Dr. Frederick Charles Lough MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
2175 K St Nw Suite 300 Washington DC, 20037About
Dr. Frederick Lough is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Lough specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Lough 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.
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Regional hemodynamics of large and small femoral arteriovenous fistulas in dogs.
- Preoperative aspirin ingestion increases operative blood loss after coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Changes in serum creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase caused by acute perioperative myocardial infarction and by transatrial cardiac surgical procedures.
- Prevention of ventricular fibrillation after myocardial revascularization.
- Mediastinal hemangiomas.
- A comparison of patients with endoscopic esophageal perforations and patients with Boerhaave's syndrome.
- Acute diverticulitis following cardiac surgery.
- The use of computed tomography in the evaluation of mediastinal masses.
- Intraoperative coronary artery spasm.
- Results of myocardial revascularization in black males.
- Coronary artery aneurysm complicating bypass tract surgery for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
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