Dr. Sharon S Karr M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
8316 Arlington Blvd Suite 610 Fairfax VA, 22031About
Dr. Sharon Karr is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Karr 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
New York University School of Medicine 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ultrasound myocardial tissue characterization by integrated backscatter in children treated with anthracyclines.
- Cardiac performance in infants referred for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and surgical management of accessory mitral valve tissue causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
- Indications for echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis in children.
- A simplified method for calculating wall stress in infants and children.
- Mechanisms of change in cardiac performance in infants undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: long-term outcome in neonates treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Cyclic variation of integrated ultrasound backscatter: normal and abnormal myocardial patterns in children.
- New Doppler techniques for the evaluation of regurgitant and shunt volumes.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Pain
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