Investigator Profile: Kirsten Dansey, MD, MS

Kirsten Dansey, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery

Research Interests

Vascular surgery outcomes research and quality improvement

Collaborators

Significant Publications

Dansey KD, de Guerre LEVM, Swerdlow NJ, Li C, Lu J, Patel PB, Scali ST, Giles KA,
Schermerhorn ML. Not All Databases are Created Equal, A Comparison of Administrative Data and
Quality Improvement Registries for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul
15:S0741-5214(20)31580-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.06.105. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32682065.
Dansey KD, Pothof AB, Zettervall SL, Swerdlow NJ, Liang P, Schneider JR, Nolan BW,
Schermerhorn ML. Clinical impact of sex on carotid revascularization. J Vasc Surg. 2020
May;71(5):1587-1594.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.07.088. Epub 2020 Feb 1.
de Guerre LEVM, Varkevisser RRB, Swerdlow NJ, Liang P, Li C, Dansey K, van Herwaarden JA,
Schermerhorn ML. Sex differences in perioperative outcomes after complex abdominal aortic
aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Feb;71(2):374-381. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.04.479.
Dansey KD, Varkevisser RRB, Swerdlow NJ, et al. Epidemiology of endovascular and open repair
for abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States from 2004 to 2015 and implications for
screening. J Vasc Surg. 2021;74(2):414-424
de Guerre LEVM, Dansey KD, Patel PB, et al. Not all risk scores are created equal: A comparison
of risk scores for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in administrative data and quality improvement
registries. J Vasc Surg. 2021;74(6):1874-1884.
de Guerre LEVM, Dansey KD, Li C, et al. Late outcomes after endovascular and open repair of
large abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2021;74(4):1152-1160
Li C, Deery SE, Eisenstein EL, Fong ZV, Dansey K, Davidson-Ray L, O'Neal B, Schermerhorn
ML. Index and follow-up costs of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from the Endurant
Stent Graft System Post Approval Study (ENGAGE PAS). J Vasc Surg. 2020 Sep;72(3):886-895.e1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.11.028. Epub 2020 Jan 19.
Varkevisser RRB, Swerdlow NJ, de Guerre LEVM, Dansey K, Stangenberg L, Giles KA, Verhagen
HJM, Schermerhorn ML; Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative. Five-year
survival following endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms is improving. J Vasc
Surg. 2020 Jul;72(1):105-113.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.10.074. Epub 2020 Feb 21.
Latz CA, Boitano L, Schwartz S, Swerdlow N, Dansey K, Varkevisser RRB, Patel V, Schermerhorn
M. Contemporary mortality after emergent open repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms. J
Vasc Surg. 2020 Apr 29:S0741-5214(20)31089-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.03.059. Epub ahead of
print.
Varkevisser RRB, Swerdlow NJ, de Guerre LEMV, Dansey K, Zarkowsky DS, Goodney PP,
Verhagen HJM, Schermerhorn ML; Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative.
Midterm survival after endovascular repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms is improving over
time. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Aug;72(2):556-565.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.10.082. Epub 2020 Feb 21.
Liang P, Motaganahalli R, Swerdlow NJ, Dansey K, Varkevisser RRB, Li C, Lu J, de Guerre L,
Shuja F, Schermerhorn M. Protamine use in transfemoral carotid artery stenting is not associated
with an increased risk of thromboembolic events. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jun 12:S0741-5214(20)31318-
5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.526.PMID: 32535154.
Varkevisser RRB, Swerdlow NJ, de Guerre LEVM, Dansey K, Li C, Liang P, Latz CA, Carvalho
Mota MT, Verhagen HJM, Schermerhorn ML. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair With Left
Subclavian Artery Coverage Is Associated With a High 30-Day Stroke Incidence With or Without
Concomitant Revascularization. J Endovasc Ther. 2020 May 21:1526602820923044. doi:
10.1177/1526602820923044. PMID: 32436807.
Wu WW, Swerdlow NJ, Dansey K, Shuja F, Wyers MC, Schermerhorn ML. Surgical treatment
patterns and clinical outcomes of patients treated for expanding aneurysm sacs with type II
endoleaks following EVAR. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jun 29:S0741-5214(20)3