Dr. John D Puskas M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
550 Peachtree St Ne 6th Floor Atlanta GA, 30308Rating
4/5
About
Dr. John Puskas is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Puskas specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Puskas typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1986
Harvard Medical School 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Influence of concomitant CABG and urgent/emergent status on mitral valve replacement surgery.
- Myocardial protection for off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Electroplegia: an alternative to blood cardioplegia for arresting the heart during conventional (on-pump) cardiac operation.
- Preserved myocardial blood flow and oxygen supply-demand balance with active coronary perfusion during simulated off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Off-pump coronary revascularization: current state of the art.
- The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor and omentopexy on revascularization and epithelial regeneration of heterotopic rat tracheal isografts.
- Equivalent eighteen-hour lung preservation with low-potassium dextran or Euro-Collins solution after prostaglandin E1 infusion.
- Reliable thirty-hour lung preservation by donor lung hyperinflation.
- Safe evolution towards routine off-pump coronary artery bypass: negotiating the learning curve.
- Is routine use of temporary epicardial pacing wires necessary after either OPCAB or conventional CABG/CPB?
- Long-term left internal mammary artery graft patency for coronary artery disease associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
- Unilateral donor lung dysfunction does not preclude successful contralateral single lung transplantation.
- Pulmonary outcomes of off-pump vs on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in a randomized trial.
- Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac surgery.
- Reliable eighteen-hour lung preservation at 4 degrees and 10 degrees C by pulmonary artery flush after high-dose prostaglandin E1 administration.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
Dr. John D Puskas M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 550 Peachtree St Ne 6th Floor
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