Professor, Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Vascular Surgery
Dr. David C. McGiffin, MD
Dr. David C. McGiffin works in the field of Vascular Surgery. He has 1 awards "Top MD". David McGiffin is a published doctor and has 62 publications published. The lastest was: 'Cardiac Paraganglioma.'
Publications
- Have risk factors for mortality after Heart transplantation changed over time? Insights from 19 years of Cardiac Transplant Research Database study.
- Cardiac Paraganglioma.
- Characteristics of Patients with Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease Awaiting Transplantation.
- Successful pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with sickle cell Disease treated with a single preoperative red blood cell exchange.
- Single-center experience with extracorporeal photopheresis in pediatric Heart transplantation.
- Reconstructing the Infected Aortic Root with Antibiotic Impregnated Biological Glue.
- Thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiEctasia.
- Increased Sarcolipin Expression and Adrenergic Drive in Humans with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Chronic Isolated Mitral Regurgitation.
- Two- and Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography in the Assessment of Acquired Ascending Aortic Aneurysm to Pulmonary Artery Fistula.
- Cardiac Device-Related Invasive Aspergilloma Assessed By Live/Real Time Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography.
- Importance of Three-Dimensional Geometric Analysis in the Assessment of the Athlete's Heart.
- Hemolysis after Mitral Valve Repair.
- An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation.
- A randomized controlled phase IIb trial of beta(1)-receptor blockade for Chronic degenerative mitral regurgitation.
- Total lymphoid irradiation in Heart transplantation: long-term efficacy and survival-an 18-year experience.
- Oxidative stress and myocardial remodeling in Chronic mitral regurgitation.
- Improvement in 2-year survival for ventricular assist device patients after implementation of an intensive surveillance protocol.
- Minimizing infection and rejection death: clues acquired from 19 years of multi-institutional cardiac transplantation data.
- Balancing rejection and infection with respect to age, race, and gender: clues acquired from 17 years of cardiac transplantation data.
- Device related infections: are we making progress?
- Increased oxidative stress and cardiomyocyte myofibrillar degeneration in patients with Chronic isolated mitral regurgitation and ejection fraction >60%.
- Invasive monitoring in patients with Heart failure.
- Safety and efficacy of ibutilide in Heart transplant recipients.
- Evaluation of a novel ventricular support device with deFibrillation capabilities in canine and porcine animal models.
- Proarrhythmic aspects of Atrial fibrillation surgery: mechanisms of postoperative macroreentrant tachycardias.
- Worldwide surgical experience with the Paracor HeartNet cardiac restraint device.
- Initial experience with live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
- Post-Heart transplant diastolic dysfunction is a risk factor for mortality.
- Effect of primary Mitral regurgitation on left ventricular synchrony.
- Initial United States experience with the Paracor HeartNet myocardial constraint device for Heart failure.
- Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the identification of individual segment/scallop prolapse of the mitral Valve.
- Acute take-off of the right coronary artery with long intra-Aortic wall course presenting as chronic coronary ostium occlusion in a patient with end-stage heart failure.
- Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the characterization of ventricular Septal defects in adults.
- Live/real-time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of combined valvar and supravalvar Aortic stenosis.
- The intensive care unit oxygen challenge should not be used for donor lung function decision-making.
- Managing device infections: are we progressing or is infection an insurmountable obstacle?
- The case for selective re-issuance of medical certificates to allow pilots who have received a Heart transplant to resume flying.
- Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of left Atrial tumors.
- Images in geriatric cardiology: live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of right Atrial thrombus.
- Usefulness of live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the characterization of Atrial septal defects in adults.
- Quantification of Mitral regurgitation by live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of vena contracta area.
- Live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic delineation of ventricular Septal rupture following myocardial infarction.
- Images in geriatric cardiology. Usefulness of live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in Aortic valve stenosis evaluation.
- Palliation of allograft vasculopathy with transluminal angioplasty: a decade of experience.
- Selection of patients and techniques of Heart transplantation.
- Current outcomes following Heart transplantation.
- Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic demonstration of innominate artery Dissection.
- Retransplantation in 7,290 primary transplant patients: a 10-year multi-institutional study.
- Infection in ventricular assist devices: prevention and treatment.
- Usefulness of transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography in the identification of individual segment/scallop prolapse of the mitral Valve.
- Pulmonary transplantation for advanced bronchioloalveolar carcinoma.
- Transesophageal color Doppler three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of left circumflex Coronary artery fistula.
- Classification of bronchiolitis obliterans Syndrome-taxonomic realism or skepticism.
- A positive donor gram stain does not predict outcome following lung transplantation.
- Treatment of end-stage Heart disease with outpatient ventricular assist devices.
- Transesophageal two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic diagnosis of combined left ventricular pseudoAneurysm and ventricular septal rupture.
- Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion for myocardial protection during off-pump Coronary artery surgery.
- Transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular pseudoAneurysm.
- Images in Geriatric Cardiology: Transesophageal 3-D Color Doppler Echocardiographic Findings in Traumatic Aortic Isthmus Pseudoaneurysm.
- Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Right-Sided Aortic Arch.
- Transesophageal Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Normal and Stenosed Coronary Arteries.
Schools
University Of Queensland Faculty Of Health Sciences
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
- Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top MD
Hospital
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Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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