Director Artificial Heart Program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Robert L. Kormos, MD
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Robert Kormos is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Pittsburgh Magazine" and "Fellow (FACS)". Robert L. Kormos is a published doctor. He has 70 papers published. The most current publication "A Plasma-Based, Amiodarone-Impregnated Material Decreases Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation in a Post-Cardiac Surgery Model."
Publications
- A Plasma-Based, Amiodarone-Impregnated Material Decreases Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation in a Post-Cardiac Surgery Model.
- Reliability and construct validity of PROMIS(®) measures for patients with heart failure who undergo heart transplant.
- Seventh INTERMACS annual report: 15,000 patients and counting.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in Acute coronary syndromes complicated by cardiogenic shock.
- Principles of HeartMate II Implantation to Avoid Pump Malposition and Migration.
- Cancer-free survival following alemtuzumab induction in heart transplantation.
- Sixth INTERMACS annual report: A 10,000-patient database.
- Preoperative liver dysfunction influences blood product administration and alterations in circulating haemostatic markers following ventricular assist device implantat...
- The right heart failure dilemma in the era of left ventricular assist devices.
- An analysis of pump thrombus events in patients in the HeartWare ADVANCE bridge to transplant and continued access protocol trial.
- Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) analysis of pump thrombosis in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.
- Quantifying the effect of cardiorenal Syndrome on mortality after left ventricular assist device implant.
- Implant Strategies Change Over Time and Impact Outcomes: Insights From the INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support).
- Temporal Leukocyte Numbers and Granulocyte Activation in Pulsatile and Rotary Ventricular Assist Device Patients.
- Blood Pressure Control in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Efficacy and Impact on Adverse Events.
- Durability of left ventricular assist devices: Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS) 2006 to 2011.
- Heart transplantation for adults with congenital heart Disease: Results in the modern era.
- Certification for Implantation of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: The Need for Clarification of the Process.
- Fifth INTERMACS annual report: Risk factor analysis from more than 6,000 mechanical circulatory support patients.
- Muscle-derived Stem Cell Sheets Support Pump Function and Prevent Cardiac Arrhythmias in a Model of Chronic Myocardial Infarction.
- Statement regarding the pre and post market assessment of durable, implantable ventricular assist devices in the United States.
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Executive Summary: Endorsed by The Soci...
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Endorsed by The Society of Thoracic Sur...
- Statement Regarding the Pre and Post Market Assessment of Durable, Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices in the United States: Executive Summary.
- Risk Assessment for Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Does the Destination Therapy Risk Score Work?: An Analysis of Over 1,000 Patients.
- Onset and risk factors for anxiety and depression during the first 2 years after lung transplantation.
- Decision tree for adjuvant right ventricular support in patients receiving a left ventricular assist device.
- Minimally invasive approach to thoracic effusions in patients with ventricular assist devices.
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Advanced Refractory Shock in Acute and Chronic Cardiomyopathy.
- Clinical outcomes for continuous-flow left ventricular assist device patients stratified by pre-operative INTERMACS classification.
- Working formulation for the standardization of definitions of infections in patients using ventricular assist devices.
- Long-term effects on renal function of dose-reduced calcineurin inhibitor and sirolimus in cardiac transplant patients.
- Third INTERMACS Annual Report: the evolution of destination therapy in the United States.
- Early adverse events as predictors of 1-year mortality during mechanical circulatory support.
- Infection after implantation of pulsatile mechanical circulatory support devices.
- The Joint Commission's Disease-specific care certification for destination therapy ventricular assist devices.
- Pulsatile left ventricular assist device support as a bridge to decision in patients with end-stage heart failure complicated by Pulmonary hypertension.
- Left ventricular remodeling and myocardial recovery on mechanical circulatory support.
- Second INTERMACS annual report: more than 1,000 primary left ventricular assist device implants.
- Clinical experience using the Levitronix CentriMag system for temporary right ventricular mechanical circulatory support.
- Development of an ex vivo ovine ventricular assist device model for intraventricular visualization of the inflow cannula.
- Surgical revascularization for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Is it still an option?
- INTERMACS profiles of advanced heart failure: the current picture.
- Predictors of death and transplant in patients with a mechanical circulatory support device: a multi-institutional study.
- Myocardial Fas and cytokine expression in end-stage heart failure: impact of LVAD support.
- INTERMACS database for durable devices for circulatory support: first annual report.
- Adherence to the medical regimen during the first two years after lung transplantation.
- Cerebrovascular accidents in patients with a ventricular assist device.
- Rates and risk factors for nonadherence to the medical regimen after adult solid organ transplantation.
- Omental transposition flap for salvage of ventricular assist devices.
- Multicenter retrospective analysis of cardiovascular risk factors affecting long-term outcome of de novo cardiac transplant recipients.
- The PediaFlow pediatric ventricular assist device.
- Differential exercise performance on ventricular assist device support.
- Pulsatile paracorporeal assist devices in children and adolescents with biventricular failure.
- Biventricular assist device utilization for patients with morbid congestive heart failure: a justifiable strategy.
- Myocardial recovery using ventricular assist devices: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes.
- Daclizumab to prevent rejection after cardiac transplantation.
- Personality characteristics among cardiothoracic transplant recipients.
- An internet-based intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in heart transplant recipients and family caregivers: development and evaluation.
- Non-invasive assessment of myocardial recovery on chronic left ventricular assist device: results associated with successful device removal.
- Psychosocial vulnerability, physical symptoms and physical impairment after lung and heart-lung transplantation.
- Avoidant coping with health problems is related to poorer quality of life among lung transplant candidates.
- LVAD bloodstream infections: therapeutic rationale for transplantation after LVAD infection.
- Mechanical Circulatory Support device database of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: first annual report--2003.
- Selected patients listed for cardiac transplantation may benefit from defibrillator implantation regardless of an established indication.
- In vivo evaluation of a MPC polymer coated continuous flow left ventricular assist system.
- Impact of beta-blocker therapy on functional capacity criteria for heart transplant listing.
- Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy of renal cortex arteries with chronic continuous flow left ventricular assist.
- Long-term follow-up of Thoratec ventricular assist device bridge-to-recovery patients successfully removed from support after recovery of ventricular function.
Schools
Schulich School Of Medicine At The University Of Western Ontario
Presbyterian University Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
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Conditions Treated
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Pittsburgh Magazine
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Western Ontario
Hospital
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UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside -
UPMC Passavant
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