Division of Cardiac Surgery

Our Division

Welcome to the Division of Cardiac Surgery of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Ranked 13th in the nation for heart and heart surgery programs by U.S. News and World Report, the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Surgery is widely respected throughout the nation as an innovator and leader. The division's success is built upon three main areas: education, research, and clinical care through Feinberg-affiliated hospitals.

Learn more about our work via the links below.

Education
Learn about our fellowship program as well as our other contributions to the education of future leaders in our field
Research
Discover our areas of focus in research
Patient Care
Connect with our affiliated care sites
Faculty
Meet our faculty members
About Us
Connect with our office; meet our chief

Meet our Faculty

Panayotis Vardas, MD

Health System Clinician of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery)

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Message from the Chief

Read message from the Chief, Patrick M. McCarthy, MD

News

05.17.2016Evaluating an Alternative to Open-Heart Surgery
11.13.2014The 25th Annual Arthur DeBoer, MD Visiting Professor Lectureship

Recent Publications

Not All Bioprosthetic Valves Are Created Equal.
Michel E, Malaisrie SC.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb 5. pii: S1043-0679(19)30005-X. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.02.009. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
How old is too old for aortic arch surgery?
Mehta CK, Malaisrie SC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec 12. pii: S0022-5223(18)33267-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.114. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Preparedness and Mutuality Affect Quality of Life for Patients With Mechanical Circulatory Support and Their Caregivers.
Magasi S, Buono S, Yancy CW, Ramirez RD, Grady KL.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019 Jan;12(1):e004414. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.004414.
Valve-in-valve-prosthesis embolization and aortic dissection: single procedure, double complication.
Szlapka M, Michel E, Ricciardi MJ, Malaisrie SC.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Dec 14. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy424. [Epub ahead of print]
Coronary Bypass Surgery for Diabetes and Multivessel Disease: Forget the SYNTAX.
Fedak PWM, Bhatt DL, Verma S.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Dec 11;72(23 Pt A):2838-2840. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.011. No abstract available. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Feb 5;73(4):535.
Heart Failure Symptom Biology in Response to Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.
Lee CS, Mudd JO, Lyons KS, Denfeld QE, Jurgens CY, Aouizerat BE, Gelow JM, Chien CV, Aarons E, Grady KL.
J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2019 Mar/Apr;34(2):174-182. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000552.
Alternative Implantation Technique for Rapid Deployment Valve.
Kaku Y, Segurola RJ, Rego A, McCarthy PM, Malaisrie SC.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Nov 23. pii: S0003-4975(18)31689-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.036. [Epub ahead of print]
Successful Repair of a Ruptured Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm in a Pediatric Patient with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.
Sainathan S, Monge M, Eltayeb O.
Am Surg. 2018 Feb 1;84(2):e77-e79. No abstract available.
Structural valve degeneration in the era of precision medicine.
Fedak PWM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct 10. pii: S0022-5223(18)32613-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.105. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Outcomes of the Fourteenth International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion.
Mongé MC, Backer CL, Myers JL, Ündar A.
Artif Organs. 2019 Jan;43(1):5-8. doi: 10.1111/aor.13354. Epub 2018 Oct 18. No abstract available.
Aortic valve-mediated wall shear stress is heterogeneous and predicts regional aortic elastic fiber thinning in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy.
Bollache E,… Malaisrie SC …
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec;156(6):2112-2120.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.095. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Assessing wall stresses in bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy: Forecasting the perfect storm?
Barker AJ, Markl M, Fedak PWM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Aug;156(2):471-472. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.092. Epub 2018 Mar 31. No abstract available.
Aortic Valve Replacement in an Era of Rapid Innovation: Better the Devil You Know.
Fedak PWM, Bhatt DL, Verma S.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Apr 3;71(13):1413-1416. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.007. No abstract available.
Brom Aortoplasty for Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis.
Mongé MC, Eltayeb OM, Costello JM, Johnson JT, Popescu AR, Rigsby CK, Backer CL.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Mar;9(2):139-146. doi: 10.1177/2150135118754520.
Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
Malaisrie SC, McCarthy PM, Kruse J, Matsouaka R, Andrei AC, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Friedman DJ, Cox JL, Brennan JM.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jun;155(6):2358-2367.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.069. Epub 2018 Feb 9.
Causes and Consequences of Missing Health-Related Quality of Life Assessments in Patients Who Undergo Mechanical Circulatory Support Implantation: Insights From INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support).
Grady KL,… Grady KL …
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Dec;10(12):e003268. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003268.
Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Transitioning to Adult Care (TRANSIT): Baseline Findings.
Grady KL,… Grady KL …
Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):354-364. doi: 10.1007/s00246-017-1763-x. Epub 2017 Nov 3.
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Reduces Blood Product Utilization in Heart Transplantation.
Enter DH,… Malaisrie SC … Pham DT …
Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Oct;37(10):1215-1220. doi: 10.1002/phar.2015.
Unusual Complication of the Nuss Procedure: Fistulization of the Internal Thoracic Artery to the Pulmonary Artery.
Mongé MC, Wax D, Barsness K.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2017 Jan 1:2150135117696493. doi: 10.1177/2150135117696493. [Epub ahead of print]

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