Dr. Robert Duane Davis M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
201 S Main St Danville VA, 24541About
Dr. Robert Davis is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Danville, VA. Dr. Davis specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Davis 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Binding of polyreactive antibodies to self versus foreign antigens.
- Non-anti-Gal alpha1-3Gal antibody mechanisms are sufficient to cause hyperacute lung dysfunction in pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation in association with pig-to-primate pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Effects of a telephone-based psychosocial intervention for patients awaiting lung transplantation.
- Mitral surgery after prior cardiac operation: port-access versus sternotomy or thoracotomy.
- The role of the porcine von Willebrand factor: baboon platelet interactions in pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Clinical outcome after coronary artery revascularization and lung transplantation.
- Prevention of acute lung injury in swine: depletion of pulmonary intravascular macrophages using liposomal clodronate.
- The role of antibodies and von Willebrand factor in discordant pulmonary xenotransplantation.
- Living-related lobar lung transplantation.
- J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper. Early fundoplication prevents chronic allograft dysfunction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Surgical considerations in lung transplantation: transplant operation and early postoperative management.
- Innate immunity influences long-term outcomes after human lung transplant.
- Utility of peritransplant and rescue intravenous immunoglobulin and extracorporeal immunoadsorption in lung transplant recipients sensitized to HLA antigens.
- Acute renal failure after lung transplantation: incidence, predictors and impact on perioperative morbidity and mortality.
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