Dr. Tom R. Karl MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
601 5TH ST S STE 601 SAINT PETERSBURG FL, 33701Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Tom Karl is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Karl specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Karl typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Does left ventricular outflow tract obstruction influence outcome of interrupted aortic arch repair?
- Incipient left ventricular rupture complicating anomalous left coronary artery.
- Damus-Kaye-Stansel connections in children with previously transected pulmonary arteries.
- Early Italian contributions to cavopulmonary shunt surgery.
- Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
- Taussig-Bing anomaly and arterial switch: aortic arch obstruction does not influence outcome.
- Spontaneous occlusion of systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunts.
- Advances in pediatric cardiac surgery.
- IL-6 and IL-8 levels after cardiopulmonary bypass are not affected by surface coating.
- Veno-venous bypass to prevent myocardial ischemia during right heart bypass operation in PA, IVS, and RV dependent coronary circulation.
- Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: corrected (discordant) transposition of the great arteries (and related malformations).
- Climate extremes: observations, modeling, and impacts.
- Neonatal cardiac surgery. Anatomic, physiologic, and technical considerations.
- Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right coronary cusp.
- The bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Dr. Tom R. Karl MD's Practice location
Practice At 400 Parnassus Ave
400 Parnassus Ave 405 Irving Street -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
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