Published in Ann Thorac Surg on November 01, 2010
Successful staged Fontan completion for truncus arteriosus with hypoplastic left ventricle. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.39
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 4.10
Verification of data in congenital cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.84
Variation in outcomes for benchmark operations: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.67
The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 2.37
Differential case ascertainment in clinical registry versus administrative data and impact on outcomes assessment for pediatric cardiac operations. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 2.22
Association of pulmonary conduit type and size with durability in infants and young children. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.06
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
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
Relative impact of surgeon and center volume on early mortality after the Norwood operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.81
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
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
Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.65
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
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
Safety of aprotinin in congenital heart operations: results from a large multicenter database. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.48
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
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
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
Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.23
Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.23
Variation in congenital heart surgery costs across hospitals. Pediatrics (2014) 1.22
Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: a risk estimation model. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.21
Congenital heart surgery outcomes in Down syndrome: analysis of a national clinical database. Pediatrics (2010) 1.19
The anatomy of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary stenosis. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.18
Evaluation of failure to rescue as a quality metric in pediatric heart surgery: an analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.13
Risk of seizures in survivors of newborn heart surgery using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Pediatrics (2003) 1.07
Fontan's operation: is aspirin enough? Is coumadin too much? Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.05
The quest to optimize neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonatal arch reconstruction: the perfusion techniques we use and why we believe in them. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.05
Survey of nongovernmental organizations providing pediatric cardiovascular care in low- and middle-income countries. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 1.00
Impact of noncardiac congenital and genetic abnormalities on outcomes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.00
Contemporary patterns of management of tetralogy of Fallot: data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 0.99
Center variation in patient age and weight at Fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.98
Classification of the functionally univentricular heart: unity from mapped codes. Cardiol Young (2006) 0.96
Centre variation in cost and outcomes for congenital heart surgery. Cardiol Young (2012) 0.94
Risk factors for mortality and morbidity after the neonatal Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.94
Plastic bronchitis in patients with fontan physiology: review of the literature and preliminary experience with fontan conversion and cardiac transplantation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2012) 0.93
Effect of sex and race on outcome in patients undergoing congenital heart surgery: an analysis of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.93
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery: a report from the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Registry. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 0.91
Hospital variation in postoperative infection and outcome after congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.90
Protocols associated with no mortality in 100 consecutive Fontan procedures. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 0.90
Current status of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.90
Ethics of innovation in surgery for congenital cardiac diseases. Cardiol Young (2009) 0.89
Informed consent, bioethical equipoise, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young (2011) 0.89
The Fontan operation, thromboembolism, and anticoagulation: a reappraisal of the single bullet theory. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.87
The registry of anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society. Cardiol Young (2010) 0.87
Linking the congenital heart surgery databases of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society: part 1--rationale and methodology. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 0.87
Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Workforce: clarifying the definition of operative mortality. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2013) 0.87
The assessment of complexity in congenital cardiac surgery based on objective data. Cardiol Young (2008) 0.86
Protecting the infant brain during cardiac surgery: a systematic review. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.86
Long-term functional health status and exercise test variables for patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum: a Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 0.85
Persistent risk of subsequent procedures and mortality in patients after interrupted aortic arch repair: a Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.84
Outcomes of repair of common arterial trunk with truncal valve surgery: a review of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.84
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in Heterotaxy Syndrome: The Case for Early, Direct Hepatic Vein-to-Azygos Vein Connection. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2011) 0.83
Can pulmonary conduit dysfunction and failure be reduced in infants and children less than age 2 years at initial implantation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.82
Right aortic arch, isolated left subclavian artery and ductus arteriosus with normal intracardiac anatomy: rare manifestation of chromosome 22q11 deletion. Pediatr Cardiol (2006) 0.82
Outcomes in adult congenital heart surgery: analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.82
Current spectrum of surgical procedures performed for Ebstein's malformation: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.82
Total cavopulmonary connection to one lung. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2004) 0.81
Management of the failing Fontan circulation. Heart (2012) 0.81
Prenatal diagnosis and neonatal surgical management of a giant proximal right coronary artery to right ventricular fistula. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2010) 0.80
The current status and future directions of efforts to create a global database for the outcomes of therapy for congenital heart disease. Cardiol Young (2005) 0.79
Matching procedure to morphology improves outcomes in neonates with tricuspid atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.78
Reporting of mortality associated with pediatric and congenital cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.78
Coronary steal syndrome after coronary artery bypass for anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 0.78
An overview of surgery options for congenital coronary artery anomalies. Future Cardiol (2010) 0.78
Opportunities and challenges in linking information across databases in pediatric cardiovascular medicine. Prog Pediatr Cardiol (2012) 0.77
The hemi-Fontan operation. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2003) 0.75
Late postoperative prosthetic pulmonary valve endocarditis in a 13-year-old girl with repaired tetralogy of fallot. Tex Heart Inst J (2015) 0.75
The need for an objective evaluation of morbidity in congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 0.75
Linking the congenital heart surgery databases of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society: part 2--lessons learned and implications. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2014) 0.75
Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 0.75
Performance of surgery for congenital heart disease: shall we wait a generation or look for different statistics? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.75
Reply: To PMID 22450074. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 0.75
Reoperative techniques for complications after arterial switch. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.75
Management of the ventricular septal defect during double switch operation for atrioventricular discordant connections. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2011) 0.75
Congenital heart surgery nomenclature and database project. Update and proposed data harvest. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 0.75
Introduction. World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2009) 0.75
Evaluation of the quality of care in congenital heart surgery: contribution of the Aristotle complexity score. Adv Pediatr (2007) 0.75
Rationale and use of perfusion variables in the 2010 update of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2010) 0.75
Can randomized clinical trials impact the surgical approach for hypoplastic left heart syndrome? World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2011) 0.75
D-Transposition of the Great Arteries with Ventricular Septal Defect and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (D-TGA/VSD/LVOTO): A Survey of Perceptions, Preferences, and Experience. Pediatr Cardiol (2015) 0.75
Outcomes Following Single and Recurrent In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Children With Heart Disease: A Report From American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines Registry-Resuscitation. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2016) 0.75
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.75
Surgery for the functionally univentricular heart in patients with visceral heterotaxy. Cardiol Young (2006) 0.75
Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: update and proposed data harvest. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.75