Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., Ohio State University 1972
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 1994 - 1996
  • Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1978 - 1982
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • Krucoff, MW, Crater, SW, Gallup, D, Blankenship, JC, Cuffe, M, Guarneri, M, Krieger, RA, Kshettry, VR, Morris, K, Oz, M, Pichard, A, Sketch, MH, Koenig, HG, Mark, D, and Lee, KL. "Music, imagery, touch, and prayer as adjuncts to interventional cardiac care: the Monitoring and Actualisation of Noetic Trainings (MANTRA) II randomised study." Lancet (London, England) 366, no. 9481 (July 2005): 211-217.  Full Text
    • Grunberg, GE, Crater, SW, Green, CL, Seskevich, J, Lane, JD, Koenig, HG, Bashore, TM, Morris, KG, Mark, DB, and Krucoff, MW. "Correlations between preprocedure mood and clinical outcome in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty." Cardiol Rev 11, no. 6 (November 2003): 309-317.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Krucoff, MW, Crater, SW, Green, CL, Maas, AC, Seskevich, JE, Lane, JD, Loeffler, KA, Morris, K, Bashore, TM, and Koenig, HG. "Integrative noetic therapies as adjuncts to percutaneous intervention during unstable coronary syndromes: Monitoring and Actualization of Noetic Training (MANTRA) feasibility pilot." Am Heart J 142, no. 5 (November 2001): 760-769.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Morey, MC, Schenkman, M, Studenski, SA, Chandler, JM, Crowley, GM, Sullivan, RJ, Pieper, CF, Doyle, ME, Higginbotham, MB, Horner, RD, MacAller, H, Puglisi, CM, Morris, KG, and Weinberger, M. "Spinal-flexibility-plus-aerobic versus aerobic-only training: effect of a randomized clinical trial on function in at-risk older adults." J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 54, no. 7 (July 1999): M335-M342.  Link to Item
    • Baker, WA, Hearne, SE, Spero, LA, Morris, KG, Harrington, RA, Sketch, MH, Behar, VS, Kong, Y, Peter, RH, Bashore, TM, Harrison, JK, and Cusma, JT. "Lossy (15:1) JPEG compression of digital coronary angiograms does not limit detection of subtle morphological features." Circulation 96, no. 4 (August 19, 1997): 1157-1164.  Link to Item
    • Rigolin, VH, Robiolio, PA, Spero, LA, Harrawood, BP, Morris, KG, Fortin, DF, Baker, WA, Bashore, TM, and Cusma, JT. "Compression of digital coronary angiograms does not affect visual or quantitative assessment of coronary artery stenosis severity." Am J Cardiol 78, no. 2 (July 15, 1996): 131-135.  Link to Item
    • Liao, L, Jollis, JG, DeLong, ER, Peterson, ED, Morris, KG, and Mark, DB. "Impact of an interactive video on decision making of patients with ischemic heart disease." J Gen Intern Med 11, no. 6 (June 1996): 373-376.  Link to Item
    • Cusma, JT, Spero, LA, van der Geest, RJ, Bashore, TM, and Morris, KG. "Application of quantitative coronary angiography in a cineless environment: in vivo assessment of a fully automated system for clinical use." Am Heart J 129, no. 2 (February 1995): 300-306.  Link to Item
    • Geest, RJVD, Morris, KG, Cusma, JT, and Reiber, JHC. "Postmortem validation of the automated coronary analyis (ACA) software package." The International Journal of Cardiac Imaging 10, no. 2 (1994): 95-102.  Full Text
    • Harding, MB, Davidson, CJ, Pieper, KS, Hlatky, M, Schwab, SJ, Morris, KG, Hermiller, JB, and Bashore, TM. "Comparison of cardiovascular and renal toxicity after cardiac catheterization using a nonionic versus ionic radiographic contrast agent." Am J Cardiol 68, no. 10 (October 15, 1991): 1117-1119.  Link to Item
    • Cusma, JT, Morris, KG, Chu, A, Spero, LA, and Bashore, TM. "An image processing algorithm for the determination of changes in coronary blood flow from digital coronary angiograms." Computers in Cardiology (1991): 125-128.
    • Cusma, JT, Spero, LA, Morris, KG, Tcheng, JE, and Bashore, TM. "Quantitative analysis of cardiac images: Application in the clinical environment." MedicaMundi 36, no. 1 (1991): 26-35.
    • Hlatky, MA, Morris, KG, Pieper, KS, Davidson, CJ, Schwab, SJ, and Bashore, TM. "Randomized comparison of the cost and effectiveness of iopamidol and diatrizoate as contrast agents for cardiac angiography." J Am Coll Cardiol 16, no. 4 (October 1990): 871-877.  Link to Item
    • Cusma, JT, Spero, LA, Hanemann, JD, Bashore, TM, and Morris, KG. "Multiuser environment for the display and processing of digital cardiac angiographic images." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 1233 (1990): 310-320.
    • Chu, A, Morris, KG, Kuehl, WD, Cusma, J, Navetta, F, and Cobb, FR. "Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on the coronary arterial vasculature in humans." Circulation 80, no. 6 (December 1989): 1627-1635.  Link to Item
    • Schwab, SJ, Hlatky, MA, Pieper, KS, Davidson, CJ, Morris, KG, Skelton, TN, and Bashore, TM. "Contrast nephrotoxicity: a randomized controlled trial of a nonionic and an ionic radiographic contrast agent." N Engl J Med 320, no. 3 (January 19, 1989): 149-153.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Davidson, CJ, Hlatky, M, Morris, KG, Pieper, K, Skelton, TN, Schwab, SJ, and Bashore, TM. "Cardiovascular and renal toxicity of a nonionic radiographic contrast agent after cardiac catheterization. A prospective trial." Ann Intern Med 110, no. 2 (January 15, 1989): 119-124.  Link to Item
    • Bursztyn, M, Canzannello, VJ, Eames, FA, Barrett, BJ, Parfrey, PS, Griffiths, SM, Schwab, SJ, Hlatky, MA, Pieper, KS, Davidson, CJ, Morris, KG, Bashore, TM, and Skelton, TN. "Contrast nephrotoxicity." New England Journal of Medicine 321, no. 6 (1989): 395-397.
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Chronic stable angina monotherapy. Nifedipine versus propranolol." The American Journal of Medicine 86, no. 1 SUPPL. 1 (1989): 1-5.  Full Text
    • Robinson, JL, Browning, DM, Clark, SE, Crafter, VA, Gray, BC, Hurrell, AE, Kilshaw, D, Morris, K, and White, JM. "Clinical chemistry outside laboratories: Report of a second survey." Medical Laboratory Sciences 46, no. 1 (1989): 16-22.
    • Stack, RS, Califf, RM, Hinohara, T, Phillips, HR, Pryor, DB, Simonton, CA, Carlson, EB, Morris, KG, Behar, VS, and Kong, Y. "Survival and cardiac event rates in the first year after emergency coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 11, no. 6 (June 1988): 1141-1149.  Full Text
    • Morris, KG, and Phillips, HR. "Hemodynamic effects of intravenous pirmenol." Angiology 39, no. 3 II (1988): 321-326.
    • Morris, KG. "A perspective: Designing the all digital cardiac catheterization laboratory." American Journal of Cardiac Imaging 2, no. 3 (1988): 251-258.
    • Stack, RS, O'Connor, CM, Mark, DB, Hinohara, T, Phillips, HR, Lee, MM, Ramirez, NM, O'Callaghan, WG, Simonton, CA, and Carlson, EB. "Coronary perfusion during acute myocardial infarction with a combined therapy of coronary angioplasty and high-dose intravenous streptokinase." Circulation 77, no. 1 (January 1988): 151-161.  Full Text
    • Carlson, EB, Hinohara, T, and Morris, KG. "Recovery of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function after a 60-second coronary arterial occlusion during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for angina pectoris." The American Journal of Cardiology 60, no. 7 (1987): 460-466.
    • Carlson, EB, Morris, KG, Hinohara, T, and Sintetos, AL. "Digital subtraction angiography in angioplasty of total coronary artery occlusion." Chest 92, no. 3 (1987): 560-561.
    • Schneider, RM, Morris, KG, Chu, A, Roberts, KB, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Relation between myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function following acute coronary occlusion: Disproportionate effects of anterior vs. inferior ischemia." Circulation Research 60, no. 1 (1987): 60-71.
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Williams, RS, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Physiologic basis for the age-related decline in aerobic work capacity." Am J Cardiol 57, no. 15 (June 1, 1986): 1374-1379.  Link to Item
    • Higginbotham, MB, Belkin, RN, Morris, KG, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Value and limitation of biplane rest and exercise radionuclide angiography for assessing individual bypass grafts: a prospective study." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 7, no. 5 (May 1986): 1004-1014.  Full Text
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Williams, RS, McHale, PA, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Regulation of stroke volume during submaximal and maximal upright exercise in normal man." Circulation Research 58, no. 2 (February 1986): 281-291.  Full Text
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Comparison of nifedipine alone with propranolol alone for stable angina pectoris including hemodynamics at rest and during exercise." The American Journal of Cardiology 57, no. 13 (1986): 1022-1028.
    • Stack, RS, Stack, RK, Morris, KG, Bauman, RP, and Shadoff, N. "Temporary balloon occlusion of the inferior vena cava for immediate reversal of acute pulmonary edema." The American Journal of Cardiology 57, no. 10 (1986): 886-887.
    • Schneider, RM, Chu, A, Akaishi, M, Weintraub, WS, Morris, KG, and Cobb, FR. "Left ventricular ejection fraction after acute coronary occlusion in conscious dogs: relation to the extent and site of myocardial infarction." Circulation 72, no. 3 (September 1985): 632-638.  Full Text
    • Morris, KG, Palmeri, ST, Califf, RM, McKinnis, RA, Higginbotham, MB, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Value of radionuclide angiography for predicting specific cardiac events after acute myocardial infarction." The American Journal of Cardiology 55, no. 4 (February 1985): 318-324.  Full Text
    • Gibbons, RJ, Morris, KG, Lee, K, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Assessment of regional left ventricular function using gated radionuclide angiography." The American Journal of Cardiology 54, no. 3 (August 1984): 294-300.  Full Text
    • Mark, DB, Califf, RM, Morris, KG, Harrell, FE, Pryor, DB, Hlatky, MA, Lee, KL, and Rosati, RA. "Clinical characteristics and long-term survival of patients with variant angina." Circulation 69, no. 5 (May 1984): 880-888.  Full Text
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Colemen, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Sex-related differences in the normal cardiac response to upright exercise." Circulation 70, no. 3 I (1984): 357-366.
    • Schneider, RM, Roberts, KB, Morris, KG, Stanfield, JA, and Cobb, FR. "Relation between radionuclide angiographic regional ejection fraction and left ventricular regional ischemia in awake dogs." The American Journal of Cardiology 53, no. 2 (1984): 294-301.
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Bramlet, DA, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Long-term ambulatory therapy with prazosin versus placebo for chronic heart failure: relation between clinical response and left ventricular function at rest and during exercise." Am J Cardiol 52, no. 7 (October 1, 1983): 782-788.  Link to Item
    • Bramlet, DA, Morris, KG, Coleman, RE, Albert, D, and Cobb, FR. "Effect of rate-dependent left bundle branch block on global and regional left ventricular function." Circulation 67, no. 5 (May 1983): 1059-1065.  Link to Item
    • Higginbotham, MB, Morris, KG, Conn, EH, Coleman, RE, and Cobb, FR. "Determinants of variable exercise performance among patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction." The American Journal of Cardiology 51, no. 1 (January 1983): 52-60.  Full Text
    • Morris, KG, Higginbotham, MB, Coleman, RE, Shand, DG, and Cobb, FR. "Comparison of high-dose and medium-dose propranolol in the relief of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia." The American Journal of Cardiology 52, no. 1 (1983): 7-13.
    • Phillips, HR, Spray, TL, Lowe, JE, Morris, KG, and Wechsler, AS. "Subvalvular thrombotic obstruction of an aortic porcine heterograft." Chest 81, no. 6 (June 1982): 756-758.  Link to Item
    • Palmeri, ST, Harrison, DG, Cobb, FR, Morris, KG, Harrell, FE, Ideker, RE, Selvester, RH, and Wagner, GS. "A QRS scoring system for assessing left ventricular function after myocardial infarction." The New England Journal of Medicine 306, no. 1 (January 1982): 4-9.  Full Text
    • Phillips, HR, Stack, RS, Davis, DD, Morris, KG, Lee, KL, Shand, DG, and Pritchett, ELC. "Hemodynamic effects of the antiarrhythmic drug pirmenol." Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 32, no. 2 (1982): 235-239.
    • Severance, HW, Morris, KG, and Wagner, GS. "Criteria for early discharge after acute myocardial infarction: validation in a community hospital." Archives of Internal Medicine 142, no. 1 (January 1982): 39-41.  Full Text
    • Morris, KG, Palmeri, ST, and Coleman, RE. "The effects of moderate and high dose propranolol on ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease." American Journal of Cardiology 47, no. 2 II (1981): 430--.  Full Text
    • Swain, JL, Morris, KG, Bruno, FP, and Cobb, FR. "Comparison of multigated radionuclide angiography with ultrasonic sonomicrometry over a wide range of ventricular function in the conscious dog." The American Journal of Cardiology 46, no. 6 (December 1980): 976-982.  Full Text
    • Nielsen, AP, Morris, KG, Murdock, R, Bruno, FP, and Cobb, FR. "Linear relationship between the distribution of thallium-201 and blood flow in ischemic and nonischemic myocardium during exercise." Circulation 61, no. 4 (1980): 797-801.

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