ThomasASchwannMDProfessor of Surgery

PubMed

• Anemia and Sex Disparity in CABG Mortality: In Search of a Grand Unified Theory.
  Thomas A Schwann, Daniel T Engelman> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2024 Mar 5
• Multiarterial vs Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: 10-Year Follow-up of 1 Million Patients.
  Joseph F Sabik 3rd, J Hunter Mehaffey, Vinay Badhwar, Marc Ruel, Patrick O Myers, Sigrid Sandner, Faisal Bakaeen, John Puskas, David Taggart, Thomas Schwann, Joanna Ch...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Apr 1
• 1 citations
  Expert Systematic Review on the Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and Th...
  Gaudino, M., Bakaeen, F., Sandner, S., Aldea, G., Arai, H., Chikwe, J., Firestone, S., Fremes, S., Gomes, W., Bong-Kim, K., Kisson, K., Kurlansky, P., Lawton, J., Navi...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Oct 1
• 2 citations
  Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and Th...
  Gaudino, M., Bakaeen, F., Sandner, S., Aldea, G., Arai, H., Chikwe, J., Firestone, S., Fremes, S., Gomes, W., Bong-Kim, K., Kisson, K., Kurlansky, P., Lawton, J., Navi...> ;European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
• Long-term Outcomes and Anticoagulation in Mitral Valve Surgery-A Report From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database.
  Thomas A Schwann, Andrew M Vekstein, Daniel T Engelman, Dylan Thibault, Joanna Chikwe, Milo Engoren, Mario Gaudino, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Vinod H Thourani, Gorav Aila...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Nov 1
• 4 citations
  Incidence and Impact of a Single-Unit Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database 2010-2019.
  Natalia Ivascu Girardi, Melissa M Cushing, Lisbeth A Evered, Umberto Benedetto, Thomas A Schwann, Paul Kurlansky, Robert H Habib, Mario F L Gaudino> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
• 9 citations
  Multiarterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice Patterns in the United States: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
  Siavash Saadat, Robert Habib, Milo Engoren, Graciela Mentz, Mario Gaudino, Daniel T Engelman, Thomas A Schwann> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Jun 1
• 4 citations
  Perioperative Anemia and Transfusions and Late Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients.
  Thomas A Schwann, Andrew M Vekstein, Milo Engoren, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Sean O'Brien, Daniel Engelman, Kevin W Lobdell, Mario F Gaudino, Rawn Salenger, Robert H Habib> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Mar 1
• Commentary: Gender and outcomes: It's complicated
  Thomas A. Schwann> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2021 Oct 1
• 27 citations
  Mitral Surgery After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis.
  Joanna Chikwe, Patrick T. O'Gara, Stephen E. Fremes, Thoralf M. Sundt rd, Robert H. Habib, James S. Gammie, Mario Gaudino, Vinay Badhwar, Marc Gillinov, Michael A. Ack...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 Jul 6
• 71 citations
  STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research.
  Michael E. Bowdish, Richard S. D’Agostino, Vinod H. Thourani, Thomas A. Schwann, Carole Krohn, Nimesh D. Desai, David M. Shahian, Felix G. Fernandez, Vinay Badhwar> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Jun 1
• Commentary: 1, 2 or 3 arterial grafts? One is not enough!
  Thomas A Schwann, Daniel T Engelman> ;JTCVS Open. 2021 Mar 1
• 10 citations
  Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Short‐Term Outcomes Following Left‐Sided Valvular Surgery: An Echocardiographic Study
  Ebrahim Sabbagh, Rajesh Gupta, Salem Assiri, Mohammed Andaleeb Chowdhury, George V. Moukarbel, Sadik A. Khuder, Thomas A. Schwann, Mark R. Bonnell, Christopher J. Coop...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Feb 16
• Commentary: Radial artery-Try it; you might like it, and your patients will love it.
  Thomas A. Schwann> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2021 Feb 1
• 10 citations
  Effect of Skeletonization of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries on Deep Sternal Wound Infections
  Thomas A. Schwann, Mario Gaudino, Daniel T. Engelman, Art Sedrakyan, Dongze Li, Robert F. Tranbaugh, Robert H. Habib> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
• 2 citations
  Association of Both High and Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction With Increased Risk After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
  Michael D. Maile, Michael R. Mathis, Robert H. Habib, Thomas A. Schwann, Milo Engoren> ;Heart, Lung & Circulation. 2021 Jan 27
• Reply from authors: A question versus the question
  Thomas A. Schwann, Mario Gaudino> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Jan 1
• International Impact of COVID-19 on the Diagnosis of Heart Disease (vol 77, pg 173, 2021)
  Joanna Chikwe, Patrick T. O'Gara, Stephen E. Fremes, Thoralf M. Sundt, Robert H. Habib, James S. Gammie, Mario Gaudino, Vinay Badhwar, Marc Gillinov, Michael A. Acker,...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 Jan 1
• Stress Biomarkers Do Not Correlate With Risk Factors for Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
  Daniel T. Engelman, Cheryl Crisafi, Michael J. Germain, Barbara A. Greco, Brian H. Nathanson, R. M. Engelman, Thomas A. Schwann> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 1
• 10 citations
  Surgeons' Coronary Bypass Practice Patterns in the United States
  Mario Gaudino, Mohamed Rahouma, Robert H. Habib, Irbaz Hameed, N. Bryce Robinson, Woodrow J. Farrington, Stephen E. Fremes, Thomas A. Schwann, Leonard N. Girardi> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020 Oct 6
• 3 citations
  Outcomes following revascularization with radial artery bypass grafts: Insights from the PREVENT-IV trial
  Oliver K. Jawitz, Morgan L. Cox, David N. Ranney, Judson B. Williams, Hillary Mulder, Mario Gaudino, Stephen E. Fremes, Robert H. Habib, C. Michael Gibson, Thomas A. S...> ;American Heart Journal. 2020 Oct 1
• 22 citations
  A Comparison of Sepsis-2 (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Based) to Sepsis-3 (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Based) Definitions-A Multicenter Retrospectiv...
  Milo Engoren, Troy G. Seelhammer, Robert E. Freundlich, Michael D. Maile, Matthew J. G. Sigakis, Thomas A. Schwann> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Sep 1
• 4 citations
  Commentary: To BIMA or not to BIMA, that should be the question, rather than how to BIMA.
  Thomas A. Schwann, Mario Gaudino> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Dec 1
• 3 citations
  Commentary: A little is way too much: What we have learned about perioperative acute kidney injury.
  Daniel T. Engelman, Thomas A. Schwann> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 Jul 1
• 1 citations
  Perioperative Blood Transfusions Are Not Benign.
  Thomas A. Schwann, Milo Engoren, Daniel T. Engelman> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
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Journal Articles

• Evidence and Temporality of the Obesity Paradox in Coronary Bypass Surgery: An Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality  
  Thomas A Schwann, Ian Monroe, Milo C Engoren, Mark R Bonnell, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Ovary and unilateral oophorectomy: is having one the same as having two?  
  Brown DN, Menopause, 1/24/2014
• Time-varying (0-15 years) survival benefit of radial artery versus saphenous vein grafting: a multi-institutional analysis of 9852 patients  
  Schwann TA, Tranbaugh RF, Dimitrova KR, Engoren MC, Kabour A, Hoffman DM, Geller CM, Habib RH, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Recent trends in cost-related medication nonadherence among US stroke survivors  
  Levine D, Morgenstern, L, Langa KM, Piette J, Rogers M, Karve S, Annals of Neurology, 1/1/2013
• Late Effects of Radial Artery versus Saphenous Vein Grafting for Multivessel Coronary Bypass Surgery in Diabetics - A Propensity Matched Analysis  
  Schwann TA, MD, Al-Shaar, L, Engoren, M, Habib, RH, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 1/1/2013
• Surgery for 'asymptomatic' mild primary hyperparathyroidism improves some clinical symptoms postoperatively  
  Blanchard C, Mathonnet M, Sebag F, Caillard C, Hamy A, Volteau C, Heymann MF, Wyart V, Drui D, Roy M, Cariou B, Archambeaud F, Rodien P, Henry JF, Zarnegar R, Hardouin..., Eur J Endocrinol, 1/1/2013
• Intrercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is upregulated in aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer  
  Buitrago D, Keutgen XM, Crowley M, Filicori F, Aldailami H, Hoda R, Liu YF, Hoda RS, Scognamiglio T, Jin M, Fahey TJ, Zarnegar R, Ann Surg Oncol, 1/1/2012
• Comparison of late CABG survival effects of radial artery versus saphenous vein grafting in male and female patients  
  SchwannTA, Engoren M, Bonnell M, Clancy C, Habib RH, Ann Thoracic Surg, 1/1/2012
• Subclinical Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Preeclamptic Women with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A 2D Speckle Tracking Imaging Study  
  Shahul S, Rhee J, Hacker MR, Gulati G, Mitchell JD, Hess P, Mahmood F, Arany Z, Rana S, Talmor D, Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 1/1/2012
• Midpregnancy levels of angiogenic factors and pathways to preterm delivery  
  Mijal RS, Holzman CB, Rana S, Karumanchi A, Wang J, Sikorskii A, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 1/1/2012
• Management of abnormal serum markers in the absence of aneuploidy or neural tube defects  
  Schnettler WT, Hacker MR, Barber R, Rana S, J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 1/1/2012
• Early serum (1 to 3)-beta-D-glucan lvels in patients with burn injury  
  Shupp JW, Petraitiene R, Jaskille AD, Pavlovich AR, Matt SE, Nguyen DT, Kath MA, Jeng JC, Jordan MH, Finkelman M, Walsh TJ and Shoham S, Mycoses, 1/1/2012
• Combined Inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Cyclooxygenase-2 as a Novel Approach to Enhance Radiotherapy  
  Fu S, Rivera M, Ko EC, Sikora AG, Chen CT, Vu HL, Cannan D, Eisenstein S, Rosenstein BS, Aguirre-Ghiso J, Chen SH, Kao J, Journal of Cell Science & Therapy, 1/13/2011
• Late Outcomes Following Radial Artery versus Saphenous Vein Grafting During Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery  
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A, Engoren M, Habib RH, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1/1/2010
• Robotic thyroid surgery using a gasless transaxillary approach: cosmetic improvement or improved quality of surgical dissection?  
  Brunaud L, Germain A, Zarnegar R, Klein M, Ayav A, Bresler L, J Visc Surg, 1/1/2010
• Bone metastases from differentiated thyroid carcinoma  
  Muresan MM, Olivier P, Leclere J, Sirveaux F, Brunaud L, Klein M, Zarnegar R, Weryha G, Endocr Relat Cancer, 1/1/2008
• Learning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship students  
  Strayer SM, Williams PM, Stephens MB, Yew KS, Fam Med, 1/1/2008
• The Prevalence Of Elevated Hemoglobin A1c In A Cardiac Surgery Population  
  Engoren M, Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, and A Shah, J Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1/1/2008
• Survival and Graft Patency Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Coronary Endarterectomy: Role of Arterial versus Vein Conduits  
  Schwann TA, Zacharias A, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah AS and RH Habib, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2007
• Onset Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery  
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Circulation, 1/1/2005
• Salvage Therapy: When to Switch and What to Switch To  
  Casau N and Gulick, R, Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2002
• A critical reappraisal of the oximetric assessment of intracardiac left-to-right shunting in adults  
  Pirwitz MJ, Willard JE, Landau C, Hillis LD, Lange RA, Am Heart J, 1/1/1997
• Acquired myocardial bridging  
  Vongpatanasin W, Willard JE, Hillis LD, Lange RA, Landau C, Am Heart J, 1/1/1997
• Incidence and treatment of elastic recoil occurring in the 15 minutes following successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty  
  Daniel WC, Pirwitz MJ, Willard JE, Lange RA, Hillis LD, Landau C, Am J Cardiol, 1/1/1996
• Comparison of quantitation of left ventricular volume, ejection fraction, and cardiac output in patients with atrial fibrillation by cine magnetic resonance imaging ve...  
  Hundley WG, Meshack BM, Willett DL, Sayad DE, Lange RA, Willard JE, Landau C, Hillis LD, Peshock RM, Am J Cardiol, 1/1/1996
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Books/Book Chapters

• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers. 
  Chapter: Clinical management and biosafety and security issues related to agents of hemorrhagic fever. Chapter 8. 
  Page 129 - 148Risi GF, Arminio TEditors: Singh, SD, Ruzek, D.CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL2014
• Anal Fistula: Principles and Management 
  Chapter: Biologic Fistula Plugs. Chapter 12 
  Eisenstein S, Ky ASpringer2014
• Textbook of Endocrine Surgery 
  Chapter: Sodium Iodide Symporter and Radioactive iodine Therapy. 
  Page 355 - 361Zarnegar REditors: Clark OH, Duh Q-Y.W.B. Saunders2005
• Handhelds in Medicine: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. 
  Editors: Strayer SM, Reynolds P, Ebell M.Springer-Verlag, New York, NY2004
• Current Treatment Opinions in Oncology 
  Chapter: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type I (MENI). 
  Page 224 - 348Zarnegar R, Brunaud L, Clark OHEditors: Clark OH, Dackiw A.Current Science2002
• Femoral-Popliteal-Tibial Occlusive Disease 
  Page 421 - 446Veith FJ, Panetta TF, Wengerter KR, Marin ML, Rivers SP, Suggs WD, Lyon RTEditors: Veith FJ, Hobson RW, Williams RA, Wilson SE.New York, NY1993
• Current Critical Problems in Vascular Surgery 
  Chapter: Value Of Percutaneous Transluminally Angioplasty in the Treatment of Failing Vein and PTFE Grafts 
  Page 188 - 194Sanchez LA, Gupta SK, Veith FJ, Goldsmith J, Lyon RT, Wengerter KR, Panetta TF, Marin ML, Cynamon J, Berdejo G, Sprayregen S, and Bakal CWEditors: Veith FJ.Quality Medical Publishing Inc., St. Louis, MO1992
• The genital mycoplasmas. In: Pastorek J, ed. 
  Risi GF, Sanders CVEditors: Pastorek J.1989
• Vertigo, Nausea, Tinnitus and Hypoacusia in Metabolic Disorders. 
  Chapter: Rotatory Evoked Potentials Following Labyrinthectomy in Rabbits. 
  Page 103 - 106Zunkeler B., Hofferberth B., Hirschberg M.Editors: Claussen C.F., Kirtane M.V., Schlitter K..Elsevier, Amsterdam1988
• Vertigo, Nausea, Tinnitus and Hypoacusia in Metabolic Disorders. 
  Chapter: Oculomotor Findings in Patients Suffering from Diabetes Mellitus. 
  Page 465 - 468Hirschberg M., Hofferberth B., Husstedt I., Zunkeler B.Editors: Claussen C.F., Kirtane M.V., Schlitter K..Elsevier, Amsterdam1988
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Abstracts/Posters

• Top 10 “Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters” Studies for 2010-2011.
  Strayer SM, Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, Palm Springs, CA, 1/1/2011
• Quit Advisor MD: A Web-Based Tool for Improving Brief Smoking Cessation Counseling Interventions by Physicians. Poster Presentation
  Strayer SM, Bovbjerg V, Elward K, Ingersoll K, Pelletier SL, Rollins L, Schorling J, Yan G, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/1/2009
• Effectiveness Trial of Zyban for Smoking Cessation in the Outpatient Setting.
  Strayer SM, Flusche A, Hodge J, Martindale JR, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, 1/1/2004
• Abnormal endothelium-dependent coronary vasoreactivity and intimal proliferation in patients with chronic cocaine abuse.
  Eichhorn EJ, Grayburn PA, Bedotto JB, Willard JE, Demian SE, Willerson JT, Clin Res, 1/1/1990
• Pathogenic efficiency of plasmid containing (R) ampicillin resistant (AmpR) Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB).
  Daum RS, Zutter M, Johnson EJ, Willard JE, Pediatr Res, 1/1/1982
• Preliminary ultrastructural observations of experimental Haemophilus influenzae meningitis.
  Merchant RE, Willard JE, Daum RS, Anat Rec, 1/1/1980
• Late Outcomes of All-Arterial Revascularization in Multivessel Coronary Disease.
  Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A and RH Habib, Heart Surgery Forum Journal
• Effects of prior percutaneous revascularization on late outcomes in diabetic and triple-Vessel Disease Patients.
  Habib RH, Zacharias A, Schwann TA, Riordan CJ, Durham SJ, Shah A, Heart Surgery Forum Journal
• Allopurinol improves post ischemic myocardial performance.
  Lobdell KW, Schwann TA, Braxton JB, Baldwin JC, Kopf GS, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Anaheim, CA
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Lectures

• Single-cell analysis of intestinal T cells: Insights into celiac disease and colon cancer. 
  Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 1/1/2014
• Latest Approaches for Smoking Cessation 
  1/1/2014
• Perineal Repair 
  1/1/2014
• Penetrating chest trauma and the Emergency Department thoracotomy. 
  Medical Center of Central Georgia - 1/30/2013
• Hypertension in Pregnancy Forum. Invited Speaker 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
• Stigma in Psychiatry 
  1/1/2013
• Complications of Robotic Surgery 
  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2012
• Endoscopic Thyroidectomy 
  Nancy, France - 1/1/2011
• The Health and Retirement Study and the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study: A UM-Peking University Collaboration. 
  University of Michigan - 1/1/2011
• Using Surveys to Study Aging and Health Around the World. 
  University of Michigan - 1/1/2011
• New Paradigms in the Management of Venous Thrombo-embolic Disease. 
  Space Coast, FL - 1/5/2010
• One Minute for Prevention: A Point-of-Care Tool for Smoking Cessation Counseling 
  1/1/2006
• Delivering Preventive Services in a Primary Care Office. 
  1/1/2003
• Labor Dystocia. 
  1/1/2002
• Approach of the Pregnant woman with Venous Disease. 
  Cordoba, Argentina - 1/31/2000
• Endovascular Workshop 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/1999
• Distal Anastomotic Configurations of Use in Conjunction with Endovascular Grafts Placed for Treatment of Aortoiliac Arterial Lesions 
  Nancy, France - 1/1/1996
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Other

• Bioterrorism: an overview for family physicians. Clinical Update 272, Clinical Update Series 
  Strayer SM, Seto CK, AAFP Home Study Self-Assessment Program
  1/1/2002
• Educating Parents at the Well Child Exam: Maximizing Physician Effectiveness and Meeting Parental Needs. Master’s Thesis Defense, Department of Epidemiology 
  Smithson AJW
  University of Minnesota School of Public Health - 1/1/1999