2018
Mortality Following Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the Causes of Death Derived From the National Death Index
McCracken C, Spector LG, Menk JS, Knight JH, Vinocur JM, Thomas AS, Oster ME, St Louis JD, Moller JH, Kochilas L. Mortality Following Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the Causes of Death Derived From the National Death Index. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e010624. PMID: 30571499, PMCID: PMC6404427, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.010624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart surgeryNational Death IndexCongenital heart defectsStandardized mortality ratioCause of deathHeart surgeryDeath IndexCardiovascular disordersHeart failureSeverity of CHDCause-specific standardized mortality ratiosPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumRetrospective cohort studyAdjusted odds ratioLong-term outcomesRisk of deathLong-term riskConclusions SurvivorsMedian followNoncardiac conditionsCohort studyResidual morbidityEarly outcomesLate causesCardiac arrestTrends in Long-Term Mortality After Congenital Heart Surgery
Spector LG, Menk JS, Knight JH, McCracken C, Thomas AS, Vinocur JM, Oster ME, St Louis JD, Moller JH, Kochilas L. Trends in Long-Term Mortality After Congenital Heart Surgery. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2018, 71: 2434-2446. PMID: 29793633, PMCID: PMC5978758, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandardized mortality ratioCongenital heart surgeryLong-term mortalityHeart surgeryLong-term survivalGeneral populationOverall standardized mortality ratioSurvival of patientsLarge U.S. cohortNational Death IndexPatent ductus arteriosusPediatric cardiac surgeryAtrial septal defectForms of CHDMulticenter registryCardiac surgeryDuctus arteriosusSingle ventricleDeath IndexGreat arteriesSeptal defectMortality ratioU.S. cohortSurgerySurvival analysisOutcomes 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
2016
In‐Hospital Vital Status and Heart Transplants After Intervention for Congenital Heart Disease in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium: Completeness of Ascertainment Using the National Death Index and United Network for Organ Sharing Datasets
Spector L, Menk J, Vinocur J, Oster M, Harvey B, St. Louis J, Moller J, Kochilas L. In‐Hospital Vital Status and Heart Transplants After Intervention for Congenital Heart Disease in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium: Completeness of Ascertainment Using the National Death Index and United Network for Organ Sharing Datasets. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2016, 5: e003783. PMID: 27506544, PMCID: PMC5015299, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.003783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumNational Death IndexCongenital heart diseaseOrgan Sharing datasetHeart transplantUNOS registryDeath IndexUnited NetworkHeart diseaseCare ConsortiumLong-term deathLong-term outcomesCompleteness of ascertainmentHospital deathTransplant statusVital statusNational registryCase ascertainmentCardiovascular conditionsTransplant eventsTransplantYears postinterventionRegistryDeathPatients