Dr. Jorge D. Salazar M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1980 Tybee Lane Lake Charles LA, 70605About
Dr. Jorge Salazar is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Lake Charles, LA. Dr. Salazar specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Salazar 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- Role of negative pressure wound therapy in treating peripheral vascular graft infections.
- V.A.C. Therapy in the management of paediatric wounds: clinical review and experience.
- Intermittent cyanosis years after a Mustard repair for dextro-transposition of the great arteries.
- Coordinated cardiac delivery: reducing mortality in high risk fetal cardiac lesions at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
- Revitalization of the University of Mississippi Children's Heart Center: report card from the first 18 months.
- Left ventricular diverticulum: how we do it.
- Porcine xenograft aortic root replacement in a three month old with severe truncal insufficiency.
- Biventricular repair in a neonate with obstructive inflow cardiac rhabdomyoma and tuberous sclerosis.
- Quality analysis of congenital heart surgery at the Children's Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
- Importance of screening for coarctation of the aorta in pediatric patients.
- When the bi-directional Glenn is an unfavourable option: primary extracardiac inferior cavopulmonary connection as an alternative palliation.
- Alternative strategies in newborns and infants with major co-morbidities to improve congenital heart surgery outcomes at an emerging programme.
- Systemic Semilunar Valve Replacement in Pediatric Patients Using a Porcine, Full-Root Bioprosthesis.
- Achieving Benchmark Results for Neonatal Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Related Anomalies in an Emerging Program.
- Percutaneous Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects Using the Second-Generation Amplatzer Vascular Occluders.
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