Dr. Derek David Muehrcke MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1824 King St Suite 200 Jacksonville FL, 32204About
Dr. Derek Muehrcke is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Muehrcke specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Muehrcke 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
Rush Med Coll of Rush Univ, Chicago Il 1983
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center 1983
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Survival after repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defects in patients over the age of 70.
- Invited commentary.
- Invited commentary.
- Leiomyosarcoma of the left ventricle.
- Cardiac contraction affects deep myocardial vessels predominantly.
- Complications after esophagogastrectomy using stapling instruments.
- Anastomotic narrowing after esophagogastrectomy with the EEA stapling device.
- Oesophagogastrectomy in patients over 70.
- Early presentation of phaeochromocytoma as acute arterial disease.
- Carcinoma of the bronchus with unsuspected microscopic resection-line involvement.
- Oesophageal resection in the elderly.
- Pediatric splenic trauma: predicting the success of nonoperative therapy.
- Complications of extracorporeal life support systems using heparin-bound surfaces. The risk of intracardiac clot formation.
- Flow characteristics of aortic cannulae.
- Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Lung Cancer
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
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