Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Drexel College of Medicine/Hahnemann School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Andrew Wechsler works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He studied medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Andrew Wechsler is a published MD. He has 24 papers published. The most current publication "Devices are only as safe as the surgeons whousethem."

Publications

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• Epicardial catheter-based ventricular reconstruction: a novel therapy for ischaemic Heart failure with anteroapical aneurysm.
• Devices are only as safe as the surgeons who use them.
• Durability of epicardial ventricular restoration without ventriculotomy.
• Long-Term Mortality of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Stenting With Drug-Eluting Stents.
• A Comparison of Long-Term Mortality for Off-Pump and On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
• Reprogramming cardiomyocyte mechanosensing by crosstalk between integrins and hyaluronic acid receptors.
• Long-Term Mortality of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Bare-Metal Stenting.
• Carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 improves coagulation in patient plasma in vitro following cardioPulmonary bypass.
• Of mice and men (and effects of gene silencing).
• Surgical ventricular reconstruction.
• Pacing-induced cardiac gap junction remodeling: modulation of connexin43 phosphorylation state.
• Vascular lesions of the mediastinum.
• Mitral Valve surgery for functional mitral regurgitation: should moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation be treated? A propensity score analysis.
• Comparison of eight prosthetic Aortic valves in a cadaver model.
• Surgical ventricular remodeling: a balancing act on systolic and diastolic properties.
• Does off-pump Coronary artery bypass reduce the incidence of clinically evident renal dysfunction after multivessel myocardial revascularization?
• Single versus multiple internal mammary artery grafting for Coronary artery bypass: 15-year follow-up of a clinical practice trial.
• Mechanical support of the unrepaired postInfarction ventricular septal defect with the Abiomed BVS 5000 ventricular assist device.
• Peer review.
• The gender initiative.
• Cardiomyocyte-mediated contact programs human mesenchymal stem cells to express cardiogenic phenotype.
• Central sympathetic blockade ameliorates brain death-induced cardiotoxicity and associated changes in Myocardial gene expression.
• Video comes to the Journal.

Schools

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• Suny Downstate Medical Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
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Conditions Treated

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• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Congestive Heart Failure
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiac Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Duke University Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Hahnemann University Hospital
• Crozer-Chester Medical Center

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