Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiology

Kevin Maher works in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. Kevin Maher is a published doctor and has 46 publications published. The lastest was: 'Molecular evolution of the human enteroviruses: correlation of serotype with VP1 sequence and application to picornavirus classification.'

Publications

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• Molecular beacon-based detection and isolation of working-type cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells.
• Current outcomes of the Norwood operation in patients with single-ventricle malformations other than hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
• Outcomes and hospital costs associated with the Norwood operation: beyond morbidity and mortality.
• Cardiovascular transcriptomics and epigenomics using next-generation sequencing: challenges, progress, and opportunities.
• Microscale generation of cardiospheres promotes robust enrichment of cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells.
• Long term negative pressure ventilation: Rescue for the failing fontan?
• Pediatric intracardiac thrombus: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.
• Hemodynamic Effects of Implanting a Unidirectional Valve in the Inferior Vena Cava of the Fontan Circulation Pathway: An In Vitro Investigation.
• Marching towards regenerative cardiac therapy with human pluripotent stem cells.
• Safe and Effective Use of a Glycemic Control Protocol for Neonates in a Cardiac ICU*
• Late Development of a Gigantic Aneurysm of the Neoaorta After Norwood Palliation.
• Negative Pressure Ventilation as a Therapy for Post-operative Complications in a Patient with Single Ventricle Physiology.
• Red blood cell transfusion for infants with single-ventricle physiology.
• Short-term outcomes in premature neonates adhering to the philosophy of supportive care allowing for weight gain and organ maturation prior to cardiac surgery.
• Utility of bedside angiography in the evaluation of vascular obstruction in the pediatric intensive care patient.
• Fulminant valvulitis from acute rheumatic fever: Successful use of extracorporeal support.
• Glycemic control for postoperative pediatric cardiac patients.
• Do neonates with genetic abnormalities have an increased morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery?
• Near infrared spectroscopy changes with Pericardial tamponade.
• Hemodynamic effects and safety of nesiritide in neonates with Heart failure.
• Pulmonary vein stenosis: prematurity and associated conditions.
• B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of critical Heart disease in children.
• Transthoracic access for cardiac catheterization.
• Right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit improves outcome after stage I Norwood for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
• Hemodynamic profile after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit.
• Aminophylline for the prevention of apnea during prostaglandin E1 infusion.
• A retrospective review of three antibiotic prophylaxis regimens for pediatric cardiac surgical patients.
• Comparison of a monoclonal antibody-based IgM capture ELISA with a neutralization assay for assessing response to trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine.
• Comparison of classic and molecular approaches for the identification of untypeable enteroviruses.
• Specific detection of echoviruses 22 and 23 in cell culture supernatants by RT-PCR.
• Typing of human enteroviruses by partial sequencing of VP1.
• Molecular evolution of the human enteroviruses: correlation of serotype with VP1 sequence and application to picornavirus classification.
• The complete genome sequence for an American isolate of enterovirus 77.
• Molecular phylogeny of all human enterovirus serotypes based on comparison of sequences at the 5'' end of the region encoding VP2.
• Complete sequence of echovirus 23 and its relationship to echovirus 22 and other human enteroviruses.
• Surveillance imaging in children with medulloblastoma (posterior fossa PNET).
• Molecular identification of new picornaviruses and characterization of a proposed enterovirus 73 serotype.
• Coil occlusion of a femoral arteriovenous fistula.
• Primary Congenital infantile fibrosarcoma of the heart: the first confirmed case.
• New developments in the treatment of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
• Bloodstream infections increased after delayed sternal closure: cause or coincidence.
• The role of intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence angiography in pediatric cardiac surgery.
• Depth of sternal compression and intra-arterial blood pressure during CPR in infants following cardiac surgery.
• Postoperative cerebral oxygenation in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome after the Norwood procedure.
• Continuous glucose monitors prove highly accurate in critically ill children.

Schools

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• University Of Maryland School Of Medicine

• Franklin Square Hospital

• University MD Med School

• University Of Michigan

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Imaging

Conditions Treated

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• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomegaly
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Hypertension
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Assurant Health
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Coventry Health Care
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• Kaiser Permanente
• MedHealthInsurance
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Meritain Health
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Freedom Plan
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• Oxford Liberty
• United Healthcare
• WellCare

Hospital

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• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
• Northside Hospital

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