Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Lester Permut practices Thoracic Surgery. He went to medical school at Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 30 in research and 52 in primary care medicine He has 2 awards "Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Lester C. Permut is also published. He has 30 publications published. The lastest publication: "Vascularized muscle flaps and reoperative approach for complicated, dehisced sternal wounds in children.'

Publications

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• Impact of donor-recipient sex match on long-term survival after Heart transplantation in children: An analysis of 5797 pediatric Heart transplants.
• Tricuspid Valve replacement with a melody stented bovine jugular vein conduit.
• Significance of Positive Mediastinal Cultures in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure Patients Undergoing Delayed Sternal Closure.
• Downsized Contegra Graft as a Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Conduit in the Setting of Mediastinitis.
• Increased extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center case volume is associated with improved extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival among pediatric patients.
• Direct Optical Measurement of Intraoperative Myocardial Oxygenation during Congenital Heart Surgery.
• Predictors of ECMO Support in Infants with Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy.
• Sternal wire removal in pediatric patients: wire versus cable sternotomy closure.
• Direct microvascular repair of an infant's transected coronary artery: case report.
• Thoracoscopic Pericardial window creation and thoracic duct ligation in neonates.
• Decision making for mechanical cardiac assist in pediatric cardiac surgery.
• The Triiodothyronine for Infants and Children Undergoing CardioPulmonary Bypass (TRICC) study: design and rationale.
• Preoperative duplex scan assessment of the inferior epigastric artery as a coronary bypass conduit.
• Modification of the Fontan procedure. Superior vena cava to left Pulmonary artery connection and inferior vena cava to right Pulmonary artery connection with adjustabl...
• Absent aortocoronary connections in a neonate with Pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum.
• Minimizing bleeding associated with mechanical circulatory support following pediatric Heart surgery.
• Surgical management of Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and multiple aortoPulmonary collaterals.
• Expression of major histocompatibility antigens and vascular adhesion molecules on human cardiac allografts preserved in University of Wisconsin solution.
• Results of operation for coexistent obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery Disease.
• New technique of vascularization of the trachea and bronchus for lung transplantation.
• Clinical trial of University of Wisconsin solution for cardiac transplantation: preliminary results.
• Cardiac preservation in patients undergoing transplantation. A clinical trial comparing University of Wisconsin solution and Stanford solution.
• Results of total cavoPulmonary connection in the treatment of patients with a functional single ventricle.
• Vascularized muscle flaps and reoperative approach for complicated, dehisced sternal wounds in children.
• Late results and reoperation after repair of complete and partial atrioventricular canal Defect.
• Early and late results of mitral Valve repair in children.
• Cardiac decompression after operation for congenital Heart disease in infancy.
• Effect of late postoperative Atrial septal defect closure on hemodynamic function in patients with a Lateral tunnel Fontan procedure.
• Complete functional recovery after 24-hour Heart preservation with University of Wisconsin solution and modified reperfusion.

Schools

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• Boston University School Of Medicine

• Beth Israel Hospital

• UCLA Med Center

Procedures Preformed

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• Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Aortic Ectasia
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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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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• Regional Top Doctor
• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• Boston University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Seattle Children's Hospital

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