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Morton J. Kern is affiliated with California State University, Long Beach in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a focus on subfields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, which include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Morton J. Kern has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
  • Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
  • Circulation

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Morton J. Kern include:

  • Value of Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support, 2020, Circulation
  • Evidence-Based Practices in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2021, Circulation
  • Improving PCI Outcomes Using Postprocedural Physiology and Intravascular Imaging, 2021, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Impact of Post-PCI FFR Stratified by Coronary Artery, 2023, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Measuring Absolute Coronary Flow and Microvascular Resistance by Thermodilution, 2024, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Morton J. Kern are:

  • Arnold H. Seto
  • Larry S. Dean
  • George Dangas
  • James A. Goldstein
  • Cindy L. Grines

Best Publications

  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention).

    Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • 2007 Focused update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines

    Spencer B. King;Sidney C. Smith;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Sidney C. Smith;Ted E. Feldman;John W. Hirshfeld;Alice K. Jacobs

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines)—Executive Summary

    Jr Smith;J. T. Dove;A. K. Jacobs;J. W. Kennedy

  • 2007 Focused Update of the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 Guideline Update for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Revision of the 1993 PTCA Guidelines)—Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1993 Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) Endorsed by the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions

    Sidney C. Smith;James T. Dove;Alice K. Jacobs;J. Ward Kennedy

  • 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care: Endorsed by the American Heart Assocation, the Cardiological Society of India, and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencion; Affirmation of Value by the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology-Association Canadienne de Cardiologie d’intervention

    Charanjit S. Rihal;Srihari S. Naidu;Michael M. Givertz;Wilson Y. Szeto

  • Physiological Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Council on Clinical Cardiology

    Morton J. Kern;Amir Lerman;Jan Willen Bech;Bernard De Bruyne

  • ACCF/AHA/HRS/SCAI clinical competence statement on physician knowledge to optimize patient safety and image quality in fluoroscopically guided invasive cardiovascular procedures: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence and Training

    John W. Hirshfeld;Stephen Balter;Jeffrey A. Brinker;Morton J. Kern

  • Real-Time Ultrasound Guidance Facilitates Femoral Arterial Access and Reduces Vascular Complications: FAUST (Femoral Arterial Access With Ultrasound Trial)

    Arnold H. Seto;Mazen S. Abu-Fadel;Jeffrey M. Sparling;Soni J. Zacharias

  • American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document on cardiac catheterization laboratory standards. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents.

    Thomas M Bashore;Eric R Bates;Peter B Berger;David A Clark

  • Influence of alteration in preload on the pattern of left ventricular diastolic filling as assessed by Doppler echocardiography in humans.

    M F Stoddard;A C Pearson;M J Kern;J Ratcliff

  • Correlation of pharmacological 99mTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging with poststenotic coronary flow reserve in patients with angiographically intermediate coronary artery stenoses.

    D D Miller;T J Donohue;L T Younis;R G Bach

  • Left ventricular diastolic function: Comparison of pulsed doppler echocardiographic and hemodynamic indexes in subjects with and without coronary artery disease

    Marcus F. Stoddard;Anthony C. Pearson;Morton J. Kern;John Ratcliff

  • Current Concepts of Integrated Coronary Physiology in the Catheterization Laboratory

    Morton J. Kern;Habib Samady

  • Evaluation of left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction during transient myocardial ischemia produced by angioplasty

    Arthur J. Labovitz;Marc K. Lewen;Morton Kern;Michel Vandormael

  • Analysis of coronary blood flow velocity dynamics in angiographicaily normal and stenosed arteries before and after endolumen enlargement by angioplasty

    Elizabeth O. Ofili;Morton J. Kern;Arthur J. Labovitz;Jeanette A. St. Vrain

  • Alterations of phasic coronary artery flow velocity humans during percutaneous coronary angioplasty

    Jerome Segal;Morton J. Kern;Neal A. Scott;Spencer B. King

  • Coronary physiology revisited : practical insights from the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

    Morton J. Kern

  • Augmentation of coronary blood flow by intra-aortic balloon pumping in patients after coronary angioplasty.

    M J Kern;F Aguirre;R Bach;T Donohue

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard R. Chaitman
Bernard R. Chaitman Saint Louis University
Amir Lerman
Amir Lerman Mayo Clinic
William F. Fearon
William F. Fearon Stanford University
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leslie W. Miller
Leslie W. Miller Leonhardt Ventures
Michael M. Givertz
Michael M. Givertz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter B. Berger
Peter B. Berger Duke University
Alice K. Jacobs
Alice K. Jacobs Boston University
Jagat Narula
Jagat Narula Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Barry F. Uretsky
Barry F. Uretsky University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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