Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Seven-Year Results for RESILIA Tissue in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement Patients: Age and Valve Size Considerations.
Salna M, Bavaria JE, Heimansohn D, Beaver T, Griffith B, Svensson LG, Pibarot P, Borger MA, Thourani VH, Blackstone EH, Cornwell LD, Puskas JD, Takayama H
Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40748697 - Worse Outcomes after Coronary Bypass Grafting in Females is a Multifactorial Problem Requiring a Multilateral Strategic Response.
Hynes CF, Puskas JD
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40716692 - Commentary: More arteries, better outcomes: A Latin American perspective on multiarterial grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting.
Verma S, Patel SK, Gaudino M, Puskas JD
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2025;
PMID: 40684847 - A study assessing the performance, safety, and durability of a new bioprosthetic aortic valve after up to seven years in the heart: a plain language summary.
Beaver T, Bavaria JE, Griffith B, Svensson LG, Pibarot P, Borger MA, Sharaf OM, Heimansohn DA, Thourani VH, Blackstone EH, Puskas JD,
Future cardiology. 2025;21(10):739-751.
PMID: 40671419 - Amiodarone Prophylaxis against postoperative atrial fibrillation in off-pump coronary artery bypass.
Gill J, Shah AG, Di Luozzo G, Mei J, Carale J, Huang K, Mueller AS, Victory-Stewart M, Friedman S, Bagiella E, Lattouf O, Puskas JD, Yimen M, Bhatt HV
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care. 2025;
PMID: 40222294 - Five-year comparison of clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of pure aortic stenosis with pure aortic regurgitation or mixed aortic valve disease in the COMMENCE trial.
Thourani VH, Puskas JD, Griffith B, Svensson LG, Pibarot P, Borger MA, Heimansohn D, Beaver T, Blackstone EH, Antonio ALM, Bavaria JE,
JTCVS open. 2024;
PMID: 39780838 - Major Bleeding and Mortality After Revascularization of Left Main Disease.
Giustino G, Sabik JF, Serruys PW, Puskas JD, Karmpaliotis D, Kandzari DE, Morice MC, Ragosta M, Zhang Z, Dressler O, Redfors B, Ben-Yehuda O, Sharma SK, Kappetein AP, Stone GW
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024;84(24):2335-2346.
PMID: 39632005 - Midterm survival, clinical, and hemodynamic outcomes of a novel mechanical mitral valve prosthesis.
Ruel M, Chu MWA, Graeve A, Gerdisch MW, Damiano RJ, Smith RL, Keeling WB, Wait MA, Hagberg RC, Quinn RD, Sethi GK, Floridia R, Barreiro CJ, Pruitt AL, Accola KD, Dagenais F, Markowitz AH, Ye J, Sekela ME, Tsuda RY, Duncan DA, Swistel DG, Harville LE, DeRose JJ, Lehr EJ, Alexander JH, Puskas JD,
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2024;
PMID: 39617318 - The 10 Commandments for Proximal Anastomosis During CABG: Techniques and Technologies for Vein and Arterial Grafts.
Baudo M, Torregrossa G, Puskas JD
Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2024;19(5):464-470.
PMID: 39311086 - Cardiac computed tomography-derived coronary artery volume to myocardial mass in patients with severe coronary artery disease.
Kageyama S, Taylor CA, Updegrove A, Garg S, Masuda S, Revaiah PC, Kageyama M, Tsai TY, Miyashita K, Tobe A, Tanaka K, De Mey J, La Meir M, Schneider U, Doenst T, Teichgräber U, Saima M, Pompilio G, Andreini D, Pontone G, Puskas JD, Gupta H, Morel MA, Serruys PW, Onuma Y
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 2024;18(5):478-488.
PMID: 38944640
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