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Krzysztof Wrobel
Krzysztof Wrobel, M.D. PhD, FETCS
Background
Rochester University, NY, USA (rotation as a 4th grade medical student)
Jagiellonian University Medical School ( M.D. 2000)
National Specialty Board Certification in Adult Cardiac Surgery (2009)
EACTS Bergamo School Course 1
EACTS Bergamo School Course 2
European Fellow Transplant Workshop
European College of Transplantation
FETCS 2009
Other Interests
Arterial revascularization
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Off pump coronary surgery
Echocardiography
Heart failure surgery
Aortic valve repair
Mitral valve repair
Research
• Circulation. 2015 Aug 25;132(8):720-30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014932.
Influence of Baseline Characteristics, Operative Conduct, and Postoperative Course on 30-Day Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Results From the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial.
Wrobel K, Stevens SR, Jones RH, Selzman CH, Lamy A, Beaver TM, Djokovic LT, Wang N, Velazquez EJ, Sopko G, Kron IL, DiMaio JM, Michler RE, Lee KL, Yii M, Leng CY, Zembala M, Rouleau JL, Daly RC, Al-Khalidi HR.
• N Engl J Med 2011 Apr 28;364(17):1617-25
Myocardial viability and survival in ischemic left ventricular dysfunction.
Bonow RO, Maurer G, Lee KL, Holly TA, Binkley PF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Drozdz J, Farsky PS, Feldman AM, Doenst T, Michler RE, Berman DS, Nicolau JC, Pellikka PA, Wrobel K, Alotti N, Asch FM, Favaloro LE, She L, Velazquez EJ, Jones RH, Panza JA; Stich Trial Investigators.
• Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jun 25. pii: S0002-9149(15)01531-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.06.015. [Epub ahead of print]Comparison of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiographic Measurements of Mechanism and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (from the Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure Trial).
Grayburn PA, She L, Roberts BJ, Golba KS, Mokrzycki K, Drozdz J, Cherniavsky A, Przybylski R, Wrobel K, Asch FM, Holly TA, Haddad H, Yii M, Maurer G, Kron I, Schaff H, Velazquez EJ, Oh JK.
• Circulation. 2012 May 29;125(21):2639-48. Epub 2012 May 2.
Influence of mitral regurgitation repair on survival in the surgical treatment for ischemic heart failure trial.
Deja MA, Grayburn PA, Sun B, Rao V, She L, Krejca M, Jain AR, Leng Chua Y, Daly R, Senni M, Mokrzycki K, Menicanti L, Oh JK, Michler R, Wróbel K, Lamy A, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Jones RH.
• J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Nov;146(5):1139-1145
Insights from the STICH trial: Change in left ventricular size after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without surgical ventricular reconstruction.
Michler RE, Rouleau JL, Al-Khalidi HR, Bonow RO, Pellikka PA, Pohost GM, Holly TA, Oh JK, Dagenais F, Milano C, Wrobel K, Pirk J, Ali IS, Jones RH, Velazquez EJ, Lee KL, Di Donato M; STICH Trial Investigators.
• Am J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 12.
Mechanisms of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography (from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial). Golba K, Mokrzycki K, Drozdz J, Cherniavsky A, Wrobel K, Roberts BJ, Haddad H, Maurer G, Yii M, Asch FM, Handschumacher MD, Holly TA, Przybylski R, Kron I, Schaff H, Aston S, Horton J, Lee KL, Velazquez EJ, Grayburn PA; STICH TEE Substudy Investigators.
• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Dec;15(6):979-83.
Clinical outcome of arterial myocardial revascularization using bilateral internal thoracic arteries in diabetic patients: a single centre experience.
Konstanty-Kalandyk J, Piatek J, Rudzinski P, Wrobel K, Bartus K, Sadowski J.
• Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Feb;35(2):363.
Removal of patent foramen ovale occluder with adherent left atrial thrombus.
Kapelak B, Wrobel K, Wegrzyn P, Sadowski J.
Additional Educational Information
John Paul II Hospital Cardiac Surgery Residency (2002-2009)
Jagiellonian University Medical School (M.D. 2000)
PhD Diploma 2011
Rochester University Medical School Rotation 2000
European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (2009)
National Board Exam in Adult Cardiac Surgery (2009)
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
