Kelly McCants, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Medicine
Medical Director of Cardiac Transplantation
 

Clinical Interests:

• Cardiac hemodynamics
• Heart Failure and Transplantation
• Endomyocardial biopsy
• Management of left ventricular assist devices

Clinical Research Interests:

• Novel therapies for advanced heart failure

Selected Publications

• Bartoli CR, McCants KC, Birks EJ, Flaherty MP, Slaughter MS. Percutaneous Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale to Prevent Paradoxical Thromboembolism in a Patient With a Continuous-Flow LVAD. J Invasive Cardiol. 2013 Mar;25(3):154-6.
• Vongooru H, McCants KC, Prabhu SD. Mitral valve prolapse after long-term mechanical ventricular unloading. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Sep;30(9):1067-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.02.010. Epub 2011 Apr 7.
• Williams ML, Trivedi JR, McCants KC, Prabhu SD, Birks EJ, Oliver L, Slaughter MS. Heart transplant vs left ventricular assist device in heart transplant-eligible patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May;91(5):1330-3; discussion 1333-4. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.01.062. Epub 2011 Mar 24.