Research
Our faculty members publish in peer-reviewed journals, author book chapters and present frequently at local and national conferences.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass grafting (BH-CABG) in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): comparison of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk with actual outcomes
 - Association of Transplant Rate Ratio, Waitlist Survival, and Post-Transplant Survival: Analysis of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Metrics
 - Cangrelor Use for Viabahn Stent Graft Patency as Bridge to Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
 - Purulent Pericarditis: Treating a Medically-Complex Patient With Intrapericardial Antibiotics
 - Venting About Left Ventricular Unloading
 - Influence of Failure to Rescue on Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
 - Heart Allograft Utilization Rates Following Donation After Circulatory Death Compared to Donation After Brain Death in the Ideal Heart Donor
 - Advanced Heart and Lung Failure Highlights From the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
 - Differing impacts of cardiac implantable electronic device leads on tricuspid regurgitation
 - Real-world outcomes and management considerations following surgical aortic valve replacement with the Trifecta valve
 - Seven-Year Results for RESILIA Tissue in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement Patients: Age and Valve Size Considerations
 - 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
 - A study assessing the performance, safety, and durability of a new bioprosthetic aortic valve after up to seven years in the heart: a plain language summary
 - Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis as a Presenting Paraneoplastic Manifestation of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
 - Management of Acute Pituitary Apoplexy After Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement
 - Intimal Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery Diagnosed by Successful Transcatheter Biopsy
 - Management and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Aneurysms: A Patient-Level Systematic Review
 - Performance of the open-first repair strategy in type A aortic dissection with mesenteric malperfusion syndrome eligible for delayed repair
 - Novel application of orthopedic suture tape for sternal closure after upper hemisternotomy
 - Impact of waitlist weight change on outcomes in heart transplant recipients: a UNOS database analysis