• A case control study of neurodevelopmental outcome in infants undergoing cardiac vs non cardiac surgery
• A New Surgical Technique for Biventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction__Double Root Translocation Procedure in 48 consecutive patients
• A study of Aortic Size in Cases with Bicuspid Aortic Valves Compared to Unicuspid or Tricuspid Ones
• A two year prospective population-based molecular autopsy evaluation of post-mortem negative sudden death in 0-40 year olds
• Abnormal Left Ventricular Torsion and Untwist Rate in Patients with Myocarditis
• An integrated model for interpreting missense variants/mutations in the Long QT syndrome genes in families at risk of sudden cardiac death
• An optimal surgical technique of congenital aortic arch disease
• Analysis of early outcomes of neonatal congenital heart surgery in EACTS Congenital Database. Is body weight below 2,5 kg still the risk factor for hospital mortality?
• Aortic cusp extension valvuloplasty in children and adolescents: Long term results and freedom from aortic valve replacement
• Aortic valvuloplasty in children: impact of rapid ventricular pacing
• Are Findings Of Dual Atrioventricular Nodal Physiology in Children Predictive Of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia?
• Are some ASD patients predisposed to developing heart block?
• Assesment of Ventricular Function and Synchrony by Tissue Dopler Echocardiography in Children with Congenital Complete Heart Block and Ventricular Pacing
• Asymptomatic ventricular preexcitation mimicking dilated cardiomyopathy: the location of the pathway is predictive of this association
• B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Pregnant Women with Cardiac Disease
• Bailout stent for critical coarctation in premature/critical/complex/syndromic neonates
• Balloon Expandable Stent Implantation for Native and Recurrent Coarctation of the Aorta – Prospective Assessment of Stent Integrity, Aneurysm Formation and Stenosis Relief
• Best Outcomes Nursing Children with Excellence
• Biointegration and growth of porcine valved pulmonary conduits. Experimental model in a sheep
• Bosentan Promotes Incorporation of Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells but Inhibits Infiltration of Macrophages into Pulmonary Vascular Lesions in Mice: A New Mechanism of Bosentan in Inhibiting Pulmonary Hypertension
• Brain MRI Injury Before and After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery With High-Flow Bypass and Maximized Oxygen Delivery Strategy
• Cardiac Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Negative Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers: The Prospective NHLBI CHAART-1 Study
• Cardiac response to Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in infantile Pompe disease
• Catheter ablation of septal hypertrophy: early and intermediate-term follow-up
• Catheter closure of perforated sinus of valsalva
• Chronic dual chamber pacing improves relative aortic dilation in complete congenital heart block
• Clinical Evaluation of the new Amplatzer Duct Occluder II (ADOII)
• Clinical Screening for Congenital Heart Disease at Birth: A Prospective Study in a Community Hospital in Southern India
• Closure of atrial septal defects in children with a biodrgradeble implant device
• Computer-assisted noninvasive estimation of pulmonary vascular resistance using color M-mode echocardiography
• Congenital Left-to-right Shunts with Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: Comparison of Outcomes of Surgical or Non-surgical Treatment Adjusted by Propensity Score
• Connexin40 is expressed in the right ventricles of patients with congenital heart malformations
• Coronary flow dynamics in children after repair of Tetrology of Fallot by Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
• CRP-286 Gene Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to coronary arterial sequelae in Kawasaki Disease
• Diastolic Ventricular Interaction in Patients after Atrial Switch for Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Different organ injury mechanisms following cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest in a paediatric model
• Differential effects of the permanent epicardial pacing site on left ventricular synchrony and function in the young: Implications for lead placement
• Differential Neuronal Vulnerability varies according to Mechanism of CPB Insult
• Does a new ultrasound flow modality improve visualisation of neonatal pulmonary veins?
• Does Anticoagulation in Eisenmenger Syndrome Alter Long-Term Survival?
• Does the Mitral Annulus Grow in Children Following Early Mechanical Valve Replacement?
• Early experience with the Aquilion One 320 slice computerised tomography scanner in paediatric and congenital heart disease
• Echographic Parameters Associated with Atrial Fibrillation in Adults Congenital Heart Disease
• Economic Evaluation of Palivizumab in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Canadian Perspective
• Effect of a regional training programme in fetal echocardiography on antenatal detection of major congenital heart disease
• Effect Of Changes In Ventilation On Arterial Carbon Dioxide Levels And Cerebral And Somatic Tissue Oxygenation In Infants Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass And Cardiac Surgery
• Effect of Ischemic Postconditioning in Infant with Tetralogy of Fallot
• Effect of selective alpha 1 receptor agonist in the treatment of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in children
• Empowering Staff and Parents
• Endocardial Radiofrequency Septal Reduction - The ‘other’ treatment option for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) in Children
• Endothelial microparticles for assessment of vascular injury in Kawasaki disease
• Endothelial progenitor cells and arterial function in the late convalescence period of Kawasaki disease
• Endothelin receptor antagonism is an effective and safe long term treatment modality in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with complex congenital heart disease
• Establishing a congenital cardiac surgery program in a developing country. The impact of International, Regional and National collaboration
• Ethnic Group Differences in the Perinatal Antecedents of Early Childhood Obesity: A Population-Based Analysis
• Evaluation of fetal cardiac function in gestational diabetes mellitus pregnancies
• Excellent Surgical Results of Extra-Cardiac Conduit Total Cavopulmonary Connection: Analysis of Consecutive 364 Cases
• Exercise induces significant biventricular intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in children with TOF
• Experience of Anatomical Repair for Ebstein's Anomaly in 100 patients
• Fetal Pulmonary Vasoreactivity in Response to Maternal Hyperoxygenation: A Useful Tool in the Prenatal Evaluation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
• Gender differences in long-term dexrazoxane cardioprotection in doxorubicin-treated children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Genetic Analysis in Patients with Left Ventricular Noncompaction and Evidence for Genetic Heterogeneity
• Hard choices for high-risk patients with Critical Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: Contemporary comparison of hybrid versus surgical strategies
• Heterotaxy Congenital Heart Disease Patients with Ciliary Dysfunction: Possible Role in Morbidity?
• Heterotaxy Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Increased Postoperative Respiratory Complications
• Histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
• Homemonitoring in young patients with a congenital heart disease and the need for pacemakers or defibrillators
• Homograft Performance in 84 Pediatric Ross Patients - Results from the German-Dutch Ross Registry
• Impairment in brain maturation on magnetic resonance imaging is common in infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease
• Improved outcome of fetuses with congenital heart disease. Multicentre study
• In Vivo Plaque Composition and Morphology in Coronary Artery Lesions in The Adolescents and Young Adults Long After Kawasaki Disease: A Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound Study
• Incidence of Significant Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients with Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Dysfunction and Impact of Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation on Tricuspid Valve Function
• Increased myocardial Met-Enkephalin is associated with reduced arterial oxygenation in Tetralogy of Fallot
• Influence of Interventional Cardiology on the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
• Initial results and medium term follow up of PAIVS patients with moderate right ventricular hypoplasia following radiofrequency valvotomy and PDA stenting
• Is it Possible to Estimate the globe contractile function of right ventricular Using Ultrasound Strain Rate Imaging?
• It’s not just about the heart: focusing on the transition journey & Life after paediatric care
• Long term outcome of ventricular septation for single left ventricle
• Long term results of pulmonary arteries rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary arteries hypoplasia and major aortopulmonary collaterals
• Long Term Single Centre experience with the Amplatzer Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Occluder
• Long Term Single Centre experience with the Helex Septal Occluder
• Long-term Result of Anatomical Repair for Discordant Atrioventricular Connections: Comparison of Anatomical and Physiological Repair
• Long-term Results of Modified Fontan Operation for Single Ventricular Patients Associated with Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation
• Long-term survival and freedom from reintervention in patients with congenital aortic stenosis after balloon valvuloplasty vs operative commissurotomy
• Mean platelet volume is a predictor of 22q11.2 deletion in congenital heart disease
• Mechanistic insights into hypothermia-induced platelet dysfunction: P2Y12 receptor blockade protects platelets at hypothermia as employed in cardiac surgery
• Mid-term Result of Surgical Repair in Patients with Double Outlet Right Ventricle
• Morphologic variation in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
• Morphology of ventricular scoop in atrioventricular septal defect: relevance to “simplified” single-patch method
• Mortality and serious morbidity associated with Fontan revision surgery
• Neoaortic valve function 10 - 18 years after arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA). One centre experience
• Non-invasive Cardiac Output Measurement Using Physioflow® in Paediatric Patients- a comparison with MRI
• Objective Measurement of Mitral Valve Thickness in Children with and without Rheumatic Heart Disease
• Parent Well-Being Following Their Infant’s Cardiac Surgery
• Patient specific finite element analysis: a new device for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
• Patient specific study of stent fracture after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
• Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation in the Young: Medium Term Follow-up
• Percutaneous versus surgical ASD closure: meta-analysis of currently available clinical evidence
• Phenotypic features, cardiovascular manifestations and natural history in a unique cohort of infants with Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• Platelet GP IIb/IIIa receptor blockade versus selective inhibition of platelet signal transduction: Which approach is better to protect platelets during extracorporeal circulation?
• Potential coronary complications after arterial switch operation
• Prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis and follow-up of acid maltase deficiency with cardiomyopathy
• Preservation of LV synchrony: Consideration in Pediatric pacing
• Protecting the lung and the heart in experimental acute lung injury: Low tidal voulme ventilation in combination with intravenous ET-1 receptor blockade by tezosentan
• Pulmonary Artery Growth After Palliation Of Congenital Heart Disease With Duct-Dependent Pulmonary Flow: Arterial Duct Stenting Vs Surgical Shunt
• Pulmonary artery stents in small children (< or =12kg): short and mid-term results
• Pulmonary venous anatomy and incidence of obstruction in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) associated with heterotaxia syndrome
• Pulse oximetry screening (POS) in newborns can reduce the diagnostic gap in critical congenital heart disease (cCHD) –2 years experience from a prospective multicenter trial
• Quantifying the Spectrum of Cardiovascular Findings in the Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome: The CHOP TTTS Cardiovascular Score
• Radiofrequency ablation procedures in children under 2 years of age
• Rapid Three Dimensional Echocardiography Assessment of Right Ventricular Volume and Function in Congenital Heart Disease: Comparison with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Recoarctation After the Norwood Stage 1 Procedure
• Reconstruction of the Heart and Pericardium with Decellularized Porcine Extracellular Matrix Scaffold: Human Applications in Congenital Heart Disease
• Relationship between Administration of Intravenous Immune-Globulin and Cardiac/Coronary Artery Leision in patients with Kawasaki Disease
• Resting MRI does not predict ventricular dysfunction on exercise in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
• Restrictive right ventricular physiology after tetralogy of Fallot repair is associated with fibrosis of the right ventricular outflow tract visualized on MRI
• Restrictive Right Ventricular Physiology, Right Ventricular Fibrosis as Assessed by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, and Exercise Capacity After Biventricular Repair of Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum
• Right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt in Norwood procedure for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome - 200 cases results
• Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Measured During Routine Inter-stage Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Predicts Outcome for Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
• Right ventricular pressure during exercise in adolescents with atrial or ventricular septal defect
• Right ventricular response to abnormal loading conditions in mice
• Role of caveolin-1 in pulmonary hypertension
• Role of heme oxygenase-1 and endothelial progenitor cells in the beneficial effects of erythropoietin on flow-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Ross-Konno Procedure in Children – Mid-term Results
• Screening for Chromosomal Deletions and Duplications in Congenital Heart Disease using Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification
• Serial NT-proBNP in Acute Decompensated Pediatric Heart Failure
• Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis With Right Ventricular Failure And Cyanosis : Results Of Valvoplasty
• Stent implantantation in aortic coarctation. Covered or bare?
• Stress Echocardiography Using Semi-Supine Cycle Ergometry in Patients with Pediatric Heart Disease. Nearly 700 Tests Later!
• Subnormal Effective Forward Cardiac Index in Congenital Heart Disease with Right Ventricular Loading: Assessment by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Surgical repair for congenital mitral valve dysplasia: a single center 36 years experience
• Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
• Surgical treatment of the transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary stenosis: Mid-term results
• Tbx1 Knock-down leads to reduced pharyngeal neural crest cells and cardiac performance in zebrafish
• TEE guided minimally invasive perventricular device occlusion of ventricular septal defects without cardiopulmonary bypass: multi-center results and experience
• The Effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on Expression of Selected Regulatory Proteins Responsible for Cell Injury or Survival in the Brain of Newborn Piglets Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Circulatory Arrest
• The proposed founder mutation Y111C-KCNQ1- a substantial cause of LQT1 in Sweden
• The Value of Cardiovascular Imaging Methods in the Diagnosis of Complex Congenital Heart Disease Evaluated by ROC Analysis
• Thrombosis Following Closure of Large Distal Type Coronary Artery Fistulae : To Close or not to Close?
• Tissue engineering of stentless pulmonary valve using a mesenchymal stem- endothelial progenitor cell- seeded biodegradable poly-4-hydroxybutyrate scaffold for use in pediatric pulmonary valve surgery
• Transcatheter fenestration creation and stenting of the Fontan circuit with “diabolo” stents
• Transposition of the Great Arteries with Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Stenosis: Is the Rastelli Operation Still a Good Option?
• Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Ebstein Anomaly: Improved Outcomes with Bioprostheses
• Using practice experience to develop nursing education programmes
• Variation in Nursing Intensity and its Impact on Mortality for Congenital Heart Surgery Using Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) Administrative Data
• Vasoreactivity test in pulmonary arterial hypertension due to congenital heart disease (Eisenmenger syndrome): significance and impact on long term prognosis
• Where’s the thin red line between benefit and non-benefit left-to-right shunt closure

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