Congenital Heart Valve Program
Publications
Aortic Valve
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Brown DW, Dipilato AE, Chong EC, Lock JE, McElhinney DB. Aortic valve reinterventions after balloon aortic valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis: intermediate and late follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol [In press]
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Brown DW, Dipilato AE, Chong EC, Gauvreau K, McElhinney DB, Colan SD, Lock JE. Sudden unexpected death after balloon valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis. J Am Coll Cardiol [In press]
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Baird CW. Unicusp Aortic Valve. Accepted Cardiology in the Young. 2010.
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McElhinney DB, Benson CB, Brown DW, Wilkins-Haug LE, Marshall AC, Zaccagnini L, Tworetzky W. Cerebral blood flow characteristics and biometry in fetuses undergoing prenatal intervention for aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ultrasound Med Biol 2010;36:29-37.
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Baird CW, del Nido PJ. Complex Aortic Valve Repair. Op Tech CV Surg. 2009:14:3.
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McElhinney DB, Marshall AC, Wilkins-Haug LE, Brown DW, Benson CB, Silva V, Marx GR, Mizrahi-Arnaud A, Lock JE, Tworetzky W. Predictors of technical success and postnatal biventricular outcome after in utero aortic valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Circulation 2009;120:1482-90.
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Kipps AK, McElhinney DB, Kane J, Rhodes J. Exercise function of children with congenital aortic stenosis following aortic valvuloplasty during early infancy. Congenit Heart Dis 2009;4:258-64.
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Vlahos AP, Marx GR, McElhinney D, Oneill S, Goudevenos I, Colan SD. Clinical utility of Doppler echocardiography in assessing aortic stenosis severity and predicting need for intervention in children. Pediatr Cardiol 2008;29:507-14.
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Bacha EA, McElhinney DB, Guleserian KJ, Colan SD, Jonas RA, del Nido PJ, Marx GR. Surgical aortic valvuloplasty in children and adolescents with aortic regurgitation: Acute and intermediate effects on aortic valve function and left ventricular dimensions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;132:552-9.
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Selamet Tierney ES, Wald RM, McElhinney DB, Marshall AC, Benson CB, Colan SD, Marcus EN, Marx GR, Levine JC, Wilkins-Haug L, Lock JE, Tworetzky W. Changes in left heart hemodynamics after technically successful in-utero aortic valvuloplasty. Ultrasound Obstetr Gynecol 2007;30:715-20.
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Colan SD, McElhinney DB, Crawford EC, Keane JF, Lock JE. Validation and re-evaluation of a discriminant model predicting anatomic suitability for biventricular repair in neonates with aortic stenosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:1858-65.
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Makikallio K, McElhinney DB, Levine JC, Marx GR, Colan SD, Marshall AC, Lock JE, Marcus EN, Tworetzky W. Fetal aortic valve stenosis and the evolution of hypoplastic left heart syndrome: patient selection for fetal intervention. Circulation 2006;113:1401-5.
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MarshallAC, Tworetzky W, Bergersen L, McElhinney DB, Benson CB, Jennings RW, Wilkins-Haug LE, Marx GR, Lock JE. Aortic valvuloplasty in the fetus: technical characteristics of successful balloon dilation. J Pediatr 2005;147:535-9.
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McElhinney DB, Lock JE, Keane JF, Moran AM, Colan SD. Left heart growth, function, and reintervention after balloon aortic valvuloplasty for neonatal aortic stenosis. Circulation 2005;111:451-8.
Mitral Valve
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Robinson JD, Marx GR, del Nido PJ, Lock JE, McElhinney DB. Effectiveness of balloon valvuloplasty for palliation of mitral stenosis after repair of atrioventricular canal defects. Am J Cardiol 2009;103:1770-3.
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Selamet Tierney ES, Pigula RA, Berul CI, Lock JE, del Nido PJ, McElhinney DB. Mitral valve replacement in infants and children 5 years of age or younger: Evolution in practice and outcome over three decades with a focus on supra-annular prosthesis implantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:954-61.
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Selamet Tierney ES, Graham DA, McElhinney DB, Trevey S, Freed MD, Colan SD, Geva T. Echocardiographic predictors of mitral stenosis-related death or intervention in infants. Am Heart J 2008;156:384-90.
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McElhinney DB, Sherwood MC, Keane JF, del Nido PJ, Almond CSD, Lock JE. Current management of severe congenital mitral stenosis: outcomes of transcatheter and surgical therapy in 108 infants and children. Circulation 2005;112:707-14.
Pulmonary Valve
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McElhinney DB, Hellenbrand WE, Zahn EM, Jones TK, Cheatham JP, Lock JE, Vincent JA. Short- and medium-term outcomes after transcatheter pulmonary valve placement in the expanded multicenter U.S. Melody valve trial. Circulation 2010;122:507-16.
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Harrild DM, Powell AJ, Trang TX, Geva T, Lock JE, Rhodes J, McElhinney DB. Long-term pulmonary regurgitation following balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary stenosis: risk factors and relationship to exercise capacity and ventricular volume and function. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55:1041-7.
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Stern HJ, Kuo JA, Wang YT, Baird CW. Catheter-based therapy for small pre-term infants with Pulmonary Atresia/Intact Ventricular Septum. Congenital Heart Dis. 2009 Sep;4(5):369-72.
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Zahn EM, Hellenbrand WE, Lock JE, McElhinney DB. Implantation of the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve in patients with dysfunctional right ventricular outflow tract conduits: early results from the U.S. clinical trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54:1722-9.
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Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Marx GR, Benson CB, Brusseau R, Morash D, Louise E. Wilkins-Haug LE, Lock JE, Marshall AC. In utero valvuloplasty for pulmonary valve atresia with hypoplastic right ventricle: techniques and outcomes. Pediatrics 2009 Aug 24 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19706566.
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Zachariah JP, Pigula FA, Mayer JE Jr, McElhinney DB. Right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit augmentation compared with replacement in young children. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:574-80.
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Peng LF, McElhinney DB, Nugent AW, Powell AJ, Marshall AC, Bacha EA, Lock JE. Endovascular stenting of obstructed right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduits: a fifteen-year experience. Circulation 2006;113:2598-605.
Tricuspid Valve
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Salvin JW, McElhinney DB, Colan SD, Gauvreau K, del Nido PJ, Jenkins KJ, Lock JE, Tworetzky W. Fetal tricuspid valve size and growth as predictors of outcome in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Pediatrics 2006;118:415-20.
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McElhinney DB, Salvin JW, Colan SD, Thiagarajan R, Crawford EC, del Nido PJ, Tworetzky W. Improving outcomes in fetuses and neonates with congenital displacement (Ebstein’s Malformation) or dysplasia of the tricuspid valve. Am J Cardiol 2005;96:582-6.
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