Search Results - "Wayne Isom, O."
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National trends in utilization and in-hospital outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valve replacements
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-05-2015)“…Abstract Objective Substantial controversy surrounds the choice between a mechanical versus bioprosthetic prosthesis for aortic valve replacement (AVR), based…”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Robotic-Assisted vs Thoracoscopic Lobectomy
Published in Chest (01-12-2014)“…Abstract BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted lobectomy is being offered increasingly to patients. However, little is known about its safety, complication profile, or…”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting versus Stent Implantation
Published in The New England journal of medicine (26-05-2005)“…Using data derived from two large New York State registries, this study compared three-year survival rates among patients with multivessel coronary disease who…”
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Gastrointestinal Complications after Mitral Valve Surgery
Published in Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2014)“…Introduction: Gastrointestinal (GI) complications are well-recognized risks of open heart surgery. However, open heart surgery comes in different shapes and…”
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Risk Stratification of In-Hospital Mortality for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (07-02-2006)“…Risk Stratification of In-Hospital Mortality for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Edward L. Hannan, Chuntao Wu, Edward V. Bennett, Russell E. Carlson,…”
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Comparison of Open Versus Bedside Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Patient: Outcomes and Financial Analysis
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-06-2005)“…The clinical and financial outcomes of a change in practice from traditional tracheostomy (open) to bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies (PDT) was…”
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Cardiac Surgery in Select Nonagenarians: Should We or Shouldn’t We?
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2008)“…Background Patients aged 90 years and older represent a rapidly growing subset of the population, many of whom are functionally limited by cardiovascular…”
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Usefulness of Preoperative Exercise Tolerance to Predict Late Survival and Symptom Persistence After Surgery for Chronic Nonischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-06-2013)“…Exercise duration during exercise treadmill testing (ETT) predicts long-term outcome among asymptomatic patients with mitral regurgitation. However, the…”
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No-Clamp Technique for Valve Repair or Replacement in Patients With a Porcelain Aorta
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-11-2005)“…Patients requiring valvular heart surgery may have circumferential calcification of the ascending aorta. A variety of creative procedures have been described…”
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Is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on the in-hospital mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgery limited to patients at high risk?
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (17-08-2004)“…Restriction of volume-based referral for CABG surgery to high-risk patients has been suggested, and earlier studies have reached different conclusions…”
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Epicardial beating heart cryoablation using a novel argon-based cryoclamp and linear probe
Published in Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-02-2006)“…Epicardial, beating heart cryoablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation may be limited by heat from intracardiac blood flow. We therefore evaluated the…”
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Preoperative Hypothyroidism Is a Risk Factor for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgical Patients
Published in Journal of cardiac surgery (01-04-2015)“…ABSTRACT Background and aim Although studies analyzing the effect of thyroid supplementation on postoperative morbidity and mortality from cardiac surgery have…”
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Predictors of Readmission for Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (13-08-2003)“…CONTEXT Risk factors for perioperative mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery have been extensively studied. However, which factors are…”
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Triiodothyronine therapy lowers the incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac operations
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-1996)“…Cardiopulmonary bypass results in a euthyroid sick state, and recent evidence suggests that perioperative triiodothyronine (T3) supplementation may have…”
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Do hospitals and surgeons with higher coronary artery bypass graft surgery volumes still have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates?
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (19-08-2003)“…Studies that are the basis of recommended volume thresholds for CABG surgery are outdated and not reflective of recent advances in the field. This study…”
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A comparison of short- and long-term outcomes after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery with sternotomy
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (18-02-2004)“…This study was designed to compare in-hospital mortality and complications and three-year mortality and revascularization for off-pump and on-pump coronary…”
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Management strategies for type A dissection complicated by peripheral vascular malperfusion
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-04-2004)“…End-organ malperfusion is a dreaded complication of type A aortic dissections. Different strategies have been proposed to manage this complex cohort of…”
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Nonischemic mitral regurgitation: prognostic value of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after mitral valve surgery
Published in Cardiology (01-01-2013)“…Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), frequent in unoperated severe mitral regurgitation (MR), confers mortality risk [sudden death (SD) and cardiac death…”
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Thyroid Hormone Treatment after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery
Published in The New England journal of medicine (07-12-1995)“…Poor cardiac performance is a major cause of morbidity and death in patients who undergo open-heart surgery, especially older patients and those with extensive…”
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Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation using argon-based cryoablation during concomitant cardiac procedures
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (30-08-2005)“…The development of ablative energy sources has simplified the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) during concomitant cardiac procedures. We report…”
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