Posts by Arminder S. Jassar, MBBS
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Review: Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs
Arminder S. Jassar, MBBS, and Evin Yucel, MD, of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, and colleagues recently reviewed the state-of-the-art management of patients with drug use–associated infective endocarditis, stressing the need for a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates addiction treatment.
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Teamwork Culture Facilitated the Mass General Cardiac Surgery Response to COVID-19
Cardiac surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital believe they were better able to accommodate the stresses of the COVID-19 crisis because of a preexisting organizational culture that promotes transparency and collective responsibility in decision-making.
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Investigating Novel Endografts for Complex Aortic Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital is studying novel endovascular technology, including a dual-branch arch endograft and fenestrated and branched endografts, to treat aortic disease.
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Case Reports: Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure for Acute Type B Aortic Dissection
Three patients with acute complicated type B aortic dissection with retrograde extension into the aortic arch were successfully treated at Massachusetts General Hospital with a total aortic arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk technique.
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Innovations in Treating Complex Aortic Arch Disease
Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital's Thoracic Aortic Center treat aortic arch disease and study new methods of endovascular repair.
Biography
Dr. Jassar is a Member of Faculty at the Harvard Medical School, and a member of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center and the Thoracic Aortic Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to the full spectrum of adult cardiac surgery, he focuses his clinical activities on aortic surgery. He has special interest in endovascular (TEVAR) and hybrid approaches to treat complex aortic pathology. He is also a member of the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) team at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Jassar earned his medical degree from All India Institute of Medical sciences in New Delhi, India, and then completed both his general surgery residency and cardiac surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He then did super specialty training at the University of Pennsylvania focusing on aortic and endovascular surgery, including TEVAR and TAVR. Following his training, Dr. Jassar was a visiting surgeon at the University of Freiburg, where he acquired advanced skills in hybrid aortic surgery.
His research interests have ranged from developing novel imaging and therapeutic techniques for ischemic mitral regurgitation to outcomes of cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witness patients. He has received funding from the American Heart Association to support his work. Most recently he has focused on investigating outcomes of complex aortic root and aortic arch surgery, with attention to various strategies of cerebral protection during circulatory arrest. He has presented his work at numerous national and international meetings and published in reputed peer reviewed journals.
Dr. Jassar is a member of several medical and surgical societies including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. He is a member of the working group on cardiovascular surgery of the European society of Cardiology.
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