2017
Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology
Chowdhury D, Gurvitz M, Marelli A, Anderson J, Baker-Smith C, Diab K, Edwards T, Hougen T, Jedeikin R, Johnson J, Karpawich P, Lai W, Lu J, Mitchell S, Newburger J, Penny D, Portman M, Satou G, Teitel D, Villafane J, Williams R, Jenkins K, Group A, Williams R, Jenkins K, Gurvitz M, Marelli A, Campbell R, Chowdhury D, Jedeikin R, Behera S, Hokanson J, Lu J, Kakavand B, Boris J, Cardis B, Bansal M, Anderson J, Schultz A, O'Connor M, Vinocur J, Halnon N, Johnson J, Barrett C, Graham E, Krawczeski C, Franklin W, McGovern J, Hattendorf B, Teitel D, Cotts T, Davidson A, Harahsheh A, Johnson W, Jone P, Sutton N, Tani L, Dahdah N, Portman M, Mensch D, Newburger J, Hougen T, Cross R, Diab K, Karpawich P, Lai W, Peuster M, Schiff R, Saarel E, Satou G, Serwer G, Villafane J, Edwards T, Penny D, Carlson K, Jayakumar K, Park M, Tede N, Uzark K, Smith C, Fleishman C, Connuck D, Ettedgui J, Likes M, Tsuda T. Development of Quality Metrics in Ambulatory Pediatric Cardiology. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 69: 541-555. PMID: 28153110, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.11.043.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
Putting the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium in Context
Vinocur JM, Moller JH, Kochilas LK. Putting the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium in Context. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2012, 5: 577-579. PMID: 22811500, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.111.964841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescentAge FactorsCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiologyChildChild, PreschoolCooperative BehaviorHealth Services ResearchHeart DiseasesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMulticenter Studies as TopicOutcome Assessment, Health CarePediatricsRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited States