Dr. Erle Harris Austin M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
201 Abraham Flexner Way Suite 1200 Louisville KY, 40202Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Erle Austin is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Louisville, KY. Dr. Austin specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Austin 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1974
Harvard Medical School 1974
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Catheter closure of autologous pericardial extracardiac Fontan fenestration.
- Routine mechanical ventricular assist following the Norwood procedure--improved neurologic outcome and excellent hospital survival.
- Cerebral oximetry for cardiac and vascular surgery.
- Seven-year clinical experience with the extracardiac pedicled pericardial Fontan operation.
- Transcatheter fenestration of autologous pericardial extracardiac Fontan via the transhepatic approach.
- Invited commentary.
- Cardiac transplantation for pediatric giant cell myocarditis.
- Acute sirolimus pulmonary toxicity in an infant heart transplant recipient: case report and literature review.
- The ventricular myocardial band of Torrent-Guasp - the controversy: an editorial.
- Right coronary artery to superior vena cava fistula presenting with 'steal' phenomenon.
- Midaortic syndrome presenting as neonatal hypertension.
- Restrictive tunnel patent foramen ovale and left atrial hypertension in single-ventricle physiology: implications for stent placement across the atrial septum.
- Atypical mycobacterial infection in sequestrated lung in an infant presenting with chronic pneumonitis and recurrent wheezing.
- Flow impeding fungal thrombus in the ascending aorta.
- Near-infrared spectroscopy as a guide for an intermittent cerebral perfusion strategy during neonatal circulatory arrest.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease
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