Dr. Scott C Silvestry MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
4921 Parkview Pl Suite 8a Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Scott Silvestry is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Silvestry specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Silvestry 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
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1991
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Current status of cardiac surgery in the abciximab-treated patient.
- Thoracoscopic treatment of barium-induced lung entrapment complicating esophageal perforation.
- The use of intraoperative Doppler assessment to guide the surgical treatment of anomalous right coronary arteries.
- Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta after heart transplantation: case report.
- Left ventricular dysfunction mimicking Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following cardiac surgery.
- Reoperative sternotomy is associated with increased mortality after heart
- How to build an integrated biobank: the Washington University Translational Cardiovascular Biobank & Repository experience.
- Left ventricular assist device-related hemolysis and acute pancreatitis: A case series.
- Thirty-five day Impella 5.0 support via right axillary side graft cannulation for acute cardiogenic shock.
- The use of eptifibatide for suspected pump thrombus or thrombosis in patients with left ventricular assist devices.
- The effect of extremity vascular complications on the outcomes of cardiac support device recipients.
- Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery during implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis.
- Slope of the anterior mitral valve leaflet: a new measurement of left ventricular unloading for left ventricular assist devices and systolic dysfunction.
- Concomitant aortic valve procedures in patients undergoing implantation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: An INTERMACS database analysis.
- Histologic analysis of clots in explanted axial continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices.
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