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    Bio

    I am honored and privileged to be an adult heart surgeon at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and to have the opportunity to care for patients with heart disease. My goal as a surgeon is to perform complete anatomic repair of heart defects and surgical revascularization with as little surgical and physiologic insult as possible. I provide surgical care for all adult patients with coronary artery disease, valvular disease, aortic pathology, and patients with heart failure.

    Clinical Interests

    My Research Interests:

    The principal goal of my research is to improve the lives of patients with heart disease. In order to accomplish my objectives, I am involved in studies aimed at improving surgical outcomes. Specifically, I am identifying factors that contribute to higher morbidity and mortality after heart surgery. I also focus on patients who have heart failure devices to determine their advantages and potential risks.

    Coronary Artery Disease, Valvular Disease, Aortic Pathology, Heart Failure

  • Medical School

    Yale University Medical School New Haven, Connecticut

    Residency

    Duke Medical Center - Durham, North Carolina

    Fellowship

    Duke Medical Center - Durham, North Carolina

    Board Certification

    Thoracic Surgery and Surgery

    Publications
    • Title:Migrating Foreign Body in the Heart
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      Description:Lemaire, A. Kennedy, R….Lee, LY. Migrating Foreign Body in the Heart. Cureus. 2022. May. 24;14(5).
    • Title:Is Cardiopulmonary Bypass still required for Laser Lead Extractions?
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      Description:Volk, L….Lemaire, A. Is Cardiopulmonary Bypass still required for Laser Lead Extractions? Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022. Sept. 15;17(1): 235.
    • Title:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 contributes to apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells during Aortic Dissection
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      Description:Huang, J. Lemaire, A., Huang, C. Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 5 contributes to apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells during Aortic Dissection. Ann Transl Med. Aug 2022; 10(16):887.
    • Title:Single Center experience with the Impella
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      Description:Rock, J. Kos, J. Lemaire, A. ….Iyer, D. Single Center experience with the Impella 5.5. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 May 23;17(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s13019-022-01871-1
    • Title:Safety and feasibility of Same Day Discharge of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Post COVID
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      Description:Russo MJ, Okoh AK, Stump K, Smith M, Erinne I, Johannesen J, Chaudhary A, Chiricolo A, Hakeem A, Lemaire A, Lee LY, Chen C. Safety and feasibility of Same Day Discharge of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Post COVID 19. Struct Heart. 2021 Mar-Apr;5(2):182-185. doi: 10.1080/24748706.2020.1853861. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
    • Title:Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in patients with Obese
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      Description:Sabatino M,….Lemaire A, Lee L. Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement in patients with Obese. BMI. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 202 Jan;37(1):117-123. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16092. Epub 2021 Nov 17.
    • Title:Short-term and Intermediate Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest Patients Supported with VA ECMO
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      Description:Deep V, Soto C, D’Costa Z, Volk L, Kandasamy S, Iyer D, Ikegami H, Takabe M, Russo MJ, Lee L, and Lemaire A. Short-term and Intermediate Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest Patients Supported with VA ECMO. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021 Oct 9;16(1):290. doi: 10.1186/s13019-021-01674-w.
    • Title:The Risk of Stroke with Impella Placement is Not Associated with Access Vessel
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      Description:Levine D, Volk L, Vagaonescu T, Soto C, Ikegami H, Ghaly A, and Lemaire A. The Risk of Stroke with Impella Placement is Not Associated with Access Vessel. Innovations. 022 Jan-Feb;17(1):25-29. doi: 10.1177/15569845211057818. Epub 2022 Jan 17.
    • Title:The Impact of Risks factors on In-hospital Mortality for Octogenarians undergoing Cardiac Surgery
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      Description:Volk L, Chao J, Dombrovskiy V, Ikegami H, Russo MJ, Lemaire A, Lee LY. Response to Alam et al., Regarding our manuscript, The Impact of Risks factors on In-hospital Mortality for Octogenarians undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Card Surg. 2021 Jul 29.
    • Title:Early Outcomes of the First 200 US Patients Treated with Impella 5.5: A Novel Temporary Left Ventricular Assist Device
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      Description:Ramzy D, ….Lemaire A, Soltese E. Early Outcomes of the First 200 US Patients Treated with Impella 5.5: A Novel Temporary Left Ventricular Assist Device. Innovations. 2021.
    • Title:Surgical Resection of Right Ventricular Cardiac Fibroma in an Adult Patient. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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      Description:Ikegami, H. Lemaire, A., Gowda, S. et al. Case Report: Surgical Resection of Right Ventricular Cardiac Fibroma in an Adult Patient. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021. May 2021; 16(1):136.
    • Title:Cath Lab Digest
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      Description:Shah, M., Mariano, S.B., Patel, RA., Lemaire, A., and Patel, P. Cath Lab Digest. 2021 June: 24-28.
    • Title:Impact of Risk Factors on In-Hospital Mortality for Octogenarians Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
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      Description:Volk L, …Lemaire A, Lee, LY. Impact of Risk Factors on In-Hospital Mortality for Octogenarians Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Card Surg. 2021 Apr 6.
    • Title:Femoral Cannulation Remains a Safe and Reliable Option for Aortic Dissection Repair. Journal of Thoracic Disease
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      Description:Lemaire A, Chao J, Salgueiro L, Ikegmai H, Russo M, and Lee L. Femoral Cannulation Remains a Safe and Reliable Option for Aortic Dissection Repair. Journal of Thoracic Disease. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Feb;13(2):1005-1010.
    • Title:The Role of the Axillary Impella 5.0 Device on patients with Acute Cardiogenic Shock
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      Description:Tarabichi S, Ikegami H, Russo MJ, Lee LY, Lemaire A. The Role of the Axillary Impella 5.0 Device on patients with Acute Cardiogenic Shock. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2020. Aug 14;15(1).
    • Title:The Impact of Age on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
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      Description:Lemaire A, Soto C, Salgueiro L, Ikegami H, Russo MJ, Lee LY. The Impact of Age on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Jul 1; 15(1): 158.
    • Title:Delay in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for STEMI patients Improves Morbidity and Mortality
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      Description:Lemaire A, Vagaonescu T, Ikegami H, Volk L, Verghis N, Lee LY. Delay in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for STEMI patients Improves Morbidity and Mortality. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2020. May 12; 15 (1): 86.
    • Title:Surgical Pericardial Drainage Procedures have Limited Diagnostic Sensitivity. Journal of Cardiac Surgery
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      Description:Volk L, Lee LY, and Lemaire A. Surgical Pericardial Drainage Procedures have Limited Diagnostic Sensitivity. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2019. Dec; 34 (12):1573-1576.
    • Title:Early and Intermediate outcomes of surgical management of infective endocarditis
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      Description:Volk L, Verghis N, Chiricolo A, Ikegami H, Lee LY, Lemaire A. Early and Intermediate outcomes of surgical management of infective endocarditis. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2019. Dec 3; 14(1):211.
    • Title:Improved Operative and Recovery Times wth mini-Thoracotomy Aortic Valve Replacement
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      Description:Olds A, Saadat S, Azzolini A, Dombrovskiy V, Odroniec K, Lemaire A, Ghaly A, Lee LY. Improved Operative and Recovery Times wth mini-Thoracotomy Aortic Valve Replacement. J Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2019. May 9; 14(1):91.
    • Title:Carotid Stenosis in Cardiac Surgery-No Difference in Postoperative Outcomes
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      Description:Schultheis M, Saadat S, Dombrovskiy V, Frenchu K, Kanduri J, Romero J, Lemaire A, Ghaly A, Batsides G, Rahimi S and Lee LY. Carotid Stenosis in Cardiac Surgery-No Difference in Postoperative Outcomes. Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Feb 23.
    • Title:The Optimal Angle of Head Rotation for Internal Jugular Cannulation as Determined by Ultrasound Evaluation
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      Description:DeAngelis V, Denny J, Chyu D, Jan T, Lemaire A, Chiricolo A, Solina A. The Optimal Angle of Head Rotation for Internal Jugular Cannulation as Determined by Ultrasound Evaluation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct;29(5):1257-60. Doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.02.007.
    • Title:Mobile Thrombus in the Ascending Aorta Associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Hematology
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      Description:Lemaire A, Maniatis G, Vagaonescu T, Batsides G, Moreyra A, and Lee, LY. Mobile Thrombus in the Ascending Aorta Associated with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Hematology. Volume 4,#4;Dec 2015
    • Title:Right-sided Congestive Heart Failure Resulting from an Intracavitary Myocardial Lymphoma
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      Description:Lemaire A, Batsides G, Altmann D, Ghaly A, Nishimura T, Volk L, Spotnitz A, and Lee, LY. Right-sided Congestive Heart Failure Resulting from an Intracavitary Myocardial Lymphoma. CTS Net (The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network) (579). July 21, 2015.
    • Title:Delayed Sternal Closure in Cardiac Surgery
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      Description:Saadat S, Schultheis M, Azzolini A, Odroniec K, Dombrovskiy V, Scholz P, Ghaly A, Lemaire A, Batsides G, Lee LY. Delayed Sternal Closure in Cardiac Surgery. Clinical & Experimental Cardiology 2015, 6:6 doi.org/10.4172/2155-9880.1000375. June 30, 2015
    • Title:Refractory Hypertension Leads to both Type A and B Aortic Dissections in a Single Patient
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      Description:Lemaire A, Behrend V, Batsides G, Ghaly A, Solina A, Spotnitz A, and Lee LY. Refractory Hypertension Leads to both Type A and B Aortic Dissections in a Single Patient. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease & Diagnosis 2: 155. doi; 10.417/2329-9517.1000155. April 22, 2014.
    • Title:The Impact of Gastrointestinal Complications on Patients who Undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis
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      Description:Lemaire A, Batsides G, Ghaly A, Solina A, Dombrovskiy V, Spotnitz A, and Lee LY. The Impact of Gastrointestinal Complications on Patients who Undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis. 2, 153; 2014.
    • Title:The Impella Device as a Temporary Bridge for Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. Journal of Clinical Case Reports
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      Description:Lemaire A, Lee LY, Ghaly A, Spotnitz A, Solina A, and Batsides G. The Impella Device as a Temporary Bridge for Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support. Journal of Clinical Case Reports, Volume 4, Issue 3, February 2014.
    • Title:Mitral Valve Repair Surgery in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease
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      Description:Lemaire A, Scholz P, Chiricolo A, Israel A, Lee LY. Mitral Valve Repair Surgery in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease. The Journal of Hematology. Volume 3, #1;March 2014. Pages 10-12.
    • Title:Adrenergic Receptor stimulates cardiac contractility and CamKII activation in vivo and enhance cardiac dysfunction following myocardial infarction
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      Description:Lemaire A*, Yoo B*, Mangmool S, Wolf MJ, Curcio A, Mao L, Rockman HA. β-1 Adrenergic Receptor stimulates cardiac contractility and CamKII activation in vivo and enhance cardiac dysfunction following myocardial infarction. American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulatory Physiology. 2009. Oct;297(4):H1377-86.(*Equal contribution)
    • Title:A comparative analysis of positron emission tomography and mediastinoscopy in staging non-small cell lung cancer
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      Description:Gonzalez-Stawinski GV, Lemaire A, Merchant F, O’Halloran E, Coleman RE, Harpole DH, D’Amico TA. A comparative analysis of positron emission tomography and mediastinoscopy in staging non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 2003. Dec; 126 (6):1900-5.
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