Publications
Dr. Bethencourt wins 2002 Excellence in Health Care Award – a blast from the past
Article synopses: Daniel Bethencourt, MD of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center helped achieve the 2002 Excellence in Health Care award. Named as a true advocate of quality and an outstanding physician.
Article about Dr. Bethencourt in Orange County Register
“Robot performs ‘remote control’ heart surgery” Orange County Register “The robotic procedure allows surgeons to avoid splitting bone, as in conventional open-heart surgery, and instead makes two or three small incisions, no more than two inches each, to operate on the heart, Bethencourt said.”
Off-Pump Coronary Bypass in High-Risk Subgroups
Yokoyama, T., Baumgartner, F.J., Gheissari, A., Capouya, E.R., Panagiotides, G., Delcusin, R.J.: Off-Pump Coronary Bypass in High-Risk Subgroups. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 70: 1546-1550, 2000
Effect of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Morbidity
Baumgartner, F.J., Yokoyama, T., Gheissari, A., Capouya, E.R., Panagiotides, G., Declusin, R.J.: Effect of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on Morbidity. The American Journal of Cardiology, 86: 1021-1022, November 2000
What is “Minimally Invasive”?
Baumgartner, F., Gheissari, A., Panagiotides, G., Capouya, E., Yokoyama, T.: What is “Minimally Invasive? Letter to the Editor. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 66:980-981, September 1998.
Local Transverse Arch Repair for Type A Aortic Dissection
Baumgartner, F.J., Omari, B.O., Pandya A., Pandya, A., Bethencourt, D.M.: Local Transverse Arch Repair for Type A Aortic Dissection. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 1997; 0003-4975/97
Neonatal Mortality Following Transfusion of Red Cells with High Plasma Potassium Levels
Hall. T.L., Barnes, A., Miller, J.R., Bethencourt, D.M., and Nestor, L.: Neonatal Mortality Following Transfusion of Red Cells with High Plasma Potassium Levels. Transfusion 1993; 33: 606-609
Rational Approach to Vascular Rings in Children
Gyepes, N.T., Bethencourt, D.M., Rowen, S.J., and Resnick, D.: Rational Approach to Vascular Rings in Children. Memorial Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, CA and the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA.
Muscle Sparing Posterolateral Thoracotomy
Bethencourt, D.M., and Homes, E.C.: Muscle Sparing Posterolateral Thoracotomy. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 45: 337-339, 1988.
Myocardial Protection in the Neonatal Heart: A Comparison of Topical Hypothermia, Crystalloid Cardioplegia, and Blood Cardioplegia Solutions
Corno, A.F., Bethencourt, D.M., Laks, H., Bhuta, S., Davtyan, H.G., Flynn, W.M. and Drinkwater, D.C.: Myocardial Protection in the Neonatal Heart: A Comparison of Topical Hypothermia, Crystalloid Cardioplegia, and Blood Cardioplegia Solutions. J. Thoracic & Cardivascular Surg. 93: 163: 163-172, 1987.



