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Advances in Mitral Valve Surgery
… The mitral valve is like a one-way door between chambers of the heart; it allows blood to move from the atrium to the …
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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
… Reviewed by the physicians of Columbia’s Heart Surgery Team , May 2024 When arteries … feed oxygen to the heart are blocked, the heart muscle is at risk for damage – called a heart attack – and even …
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Lung Transplant Surgery
… The decision to perform a single or double lung transplantation depends mainly on the type of lung disease the patient has. If the disease involves … fibrosis), then both lungs must be transplanted. This is because the anti-rejection medications …
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Mitral Valve Regurgitation
… What Is Mitral Valve Regurgitation? Mitral regurgitation is the backward flow of blood through the heart. This occurs when the heart's …
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Guide to Heart Surgery Approaches
… How is Heart Surgery Performed? For decades, cardiac surgery was … as an open-heart procedure, meaning that surgeons accessed the heart by making a large incision down the middle of the chest. In many cases, this is still the best way to …
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Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
… Reviewed by the physicians of Columbia’s Parathyroid Surgery Team , October 2024 About Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a condition in which a disease outside of the parathyroid …
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Robotic Surgery for Weight Loss: Greater Precision, Control and Clarity
… Robot enhanced minimally invasive surgery is the latest advance in bariatric surgery. In the following … or so years, Columbia surgeons have led the development of bariatric surgery with the use of laparoscopy. Small tools …
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Myasthenia Gravis
… Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s defense system … autoimmune condition Treatment involves surgical removal of the thymus, which can be done in a number of ways …
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Adult Congenital Heart Disease
… What is congenital heart disease? A congenital heart defect is an abnormality in the heart, heart valve, or great vessels that is present at birth. Some defects affect the function of the heart muscle, others affect the heart's rhythm, and …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/17/20
… Each day during the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery, sends an update to faculty and … Some high points from meetings this morning: The virus is spreading rapidly, reflected in accelerating numbers of …
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NYP/Columbia Welcomes World Leader in Valve Surgery
… heart and minimally-invasive valve surgery, and a pioneer of transcatheter devices, has joined the faculty at NYP/Columbia. Dr. Bapat developed … largest practice in the UK in complex valve surgery. He is also known for his contributions to physician education …
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Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
… Benjamin Samstein, MD is Chief of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill …
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Coumadin©
… What is Coumadin®? Coumadin® is an anticoagulant. It increases the time it takes for your blood to clot. Coumadin® can cause … it is very important for you to have just the right amount of Coumadin® in your body. Who takes Coumadin®? Patients who …
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Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement (David Procedure)
… During Valve Sparing Root Replacement (also called the David Procedure, to give credit to the surgeon who … operation, Tirone David, MD), the patient's aortic valve is kept (although it may be repaired and reimplanted) and reconnected to a new section of aortic tissue. By preserving the native aortic valve, …
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Heart Tumors (Cardiac Tumors)
… Reviewed by the physicians of Columbia’s Heart Surgery Team , May 2024 What is a cardiac tumor? A cardiac tumor is an abnormal growth of …
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