Dr. Gregory Stephen Couper MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Brigham And Women's Hospital Division Of Cardiac Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Gregory Couper is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Couper specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Couper 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1979
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Innominate vein cannulation for venous drainage in minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.
- The logistics and cost-effectiveness of circulatory support: advantages of the ABIOMED BVS 5000.
- Impact of body mass index and albumin on morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery.
- Reoperative aortic valve replacement: partial upper hemisternotomy versus conventional full sternotomy.
- Mitral valve surgery after previous CABG with functioning IMA grafts.
- Partial upper re-sternotomy for aortic valve replacement or re-replacement after previous cardiac surgery.
- Five-year clinical experience with Abiomed BVS 5000 as a ventricular assist device for cardiac failure.
- Minimally invasive direct access heart valve surgery.
- Technique for blood conservation in ABIOMED BVS 5000 ventricular assist device exchange.
- Minimally invasive mitral valve repair suggests earlier operations for mitral valve disease.
- Complete prevention of myocardial stunning, contracture, low-reflow, and edema after heart transplantation by blocking neutrophil adhesion molecules during reperfusion.
- Improved distribution of antegrade cardioplegic solution with simultaneous coronary sinus occlusion following acute coronary artery occlusion.
- Acute bacterial endocarditis. Optimizing surgical results.
- Bench coronary angiography: a potentially useful method to assess coronary artery disease in the older donor heart without catheterization laboratory angiography.
- Frequency and impact of delayed decisions regarding heart transplantation on long-term outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure.
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