Published in Ann Thorac Surg on October 01, 2004
Continuous monitoring of inflammation biomarkers during simulated cardiopulmonary bypass using a microfluidic immunoassay device - a pilot study. Artif Organs (2013) 0.77
Systemic oxygen transport derived by using continuous measured oxygen consumption after the Norwood procedure-an interim review. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.76
Normothermia for pediatric and congenital heart surgery: an expanded horizon. Front Pediatr (2015) 0.75
Comparison of urokinase and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for treatment of childhood empyema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 2.98
What is operative mortality? Defining death in a surgical registry database: a report of the STS Congenital Database Taskforce and the Joint EACTS-STS Congenital Database Committee. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.59
Randomized controlled trial of the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on children undergoing cardiac surgery: first clinical application in humans. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 2.30
Tetralogy of Fallot. Lancet (2009) 2.18
Comparison of the profiles of postoperative systemic hemodynamics and oxygen transport in neonates after the hybrid or the Norwood procedure: a pilot study. Circulation (2007) 2.16
Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop and aviation models to improve safety and quality. Paediatr Anaesth (2007) 2.10
Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.10
Is complete heart block after surgical closure of ventricular septum defects still an issue? Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.05
Improved long-term clinical outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing remote ischaemic conditioning as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur Heart J (2013) 2.00
The nomenclature, definition and classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy. Cardiol Young (2007) 1.83
The impact of changing medical therapy on transplantation-free survival in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 1.83
Novel biodegradable stents in the treatment of bronchial stenosis after lung transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.81
The effects of changes in loading conditions and modulation of inotropic state on the myocardial performance index: comparison with conductance catheter measurements. Eur Heart J (2004) 1.70
Refining the assessment of pulmonary regurgitation in adults after tetralogy of Fallot repair: should we be measuring regurgitant fraction or regurgitant volume? Eur Heart J (2009) 1.63
The remote ischemic preconditioning stimulus modifies inflammatory gene expression in humans. Physiol Genomics (2004) 1.63
Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 1.62
Adverse left ventricular mechanics in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol (2008) 1.61
Effect of inhaled hydrogen sulfide on metabolic responses in anesthetized, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated piglets. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.59
Have we drawn the wrong conclusions about the value of care pathways? Is a Cochrane review appropriate? Eval Health Prof (2011) 1.58
Energy expenditure and caloric and protein intake in infants following the Norwood procedure. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.55
Biventricular structural and functional responses to aortic constriction in a rabbit model of chronic right ventricular pressure overload. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.53
Airway pressure release ventilation improves pulmonary blood flow in infants after cardiac surgery. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.52
Validation of myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction as a novel noninvasive index of right ventricular contractility: comparison with ventricular pressure-volume relations in an animal model. Circulation (2002) 1.51
Effect of carbon dioxide on systemic oxygenation, oxygen consumption, and blood lactate levels after bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.50
Intravenous sildenafil is a potent pulmonary vasodilator in children with congenital heart disease. Circulation (2003) 1.50
Congenital heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2010) 1.50
Chronic kidney disease in children following lung and heart-lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant (2008) 1.49
Aortopexy as treatment for tracheo-bronchomalacia in children: an 18-year single-center experience. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2011) 1.48
Remote cardioprotection by transfer of coronary effluent from ischemic preconditioned rabbit heart preserves mitochondrial integrity and function via adenosine receptor activation. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther (2014) 1.48
Pediatric heart transplantation for congenital and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 1.47
Isovolumic acceleration at rest and during exercise in children normal values for the left ventricle and first noninvasive demonstration of exercise-induced force-frequency relationships. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 1.46
Tracheomegaly: a complication of fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion in the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Radiol (2009) 1.45
Brain death leads to abnormal contractile properties of the human donor right ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.44
Outcomes following the Kawashima procedure for single-ventricle palliation in left atrial isomerism. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.43
Transient limb ischaemia remotely preconditions through a humoral mechanism acting directly on the myocardium: evidence suggesting cross-species protection. Clin Sci (Lond) (2009) 1.43
Optimal timing of the Ross procedure in the management of chronic aortic incompetence in the young. Cardiol Young (2003) 1.42
Medical errors: the performance gap in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and physiologic equivalents? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 1.42
Do tracheas grow after slide tracheoplasty? Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.41
Genetic variability in complement activation modulates the systemic inflammatory response syndrome in children. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2010) 1.41
Method and value of digital recording of operations for congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.40
Beneficial effects of vasopressors on right ventricular function in experimental acute right ventricular failure in a rabbit model. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.40
Anatomical factors determining surgical decision-making in patients with transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.40
Surgical repair of the mitral valve in children with dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral regurgitation. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.40
Does the Aristotle Score predict outcome in congenital heart surgery? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.39
The nomenclature, definition and classification of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young (2006) 1.31
Initial application in the STS congenital database of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.28
Translation of remote ischaemic preconditioning into clinical practice. Lancet (2009) 1.26
Nomenclature and databases - the past, the present, and the future : a primer for the congenital heart surgeon. Pediatr Cardiol (2007) 1.20
Remote ischemic perconditioning as an adjunct therapy to thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a randomized trial. Stroke (2013) 1.19
Long-segment tracheal stenosis: slide tracheoplasty and a multidisciplinary approach improve outcomes and reduce costs. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.17
Cerebral and peripheral tissue oxygenation in children supported on ECMO for cardio-respiratory failure. Adv Exp Med Biol (2010) 1.16
Remote ischemic preconditioning of the recipient reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury of the denervated donor heart via a Katp channel-dependent mechanism. Transplantation (2005) 1.16
Surgical substrates of postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia in congenital heart defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 1.16
Noninvasive assessment of left ventricular force-frequency relationships using tissue Doppler-derived isovolumic acceleration: validation in an animal model. Circulation (2003) 1.15
Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998-2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.12
Systemic ventricular function in patients with transposition of the great arteries after atrial repair: a tissue Doppler and conductance catheter study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 1.12
Nomenclature and databases for the surgical treatment of congenital cardiac disease--an updated primer and an analysis of opportunities for improvement. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.11
Percutaneous left ventricular "vent" insertion for left heart decompression during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2003) 1.09
Multimodality treatment of pediatric lymphatic malformations of the head and neck using surgery and sclerotherapy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2010) 1.09
Apelin-13 protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury through inhibition of ER-dependent apoptotic pathways in a time-dependent fashion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2011) 1.08
Remote ischemic preconditioning decreases adhesion and selectively modifies functional responses of human neutrophils. J Surg Res (2010) 1.08
Remote ischemic conditioning: evolution of the concept, mechanisms, and clinical application. J Card Surg (2009) 1.08
Disruption of the ventricular myocardial force-frequency relationship after cardiac surgery in children: noninvasive assessment by means of tissue Doppler imaging. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.07
Remote ischemic per-conditioning: a novel therapy for acute stroke? Stroke (2011) 1.07
How is pulmonary arterial blood flow affected by pulmonary venous obstruction in children? A phase-contrast magnetic resonance study. Pediatr Radiol (2005) 1.07
Adverse effects of dopamine on systemic hemodynamic status and oxygen transport in neonates after the Norwood procedure. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.05
Inferior sinus venosus defect: echocardiographic diagnosis and surgical approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.05
Right versus left ventricular failure: differences, similarities, and interactions. Circulation (2014) 1.04
The improvement of care for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease across the World: a challenge for the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.04
Differential regurgitation in branch pulmonary arteries after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: a phase-contrast cine magnetic resonance study. Circulation (2003) 1.04
Primary thoracoscopic treatment of empyema in children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.03
Tbx5-dependent pathway regulating diastolic function in congenital heart disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.02
Initial experience with hybrid palliation for neonates with single-ventricle physiology. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.02
Vascular compression of the airway in children. Paediatr Respir Rev (2008) 1.02
Pulmonary regurgitation in congenital heart disease. Heart (2007) 1.01
Remote preconditioning reduces ischemic injury in the explanted heart by a KATP channel-dependent mechanism. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2004) 1.01
Combined local ischemic postconditioning and remote perconditioning recapitulate cardioprotective effects of local ischemic preconditioning. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2010) 1.01
A new morphologic classification of congenital tracheobronchial stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.00
Repeated remote ischemic postconditioning protects against adverse left ventricular remodeling and improves survival in a rat model of myocardial infarction. Circ Res (2011) 1.00
Early gene expression profiles during intraoperative myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.99
MicroRNA-144 is a circulating effector of remote ischemic preconditioning. Basic Res Cardiol (2014) 0.99
First experience with biodegradable airway stents in children. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.98
Transition to adult health care for adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease: perspectives of the patient, parent and health care provider. Can J Cardiol (2009) 0.98
Variations in the technique of slide tracheoplasty to repair complex forms of long-segment congenital tracheal stenoses. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 0.98
Late complications of repair of tetralogy of Fallot and indications for pulmonary valve replacement. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.97
The remote ischemic preconditioning stimulus modifies gene expression in mouse myocardium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.96
Classification of the functionally univentricular heart: unity from mapped codes. Cardiol Young (2006) 0.96
Remote cardioprotection by direct peripheral nerve stimulation and topical capsaicin is mediated by circulating humoral factors. Basic Res Cardiol (2012) 0.96
Genetic determinants of right-ventricular remodeling after tetralogy of Fallot repair. Pediatr Res (2012) 0.96
Remote preconditioning improves maximal performance in highly trained athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2011) 0.96
Profiles of hemodynamics and oxygen transport derived by using continuous measured oxygen consumption after the Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.94
Left ventricular volume measurement in mice by conductance catheter: evaluation and optimization of calibration. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.94
Aortopexy for the treatment of tracheomalacia in children: review of the literature. Ital J Pediatr (2012) 0.93
Remote preconditioning provides potent cardioprotection via PI3K/Akt activation and is associated with nuclear accumulation of β-catenin. Clin Sci (Lond) (2011) 0.93
Measured versus estimated oxygen consumption in ventilated patients with congenital heart disease: the validity of predictive equations. Crit Care Med (2003) 0.93
Tracheobronchial intervention in children. Eur J Radiol (2005) 0.93
Assessment of the evolution of normal fetal diastolic function during mid and late gestation by spectral Doppler tissue echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2006) 0.92