Miguel Such

Biography

  Academic Qualifications • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Seville University (1976). • PhD Doctor in Medicine and Surgery, Valencia University (1986). • Lecturer in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, Malaga University (2011). • European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Netherlands, 2002). Specialist Training • Consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at La Fe Hospital in Valencia (1980). Professional Experience • Intern physician at the Macarena Hospital in Seville. Cardiology Services, Coronary Care Unit and Cardiovascular Surgery (1976). • Consultant for the Cardiovascular Surgery Service at La Fe Hospital Valencia. (1980-1987). • Area Consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at the Carlos Haya and Virgen de la Victoria Hospitals (1987-2010). • Head of Cardiac Surgery at the Virgen de la Victoria Hospital of Malaga (since 2010). • Visiting lecturer at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York (USA, 1988).

Research Interest

  Areas of expertise • Surgery of the aorta. • Reparative surgery of the mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves. • Combined valvular and coronary surgery. • Valve replacement using mechanical and biological prostheses without using stents and homografts. • Coronary surgery with or without CEC. • Surgery for aneurysms. • Surgery for arrhythmia. Publications • Fernández B, Durán AC, Fernández-Gallego T, Fernández MC, Such M, et al. Bicuspid aortic valves with different spatial orientations of the leaflets are distinct etiological entities. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009;54(24):2312-2318. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.07.044 • Melero JM, Rodriguez I, Such M, Porras C, Olalla E. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with mechanical mitral prosthesis. Ann Thorac Surg 1999 68: 255 -257 DOI: 10.1016 /S0003-4975 (99)00496-8. • Montijano A, Espinosa S, Melero JM, Such M. Delayed mitral regurgitation following transmyocardial revascularization with CO2 laser. Eur. J. Cardiothoracic. Surg. 2000 Oct; 18(4): 498 -499 DOI: 10.1016 /S1010-7940 (00)00530-3. • Melero JM, Porras C, M, Olalla E, Alonso J. Severe stenosis of anastomoses by using the symmetry aortic connector system. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Nov 78 (5) 1831-3 Cited in PubMed: PMID 15511489 • Sanz M, Such M, Rafecas FJ, Martin G, Santos M. Staphylococcus epidermis infections in acute myeloblastic leukaemia patients fitted with Hickman catheter box. The Lancet. 1983, 322 1191-1192, DOI: 10.1016 /S0140-6736 (83)91234-5. Other achievements • Founder and President of the Andalusian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. • Founder and President of the Andalusian Foundation for Cardiovascular Surgery. • Member of the Executive Committee of the Spanish Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. • Founder of the Surgery and Heart Foundation           • Prize for the best article published in the Spanish Journal of Cardiology in 2010.