Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery

Invention Patents:

•  Waleed Hassanein, Tamer Khayal, Robert Havener, Stanley Kyi, Ihab Abdel Fattah, Hesham Saleh, Jon Trachtenberg: Systems and methods for ex vivo organ care. Granted Jan 24, 2008: US 20080017194.
• Waleed Hassanein, Tamer Khayal, Robert Havener, Stanley Kyi, Ihab Abdel Fattah, Hesham Saleh, Jon Trachtenberg: Systems and methods for ex vivo organ care. Granted Jun 9, 2011: US 20110136096.

Publications:

- Buderi  S, Saleh HZ, Theologou T, Shackcloth M. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy to diagnose large posterior mediastinal parathyroid adenoma prior to video-assisted thoracoscopic resection. BMJ Case rep 2014; 2014: bcr2013200131.

-  Saleh HZ, Alwair H, Chitwood WR. Minimally invasive mitral surgery: Still possible when aortic clamping judged unsafe. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013;43:1274. 

 -  Kirmani BH, Mazhar K, Saleh HZ, Ward AN, Shaw M, Fabri BM, Mark Pullan D. External validity of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk stratification tool for deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery in a UK population. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2013; 17:479.

-  Saleh HZ, Yates J, Moulton L, Pullan DM, Fabri BM. Using the reciprocatingsaw for resternotomy. Turkish J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;21:547.

-  Attaran S, Shaw M, Saleh HZ, Pullan MD. Choice of Conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting in poor ventricles. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2012;20:392.

-  Saleh HZ, Shaw M, Al-Rawi O, Yates J, Pullan DM, Chalmers JAC, Fabri BM. Outcomes and predictors of prolonged ventilation in elective coronary surgery. Interat Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2012;15:51.

-  Saleh HZ, Mohan K, Shaw M, Al-Rawi O, Elsayed H, Walshaw M, Chalmers JAC, Fabri BM. Impact of COPD severity on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing non-emergent coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012;42:108.

-  Saleh HZ, Fontaine E, Elsayed H. Malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting with a spontaneous hydropneumothorax: a report of 2 cases. Rev Port Pneumol 2012;18:93.

-  Attaran S, Saleh HZ, Shaw M, Ward A, Pullan M, Fabri BM. Does the outcome improve after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery? A propensity matched comparison. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2012;41:806.

-  Attaran S, Safar M, Saleh HZ, Field M, Kuduvalli M, Oo A. Cannulating a dissecting aorta using ultrasound-epiaortic and transesophageal guidance. Heart Surg Forum 2011;14:E373.

-  Saleh HZ. Cardiac displacement during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: how much displacement is too much? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011;13:577.

-  Attaran S, Saleh HZ, Shaw M, Bond M, Pullan DM, and Fabri BM. Comparing the outcome of on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with preoperative atrial fibriallation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg.
2011;13:288.

- Saleh HZ, Field M, Kuduvalli M, Oo A. Letter to the Editor regarding the article “Synchronized epiaortic two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiographicguidance enables routine ascending aortic cannulation in type A acute aortic dissection”. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;142:479.

-  Saleh HZ, Pullan DM. Monitoring cardiac output trends with end-tidal carbon dioxide pressures in off-pump coronary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:e81.

-  Saleh HZ, Shaw M, Fabri BM, Chalmers JAC. Does avoidance of cardiopulmonary bypass confer any benefit in octogenarians undergoing coronary surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011;12:435.

-  Ballota A, Saleh HZ, El Baghdady W, Gomaa M, Belloli F, Kandil H, et al. Comparison of early platelet activation in patients undergoing on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:
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