Kathleen T. Hickey, EdD, APRN-BC, ANP, FNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Interests:
Electrophysiology, ICDs and pacemakers, radio frequency catheter ablation, clinical databases, positron emission
tomography.
Research Interests
Arrhythmogenetic disorders in congenital diseases, atrial fibrillation, tracer kinetics, trans telephonic remote monitoring, identification of high-risk populations for sudden cardiac death
Selected Publications
- Hickey KT, Sciacca RR, Chou RL, Rodriguez O, Bokhari S, Bergmann SR. An improved model for the measurement of myocardial perfusion in human beings using N-13 ammonia. J Nucl Cardiol 2005;12:311-317.
- Hickey KT, Sciacca RR, Bokhari S, Rodriguez O, Chou RL, Faber TL, Cooke CD,
Garcia EV, Nichols K, Bergmann SR. Assessment of cardiac wall motion and ejection
fraction with gated PET using N-14 ammonia. Clin Nucl Med 2004;29:243-248.
- Hickey K, Curtis AB, Lancaster S, Larsen G, Warwick D, McAnulty J, Mitchell
LB. Baseline factors predicting early resumption of driving after life-threatening
arrhythmias in the Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators (AVID)
Trial. Am Heart J 2001;142:99-104
- Collier TL, Hwang Y, Ramasamy R, Sciacca RR, Hickey KT, Simpson NR, Bergmann SR. Synthesis and initial evaluation of 17-(11)C-heptadecanoic acid for measurement of myocardial fatty acid metabolism. J Nucl Med 2002;43:1707-1714.
- Bergmann SR, Epstein S, Sciacca RR, Hickey KT, Bokhari S. Abnormalities in myocardial fatty acid metabolism in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. J Nucl Cardiol 2002;9:S6.
- Bokhari S, Shamekh PD, Hickey KT, Rodriguez OJ, Bergmann SR. Significance of ST-segment elevation and chest pain during exercise stress testing for the assessment of myocardial viability. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;41:429A.
Current Research:
Involved in a variety of research protocols which evaluate various cardiovascular
entities using PET:
- Co-Principal Investigator: “PET Studies in Diabetic Cardiac Autonomic
Neuropathy”
- Co-Investigator: “IC351 (LY450190): Evaluation of Effects on Myocardial
Perfusion Using Positron Emission Tomography” and “Alteration
of Myocardial Metabolism with Metabolic Interventions in Healthy Human Subjects
and in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease”
- Research Coordinator: “Clinical assessment of myocardial perfusion
and viability in patients with coronary artery disease” and “Effect
of glucose-insulin-potassium on mortality and in-hospital events following
acute myocardial infarction”.
Currently involved in new, innovative therapies for acute myocardial
ischemia, heart failure, arrhythmias, lipid management, non-invasive cardiovascular
imaging agents, and investigational devices (ICD’s).
Honors and Awards:
1991 Student Achievement Award, New York University
Professional Organizations:
- American Association of Critical Care Nursing
- Nursing Research Board, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
- American Heart Association
- IRB Consultant for various cardiovascular protocols
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