Dr. Michael Acker, MD

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

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• Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania|johns Hopkins Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 1988

• Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

  Internship Hospital, 1982

• Brown University Alpert Medical School

  Medical School, 1981

• Cognition and Cerebral Infarction in Older Adults After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement, 2018-11-10

• Intraoperative post-annuloplasty three-dimensional valve analysis does not predict recurrent ischemic mitral regurgitation, 2020-07-02

• Etiology and Risk Factors for Cerebral Infarct after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement, 2016-07-05

• Optimal Surgical Management of Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: To Repair or to Replace?, 2011-11-04

• TRENDS IN MITRACLIP, MITRAL VALVE REPAIR, AND MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT FROM 2000-2016, 2020-01-22

• Saddle-Shape Annuloplasty Increases Mitral Leaflet Coaptation after Repair for Flail Posterior Leaflet, 2011-07-30

• Minimally invasive approach provides at least equivalent results for surgical correction of mitral regurgitation: A propensity-matched comparison, 2014-05-21

• Oral anticoagulant use in patients with atrial fibrillation and mitral valve repair, 2020-10-24

• The Anemia Stress Index-Anemia, Transfusions, and Mortality in Patients with Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Devices, 2022-08-03

• Designing Comparative Effectiveness Trials of Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Experience of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network, 2011-05-25

• Update to An Early Investigation of Outcomes with the New 2018 Donor Heart Allocation System in the United States, 2020-03-05

• Topical nitroglycerin to detect reversible microcirculatory dysfunction in patients with circulatory shock after cardiovascular surgery: an observational study, 2022-09-10

• Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Obstructions: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes, 2023-03-22

• Early Cardiopulmonary Fitness after Heart Transplantation as a Determinant of Post-Transplant Survival, 2023-01-03

• Surgical management of an aneurysmal coronary cameral fistula to the right atrium, 2021-12-31

• Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Evaluating an External Support Device for Saphenous Vein Coronary Grafts, 2021-12-20

• Safety and Effectiveness of Intravenous Iron Therapy in Patients Supported by Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices, 2022-07-04

• Stroke after Aortic Valve Surgery: Results from a Prospective Cohort, 2014-04-01

• Readmissions After Cardiac Surgery: Experience of the NIH / CIHR Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network, 2014-08-28

• Preoperative Three-Dimensional Valve Analysis Predicts Recurrent Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation after Mitral Annuloplasty, 2015-12-12

• 3D-Echocardiographic Analysis of Mitral Annular Dynamics: Implication for Annuloplasty Selection, 2012-09-11

• Protocol for the MicroRESUS study: The impact of circulatory shock and resuscitation on microcirculatory function and mitochondrial respiration after cardiovascular surgery, 2022-08-26

• Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery, 2020-05-14

• Regional Annular Geometry in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for Annuloplasty Ring Selection, 2013-09-23