Recent pediatric cardiology fellow publications

  • Lorimer D Jr, Dalal AS, Miller N, Roelle L, Orr WB, Van Hare GF, Avari Silva JN. Comparing patient and family usability of insertable cardiac monitors in a pediatric cohort: Patient external activator versus smartphone transmission. Heart Rhythm O2. 2021 Mar 13;2(2):201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.hroo.2021.03.004. PMID: 34113922; PMCID: PMC8183865.
  • Shinozaki, R., Balzer, D., & Nageotte, S. J. Pediatric Use of a Novel Thrombectomy System Designed to Minimize Blood Loss. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. Epub 2021 July 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.042
  • Macias E, Nieman E, Yomogida K, Petrucci O, Javidan C, Baszis K, Anwar S. Rare presentation of an atrial myxoma in an adolescent patient: a case report and literature review. BMC Pediatr. 2018 Nov 28;18(1):373. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1313-6. PMID: 30486815
  • Gropler MRF, Dalal AS, Bierhals AJ, Romberg E, Singh GK, Manning PB. Anomalous Origin of Left Pulmonary Artery from the Aorta: A Rare Entity in Congenital Heart Disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Mar;107(3):e181-e182. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.083. Epub 2018 Sep 29. PMID: 30278169
  • Gropler MRF, Dalal AS, Van Hare GF, Silva JNA. Can smartphone wireless ECGs be used to accurately assess ECG intervals in pediatrics? A comparison of mobile health monitoring to standard 12-lead ECG. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 27;13(9):e0204403. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204403. eCollection 2018. PMID: 30260996
  • Gropler MRF, Marino BS, Carr MR, Russell WW, Gu H, Eltayeb OM, Mongé MC, Backer CL. Long-Term Outcomes of Coarctation Repair Through Left Thoracotomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jan;107(1):157-164. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.027. Epub 2018 Sep 8. PMID: 30205114
  • Levy P.T., El Khuffash A., Woo K.V., Hauck A., Hamvas A., Singh G.K. A Novel Noninvasive Index to Characterize Right Ventricle Pulmonary Arterial Vascular Coupling in Children. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Apr;12(4):761-763.
  • Woo K.V., Ornitz D.M., Singh G.K. Diagnosis and Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Group 3 Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Mar 22;21(3):16.
  • McClenaghan C., Woo K.V., Nichols C.G. Pulmonary Hypertension and ATP-sensitive Potassium Channels: Paradigms and Paradoxes. Hypertension. 2019 Jul;74(1):14-22.
  • Shahnawaz AM, Kim HS, Orvedahl A, John AO, Said A, Simpson K. Successful treatment of fulminant neonatal enteroviral myocarditis in monochorionic diamniotic twins with cardiopulmonary support, intravenous immunoglobulin, and pocapavir. BMJ Case Reports. 2018;bcr-2017-224133.
  • Kim HS, Wolff J, Dalal A, Van Hare G, Silva, J. Use of Intravenous Sotalol in Newborns with Supraventricular Tachycardia. Heart Rhythm Case Reports. 2017;3(7): 332-335.
  • Kim HS, Grady R, Shahanavaz S. Isolated Major Aortopulmonary Collateral as the Sole Pulmonary Blood Supply to an Entire Lung Segment. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2017, 1-4.
  • Mowers KL, Rockefeller T, Balzer D, Nicolas R, Shahanavaz S. Safety of post-operative catheterization interventions at the site of surgery: An application of the CRISP scoring system. Pediatr Cardiol 2018; 39(4) 674-681.
  • Mowers KL, Sekarski L, White AJ, Grady RM. Progression of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Pulmonary Circulation 2018; 8(3) 1-7.
  • Mowers KL, Simpson K, Eghtesady P, Gazit A, Canter CE, Castleberry C. Moderate-Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction after Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation 2018; Jan 4:e13340. doi: 10.1111/petr.13340.
  • Levy P.T., El Khufash A., Woo K.V., Singh G.K. Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Interactions: An Emerging Role for Pulmonary Artery Acceleration Time by Echocardiography in Adults and Children. J Am Soc Echocardiography. 2018 May 25.
  • Qiao, Y., Lipovsky, C., Hicks, S., Bhatnagar, S., Li, G., Khandekar, A., Guzy, R., Woo, K.V., Nichols, C.G., Efimov, I.R., Rentschler, S. Transient Notch Activation Induces Long-Term Gene Expression Changes Leading to Sick Sinus Syndrome in Mice. Circ Res. 2017 Aug 18; 121(5):549-563.
  • Aggarwal M, Grady R.M.. Glucocorticoids for treating pediatric pulmonary hypertension, a novel use for a common medication. Cardiology in the Young. 2017 May:1-3.
  • Mowers KL, Buzzard CJ, Kavey RE. Pregnancy termination rates after fetal diagnosis of single ventricle: A 17 year retrospective review. Fetal, Neonatal and Developmental Medicine. March 2017;1(1):1-4.
  • Madan, S, Muthusamy, P, Mowers, KL, Elmouchi, DA, Finta, B, Gauri, AJ, Woelfel, AK, Fritz, TD, Davis AT, Chalfoun, NT. “Safety of anticoagulation with uninterrupted warfarin vs. interrupted dabigatran in patients requiring an implantable cardiac device.” Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. Feb., 2016;6(1):3-9.
  • Nguyen HH, Sheybani E, Manning P, Herman T, Anwar S. Left aortic arch, right descending aorta, and right patent ductus arteriosus: precise depiction of a rare vascular ring with cardiac computed tomography. Circulation. 2015 Apr 14;131(15):e404-5.
  • Nguyen HH, Jay PY. A single misstep in cardiac development explains the co-occurrence of tetralogy of fallot and complete atrioventricular septal defect in down syndrome. J Pediatr 2014.
  • Simpson KE, Canter CE. Can adult heart failure regimens be applied to children: what works and what does not? Curr Opin Cardiol. 2012 Mar;27(2):98-107.
  • Simpson KE, Cibulka N, Lee CK, Huddleston CH, Canter CE. Failed Fontan heart transplant candidates with preserved vs impaired ventricular ejection: 2 distinct patient populations. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Feb 28. Epub ahead of print.
  • McBride ME, Waldrop WB, Fehr JJ, Boulet JR, Murray DJ. Simulation in pediatrics: the reliability and validity of a multiscenario assessment. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):335-43.
  • Goldstein BS, Sweet SC, Mao J, Huddleston CB, Grady RM. Lung Transplantation in Children With Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An 18-Year Experience Journal of Heart Lung Transplant, May 2011.
  • McBride ME, Foushee MT, Brown RN, Ewald GA, Canter CE. Outcomes of Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Transitioned to Adult Care: An Exploratory Study. J Heart Lung Transplant, Nov 2010 29(11):1309-10.
  • Toib A, Grange DK, Kozel BA, Ewald GA, White FV, Canter CE. Distinct clinical and histopathological presentations of Danon cardiomyopathy in young women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 55 4 408-410.
  • McBride ME, Huddleston CB, Balzer DT, Goel D, Gazit AZ. Hypoplastic Left Heart Association With Scimitar Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol 2009;30:1037.
  • Vashist S, Singh G. Acute Myocarditis in Children: Current Concepts and Management. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med, Oct 2009 (5):383-91.
  • Muyskens S, Lasala J, Balzer D. Percutaneous Closure of a Complex Post-Traumatic Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 2008.
  • Muyskens S, Nicolas R, Foerster S, Balzer D. Endovascular stent placement for right ventricle to pulmonary artery stenosis in the Sano modified Norwood. Congenital Heart Disease, 2008; 3 (3): 185-90.
  • Gazit A, Gandhi, S. Pediatric primary cardiac tumors: diagnosis and treatment. Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine 2007.
  • Gazit A, Singh GK, Shumway J, Johnson MC, Ludomirsky A. Fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma: A sheep or a wolf? J Mat-Fet Med 2007;20: 343-8.
  • Gazit A, Avari JN, Balzer DT, Rhee EK. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Myocardial Ischemia in Children: is a diagnostic ECG always diagnostic? Pediatrics 2007.
  • Holt DB, Moller JH, Larson S, Johnson MC. Primary pulmonary vein stenosis. Am J Cardiol. 2007; 99:568-572.
  • Holt DB, Lublin DM, Phelan DR, Boslaugh SE, Gandhi SK, Huddleston CB, Saffitz JE, Canter CE. Mortality and Morbidity in Presensitized Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients with a Positive Donor Crossmatch Utilizing Perioperative Plasmapheresis and Cytolytic Therapy. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2007.
  • Gandhi SK, Canter CE, Kulikowska A, Huddleston CB. Infant Heart Transplantation Ten Years Later – Where Are They Now–The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2007;83: 169-172.
  • Lorch SM, Sharkey AM. Myocardial velocity, strain and strain rate abnormalities in health obese children. J Cardiometabolic Syndrome 2007; 2;1:30-34.
  • Grange DK, Lorch SM, Cole PL, Singh GK. “Cantu Syndrome in a Woman and Her Two Daughters: Further Confirmation of Autosomal Dominant Inheritance and Review of the Cardiac Manifestations.” American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 140A:1673-1680, 2006.
  • Toib A, Robinson B. Unusual wheezing in a 4 months old baby: A case description of unusual presentation of ALCAPA. Contemporary Pediatrics 2006; 23 9 26-40.
  • Shaoul R, Gazit A, Weller B, Berman S, Jaffe M. Neurological manifestations of an acute abdomen in children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005; Sep;21(9):594-7.
  • Gazit A, Charpie JR, Dekeon MK, Goldberg CS, Mosca RS, Bove EL, Kulik TJ. Serial blood lactate levels predict early outcome after neonatal repair or palliation for congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 Jul;120(1)73-80. In the PedsCCM Evidence-based journal club, March 6, 2005.
  • Holt DB, Singh GK, Rhee EK, Billadello J, Ludomirsky A. Prinzmetal Angina in an Adolescent: Adjunctive Role of Tissue Synchronization Imaging. Circulation 2005; 112:e91-e92.
  • Lin ND, Landt ML, Trinkaus KM, Balzer DT, Kort HW, Canter CE. The relationship of age, severity of illness, and hemodynamics with brain natriuretic peptide levels in pediatric heart disease. Am J Cardiol, 2005;96: 847-50.
  • Nicolas R, Huddleston C, Hills C, Moller JH, Johnson MC. Early outcome after glen shunt and Fontan palliation and the impact of operation during viral respiratory season: analysis of a 19 year multi-institutional experience. Ann Thorac Surg 2005; 79:613-7.
  • Farra H, Kort HW. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome and valvar pulmonary stenosis: presentation and management. Pediatric Cardiology. 2004.
  • McComber DE, Ibrahim JE, Lublin D, Ong C, Huddleston CB, Mendeloff EN, Canter CE. Non-ischemic left ventricular dysfunction (NILVD) after pediatric cardiac transplantation: treatment with plasmapheresis and OKT3. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004; 23: 552-7.
  • Tsirka AE, Trinkaus K, Chen SC, Lipshultz SE, Towbin JA, Colan SD, Exil V, Strauss AW, Canter CE. Improved outcomes of pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy with utilization of heart transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;44: 391-397.