2022
Current Practices in Treating Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Understanding Care Practices in Order to Optimize DMD Heart Failure Through ACTION
Villa C, Auerbach SR, Bansal N, Birnbaum BF, Conway J, Esteso P, Gambetta K, Hall EK, Kaufman BD, Kirmani S, Lal AK, Martinez HR, Nandi D, O’Connor M, Parent JJ, Raucci FJ, Shih R, Shugh S, Soslow JH, Tunuguntla H, Wittlieb-Weber CA, Kinnett K, Cripe L. Current Practices in Treating Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Understanding Care Practices in Order to Optimize DMD Heart Failure Through ACTION. Pediatric Cardiology 2022, 43: 977-985. PMID: 35024902, PMCID: PMC8756173, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-021-02807-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular assist deviceDuchenne muscular dystrophyHeart failureTherapeutic approachesAdvanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes NetworkDMD patientsBeta-blocker therapyMuscular dystrophyImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorAldosterone antagonistsSystolic dysfunctionCardiology providersHolter monitoringPrimary preventionDestination therapyPediatric cardiologistsCardiac careLeading causeOutcomes NetworkCardioverter defibrillatorCardiac diseaseClinical careMuscle therapyEnzyme inhibitorsCare practices
2020
Hair and skin predict cardiomyopathies: Carvajal and erythrokeratodermia cardiomyopathy syndromes
Sun Q, Lee L, Hall EK, Choate KA, Elder RW. Hair and skin predict cardiomyopathies: Carvajal and erythrokeratodermia cardiomyopathy syndromes. Pediatric Dermatology 2020, 38: 31-38. PMID: 33275305, DOI: 10.1111/pde.14478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongestive heart failureCardiac evaluationHeart failureHeart diseaseSudden deathNail abnormalitiesCardiac pathologyNovel therapeuticsCardiomyopathy syndromeFatal consequencesYoung childrenPatientsWarning signsSyndromeFamily membersCardiocutaneous disorderSkinCharacteristic hairCardiomyopathyAbnormalitiesDiseasePathology
2010
Brain‐type natriuretic peptide correlates with right heart pressures in a cross section of pediatric heart transplant patients
Hall EK, Glatz AC, Quartermain MD, Ravishankar C, Kaufman B, Cohen MS, Hanna BD, Goldberg DJ. Brain‐type natriuretic peptide correlates with right heart pressures in a cross section of pediatric heart transplant patients. Pediatric Transplantation 2010, 15: 70-74. PMID: 21199206, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01421.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-type natriuretic peptide levelsRejection gradeHeart transplantationHemodynamic measurementsSerum brain-type natriuretic peptide levelsPediatric heart transplant patientsCellular rejection gradeInvasive hemodynamic measurementsNatriuretic peptide levelsHeart transplant patientsRight heart pressuresRight-sided pressuresMonitoring of childrenBNP correlatesCellular rejectionTransplant patientsAdult patientsCardiac catheterizationHeart failureHeart pressuresPediatric patientsHemodynamic parametersPeptide levelsPg/Peptide correlates