2013
Surgical Volume and Center Effects on Early Mortality After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 25-Year North American Experience From a Multi-institutional Registry
Vinocur JM, Menk JS, Connett J, Moller JH, Kochilas LK. Surgical Volume and Center Effects on Early Mortality After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 25-Year North American Experience From a Multi-institutional Registry. Pediatric Cardiology 2013, 34: 1226-1236. PMID: 23377381, PMCID: PMC4357309, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-013-0633-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric cardiac surgerySurgical volumePostoperative mortalityCardiac surgeryOdds ratioCenter effectVolume categoriesHierarchical multivariate logistic regression analysisMultivariate logistic regression analysisPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumRisk categoriesStudy periodCenter-specific variationCentres' surgical volumeRisk Adjusted ClassificationRetrospective cohort studyEarly postoperative mortalityMulti-institutional registryOdds of deathCongenital heart surgeryNorth American centersLogistic regression analysisLow-risk operationCohort studyPatient characteristics
2012
Surgical Placement of Permanent Epicardial Pacing Systems in Very Low-Birth Weight Premature Neonates
Shepard C, Kochilas L, Vinocur J, Bryant R, Harvey B, Bradley S, DeCampli W, St. Louis J. Surgical Placement of Permanent Epicardial Pacing Systems in Very Low-Birth Weight Premature Neonates. World Journal For Pediatric And Congenital Heart Surgery 2012, 3: 454-458. PMID: 23804908, DOI: 10.1177/2150135112453178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpicardial pacing systemHeart blockEpicardial pacemaker placementSurgical placementPacing systemPacemaker placementCongenital complete heart blockLow birth weight infantsLow birth weight neonatesAggressive surgical strategyWeight premature neonatesCongenital cardiac anomaliesCongenital heart blockMulti-institutional registryComplete heart blockLong-term outcomesMajor operative proceduresMulti-institutional databaseLarge multi-institutional registryWeight infantsWeight neonatesImmediate complicationsMajor complicationsPremature neonatesSurgical outcomes