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
- High-risk plaques in proximal and distal segments relative to graft anastomoses and non-grafted segments.
Revaiah PC, Tsai TY, Farina J, Ferraz-Costa G, Jongenotter J, Oshima A, Garg S, Puskas JD, Narula J, Gupta H, Agarwal V, Tanaka K, De Mey J, La Meir M, Schneider U, Kirov H, Saima M, Teichgräber U, Pompilio G, Pontone G, Andreini D, Morel MA, Doenst T, Onuma Y, Serruys PW
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 2025;
PMID: 41068029 - CABG at a Crossroads: Reinventing the Distal Anastomosis.
Suyker WJL, Puskas JD
Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2025;
PMID: 41016746 - Is Total Arterial Grafting Superior to Multiarterial Grafting in Coronary Bypass?
Leviner DB, Ronai T, Erez E, Witberg G, Abraham D, Yishai Y, Stein N, Puskas JD, Sharoni E
The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. 2025;
PMID: 41005360 - Fractional flow reserve from coronary CT angiography compared with quantitative flow ratio in complex CAD.
Miyashita K, Onuma Y, Oshima A, Tobe A, Tsai TY, Revaiah PC, Tu S, Reiber JHC, Andreini D, Mushtaq S, Pontone G, Pompilio G, De Mey J, Tanaka K, La Meir M, Kirov H, Doenst T, Teichgräber U, Narula J, Puskas JD, Gupta H, Garg S, Serruys PW
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 2025;
PMID: 40983565 - 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 Female Patients 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
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