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Erik C. Michelfelder, MD

Director of the Fetal Cardiac Program

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-8270

Fax: 513-636-7468

Email: erik.michelfelder@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Echocardiography; fetal cardiology

Education and Training

MD: Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 1990.

Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990-1993.

Fellowship: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1993-1996.

Certification: Pediatrics 1991, Pediatric Cardiology 1998.

Publications

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Divanović A, Hor K, Cnota J, Hirsch R, Kinsel-Ziter M, Michelfelder E. Prediction and perinatal management of severely restrictive atrial septum in fetuses with critical left heart obstruction: Clinical experience using pulmonary venous Doppler analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Dec 2.

Crombleholme TM, Lim FY, Habli M, Polzin W, Jaekle R, Michelfelder E, Cnota J, Liu C, Kim MO. Improved recipient survival with maternal nifedipine in twin-twin transfusion syndrome complicated by TTTS cardiomyopathy undergoing selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;203(4):397.e1-9.

Habli M, Cnota J, Michelfelder E, Salisbury S, Schnell B, Polzin W, Lim FY, Crombleholme TM. The relationship between amniotic fluid levels of brain-type natriuretic peptide and recipient cardiomyopathy in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;203(4):404.e1-7.

Eghtesady P, Michelfelder EC, Knilans TK, Witte DP, Manning PB, Crombleholme TM. Fetal surgical management of congenital heart block in a hydropic fetus: Lessons learned from a clinical experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Mar;141(3):835-7.

Boat A, Mahmoud M, Michelfelder EC, Lin E, Ngamprasertwong P, Schnell B, Kurth CD, Crombleholme TM, Sadhasivam S. Supplementing desflurane with intravenous anesthesia reduces fetal cardiac dysfunction during open fetal surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2010 Aug;20(8):748-56.

Hinton RB, Michelfelder EC, Marino BS, Bove KE, Ware SM. A fetus with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive, and single-ventricle physiology, and a beta-myosin heavy chain mutation. J Pediatr. 2010 Jul;157(1):164-6. Epub 2010 Apr 14.

Kinsel-Ziter ML, Cnota JF, Crombleholme TM, Michelfelder EC. Twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence: pre- and postoperative cardiovascular findings in the 'pump' twin. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Nov;34(5):550-5.

Michelfelder E, Polzin W, Hirsch R. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum: Utilization of a hybrid catheterization facility for cesarean section delivery and prompt neonatal intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Dec 1;72(7):983-7.

Habli M, Michelfelder E, Livingston J, Harmon J, Lim FY, Polzin W, Crombleholme T. Acute effects of selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation on recipient cardiac function in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;199(4):412.e1-6.

Shah AD, Border WL, Crombleholme TM, Michelfelder EC. Initial fetal cardiovascular profile score predicts recipient twin outcome in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Oct;21(10):1105-8.