Association of Blood Products Administration During Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Excessive Post-operative Bleeding in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Hemant S. Agarwal, Sarah S. Barrett, Kristen Barry, Meng Xu, Benjamin R. Saville, Brian S. Donahue, Zena L. Harris, David P. Bichell

Early Detection of Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction by Pulsed Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Iron Loaded Beta Thalassemia Patients

Hala Mounir Agha, Amal Beshlawy, Mona Hamdy, Alae Sobeih, Fatma El Zahrae, Inas Abd El Satar, Antoine AbdelMassih, Fadwa Said, Ossama Abd El Aziz, Mona El Tagui, Dudley J. Pennell

Alteration of Gene Expression Profiling Including GPR174 and GNG2 is Associated with Vasovagal Syncope

Yu-Juan Huang, Zai-wei Zhou, Miao Xu, Qing-wen Ma, Jing-bin Yan, Jian-yi Wang, Quo-qin Zhang, Min Huang, Liming Bao

Does Surgically Induced Right Bundle Branch Block Really Effect Ventricular Function in Children After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure?

Cem Karadeniz, Semra Atalay, Fikri Demir, Ercan Tutar, Omer Ciftci, Tayfun Ucar, Adnan Uysalel, Zeynep Eyileten

Repair of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery in the Modern Era: Preoperative Predictors of Immediate Postoperative Outcomes and Long Term Cardiac Follow-up

Justin Weigand, Clement Douglass Marshall, Emile A. Bacha, Jonathan M. Chen, Marc E. Richmond

Post-Pericardiotomy Syndrome in Pediatric Patients Following Surgical Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects: Incidence and Risk Factors

Howard J. Heching, Emile A. Bacha, Leonardo Liberman

Low-Dose Antithrombotic Treatment in Coronary Thrombosis of Kawasaki Disease

Hua Peng, Zubo Wu, Yalan Liu, Ling Li, Shuangshuang Kong, Jing Wu, Yali Liu

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infection Among Young Children in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Single Institution Experience

Ciji Arthur, Xinyu Tang, Jose R. Romero, Jeffrey G. Gossett, Nada Harik, Parthak Prodhan

Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment in Children Followed in a Cardiomyopathy Clinic

Melanie R. Friess, Bradley S. Marino, Amy Cassedy, Ivan Wilmot, John L. Jefferies, Angela Lorts

Prevalence of Variants in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase and the Severity of Pulmonary Vascular Disease

R. W. Day, G. K. Mack, A. M. Barker, T. Q. Rees, L. O. Jorgensen, L. D. Botto

FISH for 22q11.2 Deletion Not Cost-Effective for Infants with Congenital Heart Disease with Microarray

Gabrielle C. Geddes, Mark Butterly, Imran Sajan

Preoperative Factors as a Predictor for Early Postoperative Outcomes After Repair of Congenital Transposition of the Great Arteries

Jung-Won Kim, Mijeung Gwak, Won-Jung Shin, Hyun-Jung Kim, Jeong Jin Yu, Pyung-Hwan Park

Propofol Effect on Cerebral Oxygenation in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Thilo Fleck, Stephan Schubert, Peter Ewert, Brigitte Stiller, Nicole Nagdyman, Felix Berger

A Comparison of Retesting Rates Using Alternative Testing Algorithms in the Pilot Implementation of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening in Minnesota

Lazaros K. Kochilas, Jeremiah S. Menk, Annamarie Saarinen, Amy Gaviglio, Jamie L. Lohr

Serum Concentration of Procollagen Type III Amino-Terminal Peptide is Increased in Patients with Successfully Repaired Coarctation of the Aorta with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Hirokuni Yamazawa, Tomoaki Murakami, Atsuhito Takeda, Kouta Takei, Takuo Furukawa, Hiromichi Nakajima

Autonomic Dysfunction: A Driving Force for Myocardial Fibrosis in Young Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients?

Tamara O. Thomas, John L. Jefferies, Angela Lorts, Jeffrey B. Anderson, Zhiqian Gao, D. Woodrow Benson, Kan N. Hor, Linda H. Cripe, Elaine M. Urbina

ECG-Synchronized CT Angiography in 324 Consecutive Pediatric Patients: Spectrum of Indications and Trends in Radiation Dose

Felix G. Meinel, Thomas Henzler, U. Joseph Schoepf, Patsy W. Park, Walter Huda, James V. Spearman, Kevin T. Dyer, Anil G. Rao, Anthony M. Hlavacek

Serum Bcl-2 Values in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension

Alper Akın, Dursun Alehan, Hayrettin Hakan Aykan, Süheyla Özkutlu, Sema Özer, Tevfik Karagöz

The Prevalence of Arrhythmias, Predictors for Arrhythmias, and Safety of Exercise Stress Testing in Children

Reena M. Ghosh, Gregory J. Gates, Christine A. Walsh, Myles S. Schiller, Robert H. Pass, Scott R. Ceresnak

Ratio between fms-like Tyrosine Kinase 1 and Placental Growth Factor in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Masaya Sugimoto, Hideharu Oka, Aya Kajihama, Kouichi Nakau, Seiko Kuwata, Clara Kurishima, Hiroshi Azuma

Computational Fluid Dynamics Characterization of Blood Flow in Central Aorta to Pulmonary Artery Connections: Importance of Shunt Angulation as a Determinant of Shear Stress-Induced Thrombosis

Carey Celestin, Martin Guillot, Nancy Ross-Ascuitto, Robert Ascuitto

Balloon Dilation and Surgical Valvotomy Comparison in Non-critical Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis

Sergej M. Prijic, Vladislav A. Vukomanovic, Mila S. Stajevic, Bojko B. Bjelakovic, Marija D. Zdravkovic, Igor N. Sehic, Jovan Lj. Kosutic

Outcomes of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization While on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Ryan Callahan, Sara M. Trucco, Peter D. Wearden, Lee B. Beerman, Gaurav Arora, Jacqueline Kreutzer

Semi-supine Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Children and Adolescents: Feasibility and Safety

P. Ciliberti, I. McLeod, F. Cairello, J. P. Kaski, M. Fenton, A. Giardini, J. Marek

Safety, Efficacy and Response to a Hydrocortisone Rescue Therapy Protocol in Children with Refractory Hypotension After Cardiopulmonal Bypass

F. Neunhoeffer, H. Renk, M. Hofbeck, Ch. Grenz, Ch. Haller, E. Heimberg, I. Gerbig, Ch. Schlensak, M. Kumpf

A Novel NKX2.6 Mutation Associated with Congenital Ventricular Septal Defect

Juan Wang, Jian-Hui Mao, Ke-Ke Ding, Wei-Jun Xu, Xing-Yuan Liu, Xing-Biao Qiu, Ruo-Gu Li, Xin-Kai Qu, Ying-Jia Xu, Ri-Tai Huang, Song Xue, Yi-Qing Yang

Fontan Hepatic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Vascular Development

William N. Evans, Ruben J. Acherman, Brody J. Winn, Noel S. Yumiaco, Alvaro Galindo, Abraham Rothman, Humberto Restrepo

Changes in Platelet Indices in Children with Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Aylin Canbolat Ayhan, Yusuf Izzet Ayhan, Ozlem Kalaycık, Cetin Timur, Asım Yoruk

Bias Related to Body Mass Index in Pediatric Echocardiographic Z Scores

Frederic Dallaire, Jean-Luc Bigras, Milan Prsa, Nagib Dahdah

Oxygen Supply to the Fetal Cerebral Circulation in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Simulation Study Based on the Theoretical Models of Fetal Circulation

Sayaka Sakazaki, Satoshi Masutani, Masaya Sugimoto, Masanori Tamura, Seiko Kuwata, Clara Kurishima, Hirofumi Saiki, Yoichi Iwamoto, Hirotaka Ishido, Hideaki Senzaki

Early Results of Neurodevelopment Following Hybrid Stage I for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Sharon L. Cheatham, Helen Carey, Joanne L. Chisolm, Jill C. Heathcock, Deborah Steward

Recurrent Stuck Mitral Valve: Eosinophilia an Unusual Pathology

Neeraj Awasthy, Yasser Bhat, S. Radhakrishnan, Rajesh Sharma

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