Kendrick Shunk, MD, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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

Websites

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• my main hospital (sanfrancisco.va.gov)
• NCIRE profile (ncire.org)

Publications (84)

Top publication keywords:
Coronary Artery BypassSaphenous VeinAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCoronary OcclusionGraft Occlusion, VascularDrug-Eluting StentsCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary AngiographyAortic Valve StenosisCoronary ThrombosisCoronary RestenosisStentsAortic ValveTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementPercutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Thrombectomy using AlphaVac for left atrial thrombus causing mechanical mitral valve obstruction and cardiogenic shock.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2023 Ya'Qoub L, Beygui RE, Shunk K, Agrawal H
• Intracoronary Imaging and Physiology to Guide PCI: Are We Ready for a Class I Guideline Recommendation?
  Current cardiology reports 2023 Ya'Qoub L, Basir MB, Soni K, Zimmet J, Yang J, Shunk K, Elgendy IY, Mahtta D
• Midterm Durability and Structural Valve Degeneration of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Federal Facility.
  Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2022 Yang R, Grober AF, Riojas R, Ponna V, Shunk KA, Zimmet JM, Gustafson J, Ge L, Tseng EE
• In-Stent Restenosis in Saphenous Vein Grafts (from the DIVA Trial).
  The American journal of cardiology 2021 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, …
• The CathPCI Registry (still) welcomes ambulatory surgical center participation.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2021 Shunk KA

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• Saphenous Vein Graft Failure: From Pathophysiology to Prevention and Treatment Strategies.
  Circulation 2021 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, …
• 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 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
• Modification of the Single-Access High-Risk PCI Technique for 3 Catheters: 9 + 4 + 6 = 14.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2021 Teng AE, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Shunk KA
• 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 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
• Development of the Minimalist Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2021 Lum MY, Wang SX, Wisneski AD, Liang NE, Zimmet J, Shunk KA, Stechert M, London MJ, Ge L, Tseng EE
• 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 Khera R, Secemsky EA, Wang Y, Desai NR, Krumholz HM, Maddox TM, Shunk KA, Virani SS, Bhatt DL, Curtis J, Yeh RW
• A Randomized Controlled Trial of Prasugrel for Prevention of Early Saphenous Vein Graft Thrombosis.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2020 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
• Patient Risk Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at Veterans Health Administration Hospitals.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2020 Burke L, Gozdecki L, Doukas D, Joyce C, Weaver F, Bavry AA, Garcia S, Cohen DJ, Shunk KA, Mathew V
• 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 Yeo KK, Azarbal F, Zakroysky P, Dai D, Roe M, Wojdyla D, Low R, Shunk K
• 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 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 …
• 2-Year Outcomes After Stenting of Lipid-Rich and Nonrich Coronary Plaques.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020 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, …
• Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2020 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 …
• 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 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, …
• Veterans Affairs Heart Team Experience With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Minimally Invasive Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2019 Liang NE, Wisneski AD, Wang SX, Shunk KA, Wozniak CJ, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ge L, Tseng EE
• Drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein grafts: a double-blind, randomised trial.
  Lancet (London, England) 2018 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, …
• Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound of Coronary Artery Lesions Beyond the Left Main: A Review of Literature.
  Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2018 Agrawal H, Mahadevan VS, Shunk K, Lee MS
• Evolution of Veterans Affairs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program: The First 100 Patients.
  The Journal of heart valve disease 2018 Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ponna VM, Ma F, Wozniak CJ, Ge L, Shunk KA, Tseng EE
• Complications of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Subepicardial hematoma.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2017 Divanji P, Shunk K
• 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 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 after Angiography with Sodium Bicarbonate and Acetylcysteine.
  The New England journal of medicine 2017 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 …
• Rationale and design of the Drug-Eluting Stents vs Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty (DIVA) Trial.
  Clinical cardiology 2017 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
• 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 Armstrong EJ, Stanislawski MA, Kokkinidis DG, Plomondon ME, Barón AE, Giri J, Shunk KA, Banerjee S, Maddox TM, Waldo SW
• 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 Tsai TT, Stanislawski MA, Shunk KA, Armstrong EJ, Grunwald GK, Schob AH, Valle JA, Alfonso CE, Nallamothu BK, Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Brilakis ES
• Ferumoxytol MRA for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning with renal insufficiency.
  International journal of cardiology 2016 Kallianos K, Henry TS, Yeghiazarians Y, Zimmet J, Shunk KA, Tseng EE, Mahadevan V, Hope MD
• 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 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
• 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 Yeo KK, Armstrong EJ, Soni K, Waldo SW, Patel M, Reeves R, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Shunk KA, Mahmud E, Rogers JH
• 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 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, CANARY Investigators
• Development of a Veterans Affairs hybrid operating room for transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
  JAMA surgery 2015 Shunk KA, Zimmet J, Cason B, Speiser B, Tseng EE
• Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: a report from the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry).
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2015 Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Karmpaliotis D, Lombardi WL, Tsai TT, Shunk KA, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Holmes DR, Grantham JA
• Predictors and outcomes of recurrent stent thrombosis: results from a multicenter registry.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2014 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
• Successful percutaneous management of partial avulsion of the native aortic valve complex complicating transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2014 Zimmet J, Kaiser E, Tseng E, Shunk K
• 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 Yeo KK, Maddox TM, Carey E, Low RI, Shunk KA
• 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 Gupta V, Feng K, Cheruvu P, Boyer N, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Boyle AJ
• 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 Armstrong EJ, Maddox TM, Carey EP, Grunwald GK, Shunk KA
• 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 Reeves RR, Patel M, Armstrong EJ, Sab S, Waldo SW, Yeo KK, Shunk KA, Low RI, Rogers JH, Mahmud E
• 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 Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
  Circulation 2013 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,…
• 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 Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013 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,…
• 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 Boyer N, Beyer A, Gupta V, Dehghani H, Hindnavis V, Shunk K, Zimmet J, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports T, Boyle A
• 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 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,…
• 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 Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Patel M, Reeves R, Macgregor JS, Low RI, Mahmud E, Rogers JH, Shunk K
• 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 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
• 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 Townsend JC, Steinberg DH, Nielsen CD, Todoran TM, Patel CP, Leonardi RA, Wolf BJ, Brilakis ES, Shunk KA, Goldstein JA, Kern MJ, Powers ER
• 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 Beyer AT, Ng R, Singh A, Zimmet J, Shunk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Ports TA, Boyle AJ
• Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary bypass surgery in United States veterans with diabetes.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013 Kamalesh M, Sharp TG, Tang XC, Shunk K, Ward HB, Walsh J, King S, Colling C, Moritz T, Stroupe K, Reda D, VA CARDS Investigators
• Percutaneous retrograde recanalization of a chronic total coronary artery occlusion in a 7 year old.
  Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2013 Natal-Hernandez L, Meadows J, Shunk KA, Boyle AJ
• 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 Wisneski AD, Beyer AT, 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 Waldo SW, Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Patel M, Reeves R, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH, Shunk KA
• 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 Armstrong EJ, Kwa AT, Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Javed U, Patel M, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH
• 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 Patel MR, Marso SP, Dai D, Anstrom KJ, Shunk KA, Curtus JP, Brennan JM, Sedrakyan A, Messenger JC, Douglas PS
• Association between leukocyte telomere length and drug-eluting stent strut coverage by optical coherence tomography.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012 Armstrong EJ, Xing L, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Shunk KA, Yeh RW, Farzaneh-Far R, Yu B, Jang IK
• Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein graft lesions.
  Lancet (London, England) 2012 Brilakis ES, Banerjee S, Shunk KA, Bhatt DL
• 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 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
• Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of angiographically documented early, late, and very late stent thrombosis.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2012 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
• 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 Wang TY, Masoudi FA, Messenger JC, Shunk KA, Boyle A, Brennan JM, Anderson HV, Anstrom KJ, Dai D, Peterson ED, Douglas PS, Rumsfeld JS
• Angiographic stent thrombosis at coronary bifurcations: short- and long-term prognosis.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2012 Armstrong EJ, Yeo KK, Javed U, Mahmud E, Patel M, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Low RI, Rogers JH
• Detection of lipid-core plaques by intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy identifies high risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2011 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 …
• 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 Brilakis ES, Rao SV, Banerjee S, Goldman S, Shunk KA, Holmes DR, Honeycutt E, Roe MT
• 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 Yeo KK, Mahmud E, Armstrong EJ, Bennett WE, Shunk KA, MacGregor JS, Li Z, Low RI, Rogers JH
• Persistent renal enhancement after intra-arterial versus intravenous iodixanol administration.
  European journal of radiology 2011 Chou SH, Wang ZJ, Kuo J, Cabarrus M, Fu Y, Aslam R, Yee J, Zimmet JM, Shunk K, Elicker B, Yeh BM
• 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 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
• Survival of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention: development and validation of a predictive tool.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2011 Burjonroppa SC, Varosy PD, Rao SV, Ou FS, Roe M, Peterson E, Singh M, Shunk KA
• Closure of aortic paravalvular leak under intravascular ultrasound and intracardiac echocardiography guidance.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2011 Sharma M, Tseng E, Schiller N, Moore P, Shunk KA
• 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 Brilakis ES, Wang TY, Rao SV, Banerjee S, Goldman S, Shunk K, Kar B, Holmes DR, Dai D, Chin CT, Harding TM, Roe MT
• 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 Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA
• 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 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, …
• 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 Dixon WC, Wang TY, Dai D, Shunk KA, Peterson ED, Roe MT, National Cardiovascular Data Registry
• Diagnostic coronary angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a sub-study of the Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis Trial.
  Journal of interventional cardiology 2008 Garcia S, McFalls EO, Goldman S, Larsen GC, Littooy F, Moritz TE, Reda DJ, Ward HB, Shunk K, Hattler B
• 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 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
• Delivery and assessment of endovascular stents to repair aortic coarctation using MR and X-ray imaging.
  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2006 Saeed M, Henk CB, Weber O, Martin A, Wilson M, Shunk K, Saloner D, Higgins CB
• 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 McNulty E, Cohen J, Chou T, Shunk K
• Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery.
  The New England journal of medicine 2004 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
• Interventional cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
  Seminars in roentgenology 2003 Weber OM, Schalla S, Martin AJ, Saeed M, Lee R, Shunk KA, Moore P, Higgins CB
• 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 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
• 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 Shunk KA, Garot J, Atalar E, Lima JA
• Possibilities of transesophageal MRI for assessment of aortic disease: a review.
  The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2001 Shunk KA, Atalar E, Lima JA
• Cardiovascular MRI probes for the outside in and for the inside out.
  Magma (New York, N.Y.) 2000 Bottomley PA, Atalar E, Lee RF, Shunk KA, Lardo A
• Real-time projection MR angiography: feasibility study.
  Radiology 2000 Serfaty JM, Atalar E, Declerck J, Karmakar P, Quick HH, Shunk KA, Heldman AW, Yang X
• Transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging.
  Magnetic resonance in medicine 1999 Shunk KA, Lima JA, Heldman AW, Atalar E
• Enhanced uptake and impaired intracellular metabolism of low density lipoprotein complexed with anti-low density lipoprotein antibodies.
  Arteriosclerosis and thrombosis : a journal of vascular biology 1991 Lopes-Virella MF, Griffith RL, Shunk KA, Virella GT