2021
Long-term Outcomes of Children Operated on for Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery
Thomas AS, Chan A, Alsoufi B, Vinocur JM, Kochilas L. Long-term Outcomes of Children Operated on for Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 113: 1223-1230. PMID: 34419434, PMCID: PMC9012605, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere mitral regurgitationLong-term outcomesAnomalous left coronary arteryLeft coronary arteryMitral regurgitationHospital deathCoronary reimplantationLV dysfunctionPulmonary arteryCoronary arteryMR severitySevere left ventricular dysfunctionBetter long-term survivalFavorable long-term outcomePediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumCoronary artery reimplantationPreoperative mitral regurgitationTransplant-free survivalLeft ventricular dysfunctionSevere LV dysfunctionMitral valve operationsNational Death IndexRisk of deathOutcome of childrenLong-term survival
2018
Outcomes after surgical coronary artery revascularisation in children with congenital heart disease
Thammineni K, Vinocur J, Harvey B, Menk J, Kelleman M, Korakiti A, Thomas A, Moller J, St Louis J, Kochilas L. Outcomes after surgical coronary artery revascularisation in children with congenital heart disease. Heart 2018, 104: 1417. PMID: 29472291, PMCID: PMC6092219, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical coronary revascularisationCongenital heart diseaseTransplant-free survivalCoronary revascularisationHeart diseaseLong-term transplant-free survivalUS National Death IndexPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumRetrospective cohort studyCoronary artery revascularisationNational Death IndexLong-term outcomesGraft patency dataLong-term survivalCoronary anomaliesHospital mortalityMulticentre registryBypass GraftingHospital deathCohort studyHospital dischargePatency dataDeath IndexAortic rootRevascularisation
2017
Long-Term Transplant-Free Survival After Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
St. Louis J, McCracken C, Turk E, Hancock H, Menk J, Harvey B, Vinocur J, Oster M, Moller J, Spector L, Kochilas L. Long-Term Transplant-Free Survival After Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 105: 186-192. PMID: 28847536, PMCID: PMC5729081, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connectionTransplant-free survivalAnomalous pulmonary venous connectionPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumPulmonary venous connectionNational Death IndexLong-term outcomesTAPVC repairPostoperative lengthVenous connectionCardiac lesionsDeath IndexUnited NetworkOrgan SharingCare ConsortiumRepair of TAPVCLong-term transplant-free survivalWorse long-term outcomesBilateral lung transplantationDeath/transplantRisks of transplantationRisk of mortalityTime of procedureMajority of deathsCause of death