Peter J. Casterella
Experienced in Patent Foramen Ovale

Dr. Peter J. Casterella

Interventional Cardiology
Swedish Medical Center
The Polyclinic Madison Center - Cardiology
904 7th Avenue, 0, 
Seattle, WA 
Accepting New Patients
Offers Telehealth

Experienced in Patent Foramen Ovale
Swedish Medical Center
The Polyclinic Madison Center - Cardiology
904 7th Avenue, 0, 
Seattle, WA 
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Overview

“I enjoy working collaboratively with patients and other medical colleagues to ensure that patients under my care receive the best-possible treatment to improve their health. I view medical care as a partnership using shared decision-making to find the best approach for each individual patient."".

Dr. Casterella is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Patent Foramen Ovale. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Angina, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Heart Disease.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Georgetown University , 1988
Residency
Naval Hospital Oakland , 1991
Specialties
Interventional Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in UT
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Scripps Green Hospital , 1998
Naval Medical Center San Diego , 1994
Hospital Affiliations
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

The Polyclinic Madison Center - Cardiology
904 7th Avenue, 0, Seattle, WA
Call: 206-860-2302

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Casterella has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Hypertension
Myocarditis
Heart Transplant
Cardiac Arrest
Aortic Valve Replacement

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.


1 Total Publications

One-year results of the ICON (Ionic versus non-ionic Contrast to Obviate worsening Nephropathy after angioplasty in chronic renal failure patients) Study.
One-year results of the ICON (Ionic versus non-ionic Contrast to Obviate worsening Nephropathy after angioplasty in chronic renal failure patients) Study.
Journal: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
Published: December 16, 2014
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550 17th Avenue, Suite 680, 
Seattle, WA 
 (0.9 miles away)
206-215-4545
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