Selected Publications

Catalano MA, Gillinov LA, Lawrence KM, Toubat O, Goel NJ, Patrick WL, Sperry AE, Brown CR, Szeto WY, Desai ND: Neighborhood socioeconomic status predicts long-term outcomes after acute type A aortic dissection repair in a propensity-matched cohort 51st WTSA Meeting, Dana Point, California. : 2025.

Catalano MA, Toubat O, Gillinov L, Lawrence KM, Kelly JJ, Goel NJ, Sperry AE, Szeto WY, Brown CR, Desai ND: Management of the dissected aortic root in young patients – a propensity-matched analysis of mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic root replacement, Poster presentation at the 105th AATS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington : 2025.

Grasty M, Mattfield V, Desai N, Brown C, Attia M, Xu V, Lutfi W, Lawrence, K: To Repair or To Observe: Management of Moderate Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Aortic Root Replacements Poster presentation at the 105th AATS Annual Meeting : 2025.

JJ Szeto, JJ Kelly, L Huang, D Rekhtman, JJ Han, CR Brown: Supra-Aortic Vessel Anastomosis in Arch Reconstruction: An Overview of Existing Techniques and Report of a Novel Anastomotic Device Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports : 2025.

Lutfi W, Pan S, Desai N, Szeto W, Brown CR: Valve Prosthesis Choice in Patients with Left Sided Endocarditis AATS 105th Annula Meeting, Seattle WA : 2025.

Goel NJ, Zhao Y, Sperry AE, Kelly JJ, Lutfi W, Berezowski M, Yildiz M, DePaolo J, Brown CR, Mackay EJ, Fanaroff AC, Desai ND: Long-term outcomes following early discontinuation of oral anticoagulation after left atrial appendage ligation in patients with atrial fibrillation 61st Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. : 2025.

Goel NJ, Anil J, Freas AM, Cheng J, Kapoor SR, Lu B, Martin K, Szeto JJ, Sperry AE, Kelly JJ, Berezowski M, Yildiz M, Lutfi W, DePaolo J, Brown CR, Lawrence KM, Kalapatapu VR, Wang GJ, Desai ND: Long-term aortic remodeling after early TEVAR for residual Debakey I aortic dissection Poster presentation at the 61st Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA : 2025.

Goel NJ, Yarlagadda S, Berezowski M, Lutfi W, Yildiz M, DePaolo J, Brown CR, Szeto WY, Desai ND: National Trends in the Utilization and Timing of TEVAR after Type B Aortic Dissection Oral presentation at the 2024 STS-ASCVTS Aortic Summit. Tokyo, Japan : 2024.

Rekhtman D, Iyengar A, Han J, Shad R, Cevasco M, Szeto W, Brown C: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant in the setting of a porcelain aorta JACC Case Reports 29 (22): 102732,2024.

Nicholas J Goel, Siddharth Yarlagadda, Mikolaj Berezowski, Waseem Lutfi, Murat Yildiz, John DePaolo, Chase R Brown, Wilson Y Szeto, Nimesh D Desai: National Trends in the Use and Timing of Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair After Type B Aortic Dissection Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports : 2024.

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