Jacques Kpodonu MD

PubMed

• Review of the decision making approach to treating young and low-risk patients with aortic stenosis.
  Tanush Gupta, S Chris Malaisrie, Wayne Batchelor, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, Laura Davidson
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-10-01
• Multi-View Echocardiographic Embedding for Accessible AI Development.
  Takeshi Tohyama, Ahram Han, Dukyong Yoon, Kenneth Paik, Brian Gow
  Medrxiv. 2025-08-19
• Polymeric Heart Valves: Addressing Global Gaps in Rheumatic Heart Disease Care?
  Dominique Vervoort, Mimi X Deng, Jacques Kpodonu
  JACC. Advances. 2025-06-01

Journal Articles

• Procurement-related cellular apoptosis in autologous saphenous vein grafts is amplified by aerobic but not anaerobic short-term storage.  
  Evans A, Massad MG, Silari P, Zhang W, Jarzembowski, Kpodonu J, Geha AS, Benedetti E, J Applied Research 2004; 4(3): 453-463
• An unusual adrenal mass invading the Inferior vena cava.  
  Kpodonu J, Warso M A, Massad MG, Urology. 2005 Jun;65(6):1226
• Tuberculosis of the Thymus.  
  Kpodonu J, Cook J, Massad MG, Snow NJ, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews June 2005, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 123-126(4)
• Outcomes of coronary artery bypass operations with renal insufficiency with and without transplantation.  
  Massad MG, Kpodonu J, Lee JC, Espat J, Ghandi S, Evans AN, Benedetti E, Geha AS, Chest 2005 Aug; 128(2): 855-62
• Hemorrhagic cystitis in a bilateral lung transplant recipient associated with polyoma BK virus.  
  Chan LN, Massad MG, Mahmood K, Clark N, Steinhiser S, Kpodonu J, Tshibaka C, Jaffe HA, Clin Transplantation Nov 2005 Vol1 (3)
• Endovascular management of a thoracic aortic mycotic aneurysm: Mid-term follow –up.  
  Kpodonu J., Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Dec; 32(6):946-7
• A novel technique of deploying a thoracic endograft in the hybrid treatment of a patient with a thoracoadominal aneurysm.  
  Kpodonu J, Ramaiah VG, Wheatley GH, Shennib H, Diethrich EB, Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Feb; 85(2):666-8
• Endovascular treatment of chronic type A dissection.  
  Kpodonu J, Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Feb; 7(1):166
• Retrograde dissection of the aorta following thoracic aortic endografting: Is the risk real?  
  Kpodonu J, Preventza O, Ramaiah VG, Williams JP, Wheatley GHIII, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, and Shennib H, Diethrich EB, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Jun; 33(6):1014-8
• Should Octogenarians Be Denied Access to Endovascular Repair of The Thoracic Aorta?  
  Kpodonu J, Preventza O,Ramaiah VG,Williams JP,Wheatley GHIII,Rodriguez-Lopez JA,Shennib H, Diethrich EB, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Sep; 34(3):630-4
• Access techniques for Transcatheter aortic valve replacement.  
  Kpodonu J, Raney A, J Card Surg. 2010 Jul; 25(4):373-80
• Endovascular management of adult coarctation of the aorta.  
  Kpodonu J, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Diethrich EB, Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Nov; 90(5):1716-20
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Books/Book Chapters

• Endovascular and hybrid management of the Thoracic Aorta: A case based approach. 
  J KpodonuEditors: EB Diethrich, VG Ramaiah, J Kpodonu, Julio A Rodriguez-Lopez.Wiley Blackwell, UKEdition 1,
• Atlas of advanced Endoaortic Surgery. 
  J KpodonuEditors: J Kpodonu, S Haulon.SpringerEdition 1,
• Manual of endovascular and hybrid aortic and structural cardiac therapies. 
  J KpodonuEditors: J Kpodonu, R Bonan.Wiley BlackwellEdition 1,
• Clinical Scenarios in Thoracic Surgery. 
  J KpodonuEditors: R. Kalimi, L. Penfield Faber.Lippincott Williams &WilkinsEdition 1,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Retrograde dissection of the aorta following thoracic aortic endografting: Is the risk real?
  Kpodonu J, Preventza O, Ramaiah VG, Williams JP, Wheatley GHIII, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, and Shennib H, Diethrich EB, Abstract book XX1 European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery meeting, Geneva Switzerland
• Endovascular of aortic coarctations and complications.
  Shennib H,Williams J,Kpodonu J,Peterson MD,Ramaiah,V,Rodriguez-Lopez JA,Diethrich EB, Thoracic Endografting and Beyond, Scottsdale, Phoenix AZ
• An unusual cause of syncope.
  Kpodonu J, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Cardiology Catheterization Conference Rounds, Arizona Heart Institute
• A fall from Heaven.
  Kpodonu J, Wheatley GH, Cardiology Catheterization Conference Rounds, Arizona Heart Institute
• Minimal invasive aortic arch repair, How far can we go?
  KpodonuJ, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Cardiology Catheterization Conference Rounds, Arizona Heart Institute
• A fall from Heaven.
  Kpodonu J, Wheatley III GH, Cardiology Catheterization Conference Rounds, Arizona Heart Institute
• Abdominal debranching with thoracic endografting for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysms in 21 consecutive patients.
  Kpodonu J, Ramaiah VG, Wheatley GH, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Caparrelli D, Iberdemaj R, Diethrich EB, 89th meeting Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts
• Endovascular complications of adult coarctations and its complications.
  Shennib H, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Ramaiah VG, Wheatley GH, Kpodonu J, Diethrich EB, Abstract book XX1 European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
• Is Thoracic Endografting A Viable Option For The Octagenarian?
  Preventza, J. Bavaria, V. Ramaiah, J. Kpodonou, W. Moser, W. Szeto, G. Wheatley, J. Williams, P. Moeller, J. Rodriquez-Lopez, E. Diethrich, Abstract book Aortic summit 2008, New York
• Should Octogenarians Be Denied Access to Endovascular Repair of The Thoracic Aorta?
  Kpodonu J, Preventza O,Ramaiah VG,Williams JP,Wheatley GHIII,Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Shennib H, Diethrich EB, XX1 European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery meeting, Geneva Switzerland
• TheU.S.experrience with Lung Transplantation for pulmonary Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
  Kpodonu J, Massad MG, Chaer R, Evans AN, Caines A, Fitzgerald M, Snow NJ, Geha AS, The abstract book of the 2004 annual meeting, 84th session of the American Association for thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Canada
• Thoracic endografting for the treatment of thoracic aortic disease Arizona Heart Experience with over 500 cases.
  Kpodonu J, Ramaiah VG,WheatleyGH, Shennib H,Wiilliams JP,Rodriguez –Lopez JA,Diethrich EB, Abstract Book Multidisciniplinary European Endovascular Therapy, Cannes, France
• Premilinary results of CLASE Study. Randomized Trial on endovascular management of the SFA?
  Rodriguea-Lopez JA, Guerrero Baena F, Olsen DM, Kpodonu J,Peterson MD, Buthani AK,Shennib H,Pagan P,Saunders C,Wheatley Gh,Ramaiah VG,Diethrich EB, 20th annual meeting of international congress of endovascular interventions, Phoenix, AZ
• Has 64-Slice CT Angiography Replaced Standard Angiography as the Gold Standard in Diagnosing Carotid?
  Aguiar–Lucas L, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Olsen DM,Kpodonu J,Peterson MD,Buthani AK,Shennib H,Wheatley GH,Ramaiah VG,Diethrich EB, 20th annual meeting of international congress of endovascular interventions, Phoenix, AZ
• Endovascular treatment of visceral aneurysms: Feasibility and effectiveness.
  Kpodonu J, Ramaiah VG, Preventza O, Williams BS, WheatleyIII GH, Hughes K, Konstadinidis K, Peterson M, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Diethrich E, Abstract book XX International Congress on Endovascular Interventions
• The practice of routine coronary angiography. Is there a role for cardiovascular surgeons?
  Shennib H, Wheatley GHIII, Ramaiah VG, Rodriguez-Lopez J, Kpodonu J, Peterson MD, Bhutani AK, Olsen D, Diethrich EB, 2007 of the 43rd annual meeting, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego CA
• Treatment of type II endoleak associated with left subclavian artery coveraged using thoracic aortic stent grafting.
  PetersonMD, WheatleyGHIII, KpodonuJ, WilliamsJP, RamaiahVG, Rodriguez-Lopez JA, Diethrich EB, 2007 of the 87 Th annual meeting, American Association for thoracic Surgery, Washington DC
• Outcomes of coronary artery bypass operations with renal insufficiency with and without transplantation.
  Massad MG, Kpodonu J, Lee JC, Espat J, Ghandi S, Evans AN, Benedetti E, Geha AS, 2004 Annual Scientific Session of the Western Surgical Association
• Pulmonary resection for parenchymal infection.
  Snow NJ, Kpodonu J, Tshibaka C, and Massad MG, Geha AS, Chest 2004:126(4):802S13
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Lectures

• Outcome of heart transplant for cardiac amyloidosis. 
  Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Grand Rounds. Toronto General Hospital.Toronto
• Chondrosarcoma with cardiac and pulmonary artery extension. 
  Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Aortic valve replacement after othortopic heart transplantation. 
  University of Illinois, Chicago and Rush University Medical Center. Chicago, IL
• Current management of spontaneous pneumothorax. 
  University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Renal dose dopamine voodoo or science. 
  Loma Linda University Medical Center. Loma Linda.CA
• Surgical management of patients with ulcerative colitis. 
  Loma Linda University Medical Center. Loma Linda.CA
• Transhiatal esophagectomy for the management of benign esophageal stricture. 
  Loma Linda University Medical Center. Loma Linda.CA
• Non-operative management of blunt hepatic and splenic injuries. 
  Arrow Head Regional Medical Center. Colton.CA
• Current issues on carotid bifurcation disease. 
  Loma Linda University Medical Center. Loma Linda.CA
• Cerebrovascular disease and Management. 
  Arizona Heart Hospital
• Thoracic aortic hematomas, intramural hematomas, aorto bronchial fistulas and pseudo aneurysms. 
  Faculty lecture: Thoracic Endografting and Beyond, Scottsdale, Phoenix AZ
• Endovascular applications to the thoracic aorta. 
  Cardiothoracic surgery conference rounds. Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Advanced endovascular applications to the thoracic aorta. Hybrid cardiovascular surgery the wave of the future. 
  Cardiology/cardiac surgery grand rounds, Hoag Presbyterian Memorial Hospital. Newport beach,CA
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