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Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases

Michael W. Rich, MD

Current Position
Professor, Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Rapid Evaluation Unit


Specialty Areas
Congestive Heart Failure
Hypertension Management
Valvular Heart Disease
Cardiology
Arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Disease

Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
Heart and Vascular Center
4921 Parkview Place, A, 8
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-362-1291
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Medical Building Three
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
1020 N. Mason Road, Suite 100
Creve Coeur, MO  63141
314-362-1291
Fax:   314-996-3269
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine
Cardiovascular Division
660 S. Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8086
St. Louis, MO  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
Management of cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, geriatric cardiology, hypertension management, the aging heart
Board Certification
Cardiology -- Certified
Internal Medicine -- Certified

Medical Education
B.A.: Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus, 1974
Medical Degree: University Of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 1979
Residency: Internal Medicine, The Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1982
Fellowship: Cardiology, The Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1984
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital


Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2011-2012 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Rich MW. Hypertension in Older Adults: Progress and Limitations. Am J Med. 2012 Aug 14.

Rich MW. Atrial Fibrillation in Long-Term Care. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2012 Aug 11.

Reese RL, Freedland KE, Steinmeyer BC, Rich MW, Rackley JW, Carney RM.
Depression and rehospitalization following acute myocardial infarction.Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Nov 1.

Ren J, Rich MW, Makan M  Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction by lymphoma: case series and review of the literature. Echocardiography. 2011 Nov.

Rich MW.  Pharmacotherapy of heart failure in the elderly: adverse events. Heart Fail Rev. 2012 Sep.

Madan VD, Novak E, Rich MW.Impact of change in serum sodium concentration on mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure and hyponatremia. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Sep.

Rich MW; Quality of Care Committee; Heart Failure Society of America. The year in quality of care in heart failure. J Card Fail. 2011 Jun.

Freedland KE, Carney RM, Rich MW. Effect of depression on prognosis in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2011 Jan.

Carney RM, Freedland KE, Stein PK, Steinmeyer BC, Harris WS, Rubin EH, Krone RJ, Rich MW.  Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on heart rate variability in depressed patients with coronary heart disease.Psychosom Med. 2010 Oct.

Rich MW, Mensah GA; PRICE-V Investigators. Fifth Pivotal Research in Cardiology in the Elderly (PRICE-V) Symposium: Preventive Cardiology in the Elderly--executive summary Prev Cardiol. 2010 Winter.

Rich MW, Mensah GA.Preface: Preventive cardiology in the elderly.Clin Geriatr Med. 2009 Nov.

Carney RM, Freedland KE, Rubin EH, Rich MW, Steinmeyer BC, Harris WS.  Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009 Oct 21.
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