Kendrick Shunk, MD, PhD

Professor

Interventional Cardiologist

Education
06/2000 - Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology, Johns Hopkins
06/1996 - Internal Medicine Residency, University of Chicago
MD, PhD, 05/1993 - Molecular, Cellular, and Pathobiology, Medical University of SC
BS, 05/1987 - Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Websites
Publications

  1. Patel JN, Anderson DR, Ghauri MS, Yang J, Zimmet J, Tseng E, Shunk KA, Boskovski M. Saphenous Vein Graft Pseudoaneurysm Treated With Covered Stenting. Cureus 2024. PMID: 39156252


  2. Ya'Qoub L, Beygui RE, Shunk K, Agrawal H. Thrombectomy using AlphaVac for left atrial thrombus causing mechanical mitral valve obstruction and cardiogenic shock. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2023. PMID: 37992325


  3. Ya'Qoub L, Basir MB, Soni K, Zimmet J, Yang J, Shunk K, Elgendy IY, Mahtta D. Intracoronary Imaging and Physiology to Guide PCI: Are We Ready for a Class I Guideline Recommendation? Current cardiology reports 2023. PMID: 37261666


  4. Yang R, Grober AF, Riojas R, Ponna V, Shunk KA, Zimmet JM, Gustafson J, Ge L, Tseng EE. Midterm Durability and Structural Valve Degeneration of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Federal Facility. Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2022. PMID: 36217736


  5. Xenogiannis I, Rangan BV, Uyeda L, Banerjee S, Edson R, Bhatt DL, Goldman S, Holmes DR, Rao SV, Shunk K, Mavromatis K, Ramanathan K, Bavry AA, McFalls EO, Garcia S, Thai H, Uretsky BF, Latif F, Armstrong E, Ortiz J, Jneid H, Liu J, Aggrawal K, Conner TA, Wagner T, Karacsonyi J, Ventura B, Alsleben A, Lu Y, Shih MC, Brilakis ES. In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts (from the DIVA Trial). 2021. PMID: 34736721


  6. Shunk KA. The CathPCI Registry (still) welcomes ambulatory surgical center participation. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2021. PMID: 34528367


  7. Xenogiannis I, Zenati M, Bhatt DL, Rao SV, Rodés-Cabau J, Goldman S, Shunk KA, Mavromatis K, Banerjee S, Alaswad K, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Alexopoulos D, Burke MN, Bapat VN, Brilakis ES. Saphenous Vein Graft Failure: From Pathophysiology to Prevention and Treatment Strategies. Circulation 2021. PMID: 34460327


  8. Secemsky EA, Butala N, Raja A, Khera R, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Maddox TM, Virani SS, Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA, Brindis RG, Bhatt D, Yeh RW. Comparative Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: An National Cardiovascular Data Registry Research to Practice Project. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2021. PMID: 34372676


  9. Teng AE, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Shunk KA. Modification of the Single-Access High-Risk PCI Technique for 3 Catheters: 9 + 4 + 6 = 14. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2021. PMID: 34052156


  10. Secemsky EA, Butala N, Raja A, Khera R, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Maddox TM, Virani SS, Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA, Brindis RG, Bhatt D, Yeh RW. Temporal Changes and Institutional Variation in Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in the United States: An NCDR Research to Practice Project. JAMA cardiology 2021. PMID: 33146666


  11. Lum MY, Wang SX, Wisneski AD, Liang NE, Zimmet J, Shunk KA, Stechert M, London MJ, Ge L, Tseng EE. Development of the Minimalist Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2021. PMID: 33531442


  12. Khera R, Secemsky EA, Wang Y, Desai NR, Krumholz HM, Maddox TM, Shunk KA, Virani SS, Bhatt DL, Curtis J, Yeh RW. Revascularization Practices and Outcomes in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Who Presented With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock in the US, 2009-2018. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32833024


  13. Danek BA, Karatasakis A, Abdullah K, Iwnetu R, Kalsaria P, Shunk K, Zimmet J, Vidovich M, Bavry AA, Rangan BV, Roesle M, Griza D, Stanley K, Banerjee S, Khalili H, Brilakis ES, Abdullah SM. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Prasugrel for Prevention of Early Saphenous Vein Graft Thrombosis. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2020. PMID: 32961528


  14. Burke L, Gozdecki L, Doukas D, Joyce C, Weaver F, Bavry AA, Garcia S, Cohen DJ, Shunk KA, Mathew V. Patient Risk Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2020. PMID: 32737265


  15. Yeo KK, Azarbal F, Zakroysky P, Dai D, Roe M, Wojdyla D, Low R, Shunk K. Differential Longitudinal Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to the Left Internal Mammary Artery and Other Bypass Grafts of the LAD: Findings From the NCDR. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2020. PMID: 32479416


  16. Latif F, Uyeda L, Edson R, Bhatt DL, Goldman S, Holmes DR, Rao SV, Shunk K, Aggarwal K, Uretsky B, Bolad I, Ziada K, McFalls E, Irimpen A, Truong HT, Kinlay S, Papademetriou V, Velagaleti RS, Rangan BV, Mavromatis K, Shih MC, Banerjee S, Brilakis ES. Response by Latif et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial". Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2020. PMID: 32279564


  17. Yamamoto MH, Maehara A, Stone GW, Kini AS, Brilakis ES, Rizik DG, Shunk K, Powers ER, Tobis JM, Maini BS, Dixon SR, Goldstein JA, Petersen JL, Généreux P, Shah PR, Crowley A, Nicholls SJ, Mintz GS, Muller JE, Weisz G. 2-Year Outcomes After Stenting of Lipid-Rich and Nonrich Coronary Plaques. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020. PMID: 32216905


  18. Latif F, Uyeda L, Edson R, Bhatt DL, Goldman S, Holmes DR, Rao SV, Shunk K, Aggarwal K, Uretsky B, Bolad I, Ziada K, McFalls E, Irimpen A, Truong HT, Kinlay S, Papademetriou V, Velagaleti RS, Rangan BV, Mavromatis K, Shih MC, Banerjee S, Brilakis ES. Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2020. PMID: 32019343


  19. Hall PS, O'Donnell CI, Mathew V, Garcia S, Bavry AA, Banerjee S, Jneid H, Denktas AE, Giacomini JC, Grossman PM, Aggarwal K, Zimmet JM, Tseng EE, Gozdecki L, Burke L, Bertog SC, Buchbinder M, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Shunk KA. Outcomes of Veterans Undergoing TAVR Within Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2019. PMID: 31473239


  20. Liang NE, Wisneski AD, Wang SX, Shunk KA, Wozniak CJ, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ge L, Tseng EE. Veterans Affairs Heart Team Experience With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Minimally Invasive Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2019. PMID: 31088993


  21. Brilakis ES, Edson R, Bhatt DL, Goldman S, Holmes DR, Rao SV, Shunk K, Rangan BV, Mavromatis K, Ramanathan K, Bavry AA, Garcia S, Latif F, Armstrong E, Jneid H, Conner TA, Wagner T, Karacsonyi J, Uyeda L, Ventura B, Alsleben A, Lu Y, Shih MC, Banerjee S. Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein grafts: a double-blind, randomised trial. Lancet (London, England) 2018. PMID: 29759512


  22. Agrawal H, Mahadevan VS, Shunk K, Lee MS. Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound of Coronary Artery Lesions Beyond the Left Main: A Review of Literature. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2018. PMID: 31032597


  23. Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ponna VM, Ma F, Wozniak CJ, Ge L, Shunk KA, Tseng EE. Evolution of Veterans Affairs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program: The First 100 Patients. The Journal of heart valve disease 2018. PMID: 30560596


  24. Divanji P, Shunk K. Complications of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Subepicardial hematoma. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2017. PMID: 29331435


  25. Yap J, Singh GD, Kim JS, Soni K, Chua K, Neo A, Koh CH, Armstrong EJ, Waldo SW, Shunk KA, Low RI, Hong MK, Jang Y, Yeo KK. Outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction due to unprotected left main thrombosis: The Asia-Pacific Left Main ST-Elevation Registry (ASTER). Journal of interventional cardiology 2017. PMID: 29148142


  26. Weisbord SD, Gallagher M, Jneid H, Garcia S, Cass A, Thwin SS, Conner TA, Chertow GM, Bhatt DL, Shunk K, Parikh CR, McFalls EO, Brophy M, Ferguson R, Wu H, Androsenko M, Myles J, Kaufman J, Palevsky PM. Outcomes after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine. The New England journal of medicine 2017. PMID: 29130810


  27. Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Edson R, Shunk K, Goldman S, Holmes DR, Bhatt DL, Rao SV, Smith MW, Sather M, Colling C, Kar B, Nielsen L, Conner T, Wagner T, Rangan BV, Ventura B, Lu Y, Holodniy M, Shih MC. Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial. Clinical cardiology 2017. PMID: 28841230


  28. Armstrong EJ, Stanislawski MA, Kokkinidis DG, Plomondon ME, Barón AE, Giri J, Shunk KA, Banerjee S, Maddox TM, Waldo SW. Coronary atherectomy is associated with improved procedural and clinical outcomes among patients with calcified coronary lesions: Insights from the VA CART program. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2017. PMID: 28766833


  29. Tsai TT, Stanislawski MA, Shunk KA, Armstrong EJ, Grunwald GK, Schob AH, Valle JA, Alfonso CE, Nallamothu BK, Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Brilakis ES. Contemporary Incidence, Management, and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Coronary Artery Total Occlusions: Insights From the VA CART Program. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2017. PMID: 28473108


  30. Kallianos K, Henry TS, Yeghiazarians Y, Zimmet J, Shunk KA, Tseng EE, Mahadevan V, Hope MD. Ferumoxytol MRA for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning with renal insufficiency. International journal of cardiology 2016. PMID: 28100426


  31. Brilakis ES, O'Donnell CI, Penny W, Armstrong EJ, Tsai T, Maddox TM, Plomondon ME, Banerjee S, Rao SV, Garcia S, Nallamothu B, Shunk KA, Mavromatis K, Grunwald GK, Bhatt DL. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Native Coronary Arteries Versus Bypass Grafts in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2016. PMID: 27085582


  32. Yeo KK, Armstrong EJ, Soni K, Waldo SW, Patel M, Reeves R, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Shunk KA, Mahmud E, Rogers JH. Long-term outcomes of angiographically confirmed coronary stent thrombosis: results from a multicentre California registry. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2015. PMID: 26093838


  33. Stone GW, Maehara A, Muller JE, Rizik DG, Shunk KA, Ben-Yehuda O, Genereux P, Dressler O, Parvataneni R, Madden S, Shah P, Brilakis ES, Kini AS. Plaque Characterization to Inform the Prediction and Prevention of Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The CANARY Trial (Coronary Assessment by Near-infrared of Atherosclerotic Rupture-prone Yellow). JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2015. PMID: 26003018


  34. Shunk KA, Zimmet J, Cason B, Speiser B, Tseng EE. Development of a Veterans Affairs hybrid operating room for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. JAMA surgery 2015. PMID: 25588001


  35. Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Karmpaliotis D, Lombardi WL, Tsai TT, Shunk KA, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Holmes DR, Grantham JA. Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry). JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2015. PMID: 25700746


  36. Armstrong EJ, Sab S, Singh GD, Lim W, Yeo KK, Waldo SW, Patel M, Reeves R, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Shunk KA, Mahmud E, Rogers JH. Predictors and outcomes of recurrent stent thrombosis: results from a multicenter registry. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2014. PMID: 25341707


  37. Zimmet J, Kaiser E, Tseng E, Shunk K. Successful percutaneous management of partial avulsion of the native aortic valve complex complicating transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2014. PMID: 25274870


  38. Yeo KK, Maddox TM, Carey E, Low RI, Shunk KA. Right- and left-sided heart catheterization as a quality marker for catheterization laboratories (from the national Veterans Affairs clinical assessment reporting and tracking program). The American journal of cardiology 2014. PMID: 25316348


  39. Gupta V, Feng K, Cheruvu P, Boyer N, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Boyle AJ. High femoral artery bifurcation predicts contralateral high bifurcation: implications for complex percutaneous cardiovascular procedures requiring large caliber and/or dual access. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2014. PMID: 25198481


  40. Armstrong EJ, Maddox TM, Carey EP, Grunwald GK, Shunk KA. Mortality after presentation with stent thrombosis is associated with time from index percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the VA CART program. American heart journal 2014. PMID: 25262267


  41. Reeves RR, Patel M, Armstrong EJ, Sab S, Waldo SW, Yeo KK, Shunk KA, Low RI, Rogers JH, Mahmud E. Angiographic characteristics of definite stent thrombosis: role of thrombus grade, collaterals, epicardial coronary flow, and myocardial perfusion. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2014. PMID: 24753053


  42. Nallamothu BK, Tommaso CL, Anderson HV, Anderson JL, Cleveland JC, Dudley RA, Duffy PL, Faxon DP, Gurm HS, Hamilton LA, Jensen NC, Josephson RA, Malenka DJ, Maniu CV, McCabe KW, Mortimer JD, Patel MR, Persell SD, Rumsfeld JS, Shunk KA, Smith SC, Stanko SJ, Watts B. ACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 Performance Measures for Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovas Volume 129 of Issue 8. Circulation 2013. PMID: 24357402


  43. Nallamothu BK, Tommaso CL, Anderson HV, Anderson JL, Cleveland JC, Dudley RA, Duffy PL, Faxon DP, Gurm HS, Hamilton LA, Jensen NC, Josephson RA, Malenka DJ, Maniu CV, McCabe KW, Mortimer JD, Patel MR, Persell SD, Rumsfeld JS, Shunk KA, Smith SC, Stanko SJ, Watts B. ACC/AHA/SCAI/AMA-Convened PCPI/NCQA 2013 performance measures for adults undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures, the Society for Cardiovas Volume 63 of Issue 7. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013. PMID: 24361978


  44. Boyer N, Beyer A, Gupta V, Dehghani H, Hindnavis V, Shunk K, Zimmet J, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports T, Boyle A. The effects of intra-arterial vasodilators on radial artery size and spasm: implications for contemporary use of trans-radial access for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2013. PMID: 24095616


  45. Madder RD, Goldstein JA, Madden SP, Puri R, Wolski K, Hendricks M, Sum ST, Kini A, Sharma S, Rizik D, Brilakis ES, Shunk KA, Petersen J, Weisz G, Virmani R, Nicholls SJ, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Stone GW, Muller JE. Detection by near-infrared spectroscopy of large lipid core plaques at culprit sites in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2013. PMID: 23871513


  46. Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Patel M, Reeves R, Macgregor JS, Low RI, Mahmud E, Rogers JH, Shunk K. Procedural success and long-term outcomes of aspiration thrombectomy for the treatment of stent thrombosis. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2013. PMID: 23703925


  47. Weisbord SD, Gallagher M, Kaufman J, Cass A, Parikh CR, Chertow GM, Shunk KA, McCullough PA, Fine MJ, Mor MK, Lew RA, Huang GD, Conner TA, Brophy MT, Lee J, Soliva S, Palevsky PM. Prevention of contrast-induced AKI: a review of published trials and the design of the prevention of serious adverse events following angiography (PRESERVE) trial. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2013. PMID: 23660180


  48. Townsend JC, Steinberg DH, Nielsen CD, Todoran TM, Patel CP, Leonardi RA, Wolf BJ, Brilakis ES, Shunk KA, Goldstein JA, Kern MJ, Powers ER. Comparison of lipid deposition at coronary bifurcations versus at nonbifurcation portions of coronary arteries as determined by near-infrared spectroscopy. The American journal of cardiology 2013. PMID: 23642506


  49. Beyer AT, Ng R, Singh A, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Boyle AJ. Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine to dilate the radial artery prior to transradial cardiac catheterization: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial: the PRE-DILATE Study. International journal of cardiology 2013. PMID: 23582415


  50. Kamalesh M, Sharp TG, Tang XC, Shunk K, Ward HB, Walsh J, King S, Colling C, Moritz T, Stroupe K, Reda D. Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary bypass surgery in United States veterans with diabetes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013. PMID: 23428214


  51. Natal-Hernandez L, Meadows J, Shunk KA, Boyle AJ. Percutaneous retrograde recanalization of a chronic total coronary artery occlusion in a 7 year old. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2013. PMID: 23333506


  52. Wisneski AD, Beyer AT, Shunk KA. An unusual case of bilateral subclavian-carotid artery graft occlusion with coronary steal syndrome managed in the cath lab. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2013. PMID: 23293182


  53. Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Patel M, Reeves R, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH, Shunk KA. Comparison of procedural success and long-term outcomes of stent thrombosis in coronary bypass grafts versus native coronary arteries. The American journal of cardiology 2012. PMID: 23261000


  54. Armstrong EJ, Kwa AT, Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Javed U, Patel M, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH. Angiographically confirmed stent thrombosis in contemporary practice: insights from intravascular ultrasound. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2012. PMID: 22511567


  55. Patel MR, Marso SP, Dai D, Anstrom KJ, Shunk KA, Curtus JP, Brennan JM, Sedrakyan A, Messenger JC, Douglas PS. Comparative effectiveness of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in elderly patients undergoing revascularization of chronic total coronary occlusions: results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2005-2008. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2012. PMID: 23078736


  56. Armstrong EJ, Xing L, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Shunk KA, Yeh RW, Farzaneh-Far R, Yu B, Jang IK. Association between leukocyte telomere length and drug-eluting stent strut coverage by optical coherence tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID: 22676944


  57. Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Shunk KA, Bhatt DL. Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein graft lesions. Lancet (London, England) 2012. PMID: 22340298


  58. Brennan JM, Dai D, Patel MR, Rao SV, Armstrong EJ, Messenger JC, Curtis JP, Shunk KA, Anstrom KJ, Eisenstein EL, Weintraub WS, Peterson ED, Douglas PS, Hillegass WB. Characteristics and long-term outcomes of percutaneous revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery stenosis in the United States: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, 2004 to 2008. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID: 22322080


  59. Armstrong EJ, Feldman DN, Wang TY, Kaltenbach LA, Yeo KK, Wong SC, Spertus J, Shaw RE, Minutello RM, Moussa I, Ho KK, Rogers JH, Shunk KA. Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of angiographically documented early, late, and very late stent thrombosis. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2012. PMID: 22361596


  60. Wang TY, Masoudi FA, Messenger JC, Shunk KA, Boyle A, Brennan JM, Anderson HV, Anstrom KJ, Dai D, Peterson ED, Douglas PS, Rumsfeld JS. Percutaneous coronary intervention and drug-eluting stent use among patients =85 years of age in the United States. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID: 22222072


  61. Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Javed U, Mahmud E, Patel M, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH. Angiographic stent thrombosis at coronary bifurcations: short- and long-term prognosis. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2012. PMID: 22230151


  62. Goldstein JA, Maini B, Dixon SR, Brilakis ES, Grines CL, Rizik DG, Powers ER, Steinberg DH, Shunk KA, Weisz G, Moreno PR, Kini A, Sharma SK, Hendricks MJ, Sum ST, Madden SP, Muller JE, Stone GW, Kern MJ. Detection of lipid-core plaques by intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy identifies high risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2011. PMID: 21972399


  63. Brilakis ES, Rao SV, Banerjee S, Goldman S, Shunk KA, Holmes DR, Honeycutt E, Roe MT. Percutaneous coronary intervention in native arteries versus bypass grafts in prior coronary artery bypass grafting patients: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2011. PMID: 21851896


  64. Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Armstrong EJ, Bennett WE, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Li Z, Low RI, Rogers JH. Contemporary clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of angiographically confirmed coronary stent thrombosis: results from a multicenter California registry. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2011. PMID: 21563289


  65. Chou SH, Wang ZJ, Kuo J, Cabarrus M, Fu Y, Aslam R, Yee J, Zimmet JM, Shunk K, Elicker B, Yeh BM. Persistent renal enhancement after intra-arterial versus intravenous iodixanol administration. European journal of radiology 2011. PMID: 21470810


  66. Garcia S, Rider JE, Moritz TE, Pierpont G, Goldman S, Larsen GC, Shunk K, Littooy F, Santilli S, Rapp J, Reda DJ, Ward HB, McFalls EO. Preoperative coronary artery revascularization and long-term outcomes following abdominal aortic vascular surgery in patients with abnormal myocardial perfusion scans: a subgroup analysis of the coronary artery revascularization prophylaxis trial. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2011. PMID: 20602474


  67. Burjonroppa SC, Varosy PD, Rao SV, Ou FS, Roe M, Peterson E, Singh M, Shunk KA. Survival of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention: development and validation of a predictive tool. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2011. PMID: 21251628


  68. Sharma M, Tseng E, Schiller N, Moore P, Shunk KA. ?Closure of aortic paravalvular leak under intravascular ultrasound and intracardiac echocardiography guidance. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2011. PMID: 21183776


  69. Brilakis ES, Wang TY, Rao SV, Banerjee S, Goldman S, Shunk K, Kar B, Holmes DR, Dai D, Chin CT, Harding TM, Roe MT. Frequency and predictors of drug-eluting stent use in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions: a report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI registry. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2010. PMID: 20965466


  70. Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA. Coronary guidewire circumcision during use of a Gopher support catheter: potential adverse interaction with polymer-jacketed wire design. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2010. PMID: 20578095


  71. Lichtenwalter C, de Lemos JA, Roesle M, Obel O, Holper EM, Haagen D, Saeed B, Iturbe JM, Shunk K, Bissett JK, Sachdeva R, Voudris VV, Karyofillis P, Kar B, Rossen J, Fasseas P, Berger P, Banerjee S, Brilakis ES. Clinical presentation and angiographic characteristics of saphenous vein graft failure after stenting: insights from the SOS (stenting of saphenous vein grafts) trial. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2009. PMID: 19778774


  72. Dixon WC, Wang TY, Dai D, Shunk KA, Peterson ED, Roe MT. Anatomic distribution of the culprit lesion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: findings from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008. PMID: 18929247


  73. Garcia S, McFalls EO, Goldman S, Larsen GC, Littooy F, Moritz TE, Reda DJ, Ward HB, Shunk K, Hattler B. Diagnostic coronary angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a sub-study of the Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis Trial. Journal of interventional cardiology 2008. PMID: 18761563


  74. McFalls EO, Ward HB, Moritz TE, Apple FS, Goldman S, Pierpont G, Larsen GC, Hattler B, Shunk K, Littooy F, Santilli S, Rapp J, Thottapurathu L, Krupski W, Reda DJ, Henderson WG. Predictors and outcomes of a perioperative myocardial infarction following elective vascular surgery in patients with documented coronary artery disease: results of the CARP trial. European heart journal 2008. PMID: 18245121


  75. Saeed M, Henk CB, Weber O, Martin A, Wilson M, Shunk K, Saloner D, Higgins CB. Delivery and assessment of endovascular stents to repair aortic coarctation using MR and X-ray imaging. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2006. PMID: 16786568


  76. McNulty E, Cohen J, Chou T, Shunk K. A "grapple hook" technique using a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex proximal circumflex interventions. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2006. PMID: 16331693


  77. McFalls EO, Ward HB, Moritz TE, Goldman S, Krupski WC, Littooy F, Pierpont G, Santilli S, Rapp J, Hattler B, Shunk K, Jaenicke C, Thottapurathu L, Ellis N, Reda DJ, Henderson WG. Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery. The New England journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 15625331


  78. Weber OM, Schalla S, Martin AJ, Saeed M, Lee R, Shunk KA, Moore P, Higgins CB. Interventional cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Seminars in roentgenology 2003. PMID: 14621377


  79. Kereiakes DJ, Szyniszewski AM, Wahr D, Herrmann HC, Simon DI, Rogers C, Kramer P, Shear W, Yeung AC, Shunk KA, Chou TM, Popma J, Fitzgerald P, Carroll TE, Forer D, Adelman DC. Phase I drug and light dose-escalation trial of motexafin lutetium and far red light activation (phototherapy) in subjects with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and stent deployment: procedural and long-term results. Circulation 2003. PMID: 12939212


  80. Shunk KA, Garot J, Atalar E, Lima JA. Transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging of the aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta in patients with aortic atherosclerosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2001. PMID: 11419883


  81. Shunk KA, Atalar E, Lima JA. Possibilities of transesophageal MRI for assessment of aortic disease: a review. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2001. PMID: 11587451


  82. Bottomley PA, Atalar E, Lee RF, Shunk KA, Lardo A. Cardiovascular MRI probes for the outside in and for the inside out. Magma (New York, N.Y.) 2000. PMID: 11186985


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