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Steven Kawut

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of …
Verified email at upenn.edu
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Right heart adaptation to pulmonary arterial hypertension: physiology and pathobiology

…, F Haddad, KM Chin, PR Forfia, SM Kawut… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is closely related to right
ventricular (RV) function. Although pulmonary load is an important determinant of RV systolic …

Inflammation, oxidative stress, and repair capacity of the vascular endothelium in obstructive sleep apnea

…, M Padeletti, SM Kawut, C Higgins, SM Canfield… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Indirect evidence implicates endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of
vascular diseases associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We investigated directly …

Clinical risk factors for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation

JM Diamond, JC Lee, SM Kawut, RJ Shah… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the main cause of early morbidity and mortality
after lung transplantation. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results for PGD risk …

A global view of pulmonary hypertension

…, M Humbert, R Souza, M Idrees, SM Kawut… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Pulmonary hypertension is a substantial global health issue. All age groups are affected
with rapidly growing importance in elderly people, particularly in countries with ageing …

[HTML][HTML] Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling

…, EA Hoffman, R Jiang, SM Kawut… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes cor pulmonale with
elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and secondary reductions in left ventricular filling, …

Six-minute-walk distance predicts waiting list survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, JS Wilt, F D'Ovidio, JR Sonett, SM Kawut - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Functional studies may be useful to predict survival in idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF). Various cutoffs of 6-min-walk distance (6MWD) have been suggested to identify …

Hemodynamics and survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to systemic sclerosis

SM Kawut, DB Taichman, CL Archer-Chicko… - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
Study objectives: The goal of this study was to determine whether the survival of patients
with pulmonary hypertension related to systemic sclerosis (SScPH) was different from that of …

Treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with ambrisentan: a parallel, randomized trial

…, J Behr, KK Brown, JJ Egan, SM Kawut… - Annals of internal …, 2013 - acpjournals.org
Chinese translation This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended
to this article as a Supplement . Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: a report of the multicenter liver transplant database

…, MS Mandell, MAE Ramsay, SM Kawut… - Liver …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and portopulmonary hypertension (PortoPH) are pulmonary
vascular consequences of advanced liver disease associated with significant mortality …

International liver transplant society practice guidelines: diagnosis and management of hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension

MJ Krowka, MB Fallon, SM Kawut, V Fuhrmann… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Two distinct pulmonary vascular disorders, hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and
portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) may occur as a consequence of hepatic parenchymal or …