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Thoracic surgery workforce: snapshot at the end of the twentieth century and implications for the new millenniumRichard J Shemin
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 73:2014-32. 2002..An appropriately sized physician workforce is an essential component for healthcare planning. Contemporary economic forces and the impact of managed care have stimulated renewed interest in understanding and monitoring workforce issues...- Guidelines for reporting data and outcomes for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillationRichard J Shemin
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 83:1225-30. 2007..Thus, more reliable evaluation and comparisons of results will advance our knowledge and further the development and application of these procedures... - U-clip anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting: initial clinical experienceRichard J Shemin
Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Heart Surg Forum 6:362-5. 2003..par.. - Endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvest--is smaller better?Oz M Shapira
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Card Surg 21:329-35. 2006..We sought to assess our initial experience with the recently introduced technique of endoscopic radial artery harvest (ERH) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)... - Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction--early and mid-term outcomesOz M Shapira
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Card Surg 21:225-32. 2006..The aim of the present study was to assess the outcomes of patients with severe LVD undergoing CABG... - Endoscopic versus conventional radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: functional and histologic assessment of the conduitOz M Shapira
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass 02118, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131:388-94. 2006..The radial artery's propensity for vasospasm and vulnerability to surgical trauma are well known. A less invasive endoscopic method to harvest the radial artery was recently introduced, but its effect on radial artery integrity is unknown... - Diastolic dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting--the effect of glucose-insulin-potassium infusionMichael W Tsang
Evans Department of Medicine Section of Cardiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
J Card Surg 22:185-91. 2007..This study was designed to assess whether the clinical benefit of perioperative GIK infusion is mediated through reduction in the severity of diastolic dysfunction that occurs after CABG... - Location as an important predictor of lymph node involvement for pulmonary adenocarcinomaAra Ketchedjian
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass 02118, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132:544-8. 2006..CONCLUSION: Tumor location for pulmonary adenocarcinoma should be considered when planning therapy. Central tumors have a high incidence of lymph node metastases (regardless of size) and a poorer prognosis... - Cardiopulmonary bypass: it's not the size, it's how you use it! Review of a comprehensive blood-conservation strategyKevin J Lilly
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham and Woman s Hospital Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA 02601, USA
J Extra Corpor Technol 36:263-8. 2004..In an effort to clearly evaluate this new technology, in this article we review our current technique at Boston Medical Center... - Anomalous left main coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery in an elderly patientAmit Korach
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 82:2285-7. 2006..Six months postoperatively the patient was asymptomatic and a Thallium stress test was negative for ischemia... - Beneficial effects of complement inhibition with soluble complement receptor 1 (TP10) during cardiac surgery: is there a gender difference?Harold L Lazar
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine and The Boston Medical Center, 88 East Newton Street, Suite B402, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Circulation 116:I83-8. 2007.... - OPCAB for acute LAD dissection due to blunt chest traumaAmit Korach
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 82:312-4. 2006..Due to extent and location, the lesion was not amenable for angioplasty. Multiple associated injuries and severely impaired coagulation studies directed us to perform emergency off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting... - Heparin-bonded circuits without a cardiotomy: a description of a minimally invasive technique of cardiopulmonary bypassKevin J Lilly
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Perfusion 17:95-7. 2002..It is our goal to further improve clinical outcomes and further attenuate the deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary bypass by eliminating the potential complications attributed to the use of cardiotomy suction... 
Primary graft dysfunction does not lead to increased cardiac allograft vasculopathy in surviving patientsMurray H Kwon
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145:869-73. 2013..We examined whether adult heart transplant recipients surviving primary graft dysfunction were more susceptible to the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy than their nonprimary graft dysfunction counterparts...- Thoracic surgery workforce: report of STS/AATS Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force--snapshot 2010Richard J Shemin
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143:39-46, 46.e1-6. 2012..At this critical time in US health care reform the physician workforce is of critical importance. This survey updates the data obtained from the 2000 and 2005 surveys... - Off-pump versus on-pump reoperative CABG via a left thoracotomy for circumflex coronary artery revascularizationOz M Shapira
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Card Surg 19:113-8. 2004..This study compares the results of RCLT using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with those of a beating heart technique (OPCAB)... - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: transmyocardial laser revascularizationCharles R Bridges
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 77:1494-502. 2004.... - Endoscopic radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: initial clinical experienceOz M Shapira
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Heart Surg Forum 7:E411-5. 2004..The aim of this study was to evaluate our initial clinical experience with this technology... - Pneumonectomy after high-dose radiation and concurrent chemotherapy for nonsmall cell lung cancerBenedict D T Daly
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 82:227-31. 2006..Additionally, the safety of right pneumonectomy after induction therapy has been questioned. The feasibility of pneumonectomy after high-dose radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy is reviewed... - Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and bivalirudin use in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and antiphospholipid syndromeKay B Leissner
Department of Anesthesiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Card Surg 22:78-82. 2007..Patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia II (HIT II) need an alternative nonheparin-based method of anticoagulation for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) to prevent thrombosis and thrombosis related complications... - Thoracic Surgery Workforce: report of STS/AATS Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force--Snapshot 2010Richard J Shemin
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 93:348-55, 355.e1-6. 2012..At this critical time in US health care reform the physician workforce is of critical importance. This survey updates the data obtained from the 2000 and 2005 surveys... - Massachusetts cardiac surgery report card: implications of statistical methodologyDavid M Shahian
Department of Surgery, Caritas St Elizabeth s Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA
Ann Thorac Surg 80:2106-13. 2005..Theoretically, the use of hierarchical models should result in more accurate representation of provider performance... 
Use of ventricular assist device as a bridge to cardiac transplantation: impact of age and other determinants on outcomesMurray H Kwon
Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Tex Heart Inst J 36:214-9. 2009..Case-by-case evaluation is warranted when analyzing risk-benefit ratios of bridge-to-transplantation ventricular assist device therapy in the older patient population...- Imaging and diagnostic testing: diastolic dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting: a frequent finding of clinical significance not influenced by intravenous calciumDeborah L Ekery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA
Am Heart J 145:896-902. 2003..In the setting of increased chamber stiffness, the PCWP alone does not adequately reflect the volume status and effective preload of the left ventricle... - Vertebral artery dissection after iatrogenic cervical subcutaneous emphysemaDavid G Rabkin
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Los Angeles Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Card Surg 26:54-6. 2011..We present a case of a patient with documented previously normal vertebral arterial anatomy who developed a VAD after mediastinal tube removal resulted in subcutaneous emphysema tracking through fascial planes into his neck... - Clinical outcomes of on-pump coronary bypass using heparin-bonded circuits and reduced anti-coagulation compare favorably with off-pump approachVijay Natarajan
Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Perfusion 17:91-4. 2002..These endpoints should not be the only criteria to justify performing off-pump CABG... - What constitutes optimal surgical revascularization? Answers from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI)Thomas J Vander Salm
Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655 3304, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 39:565-72. 2002..The study was done to derive the optimum definition of complete revascularization in coronary artery bypass surgery... - Revascularization for unprotected left main stem coronary artery stenosis stenting or surgeryDavid P Taggart
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
J Am Coll Cardiol 51:885-92. 2008..We conclude that CABG should indeed remain the preferred revascularization treatment in good surgical candidates with unprotected LMS stenosis... - Post-cardiac surgery mechanical support: a tool for decision makingDaniel Marelli
Circulation 116:586-7. 2007 - HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Hugh Calkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland, USA
Europace 9:335-79. 2007 - HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert Consensus Statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on catheter and surgical ablation of Hugh Calkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland, USA
Heart Rhythm 4:816-61. 2007 - A review of leukofiltration in cardiac surgery: the time course of reperfusion injury may facilitate study design of anti-inflammatory effectsGirolamo A Ortolano
Pall Medical, Pall Corporation, East Hills, New York, USA
Perfusion 17:53-62. 2002..Once validated, these surrogate markers would, thereafter, become economical screening tools for clinical studies of device-related or pharmacological anti- inflammatory interventions... - Guidelines for credentialing of practitioners to perform endovascular stent-grafting of the thoracic aortaNicholas T Kouchoukos
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 131:530-2. 2006 - An intracardiac accessory thyroid glandFrederick L Ruberg
Section of Cardiology, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Cardiol 97:926-8. 2006..The patient was clinically and biochemically euthyroid. Six months after excision, an iodine-123 whole-body uptake and scan demonstrated no residual ectopic thyroid tissue...