Dr. John William Hammon MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. John Hammon is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hammon specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Hammon 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.
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Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Surgical management and follow-up of a complex tracheobronchial injury.
- Myocardial protection from surgical ischemic-reperfusion injury. Introduction.
- Commentary: biochemical markers of brain injury after cardiac surgery.
- Longer duration of cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with greater numbers of cerebral microemboli.
- Processing scavenged blood with a cell saver reduces cerebral lipid microembolization.
- Intraoperative insulin therapy does not reduce the need for inotropic or antiarrhythmic therapy after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Lidocaine for neuroprotection: more evidence of efficacy.
- Rapid disappearance of protamine in adults undergoing cardiac operation with cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Effectiveness of the Cobra aortic catheter for dual-temperature management during adult cardiac surgery.
- Aortic nightmares: can we sleep better?
- Chronic fibrosing mediastinitis and superior vena caval obstruction from blastomycosis.
- Response of the hypertrophied left ventricle to global ischemia. Comparison of hyperkalemic cardioplegic solution with and without verapamil.
- St. Jude Medical Toronto biologic aortic root prosthesis: early FDA phase II IDE study results.
- Risk factors for cardiac surgery: the high-risk patient.
- Twenty years' experience with pulmonary metastasectomy.
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