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Director of Cardiac Transplantation
Expertise: Surgical treatment of heart failure, ventricular assist device, end-stage heart disease, cardiac surgery, mechanical support, LVAD
Bio: Moazami is an assistant professor of surgery in the Cardiac Surgery Section of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He also is an attending cardiothoracic surgeon and chief of cardiac transplantation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. While his principal clinical interests are ventricular assistance and transplantation in the treatment of advanced cardiac disease, Moazami's practice includes the broad area of adult cardiac surgery.
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M.D. in Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Bypassing surgery
Closed-chest procedures gain in popularity among heart patients
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| Doctors are using stents to manage heart disease without opening the chest. |
The number of open-heart surgery patients is declining for several reasons. Better drugs and healthier lifestyle choices are keeping many people out of the operating room, but even those who do require surgery are frequently opting for less invasive procedures these days. Read more in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
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