Prof. Juan A. Crestanello

Mayo Clinic, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1991 M.D., University of the Republic of Uruguay, Republic of Uruguay

1982 B.Sc., Instituto “Juan XXIII”, Republic of Uruguay

Publications (Selected)

1. Danesh, S., Schaff, H. V., Holst, K. A., Tang, P. C., Sawma, T., Dearani, J. A., ... & Arghami, A. (2025). Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair versus Mitral Valve Surgery in Octogenarians: Comparative Analysis of Safety, Durability, and Survival. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
2. AlJamal, Y. N., & Crestanello, J. A. (2025). Commentary: Chronic total occlusion grafting in coronary artery bypass grafting: To bypass or not?. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 170(1), 230-231.
3. Zheng, A., Schaff, H. V., Sawma, T., Luis, S. A., Halfdanarson, T. R., Connolly, H. M., & Crestanello, J. A. (2025). Reinterventions following cardiac surgery in patients with carcinoid heart disease. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
4. Juarez-Casso, F. M., Schaff, H. V., Todd, A., Arghami, A., Rowse, P. G., Dearani, J. A., ... & Crestanello, J. A. (2025). Simultaneous tricuspid valve repair at the time of mitral valve surgery: determinants of postoperative pacemaker implantation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 169(6), 1730-1739.
5. Nguyen, A., Schaff, H. V., Crestanello, J. A., Luis, S. A., Halfdanarson, T. R., & Connolly, H. M. (2025). Outcome of selective pulmonary valve management in patients undergoing surgery for carcinoid heart disease. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 169(5), e48-e49.
6. Sawma, T., Arghami, A., Rowse, P. G., Danesh, S., Aljamal, Y., Todd, A., ... & Schaff, H. V. (2025). Benefits of robotic mitral valve repair in elderly patients–an adjusted comparison with standard sternotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
7. Sun, D., Schaff, H. V., Greason, K. L., Huang, Y., Bagameri, G., Pochettino, A., ... & Crestanello, J. A. (2025). Mechanical or biological prosthesis for aortic valve replacement in patients aged 45 to 74 years. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 169(4), 1234-1241.
8. Anand, V., Michelena, H. I., Scott, C. G., Lee, A. T., Rigolin, V. H., Pislaru, S. V., ... & Pellikka, P. A. (2025). Echocardiographic markers of early left ventricular dysfunction in asymptomatic aortic regurgitation: is it time to change the guidelines?. Cardiovascular Imaging, 18(3), 266-274.
9. Dreyfus, J., Juarez-Casso, F., Sala, A., Carnero-Alcazar, M., Eixerés-Esteve, A., Bohbot, Y., ... & Messika-Zeitoun, D. (2024). Benefit of isolated surgical valve repair or replacement for functional tricuspid regurgitation and long-term outcomes stratified by the TRI-SCORE. European heart journal, 45(42), 4512-4522.
10. Choi, K., Schaff, H. V., Villavicencio, M. A., Dearani, J. A., Stulak, J. M., Greason, K. L., ... & Crestanello, J. A. (2024). Effect of preoperative clopidogrel on outcomes of isolated coronary artery bypass graft: an STS National Database Analysis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 118(5), 1054-1062.
11. Al-Kazaz, M., Klein, A. L., Oh, J. K., Crestanello, J. A., Cremer, P. C., Tong, M. Z., ... & Johnston, D. R. (2024). Pericardial diseases and best practices for pericardiectomy: JACC state-of-the-art review. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 84(6), 561-580.
12. Ergi, D. G., Rowse, P. G., Daly, R. C., Crestanello, J. A., Schaff, H. V., Dearani, J. A., ... & Arghami, A. (2024). Single-center prospective study of cross-clamp vs balloon occlusion in robotic mitral surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 118(2), 412-419.
13. Dreyfus, J., Taramasso, M., Kresoja, K. P., Omran, H., Iliadis, C., Russo, G., ... & Messika-Zeitoun, D. (2024). Prognostic implications of residual tricuspid regurgitation grading after transcatheter tricuspid valve repair. Cardiovascular Interventions, 17(12), 1485-1495.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: E-2930-2011

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