William Ravekes, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart
• Heart and Vascular Institute
• Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Clinical Trials Summary

Allogeneic hMSC Injection in Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (ELPIS)

Contact for Research Inquiries

1800 Orleans Street
M2314 Bloomberg Children's Center
Baltimore, MD 21287

Research Interests

3-D fetal echo, fetal echocardiography, Heart failure and transplantation, medical education, Perioperative and intensive care of the fetus, infant, child and adult with congenital heart disease

PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ravekes%2C+w&sort=date

Selected Publications

• Koestenberger M, Nage B, Ravekes W, Avian A, Burmas A, Grangl G, Cvirn G, Gamillscheg A. “Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity Time Integral Determination in 570 Healthy Children and in 52 Pediatric Atrial Septal Defect Patients.” Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar 6. [Epub ahead of print]

• Koestenberger M, Nagel B, Ravekes W, Avian A, Burmas A, Grangl G, Cvirn G, Gamillscheg A. “Reference values and calculation of z-scores of echocardiographic measurements of the normal pediatric right ventricle.” Am J Cardiol. 2014 Nov 15;114(10):1590-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.08.028. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

• Koestenberger M, Nagel B, Ravekes W, Avian A, Cvirn G, Rehak T, Gamillscheg A. “Reference values of the mitral annular peak systolic velocity (Sm) in 690 healthy pediatric patients, calculation of Z-score values, and comparison to the mitral annular Plane systolic excursion (MAPSE).” Echocardiography. 2014 Oct;31(9):1122-30. doi: 10.1111/echo.12541. Epub 2014 Feb 7.

• Koestenberger M, Pansy J, Ravekes W. “Isovolumic acceleration measurement at the lateral tricuspid annulus: a promising parameter in pediatric right heart function determination.” Echocardiography. 2015 Mar;32(3):610. doi: 10.1111/echo.12818. No abstract available.

• Lacro RV, Dietz HC, Sleeper LA, Yetman AT, Bradley TJ, Colan SD, Pearson GD, Selamet Tierney ES, Levine JC, Atz AM, Benson DW, Braverman AC, Chen S, De Backer J, Gelb BD, Grossfeld PD, Klein GL, Lai WW, Liou A, Loeys BL, Markham LW, Olson AK, Paridon SM, Pemberton VL, Pierpont ME, Pyeritz RE, Radojewski E, Roman MJ, Sharkey AM, Stylianou MP, Wechsler SB, Young LT, Mahony L; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. “Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome.” N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 27;371(22):2061-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1404731. Epub 2014 Nov 18.