Dr. Christina Marcheva Vassileva M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
747 N Rutledge St Suite 1107 Springfield IL, 62702About
Dr. Christina Vassileva is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Springfield, IL. Dr. Vassileva specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Vassileva 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.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Meta-analysis of short-term and long-term survival following repair versus replacement for ischemic mitral regurgitation.
- Impact of race on short-term outcomes of patients undergoing combined coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve repair.
- Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease an independent risk factor for transfusion in coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
- Impact of race on mitral procedure selection and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing mitral valve surgery.
- Tricuspid valve surgery: the past 10 years from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database.
- Repair of left atrial-esophageal fistula following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Morgagni hernia presenting as a right middle lobe compression.
- Sex differences in procedure selection and outcomes of patients undergoing mitral valve surgery.
- Mitral valve repair is underused in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
- Impact of hospital annual mitral procedural volume on mitral valve repair rates and mortality.
- Cost analysis of isolated mitral valve surgery in the United States.
- Associations between valve repair and reduced operative mortality in 21,056 mitral/tricuspid double valve procedures.
- Long-term survival of patients undergoing mitral valve repair and replacement: a longitudinal analysis of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
- Mitral valve procedure selection and outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Relationship between patient income level and mitral valve repair utilization.
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