Elena A. Swan, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Anesthesiologist
  2. Echocardiographer
  1. Abdelrehim AA, Stephens EH, Miranda WR, Todd AL, Connolly HM, Egbe AC, Burchill LJ, Ashikhmina EA, Dearani JA. Systemic Atrioventricular Valve Surgery in Patients With Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Vessels. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Dec 5; 82 (23):2197-2208
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  2. Ashikhmina Swan E, Brinkman NJ, Lahr BD, Nemergut ME, Dearani JA, Stephens EH. Activated Prothrombin Complex Concentrate in Pediatric Cardiac Patients, Our Early Experience. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2023 Jul; 14 (4):417-424 Epub 2023 June 04
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  3. Elsisy MF, Dearani JA, Crestanello JA, Ashikhmina EA, Van Dorn CS, Stephens EH. Outcomes of Primary vs Secondary Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Apr; 113 (4):1231-1237 Epub 2021 Mar 01
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  4. Carvalho JL, Ashikhmina E, Abel MD, Viehman JK, Lahr BD, Geske JB, Schaff HV. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Discrepancy Between Hemodynamic Measurements in the Cardiac Laboratory and Operating Room Is to Be Expected. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Feb; 36 (2):422-428 Epub 2021 May 24
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  5. Ashikhmina E, Schaff HV, Daly RC, Stulak JM, Greason KL, Michelena HI, Fatima B, Lahr BD, Dearani JA. Risk factors and progression of systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Aug; 162 (2):567-577 Epub 2020 Feb 16
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  6. Elsisy MF, Dearani JA, Ashikhmina E, Krishnan P, Anderson JH, Taggart NW, Van Dorn CS, Stephens EH. What Factors Should Be Considered to Improve Outcome of Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Children? World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 May; 12(3):367-374.
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  7. Stephens EH, Qureshi MY, Anderson JH, Ashikhmina E, Dearani JA. Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt for Right Ventricular Unloading. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 May; 111 (5):1435-1441 Epub 2020 Aug 20
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  8. Ashikhmina E. Surgical Metabolism: The Metabolic Care of the Surgical Patient, 2nd ed. Anesth Analg. 2020 Nov 1; 131 (5):e219
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  9. Ashikhmina E. Surgical Metabolism: The Metabolic Care of the Surgical Patient, 2nd ed. Anesth Analg. 2020 Nov; 131 (5):e219
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  10. Ashikhmina E, Johnson PM, Aganga DO, Nuttall GA, Lahr BD, Schaff HV, Dearani JA. Thrombin Generation and Antithrombin Activity in Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass-An Exploratory Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Aug; 34 (8):2083-2090 Epub 2019 Dec 11
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  11. Thaden JJ, Malouf JF, Rehfeldt KH, Ashikhmina E, Bagameri G, Enriquez-Sarano M, Stulak JM, Schaff HV, Michelena HI. Adult Intraoperative Echocardiography: A Comprehensive Review of Current Practice. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020 Jun; 33 (6):735-755.e11 Epub 2020 Apr 10
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  12. Smith MM, Ashikhmina E, Brinkman NJ, Barbara DW. Perioperative Use of Coagulation Factor Concentrates in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Oct; 31 (5):1810-1819 Epub 2017 May 10
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  13. Ashikhmina E, Said S, Smith MM, Rodriguez V, Oliver WC Jr, Nuttall GA, Dearani JA, Schaff HV. Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: The Current State and the Future. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Oct; 104 (4):1423-1431 Epub 2017 June 23
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  14. Habchi KM, Ashikhmina E, Vieira VM, Shahram JT, Isselbacher EM, Sundt TM 3rd, Shekar P, Muehlschlegel JD, Body SC, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Consortium. Association between bicuspid aortic valve morphotype and regional dilatation of the aortic root and trunk. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar; 33 (3):341-349 Epub 2016 Nov 12
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  15. Cobey FC, Ashihkmina E, Edrich T, Fox J, Shook D, Bollen B, Breeze JL, Ursprung WW, Shernan SK. The Mechanism of Mitral Regurgitation Influences the Temporal Dynamics of the Vena Contracta Area as Measured with Color Flow Doppler. Anesth Analg. 2016 Feb; 122: (2)321-9.
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  16. Ashikhmina E, Farber MK, Mizuguchi KA. Parturients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: case series and review of pregnancy outcomes and anesthetic management of labor and delivery. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2015 Nov; 24(4):344-55. Epub 2015 Jul 31.
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  17. Ashikhmina E, Shook D, Cobey F, Bollen B, Fox J, Liu X, Worthington A, Song P, Shernan S. Three-dimensional versus two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of functional mitral regurgitation proximal isovelocity surface area. Anesth Analg. 2015 Mar; 120(3):534-42.
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  18. Ashikhmina E, Tomasello N, Connors JM, Jahanyar J, Davidson M, Mizuguchi KA. Type A aortic dissection in a patient on dabigatran: hemostasis post circulatory arrest. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Dec; 98(6):2215-6. Epub 2014 Dec 01.
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  19. Said SM, Ashikhmina E, Greason KL, Suri RM, Park SJ, Daly RC, Burkhart HM, Dearani JA, Sundt TM 3rd, Schaff HV. Do pericardial bioprostheses improve outcome of elderly patients undergoing aortic valve replacement? Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun; 93 (6):1868-74; discussion 1874-5 Epub 2012 Mar 20
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  20. Ashikhmina EA, Schaff HV, Dearani JA, Sundt TM 3rd, Suri RM, Park SJ, Burkhart HM, Li Z, Daly RC. Aortic valve replacement in the elderly: determinants of late outcome. Circulation. 2011 Aug 30; 124 (9):1070-8 Epub 2011 Aug 08
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  21. Ashikhmina EA, Schaff HV, Ommen SR, Dearani JA, Nishimura RA, Abel MD. Intraoperative direct measurement of left ventricular outflow tract gradients to guide surgical myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jul; 142(1):53-9. Epub 2010 Sep 29
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  22. Ashikhmina EA, Schaff HV, Suri RM, Enriquez-Sarano M, Abel MD. Left ventricular remodeling early after correction of mitral regurgitation: maintenance of stroke volume with decreased systolic indexes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Dec; 140: (6)1300-5.
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  23. Ashikhmina E, Sundt TM 3rd, Dearani JA, Connolly HM, Li Z, Schaff HV. Repair of the bicuspid aortic valve: a viable alternative to replacement with a bioprosthesis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jun; 139 (6):1395-401 Epub 2010 Apr 14
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  24. Ashikhmina EA, Schaff HV, Sinak LJ, Li Z, Dearani JA, Suri RM, Park SJ, Orszulak TA, Sundt TM 3rd. Pericardial effusion after cardiac surgery: risk factors, patient profiles, and contemporary management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan; 89 (1):112-8
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  25. Ashikhmina EA, Schaff HV. Tricuspid valvectomy to facilitate repair of postinfarction ventricular septal defect. J Card Surg. 2008 Sep-Oct; 23(5):543-5. Epub 2008 Jun 28.
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  26. Bokeria L, Lobatcheva G, Ashikhmina E. Intraoperative echocardiography evaluation of iatrogenic myocardial injury following cardiopulmonary bypass. Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (in Russian). 2005; 2:20-25.
  27. Bokeria L, Soboleva N, Ashikhmina E. Echo of the past: History of echocardiography in Russia. Heart Diseases (in Russian). 2005; 6:13-17.
  28. Ashikhmina E. Functional recovery of myocardium after mitral valve repair/replacement with different protocols of cardioprotection. Cardiovascular Surgery (in Russian). 2005; 1:53-68.