Commentary: Utilizing pathologic variation to inform clinical practice.
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Commentary: We have mastered off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting technique, but not the indications for it.
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Frozen elephant trunk does not increase incidence of paraplegia in patients with acute type A aortic dissection.
...Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
We seek to assess the safety of total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk for acute type A aortic dissection in respect to the risks of operative mortality, stroke, and paraplegia using an international multicenter registry (ARCH). The ARCH Registry database from 37 participating centers was analyzed between 2000 and 2015. Patients who unde...
Right ventricular function is reduced during cardiac surgery independent of procedural characteristics, reoperative stat...
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Long-axis right ventricular (RV) function, which provides nearly 80% of RV ejection, acutely decreases during cardiac surgery. RV dysfunction increases risk for perioperative morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to characterize the change in perioperative RV long-axis and global function by determining the influence of procedure type, surgica...
Postoperative atrial fibrillation: Sex-specific characteristics and effect on survival.
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
We sought to fill important gaps in the existing evidence regarding new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) by comparing the incidence, characteristics, and effect on long-term survival between men and women. Nine thousand two hundred three consecutive patients without preoperative AF underwent isolated ...
Commentary: Using microRNAs as biomarkers in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Commentary: Aortic root reconstruction in acute dissection: What is the reality?
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Preoperative predictors of new-onset prolonged atrial fibrillation after surgical aortic valve replacement.
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) are at risk of developing prolonged atrial fibrillation (AF) after surgery. Prophylactic interventions such as left atrial appendage amputation (LAAA) and pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) impose cost and operative risk, discouraging routine use. To guide such interventions, we investigated ...
Commentary: Left subclavian artery revascularization during zone 2 thoracic endovascular aortic repair: Bypass versus tr...
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Concomitant left subclavian artery revascularization with carotid-subclavian transposition during zone 2 thoracic endova...
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Left subclavian revascularization has become an integral part of thoracic endovascular aortic repair to extend the proximal landing zone. This is most commonly achieved via carotid-subclavian bypass; however, this can be achieved via vessel transposition. All patients who had zone 2 thoracic endovascular aortic repairs without branched grafts from ...
