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Accola, Kevin D, MD
Overview
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- Dr. Kevin D. Accola, MD is a board-certified internal medicine, hematology and oncology physician. Dr. Accola earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed his internship and medical residency at Baylor College of Medicine & Emory University School of Medicine. To date, he has performed approximately 9,000 cardiac surgical procedures, of which 2,400 (currently 300+ cases per year) involved heart valve operations. As an established member of the surgical community, Dr. Accola is a member of many medical organizations, including but not limited to, the Patient Advocacy Council, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida Society of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeons Council,and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Accola's cardiac specialties include mitral valve repair, aortic valve procedures, and ascending aortic aneurysm. His clinical interests comprise new valvular technology, cardiac protective drugs, and critical care studies.
Affiliation
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Clinical Program
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Research Department
Publications
Most Recent Publications
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2023Fractured sternal wire causing a cardiac laceration. JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY. 18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13019-023-02452-6 PMID: 38071382
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2023Low-Dose vs Standard Warfarin After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: A Randomized Trial. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 115:929-938.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.031 PMID: 36610532
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2022Low-Dose Versus Standard Warfarin After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial.. The Annals of thoracic surgery.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.015 PMID: 35101419
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2021Commentary: Anticoagulation strategies: Awaiting a new paradigm.. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.07.013 PMID: 34340849
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2021Commentary: Valve options for ischemic mitral regurgitation in an era of new technologies: ViV(a) la bioprosthetic.. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.076 PMID: 33785217
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2021Commentary: Identifying patients who do not improve following surgical ventricular reduction: Is diastolic dysfunction the culprit?. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 664-665.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.003 PMID: 31926734
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2020Commentary: Business as usual: A thing of the past. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 728-729.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.057 PMID: 32622577
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2020Reflections on 40 Years of Workforce Surveys: How the Times Have Changed. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 1090-1091.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.036 PMID: 32599052
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2020Best Practices of Aortic Valve Replacement With the Edwards Intuity Elite Valve. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 109:1289-1293.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.042 PMID: 31821810
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2020Reflections on a Career in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Maintaining Humanism in a Changing Environment. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 630-635.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.067 PMID: 31734246
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2019A Man in His Early 70s With Aortic Stenosis and Discoloration of the Aortic Valve. JAMA CARDIOLOGY. 1172-1172.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.3301 PMID: 31532465
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2019Commentary: Functional or secondary mitral valve regurgitation: Pathoanatomy versus etiology... changing paradigms and treatment strategies. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 82-83.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.026 PMID: 31113660
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2018Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Strategies After On-X Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 71:2717-2726.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.535 PMID: 29903344
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2018Enhanced Redox State and Efficiency of Glucose Oxidation With miR Based Suppression of Maladaptive NADPH-Dependent Malic Enzyme 1 Expression in Hypertrophied Hearts. CIRCULATION RESEARCH. 122:836-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312660 PMID: 29386187
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2018Step-by-Step Aortic Valve Replacement With a New Rapid Deployment Valve. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 105:966-971.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.050 PMID: 29455804
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2017THE EDWARDS INTUITY ELITE VALVE: NOT TO REPEAL NOR REPLACE, BUT RATHER ADDITIVE TO SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT OPTIONS. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 1903-1903.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.08.081 PMID: 29132887
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2017TRANSFORM (Multicenter Experience With Rapid Deployment Edwards INTUITY Valve System for Aortic Valve Replacement) US clinical trial: Performance of a rapid deployment aortic valve. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 153:241-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.09.062 PMID: 27817951
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2016Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. E29-E31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.06.113 PMID: 26777966
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2016Invited Commentary.. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1682-3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.094 PMID: 27106413
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2012RISK OF POSTOPERATIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PATIENTS RECEIVING COMPUTER-BASED VERSUS PAPER-BASED INSULIN THERAPY. ENDOCRINE PRACTICE. 18:529-537.Full Text via DOI: 10.4158/EP11337.OR PMID: 22440994
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2011Must Surgeons Tell Mitral Valve Repair Candidates About a New Percutaneous Repair Device That Is Only Available Elsewhere?. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 92:1163-1169.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.096 PMID: 21958761
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2008Surgical management of aortic valve disease in the elderly: A retrospective comparative study of valve choice using propensity score analysis. JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE. 17:355-364.PMID: 18751463
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2007Invited commentary.. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 107.PMID: 17184639
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2006Is the St. Jude medical mechanical valve an appropriate choice for elderly patients?: A long-term retrospective study measuring quality of life. JOURNAL OF HEART VALVE DISEASE. 15:57-66.PMID: 16480013
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2005Midterm outcomes using the physio ring in mitral valve reconstruction: Experience in 492 patients. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 79:1276-1283.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.09.035 PMID: 15797062
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1996Third-time coronary artery bypass operations: Surgical strategy and results. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 62:1801-1807.PMID: 8957390
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1993BILATERAL MAMMARY ARTERY GRAFTING - AVOIDANCE OF COMPLICATIONS WITH EXTENDED USE. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 56:872-879.PMID: 8105758
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1993CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION IN A PATIENT WITH PORCELAIN AORTA AND CALCIFIED GREAT-VESSELS. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 55:514-515.PMID: 8431070
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1992MEGAAORTA AND AORTOILIAC OBSTRUCTION - ALTERNATE METHOD OF CANNULATION. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 53:889-891.PMID: 1570990
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1991MULTIPLE REOPERATIVE CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING. ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. 52:738-744.PMID: 1929623
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1989EXTRAANATOMIC BYPASS FOR PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL INJURIES. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 158:506-510.PMID: 2589579
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1987MANAGEMENT OF INJURIES TO THE SUPRARENAL AORTA. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 154:613-618.PMID: 3425804
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1986MANAGEMENT OF INJURIES TO THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY. JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE. 26:313-319.PMID: 3959136
Background
Full Name
- Kevin D Accola, MD
Education
- Rush Medical College
Residency
- Baylor College Of Medicine; Emory University
Fellowship
- Emory University Hospital
Board Certification
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Contact
primary email
- Research.Institute@AdventHealth.com