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Joshua Kovach MD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Cardiology

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Publications (26)

  • Limited Relationship Between Echocardiographic Measures and Electrocardiographic Markers of Left Ventricular Size in Healthy Children. (Alexander ME, Gongwer R, Trachtenberg FL, Minich LL, Triedman JK, Kaltman JR, Czosek RJ, Tristani-Firouzi M, LaPage MJ, Tsao SS, Radbill AE, DiLorenzo MP, Kovach JR, Stephenson EA, Janson C, Mao C, Salerno JC, Clark BC, Mahgerefteh J, Pilcher T, Johnson TR, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, Cain N, Jackson L, Saarel EV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators) Pediatr Cardiol 2024 Jun;45(5):1055-1063 PMID: 38520508 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188295361 03/23/2024    
  • Multicenter retrospective evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. (Gakenheimer-Smith L, Ou Z, Kuang J, Moore JP, Burrows A, Kovach J, Dechert B, Beach CM, Ayers M, Tan RB, Mostafavifar M, Mah DY, Conner TM, Turpin S, Avasarala K, Shah MJ, Webster G, Posey J, Etheridge SP, Binka E, Niu M, Asaki SY, Lambert LM, Pilcher TA) Heart Rhythm 2023 Dec;20(12):1752-1758 PMID: 37648183 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171877273 08/31/2023       1 Citation
  • Evaluation of age at symptom onset, proband status, and sex as predictors of disease severity in pediatric catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. (Kallas D, Roston TM, Franciosi S, Brett L, Lieve KVV, Kwok SY, Kannankeril PJ, Krahn AD, LaPage MJ, Etheridge S, Hill A, Johnsrude C, Perry J, Knight L, Fischbach P, Balaji S, Tisma-Dupanovic S, Law I, Atallah J, Backhoff D, Kamp A, Kubus P, Kean A, Aziz PF, Kovach J, Lau Y, Kron J, Clur SA, Sarquella-Brugada G, Wilde AAM, Sanatani S) Heart Rhythm 2021 Nov;18(11):1825-1832 PMID: 34333088 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85113307351 08/02/2021       15 Citations
  • Impact of a paediatric cardiac rehabilitation programme upon patient quality of life. (Kroll KH, Kovach JR, Ginde S, Jacobsen RM, Danduran M, Foster A, Brosig CL) Cardiol Young 2021 May;31(5):804-811 PMID: 33407962 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098991109 01/08/2021       9 Citations
  • Contact force ablation of accessory pathways in pediatric patients. (Pook C, Kuhn E, Singh A, Kovach J) J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2021 Feb;32(2):370-375 PMID: 33205493 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096785737 11/19/2020       4 Citations
  • Methadone's Effect on Cardiac Repolarization: Safety in the PICU. (Friedman SD, Kovach JR, Thompson NE) Pediatr Crit Care Med 2020 Sep;21(9):e747-e751 PMID: 32740189 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090506982 08/03/2020       2 Citations
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Children is Safe with Most Pacemaker Systems, Including Those with Epicardial Leads. (Bireley M, Kovach JR, Morton C, Cava JR, Pan AY, Nugent M, Samyn MM) Pediatr Cardiol 2020 Apr;41(4):801-808 PMID: 32166409 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081932890 03/14/2020       26 Citations
  • Outcomes of catheter ablation of anteroseptal and midseptal accessory pathways in pediatric patients. (Kovach JR, Mah DY, Abrams DJ, Alexander ME, Cecchin F, Triedman JK, Walsh EP) Heart Rhythm 2020 May;17(5 Pt A):759-767 PMID: 31838200 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85080090343 12/16/2019       11 Citations
  • Cardiac arrest in a healthy child due to paradoxical embolus across a previously unrecognised sinus venosus defect. (Samyn MM, Gudausky TM, Kovach JR, Woods RK) BMJ Case Rep 2019 Dec 05;12(12) PMID: 31811104 PMCID: PMC6904181 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076282703 12/08/2019    
  • Genetic testing and cascade screening in pediatric long QT syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Knight LM, Miller E, Kovach J, Arscott P, von Alvensleben JC, Bradley D, Valdes SO, Ware SM, Meyers L, Travers CD, Campbell RM, Etheridge SP) Heart Rhythm 2020 Jan;17(1):106-112 PMID: 31229680 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072257843 06/24/2019       16 Citations
  • Chronotropic incompetence in paediatric heart transplant recipients with prior congenital heart disease. (Singh NM, Loomba RS, Kovach JR, Kindel SJ) Cardiol Young 2019 May;29(5):667-671 PMID: 31169095 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066817669 06/07/2019       6 Citations
  • Electrocardiograms in Healthy North American Children in the Digital Age. (Saarel EV, Granger S, Kaltman JR, Minich LL, Tristani-Firouzi M, Kim JJ, Ash K, Tsao SS, Berul CI, Stephenson EA, Gamboa DG, Trachtenberg F, Fischbach P, Vetter VL, Czosek RJ, Johnson TR, Salerno JC, Cain NB, Pass RH, Zeltser I, Silver ES, Kovach JR, Alexander ME, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators*) Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2018 Jul;11(7):e005808 PMID: 29930156 PMCID: PMC6034977 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055073305 06/23/2018       31 Citations
  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing for Surgical Risk Stratification in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. (Birkey T, Dixon J, Jacobsen R, Ginde S, Nugent M, Yan K, Simpson P, Kovach J) Pediatr Cardiol 2018 Oct;39(7):1468-1475 PMID: 29882186 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85048101818 06/09/2018       6 Citations
  • Intrauterine growth restriction is not associated with decreased exercise capacity in adolescents with congenital heart disease. (Spearman AD, Loomba RS, Danduran M, Kovach J) Congenit Heart Dis 2018 May;13(3):369-376 PMID: 29377498 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85041020933 01/30/2018    
  • Transplacental treatment of fetal tachycardia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (Hill GD, Kovach JR, Saudek DE, Singh AK, Wehrheim K, Frommelt MA) Prenat Diagn 2017 Nov;37(11):1076-1083 PMID: 28833310 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85034627676 08/24/2017       37 Citations
  • Arrhythmias in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: What Are Risk Factors for Specific Arrhythmias? (Loomba RS, Buelow MW, Aggarwal S, Arora RR, Kovach J, Ginde S) Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2017 Apr;40(4):353-361 PMID: 27987225 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013975815 12/18/2016       35 Citations
  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Fontan Patients With and Without Isomerism (Heterotaxy) as Compared to Patients With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and Subjects With Structurally Normal Hearts. (Loomba RS, Danduran M, Nielsen KG, Ring AM, Kovach J, Anderson RH) Pediatr Cardiol 2017 Feb;38(2):410-417 PMID: 27878633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84996995672 11/24/2016       3 Citations
  • Clinical Presentation of Pediatric Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. (Dalal A, Czosek RJ, Kovach J, von Alvensleben JC, Valdes S, Etheridge SP, Ackerman MJ, Auld D, Huckaby J, McCracken C, Campbell R) J Pediatr 2016 Oct;177:191-196 PMID: 27502104 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84994234235 08/10/2016       23 Citations
  • Conduction disorders and Nav1.5 (JR Kovach, DW Benson) Cardiac Electrophysiol Clin 6(4): 723-732 10/18/2015    
  • Chronic Arrhythmias in the Setting of Heterotaxy: Differences between Right and Left Isomerism. (Loomba RS, Willes RJ, Kovach JR, Anderson RH) Congenit Heart Dis 2016;11(1):7-18 PMID: 26219620 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84958831525 07/30/2015       34 Citations
  • Mechanism and ablation of arrhythmia following total cavopulmonary connection. (Correa R, Sherwin ED, Kovach J, Mah DY, Alexander ME, Cecchin F, Walsh EP, Triedman JK, Abrams DJ) Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2015 Apr;8(2):318-25 PMID: 25583982 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84932185295 01/15/2015       61 Citations
  • Lacosamide-induced atrial tachycardia in a child with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome: the importance of assessing additional proarrhythmic risks. (Loomba RS, Singh AK, Kovach J, Gudausky TM) Cardiol Young 2015 Apr;25(4):806-9 PMID: 25046031 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84924483315 07/22/2014       8 Citations
  • Assessment of the athlete for sports participation (Kovach J, Berger S) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care 1 January 2014:327-338 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84961345559 01/01/2014    
  • Automated external defibrillators and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death among children and adolescents. (Kovach J, Berger S) Pediatr Cardiol 2012 Mar;33(3):402-6 PMID: 22302278 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84862681664 02/04/2012       12 Citations
  • Comparison of risk factors and outcomes for pediatric patients listed for heart transplantation after bidirectional Glenn and after Fontan: an analysis from the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study. (Kovach JR, Naftel DC, Pearce FB, Tresler MA, Edens RE, Shuhaiber JH, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F, Kirklin JK, Zangwill SD) J Heart Lung Transplant 2012 Feb;31(2):133-9 PMID: 22168962 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84856454303 12/16/2011       55 Citations
  • Treatment of refractory pulmonary arterial hypertension with inhaled epoprostenol in an infant with congenital heart disease. (Kovach J, Ibsen L, Womack M, Steusse D, Law YM) Congenit Heart Dis 2007;2(3):194-8 PMID: 18377465 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34250171137 04/02/2008       5 Citations
    • Last update: 09/11/2024