Chet R. Villa, MD

Heart Transplantation Outcomes for Fontan Patients When Using Contemporary Strategies: Heart-Liver Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. Hogue, SJ; Greenberg, JW; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Villa, CR; Chin, C; Lorts, A; Opotowsky, AR; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:368-375.

Taking ACTION to detect myocarditis related to recombinant gene transfer therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Consensus recommendations for cardiac surveillance. Kaufman, BD; Veerapandiyan, A; Soslow, JH; Wittlieb-Weber, C; Esteso, P; Olson, AK; Shih, R; Bansal, N; Lal, A; Gambetta, K; Hsu, D; Cripe, L; Villa, C; Nandi, D. Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2025; 12:173-182.

Deep Learning for Automated Measurement of Total Cardiac Volume for Heart Transplantation Size Matching. Szugye, NA; Mahalingam, N; Somasundaram, E; Villa, C; Segala, J; Segala, M; Zafar, F; Morales, DL S; Moore, RA. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46:590-598.

Ventricular assist device implantation in children with a mechanical valve: An ACTION registry analysis. Hussain, SF; Miller, E; Aljohani, O; Auerbach, S; Bearl, D; Benvenuto, V; Bonura, E; Crawford, RL; Joong, A; Dyal, J; Raskin, A; Torpoco-Rivera, D; Wilkens, SJ; Villa, CR. 2025; 7:100198.

Left Atrial Phasic Function via Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Trussell, TM; Brown, T; Marcuccio, E; Mullikin, A; Zang, H; Ollberding, NJ; Villa, C; Lang, SM. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46:72-80.

Impact of inflammation and steroids on anti-coagulation in children supported on a ventricular assist device. Brandewie, K; Lorts, A; Luchtman-Jones, L; Gao, Z; Geer, B; Villa, C; Perry, T. Journal of Artificial Organs. 2024; 27:368-374.

Cardiac Histopathology in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Demonstrates Diffuse Fibrofatty Replacement of the Myocardium. Breaux, A; Lang, SM; Wittekind, S; Ryan, TD; Taylor, M; Greiner, E; Tian, C; Kasten, J; Sawnani, H; Villa, CR. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2024; 13:e033862.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a case series. Greiner, E; Ikeda, N; Ryan, TD; Villa, CR. Cardiology in the Young. 2024; 34:2272-2274.

Abstract 4146244: Late Gadolinium Enhancement-Derived Heart Digital Twins Non-Invasively Predict Ventricular Tachycardia Risk in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Tso, J; Prakosa, A; Zhang, K; Kholmovski, E; Vasquez, N; Yanek, L; Beckman, B; Bibat, G; Yep, M; Dellefave-Castillo, L; Leung, D; Cripe, L; Barth, A; Trayanova, N. Circulation. 2024; 150:a4146244.

Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy in Pediatric Patients: A Distinct, Underrecognized Cohort of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Choi, NH; Cherny, S; Berul, CI; Goodyer, WR; Howard, TS; Joong, A; Liberman, L; Silver, ES; Villa, CR; Lee, TM; Zuckerman, WA. Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2024; 17:e013114.