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Samuel Kesseli

House Staff
Surgery

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Recent Scholarly Works


Donor Heart Preservation at 10 °C Outperforms 4-8 °C With Improved Early Graft Function in Adult Heart Transplantation: A Vanderbilt and Duke Multicenter Study.

Journal article Circ Heart Fail · August 5, 2026 BACKGROUND: Static cold storage of cardiac allografts at 4-8 °C or 10 °C has yielded promising heart transplant outcomes compared with ice storage. However, direct comparisons between these 2 preservation temperatures are lacking. This dual-center study is ... Full text Link to item Cite

Resection of Intrapericardial Lymphangioma Invasive to Ventricular Apex via Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy.

Journal article Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep · March 2026 Here we describe a case of an intrapericardial mass identified in a patient with endocarditis and severe mitral regurgitation. Despite preoperative imaging suggestive of a pericardial origin, intraoperatively the mass was found to invade the apical ventric ... Full text Link to item Cite

Beating heart transplantation after normothermic machine perfusion: A single institution experience

Journal article Jtcvs Open · January 1, 2026 Objective The beating heart implantation technique represents a recent innovation in heart transplantation hypothesized to mitigate ischemia-reperfusion injury. Prior case series have suggested an association with reduced incidence of primary graft dysfunc ... Full text Cite
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