Published in Ann Thorac Surg on November 01, 2008
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Design of a large cross-sectional study to facilitate future clinical trials in children with the Fontan palliation. Am Heart J (2006) 1.74
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Usefulness of the right ventricular systolic to diastolic duration ratio to predict functional capacity and survival in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Cardiol (2010) 1.66
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Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration is associated with the metabolic syndrome among US youth aged 12-19 years. J Pediatr (2010) 1.64
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Predictors of technical skill acquisition among resident trainees in a laparoscopic skills education program. World J Surg (2008) 1.62
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Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standards. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.50
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Outcomes in 45 children with ductal origin of the distal pulmonary artery. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.48
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Clinical impact of vasopressin infusion on hemodynamics, liver and renal function in pediatric patients. Intensive Care Med (2008) 1.46
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Results of rapid-response extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children with refractory cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.45
The Ross procedure in children: preoperative haemodynamic manifestation has significant effect on late autograft re-operation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.42
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Heparin brand is associated with postsurgical outcomes in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.42
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Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operations. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.36
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Delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease: what are the risk factors? Pediatrics (2007) 1.31
Improved classification of coronary artery abnormalities based only on coronary artery z-scores after Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Cardiol (2009) 1.27
Forty-eight-hour pH monitoring increases sensitivity in detecting abnormal esophageal acid exposure. J Gastrointest Surg (2005) 1.27
Assessment of myocardial deformation in children using Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) data and vendor independent speckle tracking software. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 1.26
Longitudinal evaluation and assessment of cardiovascular disease in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol (2008) 1.26
Comparison between different speckle tracking and color tissue Doppler techniques to measure global and regional myocardial deformation in children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 1.26
Rationale and design of a trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in infants with single ventricle. Am Heart J (2009) 1.25
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Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.23
Utilization of laparoscopic colectomy in the United States before and after the clinical outcomes of surgical therapy study group trial. Ann Surg (2011) 1.22
Systemic inflammation and insulin sensitivity in obese IFN-γ knockout mice. Metabolism (2012) 1.22
American Heart Association Childhood Obesity Research Summit: executive summary. Circulation (2009) 1.22
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The impact of pulmonary valve replacement after tetralogy of Fallot repair: a matched comparison. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.20