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Lifestyle Changes after Your Operation

… health, keeping your weight at an optimum and steady level is very important. Excess weight increases the work your … prone to breaking. The best way to control your weight is with proper diet and exercise. After transplantation, diet … does not have the same nerve connections as your old. In most patients, the nerves severed during surgery do not grow …

Last Modified: 01/15/2026 - 15:45

Can we limit our risks when it comes to pancreatic cancer?

… Trebek It’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and there is no more poignant reminder of its importance than the recent passing of three of our nation’s most beloved icons. Two American heroes and one national … better understand the disease that took their lives . It is true that pancreatic cancer remains a devastatingly …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:02

HeartMate III Trial Enrolling Patients

… A trial of the HeartMate III Left Ventricular Assist System is now enrolling patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia … also called a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), is intended to sustain patients with advanced heart failure … are not sufficiently helped by medication. HeartMate III is an implantable device that takes over the pumping action …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

Metabolic Syndrome: What You Need to Know

… relatively new term. Do you know what metabolic syndrome is? Metabolic syndrome is the combination of several medical problems associated … or more occur together, the association of these problems is called metabolic syndrome." Identifying metabolic syndrome …

Last Modified: 06/24/2024 - 11:09

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

… began searching the Internet. She learned that she is among the 10 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer … who never smoked. She was lucky that her voice failed; most patients with early lung cancers have no symptoms. She … testing at the Kreitchman PET Center at CUMC. PET scanning is a relatively new imaging technique used to differentiate …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:09

An Overview of the Cardiac Transplantation Evaluation Process

… with your referring physician. Sometimes a condition is discovered that would make transplantation too difficult … each examine you from their care-giving perspective. Most patients will require a full dental examination with … of the transplantation experience. If transplantation is recommended, the psychiatrist can help you and your family …

Last Modified: 01/15/2026 - 15:37

Surgeons Urge a Culture Shift to Protect Sleep in the Hospital

… it’s necessary for healing. Yet fractured and broken sleep is expected, even normalized, in the hospital—the place where it’s needed most. Recently, an article in the New York Times pondered … shown that sleep disruption affects wound healing. Sleep is critical to our health, to pain management, and our …

Last Modified: 02/28/2024 - 14:10

More Resources

… some answers in a diagnosis of aortic disease, it will most likely lead to more questions. For many of the most frequently asked questions, we’ve developed some guides …

Last Modified: 03/17/2025 - 12:24

Which Diagnostic Tests are Commonly Performed in the Evaluation Process?

… and Urine Testing There will be many blood tests. One is performed to determine the presence of the HIV antibody; … EKG and Chest X-Ray An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a method for recording the electrical activity of the … or anti-rejection medications. While these tests are the most commonly prescribed in the transplant evaluation …

Last Modified: 01/15/2026 - 15:51

Aortic Dissection

… of Columbia’s Heart Surgery Team , May 2024 What is an aortic dissection? An aortic dissection is a tear in the inner lining of the aorta. When this inner … to repair the tear before further damage occurs. The most typical surgery for aortic dissection is valve sparing …

Last Modified: 03/17/2025 - 12:58

Cardiothoracic Surgery Glossary

… and removing carbon dioxide and waste products. Your heart is the pump that drives this process. Congenital A heart … . Learn more about our efforts to bring you the clearest, most accurate, and most human health resources available. …

Last Modified: 12/16/2025 - 15:03

From ASTS What’s Your Perspective? A Transplant Surgeon’s Story of Surviving COVID-19

… to come up with new strategies to solve problems. This is probably not unusual in a transplant surgeon’s mentality. … which I never thought that would become my single most performed surgery when I was a surgical resident (I … with septic emboli and subarachnoid bleeding. It is most likely from anticoagulation of ECMO, but could have also …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:02

Stories of Hope: Sarah Bennett

… done. I had the biopsy done on 7/7/14. That was one of the most painful procedures I've had done. I remember laying on … of this cancer called, Cholangiocarcinoma. Dr. Kluger is the doctor you want on your side. He has the traits everyone wants in a doctor. He is incredibly knowledgeable, honest, up front but kind and …

Last Modified: 01/13/2025 - 12:09

K-Pouch Surgery: Continent ileostomy preserves continence and quality of life

… An ileostomy is a surgically created opening connecting the intestine to … pouch from a section of the small intestine. The pouch is connected to the opening in the abdominal wall by a … because the ability to remain continent without a bag is so important to their quality of life. Freedom from an …

Last Modified: 03/03/2026 - 11:46