Dr. Igor Darko Gregoric M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1101 Bates Ave Suite P-514 Houston TX, 77030Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Igor Gregoric is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Gregoric specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Gregoric typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ Edvarda Kardelja V Ljubljani, Med Fak, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1979
Univerziteta Edvarda Kardelja V Ljubljani 1979
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Initial clinical experience with the Jarvik 2000 implantable axial-flow left ventricular assist system.
- Interrupted aortic arch in an adult single-stage extra-anatomic repair.
- Use of the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist system as a bridge to heart transplantation or as destination therapy for patients with chronic heart failure.
- Clinical experience with an implantable, intracardiac, continuous flow circulatory support device: physiologic implications and their relationship to patient selection.
- Use of the Flowmaker (Jarvik 2000) left ventricular assist device for destination therapy and bridging to transplantation.
- Recent modifications of the fontan procedure for complex congenital heart disease.
- Quality of life in bridge-to-transplant patients with chronic heart failure after implantation of an axial flow ventricular assist device.
- Direct thrombolytic therapy for intraventricular thrombosis in patients with the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device.
- Alterations in alpha adrenoreceptor density and localization after mechanical left ventricular unloading with the Jarvik flowmaker left ventricular assist device.
- Recovery from multi-organ failure in a patient with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
- Aortic pseudoaneurysm.
- Myocardial thievery: the coronary-subclavian steal syndrome.
- Stem celltherapy for ischemic heart failure.
- Endovascular exclusion of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm after retrograde visceral artery revascularization.
- Recovery from multi-organ failure in a patient with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.
Clinical Trials
- Edwards Cardioband System ACTIVE Pivotal Clinical Trial (ACTIVE)
- MOMENTUM 3 Continued Access Protocol
- CardiAQ-Edwards™ TMVR Early Feasibility Study
- Syncardia 50cc TAH-t as a Bridge to Transplant
- SynCardia 70cc TAH-t for Destination Therapy (DT)
- Clinical Trial to Evaluate the the ReliantHeart HeartAssist 5® VAD System in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation
- Portico Re-sheathable Transcatheter Aortic Valve System US IDE Trial
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