David Spodick

David H Spodick (1927 – ) is an American Cardiologist.

Clinician, researcher, educator, and administrator in cardiovascular medicine for over 50 years.

Key areas of interest: noninvasive evaluation of the heart, including physical examination; diseases of the atria; diseases of the pericardium; and electrocardiography.

Eponymously affiliated with Spodick sign in pericarditis (1974)

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]