Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Karl F. Welke, MD

Karl Welke practices Thoracic Surgery. He attended University of Illinois College of Medicine. Karl F. Welke, MD is a published doctor and has 48 publications published. The lastest was: 'Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.'

Publications

Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
How much will the data allow us to know?
Quality improvement measures in pulse-oximetry newborn Heart screening: a time series analysis.
The Importance of Patient-Specific Preoperative Factors: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
The STS AVRÂ + CABG Composite Score: A Report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force.
Combined Heart-kidney transplant improves post-transplant survival compared with isolated Heart transplant in recipients with reduced glomerular filtration rate: Analy...
Rethinking the Ross Procedure in Adults.
Issues in quality measurement: target population, risk adjustment, and ratings.
Variation in Ventilation Time After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
The society of thoracic surgeons risk model for operative mortality after multiple Valve surgery.
An empirically based tool for analyzing morbidity associated with operations for congenital heart Disease.
Increased extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center case volume is associated with improved extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival among pediatric patients.
Contemporary patterns of surgery and outcomes for Aortic coarctation: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
Impact of Single-Ventricle Physiology on Death After Heart Transplantation in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
A growing problem: maternal death and peripartum complications are higher in women with grown-up congenital heart Disease.
Regional Variation in Patient Risk Factors and Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Geography or pathology? Regional variation in Atrial septal defect closure rates and techniques.
Long-term Results after Carpentier-Edwards Pericardial Aortic Valve Implantation, with Attention to the Impact of Age.
Care models and associated outcomes in Congenital heart surgery.
Common ground: measuring intrainstitutional mortality among pediatric surgical procedures.
Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: implementation and validation in the Congenital heart surgery population.
Congenital heart surgery outcomes in Down syndrome: analysis of a national clinical database.
Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
Chance, bias, and confounding: threats to valid measurement of quality in the context of pediatric cardiac surgery.
Evolution of treatment options and outcomes for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome over an 18-year period.
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with Congenital heart surgery.
The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database.
Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standards.
Improved quality and cost-effectiveness of Coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States from 1988 to 2005.
National practice patterns for management of adult congenital heart Disease: operation by pediatric heart surgeons decreases in-hospital death.
The rush to Atrial septal defect closure: is the introduction of percutaneous closure driving utilization?
Measurement of quality in pediatric cardiac surgery: understanding the threats to validity.
Cardiac surgery in infants with low birth weight is associated with increased mortality: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Database.
Facility-level factors influencing chronic Heart failure care process performance in a national integrated health delivery system.
Contemporary impact of state certificate-of-need regulations for cardiac surgery: an analysis using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' National Cardiac Surgery Database.
Mortality as an outcome parameter for pediatric Heart surgery.
Treatment variation in older black and white patients undergoing Aortic valve replacement.
Advances in Congenital heart surgery.
Cardiac revascularization in specialty and general hospitals.
Hospital volume and selection of valve type in older patients undergoing Aortic valve replacement surgery in the United States.
Evaluation of quality of care for congenital heart Disease.
Classifying the effectiveness of Veterans Affairs guideline implementation approaches.
Physician process and patient outcome measures for diabetes care: relationships to organizational characteristics.
Validity of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
Patient characteristics can predict improvement in functional health after elective Coronary artery bypass grafting.
Myocardial apoptosis after cardioplegic arrest in the neonatal lamb.
What factors influence provider knowledge of a congestive Heart failure guideline in a national health care system?

Schools

UIl ColMed Peoria
Dartmouth Hitchcock Med Center Pr
UIa Hsps and Clins

Procedures Preformed

Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
Heart Defect Repair
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Conditions Treated

Aortic Valve Disease
Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
Cardiomegaly
Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties

Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Education

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Hospital

Seattle Children's Hospital

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