American College of Cardiology

Recent Publications

Echocardiography, MRI

1. Arce OX, Knudson OA, Ellison MC, Baselga P, Ivy DD, Degroff C, Valdes-Cruz L. Longitudinal motion of the atrioventricular annuli in children: Reference values, growth related changes, and effects of right ventricular volume and pressure overload. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Sep;15(9):906-16.
2. Brandt RR, Neumann T, Neuzner J, Rau M, Faude I, Hamm CW. Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale in adult patients using the Amplatzer occlusion device: No evidence for thrombus deposition with antiplatelet agents. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Oct;15(10):1094-8.
3. Chang RK, Chen AY, Klitzner TS. Female sex as a risk factor for in-hospital mortality among children undergoing cardiac surgery. Circulation. 2002 Sep 17;106(12):1514-22.
4. Fratz S, Hess J, Schwaiger M, Martinoff S, Stern HC. More accurate quantification of pulmonary blood flow by magnetic resonance imaging than by lung perfusion scintigraphy in patients with fontan circulation. Circulation. 2002 Sep 17;106(12):1510-3.
5. Ghaffar S, Haverland C, Ramaciotti C, Scott WA, Lemler MS. Sedation for pediatric echocardiography: Evaluation of preprocedure fasting guidelines.J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Sep;15(9):980-3.
6. Mahle WT, Tavani F, Zimmerman RA, Nicolson SC, Galli KK, Gaynor JW, Clancy RR, Montenegro LM, Spray TL, Chiavacci RM, Wernovsky G, Kurth CD. An MRI study of neurological injury before and after congenital heart surgery. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I109-14.
7. Rein AJ, O'Donnell C, Geva T, Nir A, Perles Z, Hashimoto I, Li XK, Sahn DJ. Use of tissue velocity imaging in the diagnosis of fetal cardiac arrhythmias. Circulation. 2002 Oct 1;106(14):1827-33.
8. Sharma S, Maron BJ, Whyte G, Firoozi S, Elliott PM, McKenna WJ. Physiologic limits of left ventricular hypertrophy in elite junior athletes. Relevance to differential diagnosis of athlete's heart and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Oct 16;40(8):1431.
9. Tamborini G, Pepi M, Susini F, Trabattoni D, Maltagliati A, Berna G, Onorato E, Bartorelli AL. Comparison of two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing atrial septal closure with the amplatzer septal occluder. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Nov 1;90(9):1025-8.
10. Vliegen HW, van Straten A, de Roos A, Roest AA, Schoof PH, Zwinderman AH, Ottenkamp J, van der Wall EE, Hazekamp MG. Magnetic resonance imaging to assess the hemodynamic effects of pulmonary valve replacement in adults late after repair of tetralogy of fallot. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(13):1703-7.
11. Weidemann F, Eyskens B, Mertens L, Dommke C, Kowalski M, Simmons L, Claus P, Bijnens B, Gewillig M, Hatle L, Sutherland GR.Quantification of regional right and left ventricular function by ultrasonic strain rate and strain indexes after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Jul 15;90(2):133-8.

Electrophysiology

1. Davos CH, Davlouros PA, Wensel R, Francis D, Davies LC, Kilner PJ, Coats AJ, Piepoli M, Gatzoulis MA. Global impairment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I69-75.
2. Helbing WA, Roest AA, Niezen RA, Vliegen HW, Hazekamp MG, Ottenkamp J, de Roos A, van der Wall EE. ECG predictors of ventricular arrhythmias and biventricular size and wall mass in tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary regurgitation. Heart. 2002 Nov;88(5):515-9.
3. Kopf GS, Mello DM, Kenney KM, Moltedo J, Rollinson NR, Snyder CS. Intraoperative radiofrequency ablation of the atrium: effectiveness for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia in congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):797-804; discussion 804.
4. Moak JP, Bailey JJ, Makhlouf FT. Simultaneous heart rate and blood pressure variability analysis. Insight into mechanisms underlying neurally mediated cardiac syncope in children. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Oct 16;40(8):1466.
5. Valsangiacomo E, Neuhaus TJ, Goetschel P, Bauersfeld U. Cardiac rhythm disturbances in children on hemodialysis. Pediatr Nephrol. 2002 Oct;17(10):837-41.
6. Valsangiacomo E, Schmid ER, Schupbach RW, Schmidlin D, Molinari L, Waldvogel K, Bauersfeld U. Early postoperative arrhythmias after cardiac operation in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):792-6. General Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
7. Allen BS, El-Zein C, Cuneo B, Cava JP, Barth MJ, Ilbawi MN. Pericardial tissue valves and Gore-Tex conduits as an alternative for right ventricular outflow tract replacement in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):771-7.
8. Balzer DT, Kort HW, Day RW, Corneli HM, Kovalchin JP, Cannon BC, Kaine SF, Ivy DD, Webber SA, Rothman A, Ross RD, Aggarwal S, Takahashi M, Waldman JD. Inhaled Nitric Oxide as a Preoperative Test (INOP Test I): the INOP Test Study Group. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I76-81.
9. Bradley SM, Simsic JM, Atz AM, Dorman BH. The infant with single ventricle and excessive pulmonary blood flow: results of a strategy of pulmonary artery division and shunt. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):805-10; discussion 810.
10. Beekman RP, Bartelings MM, Hazekamp MG, Gittenberger-De Groot AC, Ottenkamp J.The morphologic nature of noncommitted ventricular septal defects in specimens with double-outlet right ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Nov;124(5):984-990.
11. Brochu MC, Baril JF, Dore A, Juneau M, De Guise P, Mercier LA. Improvement in exercise capacity in asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic adults after atrial septal defect percutaneous closure. Circulation. 2002 Oct 1;106(14):1821-6.
12. De Jongh S, Ose L, Szamosi T, Gagne C, Lambert M, Scott R, Perron P, Dobbelaere D, Saborio M, Tuohy MB, Stepanavage M, Sapre A, Gumbiner B, Mercuri M, Van Trotsenburg AS, Bakker HD, Kastelein JJ. Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in children with familial hypercholesterolemia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with simvastatin. Circulation. 2002 Oct 22;106(17):2231-7.
13. Duebener LF, Hagino I, Sakamoto T, Mime LB, Stamm C, Zurakowski D, Schafers HJ, Jonas RA. Effects of pH management during deep hypothermic bypass on cerebral microcirculation: alpha-stat versus pH-stat. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I103-8.
14. Forbess JM, Visconti KJ, Hancock-Friesen C, Howe RC, Bellinger DC, Jonas RA. Neurodevelopmental outcome after congenital heart surgery: results from an institutional registry. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I95-102.
15. Fraisse A, Massih TA, Vouhe P, Kreitmann B, Gaudart J, Sidi D, Bonnet D. Management and outcome of patients with abnormal ventriculo-arterial connections and mitral valve cleft. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):786-91.
16. Hornung TS, Derrick GP, Deanfield JE, Redington AN. Transposition complexes in the adult: a changing perspective. Cardiol Clin. 2002 Aug;20(3):405-20.
17. Jaquiss RD, Ghanayem NS, Zacharisen MC, Mussatto KA, Tweddell JS, Litwin SB. Safety of aprotinin use and re-use in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I90-4.
18. Kadner A, Hoerstrup SP, Tracy J, Breymann C, Maurus CF, Melnitchouk S, Kadner G, Zund G, Turina M. Human umbilical cord cells: a new cell source for cardiovascular tissue engineering. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):S1422-8.
19. Kaulitz R, Ziemer G, Paul T, Peuster M, Bertram H, Hausdorf G. Fontan-type procedures: residual lesions and late interventions. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep;74(3):778-85.
20. Kussman BD, Devavaram P, Hansen DD, Dinardo JA, Forbess JM, Mehrota R, McGowan FX Jr. Anesthetic implications of primary cardiac tumors in infants and children. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2002 Oct;16(5):582-6.
21. Maher KO, VanDerElzen K, Bove EL, Mosca RS, Chenoweth CE, Kulik TJ. A retrospective review of three antibiotic prophylaxis regimens for pediatric cardiac surgical patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):1195-200
22. Shaddy RE, Curtin EL, Sower B, Tani LY, Burr J, LaSalle B, Boucek MM, Mahony L, Hsu DT, Pahl E, Burch GH, Schlencker-Herceg R.The Pediatric Randomized Carvedilol Trial in Children with Heart Failure: rationale and design. Am Heart J. 2002 Sep;144(3):383-9.
23. Shaddy RE, Hawkins JA. Immunology and failure of valved allografts in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):1271-5.
24. Takayama H, Sekiguchi A, Chikada M, Noma M, Ishizawa A, Takamoto S. Mortality of pulmonary artery banding in the current era: recent mortality of PA banding. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):1219-23; discussion 1223-4.
25. Thebaud B, Michelakis E, Wu XC, Harry G, Hashimoto K, Archer SL. Sildenafil reverses O2 constriction of the rabbit ductus arteriosus by inhibiting type 5 phosphodiesterase and activating BK(Ca) channels. Pediatr Res. 2002 Jul;52(1):19-24.
26. Tweddell JS, Hoffman GM, Mussatto KA, Fedderly RT, Berger S, Jaquiss RD, Ghanayem NS, Frisbee SJ, Litwin SB. Improved survival of patients undergoing palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome: lessons learned from 115 consecutive patients. Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(12 Suppl 1):I82-9.
27. Weller RJ, Weintraub R, Addonizio LJ, Chrisant MR, Gersony WM, Hsu DT. Outcome of idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy in children. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Sep 1;90(5):501-6.
28. Yetman AT, Drummond-Webb J, Fiser WP, Schmitz ML, Imamura M, Ullah S, Gunselman RJ, Chipman CW, Johnson CE, Van Devanter SH. The extracardiac Fontan procedure without cardiopulmonary bypass: technique and intermediate-term results. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Oct;74(4):S1416-21. Interventional Cardiology
29. Du Z, Koenig P, Cao Q, Waight D, Heitschmidt M, Hijazi Z. Comparison of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect using the Amplatzer septal occluder associated with deficient versus sufficient rims. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Oct 15;90(8):865.
30. Martin F, Sanchez PL, Doherty E, Colon-Hernandez PJ, Delgado G, Inglessis I, Scott N, Hung J, King ME, Buonanno F, Demirjian Z, de Moor M, Palacios IF. Percutaneous transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with paradoxical embolism. Circulation. 2002 Aug 27;106(9):1121-6.
31. Oskarsson G, Pesonen E, Munkhammar P, Sandstrom S, Jogi P. Normal coronary flow reserve after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: an intracoronary Doppler guidewire study.Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(13):1696-702.
32. Takkenberg JJ, Dossche KM, Hazekamp MG, Nijveld A, Jansen EW, Waterbolk TW, Bogers AJ. Report of the Dutch experience with the Ross procedure in 343 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002 Jul;22(1):70-7.

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