Kyle Hope, MD, MS

Dr. Hope is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in the care of children and young adults with heart failure, cardiomyopathy, ventricular assist devices, and who have undergone heart transplantation. He provides both inpatient care in the Texas Medical Center as well as outpatient care in general cardiology, cardiomyopathy and transplant clinics. Dr. Hope strives to provide compassionate, patient-centered care as part of a multi-disciplinary team. He has a special interest in the field of myocardial recovery and ventricular assist device explantation, the intersection of palliative care and congenital heart disease, and in working to provide better support for patients and families at all stages of their medical care.  

Clinical Interests

Pediatric cardiomyopathy, muscular dystrophy, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, pediatric heart failure, pediatric heart transplantation and palliative care  

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Research interests

Pediatric heart failure and cardiomyopathies, myocardial recovery, ventricular assist devices and outcomes following pediatric heart transplantation 

Hope KD, Morris SA, Kearney DL, Puri K, Choudhry S, Spinner JA, Tunuguntla HP, Price JF, Dreyer WJ, Nicholas SK, Denfield SW. Atypical infiltrates on endomyocardial biopsy are associated with adverse outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023. Online ahead of print.

Tadros HJ, Choudhry S, Kearney DL, Hope K, Yesso A, Miyake CY, Price J, Spinner J, Tunuguntla H, Puri K, Dreyer W, Denfield SW. Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is under-recognized in end-stage pediatric heart failure: A 36-year single-center experience. Pediatric Transplantation 2023;27(2):e14442.

Price JF, Choudhry S, Srivaths P, Puri K, Hope K, Denfield SW, Spinner J, Tunuguntla H, Dreyer WJ, Akcan-Arikan A. Relation of Low Chloride Concentration to Diuretic Efficiency and Transplant-Free Survival in Children Hospitalized with Heart Failure. American Journal of Cardiology 2022;184:72-79.

Day P, Hope K, Puri K, Spinner J, Choudhry S, Tunuguntla H, Price J, Dreyer W, Denfield S. Outcomes Following Use of Pediatric and Young Adult Donor Hearts with Bicuspid Aortic Valves: A Single Center Case Series. Pediatric Transplantation 2022;26(3):e14212.

Afonso NS, Ninemire MR, Gowda SH, Jump JL, Lantin-Hermoso RL, Johnson KE, Puri K, Hope KD, Kritz E, Achuff BJ, Gurganious L, Bhat PN. Redefining the Relationship: Palliative Care in Critical Perinatal and Neonatal Cardiac Patients. Children (Basel) 2021;8(7):548.

Hope KD, Bhat PN, Dreyer WJ, Elias BA, Jump JL, Santucci G, Afonso NS, Ninemire MR, Achuff BJ, Kritz EM, Gowda SH, Puri K. Pediatric Palliative Care in the Heart Failure, Ventricular Assist Device and Transplant Populations: Supporting Patients, Families and Their Clinical Teams. Children (Basel) 2021;8(6):468.

Howard TS, Valdes SO, Hope KD, Morris SA, Landstrom AP, Schneider AE, Miyake CY, Denfield SW, Pignatelli RH, Wang Y, Kim JJ. Association of Wolff-Parkinson-White with Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in Children. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2019;25(12):1004-1008.

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