Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine

Cardiology

Dr. Kendrick Shunk is an expert in the field of Cardiology. He attended Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACC)". Dr. Kendrick Shunk is a published MD. He has 47 papers published. The most current publication "Rapid diagnosis of chlamydial infections with the MicroTrak direct test."

Publications

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• Development of a veterans affairs hybrid operating room for transcatheter Aortic valve replacement in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
• Procedural Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report From the NCDR (National Cardiovascular Data Registry).
• Angiographic characteristics of definite stent thrombosis: role of thrombus grade, collaterals, epicardial Coronary flow, and myocardial perfusion.
• Mortality after presentation with stent thrombosis is associated with time from index percutaneous Coronary intervention: A report from the VA CART program.
• Successful percutaneous management of partial avulsion of the native Aortic valve complex complicating transcatheter Aortic valve replacement.
• Right- and Left-Sided Heart Catheterization as a Quality Marker for Catheterization Laboratories (from the National Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and ...
• Detection by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Large Lipid Core Plaques at Culprit Sites in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
• Procedural success and long-term outcomes of aspiration thrombectomy for the treatment of stent thrombosis.
• Comparison of Lipid Deposition at Coronary Bifurcations Versus at Nonbifurcation Portions of Coronary Arteries as Determined by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.
• Topical nitroglycerin and lidocaine to dilate the radial Artery prior to transradial cardiac catheterization: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical t...
• Angiographically confirmed stent thrombosis in contemporary practice: Insights from intravascular ultrasound.
• Comparison of procedural success and long-term outcomes of stent thrombosis in Coronary bypass grafts versus native Coronary arteries.
• Percutaneous Coronary intervention versus Coronary bypass surgery in United States veterans with diabetes.
• Percutaneous Retrograde Recanalization of a Chronic Total Coronary Artery Occlusion in a 7-Year Old.
• An unusual case of bilateral subclavian-carotid artery graft occlusion with Coronary steal syndrome managed in the cath lab.
• The effects of intra-arterial vasodilators on radial artery size and spasm: implications for contemporary use of trans-radial access for Coronary angiography and percu...
• Interventional cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
• Phase I drug and light dose-escalation trial of motexafin lutetium and far red light activation (phototherapy) in subjects with Coronary artery disease undergoing perc...
• Possibilities of transesophageal MRI for assessment of Aortic disease: a review.
• Transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging of the Aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta in patients with Aortic atherosclerosis.
• Cardiovascular MRI probes for the outside in and for the inside out.
• Real-time projection MR angiography: feasibility study.
• Transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging.
• Rapid diagnosis of chlamydial infections with the MicroTrak direct test.
• Enhanced uptake and impaired intracellular metabolism of low density lipoprotein complexed with anti-low density lipoprotein antibodies.
• Anatomic distribution of the culprit lesion in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous Coronary intervention: findings fro...
• Survival of patients undergoing rescue percutaneous Coronary intervention: development and validation of a predictive tool.
• ?Closure of Aortic paravalvular leak under intravascular ultrasound and intracardiac echocardiography guidance.
• Clinical presentation, management, and outcomes of angiographically documented early, late, and very late stent thrombosis.
• Drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein graft lesions.
• Characteristics and long-term outcomes of percutaneous revascularization of unprotected left main Coronary artery stenosis in the United States a report from the natio...
• Angiographic stent thrombosis at Coronary bifurcations short- and long-term prognosis.
• Percutaneous Coronary intervention and drug-eluting stent use among patients ???85 years of age in the United States.
• Detection of Lipid-Core Plaques by IntraCoronary Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Identifies High Risk of Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction.
• Percutaneous Coronary intervention in native arteries versus bypass grafts in prior Coronary artery bypass grafting patients a report from the national cardiovascular ...
• Contemporary clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of angiographically confirmed Coronary stent thrombosis: Results from a multicenter California registry.
• Coronary guidewire circumcision during use of a Gopher support catheter: potential adverse interaction with polymer-jacketed wire design.
• Clinical presentation and angiographic characteristics of saphenous vein graft failure after stenting: insights from the SOS (stenting of saphenous vein grafts) trial.
• Persistent renal enhancement after intra-arterial versus intravenous iodixanol administration.
• Frequency and predictors of drug-eluting stent use in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous Coronary interventions: a report from the American College of Cardiology...
• Preoperative Coronary artery revascularization and long-term outcomes following abdominal aortic vascular surgery in patients with abnormal myocardial perfusion scans:...
• Diagnostic Coronary angiography in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a sub-study of the Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylaxis Trial.
• Predictors and outcomes of a perioperative myocardial infarction following elective vascular surgery in patients with documented Coronary artery disease: results of th...
• Delivery and assessment of endovascular stents to repair Aortic coarctation using MR and X-ray imaging.
• A "grapple hook" technique using a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex proximal circumflex interventions.
• Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery.

Schools

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• Medical University of South Carolina

• Johns Hopkins University School Med

• University Of Chicago Hosps

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardioversion, Elective
• Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent

Conditions Treated

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• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomegaly
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Basic HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• CHAMPVA
• Cigna
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Medicare MCR
• Mutual of Omaha
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Chicago
• Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Hospital

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• San Francisco VA Medical Center
• UCSF Medical Center

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