Mark William Connolly MD FACS, FACC

PubMed

• Rare case of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
  Dakota Pastore, Sabrina Higgins, Taylor James, Zamaan Hooda, Pasha Shenasen
  Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2024-10-01
• Rare case of an exceedingly enlarged mediastinal mass in 22-year-old male.
  Zamaan Hooda, Camillia Malhis, Luis Cerda, Mark Connolly
  Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2022-10-01
• Rare case of papillary fibroelastoma resection with concomitant cox-maze IV procedure.
  Zamaan Hooda, Ganesh Ramaprasad, Luis Cerda, Jamshed Zuberi, Mark Connolly
  Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2022-08-01

Journal Articles

• A Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Approach Improves Hospital Mortality and Length of Stay in Re-Do Coronary Artery Bypass Patients.  
  Connolly MW, Subramanian VA, Patel NU, Considine RM, Castello K, McCabe JC, Genovesi MH, Spier LN, J Amer Coll Cardio
• Endoscopic Vascular Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials and Controlled Trials.  
  Cheng D, Allen K, Cohn W, Connolly MW, Edgerton J, Falk V, Martin J, Ohtsuka T, Vital R, Innovations
• Endoscopic Vascular Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery: A Consensus Statement of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surge...  
  Allen K, Cheng D, Cohn W, Connolly MW, Edgerton J, Falk V, Martin J, Ohtsuka T, Vitali R, Innovations
• Comparison of Coronary Bypass Surgery with and without Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients with Multivessel Disease.  
  Mack MJ, Pfister A, Bachand D, Emery R, Magee MJ, Connolly MW, Subramanian V, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
• Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: Surgical Options and Strategies.  
  Connolly, MW, J Heart Failure
• Recent Progress in Minimally Invasive Conduit Harvesting.  
  Genovesi MH, Robertazzi RR, Vitali RM, Connolly MW, Subramanian VA, Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
• Patient Evaluation of the Hotel Function of Hospitals.  
  Oz MC, Zikria J, Mutrie C, Slater JP, Scott C, Lehman S, Connolly MW, Asher DT, Ting W, Namerow PB, Heart Surg Forum
• A large Unselected Series of Consecutive OPCAB Patients Demonstrates Reduced Hospital Morbidity and Mortality.  
  Connolly MW, Subramanian VA, Patel NU, McCabe JC, Genovesi MH, Loulmet DF, Considine RM, Maini A, J Amer Coll Cardio
• Change in Transfusion Requirement Comparing Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CCABG) and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Grafting (OPCAB).  
  Miani A, Levine RL, Connolly MW, Blood
• Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass.  
  Connolly MW, Subramanian VA, Patel NU, Op Tech Thoracic
• Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula with Papillary Muscle Rupture.  
  Ahmed J, Edelstein Y, Rose M, Lichstein E, Connolly MW, Southern Med
• Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization Combined with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Multicenter, Blinded, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trail.  
  Allen KB, Dowling RD, DelRossi AI, Realyvasques F, et al, J Thorac Cardiovas Surg
• Inosine enhances salvage of reperfused myocardium.  
  Connolly MW, Grossi EA, Slater J, Kreiger KH, Hunter CE, Current Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.  
  Subramanian VA, Connolly MW, Patel, NU, Cardiology Special Edition
• Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting Decreases Leg Wound Infections in CABG Patients.  
  Nahata SK, Genovesi MH, Torrillo L, Acinapura AJ, Zisbrod Z, Cunningham JN, Connolly MW, Circulation
• Perioperative complications of cardioverter-defibrillator implantation: The Emory experience.  
  Ziam S, Connolly MW, Am J Med Sciences
• Technique and results with a roller pump left and right heart assist device.  
  Rose DM, Connolly MW, Cunningham JN Jr, Ann Thorac Surg
• Use of trans- serosal pO2 to determine intestinal viability in acute mesenteric vascular ischemia.  
  Lim KH, Catinella F, Anselmo M, Rose DM, Connolly MW, Cunningham JN Jr, Current Surgery
• The time-response relationship of recombinant superoxide dismutase in the ischemic spinal cord syndrome.  
  Lim KH, Connolly MW, Rose DM, Jacobowitz IJ, Cunningham JN Jr, Surgical Forum XXXVII
• Prevention of reperfusion injury of the ischemic spinal cord - use of recombinant superoxide dismutase.  
  Lim KH, Connolly MW, Rose DM, Seigman F, Jacobowitz IJ, Acinapura AJ, Cunningham JN Jr, Ann Thorac Surg
• Efficacy of right ventricular unloading during right coronary artery occlusion in an experimental model.  
  Connolly MW, Lim KH, Rose DM, Grossi EA, Tan IP, Baumann FG, Jacobowitz IJ, Cunningham JN Jr, Surgery
• Absolute quantification of pulsatile flow during cardiopulmonary bypass correlates with enhanced renal function.  
  Grossi EA, Connolly MW, Kreiger KH, Baumann FG, Colvin SB, Spencer FC, Chest
• Identification of patient’s risk for pulmonary complications following coronary artery bypass.  
  Gelbfish EA, Rose DM, Jacobowitz IJ, Connolly MW, Cappianca P, Zisbrod ZA, Acinapura J, Cunningham JN Jr, Chest
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Books/Book Chapters

• Clopidogrel Use in Patients Requiring CABG. 
  Chapter: Pharmacology in the Cath Lab 
  Connolly MWWaksman & Ajani
• Strategy for Treatment of Acute Evolving Myocardial Infarction With Pulsatile Left Heart Assist Device - Can This Modality Increase Survival and Enhance Myocardial Salvage? 
  Chapter: Critical Care Clinics, New Techniques in Mechanical Cardiac Support 
  Rose DM, Grossi EA, Laschinger JC, Connolly MW, Adams PX, Glassman E, Cunningham JN JrEditors: Gregman D.WB Saunders
• Technique and Results With a Roller Pump Left and Right Assist Device. 
  Chapter: Assisted Circulation 
  Page 787 - 790Rose DM, Connolly MW, Cunningham JN Jr., Spencer FCEditors: Unger F.Edition 3,
• Surgical Intervention in Atherosclerotic Coronary Disease. 
  Chapter: Rehabilitation of the Coronary Patient 
  Page 323 - 48Connolly MW, Guyton RAWenger and Hellerstein, Elseveir Science Publishing Co.Edition 3,
• Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Intraoperative Protection. 
  Chapter: Hurst’s The Heart 
  Page 2443 - 2450Connolly MW, Guyton RAEditors: Schlant and Alexander.McGraw Hill, Inc, New YorkEdition 8,
• The Percutaneous Intra-aortic Balloon Pump and Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  Chapter: Hurst’s The Heart 
  Page 623 - 28Craver JM, Connolly MWEditors: Schant and Alexander.McGraw Hill, Inc, New YorkEdition 8,
• Aortoatriocaval Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Techniques of Extracoropeal Circulation. 
  Chapter: Heart-Lung Bypass 
  Connolly MWEditors: Mora, Finlayson, Rigatti.Springer-Verlaq Publishers, New York
• Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures. 
  Chapter: Medical Management of the Surgical Patient 
  Page 543 - 544Connolly MWEditors: Smith.J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
• Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures. 
  Chapter: Medical Management of the Surgical Patient 
  Page 531 - 533Connolly MWEditors: Smith.J.B. Lippincott Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 3,
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. 
  Chapter: Medical Management of the Surgical Patient 
  Page 545 - 546Connolly MWEditors: Smith.J.B. Lippincott Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 3,
• Post Cardiac Surgery Infections. 
  Chapter: Critical Care Clinics, Infections in Critical Care II 
  Page 221 - 250Lutwick LI, Vaghjimal A, Connolly MWEditors: Dudlick.W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
• Multivessel OPCAB Using Guidant Axius System. 
  Chapter: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 
  Page 105 - 112Connolly MW, Subramanian VAEditors: Oz &Goldstein.The Humana Press Inc, Totowa, NJEdition 2,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Perioperative Metabolic Management?
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida
• Advanced Techniques in OPCAB – Maintaining Hemodynamic Stability for Greater Adoption.
  Connolly MW, 8th Annual Meeting of Japanese Off-Pump Society, Fukuoka, Japan
• Transcatheter Valve Therapies Are Here to Stay – A Passing Fad with no Clinical Utility. A Common Sense Surgical Perspective.
  Connolly MW, EuroPCR, Paris, France
• Implementing the Acute Care Guidelines at Your Hospital.
  Connolly MW, 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
• Metabolic Management of the Patient with Ischemic Heart Disease: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
• Patients with Multivessel Disease: Will the Interventionalists and Surgeons Ever Get on the Same Page?
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
• Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Attacking the Epidemic.
  Connolly MW, Discussant – Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Washington, DC
• Surgery or Drug-eluting Stents in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel Disease.
  Connolly MW, Discussant – Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Washington, DC
• Surgical Perspectives on Patients Who Have Been Aggressively Anticoagulated.
  Connolly MW, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Washington, DC
• EVH: Prime Time for all CABG Patients.
  Connolly MW, 4th Annual European Association for Cardio - Thoracic Surgery/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Barcelona, Spain
• Surgical Therapy.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida
• The Surgeon Says: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida
• Advanced Techniques in OPCAB – Maintaining Hemodynamic Stability for Greater Adoption.
  Connolly MW, 3rd International Meeting on Cardiac Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
• OPCAB Technical Overview: Keys to Success.
  Connolly MW, Guidant Beating Heart Summit, Minneapolis, MN
• C02 Laser Revascularization.
  Connolly MW, Symposium presentation, London, England
• Improving Surgical Revascularization Outcomes Among High Risk Patients.
  Connolly MW, Cardiology Fellows Program-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Treatment Strategies for the Unrevascularizable Patient.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• CABG is Still the Treatment of Choice for the Diabetic with Multivessel Disease.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Surgical Issues in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Coronary Surgery in the Elderly.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Endoscopic Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Harvest.
  Connolly MW, The Society of Thoracic Surgery/American Association for Thoracic Surgeons Tech-Con 2004 Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
• Drug-Eluting Stents: The Demise of CABG?
  Connolly MW, American Association for Thoracic Surgery 83rd Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
• Surgical Issues in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
• Multivessel Disease: What to Do?
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
• Innovations in Revascularization – Cardiac Positioning for Complete Revascularization Off-Pump.
  Connolly MW, Cardica/Intuitive Surgical/MAQUET/Transonic Systems symposium during the AATS 88th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
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Lectures

• Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Medical and Nursing Perspectives. 
  The New York State Nurses Association. Sponsored by American Heart Association, New York, NY
• Economic Evaluation of CABG Patients. 
  Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• Surgical Correction of Atrial Fibrillation. 
  General Surgery Grand Rounds, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• Ventricular Assist Devices. 
  American Heart Association, Atlanta, Georgia
• Cardiomyoplasty. 
  American Heart Association, Atlanta, Georgia
• Economic Evaluation of CABG Patients. 
  Cardiology Grand Rounds, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• The Maze Procedure: Surgical Cure for Atrial Fibrillation. 
  Philadelphia Academy of Cardiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New Advances in Cardiac Surgery. 
  Medical Grand Rounds, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
• Mitral Valve Reconstruction Provides Equal Long-Term Survival and Fewer Complications Compared to Valve Replacement in Patients with Ischemic Mitral Insufficiency. 
  Spring Dinner Meeting, New York Society for Thoracic Surgery, New York, New York
• Update on Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery. 
  Combined Medical Surgical Conference. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Minimally-Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. 
  Cardiovascular Conference, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY
• A Sternotomy-sparing Multi-incision MIDCAB Approach to Redo CABG Patients Improves Hospital Mortality & Length of Stay. 
  New York Society for Thoracic Surgery, New York, New York
• Surgical Correction of Atrial Fibrillation. 
  Cardiology Grand Rounds, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Update in New Frontiers. 
  Minimally Invasive Surgery Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
• Fourth Annual Lenox Hill Hospital Research Conference, Co-Chair. 
  Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Surgical Coronary Revascularization Strategies: Treatment of Single Vessel Disease. 
  Cardiovascular Research Foundation – Point/Counterpoint, Grand Hyatt, New York, NY
• New Concepts in the Management of Perioperative Ventricular Dysfunction. 
  Ventiv Health, Philadelphia, PA
• Coronary Bypass Grafting in the New Millennium – Future Directions, Patient Benefits. 
  Sound Shore Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds, New Rochelle, NY
• Cardiac Surgery: Off-Pump Bypass Approaches. 
  Cardiology Didactic Lecture Series. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Minimally-Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. 
  Presbyterian Medical Center Surgical Grand Rounds, Philadelphia, PA
• Current Results of Off-Pump Surgery. 
  American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting – Oklahoma Chapter, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes. Update on Surgical Intervention. 
  Diabetes Healthways, American Healthways, and The Institute for Nursing Excellence, Newark, NJ
• Minimally-Invasive Coronary Artery Surgery. 
  Jersey City Medical Center Medical Grand Rounds, Jersey City, NJ
• Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Update on Surgical Intervention. 
  Bayshore Community Hospital, Bayshore, NJ
• Trends in Cardiac Surgery. 
  56th Annual Clinical Meeting – New Jersey Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Parsippany, NJ
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Other

• International Live Operating Room OPCAB Demonstrations. 
  Connolly MW
  China, Malaysia, Korea
• Endoscopic Radial Artery and Vein Harvesting. 
  Connolly MW, Live Telesurgery from St
  Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting. 
  Connolly MW, Live Telesurgery from St
  Michael’s Medical Center,Newark,New Jersey
• Re-Do Bypass in the Patient With Degenerated Vein Grafts. 
  Connolly MW, American College of Cardiology Extended Learning –Audiotape
  American College of Cardiology 52nd Annual Scientific Session. Chicago, Illinois
• Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. 
  Connolly MW, Live Telesurgery from St
  Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey
• The Watchband Incision for Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting. 
  Connolly MW, Live Webcast from St
  Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey. Presented by CardioVations. Newark, New Jersey
• Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting – Live Telesurgery. 
  Connolly MW, Moderator
  The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 36th Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• Radial Artery Harvesting – Live Telesurgery. 
  Connolly MW, Moderator
  The Society of Thoracic Surgery 36th Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• International Workshop for Cardiovascular Specialists. 
  Connolly MW, Ethicon Endo-Surgery European Surgical Institute
  Hamburg, Germany
• Off-Pump Myocardial Revascularization and Endoscopic Vein Harvesting: Current Outcomes. 
  Connolly MW
  http://www.medscape.com
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