Papers Published

VETTATH’S TECHNIQUE OF LONG MAMMARY PATCH RECONSTRUCTION F A DIFFUSELY DISEASED LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY WITHOUT ENDARTERECTOMY ON THE BEATING HEART

Anil D. Prabhu, MCh, Rafeek A. Karim, MCh, Sunil Rajendran, FRCS, Ismail  E. Thazhkuni, PhD, Ranjish A. Thamaran, MS, Kannan A. Vellachami, MD, Murali P. Vettath, MCh. The Heart Surgery Forum #2007-1155  11 (2), 2008  doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20071155 http://cardenjennings.metapress.com

 VETTATH’S BLOWER AND BLOWER/MISTER — A SIMPLE DEVICE FOR OPCAB SURGERY        

Murali P Vettath, MD, Kannan A Vellachamy, MD, Rameshwara Talya, MD, Ismail Thazhakuni, MD, Jayaprakash Moothencheri, BSc, Jiji Thomas, BS. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2008;16:76-77  http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/1/76

CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY IN ASIA – THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE      

Murali Prabhakaran Vettath. Cirugia Cardiovascular –The official organ of the Spanish society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular surgery.   Cir. Cardiov. 2007;14(3):211-6 www.cirugiacardiovascular.org/pdf/2007_14_3_211_6.pdf

COMBINED LEFT LOWER LOBECTOMY AND OFFPUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING THROUGH LEFT POSTEROLATERALTHORACOTOMY.                            

Anil. D . Prabhu.MCh,Ismail Thazhakuni,PhD, Sunil Rajendran,MS, Jiji Thomas, BS, Kannan Arunachalam Vellachamy, MD, Narayanan Kutty warrier, DM, Murali Prabhakaran Vettath , MCh. Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular surgery, 2007; 23: 251-252.  http://medind.nic.in/ibq/t07/i4/ibqt07i4p251.pdf

TRAUMATIC SUPRAHEPATIC INFERIOR VENA CAVA INJURY: Surgical Management.                     

Prabhu, Anil D.; Karim, Rafeek A.; Thazhkuni, Ismail E.; Rajendran, Sunil; Thamaran, Ranjish A.; Vellachamy, Kannan A.; Sridharan, Varadaraj; Vettath, Murali P. Innovations: Technology & Techniques in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery  • Volume 2, Number 4, July 2007page213214.Page:213DOI:10.1097/IMI.0b013e318158ccde

SIMULTANEOUS OFF-PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING AND ASCENDING AORTOBIFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFT VIA VENTRAL  ABDOMINAL  ROUTE.                                          

Rajendran, Sunil; Prabhu, Anil Damodara; Thazhakuni, Ismail; Vellachamy, Kannan Arunachalam; Vettath, Murali Prabhakaran     Innovations: Technology & Techniques in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery  2(2):84-85, March 2007. Page: 84DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e318054e6f0

TUBERCULOSIS OF THYMUS – A  Case Report

Anil D Prbhu MS, MCh, E.TIsmail MD, Phd, Sunil Rajendran MS, PDCC,  Jiji Thomas BS, Madhu Kallath Dnb,  Kannan  A Vellachamy Md, Pdcc and Murali P Vettath,  Heart , Lung and Circulation; 2008; doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2007.01.010.

AORTIC DECANNULATION - AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE     Murali P Vettath  The Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2006 Aug;14(4):354 http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/4/354

OFF-PUMP EXCISION OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ANEURYSM:  a Case Report 
A.K. Baburaj,  T Rameshwara, Kannan A. Murali P. Vettath.  The Heart Surgery Forum #2005-1159 9 (1) 2006 [epub November 2005]  doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20051159 www.cardenjennings.metapress.com

VETTATH’S ANASTAMOTIC OBTURATOR —
OUR EXPERIENCE OF 269 PROXIMAL ANASTOMOSES
2004 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published Elsevier Inc1443-9506/04/$30.00 doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.02.019 (Heart Lung and Circulation 2004; 13:288–290)

VETTATH’S ANASTOMOTIC OBTURATOR:
A SIMPLE PROXIMAL ANASTOMOTIC DEVICE (#2003-73305) THE HEART SURGERY FORUM    #2003-73305 6 (5), 2003 Online address: www.hsforum.com

OPCAB IN LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE – MIMS EXPERIENCE
Mims Heart Journal, Vol.4 February edition 2006.
COMBINED CORONARY & PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL REVASCULARIZATION:
Mims Heart Journal, Vol.3 December 2004.
                                                    
SURGICAL ANGIOPLASTY FOR DIFFUSELY DISEASED LAD:
HEART THROB, August – November 2004

VETTATH’S ANASTAMOTIC OBTURATOR-OUR EXPERIENCE OF 269 PROXIMAL ANASTAMOSIS. Mims Heart Journal, Vol.2, April 2004. 

VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOTOMY FOR CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT:
Mims Heart Journal, Vol.1, April 2003.

OFF PUMP CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (OPCAB):
Mims Heart Journal, Vol.1, April 2003.

HEMIANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS CONNECTION OF THE LEFT LUNG SURGICALLY CORRECTED. Chest . June 1992;101:1718-1719.

PRIMARY HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA OF THE LUNG:

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 1991. Vol.7. No.1. PP.42-44.

COMPLETE RECTAL PROLAPSE:
An Assessment of modified Delorme’s Repair. Indian Journal of Surgery,1990.  Vol.52 No.2. PP.

OCCULT MALIGNANCY IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: 
Indian Journal of Urology. 198. Vol.1.No.2 PP.96-98.

CAVERNOUS LYMPHANGIOMA OF THE ORBIT – JIMA, 1989:
Vol.87. No.2. PP.53.

TUBERCULOSIS OF APPENDIX – JIMA, 1989: 
Vol.87. No.7. PP. 162-163.

Meckel's Diverticulum in Adults - JIMA. 1989: No.5. PP.116-118.

AN UNUSUAL ABSCESS IN FRONT OF THIGH:
Kerala Medical Journal. 1987. Vo.28. No.11. PP.555-556.
AN UNUSUAL ABSCESS IN FRONT OF THIGH:
Kerala Medical Journal. 1987. Vo.28. No.11. PP.555-556.

MICROMELIA WITH MULTIPLE CONGENITAL ANOMALIES:
Kerala Medical Journal. 1987. Vol.28. No.5. PP.244-246.

MECKEL'S DIVERTICULUM WITH MULTIPLE COMPLICATIONS:
Kerala Medical Journal. 1987. Vol.28. No.5. PP.242-243.

Invited Lectures

AT THE 13^TH  ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR BRONCHOLOGY (IAB)  BRONCOCON 2008. 1^ST -3^RD FEBRUARY 2008 ,KOZHIKODE KERALA. INDIA

•  LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURES – Surgical approaches.

AT THE 12^th BIENNIAL CONGRESS ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC & CARDIOVASCULAR  SURGEONS OF ASIA (ATCSA) on 25-28 November 2007. BALI, INDONESIA

•   CAN CABG BECOME A CLOSED HEART PROCEDURE?

 AT THE 60^TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY, 17^th ,- 20^th  October, 2007 , SENDAI, JAPAN

• HOW TO AVOID CONVERSIONS IN OPCAB 

AT THE 11^TH DANUBIAN FORUM FOR CARDIAC SURGERY ON  JUNE 1-2, 2007.  TIMISORA, ROMANIA.     

•  HOW TO AVOID CONVERSIONS IN OPCAB

 AT THE  15^TH ANNUAL MEETING OF ASIAN SOCIETY FOR CARDIO-VASCULAR SURGERY,  May, 17 – 20, 2007, BEIJING, CHINA.

•   HOW TO AVOID CONVERSION IN OPCAB - OUR EXPERIENCE

AT THE CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, SUMMER CONFERENCE 2007. TRIVANDRUM,  INDIA      

•   a) DEBATE- MULTI VESSEL DISEASE -  WHY I PREFER CABG.

 AT THE 14^TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY on May 2-4 2007 at ALEXANDRIA. EGYPT

•  HOW TO AVOID CONVERSIONS IN OPCAB

AT THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER: CURRENT ADVANCES IN CARDIAC SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY held between November 30^th -December 2^nd , 2006, ATHENS, GREECE

•     HOW TO AVOID CONVERSION IN OPCAB. 

AT THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME (CT- CME-2006),OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIO THORACIC-VASCULAR SURGEONS at MADRAS MEDICAL COLLLEGE held between 2^ND –3^RD November 2006, CHENNAI, INDIA

•  HOW TO AVOID CONVERSION IN OPCAB

ON 16TH MARCH 2006 at CAIRO, EGYPT, delivered a lecture series on MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARISATION at The 13th Annual Conference of THE EGYPTIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY.

ON 22ND November 2005 at –THE 17TH BIENNIAL CONGRESS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS OF ASIA (ATCSA) in association with  PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS, INC at MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES 

• OFF-PUMP MAMMARY PATCH RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DIFFUSELY DISEASED LAD. 

AT THE 5TH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGEONS, & 1ST HEART SUMMIT OF EMERGENT COUNTRIES  Held between 27TH AND 29TH OF MARCH 2005 AT LAHORE, PAKISTAN.

 AT 51ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR-THORACIC SURGEONS HELD BETWEEN 17TH TO 20TH FEBRUARY 2005 AT KOCHI, INDIA. 

A SIMPLE NOVEL PROXIMAL ANASTAMOTIC DEVICE- OUR EXPERIENCE WITH VETTATH’S ANASTAMOTIC OBTURATOR:
Presented at the Annual Conference of Australasian College Of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Noosa, Brisbane, Australia  October 2003.  Dr. Sheen Peeceeyen.c.s. Dr. Abdul Vahab.T.T, Dr.A.V.Kannan, Dr.Murali.P.Vettath.

DIFFUSELY DISEASED CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE- OFF PUMP MAMMARY PATCH ANGIOPLASTY WITHOUT ENDARTERECTOMY- AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION:
Presented at the Annual Conference Of Australasian College Of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Noosa, Brisbane, Australia October 2003. Dr. Baburaj.A.k, Dr. Sheen Peeceeyen.c.s. Dr. Abdul Vahab.T.T, Dr.A.V.Kannan, Dr.Murali.P.Vettath.

VETTATH'S ANASTAMOTIC OBTURATOR- A SIMPLE PROXIMAL ANASTAMOTIC DEVICE: Presented at the IX Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies held in arch 19, 2003 at Miami, USA. Dr. Baburaj.A.k, Dr. Sheen Peeceeyen.c.s. Dr. Abdul Vahab.T.T, Dr.A.V.Kannan, Dr.Murali.P.Vettath.

MINIMMALY ASSISTED DIRECT CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (MADCAB) IN ISCHAEMIC VENTRICLES A MALABAR EXPERIENCE: Presented at 49th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons held between 13th to 16th February 2003 at Hyderabad, India. Dr. Baburaj.A.k, Dr. Sheen Peeceeyen.c.s. Dr. Abdul Vahab.T.T, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Murali Vettath.

LEFT VENTRICULAR FREE WALL RUPTURES A CASE PRESENTATION: Presented at 49th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons held between 13th to 16th February 2003 at Hyderabad, India. Dr. Baburaj.A.k, Dr. Sheen Peeceeyen.c.s. Dr. Abdul Vahab.T.T, Dr.A.V.Kannan, Dr.Murali.P.Vettath

MAMMARY PATCH ANGIOPLASTY OF DIFFUSELY DISEASED LAD, WITHOUT ENDARTERECTOMY ON BEATING HEART: Presented at Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting of The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery held in June 27 - 30, 2001 in Munich, Germany.
ARTERIAL GRAFTS FOR CORONARY BYPASS ON BEATING HEART - TWO PEDICLES ARE BETTER THAN ONE: Presented at Fourth Annual Scientific Meeting of The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery held in June 27 - 30, 2001 in Munich, Germany.

POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT – OUR PROTOCOL: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India. Sr.Rose, Sr.Nirmala.   Dr. A.A. Quereshi, Dr Amran Ahammed, Dr.Muzibur Rahman, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr. Murali P. Vettath.

EARLY MOBILISATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India. Sr.Rose, Sr.Nirmala. Dr. A.A. Quereshi, Dr Amran Ahammed, Dr. Muzibur Rahman, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr. Murali. P.Vettath.

ACUTE HAEMO CONCENTRATION DURING ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK-A CASE PRESENTATION: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India.Dr. Prasadan, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Muzibur Rahman, Dr. Prasad Surendran,Dr. Murali Vettath.

FAST TRACKING AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY OUR EXPERIENCE: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India. Dr. Prasadan.T, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Muzibur Rahman, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr. Murali. P. Vettath.

ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY – A QUEST FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ARTERIAL CONDUIT: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India. – Dr. A.A. Quereshi, Dr Amran Ahammed, Dr.Muzibur Rahman, Dr.A.V. Kannan, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr Murali.P.Vettath.

EMERGENCY BEATING HEART SURGERY IN CARDIAC ICU - A CASE REPORT: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India. – Dr. A.A. Quereshi, Dr Amran Ahammed, Dr.Muzibur Rahman, Dr, A.V. Kannan, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr Murali.P.Vettath.

MAMMARY PATCH ANGIOPLASTY FOR DIFFUSELY DISEASED LAD ON BEATING HEART WITHOUT ENDARTERECTOMY: Presented at 47th Annual Conference of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons held in Feb 2001 at Kolkatta, India– Dr. A.A. Quereshi, Dr. Amran Ahammed, Dr. Muzibur Rahman, Dr. A.V. Kannan, Dr. Prasad Surendran, Dr. Murali. P. Vettath.