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Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures: executive summary

Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, David H. Adams, MD et al.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines are intended to assist physicians and other health care providers in clinical decision making by describing a range of generally acceptable approaches for the diagnosis, management, or prevention of specific diseases or condi...

April 01, 2013 | Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures

Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, David H. Adams, MD et al.

The question may be asked why another Guideline manuscript is needed. The reasons are fivefold: (1) to outline pros and cons of treatment options; (2) to outline areas where further research is needed, potentially from updated Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) data collection variables...

June 01, 2013 | Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Change in Surgical Management as a Consequence of Real-time 3D TEE: Assessment of Left Ventricular Function

Gregory W. Fischer, MD, Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD and David H. Adams, MD

Real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT 3D TEE) is a novel imaging technology that is becoming more frequently encountered in the operating room environment. The authors present a case in which the availability of 3D TEE altered the surgical management of a patient ...

December 01, 2009 | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Epidemiology of Stroke After Cardiac Surgery in the Current Era

Ani C. Anyanwu, MD, Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Sacha P. Salzberg, MD, David J. Bronster, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Previous studies of the epidemiology of stroke in patients undergoing cardiac surgery have been based primarily on patients having coronary bypass surgery and therefore have limited applicability to the more heterogenous populations seen in the current era. We have demonstrated a relati...

November 01, 2007 | The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Off-Pump Implant of the Jarvik 2000 Ventricular Assist Device Through Median Sternotomy

Ani C. Anyanwu, MD, Gregory W. Fischer, MD, Irina Plotkina, PA-C, Sean Pinney, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Implantation of a left ventricular assist device through a median sternotomy usually requires cardiopulmonary bypass. However, the biological response to cardiopulmonary bypass is sometimes deleterious in end-stage heart failure patients, as it may compound pre-existing coagulopathy or ...

October 01, 2007 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Diabetes Is Not a Risk Factor for Hospital Mortality Following Contemporary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Parwis B. Rahmanian, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, Samin K. Sharma, MD, David H. Adams, MD

The outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in diabetic patients has traditionally been worse than in non-diabetic patients. Recent studies have suggested an improvement in outcome in diabetic patients undergoing contemporary CABG. However, the direct impact of diabetes on mor...

September 27, 2007 | Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
Excellent Results of Contemporary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Systematic Application of Modern Perioperative Strategies

Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Parwis B. Rahmanian, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Joanna Chikwe, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Despite a worsening case mix, contemporary CABG can be performed with excellent results (operative mortality < 1%). Off-pump CABG performed in very high-risk patients obtains results similar to those of the general CABG population. Diabetes and ejection fraction were not independent ...

October 01, 2007 | The Heart Surgery Forum
Video-Assisted Trans-Mitral Left Ventricular False Aneurysm Repair With a Septal Occluder

Parwis B. Rahmanian, MD, Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, David H. Adams, MD

A 41-year-old male with a history of myocardial stab-wound, which was repaired with a patch through a sternotomy 25 years ago, presented with a large calcified false aneurysm at the left ventricular antero-lateral free wall (Fig. 1). He underwent a video-assisted trans-mitral false aneu...

November 01, 2007 | European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Excellent Results of Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Previous Liver Transplantation

Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Parwis B. Rahmanian, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Eva Karlof, MD, Thomas D. Schiano, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Cardiovascular diseases requiring surgical therapy in patients with prior liver transplantation are rare. Little is known about the outcome of patients with liver allograft undergoing cardiac surgery. Herein we report our experience in this patient population with an emphasis on operati...

September 01, 2007 | Liver Transplantation
Results and Predictors of Early and Late Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Severely Depressed Left Ventricular Function

Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Parwis B. Rahmanian, MD, Javier G. Castillo, MD, Joanna Chikwe, MD, Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, David H. Adams, MD

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a well-accepted therapeutic approach in patients with symptomatic multivessel coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular function. However, the potential impact of off-pump CABG in this group of patients remains unknown. In ...

September 01, 2007 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures: executive summary

Aortic valve and ascending aorta guidelines for management and quality measures

Change in Surgical Management as a Consequence of Real-time 3D TEE: Assessment of Left Ventricular Function

Epidemiology of Stroke After Cardiac Surgery in the Current Era

Off-Pump Implant of the Jarvik 2000 Ventricular Assist Device Through Median Sternotomy

Diabetes Is Not a Risk Factor for Hospital Mortality Following Contemporary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Excellent Results of Contemporary Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Systematic Application of Modern Perioperative Strategies

Video-Assisted Trans-Mitral Left Ventricular False Aneurysm Repair With a Septal Occluder

Excellent Results of Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Previous Liver Transplantation

Results and Predictors of Early and Late Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Severely Depressed Left Ventricular Function