Rapamycin TARGET Eluting Cobalt Chromium Coronary Stent System - North American Trial
Multicenter Randomized Assessment of the Firehawk™ Rapamycin TARGET Eluting Cobalt Chromium Coronary Stent System - North American Trial
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: July 24, 2024
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
A Clinical Evaluation of Absorb™ BVS, the Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in the Treatment of Subjects With de Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions
A Clinical Evaluation of Absorb™ BVS, the Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in the Treatment of Subjects With de Novo Native Coronary Artery Lesions
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 30, 2023
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multi-Center Study of the Metavention Integrated Radio Frequency Denervation System to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multi-Center Study of the Metavention Integrated Radio Frequency Denervation System to Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 15, 2023
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
XIENCE 28 USA Study
XIENCE 28 USA Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: May 03, 2022
Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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132 Total Publications

One- versus three-month DAPT after everolimus-eluting stent implantation in diabetic patients at high bleeding risk: results from the XIENCE Short DAPT programme.
One- versus three-month DAPT after everolimus-eluting stent implantation in diabetic patients at high bleeding risk: results from the XIENCE Short DAPT programme.
Journal: EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Published: June 16, 2025
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