Daniel H. Benckart MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
320 E North Ave Pittsburgh PA, 15212About
Dr. Daniel Benckart is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Benckart specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Benckart 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
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Characterization of signal properties in atherosclerotic plaque components by intravascular MRI.
- Reduced incidence of atrial fibrillation with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass.
- Preoperative statin is associated with decreased operative mortality in high risk coronary artery bypass patients.
- Recent experience with major sternal wound complications.
- Paced latissimus dorsi used for dynamic cardiomyoplasty of left ventricular aneurysms.
- Recovery of the failing canine heart with biventricular support in a previously fatal experimental model.
- Latissimus dorsi as a functioning synchronously paced muscle component in the repair of a left ventricular aneurysm.
- Operation for congestive heart failure: transplantation, coronary artery bypass, and cardiomyoplasty.
- Case 3--1996. Unusual cause of hypotension after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- "Keyhole" coronary artery bypass surgery.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Varicose Veins
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
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