Peter Kouretas, MD, PhD
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019

Publications (48)

Top publication keywords:
HeparinFontan ProcedureReplantationNorwood ProceduresHeart TransplantationMyocardial Reperfusion InjuryHypoplastic Left Heart SyndromeEbstein AnomalyNegative-Pressure Wound TherapyEndothelium, VascularHeart Defects, CongenitalTracheal StenosisBrachiocephalic TrunkRecurrent Laryngeal Nerve InjuriesHeart-Assist Devices

• Comment on: Detection and management of HLA sensitization in candidates for adult heart transplantation.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2023 Fiedler AG, Klein L, DeMarco T, Kouretas P, Smith JW
• Association of Body Mass Index With Clinical Features and Outcomes in Adults With Fontan Palliation.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2023 Yogeswaran V, Anigwe C, Salahuddin A, Aggarwal A, Moon Grady AJ, Harris IS, Sabanayagam A, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Agarwal A
• Journey Toward Improved Long-Term Outcomes After Norwood-Sano Procedure: Focus on the Aortic Arch Reconstruction.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2022 Sano S, Sano T, Kobayashi Y, Kotani Y, Kouretas PC, Kasahara S
• Outcomes among adult survivors of total cavopulmonary Fontan palliation for single ventricle.
  Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2022 Anigwe C, Yogeswaran V, Moon-Grady A, McAllister S, Aggarwal A, Blissett S, Harris IS, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Sabanayagam A, Agarwal A
• Reassessing our journey towards improved long-term outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: let's re-focus on the aortic arch.
  European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2021 Sano S, Sano T, Kouretas PC

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• Association of Insurance Status With Emergent Versus Nonemergent Hospital Encounters Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2021 Agarwal A, Gurvitz M, Myers J, Jain S, Khan AM, Nah G, Harris IS, Kouretas P, Marcus GM
• Breaking the Rules: Left Common Carotid Artery from the Main Pulmonary Artery in an Infant with a Vascular Ring.
  CASE (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Juergensen S, Quezada E, Silverman NH, Gossett JG, Kouretas P, Reddy VM, Hogan W
• Berlin Heart EXCOR and ACTION post-approval surveillance study report.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2021 Zafar F, Conway J, Bleiweis MS, Al-Aklabi M, Ameduri R, Barnes A, Bearl DW, Buchholz H, Church S, Do NL, Duffy V, Dykes JC, Eghtesady P, Fisher L, Friedland-Little J, Fuller S, Fynn-Thompson F, George…
• Life-Threatening But Forgotten Complication After Norwood Operation.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2020 Sano S, Kouretas PC
• 360-Degree Cone Reconstruction for Ebstein's Anomaly.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2018 Mitchell ME, Hraska V, Kouretas PC
• S-Nitrosohemoglobin Levels and Patient Outcome After Transfusion During Pediatric Bypass Surgery.
  Clinical and translational science 2017 Matto F, Kouretas PC, Smith R, Ostrowsky J, Cina AJ, Hess DT, Stamler JS, Reynolds JD
• Neonatal esophageal trachealization and esophagocarinoplasty in the treatment of flow-limited Floyd II tracheal agenesis.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2017 Densmore JC, Oldham KT, Dominguez KM, Berdan ER, McCormick ME, Beste DJ, Amos LB, Lang CA, Woods RK, Kouretas PC, Mitchell ME
• Scimitar Syndrome-Complex Surgical Revision 3 Decades After Repair.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2017 Abadeer MN, Stuth EA, Kouretas PC, Ginde S, Jacobsen R, Woods RK
• Rat bite fever: Complex triple valve surgery for endocarditis and sinus of Valsalva fistula.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2016 Abadeer MN, Kouretas PC, Woods RK
• Venous Myocardial Infarction in an Infant with Obstructed Totally Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage and Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia.
  Texas Heart Institute journal 2016 Prasad D, Strainic JP, Pandya K, Kouretas PC, Ashwath RC
• Characteristics of Hospitalizations for the Glenn Procedure in Those With Isomerism Compared to Those Without.
  Pediatric cardiology 2016 Loomba RS, Kouretas PC, Anderson RH
• Pyloric exclusion for treatment of complicated duodenal atresia.
  Neonatology 2014 Balakumar V, DeRoss AL, Kouretas PC, Boulanger SC, Barksdale EM
• Fetal diagnosis of superior vena cava aneurysm.
  Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2012 Flores S, Dangol A, Strainic JP, Hoit BD, Kouretas PC, Ashwath RC
• Staged cleft sternum repair using dermal allograft and synthetic mesh.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2011 Ley E, Sharshiner R, Kouretas P, Siddiqi F
• Long-term Outcome and Risk of Heart Block After Surgical Treatment of Subaortic Stenosis.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2010 Jou CJ, Etheridge SP, Minich LL, Saarel EV, Lambert LM, Kouretas PC, Holubkov R, Hawkins JA
• Experience with the Levitronix CentriMag in the pediatric population as a bridge to decision and recovery.
  Artificial organs 2009 Kouretas PC, Kaza AK, Burch PT, Witte MK, Clayson SE, Everitt MD, Selzman CH
• Management of deep wound complications with vacuum-assisted therapy after Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist device placement in the pediatric population.
  Artificial organs 2009 Kouretas PC, Burch PT, Kaza AK, Lambert LM, Witte MK, Everitt MD, Siddiqi FA
• Effect of ABO-incompatible listing on infant heart transplant waitlist outcomes: analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2009 Everitt MD, Donaldson AE, Casper TC, Stehlik J, Hawkins JA, Tani LY, Renlund DG, Kouretas PC, Kaza AK, Bullock EA, Cardon M, Kfoury AG
• Should all newborns who undergo patent ductus arteriosus ligation be examined for vocal fold mobility?
  The Laryngoscope 2009 Smith ME, King JD, Elsherif A, Muntz HR, Park AH, Kouretas PC
• Coarctation repair in neonates and young infants: is small size or low weight still a risk factor?
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2009 Burch PT, Cowley CG, Holubkov R, Null D, Lambert LM, Kouretas PC, Hawkins JA
• Cardiovascular surgery in children with Marfan syndrome or Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2009 Everitt MD, Pinto N, Hawkins JA, Mitchell MB, Kouretas PC, Yetman AT
• Stentless porcine valves in the right ventricular outflow tract: improved durability?
  European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2009 Hawkins JA, Sower CT, Lambert LM, Kouretas PC, Burch PT, Kaza AK, Puchalski MD, Yetman AT
• Endocarditis after pectus excavatum repair: a case report.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2009 Jou CJ, Burch PT, Mart CR, Lambert LM, Kouretas PC, Minich LL
• Long-term results of innominate artery reimplantation for tracheal compression.
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 2009 Grimmer JF, Herway S, Hawkins JA, Park AH, Kouretas PC
• Stochastic hybrid modeling of DNA replication across a complete genome.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008 Lygeros J, Koutroumpas K, Dimopoulos S, Legouras I, Kouretas P, Heichinger C, Nurse P, Lygerou Z
• Postoperative pericardial adhesion prevention using Carbylan-SX in a rabbit model.
  The Journal of surgical research 2007 Connors RC, Muir JJ, Liu Y, Reiss GR, Kouretas PC, Whitten MG, Sorenson TK, Prestwich GD, Bull DA
• Intermediate-term results of repair for aortic, neoaortic, and truncal valve insufficiency in children.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2007 Hawkins JA, Kouretas PC, Holubkov R, Williams RV, Tani LY, Su JT, Lambert LM, Mart CR, Puchalski MD, Minich LL
• Ten- and 20-year survivors of pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation.
  The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2006 Ross M, Kouretas P, Gamberg P, Miller J, Burge M, Reitz B, Robbins R, Chin C, Bernstein D
• The PediaFlow pediatric ventricular assist device.
  Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual 2006 Wearden PD, Morell VO, Keller BB, Webber SA, Borovetz HS, Badylak SF, Boston JR, Kormos RL, Kameneva MV, Simaan M, Snyder TA, Tsukui H, Wagner WR, Antaki JF, Diao C, Vandenberghe S, Gardiner J, Li CM,…
• Towards the development of a pediatric ventricular assist device.
  Cell transplantation 2006 Borovetz HS, Badylak S, Boston JR, Johnson C, Kormos R, Kameneva MV, Simaan M, Snyder TA, Tsukui H, Wagner WR, Woolley J, Antaki J, Diao C, Vandenberghe S, Keller B, Morell V, Wearden P, Webber S, …
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to surgical treatment of flail tricuspid valve in a neonate.
  Cardiology in the young 2005 Arrington CB, Kouretas PC, Mart CR
• Complete versus partial atrioventricular canal: equal risks of repair in the modern era.
  Annals of surgery 2002 Cope JT, Fraser GD, Kouretas PC, Kron IL
• Role of nitric oxide in heparin-induced attenuation of hypoxic pulmonary vascular remodeling.
  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 2002 Horstman DJ, Fischer LG, Kouretas PC, Hannan RL, Rich GF
• Deletion of endothelial nitric oxide synthase exacerbates myocardial stunning in an isolated mouse heart model.
  The Journal of surgical research 2000 Hannan RL, John MC, Kouretas PC, Hack BD, Matherne GP, Laubach VE
• Nonanticoagulant heparin prevents coronary endothelial dysfunction after brief ischemia-reperfusion injury in the dog.
  Circulation 1999 Kouretas PC, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Myers AK, To LN, Wang YN, Sitzmann JV, Hannan RL
• Non-anticoagulant heparin increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity: role of inhibitory guanine nucleotide proteins.
  Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1998 Kouretas PC, Hannan RL, Kapur NK, Hendrickson R, Redmond EM, Myers AK, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Sitzmann JV
• Heparin preserves nitric oxide activity in coronary endothelium during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1998 Kouretas PC, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Myers AK, To LN, Wang YN, Wallace RB, Kron IL, Hannan RL
• 17-Beta estradiol regulation of myocardial glutathione and its role in protection against myocardial stunning in dogs.
  Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 1998 Kim YD, Farhat MY, Myers AK, Kouretas P, DeGroot KW, Pacquing A, Ramwell PW, Suyderhoud JP, Lees DE
• Early discharge of patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiovascular surgery.
  American heart journal 1998 Solomon AJ, Kouretas PC, Hopkins RA, Katz NM, Wallace RB, Hannan RL
• Heparin and nonanticoagulant heparin preserve regional myocardial contractility after ischemia-reperfusion injury: role of nitric oxide.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1998 Kouretas PC, Myers AK, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Myers JL, Wang YN, Sitzmann JV, Wallace RB, Hannan RL
• Maturation alters the pulmonary arterial response to hypoxia and inhaled nitric oxide in the presence of endothelial dysfunction.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 1997 Myers JL, Wizorek JJ, Myers AK, O'Donoghue M, Pettit MT, Kouretas PC, Dalton HJ, Wang Y, Hopkins RA
• 17 beta-Estradiol prevents dysfunction of canine coronary endothelium and myocardium and reperfusion arrhythmias after brief ischemia/reperfusion.
  Circulation 1996 Kim YD, Chen B, Beauregard J, Kouretas P, Thomas G, Farhat MY, Myers AK, Lees DE
• Pulmonary arterial endothelial dysfunction potentiates hypercapnic vasoconstriction and alters the response to inhaled nitric oxide.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 1996 Myers JL, Wizorek JJ, Myers AK, Yankah E, Pettit MT, Kouretas PC, Dalton HJ, Wang Y, Hopkins RA