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
Trends 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