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  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Thoralf M. Sundt is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Emergency Medicine.

Their work addresses significant topics within cardiovascular health and treatment approaches. Key areas of research include:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies

The scientist's recent publications include important guidelines and consensus documents related to valvular heart disease and aortic dissection, such as:

  • "2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines," 2020, published in Circulation
  • "2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines," 2020, published in Circulation
  • "2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease," 2020, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary," 2020, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "2021 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery expert consensus document: Surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection," 2021, published in Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Joseph E. Bavaria
  • Arminder S. Jassar
  • Asishana A. Osho
  • Serguei Melnitchouk
  • Thomas G. Gleason

Their publication record is densely represented across several notable scientific venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Thoralf M. Sundt has produced a substantial body of work within Medicine, contributing over 350 publications in total. Recognition includes membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 1991, reflecting their professional standing in the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Catherine M. Otto;Rick A. Nishimura;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Catherine M. Otto;Rick A. Nishimura;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

    Catherine M. Otto;Rick A. Nishimura;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • Correlation of cerebral blood flow and electroencephalographic changes during carotid endarterectomy: with results of surgery and hemodynamics of cerebral ischemia.

    Sundt Tm;Sharbrough Fw;Piepgras Dg;Kearns Tp

  • Expert consensus document on the treatment of descending thoracic aortic disease using endovascular stent-grafts.

    Lars G. Svensson;Nicholas T. Kouchoukos;D. Craig Miller;Joseph E. Bavaria

  • Incidence of Aortic Complications in Patients With Bicuspid. Aortic Valves

    Hector I. Michelena;Amber D. Khanna;Douglas Mahoney;Edit Margaryan

  • Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection.

    Thomas T Tsai;Arturo Evangelista;Christoph A Nienaber;Truls Myrmel

  • 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary

    Catherine M. Otto;Rick A. Nishimura;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • The Cox maze III procedure for atrial fibrillation: long-term efficacy in patients undergoing lone versus concomitant procedures.

    Sunil M Prasad;Hersh S Maniar;Cindy J Camillo;Richard B Schuessler

  • Natural History of Asymptomatic Patients With Normally Functioning or Minimally Dysfunctional Bicuspid Aortic Valve in the Community

    Hector I. Michelena;Valerie A. Desjardins;Jean François Avierinos;Antonio Russo

  • Disruptions in surgical flow and their relationship to surgical errors: an exploratory investigation.

    Douglas A. Wiegmann;Andrew W. ElBardissi;Joseph A. Dearani;Richard C. Daly

  • The significance of unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms.

    Wiebers Do;Whisnant Jp;Sundt Tm;O'Fallon Wm

  • Spontaneous dissection of the cervical internal carotid artery.

    Bahram Mokri;Thoralf M. Sundt;O. Houser Wayne;David G. Piepgras

  • Correction: 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2014) 63 (2438-88))

    R. A. Nishimura;C. M. Otto;R. O. Bonow;B. A. Carabello

  • Correlation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Electroencephalographic Changes during Carotid Endarterectomy, with Results of Surgery and Hemodynamics of Cerebral Ischemia

    T. M. Sundt;F. W. Sharbrough;D. G. Piepgras;T. P. Kearns

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard C. Daly
Richard C. Daly Mayo Clinic
Eric M. Isselbacher
Eric M. Isselbacher Harvard University
Kim A. Eagle
Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christoph A. Nienaber
Christoph A. Nienaber National Institutes of Health
Joseph E. Bavaria
Joseph E. Bavaria University of Pennsylvania
Patrick T. O'Gara
Patrick T. O'Gara Brigham and Women's Hospital

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