For Health Care Professionals

Dr. Balaguer’s Curriculum Vitae

Selected Lectures:

• Excellence in Coronary Bypass Surgery- Stonybrook University Hospital’s Journey towards the 3-Star Award from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• Surgical Management of Endocarditis: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Clinical Practice Guideline

• Routine Intraoperative Completion Angiography After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and 1- Stop Hybrid Revascularization

• Minimally Invasive Right Lateral Thoracotomy without Aortic Cross-Clamping: An Attractive Alternative to Repeat Sternotomy for Reoperative Mitral Valve Surgery

• Brief Communication- Cardiac General- Prosthetic valve sparing aortic root replacement: an improved technique

Selected Lectures:

The Dor procedure, also called Surgical Ventricular Restoration, is a complex surgical operation that removes scarred myocardium from the heart. It is usually associated with coronary bypass surgery. It is used in patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure. View Lectures

Hybrid revascularization is a novel approach for the treatment of ischemic heart disease that combines surgical components (CABG-frequently minimally Invasive) + the placement of stents. View Lectures

Off-Pump Coronary bypass is an advanced surgical technique that decreases the mortality of bypass surgery in high-risk patient populations. It is performed in selected institutions and by expert surgical teams. View Lectures

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization is an advanced operation that creates new blood vessels in the myocardium for patients with advance ischemic heart disease who are not candidates for CABG or Stents and are failing medical management. It is performed is selected Institutions. View Lectures