Chet R. Villa, MD
- Pediatric Cardiologist, Heart Failure & Transplantation
- Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- chet.villa@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
Children with severe heart disease once had few clinical options. While we’ve made many advances, it’s still critical that we improve therapeutic options and develop new approaches.
At Cincinnati Children’s, I care for children with complex medical needs and severe heart disease. This includes children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, RASopathies, and those in need of ventricular assist device therapy and heart transplant.
My research is focused on finding ways to provide care to children and young adults with heart disease who have limited access to advanced therapies.
MD: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.
Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2010; Pediatric Cardiology, 2014.
Interests
Advanced heart failure; heart transplantation; cardiomyopathy; mechanical circulatory support
Services and Specialties
Cardiomyopathy, Rasopathy, Cardio-Oncology, Neuromuscular Cardiology, Neuromuscular Disorders
Interests
Ventricular assist device therapy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Insurance Information
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Publications
Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor Implantation in a Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Pediatric Cardiology. 2024; 45:1151-1153.
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) modeling validates reduced GBE1 enzyme activity due to a novel variant, p.Ile694Asn, found in a patient with suspected glycogen storage disease IV. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. 2024; 39:101069.
In the era of outpatient ventricular assist devices, is it time to reconsider the practice of bridging older children to transplant on outpatient inotropes?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024; 167:2206-2214.
Cardiac atrial pathology in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Muscle and Nerve. 2024; 69:572-579.
Modifiable risk factor reduction for pediatric ventricular assist devices and the influence of persistent modifiable risk factors at transplant. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024; 167:1556-1563.e2.
School age and adolescent heart failure following the Norwood procedure. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2024; 43:453-460.
Multicenter outcomes for ventricular assist device support for failed stage II palliation. 2024; 3:100015.
Device Innovations in Pediatric Heart Failure. Current treatment options in pediatrics. 2023; 9:273-283.
Abstract 14448: Graft Loss and Rejection Following COVID in Pediatric Heart Transplantation - A Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) Propensity Matched Analysis. Circulation. 2023; 148:a14448.
Abstract 13631: Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy in Pediatric Patients - A Distinct, Underrecognized Cohort of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2023; 148:a13631.
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