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
2015
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Children
Roston TM, Vinocur JM, Maginot KR, Mohammed S, Salerno JC, Etheridge SP, Cohen M, Hamilton RM, Pflaumer A, Kanter RJ, Potts JE, LaPage MJ, Collins KK, Gebauer RA, Temple JD, Batra AS, Erickson C, Miszczak-Knecht M, Kubuš P, Bar-Cohen Y, Kantoch M, Thomas VC, Hessling G, Anderson C, Young ML, Cabrera Ortega M, Lau YR, Johnsrude CL, Fournier A, Kannankeril PJ, Sanatani S. Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia in Children. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2015, 8: 633-642. PMID: 25713214, PMCID: PMC4472494, DOI: 10.1161/circep.114.002217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge FactorsAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsChildDeath, Sudden, CardiacDefibrillators, ImplantableElectric CountershockFemaleHumansMalePatient SelectionPhenotypeRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSympathectomyTachycardia, VentricularTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsCatecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardiaPolymorphic ventricular tachycardiaCardiac sympathetic denervationImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorVentricular tachycardiaSympathetic denervationTreatment failureCardioverter defibrillatorΒ-blockersCatecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia patientsQuarter of patientsRetrospective cohort studyDevice-related complicationsTreatment failure eventsYears of ageVentricular tachycardia patientsCohort studyStandard therapySymptom onsetSymptomatic presentationCardiac arrestSubtherapeutic dosingTreatment outcomesElectrical stormTachycardia patients
2014
Age‐Dependent Sex Effects on Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Kochilas LK, Vinocur JM, Menk JS. Age‐Dependent Sex Effects on Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000608. PMID: 24496232, PMCID: PMC3959673, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.113.000608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge FactorsCardiac Surgical ProceduresChildChild, PreschoolChi-Square DistributionFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHeart Defects, CongenitalHospital MortalityHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisNorth AmericaOdds RatioRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSex FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPediatric cardiac operationsPediatric cardiac surgeryCardiac surgeryCardiac operationsPostsurgical mortalityHigh-risk cardiac operationsPediatric Cardiac Care ConsortiumRisk of deathMonths of lifePotential sex differencesAge-dependent relationshipSurgical yearHospital mortalityUnadjusted mortalityPatient sexWhole cohortHigh-risk operationsCardiovascular diseaseSex effectsCardiovascular stressCare ConsortiumEarly infancyZ-scoreLogistic regressionMortality
2013
Two-ventricle repairs in the unbalanced atrioventricular canal defect spectrum with midterm follow-up
Foker J, Berry J, Vinocur J, Harvey B, Pyles L. Two-ventricle repairs in the unbalanced atrioventricular canal defect spectrum with midterm follow-up. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2013, 146: 854-860.e3. PMID: 23871139, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAbnormalities, MultipleAdolescentAdultCardiac Surgical ProceduresChildChild, PreschoolEndocardial Cushion DefectsFemaleHeart Septal DefectsHeart Septal Defects, AtrialHeart Septal Defects, VentricularHeart VentriclesHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonographyYoung Adult