Kent Ronald Nilsson Jr.
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2013
Contact Information
- Dept of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710
- Duke Box 3126, Durham, NC 27710
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kent.nilsson@duke.edu
(919) 684-8111
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University 2002
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2011 - 2013
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2010
- Research
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Selected Grants
- The Role of Ankyrin-B Mutations in Premature Senescence awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2013
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Pokorney, S. D., M. Rao, K. R. Nilsson, and J. P. Piccini. “Atrial fibrillation complicating acute coronary syndromes.” Journal of Atrial Fibrillation 5, no. 3 (October 1, 2012): 98–109.
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Sun, Albert Y., and Kent R. Nilsson. “Early repolarization: a sword in the haystack?” Heart Rhythm 9, no. 8 (August 2012): 1301–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.056.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., and Kevin P. Jackson. “Hemiazygous coil placement for high-defibrillation thresholds in a patient with a right-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator.” Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 35, no. 1 (January 2012): e10–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02862.x.Full Text Link to Item
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Sun, Albert Y., Jason I. Koontz, Svati H. Shah, Jonathan P. Piccini, Kent R. Nilsson, Damian Craig, Carol Haynes, Simon G. Gregory, Patrick M. Hranitzky, and Geoffrey S. Pitt. “The S1103Y cardiac sodium channel variant is associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator events in blacks with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.” Circ Cardiovasc Genet 4, no. 2 (April 2011): 163–68. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.958652.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., Sana M. Al-Khatib, Yi Zhou, Karen Pieper, Harvey D. White, Aldo P. Maggioni, Lars Kober, et al. “Atrial fibrillation management strategies and early mortality after myocardial infarction: results from the Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction (VALIANT) Trial.” Heart 96, no. 11 (June 2010): 838–42. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2009.180182.Full Text Link to Item
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Healy, Jane A., Kent R. Nilsson, Hans E. Hohmeier, Jelena Berglund, Jonathan Davis, Janis Hoffman, Martin Kohler, et al. “Cholinergic augmentation of insulin release requires ankyrin-B.” Sci Signal 3, no. 113 (March 16, 2010): ra19. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.2000771.Full Text Link to Item
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Koontz, Jason I., Daniel Haithcock, Valerie Cumbea, Anthony Waldron, Kristie Stricker, Amy Hughes, Kent Nilsson, et al. “Rationale and design of the Duke Electrophysiology Genetic and Genomic Studies (EPGEN) biorepository.” Am Heart J 158, no. 5 (November 2009): 719–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.011.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., and Vann Bennett. “Ankyrin-based patterning of membrane microdomains: new insights into a novel class of cardiovascular diseases.” J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 54, no. 2 (August 2009): 106–15. https://doi.org/10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181b2b6ed.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., Brian D. Duscha, Patrick M. Hranitzky, and William E. Kraus. “Chronic heart failure and exercise intolerance: the hemodynamic paradox.” Curr Cardiol Rev 4, no. 2 (May 2008): 92–100. https://doi.org/10.2174/157340308784245757.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., Phyllis M. Sewell, Patricia Blunden-Kasdorf, Kimberly Starkey, Augustus O. Grant, and Galen S. Wagner. “The influence of cardiograph design and automated algorithms on the incidence and detection of electrode cable reversals in an academic electrocardiogram laboratory.” J Electrocardiol 41, no. 5 (2008): 382–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.06.006.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, Kent R., and Patrick Hranitzky. “Early failure of a small diameter high-voltage implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead.” Heart Rhythm 5, no. 1 (January 2008): 168–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.12.002.Full Text Link to Item
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Nilsson, K. R., S. M. Berenholtz, E. Garrett-Mayer, T. Dorman, M. J. Klag, and P. J. Pronovost. “Association between venous thromboembolism and perioperative allogeneic transfusion.” Archives of Surgery 142, no. 2 (2007): 126–32. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.142.2.126.Full Text
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Nilsson, Kent R., Shayar M. Gharacholou, Michael H. Sketch, and Mitchell W. Krucoff. “Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents.” J Invasive Cardiol 18, no. 11 (November 2006): 557–60.Link to Item
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Antinori, S., P. Morelli, K. R. Nilsson, J. C. Bakken, and S. Mani. “A 57-year-old man with a 6-day headache and fatigue [5] (multiple letters).” American Journal of Medicine 118, no. 12 (2005): 1441–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.039.Full Text
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Baken, J., K. R. Nilsson, S. Mani, and C. M. Wiener. “A 57-year-old man with a 6-day headache and fatigue.” American Journal of Medicine 118, no. 3 (2005): 219–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.12.001.Full Text
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Cunha, B. A., J. C. Bakken, K. R. Nilsson, and S. Mani. “Malaria or typhoid fever: A diagnostic dilemma? [6] (multiple letters).” American Journal of Medicine 118, no. 12 (2005): 1442–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.04.033.Full Text
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Nilsson, K., and S. Mani. “Cases from the osler medical service at johns hopkins university.” American Journal of Medicine 116, no. 1 (2004): 54–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.11.007.Full Text
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Nilsson, K. R., S. M. Berenholtz, T. Dorman, E. Garrett, P. Lipsett, H. S. Kaujman, and P. J. Pronovost. “Preoperative predictors of blood transfusion in colorectal cancer surgery.” Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 6, no. 5 (2002): 753–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00043-4.Full Text
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Gonzalez, J., J. I. Koontz, L. M. Hodges, K. R. Nilsson, M. Sabat, W. D. Harman, L. K. Neely, and W. H. Myers. “Osmium-Promoted Dipolar Cycloadditions with Pyrroles: An Efficient, Stereoselective Synthesis of 7-Azanorbornanes.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 117, no. 12 (January 1, 1995): 3405–21. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00117a010.Full Text
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