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 analysis
2017
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with Liver Herniation into the Pericardial Sac in a 30-Week Gestation Infant
Patel N, Sollinger C, D’Angio C, Vinocur JM, Ackerman KG, Katzman PJ. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with Liver Herniation into the Pericardial Sac in a 30-Week Gestation Infant. Pediatric And Developmental Pathology 2017, 20: 421-425. PMID: 28812464, DOI: 10.1177/1093526616686446.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsLiver herniationDiaphragmatic defectPericardial tumorPericardial sacAnterior diaphragmatic defectSubset of patientsCongenital diaphragmatic herniaAtrioventricular septal defectPentalogy of CantrellMultiple congenital anomaliesComplex of syndromesPericardial involvementGestation infantsDiaphragmatic herniaSeptal defectUnusual presentationAssociated anomaliesEarly recognitionPostmortem studiesCongenital anomaliesChallenging entityPrenatal ultrasoundHerniationPentalogyTumors