Dr. Michael A Wait MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390About
Michael Wait, M.D., is Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern, as well as Chief of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Service at St. Paul University Hospital and Park ...
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The thoracic surgeon's role in the management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS.
- Port site metastasis after laparoscopic staging of esophageal carcinoma.
- Assessment of aortic regurgitation by transesophageal color Doppler imaging of the vena contracta: validation against an intraoperative aortic flow probe.
- OPCAB selection bias.
- Left hemiparesis from atrial myxoma emboli.
- Changing clinical spectrum of spontaneous pneumothorax.
- Pulmonary mucormycosis.
- Treatment of coronary heart disease with minimally invasive surgery.
- Perioperative myocardial infarction secondary to dynamic circumflex coronary artery occlusion after mitral valve repair.
- Iatrogenic esophageal submucosal dissection after attempted diagnostic gastroscopy (with videos).
- Frequency and significance of right bundle branch block after cardiac transplantation.
- Reducing neurological complications after cardiac transplantation: technical considerations.
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography identifies hibernating myocardium and predicts recovery of left ventricular function after coronary revascularization.
- A technique to protect the left internal thoracic artery.
- A randomized trial of empyema therapy.
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Awards
- 2006-2011 Texas Super Doctors
Treatments
- Lung Transplant, Heart Transplant, Heart Surgery And More
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