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  • Heartless

    To manipulate their crucial personal-fatality ratings, New York heart surgeons are turning away needy patients.

    “How grateful I am,” she writes, “that you said yes . . . when other doctors didn’t want to take the risk.”

    October 24, 2005 | New York Magazine

  • A Heart-Stopping Pregnancy

    Medical Miracle #7

    Dr. David Adams Saves Pregnant Woman with Heart Failure “Ima came out perfect and healthy. She’s healthy, headstrong, independent. Dr. Adams saved two lives at once.”

    June 13, 2005 | New York Magazine

  • Best Doctors 2004

    David H. Adams - Thoracic Surgery Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information firm, determines the rankings based on a regional peer-review survey that asks thousands of licensed physicians to nominate the physicians who, in their judgment, are the best in th...

    June 14, 2004 | New York Magazine

  • Best Doctors 2003

    David H. Adams - Thoracic Surgery Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information firm, determines the rankings based on a regional peer-review survey that asks thousands of licensed physicians to nominate the physicians who, in their judgment, are the best in th...

    June 16, 2003 | New York Magazine

  • Best Doctors 2002

    David H. Adams - Thoracic Surgery Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information firm, determines the rankings based on a regional peer-review survey that asks thousands of licensed physicians to nominate the physicians who, in their judgment, are the best in th...

    June 10, 2002 | New York Magazine

  • Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Mitral Valve Disease: Epidemiology and Prognostic Implications

    Anelechi C. Anyanwu, MD and David H. Adams, MD

    In this review we summarize the data on epidemiology and natural history of functional tricuspid valve regurgitation as it applies to surgery for mitral valve disease. Tricuspid regurgitation in the context of mitral valve disease is frequent and is associated with substantial reduction...

    March 20, 2010 | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Surgical Management of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation with a New Remodeling Annuloplasty Ring

    Farzan Filsoufi, Sacha P. Salzberg, Vivian Abascal, David H. Adams

    Moderate-to-severe functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) should be corrected in patients undergoing surgery for left-sided valvular diseases, to improve long-term outcomes. Several techniques of surgical repair (suture annuloplasty or prosthetic annuloplasty) to correct this condition...

    October 01, 2006 | Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

  • Optimal Surgical Management of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation in Cardiac Transplant Patients

    Farzan Filsoufi MD, Sacha P. Salzberg MD, Curtis A. Anderson MD, Gregory S. Couper MD, Lawrence H. Cohn MD and David H. Adams MD

    Severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) with signs of right-sided heart failure is rare after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). In some instances, this condition will require surgical correction using reconstructive surgery or prosthetic valve replacement. Repair techniques of atriove...

    The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

  • Long-term outcomes of tricuspid valve replacement in the current era.

    Farzan Filsoufi MD, Ani C. Anyanwu MD, Sacha P. Salzberg MD, Tim Frankel MD, Lawrence H. Cohn MD and David H. Adams MD

    Regardless of the indication, tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) has historically been associated with high mortality and morbidity. We report the results of our experience in a high-risk patient population with an emphasis on operative mortality, long-term survival, and valve related ev...

    September 01, 2005 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery