The Virginia Root Sutherland Chair Professor and Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Biagio A. Pietra, MD
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Biagio A. Pietra, MD is an expert in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. He studied medicine at University of South Florida College of Medicine. University of South Florida College of Medicine is ranked 79 in research and 85 in primary care medicine He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACC)". Biagio Pietra is also a published physician. He has 36 paper published. The most recent paper is: Infant heart transplantation: improved intermediate results.
Publications
- Ectopic expression of Fas Ligand on cardiomyocytes renders cardiac allografts resistant to CD4(+) T-cell mediated rejection.
- Steroid Avoidance in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Results in Excellent Graft Survival.
- The Hemodynamic Response to Dexmedetomidine Loading Dose in Children With and Without Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Prolongation of cardiac allograft survival by a novel population of autologous CD117+ bone marrow-derived progenitor cells.
- Heart transplantation in children: indications. Report of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Pediatric Committee of the American Society of Transplantation (AST).
- Anti-human cardiac myosin autoantibodies in Kawasaki syndrome.
- TCR V beta family repertoire and T cell activation markers in Kawasaki Disease.
- Anti-T-cell-antibody prophylaxis in children: success with a novel combination strategy of mycophenolate mofetil and antithymocyte serum.
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein discrepancy and high prevalence of coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki Disease.
- Pediatric Heart transplantation.
- Mycophenolic acid levels in pediatric Heart transplant recipients receiving mycophenolate mofetil.
- CD4 T cells acutely reject cardiac allografts via direct donor recognition.
- Distinct requirements for host CD80/CD86 costimulatory molecules in cardiac versus islet rejection.
- Immunobiology of cardiac allograft and xenograft transplantation.
- CD4 T cell-mediated cardiac allograft rejection requires donor but not host MHC class II.
- Infant Heart transplantation: improved intermediate results.
- Improved pretransplant management of infants with hypoplastic left Heart syndrome enables discharge to home while waiting for transplantation.
- Donor IFN-gamma receptors are critical for acute CD4(+) T cell-mediated cardiac allograft rejection.
- A two-step model of acute CD4 T-cell mediated cardiac allograft rejection.
- Transplantation immunology 2003: simplified approach.
- Coronary artery vasculopathy in pediatric cardiac transplant patients: the therapeutic potential of immunomodulators.
- Mechanical limitation of pulmonary blood flow facilitates Heart transplantation in older infants with hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Pediatric cardiac retransplant: differing patterns of primary graft failure by age at first transplant.
- Outcome of acute graft rejection associated with hemodynamic compromise in pediatric Heart transplant recipients.
- Acute cardiac allograft rejection by directly cytotoxic CD4 T cells: parallel requirements for Fas and perforin.
- Predicting recovery: successful explant of a ventricular assist device in a child with dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Long-term outcome of palliation with internal pulmonary artery bands after primary Heart transplantation for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures in pediatric cardiac transplant patients: transplant surgery is not the end of the road.
- Pediatric Heart transplantation after declaration of cardiocirculatory death.
- Successful orthotopic Heart transplant in an infant with an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the left ventricle.
- Spontaneous allograft tolerance in B7-deficient mice independent of preexisting endogenous CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells.
- A 15-year review of children with Kawasaki''s Syndrome having general anesthesia or deep sedation.
- Perturbation of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1/intercellular adhesion molecule-1 results in differential outcomes in cardiac vs islet allograft survival.
- Non-invasive detection of acute allograft rejection in children by tissue Doppler imaging: myocardial velocities and myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contract...
- Evidence of pulmonary vascular Disease after heart transplantation for Fontan circulation failure.
Schools
University Of South Florida College Of Medicine
Cincinnati Children39s Hospital Medical CenterUniversity Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine Program
Cincinnati Children39s Hospital Medical Center Program
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Imaging
Conditions Treated
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the Aorta
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Care HMO
- Blue Select
- BlueDental Choice
- NetworkBlue
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Employer Group Open Access HMO
- Employer Group PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Golden Rule
- Choice Care PPO
- Select HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MedHealthInsurance
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Meritain Health
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center -
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Hospital
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UF Health Shands Hospital
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