Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, St. Louis Children's Hospital

• Patient Oriented Research
• Cardiology

Education

• B.S., University of Missouri-Columbia
• M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine
• Residency-Pediatrics, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• Fellowship-Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology

Honors

• Benjamin H. Cohen Memorial Award in Pediatrics, 1988
• Ross laboratory award for Neonatology, 1988

Clinical and Research Interests

• Interventional cardiac catheterization
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Intravascular ultrasound of coronary arteries

Selected Publications

1. Balzer DT, Johnson M, Sharkey AM, Kort H: Transcatheter occlusion of baffle leaks following atrial switch procedures for transposition of the great vessels (d-tgv). Cath Cardiovasc Interv 2004; 61:259-263.

2. Kort HW, Balzer DT: Radiofrequency perforation in the treatment of acquired left pulmonary artery atresia following repair of tetralogy of fallot. Cath Cardiovasc Interv 2003; 60:79-81.

3. Goldstein JA, Casserly IP, Balzer DT, Lee R, Lasala JM: Transcatheter closure of recurrent post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defects utilizing the amplatzer post-infarction VSD device: a case series. Cath Cardiovasc Interv 2003; 59:238-243.

4. Balzer DT, Kort HW, Day RW, et al. (The INOP Test Study Group): Inhaled nitric oxide as a preoperative test (INOP test1). Circulation 2002; 106(suppl I):I-76-I-81.

5. Holzer R, Balzer DT, Amin Z, et al: Transcatheter closure of post infarction ventricular septal defects using the new amplatzer muscular VSD occluder: results of a US registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004; 61:196-201.

6. Holzer R, Balzer D, Cao Q-L, et al: Device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects using the amplatzer muscular VSD occluder: immediate and mid-term results of a US registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 43:1257-63.

7. Shah NR, Goldstein JA, Balzer DT, et al: Transcatheter repair of recurrent post-infarct ventricular septal defects. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; Submitted.

8. Kort HW, Sharkey AM, Balzer DT: Novel use of the amplatzer duct occluder to close perivalvar leak involving a prosthetic mitral valve. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004; 61:548-551.

9. Farra H, Balzer DT: Transcatheter occlusion of a large pulmonary avm using the amplatzer vascular plug. Pediatric Cardiology 2004; Accepted for publication.

10. Fu Y-C, Bass J, Amin Z, et al: Transcatheter closure of perimembraneous ventricular septal defects using the new amplatzer membraneous VSD occluder: Results of the U.S. phase I trial. J Am Coll Cardiology 2006; Accepted for publication.

11. Lin NC, Landt ML, Trinkaus KM, Balzer DT, Kort HW, Canter CE: Relation of age, severity of illness, and hemodynamics with brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients < 20 years of age with heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2005; 96:847-850.