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Last published 2026
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Kenneth R. Knecht

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Professor of Pediatrics

Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2011–2026); Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (2005); University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2009–2010); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2020–2021); Lehigh Valley Hospital (1999–2000); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2018); Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2024)

16 h-index 83 pubs 1,091 cited

  • Humans
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Child
  • Male
  • Female
  • Adolescent
  • Child, Preschool
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Infant
  • Graft Rejection
  • Adult
  • Tissue Donors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
  • Risk Factors

Biography and Research Information

Metrics

  • h-index: 16
  • Publications: 83
  • Citations: 1,091

Positions

  • University of Arkansas System 2009–present
    Pediatrics ORCID
  • Professor of Pediatrics publications 2011–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • Leaflet Length is a Reliable Measure of Aortic Valve Growth (2026)
    Pediatric Cardiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Cardiac Function Decline After General Anesthesia and Cardiac Catheterization in Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients (2024)
    Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 17159: Chronic Corticosteroid Immunosuppression in African American Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Does Not Improve Outcomes (2023)
    Circulation DOI OpenAlex
  • Mid-aortic syndrome diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiogram in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (2023)
    Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 11319: Post-Operative Dialysis in Failing Fontan Patients Undergoing Heart Transplant: How Well Does the Pre-Transplant Creatinine Clearance Risk-Stratify Patients? (2022)
    Circulation DOI OpenAlex
  • Diversity of Dystrophin Gene Mutations and Disease Progression in a Contemporary Cohort of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2022)
    Pediatric Cardiology 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Serial assessment of right ventricular function can detect acute cellular rejection in children with heart transplantation (2022)
    Pediatric Transplantation 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Echocardiographic Predictors of Acute Cellular Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients (2021)
    PEDIATRICS DOI OpenAlex
  • Relationship of ventricular assist device support duration with pediatric heart transplant outcomes (2021)
    The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of the pediatric failing Fontan (2021)
    The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Hepatorenal dysfunction assessment with the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Excluding INR score predicts worse survival after heart transplant in pediatric Fontan patients (2021)
    Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 46 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Variable Presentation of COVID-19 in Pediatric Patients (2021)
    The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 13291: Impact of VAD Support Duration on Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes (2020)
    Circulation 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use in Males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction (2020)
    Pediatric Cardiology 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Risk Factors for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Causes of Death in Males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2020)
    Pediatric Cardiology 44 citations DOI OpenAlex

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