Physician

Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Chamnahn Kongtahworn, MD

Chamnahn Kongtahworn practices Thoracic Surgery. He received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Dr. Chamnahn Kongtahworn is also a published physician. He has 42 paper published. The most recent paper is: Myocardial revascularization in patients with unstable angina.

Publications

Reversed intercostal arterial flow in coarctation of the aorta. Intraoperative assessment with the Doppler ultrasonic velocity detector.
Cardiac valve replacement with the glutaraldehyde preserved porcine heterograft.
Emergency coronary artery revascularization: a possible therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
LV wall rupture.
Anoxic hypothermic cardioplegia compared to intermittent anoxic fibrillatory cardiac arrest. Clinical and metabolic experience with 1080 patients.
A new left ventricular assist device: clinical experience in two patients.
Deceleration injuries of the great vessels.
Cardiogenic shock. Treatment by augmentation with a pulsatile assist device.
Cardiac hypothermia.
Myocardial revascularization in patients with unstable angina.
Benefits of combined balloon pumping and percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass.
Sheathless insertion of the percutaneous intraaortic balloon pump: an alternate method.
Hemopump support for the failing heart.
Correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection below the diaphragm.
Use of a double-lumen pressure monitoring catheter to facilitate pulmonary artery banding.
Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass: application and indication for use.
Disrupted coronary artery caused by angioplasty: supportive and surgical considerations.
Hematocrit changes after uncomplicated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: evolution and changing concepts.
Internal mammary artery versus saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery: prospective randomized study with 10-year follow-up.
Bridging circulatory support before heart transplant without invasion of the mediastinum.
Reperfusion protocol and results in 738 patients with evolving myocardial infarction.
Control of proximal subclavian arterial injury with internal shunt catheter.
Dilatation for severe esophageal stricture.
Heparin-induced elevation of free fatty acids in diabetic patients.
Single valve replacement with the Beall mitral prosthesis.
Coronary artery spasm following coronary artery revascularization.
Clinical trial with a percutaneously inserted intra-aortic balloon pump: a wider spectrum of patient application.
Emergency coronary artery reperfusion: a choice therapy for evolving myocardial infarction. Results in 339 patients.
Immediate coronary bypass following failed streptokinase infusion in evolving myocardial infarction.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: an added modality for the treatment of the patient with coronary heart disease.
Inflammatory epicardial reaction to processed bovine pericardium: case report.
A technique for immediate manual external aortic counterpulsation during cardiac surgery.
Intravenous balloon pumping for acute right ventricular failure.
Natural history of surgically treated ventricular aneurysm.
Percutaneous initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy after coronary bypass.
Surgical therapy for evolving myocardial infarction: Results in 138 patients.
Surgery for evolving myocardial infarction.
Percutaneous intra-aortic balloon: use in Iowa.
Permanent left ventricular assistance for outpatients through surgical implantation of a modified intra-aortic balloon pump.

Doctors Specialties

Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow (FACS)
Fellow (FACC)

Education

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Chiang Mai University Faculty of Medicine

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