Physician

Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Richard J. Kaplon, MD

Richard Kaplon practices Thoracic Surgery. He attended NYU School of Medicine. He has 2 awards "Fellow (FACC)" and "Fellow (FACS)". Richard Kaplon is a published MD as well. He has 22 publications published. The latest was: Dissection of the ascending aorta after previous cardiac surgery: differences in presentation and management. Richard Kaplon accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.

Publications

Novel use of an FDA-approved BiVAD for total cardiopulmonary support.
Beating-heart valvular surgery: a possible alternative for patients with severely compromised ventricular function.
Acute right ventricular failure during aortic root replacement: intraoperative diagnosis and treatment.
The risk of carcinoma in wire localization biopsies for mammographically detected clustered microcalcifications.
Passive constraint and new shape-change devices for heart failure.
Tricuspid valvectomy for right ventricular outflow cannula occlusion with the Thoratec ventricular assist device.
Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis: influence of prosthesis on survival.
Vitamin K reduces bleeding in left ventricular assist device recipients.
Dissection of the ascending aorta after previous cardiac surgery: differences in presentation and management.
Short course single agent therapy with an LFA-3-IgG1 fusion protein prolongs primate cardiac allograft survival.
Miniature axial flow pump for ventricular assistance in children and small adults.
Identification and functional analysis of human natural anti-pig xenoantibodies.
Prolonged survival of pig cardiac xenografts in unmodified newborn baboons.
Cerebral blood flow during low-flow hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in baboons.
Absence of hyperacute rejection in pig-to-primate orthotopic pulmonary xenografts.
Absence of hyperacute rejection in newborn pig-to-baboon cardiac xenografts.
Abrogation of baboon natural xenoantibody to pig splenocytes by DL-penicillamine.
Cerebral blood flow is determined by arterial pressure and not cardiopulmonary bypass flow rate.
Discriminating between preservation and reperfusion injury in human cardiac allografts using heart weight and left ventricular mass.
Sirolimus and tacrolimus in clinical cardiac transplantation.
"Single suture" for exposure of the heart in left ventricular assist device placement.

Schools

New York University School Of Medicine
General Surgery New York University Med Center
Cardiothoracic Surgery Cleveland Clinic General Surgery Nyu Med Center
Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Columbia Presbyterian Medial Center

Procedures Preformed

Aortic Valve Replacement
Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Excision of Infected Graft
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Doctors Specialties

Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow (FACC)
Fellow (FACS)

Education

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
NYU School of Medicine

Hospital

Mercy General Hospital
Mercy San Juan Medical Center

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