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Kirk R. Kanter
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 258
Citations - 9777
Kirk R. Kanter is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transplantation & Fontan procedure. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 256 publications receiving 8603 citations. Previous affiliations of Kirk R. Kanter include University of Georgia & Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Comparison of Shunt Types in the Norwood Procedure for Single-Ventricle Lesions
Richard G. Ohye,Lynn A. Sleeper,Lynn Mahony,Jane W. Newburger,Gail D. Pearson,Minmin Lu,Caren S. Goldberg,Sarah Tabbutt,Peter C. Frommelt,Nancy S. Ghanayem,Peter C. Laussen,John F. Rhodes,John F. Rhodes,John F. Rhodes,Alan B. Lewis,Seema Mital,Chitra Ravishankar,Ismee A. Williams,Carolyn Dunbar-Masterson,Andrew M. Atz,Steven D. Colan,L. LuAnn Minich,Christian Pizarro,Kirk R. Kanter,James Jaggers,James Jaggers,James Jaggers,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Catherine D. Krawczeski,Nancy A. Pike,Brian W. McCrindle,Lisa Virzi,J. William Gaynor +32 more
TL;DR: In children undergoing the Norwood procedure, transplantation-free survival at 12 months was better with the RVPA shunt than with the MBT shunt, and the rate of nonfatal serious adverse events at the age of 12 months were similar in the two groups.
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Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device for Bridge to Heart Transplantation in US Children
Christopher S. Almond,David L.S. Morales,Eugene H. Blackstone,Mark Turrentine,Michiaki Imamura,M. Patricia Massicotte,Lori C. Jordan,Eric J. Devaney,Chitra Ravishankar,Kirk R. Kanter,William L. Holman,Robert Kroslowitz,Christine Tjossem,Lucy Thuita,Gordon A. Cohen,Holger Buchholz,James D. St. Louis,Khanh Nguyen,Robert A. Niebler,Henry L. Walters,Brian Reemtsen,Peter D. Wearden,Olaf Reinhartz,Kristine J. Guleserian,Max B. Mitchell,Mark S. Bleiweis,Charles E. Canter,Tilman Humpl +27 more
TL;DR: Smaller patient size, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction, and biventricular assist device use were associated with mortality, whereas extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before implantation and congenital heart disease were not.
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The effect of age, diagnosis, and previous surgery in children and adults undergoing heart transplantation for congenital heart disease.
Jacqueline M. Lamour,Kirk R. Kanter,David C. Naftel,Maryanne Chrisant,William R. Morrow,Barry S. Clemson,James K. Kirklin,Ctrd +7 more
TL;DR: Patients undergoing transplantation for CHD have a good late survival if they survive the early post-operative period, and risk factors for reduced survival are older age at transplant and a previous Fontan operation.
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Indications for Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Heart Disease A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group
Charles E. Canter,Robert E. Shaddy,Daniel Bernstein,Daphne T. Hsu,Maryanne R.K. Chrisant,James K. Kirklin,Kirk R. Kanter,Robert S.D. Higgins,Elizabeth D. Blume,David N. Rosenthal,Mark M. Boucek,Karen Uzark,Allen H. Friedman,James K. Young +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, a working group was commissioned to review accumulated experience with pediatric heart transplantation and its use in patients with unrepaired and/or previously repaired or palliated congenital heart disease.
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Predicting and Treating Coagulopathies After Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children
Bruce E. Miller,Toshiaki Mochizuki,Jerrold H. Levy,James M. Bailey,Steven R. Tosone,Vincent K.H Tam,Kirk R. Kanter +6 more
TL;DR: It was demonstrated that children <8 kg had more bleeding and required more coagulation products than children >8 kg, and fresh-frozen plasma administration after platelets worsened coagulated parameters and was associated with greater chest tube drainage and more coAGulation product transfusions in the ICU.