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Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging

  • Zaidi AN, Cheatham JP, Raman SV, Cook SC.  Multislice computed tomographic findings in symptomatic patients after amplatzer septal occluder device implantation.  J Interv Cardiol. 2009 Feb;22(1):92-7.
  • Fenstermaker B, Berger GE, Rowland DG, Hayes J, Hill SL, Cheatham JP, Galantowicz M, Cua CL.  Interstage echocardiographic changes in patients undergoing hybrid stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Nov;21(11):1222-8.
  • Yates AR, Welty SE, Gest AL, Cua CL.  Myocardial tissue Doppler changes in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.  J Pediatr. 2008 Jun;152(6):766-70, 770.e1.
  • Cua CL, Cooper AL, Stein MA, Corbitt RJ, Nelin LD.  Tissue Doppler changes in three neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.  ASAIO J. 2009 Jul-Aug;55(4):417-9.
  • Egan M, Phillips A, Cook SC.  Aortic dissection in the adult fontan with aortic root enlargement.  Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 May;30(4):562-3.
  • Cook SC, Ferketich AK, Raman SV.  Myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic adults with repaired aortic coarctation. Int J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 20;133(1):95-101.
  • Mart CR, Rosen KL.  Optimal head position during transesophageal echocardiographic probe insertion for pediatric patients weighing up to 10 kg.  Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 May;30(4):441-6.
  • Kaspar RW, Allen HD, Montanaro F.  Current understanding and management of dilated cardiomyopathy in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy.  J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2009 May;21(5):241-9. Review.
  • Thrush PT, Allen HD, Viollet L, Mendell JR.  Re-examination of the electrocardiogram in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and correlation with its dilated cardiomyopathy.  Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 15;103(2):262-5.
  • Moiduddin N, Cheatham JP, Hoffman TM, Phillips AB, Kovalchin JP.  Amplatzer septal occluder associated with late pulmonary venous obstruction requiring surgical removal with acquired aorta to left atrial fistula.  Am J Cardiol. 2009 Apr 1;103(7):1039-40.
  • Cook SC, Raman SV.  Multidetector computed tomography in the adolescent and young adult with congenital heart disease.  J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008 Jan;2(1):36-49.
  • Cook SC, Dyke PC 2nd, Raman SV.  Management of adults with congenital heart disease with cardiovascular computed tomography.  J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2008 Jan;2(1):12-22.
  • Zaidi AN, Raman SV, Cook SC.  Acute myocardial infarction in early pregnancy: definition of myocardium at risk with noncontrast T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance.  Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Mar;198(3):e9-e12.
  • Falkensammer CB, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Ge S, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Kovalchin JP.  Fetal cardiac malposition: incidence and outcome of associated cardiac and extracardiac malformations.  Am J Perinatol. 2008 May;25(5):277-81.
  • Sheehan FH, Ge S, Vick GW 3rd, Urnes K, Kerwin WS, Bolson EL, Chung T, Kovalchin JP, Sahn DJ, Jerosch-Herold M, Stolpen AH.  Three-dimensional shape analysis of right ventricular remodeling in repaired tetralogy of Fallot.  Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jan 1;101(1):107-13.
  • Lu X, Nadvoretskiy V, Bu L, Stolpen A, Ayres N, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP, Grenier M, Klas B, Ge S.  Accuracy and reproducibility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in children.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Jan;21(1):84-9.
  • Raman SV, Cook SC.  Cardiovascular computed tomography and MRI in clinical practice: aortopathy.  J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Jul;8(7):535-40.
  • Cook SC, Raman SV.  Unique application of multislice computed tomography in adults with congenital heart disease.  Int J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 25;119(1):101-6. Epub 2006 Oct 19.
  • Cua CL, Galantowicz ME, Turner DR, Forbes TJ, Hill SL, Hoffman TM, Cheatham JP.  Palliation via hybrid procedure of a 1.4-kg patient with a hypoplastic left heart.  Congenit Heart Dis. 2007 May;2(3):191-3.
  • Cua CL, Blankenship A, North AL, Hayes J, Nelin LD.  Increased incidence of idiopathic persistent pulmonary hypertension in Down syndrome neonates.  Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Jul-Aug;28(4):250-4.
  • Stapleton GE, Stapleton SL, Martinez A, Ayres NA, Kovalchin JP, Bezold LI, Pignatelli R, Eidem BW.  Evaluation of longitudinal ventricular function with tissue Doppler echocardiography in children treated with anthracyclines.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 May;20(5):492-7.
  • Su JT, Krishnamurthy R, Chung T, Vick GW 3rd, Kovalchin JP.  Anomalous right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: noninvasive diagnosis and serial evaluation. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2007;9(1):57-61.
  • McMahon CJ, Pignatelli RH, Nagueh SF, Lee VV, Vaughn W, Valdes SO, Kovalchin JP, Jefferies JL, Dreyer WJ, Denfield SW, Clunie S, Towbin JA, Eidem BW.  Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in children: characterisation of clinical status using tissue Doppler-derived indices of left ventricular diastolic relaxation.  Heart. 2007 Jun;93(6):676-81.
  • Cua CL, Fenstermaker PB, Dyke Ii PC.  Changes in tissue Doppler characteristics in a patient with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.  Cardiol Young. 2006 Aug;16(4):395-7.
  • Cook SC, Shull J, Pickworth-Pierce K, Farra Y, Simonetti OP, Raman SV.  An unusual cause of susceptibility artifact in magnetic resonance imaging.  J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Nov;24(5):1148-50.
  • Mart CR, Parrish M, Rosen KL, Dettorre MD, Ceneviva GD, Lucking SE, Thomas NJ.  Safety and efficacy of sedation with propofol for transoesophageal echocardiography in children in an outpatient setting.  Cardiol Young. 2006 Apr;16(2):152-6.
  • Texter KM, Kertesz NJ, Friedman RA, Fenrich AL Jr.  Atrial flutter in infants.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Sep 5;48(5):1040-6.
  • Raman SV, Cook SC, McCarthy B, Ferketich AK.  Usefulness of multidetector row computed tomography to quantify right ventricular size and function in adults with either tetralogy of Fallot or transposition of the great arteries.  Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 1;95(5):683-6.
  • Allen HD, Bricker JT, Freed MD, Hurwitz RA, McQuinn TC, Schieken RM, Strong WB, Zahka KG; American College of Cardiology Foundation; American Heart Association; American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence (ACC/AHA/AAP Writing Committee to Develop Training Recommendations for Pediatric Cardiology).  ACCF/AHA/AAP recommendations for training in pediatric cardiology. Task force 1: general experiences and training.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Oct 4;46(7):1382-4.
  • Hill SL, Mizelle KM, Vellucci SM, Feltes TF, Cheatham JP.  Radiofrequency perforation and cutting balloon septoplasty of intact atrial septum in a newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome using transesophageal ICE probe guidance.  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005 Feb;64(2):214-7.
  • McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Bezold LI, Lewin MB, Alonzo M, Altman CA, Kovalchin JP, Eidem BW, Pignatelli RH.  Safety and efficacy of intravenous contrast imaging in pediatric echocardiography.  Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;26(4):413-7.
  • McMahon CJ, Su JT, Taylor MD, Krishnamurthy R, Muthupillai R, Kovalchin JP, Chung T, Vick GW 3rd.  Images in cardiovascular medicine. Detection of active coronary arterial vasculitis using magnetic resonance imaging in Kawasaki disease.  Circulation. 2005 Nov 8;112(19).
  • Slesnick TC, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Fraley JK, Kung GC, McMahon CJ, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP.  Characteristics and outcomes of fetuses with pericardial effusions.  Am J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 15;96(4):599-601.
  • Eidem BW, McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Kovalchin JP, Denfield SW, Altman CA, Bezold LI, Pignatelli RH.  Impact of chronic left ventricular preload and afterload on Doppler tissue imaging velocities: a study in congenital heart disease.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug;18(8):830-8.
  • Su JT, Chung T, Muthupillai R, Pignatelli RH, Kung GC, Diaz LK, Vick GW 3rd, Kovalchin JP.  Usefulness of real-time navigator magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating coronary artery origins in pediatric patients.  Am J Cardiol. 2005 Mar 1;95(5):679-82.
  • Cook SC, McCarthy M, Daniels CJ, Cheatham JP, Raman SV.  Usefulness of multislice computed tomography angiography to evaluate intravascular stents and transcatheter occlusion devices in patients with d-transposition of the great arteries after mustard repair.  Am J Cardiol. 2004 Oct 1;94(7):967-9.
  • Su JT, Chung T, Kovalchin JP.  Magnetic resonance imaging of coronary and systemic aneurysms in Kawasaki disease.  Cardiol Young. 2004 Apr;14(2):198-9.
  • Kovalchin JP, Silverman NH.  The impact of fetal echocardiography.  Pediatr Cardiol. 2004 May-Jun;25(3):299-306.
  • Eidem BW, McMahon CJ, Cohen RR, Wu J, Finkelshteyn I, Kovalchin JP, Ayres NA, Bezold LI, O'Brian Smith E, Pignatelli RH.  Impact of cardiac growth on Doppler tissue imaging velocities: a study in healthy children.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Mar;17(3):212-21.

Medical Cardiology

  • Feltes TF and the Motavizumab Cardiac Study Group. A multicenter randomized controlled trial of RSV prophylaxis in young children with hemodynamically significant congenital heart disease. Society of Pediatric Research, 2010.
  • Hoffman TM, Taeed R, Niles JP, McMillin MA, Perkins LA, Feltes TF. Parental factors impacting the enrollment of children in cardiac critical care clinical trials. Pediatr Cardiol 2007;8(3):167-171.
  • Thrush PT*, Allen HD, Viollet L, Mendell JR: Re-examination of the Electrocardiogram in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Correlation with its Dilated Cardiomyopathy. American Journal of Cardiology,2009;103:262-265.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Galantowicz M, Cheatham JP, Phillips A, Cua CL, Hoffman TM, Hill SL, and Rodeman R. The hybrid approach for the management of HLHS: Intermediate results after the learning curve. Annals of Thoracic Surgery June 2008;85: 2063-2071.
  • Stoica SC, Phillips AB, Egan M, Rodeman R, Chisolm J, Hill S, Cheatham JP, M Galantowicz. The retrograde aortic arch in the hybrid approach to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Vol. 88, No. 6:1939-1946; discussion 1946-1947 (December 2009).
  • Phillips ABM, Green J, Bergdall V, Yu J, Monreal G, Gerhardt M, Cheatham JP, Galantowicz M, Holzer RJ. Teaching the “Hybrid Approach”: A Novel Swine Model of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect. Pediatric Cardiology. Volume 30, Issue 2:114 (2009).

Interventional Cardiology

  • Holzer RJ, Sisk M, Chisolm JL, Hill SL, Olshove V, Phillips A, Cheatham JP, Galatowicz M. Completion Angiography After Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: Complementing the Intraoperative Imaging Modalities. Pediatr Cardiol 2009;30(8)1075-82.
  • Holzer RJ, Wood A, Chisolm JL, Hill SL, Phillips A, Galantowicz M, Cheatham JP. Atrial septal interventions in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 72(5):696-704. 2008.
  • Holzer R, Marshall A, Kreutzer J, Hirsch R, Chisolm J, Hill S, Galantowicz M, Phillips A, Cheatham J, L Bergerson. Hybrid Procedures: Adverse Events and Procedural Characteristics – Results of a Multi-institutional Registry. Congenital Heart Dis. 2010;5:233-242 (May-June 2010).
  • Holzer RJ, Chisolm JL, Hill SL, Olshove V, Phillips A, Cheatham JP, Galantowicz M. "Hybrid" stent delivery in the pulmonary circulation. Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2008;592-598.
  • Galantowicz M, Cheatham JP, Phillips A, Cua CL, Hoffman TM, Hill SL, Rodeman R. Hybrid approach for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: intermediate results after the learning curve. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 85(6):2063-70; discussion. 2070;-1.
  • Holzer RJ, Chisolm JL, Hill SL, Cheatham JP. Stenting complex aortic arch obstructions. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 71(3):375-82. 2008.
  • Fu YC, Bass J, Amin Z, Radtke W, Cheatham JP, Hellenbrand WE, Balzer D, Cao QL, Hijazi ZM. Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects using the new Amplatzer membranous VSD occluder: results of the U.S. phase I trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 47(2):319-25. 2006.
  • Galantowicz M, Cheatham JP. Lessons learned from the development of a new hybrid strategy for the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.[republished from Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Mar-Apr;26(2):190-9; PMID: 15906023]. Pediatric Cardiology 26(3):190-9. 2005;-Jun.
  • Bacha EA, Cao QL, Galantowicz ME, Cheatham JP, Fleishman CE, Weinstein SW, Becker PA, Hill SL, Koenig P, Alboliras E, Abdulla R, Starr JP, Hijazi ZM. Multicenter experience with perventricular device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects. Pediatric Cardiology 26(2):169-75. 2005;-Apr.
  • Holzer R, Balzer D, Cao QL, Lock K, Hijazi ZM, Amplatzer Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Investigators. Device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect occluder: immediate and mid-term results of a U.S. registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 43(7):1257-63. 2004.
  • Holzer R, Balzer D, Amin Z, Ruiz CE, Feinstein J, Bass J, Vance M, Cao QL, Hijazi ZM. Transcatheter closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defects using the new Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder: Results of a U.S. Registry. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions 61(2):196-201. 2004.
  • Cheatham JP.  The ideal cardiac catheterization laboratory: Not Just for Cardiologists Anymore … it is Hybrid Time!  For textbook entitled Percutaneous Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease.  Editors Horst Sievert, Shakeel A. Qureshi, Neil Wilson and Ziyad Hijazi, Informa Healthcare, Abingdon, UK. pp 3-11, 2007.
  • Hill SL, Hijazii ZM, Hellenbrand WE, Cheatham JP.  Evaluation of the AMPLATZER Vascular Plug for embolization of peripheral vascular malformations associated with congenital heart disease.  Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 67:113-119, 2006.
  • Cheatham JP.  How to Build a Hybrid Congenital Heart Disease Program For textbook entitled Complications in Percutaneous Interventions For Congenital & Structural Heart Disease.  Edited by Hijazi ZM, Feldman T, Cheatham, JP, Sievert H.  Informa Healthcare, UK, pp 31-40, 2009.

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

  • Crumb SR., Cook SC, et al. Quality outcomes of ACHD patients undergoing cardiovascular procedures and hospital admissions in a freestanding children’s hospital. International Journal of Cardiology, in press.
  • Cook, S.C., Arnott, L.M., Nicholson, L.M., Cook, L.R., Sparks, E.A., Daniels, C.J. Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Congenital Heart Disease. Amer J Cardiol. 2008; 102 (12): 1728-30.
  • Daniels CJ. The Adolescent and Adult with Congenital Heart Disease in Moss and Adams Heart Disease in Infants, Children and Adolescents 7th Edition 2008.

Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program

  • Hoffman TM, Wernovsky G, Atz AM, Kulik TJ, Nelson DP, Chang AC, Bailey JM, Akbary A, Kocsis JF, Kaczmerak R, Spray TL, Wessel DL.  The efficacy and safety of milrinone in preventing low cardiac output syndrome in infants and children after corrective surgery for congenital heart disease. Circulation 2003;107:996-1002.
  • Hoffman TM, Taeed R, Niles JP, McMillin MA, Perkins LA, Feltes TF.  Parental factors impacting the enrollment of children in cardiac critical care clinical trials.  Pediatr Cardiol 2007;8(3):167-171.
  • Astor TL, Galantowicz M, Phillips A, Davis JT, Hoffman TM.  Domino heart transplantation involving infants. Am J Transplant 2007;7:2626-29.
  • Hoffman TM, Spray TL, Gaynor JW, Clark BJ, Bridges ND.  Survival after acute graft failure in pediatric thoracic organ transplant recipients.  Pediatric Transplantation 2000; 4(2):112-17.
  • Hoffman TM, Gaynor JW, Bridges ND, Paridon S, Spray TL.  Aortic homograft interposition for management of complete tracheal anastomotic disruption after heart-lung transplantation.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121(3):587-588.
  • Hoffman TM, Rhodes LA, Wieand TS, Spray TL, Bridges ND. Arrhythmias after pediatric lung transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation 2001;5(5):349-52.
  • Hoffman TM, Wernovsky G, Atz AM, Bailey JM, Akbary A, Nelson DP, Chang AC, Kulik TJ, Spray TL, Wessel DL.  Trial Designs: Prophylactic intravenous use of milrinone after cardiac operation in pediatrics (PRIMACORP study). Am Heart J 2002;143(1):15-21.
  • Fleenor JT, Hoffman TM, Bush DM, Paridon SM, Clark BJ, Spray TL, Bridges ND.  Pneumatosis intestinalis after pediatric thoracic organ transplant. Pediatrics 2002;109(5):e78-8.
  • Wernovsky G, Hoffman TM.  Pediatric heart failure management: Solving the puzzle. Critical Care Med 2001;29(10 Suppl):212-3.
  • Bailey JM, Hoffman TM, Wessel DL, Nelson DP, Atz AM, Chang AC, Kulik T, Spray TL, Akbary A, Miller RP, Wernovsky G.  A population pharmacokinetic analysis of milrinone in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 2004 Feb;31(1):43-59.
  • Morris MC, Ittenbach RF, Godinez RI, Portnoy JD, Tabbutt S, Hanna BD, Hoffman TM, Gaynor JW, Connelly JT, Helfaer MA, Spray TL, Wernovsky G.  Risk factors for mortality in 137 pediatric cardiac intensive care unit patients managed with ECMO. Crit Care Med 2004 Apr;32(4):1061-1069.
  • Cua CL, Hoffman TM, Taeed R, Weinstein S, Gomez D, Olshove VF, Craenen J. Cerebral saturations trend with mixed venous saturations in patients undergoing extracorporeal life support. Perfusion 2004;19:171-176.
  • Zuppa AF, Nicolson SC, Adamson PC, Wernovsky G, Mondick J, Burnham N, Hoffman TM, Gaynor JW, Davis LA, Greeley WJ, Spray TL, Barrett J. The impact of cardiopulmonary bypass and modified ultrafiltration on the plasma population pharmacokinetics of milrinone in neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome undergoing Stage 1 reconstruction. Anesth Analg 2006;102(4):1062-9.
  • Luce WA, Hoffman TM, Bauer JA. Bench to Bedside review:  Developmental influences on the mechanisms, treatment and outcomes of cardiovascular dysfunction in neonatal versus adult sepsis. Critical Care 2007;11:228-237.
  • Garg R, Raman SV, Hoffman TM, Hayes J, Daniels CJ.  Serum markers of systemic right ventricular function and exercise performance.  Pediatr Cardiol 2008 May;29(3):641-648.
  • Dyke PC 2nd, Konczal L, Bartholomew D, McBride KL, Hoffman TM.  Acute dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with deficiency of long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase.  Pediatr Cardiol (in press).
  • Kirk R, Naftel D, Hoffman TM, Almond C, Boyle G, Caldwell RL, Kirklin JK, White K, Dipchand AI.  Outcome of pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy listed for transplant: A Multi-Institutional study. (submitted)
  • Hoffman TM, Spray TL. Transplantation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Hennein HA and Bove EL (eds), Chapter 18, Futura Publishing, Armonk, NY 2002;289-300.
  • Hoffman TM, Spray TL. Infant Heart Transplantation. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Rychik J and Wernovsky G (eds), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA 2003; 241-250.
  • Luce WA, Joshi MS, Hoffman TM, Feltes TF, Bauer JA.  Immune mechanisms in pediatric cardiovascular disease. Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease, edited by Ronald R. Watson and Douglas F. Larson, Chapter 2, 2007; 6-16.
  • Olson TM, Hoffman TM, Chan DP.  Dilated cardiomyopathy.  Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, edited by Allen HD, Driscoll DJ, Shaddy RE, and Feltes TF. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2008; 1195-1206.
  • Allen HD, Mendell JR, Hoffman TM.  The heart in muscular dystrophies. Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, edited by Allen HD, Driscoll DJ, Shaddy RE, and Feltes TF. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2008; 1234-1241.

Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program

  • Astor, T.L, Galantowicz M, Phillips A, Palafox J, Baker P. 2009. Pulmonary capillaritis as a manifestation of acute humoral allograft rejection following infant lung transplantation.  American Journal Transplantation. Feb;9(2):409-12.
  • Benden C, Danziger-Isakov LA, Astor T, et al. 2007. Variability in immunization guidelines in children before and after lung transplantation.  Pediatric Transplantation. Dec;11(8):882-7.
  • Astor TL, Galantowicz M, Phillips A, Davis JT, Hoffman TM. 2007. Domino heart transplantation involving infants. American Journal Transplantation. Nov;7(11):2626-9.Epub 2007 Aug 24.
  • Orlando JS, Balliet JW, Kushnir AS, Astor TL, et al. 2006. ICP22 is required for wild-type composition and infectivity of herpes simplex virus type 1 virions. Journal Virology. Oct;80(19):9381-90.
  • Orlando JS, Astor TL, et al. 2006. The products of the herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate-early US1/US1.5 genes downregulate levels of S-phase-specific cyclins and facilitate virus replication in S-phase Vero cells. Journal Virology. Apr;80(8):4005-16.
  • Astor TL, Weill D, Cool C, Teitelbaum I, Schwarz MI, Zamora MR. 2005. Pulmonary capillaritis in lung transplant recipients: treatment and effect on allograft function. Journal Heart Lung Transplantation. Dec;24(12):2091-7. Epub 2005 Sep 21.
  • Zamora MR, Nicolls MR, Hodges TN, Marquesen J, Astor T, Grazia T, Weill D. 2004. Following universal prophylaxis with intravenous ganciclovir and cytomegalovirus immune globulin, valganciclovir is safe and effective for prevention of CMV infection following lung transplantation. American Journal Transplantation. Oct;4(10):1635-42.
  • Astor, T.L., Weill, D.  2004. Oxidative Lung Injury.  Textbook of Critical Care, 5th edition.  Philadelphia: Elevisier Science.
  • Astor TL, Weill D. 2003. Extracorporeal photopheresis in lung transplantation. J Cutan Med Surg. Jul-Aug;7(4 Suppl):20-4.

Electrophysiology

  • Kaltman JR, Ro PS, Zimmerman F, Moak JP, Epstein M, Zeltser IJ, Shah MJ, Buck K, Vetter VL, Tanel RE. Managed ventricular pacing in pediatric patients and patients with congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2008; 102: 875-8.
  • Ro, PS, Chan DP, Ackley T, Fenstermaker B, Hayes J, Cua CL. Tissue doppler changes in pediatric complete heart block patients who are chronically paced (submitted) (Children’s Research Institute Internal Grant #220005).

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

  • Christopher P Learn MD1,2, Andrew R Yates MD1,2,3, Lisa Nicholson PhD4, Keyana Milton RN2, Eric Lloyd MD1,3, Clifford L Cua MD1,2 Tissue doppler estimation of central venous pressure in children. AS A10J;2010 Jul–Aug;56(4);377-82.
  • Phan H, Casavant MJ, Crockett S, Lee A, Hall MW, Nahata MC. Serotonin syndrome following a single 50 mg dose of sertraline in a child. Clin Toxicol. 2008 Jun 14:1-5.
  • Yates AR, Welty SE, Gest AL, Cua CL. Myocardial Tissue Doppler Changes in Patients with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J  Pediatr  2008 Jun; 152(6):766-70, 770.e1.
  • McKee C,  Maxwell L, Easley R. Should a child with a respiratory tract infection undergo elective surgery? In: Fleisher L (ed). Evidence-based Practice of Anesthesia. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders;2009.
  • McKee C, Schwengel D. Remote Anesthesia. In Heitmiller E, Schwengel D (ed).  Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Handbook. Mosby: In Print.
  • Aymen N Naguib, Peter Winch, Lawrence Schwartz, Janet Isaacs, Roberta Rodeman, John P Cheatham, Mark Galantowicz. Anesthetic Management of the Hybrid Stage 1 Procedure for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatric Anesthesia. 20:38-46. 2010.

Heart Clinical Service Team

  • Fischer AL, Galantowicz, M, Cheatham, J, Boettner, B, Schwartz, L. Electrocardiogram ST and T wave changes in pediatric congenital heart disease patients undergoing patent ductus arteriosus stenting and bilateral pulmonary artery banding. Presented at the Annual Update on Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease, February, 2010.
  • Hill, S.L., Chisolm, J.L., Cheatham, J.P. Medtronic Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve .... Improving the quality of life. Congenital Cardiology Today, 2010, 8(4):1-5.

Grants

  • NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship (NRSA) F31Training Grant – Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with HLHS after Hybrid Stage I Palliation 2009-2010.

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

The Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research

  • Maitra M, Schluterman MK, Nichols HA, Richardson JA, Lo CW, Srivastava D, Garg V`. Interaction of Gata4 and Gata6 with Tbx5 is critical for normal cardiac development.   .PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSu m Dev Biol. 326:368-77, 2009.
  • Hutchinson KR, Stewart JA Jr, Lucchesi PA. Extracellular matrix remodeling during the progression of volume overload-induced heart failure.  m2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDoc SumJ Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Jun 11.
  • Eid AH, Chotani MA, Mitra S, Miller TJ, Flavahan NA. Cyclic AMP acts through Rap1 and JNK signaling to increase expression of cutaneous smooth muscle alpha2C-adrenoceptors.  2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocS umAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 295:H266-72, 2008.
  • Pan H, Richards AA, Zhu X, Joglar JA, Yin HL, Garg V. A novel mutation in LAMIN A/C is associated with isolated early-onset atrial fibrillation and progressive atrioventricular block followed by cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death. Heart Rhythm.6:707-10, 2009
  • Han B, Baliga R, Huang H, Giannone PJ, Bauer JA. Decreased cardiac expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and redox imbalance in murine diabetic cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 297:H829-H835, 2009.
  • Monreal G, Nicholson LM, Han B, Joshi MS, Phillips AB, Wold LE, Bauer JA, Gerhardt MA. Cytoskeletal remodeling of desmin is a more accurate measure of cardiac dysfunction than fibrosis or myocyte hypertrophy. Life Sci. 5:786-94, 2008.
  • Giannone PJ, Luce WA, Nankervis CA, Hoffman TM, Wold LE. Necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates with congenital heart disease. Life Sci. 82:341-7, 2008.
  • Sato M, Cismowski MJ, Toyota E, Smrcka AV, Lucchesi PA, Chilian WM, Lanier SM. Identification of a receptor-independent activator of G protein signaling (AGS8) in ischemic heart and its interaction with Gbetagamma. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 103:797-802, 2006.

Grants

  • Vascular Toxicities of Environmental Tobacco Particulates in Children, National Institutes of Health.
  • Genetic regulation of Cardiac Septation, National Institutes of Health.
  • Genetics of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. The Children’s Heart Foundation.
  • Ang II, RAGE and Oxidative Stress in Type II Diabetic Coronary Artery Remodeling, National Institutes of Health.
  • Ultrafine Particle-Induced Heart Dysfunction, American Heart Association.
  • Mechanism of vascular alpha2C-adrenoceptor metabolism, National Institutes of Health.
  • AGS1 and Signal Processing by G-Proteins, National Institutes of Health.
  • Cytoskeleton Alterations in Porcine Model of Restrictive Ventricular Septal Defect, NCH and THC Intramural Funding.
  • Novel Therapeutic Targets in Necrotizing Enterocolitis, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases.
  • Fetal Origins of Necrotizing Enterocolitis, March of Dimes.
  • Fetal Imprinting of Cardiac Inflammatory Responses, American Heart Association of Ohio.

The Heart in Neuromuscular Disease

  • Thrush  PT*, Allen HD, Viollet L, Mendell JR: Re-examination of the Electrocardiogram in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Correlation with its Dilated Cardiomyopathy. American Journal of Cardiology,2009;103:262-265.
  • Allen HD, Mendell JM, Hoffman T. “The Heart in The Muscular Dystrophies” Chapter 60 in Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children and Adolescents, 7th Edition. Williams & Wilkins Publishers – 2008.
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