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| Raja R GopaldasSummaryAffiliation: University of Missouri Country: USA Publications
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Outcomes of concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting at teaching hospitals versus nonteaching hospitalsRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143:648-55. 2012..We examined the relationship of hospital teaching status and the presence of a thoracic surgery residency program with aortic valve replacement/coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes...- Endovascular versus open repair of ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysms: a nationwide risk-adjusted study of 923 patientsRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hugh E Stephenson Department of Surgery, University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 142:1010-8. 2011..We evaluated nationwide data regarding short-term outcomes of TEVAR and open aortic repair (OAR) for ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm... - Why choose cardiothoracic surgery as a career?Raja R Gopaldas
University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri 65203, USA
Heart Surg Forum 14:E142-8. 2011.... - Staged versus synchronous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting: analysis of 10-year nationwide outcomesRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 91:1323-9; discussion 1329. 2011..We evaluated nationwide data regarding staged or synchronous carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and compared the two approaches' outcome profiles... - Superior nationwide outcomes of endovascular versus open repair for isolated descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in 11,669 patientsRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 140:1001-10. 2010..Little is known about TEVAR's nationwide effect on patient outcomes. We evaluated nationwide data regarding the short-term outcomes of TEVAR and open aortic repair (OAR) procedures performed in the United States during a 2-year period... - Impact of ACGME work-hour restrictions on the outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in a cohort of 600,000 patientsRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Surg Res 163:201-9. 2010..Since the resident physician 80-h/wk restriction was implemented on July 1, 2003, little has been learned about the impact of this reform on patient outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)... - The impact of resident work-hour restrictions on outcomes of cardiac operationsRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Surg Res 157:268-74. 2009..The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the resident work-hour restriction on outcomes of cardiac operations... - Severe aortic stenosis in a veteran population: treatment considerations and survivalFaisal G Bakaeen
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 89:453-8. 2010..We examined factors affecting the choice of surgical versus medical treatment of severe aortic stenosis and evaluated associated patient survival... - Video-assisted thoracoscopic versus open thoracotomy lobectomy in a cohort of 13,619 patientsRaja R Gopaldas
the Texas Heart Institute at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 89:1563-70. 2010..However, the issue of whether VATS or open thoracotomy is better remains controversial. We compared outcomes of open and VATS lobectomy in a national database... - Predictors of surgical mortality and discharge status after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients 80 years and olderRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Surg 198:633-8. 2009..Little is known about the outcomes and predictors of discharge status (DCS) in elderly patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)... - Clinical depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and comorbid depression and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for in-hospital mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgeryTam K Dao
University of Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 140:606-10. 2010.... - Aortic valve replacement: mortality predictions of surgeons versus risk modelFaisal G Bakaeen
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Surg Res 163:1-6. 2010..We compared the abilities of surgeons and of an established risk model to predict operative mortality after aortic valve replacement (AVR), and we investigated scenarios that give rise to discrepancies between these predictions... - Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve: operative approaches upon incidental discoveryRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 36:160-3. 2009..We discuss the pathophysiology of fibroelastomas of the aortic valve and operative approaches to the management of these tumors when they are discovered incidentally... - Direct cannulation of the infrahepatic vena cava for emergent cardiopulmonary bypass supportRaja R Gopaldas
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 36:316-20. 2009..The rest of the operation was uneventful. Our technique for direct cannulation of the infrahepatic abdominal vena cava may be used in exceptional circumstances. Necessary precautions and potential pitfalls are also presented... - Autonomic cardiovascular dysregulation as a potential mechanism underlying depression and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery outcomesTam K Dao
University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77004, USA
J Cardiothorac Surg 5:36. 2010..Second, we investigated the impact of depression and autonomic nervous system activity on CABG outcomes... - Intracorporeal knot-tying for the thoracoscopic surgeon: a novel and simplified techniqueRaja R Gopaldas
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, St Luke s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 37:435-8. 2010..This technique has special advantages in areas of limited domain and in situations that require very narrow angles of instrument manipulation, particularly in thoracoscopic-assisted procedures...