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Cryoablation in Heart Surgery

Dr. Charles A. Mack, Dr. Karl H. Krieger, Dr. O. Wayne Isom, and several other physician-surgeons from Weill Cornell will present their findings on the safety of using cryoablation to treat atrial fibrillation during concomitant cardiac procedures.

Dr. Mack is assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Medicine, and director of the robotic cardiac surgery program at Weill Cornell Medicine|NewYork-Presbyterianl and New York Hospital Queens. Dr. Krieger is the...

NewYork-Presbyterian Heart Newsletter Fall 2004 Vol. 106

Aortic aneurysms have finally entered the public eye, thanks to a flurry of recent media attention. A series of Wall Street Journal articles in 2003, and the deaths of prominent figures (including John Ritter and Lucille Ball from aortic dissection) have created widespread public awareness of aortic aneurysms, for perhaps the first time ever. As physicians, we can seize the opportunity created by this attention and use it to ultimately provide better care for our patients.

By becoming...

Size Does Matter — Especially in Lung Cancer

“These findings support the concept of CT screening, which can detect tumors smaller than one centimeter,” said Dr. Nasser Altorki, professor of cardiothoracic surgery and director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, who was principal investigator of the study.