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
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