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Staff Cardiac Intensivest
Co-Director, Cardiac ICU Fellowship Program
Contact:
Email:
chrycx@chp.edu
Degrees:
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION |
DEGREE |
YEAR |
FIELD |
| University Medical School of Debrecen |
MD |
1996 |
Medicine |
| Residency: |
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| University of Minnesota |
|
2001 |
Pediatrics |
Fellowship:
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| University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital |
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2004
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Pediatric Cardiology |
| University of Pittsburgh – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh |
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2005 |
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care |
Administrative Title:
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics & Critical Care Medicine
Memberships:
World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery - 2007 (Founding Member)
Current Research Interest:
- Use of Enoxaparin after Cardiac Surgery: Do infants and neonates require higher dose? (PI: Chrysostomou)
- Recovery after Cardiogenic Shock and ECMO support on a teenager with Heroin Intoxication. (PI: Chrysostomou)
- Diaphragmatic paralysis after cardiac surgery: Can bedside ultrasound by a cardiac intensivist replace fluoroscopy? A single-blind prospective study (PI: Chrysostomou, Fellow: Joan Sanchez De Toledo )
- Dexmedetomidine as the primary agent for the treatment of Atrial and Junctional Tachyarrhythmias: A prospective study (PI: Chrysostomou)
- Echocardiographic estimation of Pulmonary Artery pressure before and after Dexmedetomidine (PI: Chrysostomou)
- Electrocardiographic changes after Dexmedetomidine admisistration. (PI: Chrysostomou, Fellow: Komarlu Rukmini)
Publications:
- Chrysostomou C., Romaguera R., Rodriguez M. “Giant Aneurysm of the Atrial Septum associated with Premature Closure of Foramen Ovale.” Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2005 Aug 12;3(1):20
- Chrysostomou C , Peterson J, Pearce L, Manrique A, Munoz R. “Duration of Nitric Oxide Bound Hemoglobin in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy”, Cardiology In The Young, 2005; 15 (suppl 2): 48-49.
- Chrysostomou C., Zeballos T. “Use of Dexmedetomidine in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Patient.” Pediatr Cardiol. 2005; 26 (5): 651-654
- Chrysostomou C., Di Filippo S., Manrique AM., Schmitt C., Orr R., Casta A., Suchoza E., Janosky J., Davis P., Munoz R. “Use of Dexmedetomidine in Children after Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery” Pediatr Crit Care Med 2006; 7:126-131 (Featured article)
- Baird C., Chrysostomou C., Landford E., Pigula F. “Mitral Valve Chordal Rupture Masquerades as Endocarditis” Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Aug; 28(4):297-299.
- Chrysostomou C, Kazmerski T. Beta Blockers in Pediatric Heart Failure. Handbook of Pediatric Cardiovascular Drugs, ISBN: 978-1-84628-952-1, Springer-Verlag London Ltd., In Press, 2007.
Presentations at major meetings (past
calendar year)
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Chrysostomou C., Shiderly D., Berry D., Morell V., Munoz R.:
“Dexmedetomidine, a Novel Agent for the Acute Treatment of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery”. 5th World Congress of Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva, Switzerland Jun’ 2007
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Chrysostomou C. , Peterson J., Pearce L., Manrique A., Munoz “E lectron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy: a New Method of Measuring Methemoglobin and Nitric Oxide (NO) Bound Hemoglobin in Children with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension after Cardiac Surgery” 2005 World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Chrysostomou C., Baird C., Gandhi S., Pigula F., Munoz R. “Cerebral Lactate Production during Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Congenital Heart Disease”. 2005 World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Chrysostomou C., Manrique A., Casta A., Orr D., Munoz R. “Dexmedetomidine vs. Conventional Sedation in Children after Cardiothoracic Surgery”. American Heart Association Young Investigators Award Presentation. Pittsburgh, PA, Feb’ 2005
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