MarioMatos-CruzMD

Summary

• I am ABTS recertified Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon with 30 years’ experience in Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery. I am experienced in coronary bypass on and off pump, radial, maze, surgical aortic valve replacement/repair, aortic root enlargement, root replacement, TAVR , some TMVR valve in valve experience, mitral valve repair/replacement, valve CABG, adult congenital heart surgery, aortic surgery, axillary artery cannulation, trained on aortic Impella VAD, have successfully implanted ABIO pump LVAD,RVAD to transplant, , aorto-bicarotid, carotid subclavian, carotid endarterectomy, AAA repair, open and EVAR, retroperitoneal approach to AAA repair and thoraco-abdominal aneurysm repair, TEVAR and EVAR for aortic aneurysms. Type B dissection TEVAR stent, with and without left carotid subclavian bypass, iliac artery stenting, Bifurcated Iliac Artery Stenting, SFA artery stenting, aorto-bi-fem, aorto bi-iliac, fem-fem, fem-pop, fem-tib bypass. Hybrid iliac stent- fem-pop bypass, dialysis access, A-V fistulas, homograft, allograft, thoracic oncology, lobectomy, sleeve lobectomy, pneumonectomy, mediastinal lymph node dissection chest wall resection reconstruction, pectus repair, bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy, thoracotomy, VATS blebectomy, biopsy, talc peurodesis, mediastinal mass excision, , foreign body removal via bronchoscopy to include some. STS database participant. Instrumental in starting TAVR program at St. Rita’s Medical Center together with interventional cardiologists in LIMA, OH as well as advancing EVAR program to performing implantation of bifurcated iliac artery excluder endoprosthesis to treat iliac artery aneurysms with or without AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm). Impella assist device.