Dr. John D Kugler M.D.
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
8200 Dodge St Children's Hospital Omaha NE, 68114Rating
5/5
About
Dr. John Kugler is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Omaha, NE. Dr. Kugler 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 Nebraska College of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Cardiology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mutations in the cardiac transcription factor NKX2.5 affect diverse cardiac developmental pathways.
- Long-term outcome in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a multi-institutional study.
- Late development of atrioventricular block after congenital heart surgery in down syndrome.
- Current status of radiofrequency ablation for common pediatric supraventricular tachycardias.
- Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia and channelopathy.
- Nontransvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems: not just for small pediatric patients.
- A new steroid-eluting epicardial lead: experience with atrial and ventricular implantation in the immature swine.
- Revised recommendations for the prevention of bacterial endocarditis.
- Simpler is better? Full circle in our attempt to decrease cardioverter defibrillator inappropriate shocks in the young.
- Pathways to approval of pediatric cardiac devices in the United States: challenges and solutions.
- Sinus nodal dysfunction in young patients with long QT syndrome.
- Reproductive and contraceptive counseling received by adult women with congenital heart disease: a risk-based analysis.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in infants and children before and after cardiac surgery. A prospective study.
- Omphalocele associated with coronary sinus atrial septal defect: report of two cases.
- Visualization of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia Slow Pathways Using Voltage Mapping for Pediatric Catheter Ablation.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
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