Dr. Kevin Kline Whitehead M.D., PH.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
34th St. And Civic Center Blvd. Chop Cardiology, Mai Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Kevin Whitehead is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Whitehead specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2000
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Systemic-to-pulmonary collateral flow, as measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, is associated with acute post-Fontan clinical outcomes.
- Acute effects of embolizing systemic-to-pulmonary arterial collaterals on blood flow in patients with superior cavopulmonary connections: a pilot study.
- Insights after 40 years of the fontan operation.
- Comparison by magnetic resonance phase contrast imaging of pulse-wave velocity in patients with single ventricle who have reconstructed aortas versus those without.
- Doppler-derived flow pattern in the descending aorta does not predict systemic to pulmonary arterial collateral flow in patients with single ventricle palliation: a cross-sectional study.
- Deficits in bone density and structure in children and young adults following Fontan palliation.
- Factors associated with systemic to pulmonary arterial collateral flow in single ventricle patients with superior cavopulmonary connections.
- High-Resolution, Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Detects an Intracardiac Thrombus in a Fontan Patient.
- Accuracy and Internal Consistency of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Measuring Branch Pulmonary Artery Flows in Patients With Conotruncal Anomalies and Branch Pulmonary Artery Stents.
- Leg lean mass correlates with exercise systemic output in young Fontan patients.
- In vitro Doppler assessment of pressure gradients across modified Blalock-Taussig shunts.
Treatments
- Anemia
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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