Wieck-Sullivan Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Saint Louis University

Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Kenneth O. Schowengerdt Jr. practices Pediatric Cardiology. He went to medical school at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is ranked 67 in research and 57 in primary care medicine He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACC)". Kenneth Schowengerdt is a published doctor. He has 22 publications published. The most current publication "Cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. With inoperable congenital heart disease."

Publications

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• Hypoalbuminemia and poor growth predict worse outcomes in pediatric Heart transplant recipients.
• Partial anomalous Pulmonary venous return: transcatheter repair.
• A comparison of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt with the right ventricle-to-Pulmonary artery conduit.
• Hybrid procedure for obstructive neonatal left ventricular tumors.
• Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart Disease.
• Hyperlipidemia in children after Heart transplantation.
• Advances in pediatric Heart transplantation.
• Increased myocardial performance index correlates with biopsy-proven rejection in pediatric Heart transplant recipients.
• Tacrolimus: in vitro effects on myelopoiesis, apoptosis, and CD11b expression.
• An institutional review of the value of computed tomographic angiography in the diagnosis of Congenital cardiac malformations.
• Decreased functional caspase-3 expression in umbilical cord blood neutrophils is linked to delayed apoptosis.
• Toxic serum trough concentrations after administration of nebulized tobramycin.
• Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a 3-year-old with occult myocarditis.
• Safety and efficacy of pravastatin therapy for the prevention of hyperlipidemia in pediatric and adolescent cardiac transplant recipients.
• Increased expression of the lymphocyte early activation marker CD69 in peripheral blood correlates with histologic evidence of cardiac allograft rejection.
• Failure of combined costimulatory blockade in animal transplant model.
• Heart transplantation in children: indications. Report of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Pediatric Committee of the American Society of Transplantation (AST).
• Tacrolimus-based triple-drug immunosuppression minimizes serum lipid elevations in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients.
• Cardiac transplantation for pediatric patients. With inoperable congenital heart Disease.
• Infection after pediatric Heart transplantation: results of a multiinstitutional study. The Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group.
• Association of parvovirus B19 genome in children with myocarditis and cardiac allograft rejection: diagnosis using the polymerase chain reaction.

Schools

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• Saint Louis University School of Medicine

• Baylor College Of Med

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Pacemaker Insertion or Replacement

Conditions Treated

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

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• Pediatric Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Baylor College of Medicine
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

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