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Kenneth R. McCurry

Kenneth R. McCurry

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Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
16961
World Ranking
19215
National Ranking
9573

Overview

Kenneth R. McCurry is affiliated with the Cleveland Clinic in the United States and has a substantial publication record primarily in the field of medicine. Their research contributions concentrate on surgery, biomedical engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and transplantation.

The recent published works include:

  • Coronary Artery Target Selection and Survival After Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation, 2022, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Modern practice and outcomes of reoperative cardiac surgery, 2021, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Remote ex vivo lung perfusion at a centralized evaluation facility, 2022, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Right Internal Thoracic Artery Patency Is Affected More by Target Choice Than Conduit Configuration, 2021, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Transplantation

Their work often covers these topics:

  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Toshihiro Okamoto
  • K.S. Ayyat
  • James Yun
  • Marie Budev
  • Ichiro Sakanoue

Their body of work reflects interdisciplinary integration between surgery, cardiovascular medicine, and transplantation techniques, focusing on clinical outcomes and device applications related to these areas.

Best Publications

  • Nitrate and nitrite in biology, nutrition and therapeutics

    Jon O Lundberg;Mark T Gladwin;Amrita Ahluwalia;Nigel Benjamin

  • Human complement regulatory proteins protect swine-to-primate cardiac xenografts from humoral injury.

    Kenneth R. McCurry;David L. Kooyman;Cristobal G. Alvarado;Adrian H. Cotterell

  • Transgenic pigs expressing human CD59 and decay-accelerating factor produce an intrinsic barrier to complement-mediated damage.

    Guerard W. Byrne;Kenneth R. Mccurry;Kenneth R. Mccurry;Michael J. Martin;S. M. Mcclellan

  • Hydrogen Inhalation Ameliorates Oxidative Stress in Transplantation Induced Intestinal Graft Injury

    B. M. Buchholz;D. J. Kaczorowski;R. Sugimoto;R. Yang

  • In vivo transfer of GPI-linked complement restriction factors from erythrocytes to the endothelium

    D. L. Kooyman;G. W. Byrne;S. McClellan;D. Nielsen

  • Influenza virus infection in adult solid organ transplant recipients.

    Regis A. Vilchez;Kenneth McCurry;James Dauber;Aldo Iacono

  • Carbon monoxide induces cytoprotection in rat orthotopic lung transplantation via anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects.

    Ruiping Song;Masatoshi Kubo;Danielle Morse;Zhihong Zhou

  • Opportunistic infections in 547 organ transplant recipients receiving alemtuzumab, a humanized monoclonal CD-52 antibody

    Anton Y. Peleg;Shahid Husain;Eun J. Kwak;Fernanda P. Silveira

  • A Randomized Trial of Inhaled Cyclosporine in Lung-Transplant Recipients

    Aldo T. Iacono;Bruce A. Johnson;Wayne F. Grgurich;J. Georges Youssef

  • Statin Use Is Associated with Improved Function and Survival of Lung Allografts

    Bruce A. Johnson;Aldo T. Iacono;Adriana Zeevi;Kenneth R. McCurry

  • Voriconazole Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients

    S. Husain;D. L. Paterson;S. Studer;J. Pilewski

  • Prospective assessment of Platelia Aspergillus galactomannan antigen for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients.

    Shahid Husain;Eun Jeong Kwak;Asia Obman;Marilyn M. Wagener

  • Oral hydrogen water prevents chronic allograft nephropathy in rats

    Jon S. Cardinal;Jianghua Zhan;Yinna Wang;Ryujiro Sugimoto

  • Characterization of transgenic pigs expressing functionally active human CD59 on cardiac endothelium.

    Lisa E. Diamond;Kenneth R. McCurry;Michael J. Martin;Steven B. McClellan

  • Aspergillus galactomannan antigen in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients.

    Shahid Husain;David L Paterson;Sean M Studer;Maria Crespo

  • Lung transplantation in scleroderma compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    Lionel Schachna;Thomas A. Medsger;James H. Dauber;Fredrick M. Wigley

  • Normothermic ex-vivo preservation with the portable Organ Care System Lung device for bilateral lung transplantation (INSPIRE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 study

    Gregor Warnecke;Dirk Van Raemdonck;Michael A Smith;Gilbert Massard

  • HLA-Specific Antibodies are Risk Factors for Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

    Alin L. Girnita;Rene Duquesnoy;Samuel A. Yousem;Aldo T. Iacono

  • Tacrolimus dosing in adult lung transplant patients is related to cytochrome P4503A5 gene polymorphism.

    HongXia Zheng;Adriana Zeevi;Erin Schuetz;Jatinder Lamba

  • Lung transplantation in the United States, 1998-2007.

    Kenneth R. McCurry;T. H. Shearon;L. B. Edwards;K. M. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Kormos
Robert L. Kormos University of Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Pilewski
Joseph M. Pilewski University of Pittsburgh
Shahid Husain
Shahid Husain University Health Network
Timothy R. Billiar
Timothy R. Billiar University of Pittsburgh
Adriana Zeevi
Adriana Zeevi University of Pittsburgh
David L. Paterson
David L. Paterson University of Queensland
Eugene H. Blackstone
Eugene H. Blackstone Cleveland Clinic
Shaf Keshavjee
Shaf Keshavjee University Health Network
Robert J. Keenan
Robert J. Keenan University of Chicago
Mary Amanda Dew
Mary Amanda Dew University of Pittsburgh

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