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Dr. Paul R Coffeen

Dr. Paul Coffeen comes to Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia from Kansas City, Missouri. After completing his undergraduate and graduate degree at the University of Kansas, he received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Postgraduate training began with an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, followed by a cardiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed an additional fellowship in electrophysiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is American Board of Internal Medicine certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.

Personal Interests

  • electronics
  • shooting sports
  • running
  • Bikram Yoga

Reviews

• Coffeen PR: Hypertensive Heart Disease. Resident and Staff Physician. August Supplement: 27-32, 1992.
Abstracts:
• Chang MW, Coffeen PR, Lurie KG, Shultz JJ, Yakshe P, Jarvis G, Lindstrom P, Voss G, White CW: Tissue Perfusion During Standard vs. Active Compression Decompression CPR in the Dog. Circulation 86:1-926, 1992
• Coffeen PR, Shultz JJ, Pineda E, Remole SC, Benditt DG, Adler SW, Fetter J, Lurie KG: Effect of CPR on Defibrillation Tresholds During Implantation of Cardioverter-Defebrillators with Transvenous Leads. PACE16-887, 1993.
• Coffeen PR, Haidet GC, Lurie KG: Increased Sensitivity of the Senescent Canine Conduction System to Acetylcholine. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 7:466, 1993.

Professional Associations

• Dallas County Medical Society
• Texas Medical Association
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Heart Rhythm Society

Medical Education & Training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  • Residency: University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO
  • Fellowship: Univeristy of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN

Publications

• Coffeen PR, Guyton DG: Monocular Diplopia Accompanying Ordinary Refractive Error. AM J Ophthalmology, 105:451-459, 1988
• Zuckerman BD, Orton EC, Stenmark KR, Trapp JA, Murphy JR, Coffeen PR., Reeves JT: Alteration of the Pulsatile Load in the High Altitude Calf Model of Pulmonary Hypertension. J Appl Phys, 70:859-869, 1991
• Shultz JJ, Coffeen PR, Sweeney M, Detloff BLS, Kehler C, Pineda E, Yakshe P, Adler SW, Chang MW, Luie KG: Evaluation of Standard vs. Active Compression Decompression CPR in an acute Human Model of Ventricular Fibrillation. Circulation 89:684-693, 1994.
• Lurie KG, Benditt DG, Fleischacker J, Ockuly J, Coffeen PR, Adler SW, Shultz JJ: Development of a Multifunctional Coronary Sinus Catheter. Revue Europenne de Technologie BioMedicale (RBM) 16:159-161, 1994.
• Chang MW, Coffeen PR, Lurie KG, Shultz JJ, Yakshe P, Jarvis G, Lindstrom P, Voss G, White CW: Tissue Perfusion During Standard vs Active Compression Decompression CPR in the Dog. Chest 106:1250-1259, 1994.
• Lurie KG, Coffeen PR, Shultz JJ, McKnite S, Detloff B, Mulligan K: Improving Active Compression Decompression Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with an Inspiratory Impedance Valve. Circulation 91:1629-1632, 1995.
• Shultz JJ, Mianulli MJ, Gisch TM, Coffeen PR, Haidet GC, Lurie KG: Comparison of Exterion Required to Perform Standard and Active Compression Decompression Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Resuscitation, 1995 Iskos D, Lrie KG, Adler SW, Shultz JJ, Coffeen PR, Mulligan KA, Bendictt DG: Effect of Parenternal d-Sotalol on Transvenous Atrial Defibrillation Thresholds in a Caine Model of Atrial Fibrillation. American Heart Journal 132:116-119, 1996.
• Coffeen PR, Efange SMN, Haidet GC, McKnite S, Boudreau R, Langason RB, Khare AB, Pennington J, Lurie KG: Measurement of Cholinergic Innervation in Rat Heart with Novel Vesamicol Receptor Ligand. Nuclear Medicine and Biology 23:923-926, 1996.