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Panagiotis N. Symbas
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 117
Citations - 3025
Panagiotis N. Symbas is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aorta & Esophagus. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 116 publications receiving 2934 citations. Previous affiliations of Panagiotis N. Symbas include Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Atraumatic so-called "spontaneous" rupture of the esophagus. A review of 47 personal cases with comments on a new method of surgical therapy.
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Rupture of the airways from blunt trauma: treatment of complex injuries
TL;DR: This study suggests that complex injuries are rarely seen, and their repair is often quite involved, and in some of these cases, the use of cardiopulmonary bypass increases the margin of safety during operation and may encourage repair rather than resection of the affected lung.
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Symptomatic myocardial bridging of coronary artery
Azhar Faruqui,William C. Maloy,Joel M. Felner,Robert C. Schlant,William D. Logan,Panagiotis N. Symbas +5 more
TL;DR: Although in most cases of bridging detected on coronary arteriography there is no evidence of ischemic heart disease, the occurrence of symptoms with tachycardia and, in particular, the unusual length of the bridged segments and the severity of systolic narrowing may have played a significant role in the development of disease in these two patients.
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Traumatic rupture of the aorta: immediate or delayed repair?
TL;DR: Whether delay of the repair of the ruptured thoracic aorta in patients with other major injuries is safe and has a potential positive impact on survival is investigated to determine.
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Cardiac missiles. A review of the literature and personal experience.
TL;DR: This review suggests that the management of missiles in the heart should be individualized according to the patient's clinical course, the site, shape, and size of the missile, and that in selected patients missiles inThe heart are tolerated well.