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Eli Contorno Data-verified
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Researcher
faculty
2 h-index
14 pubs
16 cited
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Eli Contorno's research focuses on cardiac surgery, particularly heart transplantation and valve replacement. His work investigates the feasibility of partial heart transplantation, including the viability of grafts during extended cold preservation and the suitability of infant recipients to serve as domino partial heart transplant donors. Contorno also studies options for pediatric heart valve replacement and the use of transthoracic echocardiography for assessing cardiac parameters in young animals, such as growing piglets. His publications address treatment strategies and outcomes for complex congenital heart conditions like Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect. Contorno collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including John Lowery, Brian Reemtsen, Taufiek Konrad Rajab, and Rodolfo Henrich‐Lobo.
Metrics
- h-index: 2
- Publications: 14
- Citations: 16
Selected Publications
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Cellular and Biomechanical Changes in Heart Valve Allografts following Vitrification (2026)
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Abstract 4371518: Vitrified Partial Heart Transplants Grow at the Same Rate as Fresh Partial Heart Transplants and Retain Viable Donor Cells In-Vivo (2025)
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Treatment Strategies and Outcomes in Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect Without Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries in North America 2003-2023 (2025)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Herra Javed
12 shared publications
- Domino partial heart transplantation
- Viability of Partial Heart Transplant Grafts During Prolonged Cold Preservation Suggests That Longer Donor Cold Chain Logistics May Be Feasible
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Suitability of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients to Serve as Domino Partial Heart Transplant Donors
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Anatomy, Physiology, and Outcomes
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Taufiek Konrad Rajab
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
5 shared publications
- Viability of Partial Heart Transplant Grafts During Prolonged Cold Preservation Suggests That Longer Donor Cold Chain Logistics May Be Feasible
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Suitability of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients to Serve as Domino Partial Heart Transplant Donors
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
Lowell Steen
5 shared publications
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating cardiac parameters in growing piglets
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
- A step-by-step protocol for isolation and flow cytometry analysis of porcine cardiac valve leaflets
Brian Reemtsen
University of Arkansas Medical Center
4 shared publications
In database
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Tracheal Allotransplantation to Deliver Growing Airway Implants for Infants and Children
- Pediatric partial heart xenotransplantation as an early use case of xenograft tissue
- Abstract 4371518: Vitrified Partial Heart Transplants Grow at the Same Rate as Fresh Partial Heart Transplants and Retain Viable Donor Cells In-Vivo
John Lowery
Arkansas Children's Hospital
4 shared publications
In database
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
- A step-by-step protocol for isolation and flow cytometry analysis of porcine cardiac valve leaflets
Rodolfo Henrich‐Lobo
University of Arkansas Medical Center
3 shared publications
In database
- Viability of Partial Heart Transplant Grafts During Prolonged Cold Preservation Suggests That Longer Donor Cold Chain Logistics May Be Feasible
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Abstract 4371518: Vitrified Partial Heart Transplants Grow at the Same Rate as Fresh Partial Heart Transplants and Retain Viable Donor Cells In-Vivo
David Irby
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
3 shared publications
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
- A step-by-step protocol for isolation and flow cytometry analysis of porcine cardiac valve leaflets
Taufiek Konrad Rajab
3 shared publications
In database
- Transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating cardiac parameters in growing piglets
- Pediatric partial heart xenotransplantation as an early use case of xenograft tissue
- A step-by-step protocol for isolation and flow cytometry analysis of porcine cardiac valve leaflets
Maggie Rogers
University of Arkansas Medical Center (US)
2 shared publications
- Suitability of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients to Serve as Domino Partial Heart Transplant Donors
- Abstract 4371518: Vitrified Partial Heart Transplants Grow at the Same Rate as Fresh Partial Heart Transplants and Retain Viable Donor Cells In-Vivo
Taufiek Konrad Rajab
2 shared publications
- Domino partial heart transplantation
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Anatomy, Physiology, and Outcomes
Ahmed Zaghw
Arkansas Children's Hospital
2 shared publications
In database
- Options for pediatric heart valve replacement
- Transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating cardiac parameters in growing piglets
Edo Bedzra
Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
2 shared publications
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Anatomy, Physiology, and Outcomes
- Treatment Strategies and Outcomes in Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect Without Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries in North America 2003-2023
Amna Qasim
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
2 shared publications
- Tetralogy of Fallot: Anatomy, Physiology, and Outcomes
- Transthoracic echocardiography for evaluating cardiac parameters in growing piglets
M.B. Bradley
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
2 shared publications
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
Brian Reemsten
Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
2 shared publications
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Porcine Models
- Intramuscular Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics in a Pediatric Porcine Model for Partial Heart Transplantation
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