Positions

Professor

Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

TCH-West Tower (Clinic)

Room: TXWT-19thFL
Mail Stop: BCM320
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5548
caltman@bcm.edu

Baylor College of Medicine (Clinic)

6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

Advanced Training from Texas Children's Hospital

01/1989 - Houston, TX, United States

Advanced Training from Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

01/1986 - Pittsburgh, PA, United States

M.D. from University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine

01/1986 - Philadelphia, PA, United States

B.A. from University Of Pennsylvania

01/1982 - Philadelphia, PA, United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics

American Board of Medical Examiners

#215782

American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology Sub-Board

8/9/94-2001; 2002-2008; 2009-2015; Recertification 4/21/00, 10/24/2008

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider

Professional Interests

• Fetal Echocardiography
• Kawasaki Disease
• Echocardiography
• Auscultation

Websites

Selected Publications

• Altman C, Biour M, Grangé JD. " [Hepatic toxicity of antitubercular agents. Role of different drugs. 199 cases]. " Presse Med. 1993 Sep 11; 22 (26) : 1212-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 8248040.
• Buffet C, Altman C. " [Nodular regenerative hyperplasia]. " Gastroenterol. Clin. Biol.. 1994 ; 18 (2) : 123-32.
  Pubmed PMID: 8013793.
• Altman C, Lesiour A, Dunbavand A, Meyer L, de la Selle P, Buffet C. " [Screening of patients at risk for hepatitis C virus infection in general medicine]. " Gastroenterol. Clin. Biol.. 1999 Mar ; 23 (3) : 359-62.
  Pubmed PMID: 10384340.
• Metry DW, Hawrot A, Altman C, Frieden IJ. " Association of solitary, segmental hemangiomas of the skin with visceral hemangiomatosis. " Arch Dermatol. 2004 May ; 140 (5) : 591-6.
  Pubmed PMID: 15148105.
• Park P, Khawly JA, Kearney DL, Altman CA, Yen KG. " Bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis secondary to endocarditis with negative transesophageal echocardiogram. " Am. J. Ophthalmol.. 2004 Jul ; 138 (1) : 151-3.
  Pubmed PMID: 15234302.
• Buffet C, Fourré C, Altman C, Prat F, Fritsch J, Choury A, Briantais MJ, Desgrez A, Etienne JP. " Bile levels of carcino-embryonic antigen in patients with hepatopancreatobiliary disease. " Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1996 Feb ; 8 (2) : 131-4.
  Pubmed PMID: 8723416.
• Slesnick TC, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Fraley JK, Kung GC, McMahon CJ, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP. " Characteristics and outcomes of fetuses with pericardial effusions. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 2005 Aug 15; 96 (4) : 599-601.
  Pubmed PMID: 16098320.
• Cass DL, Olutoye OO, Ayres NA, Moise KJ, Altman CA, Johnson A, Cassady CI, Lazar DA, Lee TC, Lantin MR. " Defining hydrops and indications for open fetal surgery for fetuses with lung masses and vascular tumors. " J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2012 Jan ; 47 (1) : 40-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 22244390.
• Ettedgui JA, Altman CA, Santoro AM. " Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a child after cardiopulmonary bypass. " J Am Soc Echocardiogr. ; 4 (5) : 491-3.
  Pubmed PMID: 1742037.
• Kuzin JK, Yborra JG, Taylor MD, Chang AC, Altman CA, Whitney GM, Mott AR. " Family-member presence during interventions in the intensive care unit: perceptions of pediatric cardiac intensive care providers. " Pediatrics. 2007 Oct ; 120 (4) : e895-901.
  Pubmed PMID: 17908745.
• Prat F, Tennenbaum R, Ponsot P, Altman C, Pelletier G, Fritsch J, Choury AD, Bernades P, Etienne JP. " Endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with liver cirrhosis. " Gastrointest. Endosc.. 1996 Feb ; 43 (2) : 127-31.
  Pubmed PMID: 8635706.
• Falkensammer CB, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Ge S, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Kovalchin JP. " Fetal cardiac malposition: incidence and outcome of associated cardiac and extracardiac malformations. " Am J Perinatol. 2008 May ; 25 (5) : 277-81.
  Pubmed PMID: 18401841.
• Kovalchin JP, Lewin MB, Bezold LI, Altman CA, Ayres NA. " Harmonic imaging in fetal echocardiography. " J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2001 Oct ; 14 (10) : 1025-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 11593208.
• Eidem BW, McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Kovalchin JP, Denfield SW, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Pignatelli RH. " Impact of chronic left ventricular preload and afterload on Doppler tissue imaging velocities: a study in congenital heart disease. " J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug ; 18 (8) : 830-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 16084335.
• Bezold LI, Pignatelli R, Altman CA, Feltes TF, Gajarski RJ, Vick GW, Ayres NA. " Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart surgery. The Texas Children's Hospital experience. " Tex Heart Inst J. 1996 ; 23 (2) : 108-15.
  Pubmed PMID: 8792541.
• Altman CA, Ettedgui JA, Wozney P, Beerman LB. " Noninvasive diagnostic features of partial absence of the pericardium. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 1989 Jun 15; 63 (20) : 1536-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 2729147.
• Saidi AS, Bezold LI, Altman CA, Ayres NA, Bricker JT. " Outcome of pregnancy following intervention for coarctation of the aorta. " Am. J. Cardiol.. 1998 Sep 15; 82 (6) : 786-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 9761091.
• Altman CA, Englund JA, Demmler G, Drescher KL, Alexander MA, Watrin C, Feltes TF. " Respiratory syncytial virus in patients with congenital heart disease: a contemporary look at epidemiology and success of preoperative screening. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 21 (5) : 433-8.
  Pubmed PMID: 10982701.
• McMahon CJ, Ravekes WJ, Smith EO, Denfield SW, Pignatelli RH, Altman CA, Ayres NA. " Risk factors for neo-aortic root enlargement and aortic regurgitation following arterial switch operation. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 25 (4) : 329-35.
  Pubmed PMID: 14727099.
• McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Bezold LI, Lewin MB, Alonzo M, Altman CA, Kovalchin JP, Eidem BW, Pignatelli RH. " Safety and efficacy of intravenous contrast imaging in pediatric echocardiography. " Pediatr Cardiol. ; 26 (4) : 413-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 16374692.
• Stockton DW, Ross HL, Bacino CA, Altman CA, Shaffer LG, Lupski JR. " Severe clinical phenotype due to an interstitial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 1: a brief review. " Am. J. Med. Genet.. 1997 Aug 8; 71 (2) : 189-93.
  Pubmed PMID: 9217220.
• Sharef S, Coleman R, Rivenes S, Wilmot I, Altman C, Madden-Fuentes R, Salazar J. " Stentless xenograft implantation in aortic position in a 7-year-old girl. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2010 ; 37 (3) : 347-9.
  Pubmed PMID: 20548820.
• Petit CJ, Altman CA, Pignatelli RH. " Transthoracic echocardiographic assistance for interatrial stenting in low birth-Weight neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact atrial septum. " Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Sep 1; 76 (3) : 425-30.
  Pubmed PMID: 20839358.
• Pignatelli R, Law MA, Martinez H, Altman C, Ayres N, Jefferies JL, Ganame J. " Two-dimensional speckle strain imaging: in the management of paraganglioma, acute junctional tachycardia, and myocardial dysfunction in a child. " Tex Heart Inst J. 2012 ; 39 (1) : 119-21.
  Pubmed PMID: 22412245.

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Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

American College of Cardiology

ACC Quality Metrics Working Group

Adult Congenital & Pediatric Cardiology Section

American Heart Association

AHA Council: Cardiovascular Diseases in the Young

AHA Council: Women in Cardiology

American Society of Echocardiography

ASE: Pediatric & Congenital Heart Diseases Council

Elected: At-Large Member

Society of Pediatric Echocardiography

Harris County Medical Society

Baylor College of Medicine Association of Women Faculty

Greater Houston Society of Echocardiography

Baylor College of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute