Top 25 Publications from FY17 Based on Impact Factor

  1. Kwiatkowski DM; Goldstein SL; Cooper DS; Nelson DP; Morales DLS; Krawczeski CD. Peritoneal Dialysis vs Furosemide for Prevention of Fluid Overload in Infants After Cardiac Surgery A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatrics. 2017; 171:357-364.
  2. Westbrook TC; Morales DLS; Khan MS; Bryant R; Castleberry C; Chin C; Zafar F. Interaction of older donor age and survival after weight-matched pediatric heart transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2017; 36:554-558.
  3. Kimura N; Khan MS; Schecter M; Rizwan R; III BR; Wells E; Towe C; Zafar F; Morales DLS. Changing demographics and outcomes of lung transplantation recipients with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2016; 35:1237-1244.
  4. Zafar F; Villa CR; Morales DL; Blume ED; Rosenthal DN; Kirklin JK; Lorts A. Does Small Size Matter With Continuous Flow Devices? Analysis of the INTERMACS Database of Adults With BSA <= 1.5=""> JACC: Heart Failure. 2017; 5:123-131.
  5. Mathew J; Villa CR; Morales D; Chin C; Zafar F; Rossano J; Lake M; Lorts A. Favorable Waitlist and Posttransplant Outcomes in Children and Adolescent Patients Supported With Durable Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Devices. American Journal of Transplantation. 2016; 16:2352-2359.
  6. Chaouki AS; Spar DS; Khoury PR; Anderson JB; Knilans TK; Morales DLS; Czosek RJ. Risk factors for complications in the implantation of epicardial pacemakers in neonates and infants. Heart Rhythm. 2017; 14:206-210.
  7. Villa CR; Morales DLS. The Total Artificial Heart in End-Stage Congenital Heart Disease. Frontiers in Physiology. 2017; 8:131.
  8. Brothers JA; Frommelt MA; Jaquiss RDB; Myerburg RJ; Fraser CD; Tweddell JS. Expert consensus guidelines: Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:1440-1457.
  9. Bryant R. Tracheal agenesis: Salvaging the unsalvageable. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:e127.
  10. Bryant R. External tracheal stenting for pediatric airway obstruction: A word of caution. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:1178-1179.
  11. Tweddell JS; Jacobs JP; Austin EH. Are there negative consequences of public reporting? The hype and the reality. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:908-911.
  12. Morales DLS. Providing hope. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:675-676.
  13. Bryant R. No longer novel: The association of a dilated coronary sinus with left ventricular inflow obstruction. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 153:e31-e32.
  14. Tweddell JS. Why doesn't the flow study work better for pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and major aortopulmonary collaterals?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016; 152:1504-1505.
  15. Tweddell JS. Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Thomas L. Spray. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016; 152:945-949.
  16. Morales DLS. "Single coronary" in transposition of the great arteries: Why are we still talking about it?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016; 152:e33-e34.
  17. Hoffman GM; Ghanayem NS; Scott JP; Tweddell JS; Mitchell ME; Mussatto KA. Postoperative Cerebral and Somatic Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Saturations and Outcome in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017; 103:1527-1535.
  18. Jacobs JP; Mayer JE; Mavroudis C; O'Brien SM; Austin EH; Pasquali SK; Hill KD; Overman DM; St Louis JD; Karamlou T. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Outcomes and Quality. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017; 103:699-709.
  19. Morales DLS; Khan MS; Turek JW; Biniwale R; Tchervenkov CI; Rush M; Jacobs JP; Tweddell JS; Jacobs ML. Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017; 103:622-628.
  20. Scully BB; Fan C; Grigoryan B; Jacot JG; Vick GW; Kim JJ; Fraser CD; Grande-Allen KJ; Morales DLS. Remodeling of ECM patch into functional myocardium in an ovine model: A pilot study. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 2016; 104:1713-1720.
  21. Maher KO; Tweddell JS. Aortic and mitral valve disease and left ventricular dysfunction in children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2016; 17:S131-S139.
  22. Tabbutt S; Tweddell JS; Ghanayem N. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other shunt-dependent single ventricles. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2016; 17:S318-S322.
  23. Tomita-Mitchell A; Stamm KD; Mahnke DK; Kim MS; Hidestrand PM; Liang HL; Goetsch MA; Hidestrand M; Simpson P; Pelech AN. Impact of MYH6 variants in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Physiological genomics. 2016; 48:912-921.
  24. Jaquiss RDB; Humpl T; Canter CE; Morales DLS; Rosenthal DN; Jr FCD. Postapproval Outcomes: The Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric in North America. ASAIO Journal. 2017; 63:193-197.
  25. III BR; Zafar F; Castlebery C; Jeferies JL; Lorts A; Chin C; Morales DLS. Transplant Survival After Berlin Heart EXCOR Support. ASAIO Journal. 2017; 63:80-85.