Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on September 01, 2010
Outcome of the Norwood operation in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a 12-year single-center survey. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.76
Comparison of shunt types in the Norwood procedure for single-ventricle lesions. N Engl J Med (2010) 5.43
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 4.10
Neurodevelopmental status at eight years in children with dextro-transposition of the great arteries: the Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 3.85
Verification of data in congenital cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.84
Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries corrected with the arterial switch procedure: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. Circulation (2011) 2.70
Variation in outcomes for benchmark operations: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.67
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
Predictors of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (the ASCERT study). Circulation (2012) 2.54
Report of the 2005 STS Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.50
The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 2.37
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: collective review of surgical therapy. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.23
Differential case ascertainment in clinical registry versus administrative data and impact on outcomes assessment for pediatric cardiac operations. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 2.22
The effect of duration of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in infant heart surgery on late neurodevelopment: the Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 2.12
Association of pulmonary conduit type and size with durability in infants and young children. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.06
Trends in vascular ring surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 2.04
Contemporary Fontan operation: association between early outcome and type of cavopulmonary connection. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 2.04
The importance of nomenclature for congenital cardiac disease: implications for research and evaluation. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.92
Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery. Pediatrics (2011) 1.90
Cerebral ischemia caused by obstructed superior vena cava cannula is detected by near-infrared spectroscopy. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth (2004) 1.87
Linking clinical registry data with administrative data using indirect identifiers: implementation and validation in the congenital heart surgery population. Am Heart J (2010) 1.87
Surgery for complications of trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defects: a multi-institutional study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.86
Identification of pressure passive cerebral perfusion and its mediators after infant cardiac surgery. Pediatr Res (2004) 1.82
Relative impact of surgeon and center volume on early mortality after the Norwood operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.81
Report of the 2010 society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery practice and manpower survey. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.76
The complex relationship between center volume and outcome in patients undergoing the Norwood operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.75
Perioperative methylprednisolone and outcome in neonates undergoing heart surgery. Pediatrics (2012) 1.75
Regulatory and ethical considerations for linking clinical and administrative databases. Am Heart J (2009) 1.75
Association of center volume with mortality and complications in pediatric heart surgery. Pediatrics (2012) 1.73
Complications after the Norwood operation: an analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.72
A simplified categorization for common arterial trunk. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.70
Randomized trial of hematocrit 25% versus 35% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.69
An empirically based tool for analyzing morbidity associated with operations for congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.68
Cardiac extracorporeal life support: state of the art in 2007. Cardiol Young (2007) 1.68
Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.65
Diagnosis and treatment of fetal cardiac disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2014) 1.64
Aortic valve replacement in neonates and infants: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.63
Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--the perspective of cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.63
Intraoperative hyperglycemia during infant cardiac surgery is not associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 1, 4, and 8 years. Anesthesiology (2004) 1.61
Center variation and outcomes associated with delayed sternal closure after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.57
The effect of hematocrit during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery: results from the combined Boston hematocrit trials. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.56
Dexamethasone reduces postoperative troponin levels in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.56
Initial application in the EACTS and STS Congenital Heart Surgery Databases of an empirically derived methodology of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.56
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: an analysis of current management strategies in a single institution. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.55
Hypothermic circulatory arrest increases permeability of the blood brain barrier in watershed areas. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.55
Multiple papillary fibroelastomas of the heart. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.55
Length of stay after infant heart surgery is related to cognitive outcome at age 8 years. J Pediatr (2003) 1.52
Congenital heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2010) 1.50
Safety of aprotinin in congenital heart operations: results from a large multicenter database. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.48
The Aristotle score for congenital heart surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2004) 1.48
Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: external validation of risk estimation model. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.47
Specific bypass conditions determine safe minimum flow rate. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.47
Effects of glutaraldehyde concentration, pretreatment time, and type of tissue (porcine versus bovine) on postimplantation calcification. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 1.46
Clinical Epidemiology of Extubation Failure in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU: A Report From the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2015) 1.46
Variation in outcomes for risk-stratified pediatric cardiac surgical operations: an analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.46
Quality measures for congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2012) 1.45
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial of triiodothyronine in neonatal heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.45
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: consensus and controversies in 2007. Cardiol Young (2007) 1.44
Modification to the Fontan procedure for the prophylaxis of intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia: short-term results of a prospective randomized blinded trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.44
Use of partial cardiopulmonary bypass for coarctation repair through a left thoracotomy in children without collaterals. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.43
Evolution of strategies for management of the patent arterial duct. Cardiol Young (2007) 1.42
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database: a continuing commitment to excellence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.41
Determinants of mortality and type of repair in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.39
The Ross operation in children: effects of aortic annuloplasty. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.38
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
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in infants with congenital heart disease dying after cardiac surgery. Acta Neuropathol (2005) 1.34
Relationship of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation to neurodevelopmental outcome and brain magnetic resonance imaging at 1 year of age in infants undergoing biventricular repair. Circulation (2010) 1.34
The society of thoracic surgeons national database. Heart (2013) 1.33
Risk factors associated with mortality and interventions in 472 neonates with interrupted aortic arch: a Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.32
The nomenclature, definition and classification of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young (2006) 1.31
Tetralogy of Fallot: results of a pulmonary valve-sparing strategy. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.28
Public reporting of cardiac surgery performance: Part 1--history, rationale, consequences. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.28