2022
New England Congenital Cardiology Association Bicuspid Aortopathy Registry (NECCA BAR): A regional preventive cardiovascular care collaboration
Flyer J, Goudie B, Greenstein E, Toro-Salazar O, Nikolli K, Sleeper L, Clarke C, Hidestrand P, Karnik R, O'Brien S, Zilberman M, Lacro R. New England Congenital Cardiology Association Bicuspid Aortopathy Registry (NECCA BAR): A regional preventive cardiovascular care collaboration. Progress In Pediatric Cardiology 2022, 66: 101543. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2022.101543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient care registriesBicuspid aortic valveMedical management guidelinesAortic rootCare registriesAortic valveBicuspid aortopathyPractice variationBackground Bicuspid aortic valveZ-scoreManagement guidelinesCommon congenital heart defectAortic growth rateProximal aortic dilationAdverse cardiovascular outcomesShort-term outcomesSingle-center dataRandomized clinical trialsClinical care guidelinesPreventive cardiovascular careAdverse drug eventsAorta z-scoreAortic valve disease progressionYears of ageCongenital heart defects
2018
Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
Rajagopal H, Uppu SC, Weigand J, Lee S, Karnik R, Ko H, Bhatla P, Nielsen J, Doucette J, Parness I, Srivastava S. Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography. Pediatric Cardiology 2018, 39: 892-901. PMID: 29523923, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1838-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight atrial sizeTransthoracic echocardiographyTwo-dimensional echocardiographyRA areaRA sizeZ-scoreAtrial sizeEntire cohortRight atrial areaHealthy pediatric populationNormal reference valuesCardiovascular deathHeart failureAtrial areaPediatric populationPrognostic indicatorHealthy childrenRA volumeNormal valuesEchocardiographyInverse correlationRegression analysisReference standardCohortScores