David Spodick

Biography

• Born 1927.
• 1956 – Fellow in cardiology under Dr David Littmann
• 1976 – Chief of Cardiology at St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester
• Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts
• Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital-
• 1998 – Burger Award of the European Society of Noninvasive Cardiovascular Dynamics

Medical Eponyms

• Spodick sign (1974)

Major Publications

• Spodick DH. Diagnostic electrocardiographic sequences in acute pericarditis. Significance of PR segment and PR vector changes. Circulation. 1973 Sep;48(3):575-80. [PMID 4726240]
• Spodick DH. Electrocardiogram in acute pericarditis. Distributions of morphologic and axial changes by stages. Am J Cardiol. 1974 Apr;33(4):470-4. [PMID 4818046]
• Spodick DH. Differential characteristics of the electrocardiogram in early repolarization and acute pericarditis. N Engl J Med. 1976 Sep 2;295(10):523-6. [PMID 950958]
• Spodick DH. Randomize the first patient: scientific, ethical, and behavioral bases. Am J Cardiol. 1983 Mar 1;51(5):916-7. [PMID 6829458]
• Spodick DH. Comprehensive electrocardiographic analysis of acute myocardial infarction by individual and combined waveforms. Am J Cardiol. 1988 Sep 1;62(7):465-7. [PMID 3414524]
• Spodick DH. Flow-directed pulmonary artery catheterization. Moratorium vs clinical trial. Chest. 1989 Mar;95(3):489-90. [PMID 2920571]
• Spodick DH, Raju P, Bishop RL, Rifkin RD. Operational definition of normal sinus heart rate. Am J Cardiol. 1992 May 1;69(14):1245-6. [PMID 1575201]
• Spodick DH. Acute cardiac tamponade. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 14;349(7):684-90. [PMID 12917306]
• Mehrzad R, Spodick DH. Interatrial block: a virtual pandemic requiring attention. Iran J Med Sci. 2014 Mar;39(2):84-93. [PMC3957018]
• Spodick DH. The Pericardium: A Comprehensive Textbook. CRC Press. 1996
• Spodick DH. Acute PericarditisGrune & Stratton. 1959.

References

• Chaubey VK. Spodick’s Sign: A Helpful Electrocardiographic Clue to the Diagnosis of Acute Pericarditis. Perm J. 2014 Winter; 18(1): e122. [PMC3951045]
• Chhabra L, Spodick DH. Ideal isoelectric reference segment in pericarditis: a suggested approach to a commonly prevailing clinical misconception.Cardiology. 2012;122(4):210-2. [PMID 22890314]
• Makaryus JN, Makaryus AN, Boal B. Spodick’s sign. Am J Med. 2008 Aug;121(8):693-4. [PMID 18691482]
• Imazio M, Spodick DH, Brucato A, Trinchero R, Markel G, Adler Y. Diagnostic issues in the clinical management of pericarditis. Int J Clin Pract. 2010 Sep;64(10):1384-92. [PMID 20487049]
• Masek KP, Levis JT. ECG Diagnosis: Acute Pericarditis. Perm J. 2013 Fall; 17(4): e146. [PMC3854820]
• Maeba H. Isoelectric reference for pericarditis: TP may be better than PR. Cardiology. 2012;123(1):39-40. [PMID 22964515]