Professor of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Dr. George J. Magovern Jr. works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He over the years received 3 awards: "Fellow (FACC)", "Top MD" and "Fellow (FACS)". George J. Magovern Jr., MD is also published. He has 99 publications published. The lastest publication: "Left ventricular support with the implantable AB-180 centrifugal pump in sheep with acute myocardial infarction.' Doctor George J. Magovern Jr., MD accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• George jerome magovern, MD, november 17, 1923-november 4, 2013.
• Insertion of an Abiomed Impella® Left Ventricular Assist Device Following Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Placement.
• Salvage peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using Cobe Revolution((R)) centrifugal pump as a bridge to decision for Acute refractory cardiogenic shock.
• Curriculum innovation: the key to recruiting the best and brightest.
• Strategies and outcomes of cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses.
• Thoracic endovascular Aortic repair of an aberrant right subclavian artery: technique and long-term outcome.
• Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on glycemic control and left ventricular function in patients undergoing Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Left pleural effusion after Coronary artery bypass decreases with a supplemental pleural drain.
• A model for predicting transfusion after Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Morbidity, cost, and six-month outcome of minimally invasive direct Coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Operation for congestive Heart failure: transplantation, coronary artery bypass, and cardiomyoplasty.
• A model that predicts morbidity and mortality after Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
• Preoperative statin is associated with decreased operative mortality in high risk Coronary artery bypass patients.
• Recent experience with major sternal wound complications.
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: preliminary results in patients with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
• Clinical cardiomyoplasty: preoperative factors associated with outcome.
• Prolonged open sternotomy and delayed sternal closure after cardiac operations.
• Recent clinical experience with left Heart bypass using a centrifugal pump for repair of traumatic aortic transection.
• The biopump and postoperative circulatory support.
• Recovery of the failing canine Heart with biventricular support in a previously fatal experimental model.
• Traumatic Aortic transection: repair using left atrial to femoral bypass.
• Clinical cardiomyoplasty: review of the ten-year United States experience.
• Partial versus full sternotomy for Aortic valve replacement.
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult cardiac support: the Allegheny experience.
• Paced skeletal muscle for dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
• Paced latissimus dorsi used for dynamic cardiomyoplasty of left ventricular Aneurysms.
• Twenty-five-year review of the Magovern-Cromie sutureless Aortic valve.
• Successful left ventricular assist after a first and second Heart operation.
• Improving patient care in cardiac surgery using Toyota production system based methodology.
• Mechanical support of the failing Heart.
• Microemboli during Coronary artery bypass grafting. Genesis and effect on outcome.
• The AB-180 circulatory support system: summary of development and plans for phase I clinical trial.
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for adult post cardiotomy cardiogenic shock using a heparin bonded system.
• Surgical therapy for left ventricular Aneurysms. A ten-year experience.
• Diuresis in hemodynamically compromised patients: continuous furosemide infusion.
• Latissimus dorsi as a functioning synchronously paced muscle component in the repair of a left ventricular Aneurysm.
• A standardized nomenclature for latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty.
• Bilateral latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty.
• Right latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty for left ventricular failure.
• A thirteen-year review of the Magovern-Cromie Aortic valve.
• Infectious complications and cost-effectiveness of open resuscitation in the surgical intensive care unit after cardiac surgery.
• Improved myocardial protection with nifedipine and potassium-based cardioplegia.
• Use of the BioMedicus centrifugal pump in traumatic tears of the thoracic aorta.
• Patch enlargement of a narrow Aortic anulus combined with implantation of the St. Jude Medical valve.
• 1988: Paced skeletal muscle for dynamic cardiomyoplasty. Updated in 1995.
• Use of a centrifugal pump without anticoagulants for postoperative left ventricular assist.
• Is percutaneous insertion of the intra-Aortic balloon pump through the femoral artery the safest technique?
• Early effects of right latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty on left ventricular function.
• Treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
• Redo cardiac surgery: late bleeding complications from topical thrombin-induced factor V deficiency.
• Resuscitation of injured myocardium with adenosine and biventricular assist.
• Component analysis of bilateral anterior cardiomyoplasty.
• Small, low-cost implantable centrifugal pump for short-term circulatory assistance.
• The importance of skeletal muscle fiber orientation for dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
• Fatigue resistant muscle with preserved force and mass for cardiac assist.
• Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass for the treatment of hypothermic circulatory collapse.
• Left ventricular Aneurysmectomy. Factors influencing postoperative results.
• Internal mammary Artery grafting. Clinical results, patency rates, and long-term survival in 833 patients.
• A nonsuture method of anastomosis of the left internal mammary artery to the Coronary artery.
• Adult placenta: the ECMO experience in patients with a Coronary artery bypass graft and post cardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
• Illness representations according to age and effects on health behaviors following Coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
• Circulatory Support 1988. Weaning and bridging.
• Surgical therapy for congestive Heart failure: indications for transplantation versus cardiomyoplasty.
• Wrap nomenclature for latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty.
• Internal mammary arteriovenous fistula after sternotomy.
• Coronary arteriography as an aid in left atrial myxoma diagnosis.
• Cardiac myxomas: results of surgical treatment.
• End organ function with prolonged nonpulsatile circulatory support.
• Modified fabrication techniques lead to improved centrifugal blood pump performance.
• Left ventricular support with the implantable AB-180 centrifugal pump in sheep with Acute myocardial infarction.
• Latissimus dorsi cardiomyoplasty: radiographic findings.
• Indications and risk analysis for clinical cardiomyoplasty.
• Introduction to the history and development of skeletal muscle plasticity and its clinical application to cardiomyoplasty and skeletal muscle ventricle.
• Perineural leads and burst stimulation optimize contraction of skeletal muscle.
• Dynamic cardiomyoplasty in patients.
• Surgical management of patients in the REMATCH trial.
• Nonpulsatile circulatory support: techniques of insertion.
• Optimal myocardial protection with fluosol cardioplegia.
• Nifedipine cardioplegia experience: results of a 3-year cooperative clinical study.
• The role of the thoracic surgeon in the intensive care unit.
• Training and certification of cardiovascular perfusionists.
• The surgical resection and chemotherapy of metastatic osteogenic sarcoma of the right ventricle.
• Internal mammary graft: improved flow resulting from correction of steal phenomenon.
• Internal mammary Artery graft: retrospective report with 17 years' survival.
• Prevention of reperfusional damage from ischemic myocardium.
• Preliminary evaluation of cocarboxylase on myocardial protection of the rat Heart.
• How shall we then practice?
• Arterialization of Coronary veins in the treatment of myocardial ischemia.
• A new technique for rapid saphenous vein-Coronary artery anastomoses.
• Newer approaches in the bedside diagnosis of massive pulmonary embolism. Preliminary report.
• The clinical and experimental evaluation of a controlled-pressure intratracheal cuff.
• The hemodynamics and coronary arteriography patterns during Acute myocardial infarction.
• The experimental and clinical results of a modified cage disc Mitral prosthesis.
• Operative assessment of ventricular Aneurysm and adynamic myocardium.
• Ball variance in a sutureless mitral Valve prosthesis. A report of two cases and a clue to early diagnosis.
• Rhabdomyosarcoma of the sternum. The surgical management and the availability of techniques of sternal reconstruction.
• The use of fluorescein for determining the site for internal mammary Artery implantation.
• Selective cine coronary arteriography in patients with complete Heart block.

Schools

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• Medical College of Wisconsin

• Kings County Hospital Center

• Johns Hopkins Hospital

• Ny Med Center

• St Vincents Hospital

• Geo Washington University

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)
• Top MD
• Fellow (FACS)

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