Daniella Concha, MD

Texas Heart Institute Positions

Education

  • Undergraduate:

    The University of Texas - Pan American

  • Medical School:

    The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

  • Residency:

    New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

Publications

4862227 XHK23J5K 1 alternatives-to-animal-experimentation 10 date desc Concha 53141 https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/
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Concha, D., Sethi, S. S., Sharma, N. et al. (2022). The “Lollipop” During Catheter-Directed Thrombectomy: 2 Case Examples. JACC Case Rep 4, 101667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.09.029.
Driggin, E., Chung, A., Concha, D. et al. (2022). The impact of pre-transplant weight loss on survival following cardiac transplantation. Clin Transplant 36, e14831. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14831.