Clinical Associate Professor (Ret), University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Don C. Wukasch, MD
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Wukasch works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)", "Fellow (FACC)" and "Fellow (FACCP)". Wukasch is a published doctor as well. He has 62 publications published. The latest was: Surgical treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta.
Publications
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VASCULAR SURGERY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ORTHOPEDICS.
- PROFUSE INTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE FROM RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY: REPORT OF A SUCCESSFULLY TREATED CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
- SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SPLENIC INJURIES.
- TRANSIENT COMPRESSION OF TH E LEFT INNOMINATE VEIN.
- Time judgment and level of aspiration.
- The morphology of ascending aortic aneurysms.
- Coronary artery bypass in totally obstructed major coronary arteries.
- The practicality of umbilical vein cannulation in patients with and without portal hypertension.
- Myocardial revascularization using combined endarterectomy and vein bypass autograft. Technique and results.
- The safety of ischemic cardiac arrest in distal coronary artery bypass.
- Unusual lesions of the pitching arm.
- Mitral insufficiency due to myxomatous transformation: "Floppy valve syndrome".
- Experience with coronary artery bypass grafts in the treatment of coronary artery disease.
- Ischemic contracture of the Heart: "stone Heart".
- Successful management of an injury to the suprarenal inferior vena cava.
- Ischemic myocardial contraction ("stone Heart"): prevention by induced hypothermia and propranolol.
- Mitral valve replacement with a new prosthesis. Experience with 366 patients.
- Ten-year experience with cardiac valve replacement: results with a new mitral prosthesis.
- Diffuse muscular subaortic stenosis: surgical treatment.
- Dermal gangrene. An unpredictable complication of coumarin therapy.
- Combined coronary endarterectomy and saphenous vein bypass graft.
- Coronary artery bypass.
- Aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass. Results in 1,492 patients, with particular reference to patients with complicating features.
- The dimensions of the aorto-ilio-femoral arterial segment.
- Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Treatment and review of eighty-seven patients.
- Repair of coarctation of the thoracic aorta by patch graft aortoplasty.
- Myocardial cell damage in "stone Hearts".
- Protective effect of propranolol on the hypertrophied Heart during cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Transaortic repair of ventricular septal defect.
- Contoured knitted Dacron baffle for repair of transposition of the great vessels.
- Practical considerations in fabric vascular grafts. Introduction of a new bifurcated graft.
- The "stone Heart" syndrome.
- Surgical treatment of congenital Heart disease during infancy: one- and two-stage techniques.
- Surgical palliation of tricuspid atresia.
- Aneurysm and fistula of the sinus of Valsalva. Clinical considerations and surgical treatment in 45 patients.
- Fat embolization resulting from median sternotomy.
- Ischemic myocardial contracture ("stone Heart"). A complication of cardiac surgery.
- Complications of cloth-covered prosthetic valves: results with a new mitral prosthesis.
- Dissecting aneurysm of the descending aorta. Improved surgical results in 91 patients.
- Surgical versus medical treatment of coronary artery disease: long-term survival.
- Early and late results after surgical treatment of preinfarction angina.
- Aortocoronary artery bypass: present indications and risk factors.
- Proceedings: Late mortality following coronary artery surgery: results in 4,222 patients.
- The value of moderate hypothermia during anoxic cardiac arrest for coronary artery surgery.
- Treatment of severe coronary artery disease with quadruple and quintuple saphenous vein grafts. Review of 100 consecutive patients.
- Long-term survival following coronary artery bypass. Analysis of 4,522 consecutive patients.
- Coronary artery bypass in patients over 70 years of age: indications and results.
- Surgical treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta.
- Mitral valve replacement for idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis. Results in 27 patients.
- Ascending aorta-abdominal aorta bypass: indications, technique, and report of 12 patients.
- Surgical treatment of renovascular hypertension.
- Sinus venosus Atrial septal defect: early and late results following closure in 109 patients.
- Reoperation following direct myocardial revascularization.
- Surgical versus medical treatment of coronary artery disease. Nine year follow-up of 9,061 patients.
- The aortocoronary bypass operation: myth and reality. An overview based on 10,000 operations at the Texas Heart Institute.
- Direct myocardial revascularisation: experience with 9364 operations.
- Surgical treatment of angina pectoris: current status.
- Results of a new Meadox-Cooley double velour dacron graft for arterial reconstruction.
- Interruption of the aortic arch. Surgical considerations.
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. Review of 125 patients treated surgically.
- Intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Five-year review of 403 patients.
Schools
Baylor College Of Medicine
Ben Taub General Hospital
Baylor Affiliated Hospitals
Conditions Treated
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Congestive Heart Failure
Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Medicare MCR
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FACC)
- Fellow (FACCP)
Education
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Baylor College of Medicine
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