Physician

General Surgery

Thomas Orszulak works in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is ranked 67/57 in Research/PrimaryCare. Thomas A. Orszulak, MD is also published. He has 45 publications published. The lastest publication: "Risk of aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.'

Publications

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• Risk of aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Does metabolic syndrome influence bioprosthetic mitral valve degeneration and reoperation rate?
• A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial of 3 regimens for sedation and analgesia after cardiac surgery.
• Prosthetic valve endocarditis: clinicopathological correlates in 122 surgical specimens from 116 patients (1985-2004).
• Safety and durability of mitral valve repair for anterior leaflet perforation.
• Concomitant surgery for renal neoplasm with pulmonary tumor embolism.
• Results of mitral valve annuloplasty with a standard-sized posterior band: is measuring important?
• Recovery of left ventricular function after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation caused by leaflet prolapse.
• Indexed left ventricular dimensions best predict survival after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic valve regurgitation.
• Management of moderate functional mitral regurgitation at the time of aortic valve replacement: is concomitant mitral valve repair necessary?
• Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in a 31-year-old woman presenting as biventricular heart failure with restrictive features.
• Embolic potential of cardiac tumors and outcome after resection: a case-control study.
• Survival after resection of primary cardiac tumors: a 48-year experience.
• Is the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation model valid for estimating the operative risk of patients considered for percutaneous aortic valve replace...
• Determinants of early decline in ejection fraction after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation.
• Surgical management, complications, and outcome of radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava tumor thrombectomy facilitated by vascular bypass.
• Analysis of benign ventricular tumors: long-term outcome after resection.
• Aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50 to 70 years: improved outcome with mechanical versus biologic prostheses.
• The benefits of early valve replacement in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis.
• Aortic root enlargement: what are the operative risks?
• Regurgitant jet direction in patients with prolapse of the anterolateral scallop of the posterior mitral valve leaflet.
• Intermediate-term results of ascending-descending posterior pericardial bypass of complex aortic coarctation.
• Off-pump strategy in high-risk coronary artery bypass reoperations.
• Systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: is surgical intervention necessary?
• Does preoperative atrial fibrillation influence early and late outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting?
• Recurrent mitral regurgitation after repair: should the mitral valve be re-repaired?
• Cardiac surgery in kidney and liver transplant recipients.
• The effect of adjuvant perfusion techniques on the incidence of paraplegia after repair of traumatic thoracic aortic transections.
• Fate of bicuspid aortic valves in patients undergoing aortic root repair or replacement for aortic root enlargement.
• Doppler echocardiography of normal Starr-Edwards mitral prostheses: a comprehensive function assessment including continuity equation and time-velocity integral ratio.
• Fifty years of open heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
• Operative risk of reoperative aortic valve replacement.
• Surgery for aneurysms of the aortic root: a 30-year experience.
• Hemofiltration but not steroids results in earlier tracheal extubation following cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective, randomized double-blind trial.
• Risk of repeat mitral valve replacement for failed mitral valve prostheses.
• Aspergillus infection of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
• Is repair of aortic valve regurgitation a safe alternative to valve replacement?
• Late outcome of mitral valve surgery for patients with coronary artery disease.
• Mycotic aneurysms of the thoracic aorta: a diagnostic challenge.
• Iatrogenic cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a study of 12 cases (1990 to 2000).
• Giant papillary fibroelastoma of the right atrium: an unusual presentation.
• Reduction in brain embolization using the Aegis aortic cannula during bypass in swine.
• Use of the Cobra catheter for targeted temperature management during cardiopulmonary bypass in swine.
• Profound reduction in brain embolization using an endoaortic baffle during bypass in swine.

Schools

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• Saint Louis University School of Medicine

• St Louis University Hosps

• SUNY Upstate Med Center

• Mayo Clin St Marys Hospital

Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
• Blue Cross Accord

Education

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• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
• SUNY Upstate Medical University
• St Louis University School of Medicine
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota

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