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- Name
- Carlos Bechara
- Degree
- M.D.
- Rank
- Professor
- Primary Department
- Surgery
- Education
- Medical School
- American University of the Caribbean
- Residencies
- Tulane University General Surgery
- Baylor University College of Medicine General Surgery
- Fellowships
- Baylor University College of Medicine Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
- Hobbies
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Publications
- Weise, LB; Crisostomo, PR; Bechara, CF; Soult, MC Iliac artery-enteric fistulas following failed pancreatic transplant. Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques ; 10 2
- Penton, A; Li, R; Carmon, L; Soult, MC; Bechara, CF; Blecha, M Preoperative Risk Score For Mortality Within 3 Years of Visceral Segment Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery ;
- Payman, AA; Pecoraro, NC; Tsiang, JT; Souter, J; Hand, R; Bechara, CF; Serrone, JC Stenting for Traumatic Pseudoaneurysms of the Cervical Internal Carotid Artery: Case Report and Systematic Review. World neurosurgery ;
- Chunawala, ZS; Chew, C; Hendrickson, M; Arora, S; Tafur, A; Mishkel, G; Ricciardi, MJ; Zelniker, TA; Moussa, ID; Hassan, A; Golzar, J; Gueyikian, S; Bechara, CF; Lee, CJ; Qamar, A Temporal trends and outcomes of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia with and without history of coronary artery disease: insights from the us national inpatient sample database. The Journal of invasive cardiology ; 35 10
- De Freitas, S; Falls, G; Weis, T; Bakhshi, K; Korepta, LM; Bechara, CF; Erben, Y; Arya, S; Fatima, J Comprehensive framework of factors accounting for worse aortic aneurysm outcomes in females: A scoping review. Seminars in vascular surgery ; 36 4
- Brailovsky, Y; Lakhter, V; Newman, J; Allen, S; Elkaryoni, A; Desai, P; Masic, D; Bechara, CF; Bontekoe, E; Hoppensteadt, D; Lopez, JJ; Siddiqui, F; Iqbal, O; Fareed, J; Darki, A Fibrinolytic Status and Risk of Death After Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis ; 29
- Behzadi, F; Simon, JE; Zielke, TJ; Cook, JT; Costa, RA; Bechara, CF; Prabhu, VC RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA DURING AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Lin, JH; Zielke, T; Zorn, MK; Korepta, LM; Soult, MC; Bechara, CF Dual true and false lumen stent graft technique for endovascular repair of isolated common iliac artery aneurysm in chronic type A dissection. Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques ; 8 4
- Goldstein, J; Fareed, J; Bechara, CF; Dieter, RS Bridging the diabetic microvascular and macrovascular gap in peripheral arterial disease. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions ;
- Inkollu, SK; Bechara, CF Commentary: Profile matters: 1-year results of low profile endograft with thoracic aortic aneurysm and ulcer pathologies. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery ;
- Malach, L; Tehrani, N; Kolachina, S; Krawczyk, K; Wozniak, A; Soult, M; Aulivola, B; Bechara, CF Effect of Stent-Graft Active Fixation and Oversizing on Aortic Neck Dilation After Endovascular Aneurysm Exclusion For Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Blecha, M; Malach, L; Dickens, B; Decicco, E; D'Andrea, M; DeJong, M; Bechara, CF Predictors of Decline in Renal Function 5 Years after EVAR. Vascular and endovascular surgery ;
- Goicoechea, S; Walsh, M; Soult, M; Halandras, PM; Bechara, C; Aulivola, B; Crisostomo, P Female Gender Increases Risk of Stroke and Readmission after CEA and CAS. Journal of Vascular Surgery ;
- Marginean, A; Haines, JF; Perez-Tamayo, RA; Bechara, C; Darki, A Pulmonary Embolism Complicated by Acute Limb Ischemia Managed by Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy. Cureus ; 13 4
- Allen, S; Chan, L; Masic, D; Porcaro, K; Morris, S; Haines, J; Leya, F; Bechara, CF; Lopez, J; Lewis, B; Steen, L; Fareed, J; Darki, A; Brailovsky, Y Comparison of outcomes in catheter-directed versus ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis for management of submassive pulmonary embolism. Thrombosis research ; 202
- Brailovsky, Y; Masic, D; Allen, S; Lakhter, V; Bashir, R; Forfia, P; Bechara, CF; Leya, FS; Lopez, JJ; Lewis, BE; Steen, LE; Wexels, F; Fareed, J; Camren, GP; Hibbeln, J; Darki, A Novel CT-derived parameter is associated with low cardiac index in acute pulmonary embolism. Thrombosis research ; 202
- Bechara, CF Invited Commentary Open Venous Bypass in the Era of Endovascular Therapy. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Behzadi, F; Kim, M; Zielke, T; Bechara, CF; Schwartz, J; Prabhu, VC LUMBAR DRAINS FOR VASCULAR PROCEDURES: AN INSTITUTIONAL PROTOCOL REVIEW AND GUIDELINES. World neurosurgery ;
- Aziz, Faisal; Bechara, Carlos F. USMLE Step 1 Scoring System Change to Pass/Fail—Implications for International Medical Graduates. JAMA surgery ; 155 12
- Aziz, F; Bechara, CF USMLE Step 1 Scoring System Change to Pass/Fail-Implications for International Medical Graduates. JAMA surgery ;
- Brailovsky, Y; Kunchakarra, S; Lakhter, V; Barnes, G; Masic, D; Mancl, E; Porcaro, K; Bechara, CF; Lopez, JJ; Simpson, K; Mathew, V; Fareed, J; Darki, A Pulmonary embolism response team implementation improves awareness and education among the house staff and faculty. JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND THROMBOLYSIS ; 49 1
- Eguia, E; Baker, MS; Bechara, C; Shames, M; Kuo, PC The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Vascular Surgery. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 66
- Tehrani, N; Soult, M; Bechara, CF Extended use of the candy plug technique with the Cook dissection stent. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Renz, C; Tehrani, N; Malach, L; Soult, M; Blecha, M; Bechara, CF A rare case of fibromuscular dysplasia involving multiple vascular beds. Vascular ;
- Chun, TT; Judelson, DR; Rigberg, D; Lawrence, PF; Cuff, R; Shalhub, S; Wohlauer, M; Abularrage, CJ; Anastasios, P; Arya, S; Aulivola, B; Baldwin, M; Baril, D; Bechara, CF; Beckerman, WE; Behrendt, CA; Benedetto, F; Bennett, LF; Charlton-Ouw, KM; Chawla, A; Chia, MC; Cho, S; Choong, AMTL; Chou, EL; Christiana, A; Coscas, R; De Caridi, G; Ellozy, S; Etkin, Y; Faries, P; Fung, AT; Gonzalez, A; Griffin, CL; Guidry, L; Gunawansa, N; Gwertzman, G; Han, DK; Hicks, CW; Hinojosa, CA; Hsiang, Y; Ilonzo, N; Jayakumar, L; Joh, JH; Johnson, AP; Kabbani, LS; Keller, MR; Khashram, M; Koleilat, I; Krueger, B; Kumar, A; Lee, CJ; Lee, A; Levy, MM; Lewis, CT; Lind, B; Lopez-Pena, G; Mohebali, J; Molnar, RG; Morrissey, NJ; Motaganahalli, RL; Mouawad, NJ; Newton, DH; Ng, JJ; O'Banion, LA; Phair, J; Rancic, Z; Rao, A; Ray, HM; Rivera, AG; Rodriguez, L; Sales, CM; Salzman, G; Sarfati, M; Savlania, A; Schanzer, A; Sharafuddin, MJ; Sheahan, M; Siada, S; Siracuse, JJ; Smith, BK; Smith, M; Soh, I; Sorber, R; Sundaram, V; Sundick, S; Tomita, TM; Trinidad, B; Tsai, S; Vouyouka, AG; Westin, GG; Williams, MS; Wren, SM; Yang, JK; Yi, J; Zhou, W; Zia, S; Woo, K Managing Central Venous Access during a Healthcare Crisis. Journal of Vascular Surgery ;
- Porcaro, Kateria; Haines, Jeremiah; Morris, Stephen; Doukas, Demetrios; Mancl, Erin; Masic, Dalila; Oliveros, Estefania; Lakhter, Vladimir; Bechara, Carlos; Lopez, John J.; Mathew, Verghese; Brailovsky, Yevgeniy; Fareed, Jawed; Darki, Amir SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM: ARE WE FALSELY REASSURED BY NORMOTENSION? Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) ; 73 9
- Porcaro, Kateria; Haines, Jeremiah; Morris, Stephen; Doukas, Demetrios; Mancl, Erin; Masic, Dalila; Oliveros, Estefania; Lakhter, Vladimir; Bechara, Carlos; Lopez, John J.; Mathew, Verghese; Fareed, Jawed; Darki, Amir; Brailovsky, Yevgeniy PREDICTORS OF LOW CARDIAC INDEX IN SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) ; 73 9
- Haines, Jeremiah; Darki, Amir; Bechara, Carlos; Frazier, Jason; Perez-Tamayo, R. Anthony MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN THE PRESENCE OF A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AND SUBSEQUENT PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) ; 73 9
- Brailovsky, Yevgeniy; Kunchakarra, Siri; Porcaro, Kateria; Masic, Dalila; Mancl, Erin; Doukas, Demetrios; Bechara, Carlos; Lopez, John J.; Simpson, Kevin; Mathew, Verghese; Fareed, Jawed; Darki, Amir PULMONARY EMBOLISM RESPONSE TEAM IMPLEMENTATION IMPROVES AWARENESS AND EDUCATION AMONG THE HOUSE STAFF. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) ; 73 9
- Lim, S; Javorski, MJ; Nassoiy, SP; Park, Y; Halandras, PM; Bechara, CF; Aulivola, B; Crisostomo, PR Long-Term Hemodynamic Effects After Carotid Artery Revascularization. Vascular and endovascular surgery ; 53 4
- Yoon, WJ; Dresher, M; Crisostomo, PR; Halandras, PM; Bechara, CF; Aulivola, B Delineating the durability outcome differences after saphenous ablation with laser versus radiofrequency. Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders ; 7 4
- Eguia, Emanuel; Cobb, Adrienne N.; Janjua, Haroon M.; Bechara, Carlos; Shames, Murray L.; Kuo, Paul C. Did the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Impact Vascular Admissions and Operations? Journal of the American College of Surgeons ; 227
- Brailovsky, Yevgeniy; Kunchakarra, Siri; Porcaro, Katerina; Doukas, Demetrios; Stiff, Andrew; Bechara, Carlos; Lopez, John; Mathew, Verghese; Fareed, Jawed; Darki, Amir Abstract 17293: Functional Outcomes After Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Circulation ; 138
- Bechara, CF Commentary: Eliminating Air From Stent-Grafts During Arch Endovascular Therapy: One Step Closer to Reducing Stroke. Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists ; 26 1
- Lim, S; Halandras, PM; Bechara, C; Aulivola, B; Crisostomo, P Contemporary Management of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in the Endovascular Era. Vascular and endovascular surgery ;
- Yoon, WJ; Crisostomo, P; Halandras, P; Bechara, CF; Aulivola, B The utility of the Agatston calcium score in predicting carotid plaque vulnerability. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Lindsey, P; Echeverria, A; Cheung, M; Kfoury, E; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH Lower Extremity Bypass Using Bovine Carotid Artery Graft (Artegraft): An Analysis of 124 Cases with Long-Term Results. World journal of surgery ; 42 1
- Kaisar, J; Chen, A; Cheung, M; Kfoury, E; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH Comparison of propaten heparin-bonded vascular graft with distal anastomotic patch versus autogenous saphenous vein graft in tibial artery bypass. Vascular ; 26 2
- Doheny, C; Gonzalez, L; Duchman, SM; Varon, J; Bechara, CF; Cheung, M; Lin, PH Echocardiographic assessment with right ventricular function improvement following ultrasound-accelerated catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy in submassive pulmonary embolism. Vascular ; 26 3
- Lindsey, P; Echeverria, A; Poi, MJ; Matos, J; Bechara, CF; Cheung, M; Lin, PH Thromboembolic Risk of Endovascular Intervention for Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 49
- Matos, JM; Gonzalez, L; Kfoury, E; Echeverria, A; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH Outcomes following operative management of thoracic outlet syndrome in the pediatric patients. Vascular ; 26 4
- Adam, G; Wang, K; Demaree, CJ; Jiang, JS; Cheung, M; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH A Prospective Evaluation of Duplex Ultrasound for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in High-Performance Musicians Playing Bowed String Instruments Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) ; 8 1
- Schwein, A; Chinnadurai, P; Behler, G; Lumsden, AB; Bismuth, J; Bechara, CF Computed tomography angiography-fluoroscopy image fusion allows visceral vessel cannulation without angiography during fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery ; 68 1
- Lu, T; Yi, SG; Bismuth, J; Knight, RJ; Gaber, AO; Bechara, CF Short- and midterm results for internal jugular vein extension for short right renal vein kidney transplant. Clinical transplantation ;
- Mohamed, A; Bennett, M; Gomez, L; Massingill, E; Le, L; Peden, E; Bechara, CF Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Surgery is Safe and Effective in Patients with Prior Abdominal Surgery. Annals of Vascular Surgery ;
- Darouiche, RO; Green, DM; Harrington, MA; Ehni, BL; Kougias, P; Bechara, CF; O'Connor, DP Association of Airborne Microorganisms in the Operating Room With Implant Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial. INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY ; 38 1
- Tal, L; Bechara, CF; Michael, M A case of gross hematuria with flank pain in a 16-year-old boy: Questions. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) ; 32 8
- Tal, L; Bechara, CF; Michael, M A case of gross hematuria with flank pain in a 16-year-old boy: Answers. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) ; 32 8
- Schwein, A; Chinnadurai, P; Shah, DJ; Lumsden, AB; Bechara, CF; Bismuth, J Feasibility of three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography-fluoroscopy image fusion technique in guiding complex endovascular aortic procedures in patients with renal insufficiency. Journal of Vascular Surgery ; 65 5
- Zubair, MM; Chinnadurai, P; Loh, FE; Loh, TM; Lumsden, AB; Bechara, CF A novel technique combining laparoscopic and endovascular approaches using image fusion guidance for anterior embolization of type II endoleak. Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques ; 3 1
- Kfoury, E; Demaree, CJ; Poi, MJ; Matos, JM; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH Long-term outcomes of staged basilic vein transposition for hemodialysis access in children. The journal of vascular access ; 18 5
- Lin, PH; Matos, JM; Chen, A; Kim, W; Poi, MJ; Jiang, JS; Bechara, CF Treatment Outcomes and Lessons Learned From Transilluminated Powered Phlebectomy for Varicose Veins in 1034 Patients. Vascular and endovascular surgery ; 50 4
- Pan, A; Poi, MJ; Matos, J; Jiang, JS; Kfoury, E; Echeverria, A; Bechara, CF; Lin, PH Long-Term Outcomes of Single-Port Laparoscopic Placement of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter. Vascular and endovascular surgery ; 50 5
- Itoga, NK; Woo, K; Bismuth, J; Bechara, CF; Grenon, M; Mitchell, E; Zhou, W A Rising Generation of Diversity in the Vascular Surgery Workforce. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 29 7
- Matos, JM; Barshes, NR; Mccoy, S; Pisimisis, G; Felkai, D; Kougias, P; Lin, PH; Bechara, CF Validating common carotid stenosis by duplex ultrasound with carotid angiogram or computed tomography scan. Journal of Vascular Surgery ; 59 2
- Bechara, CF; Barshes, NR; Pisimisis, G; Bates, JT; Lin, PH; Kougias, P Short- and midterm results of iliac artery stenting for flush occlusion with the assistance of an occlusive contralateral iliac artery balloon. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 28 1
- Barshes, NR; Bechara, CF; Pisimisis, G; Kougias, P Preliminary experiences with early primary closure of foot wounds after lower extremity revascularization. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 28 1
- Barshes, NR; Kougias, P; Ozaki, CK; Pisimisis, G; Bechara, CF; Henson, HK; Belkin, M Cost-effectiveness of revascularization for limb preservation in patients with marginal functional status. Annals of Vascular Surgery ; 28 1
- Kougias, P; Sharath, S; Barshes, NR; Lowery, B; Garcia, A; Pak, T; Bechara, CF; Pisimisis, G Impact of cumulative intravascular contrast exposure on renal function in patients with occlusive and aneurysmal vascular disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery ; 59 6
- Pisimisis, GT; Kougias, P; Barshes, NR; Bechara, CF Surgeon-modified fenestrated endograft to treat ruptured juxtarenal aneurysm. JAMA surgery ; 149 5
- Barshes, NR; Rodriguez-Barradas, MC; Bechara, CF; Pisimisis, G; Young, EJ; Kougias, P Microbial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibilities in inframalleolar foot infections. Surgical Infections ; 15 5
- Barshes, NR; Gold, B; Garcia, A; Bechara, CF; Pisimisis, G; Kougias, P Minor amputation and palliative wound care as a strategy to avoid major amputation in patients with foot infections and severe peripheral arterial disease. The international journal of lower extremity wounds ; 13 3
- Nguyen, NT; Barshes, NR; Bechara, CF; Pisimisis, GT Natural history of an intra-aortic permanent inferior vena cava filter. Journal of Vascular Surgery ; 60 3
- Omer, S; Kar, B; Cornwell, LD; Blaustein, A; Levine, GN; Ali, N; Jneid, H; Paniagua, D; Atluri, PV; Bechara, CF; Kougias, P; Ruma, M; Preventza, O; Bozkurt, B; Carabello, BA; Bakaeen, FG Early experience of a transcatheter aortic valve program at a Veterans Affairs facility. JAMA surgery ; 148 12
- Brailovsky, Y; Lakhter, V; Weinberg, I; Porcaro, K; Haines, J; Morris, S; Masic, D; Mancl, E; Bashir, R; Alkhouli, M; Rosenfield, K; Mathew, V; Lopez, J; Bechara, CF; Joyce, C; Fareed, J; Darki, A Right Ventricular Outflow Doppler Predicts Low Cardiac Index in Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Embolism. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis ; 25