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Kent Ronald Nilsson Jr.

Kent Ronald Nilsson Jr.

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
kent.nilsson@duke.edu
Duke Box 3126, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Atrial fibrillation complicating acute coronary syndromes

Journal Article Journal of Atrial Fibrillation · October 1, 2012 Atrial fibrillation frequently complicates myocardial infarction. Patients with atrial fibrillation complicating acute coronary syndrome have increased morbidity and mortality relative to patients that remain in normal sinus rhythm. No studies have identif ... Cite

Early repolarization: a sword in the haystack?

Journal Article Heart Rhythm · August 2012 Full text Link to item Cite

Hemiazygous coil placement for high-defibrillation thresholds in a patient with a right-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Journal Article Pacing Clin Electrophysiol · January 2012 A 41-year-old man underwent implantation of a right-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator after removal of an infected left-sided system. Defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing on the right-sided system failed to convert ventricular fibrillation at ... Full text Link to item Cite

The S1103Y cardiac sodium channel variant is associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator events in blacks with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction.

Journal Article Circ Cardiovasc Genet · April 2011 BACKGROUND: Risk-stratifying heart failure patients for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) remains a challenge, especially for blacks, who have an increased incidence of sudden cardiac death but have been underrepresented in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Atrial fibrillation management strategies and early mortality after myocardial infarction: results from the Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction (VALIANT) Trial.

Journal Article Heart · June 2010 OBJECTIVE: The management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) following a myocardial infarction (MI) remains uncertain. This study compared a rate control strategy to an anti-arrhythmic-based rhythm control strategy for the treatment of AF following ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cholinergic augmentation of insulin release requires ankyrin-B.

Journal Article Sci Signal · March 16, 2010 Parasympathetic stimulation of pancreatic islets augments glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by inducing inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R)-mediated calcium ion (Ca2+) release. Ankyrin-B binds to the IP(3)R and is enriched in pancreatic beta cells. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rationale and design of the Duke Electrophysiology Genetic and Genomic Studies (EPGEN) biorepository.

Journal Article Am Heart J · November 2009 BACKGROUND: Disturbances in cardiac rhythm can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Many arrhythmias are known to have a heritable component, but the degree to which genetic variation contributes to disease risk and morbidity is poorly understood. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ankyrin-based patterning of membrane microdomains: new insights into a novel class of cardiovascular diseases.

Journal Article J Cardiovasc Pharmacol · August 2009 The organization of membrane-spanning proteins within discrete microdomains is critical for their physiologic function. This is especially important in the heart, where ion transporter and force-transducing microdomains are responsible for excitation-contr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chronic heart failure and exercise intolerance: the hemodynamic paradox.

Journal Article Curr Cardiol Rev · May 2008 Heart failure represents a major source of morbidity and mortality in industrialized nations. As the leading hospital discharge diagnosis in the United States in patients over the age of 65, it is also associated with substantial economic costs. While the ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of cardiograph design and automated algorithms on the incidence and detection of electrode cable reversals in an academic electrocardiogram laboratory.

Journal Article J Electrocardiol · 2008 BACKGROUND: Medical errors have been increasingly identified as a major source of morbidity and mortality in both outpatient and acute care settings. Central to the evaluation of many medical problems, the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is susceptible to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between venous thromboembolism and perioperative allogeneic transfusion

Journal Article Archives of Surgery · 2007 Hypothesis: Perioperative allogeneic blood product transfusion would be associated with venous thromboembolic complications in surgical patients. Design: Observational study using a state discharge database. Setting: Nonfederal acute care hospitals in Mary ... Full text Cite

Simultaneous restenosis of Taxus and Cypher drug-eluting stents.

Journal Article J Invasive Cardiol · November 2006 Link to item Cite

Malaria or typhoid fever: A diagnostic dilemma? [6] (multiple letters)

Journal Article American Journal of Medicine · 2005 Full text Cite

A 57-year-old man with a 6-day headache and fatigue

Journal Article American Journal of Medicine · 2005 Full text Cite

Cases from the osler medical service at johns hopkins university

Journal Article American Journal of Medicine · 2004 Full text Cite

Preoperative predictors of blood transfusion in colorectal cancer surgery

Journal Article Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery · 2002 Transfusion is associated with multiple risks and morbidities. Little is known, however, about preoperative predictors of transfusion in gastrointestinal surgery patients. To identify factors that influence transfusion practices, we analyzed hospital disch ... Full text Cite

Osmium-Promoted Dipolar Cycloadditions with Pyrroles: An Efficient, Stereoselective Synthesis of 7-Azanorbornanes

Journal Article Journal of the American Chemical Society · January 1, 1995 A series of 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene complexes are prepared from [Os(NH3)5(η2-L)]2+ (L = pyrrole, 1-methylpyrrole, 2,5-dimethylpyrrole, 1,2,5-trimethylpyrrole, or 1-(trimethylsilyl)pyrrole) and various dipol ... Full text Cite