Lisa Heistein, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

lisa.heistein@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern / Children's Medical Center (2006)
FellowshipUT Southwestern / Children's Medical Center (2005)
ResidencyChildren's Hospital - Columbus (2001)
InternshipChildren's Hospital - Columbus (1999)
Medical SchoolThe Ohio State University (1998)

Research Interests

fetal echocardiography
pediatric echocardiography

Publications

Featured
Left ventricular function and response to enalapril in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy during the second decade of life

Ramaciotti C, Heistein LC, Coursey M, Lemler MS, Eapen RS, Iannaccone S, Scott WA , American Journal of Cardiology , 2006; (98(6)):825-7

Featured
Chloral hydrate sedation for pediatric echocardiography: physiologic responses, adverse events, and risk factors.

Heistein LC, Ramaciotti C, Scott WA, Coursey M, Sheeran PW, Lemler MS , Pediatrics , 2006; (117(3)):e1-8

Oxygen supplementation is helpful for the echocardiographic detection of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.

Blanco VM, Blalock SE, Ramaciotti C, Lemler M, Heistein L, Moore J, Ikemba CM , J Am Soc Echocardiogr , 2010; (23):1099-102.

Aspirin resistance in children with heart disease at risk for thromboembolism: prevalence and possible mechanisms

Heistein LC, Scott WA, Zellers TM, Fixler DE, Ramaciotti C, Journeycake JM, Lemler MS , Pediatr Cardiol , 2008; (29(2)):285-291

Chloral hydrate sedation for pediatric echocardiography: physiologic responses, adverse events, and risk factors.

Heistein LC, Ramaciotti C, Scott WA, Coursey M, Sheeran PW, Lemler MS , Pediatrics , 2006; (117(3)):e1-8

Left ventricular function and response to enalapril in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy during the second decade of life

Ramaciotti C, Heistein LC, Coursey M, Lemler MS, Eapen RS, Iannaccone S, Scott WA , American Journal of Cardiology , 2006; (98(6)):825-7

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

American Society of Echocardiography