Dr. Peter Philip Mckeown MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
911 Bypass Road Pikeville KY, 41501About
Dr. Peter Mckeown is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Pikeville, KY. Dr. Mckeown specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Mckeown typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ of Queensland, Fac of Med, Herston, Queensland, Australia 1975
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prosthetic valve selection for a pulsatile LVAD.
- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
- The prevalence and types of coronary artery anomalies in Northern Ireland.
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Excellent results in a group of selected high-risk patients.
- Coexistence of supravalvular aortic stenosis and osteogenesis imperfecta.
- Investigation of the C242T polymorphism of NAD(P)H oxidase p22 phox gene and ischaemic heart disease using family-based association methods.
- A magnetically actuated left ventricular assist device.
- Effects of allopurinol pretreatment with pulmonary flush on lung preservation.
- Single coronary artery: a familial clustering.
- Thoracoscopic lung biopsy.
- Lack of association between the -2518G/A polymorphism of the MCP-1 gene and ischaemic heart disease: a family-based investigation.
- The intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene K469E polymorphism is not associated with ischaemic heart disease: an investigation using family-based tests of association.
- Antioxidant vitamins C and E ameliorate hyperglycaemia-induced oxidative stress in coronary endothelial cells.
- Executive summary: American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for the prevention and management of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
- Introduction: American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for the prevention and management of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery.
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