HaoKenithFangMDFACS

Cardiovascular Surgery

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery. University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ. Chairman, Dept of Cardiovasclar Services Chief, Division of CardioThoracic Surgery. Banner University Medical Center Phoenix

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Office
3131 E Clarendon Ave
Suite 102
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone+1 602-253-9168

Fax+1 602-251-3126
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Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1997 - 2000
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1997
University of Illinois College of MedicineResearch Fellow, Cardiac Physiology, 1993 - 1994
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1991
University of Illinois College of Medicine at UrbanaB.S., Biomedical Engineering, 1983 - 1987

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2000 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1991 - 2002
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctor” in Cardiothoracic Surgery Phoenix Magazine, 2005-2021
Fellow American College of Surgeons, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha, Honors Medical Society University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 1996
Recipient of the Ray and Joan Kroc Academic Scholar Award for Best Resident Research University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995
First Place, Annual Resident Research Forum Cook County Hospital Cook County Hospital, 1994
Surgical Intern of the Year University of Illinois at Chicago, and Cook County Hospitals, 1992
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Clinical Trials

Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis in High Risk and Very High Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 10
Completed
Not Applicable
REpositionable Percutaneous Replacement of Stenotic Aortic Valve Through Implantation of Lotus™ Valve SystEm Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
EVEREST II Pivotal Study High Risk Registry (HRR) Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Portico Re-sheathable Transcatheter Aortic Valve System US IDE Trial Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Mitral Implantation of TRAnscatheter vaLves Start of enrollment: 2015 Feb 25
Completed
Not Applicable
PARTNER 3 Trial: Safety and Effectiveness of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve in Low Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2016 Mar 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
PARTNER 3 Trial - Aortic Valve-in-Valve Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 05
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Edwards Cardioband System ACTIVE Pivotal Clinical Trial (ACTIVE) Start of enrollment: 2017 Jun 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
EARLY TAVR: Evaluation of TAVR Compared to Surveillance for Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 12
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
The EMPOWER Trial - The Carillon Mitral Contour System® in Treating Heart Failure With at Least Mild FMR Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 01
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of Using the Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve System for the Treatment of Symptomatic Mitral Regurgitation Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 15
Recruiting
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Postsurgical Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement.
Al Qaraghuli, A., Kargoli, F., Fang, H., Eng, M.> ;Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2024 Apr 1
1 citations
TMVR: Early benefits, late questions.
Marvin H Eng, H Kenith Fang> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Apr 1
Forgotten and unforgiving.
Marvin H Eng, Hao Kenith Fang> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022 Mar 1
7 citations
Minimally Invasive Versus Full Sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients.
Mark J Russo, Vinod H Thourani, David J Cohen, S Chris Malaisrie, Wilson Y Szeto, Isaac George, Susheel K Kodali, Raj Makkar, Michael Lu, Mathew Williams, Tom Nguyen, ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2022 Dec 1
8 citations
Predictors of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Severe Mitral Annular Calcification: An Analysis of the Transc...
Abdallah El Sabbagh, Mohammed Al-Hijji, Dee Dee Wang, Mackram F. Eleid, Marina Urena, Dominique Himbert, Tarun Chakravarty, David Holzhey, Ashish Pershad, H. Kenith Fa...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Oct 1
Transcarotid: A sign from above?
Marvin H. Eng, H. Kenith Fang> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 Mar 1
5 citations
Predicting paravalvular leak after transcatheter mitral valve replacement using commercially available software modeling
Michael F. Morris, Alejandro Pena, Aneesh Kalya, Abhishek C. Sawant, Kapildeo Lotun, Timothy Byrne, H. Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2020 Apr 19
1 citations
Double Trouble: Transapical Transcatheter Replacement of the Aortic and Mitral Valves in a Single Operation
Mohamad Lazkani, Joshua Waggoner, Michael F. Morris, George Gellert, Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2018 Jun 1
Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients.
Mack MJ, Leon MB, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Russo M, Kapadia SR, Malaisrie SC, Cohen DJ, Pibarot P, Leipsic J, Hahn RT, Blanke P, Williams MR, McCabe JM, Brown...> ;The New England journal of medicine. 2019-03-16
9 citations
An updated meta-analysis of TAVR in patients at intermediate risk for SAVR
Mohamad Lazkani, Nirmal Singh, Carol L. Howe, Nachiket Patel, Modesto Colon, Mark Tasset, Orazio Amabile, Michael F. Morris, H. Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2019 Jan 1
13 citations
Permanent pacemaker implantation and paravalvular leak rates following sutureless aortic valve operations.
Mohamad Lazkani, Charan Yerasi, Sheena Prakash, Ashish Pershad, Kenith Fang> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2018 Dec 1
10 citations
Left atrial hemodynamics and left ventricular remodeling –predictors of outcomes after Transcatheter mitral valve repair with the MitraClip device
Mohamad Lazkani, Abhishek C. Sawant, Alicia Taase, Sahoor Khan, Kenith Fang, Vijay Iyer, Ashish Pershad> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2019 Jan 1
66 citations
Open Atrial Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients With Mitral Annular Calcification
Hyde M. Russell, Mayra Guerrero, Michael H. Salinger, Melissa A. Manzuk, Amit Pursnani, Dee Wang, Hassan Nemeh, Rahul Sakhuja, Serguei Melnitchouk, Ashish Pershad, H. ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Sep 25
3 citations
Software Modeling to Predict Paravalvular Leak Following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Michael F. Morris, Mohamad Lazkani, Matthew Stanich, H. Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2018 Oct 22
8 citations
Impact of aortic aneurysms in trans-catheter aortic valve replacement: A single center experience.
Akihiro Kobayashi, Mohamad Lazkani, Soundos Moualla, Amabile Orazio, Mark Tasset, Michael F. Morris, Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;Indian Heart Journal. 2018 Jul 9
235 citations
1-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Mitral Annular Calcification
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5 citations
Volume-outcome relationships for transcatheter aortic valve replacement-risk-adjusted and volume stratified analysis of TAVR outcomes.
Divya Ratan Verma, Yash Pershad, Mohamad Lazkani, Kenith Fang, Michael F. Morris, Ashish Pershad> ;Indian Heart Journal. 2017 May 9
8 citations
Comparison of 30-Day Outcomes of Transfemoral Versus Transapical Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Single-Center US Experience
Shishir Murarka, Mohamad Lazkani, Michael Neihaus, May Boggess, Michael F. Morris, George Gellert, H. Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2015 May 1
5 citations
TEE-guided transcatheter aortic valve implantation with "zero contrast" - a viable alternative for patients with chronic kidney disease.
Ashish Pershad, Fraij G, Girotra Sv, Fang Hk, George Gellert> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2015 Feb 1
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Journal Articles

Images in Intervention Software Modeling to Predict Paravalvular Leak Following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
H Kenith Fang, Ashish Pershad, Matthew Stanich, Mohamad Lazkani, ScienceDirect
Volume-Outcome Relationship for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement A Propensity Score Matched Analysis
Verma, DR, Y Pershad, M Lazkani, G Gellert, HK Fang, M Morris, A Pershad, Cardiovasc Revasc Med, 1/27/2016
Letter to the Editor Limitations of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Native Mitral Valve Disease with Severe Mitral Annular Calcification Should it Be Perform...
Lazkani, M, D Verma, G Gellert, M Morris, HK Fang, A Pershad, JACC Interventions, 1/1/2016
TEE guided Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with “Zero Contrast”- A Viable Alternative for Patients with CKD
Pershad, A, HK Fang, G Gellert, J of Invasive Cardio, 1/1/2015
Comparison of 30 Day Outcomes of Transfemoral vs Transapical Approach for TAVR: A Single Center US Experience
Murarka, S, M Lazkani, M Neihaus, M Boggess, G Gellert, HK Fang, A Pershad, Annals of Thor Surg, 1/1/2015
Aortic Anulus Measurement and Relevance to Successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A New Technique Using 3D TEE
Pershad, A, D Stone, MF Morris, HK Fang, G Gellert, J of Interv Cardio, 1/1/2013
North American, Prospective, Multicenter Assessment of the Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Prosthesis
Conte, J, N Weisman, JA Dearani, J Bavaria, D Heimansohn, W Dimbitsky, D doyle, Ann Thoracic Surg, 1/1/2010
Cardiac contractile function during coronary stenosis in dogs: Association of adenosine in glycolytic dependence
Fang, HK, C Sturgeon, R Ripper, LJ Segil, WR Law, Am J Physiol, 1/1/1997
Starling resistor effects on pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in endotoxin shock (letter)
Law, WR, HK Fang, Crit Care Med, 1/1/1997
Isoflurane confers poor tolerance to septic challenge via significant cardiac influences
Jacobson, GM, RL Ripper, HK Fang, LJ Segil, WR Law, Surgical Forum, 1/1/1997
Iced Temperature injectate for thermodilution cardiac output determination causes minimal effects on cardiodynamics
Fang, HK, RL Krahmer, EB Rypins, WR Law, Crit Care Med, 1/1/1996
Featured article: Starling Resistor effects on pulmonary arterial occlusion pressure in endotoxin shock provide inaccuracies in left ventricular compliance assessment
Fang, HK, RL Krahmer, EB Rypins, WR Law, Crit Care Med, 1/1/1996
Pulmonary hypertension in endotoxin shock: Evidence for a Starling resistor-mediated component
Fang, HK, RL Krahmer, J Vitello, EB Rypins, WR Law, Surgical Forum, 1/1/1994
Pulmonary capillary wedge ressure estimates of left ventricular preload are inaccurate in endotoxin shock: Contribution of Starling resistor forces to septic pulmonary...
Krahmer, RL, HK Fang, J Vitello, EB Rypins, WR Law, Shock: Molec Cell Syst Path Ther, 1/1/1994
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Books/Book Chapters

Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: Tumors and Masses: Other Mediastinal Tumors
Page 1739 - 1748Fang, HK, S SundaresanEditors: Pearson FG, Cooper JD, Deslauriers J, et al.Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2002

Abstracts/Posters

Comparing TEE and Angiographic Sizing for Watchman Device for Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Verma, D, H Yassin, J Weiss, S Rabadi, S Bhardwaj, M Morris, G Gellert, A Loli, HK Fang, T Byrne, A Pershad, ACC Meeting, 1/17/2016
Iatrogenic Deformity of TMVR. A Novel Approach to Acute LVOT Obstruction
Tugulan, C, DR Verma, A pershad, M Morris, HK Fang, TCT Meeting, 1/1/2016
Volume-Outcome Relationship for TAVR: Risk-Adjusted and Volume Stratified Analysis of TAVR Outcomes
Lazkani, M, S Muraka, D Verma, Y Pershad, HK Fang, M Morris, TCT Meeting, 1/1/2016
Left Main Coronary Occlusion After Valve in Valve TAVR
Muraka, S, M Lazkani, G Gellert, HK Fang, A Pershad, TCT Meeting, 1/1/2015
Aortic Annulus Measurement with a Novel 3D TEE Method and Its Correlation with Open Surgical Aortic Valve Sizing
Gellert, G, A Pershad, HK Fang, ASE Annual Meeting, 1/1/2013
Minimally Invasive Surgical MAZE is Inadequate Without Intra-operative Electrophysiology Testing
Kahn, Y, K Benson, KB Desser, HK Fang, W Su, ACC Clinical Congress, 1/1/2010
Novel Electrophysiology Guided Minimally Invasive Surgical Maze
McDonell, K, Y Kahn, HK Fang, KB Desser, W Su, HRS Annual Meeting, 1/1/2010
Adenosine mediates glycolytic dependence of cardiac relaxation in coronary stenosis
Law, WR, MG Mourelatos, RM Mraz, HK Fang, C Sturgeon, L Segil, International Society for Heart Research; Molec Cell Cardiol, 1/1/1996
Normal diastolic function is dependent on glycolysis during critical coronary stenosis
Mourelatos, MG, RM Mraz, HK Fang, C Sturgeon, LJ Segil, WR Law, International Society for Heart Research; Molec Cell Cardiol, 1/1/1996
Pervasive pulmonary Starling resistor influences during endotoxin shock
Krahmer, RL, HK Fang, J Vitello, EB Rypins, WR Law, Seventeenth Annual Conference on Shock; Shock, 1/1/1994
Inaccurate compliance assessment using pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in sepsis
Fang, HK, RL Krahmer, J Vitello, EB Rypins, WR Law, Seventeenth Annual Conference on Shock; Shock, 1/1/1994
Development of myocardial glycolytic dependence during critical coronary stenosis
Fang, HK, C Sturgeon, RL Ripper, LJ Segil, WR Law, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

Scottsdale Interventional Forum 2019. "Live Satellite Broadcast: Trans septal Vale in Ring Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement"
Phoenix, AZ - 3/30/2019
Cardiology in the Desert 2019 Symposium. "Aortic Stenosis - Is TAVR for Everyone?"
Phoenix, AZ - 3/30/2019
Advanced Trans Apical TAVR Implantation Training
Seoul, South Korea - 6/29/2018
118th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society. "TAVR vs Sutureless Valve - Current Trends"
Tokyo, Japan - 4/5/2018
Scottsdale Interventional Forum 2018. "Live Satellite Broadcast: Trans Septal Valve in Valve Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement"
Phoenix, AZ - 3/24/2018
6th Annual Northern Arizona Cardio Conference for Primary Care. "Structural Valve Therapies: TMVR, The Next Frontier"
Flagstaff, AZ - 10/6/2017
2nd Annual Banner Cardiology Summit. Contemporary Management of Structural Heart Disease in 2017. "Structural Valve Therapies: TMVR, The Next Frontier"
Phoenix, AZ - 9/20/2017
2017 Edwards Lifesciene Sapien 3 Valve in Valve Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Proctor Training Program
Chicago, IL - 5/4/2017
Edwards Lifescience Fundamentals TAVR Training Program for Graduating Cardiac Surgery/Intervventional Cardiology Fellows
Scottsdale, AZ - 2/8/2017
Live Satellite Broadcast: Sapien Trans-Apical TAVR Procedure
Phoenix, AZ - 1/25/2014
TAVR and the Hybrid Operating Room
Fukuoka, Japan - 1/2/2014
Integration in the TAVI Suite Symposium
Minneapolis, MN - 1/5/2013
Future Hybrid Operating Rooms
San Francisco, CA - 1/30/2010
Minimally Invasive Surgical Ablation and Hybrid Procedures
Chicago, IL - 1/22/2010
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Phoenix, AZ - 1/29/2009
Hybrid Maze Procedure for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Scottsdale, AZ - 1/6/2009
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation – The Maze Procedure
Phoenix, AZ - 1/7/2006
Pervasive Starling resistor influences during pulmonary hypertension
1/9/1995
Development of myocardial glycolytic dependence during critical coronary stenosis
1/15/1994
Pulmonary hypertension in endotoxin shock: Evidence for a Starling resistor-mediated component
1/12/1994
Inaccurate compliance assessment using pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in sepsis
1/5/1994
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