Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Vascular Surgery

Doctor Carlos F. Bechara, MD works in the field of Vascular Surgery. He went to medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "Fellow". Dr. Carlos F. Bechara is a published MD as well. He has 35 publications published. The latest was: Natural history of an intra-aortic permanent inferior vena cava filter. Carlos Bechara accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Natural history of an intra-Aortic permanent inferior vena cava filter.
• Minor amputation and palliative wound care as a strategy to avoid major amputation in patients with foot infections and severe peripheral arterial Disease.
• Microbial Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibilities in Inframalleolar Foot Infections.
• Surgeon-Modified Fenestrated Endograft to Treat Ruptured Juxtarenal Aneurysm.
• Impact of cumulative intravascular contrast exposure on renal function in patients with occlusive and Aneurysmal vascular disease.
• Short- and Midterm Results of Iliac Artery Stenting for Flush Occlusion with the Assistance of an Occlusive Contralateral Iliac Artery Balloon.
• Early Experience of a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Program at a Veterans Affairs Facility.
• Management of Inadvertent Carotid Artery Sheath Insertion During Central Venous Catheter Placement.
• Evaluating effectiveness of antibiotic polymethylmethacrylate beads in achieving wound sterilization and graft preservation in patients with early and late Vascular gr...
• Hybrid interventions in limb salvage.
• Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement as a treatment for late apicoAortic conduit obstruction in a patient with severe Aortic stenosis.
• Impact of postoperative nadir hemoglobin and blood transfusion on outcomes after operations for atherosclerotic vascular Disease.
• Predicting the learning curve and failures of total percutaneous endovascular Aortic aneurysm repair.
• Derivation and out-of-sample validation of a modeling system to predict length of surgery.
• Modeling anesthetic times. Predictors and implications for short-term outcomes.
• Risk Factors and Impact of Proximal Fixation on Acute and Chronic Renal Dysfunction After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Using Glomerular Filtration Rate Criteria.
• Establishment of a transcatheter Aortic valve program and heart valve team at a Veterans Affairs facility.
• Percutaneous profunda femoris Artery revascularization to prevent hip disarticulation: case series and review of the literature.
• Recanalization of flush iliac occlusions with the assistance of a contralateral iliac occlusive balloon.
• Complications of tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
• Jaw claudication in the era of Carotid stenting.
• Access site management with vascular closure devices for percutaneous transArterial procedures.
• Impact of transfusion policy on acute coronary syndrome after major Vascular reconstruction.
• EndoVascular interventions for acute pulmonary embolism.
• Subintimal placement of covered stent versus subintimal balloon angioplasty in the treatment of long-segment superficial femoral Artery occlusion.
• Percutaneous treatment of varicocele with microcoil embolization: comparison of treatment outcome with laparoscopic varicocelectomy.
• Comparison of percutaneous ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis versus catheter-directed thrombolysis in patients with acute massive pulmonary embolism.
• Bacterial translocation across ePTFE Vascular graft surfaces.
• Growth related oncogene-alpha (GRO-alpha): roles in atherosclerosis, angiogenesis and other inflammatory conditions.
• Growth-related oncogene-alpha induces endothelial dysfunction through oxidative stress and downregulation of eNOS in porcine coronary arteries.
• Prognostic factors and treatment outcome in mesenteric vein thrombosis.
• Endovascular repair of hemodialysis graft-related pseudoAneurysm: an alternative treatment strategy in salvaging failing dialysis access.
• Assessment of Aortic pathology and peripheral arterial disease using multidetector computed tomographic angiography.
• Management of lower extremity Arterial injuries.

Conditions Treated

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• Aortic Aneurysm
• Carotid Artery Disease
• Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow

Education

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• Baylor College of Medicine
• Tulane University
• American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1639357585
Last Name Of The Provider	BECHARA
First Name Of The Provider	CARLOS
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