Gus J. Vlahakes Archives

Physical Address

304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124

Valve Replacement Therapy: History, Valve Types, and Options

The Ideal Valve Many acceptable substitutes exist today for the replacement of diseased human heart valves. The ideal valvular prosthesis as described by Harken remains the gold standard of cardiac surgery. According to Harken this valve would be durable, with…

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Step 1 Preoperative Considerations ◆ Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is an increasingly recognized clinical entity. Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common disease, with an annual incidence of about 100/100,000 in the United States. Many episodes of PE, however, are…