Alberto B Pochettino MD

PubMed

• 4 citations
  Mid-Term Outcomes of "Complete Aortic Repair": Surgical or Endovascular Total Arch Replacement With Thoracoabdominal Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair.
  Jesse Chait, Emanuel R Tenorio, Hidetake Kawajiri, Guilherme B B Lima, Nolan C Cirillo-Penn
  Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 2025-04-01
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  Mechanical or biological prosthesis for aortic valve replacement in patients aged 45 to 74 years.
  Daokun Sun, Hartzell V Schaff, Kevin L Greason, Ying Huang, Gabor Bagameri
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-04-01
• 1 citations
  Outcomes of aortic surgery in patients with Takayasu arteritis.
  Defne Gunes Ergi, Hartzell V Schaff, Alberto Pochettino, Philip D Hurst, Kevin L Greason
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

• Central Cannulation Strategy for Extent I Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection  
  Alberto Pochettino, Joseph E Bavaria, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Journal of Cardiac Surgery
• The ARCH projects: Design and rationale (IAASSG 001)  
  Yan TD, Tian DH, LeMaire SA, Misfeld M, Elefteriades JA, Chen EP, Hughes GC, Kazui T, Griepp RB, Kouchoukos NT, Bannon PG, Underwood MJ, Mohr FW, Oo A, Sundt TM, Bavar..., Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Stroke after aortic valve surgery: Results from a prospective cohort  
  Messe SR, Acker MA, Kasner SE, Fanning M, Giovannetti T, Ratcliffe SJ, Bilello M, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Hargrove WC, Mohler ER III, Floyd TF, Matthai WH Jr, Morris RJ,..., Circulation, 1/1/2014
• Type A Aortic Dissection After Previous Cardiac Surgery: Results of an Integrated Surgical Approach  
  Rylski B, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Moser W, Vallabhajosyula P, Pochettino A, Szeto WY, Milewski RK, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/2014
• Aortic Valve Morphology Determines the Presentation and Surgical Approach to Acute Type A Aortic Dissection  
  Rylski B, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Vallabhajosyula P, Moser W, Pochettino A, Szeto WY, Milewski RK, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/2014
• Long-Term Results of Neomedia Sinus Valsalva Repair in 489 Patients With Type A Aortic Dissection  
  Rylski B, Bavaria JE, Milewski RK, Vallabhajosyula P, Moser W, Kremens E, Pochettino A, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/2014
• Ascending Aortic Cannulation in Acute Type A Dissection Repair  
  Frederick JR, Yang E, Trubelja A, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Woo YJ, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/2013
• Minimally invasive approach provides at least equivalent results for surgical correction of mitral regurgitation: A propensity-matched comparison  
  Goldstone AB, Atluri P, Szeto WY, Trubelja A, Howard JL, MacArthur JW, Newcomb C, Donnelly JP, Kobrin DM, Sheridan MA, Powers C, Gorman RC, Gorman JH, Pochettino A, Ba..., Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1/1/2013
• The University of Pennsylvania Lung Transplantation Experience: A Surgical Perspective  
  Woo YJ, Frederick J, Southerland K, Hiesinger W, Fitzpatrick JR, Blumenthal N, Kotloff R, Gorman R, Gorman J, Szeto W, Kaiser L, Bavaria J, Pochettino A, Chest, 1/1/2012
• Hybrid Procedure for Arch Aneurysms, Fast Facts-Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Highlights 2006-07  
  Szeto WY, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Health Press, 1/1/2007
• Spinal cord ischemia may be reduced via a novel technique of intercostal artery revascularization during open thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair  
  Woo EY, Mcgarvey M, Jackson BM, Bavaria JE, Fairman RM, Pochettino A, J Vasc Surg, 1/1/2007
• Prospective randomized study of BioGlue surgical adhesive used as a hemostatic and structural adjunct in primary surgical repair of ascending aortic aneurysm  
  Bavaria JE, Coselli JS, Fehrenbacher J, Stowe CL, Pochettino A, Woo YJ, Cardiovascular Surgery, 1/1/2002
• As originally published in 1992: Skeletal muscle ventricles in the pulmonary circulation: up to 16 weeks' experience  
  Niinami H, Hooper TL, Hammond RL, Ruggiero R, Lu H, Spanta AD, Pochettino A, Colson M, Stephenson LW, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/1998
• Aortic arch reconstruction with retrograde cerebral perfusion  
  Bavaria JE, Pochettino A, Wahl PM, Hall RA, Acker MA, Gardner TJ, Journal of the Penn Association of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/1998
• Carotid dis-section with acute aortic dissection  
  Stecker MM, Bavaria JE, Barclay DK, Weiss SJ, Pochettino A, Cheung AT, Journal of Neurovascular Disease, 1/1/1997
• Effect of treatment with anabolic steroid (Nandrolone decanoate) on physiological and morphological characteristics of unconditioned and conditioned canine latissimus ...  
  Hohenhaus E, Pochettino A, Hammond RL, Niinami H, Lu H, Spanta AD, Pluymers RJ, Jarvis JC, Salmons S, Stephenson LW, Basic and Applied Myology, 1/1/1992
• Impaired canine renal blood flow during intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation  
  Pochettino A, Hammond RL, Spanta AD, Lu H, Niinami H, Anderson DR, Stephenson LW, Cardiac Chronicle, 1/1/1991
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Books/Book Chapters

• Cardiac Surgery: Technique and Practice. 
  Chapter: Acute proximal aortic dissection with arch involvement. 
  Iturra SA, Pochettino A2013
• Fast Facts: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Highlights. 
  Chapter: Hybrid procedure for arch aneurysms. 
  Page 51 - 58Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Pochettino AEditors: Davies A, Mitchell A.Health Press Limited, London, England2008
• Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
  Chapter: Aortic dissection. 
  Page 534 - 544Pochettino A, Bavaria JEEditors: Kaiser LR, Kron IL, Spray TL.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2007
• Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery 
  Chapter: Acute Aortic Dissection. Chap. 57 
  Bavaria JE, Pochettino AEditors: Kaiser LR, Kron II, Spray TL.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 2nd,2006
• Key Topics in Cardiac Surgery. 
  Chapter: The intra-aortic balloon pump. 
  Page 215 - 221Pochettino AEditors: Ohri, Tang, Stephenson.Martin Dunitz & Parthenon Publishing, London, England2005
• The Intensive Care Manual. 
  Chapter: Cardiac surgery: Postoperative care. 
  Page 971 - 978Acker MA, Pochettino AEditors: Lanken PN, Manaker S, Hanson W.WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA2001
• Cardiac Surgery: State of the Art Reviews. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Surgical Research. 
  Chapter: Skeletal muscle for cardiac assistance. 
  Page 677 - 701Hohenhaus E, Anderson WA, Pochettino A, Anderson DR, Niinami H, Spanta AD, Hammond RL, Bridges CR, Stephenson LWEditors: Kron IL, Mavroudis C.Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA1990
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Abstracts/Posters

• Improved long-term survival with multiple arterial grafting compared with percutaneous coronary intervention or conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: analysis ...
  Locker C, Schaff HV, Daly RC, Frye RL, Bell MR, Dearani JA, Li Z, Lennon RJ, Joyce LD, Greason KL, Stulak JM, Pochettino A, Lerman A, Circulation, 1/1/2013
• Targeting landing zone 0 by total arch rerouting and TEVAR-mid-term results of a transcontinental registry.
  Czerny M, Weigang E, Gelpi G, Antona C, Funovics M, Grimm M, Carrel T, Szeto W, Pochettino A, Bavaria J, American Heart Association Scientific Session, Chicago, IL, 1/13/2010
• Simultaneous TEVAR and EVAR is Feasible with Minimal Morbidity and Mortality.
  Kirkwood M, Pochettino A, Fairman RM, Jackson BM, Bavaria JE, Woo EY, EVS Mtg, 1/1/2010
• Durability of Porcine Bioroots in Younger Patients with Aortic root pathology: A Propensity Matched Comparison with Composite Mechanical Roots.
  Desai NJ, Szeto WY, Zeeshan A, Brown D, Pochettino A, McCarthy F, Moeller P, Bavaria JE, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1/1/2010
• Ischemia on Presentation Stratifies Mortality Risk after Surgery for Acute Type A Dissection: Introducing the Penn Classification of Acute Type A Dissection.
  Augoustides JG, Geirsson A, Szeto WY, Walsh EK, Cornelius B, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Circulation, 1/1/2007
• Fate of the residual distal and proximal aorta after acute type a dissection repair using contemporary surgical reconstruction algorithm.
  Pochettino A, Geirsson A, Keane MG, Swarr D, Woo YJ, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, 43rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1/1/2007
• Is the total artificial heart superior to BIVAD therapy as a method of bridging patients to heart transplantation? Poster
  Leshnower BG, Smith RG, O'Hara ML, Woo YJ, Pochettino A, Morris RJ, Gardner TJ, Stepian MJ, Copeland JG, Acker MA, 43rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1/1/2007
• Risk factors for perioperative stroke after thoracic endovascular aorta repair (TEVAR).
  Gustsche JT, Cheung AT, McGarvey ML, Moser WG, Szeto WY, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, 43rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1/1/2007
• Emergent treatment of thoracic aortic pathology using endovascular aortic stent grafts.
  Szeto, WY, Pochettino A, Woo EY, Moser W, Fairman RM, Carpenter JP, Bavaria JE, 44th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, Allentown, PA, 1/1/2006
• Reoperative aortic root replacement after previous aortic surgery.
  Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Bowen FW, Geirsson A, Hargrove WC, Pochettino A, 43rd Annual Meeting, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1/1/2006
• A novel technique to preserve spinal cord perfusion in open thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair.
  Woo EY, Bowen F, Parmer SS, Karmacharya J, Szeto W, McGarvey M, Pochettino A, 86th Annual Meeting American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2006
• Application of the open arch antegrade "stented elephant trunk" approach for hybrid repair of the aortic arch using the Gore TAG stent graft in type A dissections.
  Bowen FW, Szeto W, Pochettino A, Bavaria J, 86th Annual Meeting American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2006
• Redo aortic root reconstruction after previous aortic surgery.
  Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Bowen FW, Geirsson A, Hargrove WC, Pochettino A, 44th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Association for Thoracic Surgery, Allentown, PA, 1/1/2006
• Techniques for preserving vertebral artery perfusion during thoracic aortic stent grafting requiring proximal landing.
  Woo EY, Bavaria JE, Carpenter JP, Velazquez OC, Gleason T, Pochettino A, Woo YJ, Fairman RM, European Society of Vascular Surgery, 1/1/2005
• Gender and body mass index (BMI) are associated with poor functional status one year post lung transplant independent of effects on early mortality.
  Sager JS, Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, Simcox R, Blumenthal NP, Mendez J, Bilker WB, Pochettino A, Christie JD, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2005
• Strategies to manage paraplegia risk after endovascular stent repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm.
  Cheung AT, Pochettino A, McGarvey M, Gleason TG, Fairman RM, Carpenter J, Moser WG, Woo EY, Bavaria JE, 41st Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1/1/2005
• Is retrograde cerebral perfusion an adequate neuro-circulatory adjunctive strategy for elective surgery on the open proximal aortic arch? Poster Presentation
  Appoo JJ, Augoustides JG, Cornelius KF, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, 1/1/2005
• Results of a new mechanical valved conduit with sinuses of valsalva.
  Appoo JJ, Bavaria JE, Cornelius KF, Pochettino A, SHVD Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1/1/2005
• Color flow Doppler recognition of intraoperative brachiocephalic malperfusion during protocol-based repair of acute type A aortic dissection.
  Kohl B, Augoustides JG, Giberson S, Bavaria JE, Pochettino A, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 7th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2005
• Evaluation of early tracheal extubation in adults undergoing single lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Augoustides JG, Watcha SM, Rock TA, Pochettino A, Jobes DR, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 7th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2005
• Successful management of life-threatening hypoxemia with inhaled prostacyclin in an adult with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
  Augoustides JG, Abdullah I, Pochettino A, Hanson CW, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2005
• Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms with the Medtronic "Talent" stent graft. Poster Presentation
  Bavaria JE, Moser GW, McBride A, Gleason TG, Pochettino A, Carpenter JP, Fairman RM, Aortic Surgery Symposium IX, 1/1/2004
• Morbidity and mortality after combined distal arch and extent I/II throacoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest via the left chest...
  Gleason TG, Cheung AC, Shanmugan S, Pochettino A, Bavaria JE, Aortic Surgery Symposium IX, 1/1/2004
• Primary graft failure is associated with increased long-term mortality following lung transplantation independent of development of BOS.
  Augoustides J, Pinchasik D, Weiner J, Pochettino A, Weiss S, Savino J, Christie JD, Ahya VN, Landis JR, Gaughan C, Kimmel SE, Kotloff RM, J Heart Lung Transplant, 1/1/2004
• The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass on outcome after bilateral lung transplant for suppurative lung disease.
  Augoustides J, Kowalchuk DA, Pochettino A, Gambone AJ, Jobes DR, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2004
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Lectures

• A 22 Year Old Woman With a Dilated Aortic Root-And More. Valve Sparing Aortic Case. 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2014
• Hybrid Aortic Arch Repair: What is the Current Standard? 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1/1/2014
• Frozen Elephant Trunk in DeBakey I Dissection. 
  Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1/1/2014
• Hybrid Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection with Antegrade TEVAR of the Distal Aorta (Frozen Elephant Trunk). 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2014
• Aortic Arch Surgery. CV 
  Bergen, Norway - 1/1/2014
• Congenital Aortic Arch Surgery. 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2014
• State-of-the-Art Lecture with Questions and Discussion Aortic Disorders: What Imaging do I Need and Why? 
  Koloa, HI - 1/1/2014
• Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease. Aortic Disease and Treatment. 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2014
• Lessons learned from hybrid arch repair. 
  Florianopolis, Brazil - 1/1/2013
• Hybrid repair of type A aortic dissections improves positive aortic remodeling. 
  Florianopolis, Brazil - 1/1/2013
• Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms. 
  Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA - 1/1/2013
• Valvular Heart Disease - Surgical Treatment Options. 
  Sioux City Convention Center, Sioux City, IA - 1/1/2013
• Redo root surgery. 
  Bergen, Norway - 1/1/2013
• Antegrade stent grafting in acute type A dissections. 
  Bergen, Norway - 1/1/2013
• In the Era of TAVR Is There Still a Place for Mechanical AVR? 
  Sunny Isles, FL - 1/1/2013
• RV Dysfunction after redo congenital repairs. Adult Congenital Heart Disease Session 
  Aspen/Snowmass Village, CO - 1/1/2013
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction. Hypertrophic Left Ventricle Session 
  Aspen/Snowmass Village, CO - 1/1/2013
• Redo Aortic Arch Surgery: Pitfalls and Pearls. 
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2013
• Aortic Root Surgery 
  Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2012
• Why I do all Bilateral Lung Transplants on CPB and the journey that lead me there. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2011
• Circulation Management during Open Arch Surgery: The Penn Way. 
  University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2011
• Management of Dissecting Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms. 
  King of Prussia, PA - 1/1/2011
• Circulation Management in Proximal Thoracic Aortic Surgery Involving the Arch 
  King of Prussia, PA - 1/1/2011
• Aortic Arch Surgery: The Penn Way. 
  University of Bergen, Norway - 1/1/2010
• TEVAR in setting of Aortic Dissection: Type A and B 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2009
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Other

• Ballerina: Thoracic Stent Graft Patient Success Story. Television News Segment 
  Pochettino A, Channel 6 (ABC), Philadelphia, PA: Health Reporter/Anita Brinkman
  1/14/2006
• Penn Vital Signs: Complex Aortic Surgery. Television Program 
  Pochettino A, University of Pennsylvania Health System
  1/14/2004
• Skeletal muscle ventricles for cardiac assistance. 
  Ruggiero R, Niinami H, Hooper TL, Pochettino A, Hammond RL, Lu H, Spanta AD, Nakajima H, Nakajima HO, Mannion JD, Acker MA, Bridges Cr, Anderson DR, Colson M, Kantrowi..., Basic and Applied Myology
  1/1/1991