Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Victor O. Morell, MD
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Victor Morell works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Top MD". Doctor Victor O. Morell, MD has written publications. He has 56 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Anomalous coronary artery with tetralogy of Fallot and aortopulmonary window.'
Publications
- Safety and Efficacy of Implementing a Multidisciplinary Heart Team Approach for Revascularization in Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease: An Observational Co...
- Cerebral Regional Oxygen Saturation and Serum Neuromarkers for the Prediction of Adverse Neurologic Outcome in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
- Successful heart transplantation from a donor with Ullrich Congenital muscular dystrophy.
- Total cavoPulmonary connection in patients with apicocaval juxtaposition: optimal conduit route using preoperative angiogram and flow simulation.
- Aortopexy for Innominate Artery Tracheal Compression in Children.
- Dexmedetomidine: therapeutic use for the termination of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia.
- Critical Congenital Heart Disease-Utility of Routine Screening for Chromosomal and Other Extracardiac Malformations.
- Pulsatile venous waveform quality affects the conduit performance in functional and "failing" Fontan circulations.
- Tolerance to incompatible ABO blood group antigens is not observed following homograft implantation.
- Lobar displacement following pediatric Heart-lung transplantation: Case report and review of literature.
- In vitro evaluation of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bicuspid Valved polytetrafluoroethylene conduit.
- Diagnosis of abnormal diaphragm motion after cardiothoracic surgery: ultrasound performed by a cardiac intensivist vs. fluoroscopy.
- Echocardiographic definition and surgical decision-making in unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect: a Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society multiinstitutional study.
- Effect of dexmedetomidine on pulmonary artery pressure after Congenital cardiac surgery: A pilot study.
- Electrocardiographic effects of dexmedetomidine in patients with congenital heart Disease.
- Dexmedetomidine use in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: can we use it in infants after cardiac surgery?
- Dexmedetomidine as the primary sedative during invasive procedures in infants and toddlers with congenital heart Disease.
- Dexmedetomidine: a novel drug for the treatment of atrial and junctional tachyArrhythmias during the perioperative period for congenital cardiac surgery: a preliminary...
- Wound complications associated with the submammary incision for repair of Congenital heart defects in female patients.
- Hemodynamic guidelines for design and control of a turbodynamic pediatric ventricular assist device.
- The PediaFlow pediatric ventricular assist device.
- Pulsatile paracorporeal assist devices in children and adolescents with biventricular Failure.
- The role of Aortic translocation in the management of complex transposition of the great arteries.
- The modern approach to patent ductus arteriosus treatment: complementary roles of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and interventional cardiology coil occlusion.
- Right postpneumonectomy syndrome and severe pectus excavatum in a child: surgical management.
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes after Pediatric Cardiac ECMO Support.
- Surgical treatment of pilonidal Disease: comparison of three different methods in fifty-nine cases.
- Predicting severity of trauma by admission white blood cell count, serum potassium level, and arterial pH.
- Aortic stenosis in the elderly: result of Aortic valve replacement.
- Anomalous Coronary artery with tetralogy of Fallot and aortopulmonary window.
- Persistent risk of subsequent procedures and mortality in patients after interrupted Aortic arch repair: a Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society study.
- Formation of ventricular Aneurysm after endocarditis in a child with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia.
- Magnesium supplementation during cardioPulmonary bypass to prevent junctional ectopic tachycardia after pediatric cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study.
- The association of renal dysfunction and the use of aprotinin in patients undergoing Congenital cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Towards the development of a pediatric ventricular assist device.
- Achieving a balance in the current approach to the surgical treatment of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Biventricular repair in the management of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Creating a database with cardioscopy and intra-operative imaging.
- Surgical management of transposition with ventricular Septal defect and obstruction to the left ventricular outflow tract.
- Late replacement of the pulmonary Valve: when and what type of Valve?
- Aortic translocation in the management of transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis: results and follow-up.
- Initial experience with a bicuspid polytetrafluoroethylene pulmonary Valve in 41 children and adults: a new option for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction.
- Pediatric cardiac transplantation in children with high panel reactive antibody.
- The management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with a right Aortic arch.
- Ventricular assist device support in children and adolescents as a bridge to Heart transplantation.
- Management of 239 patients with hypoplastic left Heart syndrome and related malformations from 1993 to 2007.
- Experience with bovine pericardium for the reconstruction of the Aortic arch in patients undergoing a Norwood procedure.
- The role of Fontan''s procedure and Aortic translocation in the surgical management of patients with discordant atrioventricular connections, interventricular communic...
- Aortic translocation for the management of transposition of the great arteries with a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and hypoplasia of the right ventri...
- Expression of A and B blood group antigens on cryopreserved homografts.
- Do neonates, infants and young children need a higher dose of enoxaparin in the cardiac intensive care unit?
- Feasibility of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication after pediatric lung or Heart-lung transplantation: should this be the standard?
- Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bicuspid Valved polytetrafluoroethylene conduit.
- Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine is associated with decreased incidence of ventricular and supraventricular tachyArrhythmias after congenital cardiac operations.
- Minimally invasive endoscopic repair of pectus excavatum.
Schools
Ponce School of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Heart Defect Repair
- Insertion of Epicardial Lead for Pacemaker or Cardioverter and-or Defibrillator
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Conditions Treated
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomegaly
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Top MD
Education
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Boston Children's Hospital
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
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