DOCTOR ON FACULTY

Cape Girardeau cardiologist James B. Chapman recently served on a faculty for a training course on indirectional coronary atherectomy. The course was conducted at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis, and attracted cardiologists from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.

Chapman served on the faculty with Dr. Matthew Selmon of Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, Calif.; and Dr. Morton Kern and Dr. Frank Aguirre, both of St. Louis University. The course was sponsored by Devices for Vascular Intervention.

Directional coronary atherectomy, first performed in 1985, restores flow to clogged vessels by dislodging and then completely removing plaque from the wall of the vessel.

Chapman has performed the new procedure at Southeast Missouri Hospital's Regional Heart Center since last summer. The first procedure performed at the heart center here was the first to be performed outside a research hospital setting.

Chapman is associated with Cardiovascular Consultants of Cape Girardeau Inc.