Dr. Andrew J Lodge M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
403 W 27th St Lumberton NC, 28358About
Dr. Andrew Lodge is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Lumberton, NC. Dr. Lodge specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Lodge 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
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 2001
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of antibodies in dysfunction of pig-to-baboon pulmonary transplants.
- Expression of topoisomerase IIIalpha in normal and neoplastic tissues determined by immunohistochemistry using a novel monoclonal antibody.
- Vascular control for resection of suprahepatic intracaval Wilms' tumor: technical considerations.
- Topoisomerase II alpha and II beta expression in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: relation to prognostic factors and clinical outcome.
- Type 1 growth factor receptor expression in node positive breast cancer: adverse prognostic significance of c-erbB-4.
- Surgical therapy for anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries.
- Outcomes with an alternate list strategy for heart transplantation.
- Complement factor 1 inhibitor improves cardiopulmonary function in neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Clinical experience with sternotomy versus subcostal approach for exchange of the HeartMate XVE to the HeartMate II ventricular assist device. Invited commentary.
- Use of the monoplane intracardiac imaging probe in high-risk infants during congenital heart surgery.
- Arrhythmias in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure in an infant with DiGeorge anomaly, following thymus transplantation.
- Preoperative diagnosis of long QT syndrome in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot.
- Atrial septal defect repair by inversion of a juxtaposed left atrial appendage.
- Recurrent inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the heart.
Treatments
- Heart Failure
Professional Memberships
- Member Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
- Member Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Congenital Heart Surgery, PA, USA 2003
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 2002
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