Dr. Kenton J Zehr M.D.
Surgeon
5605 Aylesboro Ave Pittsburgh PA, 15217Practice Philosophy
Traditional Medicine
About
My overall lifetime professional educational objective is to advance cardiac surgery internationally. I am involved in many international societies and have worked for many years in the area of international ...
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- 1997
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS- 1999
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of myocardial oxygen consumption using 11C acetate positron emission tomography scanning in a working and non-working heart transplant model.
- Pitfalls and results of immediate angiography after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
- Aortic root replacement in a patient with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium endocarditis and leukemia.
- A case of asymptomatic thoracic aorta mural thrombi.
- Surgical pathology of nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis in 30 patients, 1985-2000.
- An experimental model of saphenous vein-to-coronary artery anastomosis with the St. Jude Medical stainless steel connector.
- Use of the Cobra catheter for targeted temperature management during
- C-reactive protein relaxes human vessels in vitro.
- Patients with a history of type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis requiring cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective observational case series.
- Pseudoaneurysm of the mammary to left anterior descending artery anastomosis after off-pump CABG.
- Aortic insufficiency in a patient with Marfan syndrome after aortic root reconstruction with a tailored-sinus graft.
- A comparison of bleeding and transfusion in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting via sternotomy with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Anticipated impact of drug-eluting stents on referral patterns for coronary
- Fifty years of open heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
- Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve after mitral valve repair: a method of prevention.
Treatments
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Aortic And Mitral Valve Repair And Replacement
- Mechanical Assist Devices
- Surgery For Atrial Fibrillation
- Surgery For Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Heart And Lung Transplantation
Experience & Accolades
- Chief of Cardiac Surgery2006 - 2008University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Associate Professor of Surgery2014Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
- Professor of Surgery2009 - 2013Texas A & M University, School of Medicine
- Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery2009 - 2013Scott & White Clinic, Temple TX
- Professor of Surgery2006 - 2008University of Pittsburgh
- Consultant1998 - 2006Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
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