Remi Kowalski

Milrinone Acts as a Vasodilator But Not an Inotrope in Children After Cardiac Surgery-Insights From Wave Intensity Analysis

Sarfaraz Rahiman, Remi Kowalski, Sit Yee Kwok, Sunit Matha, Bryn Jones, Joseph J Smolich, Jonathan P Mynard, Warwick Butt, Johnny Millar

Journal article  |  2020  |  CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

OBJECTIVES: Milrinone is an inodilator widely used in the postoperative management of children undergoing cardiac surgery. The lit..

Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation of Pressure/Flow Waves in Blood Vessels

Jonathan P Mynard, Avinash Kondiboyina, Remi Kowalski, Michael MH Cheung, Joseph J Smolich

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY

The optimal performance of the cardiovascular system, as well as the break-down of this performance with disease, both involve com..

Reduced Aortic Distensibility is Associated With Higher Aorto-Carotid Wave Transmission and Central Aortic Systolic Pressure in Young Adults After Coarctation Repair

Remi Kowalski, Melissa GY Lee, Lex W Doyle, Jeanie LY Cheong, Joseph J Smolich, Yves d'Udekem, Jonathan P Mynard, Michael MH Cheung

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Background The long-term prognosis of patients with repaired aortic coarctation is characterized by high rates of cardiovascular a..

Beyond the aorta: partial transmission of reflected waves from aortic coarctation into supra-aortic branches modulates cerebral hemodynamics and left ventricular load

Jonathan P Mynard, Remi Kowalski, Michael MH Cheung, Joseph J Smolich

Journal article  |  2017  |  BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY

Wave reflection from the site of aortic coarctation produces a reflected backward compression wave (BCW) that raises left ventricu..

Elevated Blood Pressure with Reduced Left Ventricular and Aortic Dimensions in Adolescents Born Extremely Preterm

Remi R Kowalski, Richard Beare, Lex W Doyle, Joseph J Smolich, Michael MH Cheung

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term cardiovascular effects of extremely preterm birth in a cohort of adolescents followed prospec..

Risk factors and clinical features of acute pulmonary embolism in children from the community

Charlie Yue Wang, Vera Ignjatovic, Peter Francis, Timothy Cain, Franz Babl, Remi Kowalski, Andrew Cochrane, Paul Monagle

Journal article  |  2016  |  THROMBOSIS RESEARCH

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Current clinical decision rules for pulmonary embolism are based on adult populations and have not been valid..

Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring detects a high prevalence of hypertension late after coarctation repair in patients with hypoplastic arches

Melissa GY Lee, Remi Kowalski, John C Galati, Michael MH Cheung, Bryn Jones, Jane Koleff, Yves d'Udekem

Journal article  |  2012  |  JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

OBJECTIVES: To determine by 24-hour blood pressure monitoring the risk of hypertension late after coarctation repair in patients w..