Cardiothoracic Surgery

Publications

Ahmed, H; Faateh, M; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Shahanavaz, S; Almiqlash, B; Ricci, M; Ashfaq, A; Burg, G; Morales, D; Hayes, D. (1612) To Cath or Not: Should Children without Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension Undergo Heart Catheterization Prior to Lung Transplantation? The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s754.

Ahmed, HF; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. Pediatric heart transplantation in donation after circulatory death: is it a feasible reality?-in time, yes! Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2025; 14(1):64-66.

Ahmed, HF; Kulshrestha, K; Hogue, S; Hossain, MM; Zhang, Y; Cherikh, WS; Ashfaq, A; Morales, DLS; Hayes, D. A Global Experience of Donation after Circulatory Death for Pediatric Lung Transplantation. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2025; 22(1):112-120.

Ahmed, HF; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Chappell, G; O'donnell, A; Ashfaq, A; Baskar, S; Morales, DLS; Lehenbauer, DG. Safety and Feasibility of Implanting Dual-Chamber Permanent Pacemakers in Patients Under 3 kg. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2026; 17(1):46-51.

Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Kulshrestha, K; Hogue, S; Cooper, D; Zak, S; Ashfaq, A; Lehenbauer, D; Morales, DLS; Benscoter, AL. National Experience With Tracheostomy in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Critical Care Explorations. 2025; 7(12):e1357.

Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Ricci, M; Alten, J; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Benscoter, A; Morales, DLS. Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent? JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.

Ahmed, H; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ricci, M; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Morales, D; Chin, C. (204) Prolonged Ventricular Assist Device Support in Single Ventricle Patients Does Not Negatively Impact Post-Transplant Outcomes. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s103.

Ahmed, H; Chappell, G; Turner, D; Kantemneni, E; Ashfaq, A; Ricci, M; Lehenbauer, D; Morales, D; Hayes, D. (1463) Tailoring Transplants: Should Single Lung Transplantation Be Considered for Some Adolescents and Young Adults? The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s685-s686.

Almiqlash, B; Faateh, M; Ashfaq, A. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type II: Is It Ever Too Early? JACC: Case Reports. 2025; 30(34):104798.

Arcadi, L; Faateh, M; Raees, MA; Morales, DLS; Mantell, BS; Ashfaq, A. Fate of Semilunar Valves From Discarded Hearts at the Time of Pediatric Heart Retransplantation. Pediatric Transplantation. 2025; 29(1):e70022.

Ashfaq, A; Bedzra, E; Rajab, KT; Bonnell, LN; Muralidaran, A; Bleiweis, M; Morales, DLS; Habib, RH; Jacobs, J; Quintessenza, JA. Contemporary Practice of Native Coarctation in Children Greater Than One Year of Age: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Analysis. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(4):439-445.

Backer, CL; Dearani, JA; Karamlou, T; Pasquali, SK; Overman, DM. Center Volume + 299 Other Criteria. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 120(5):1006-1007.

Backer, CL. Commentary: Vascular ring reoperations: The recurring theme of the importance of the first operation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 170(3):813-814.

Backer, CL. Invited Commentary: Kommerell Diverticulum-The Definitive Alternative. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(4):450-451.

Backer, CL. Complications Associated with Surgery for Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Artery Sling. In: Complications in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer Nature; 2025:81-104.

Backer, CL. Complications Associated with Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defect. In: Complications in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer Nature; 2025:211-219.

Bedzra, EKS; Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Raees, MA; Jayaram, NM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. Aspirin Use Following the Arterial Switch Operation in the United States: Variability, Trends, and Perioperative Outcomes. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(6):736-743.

Bhatia, S; Hashemi, S; Mceachern, W; Slesnick, T; Dennison, C; Wilson, H. Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of cardiovascular involvement in pediatric Rosai-Dorfman disease. Pediatric Radiology. 2025; 55(12):2676-2680.

Chappell, G; Turner, D; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Lehenbauer, D; Ricci, M; Chlebowski, MM; Goldstein, SL; Ashfaq, A; Morales, DLS. Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Hemodialysis in Infants Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery in the United States. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026.

Chappell, G; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Turner, D; Bondoc, A; Evans, S; Miethke, AG; Tiao, G; Chlebowski, MM; Opotowsky, AR; Lehenbauer, D; Ricci, M; Ashfaq, A; Morales, DLS. Outcomes of Fontan patients undergoing combined heart-liver transplantation in pediatric hospitals across the United States. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2026; 171(1):288-297.e2.

Chappell, G; Faateh, M; Von Allmen, D; Lehenbauer, DG; Rutter, MJ; Ashfaq, A. Tracheostomy can be avoided! Anterior-posterior cricoid split in bilateral vocal fold paralysis following complex congenital heart surgery. JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 31:148-150.

Chappell, GT; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ahmed, H; Ashfaq, A; Lehenbauer, D; Lorts, A; Morales, D. (1142) Landscape of BIVAD and LVAD Use Before Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Analysis of United States VAD Use. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s536.

Daniel, J; Decamp, M; Romano, J; Tong, B; Moulton, M; Mitchell, J; Backer, C; Cleveland, J; Cooke, DT; Kella, R; Stulak, J; Wright, C; Mack, M; Nguyen, TC. Understanding our thoracic surgery workforce: Who, what, and where we practice. JTCVS Open. 2025; 28:760-767.

Esmaeil, H; Jacobs, JP; Bleiweis, MS; St Louis, JD; Parsons, N; Kirklin, JK; Overman, DM; Vida, VL; Kansy, A; Maruszewski, B; Al-Halees, Z; Sarris, GE; Jacobs, ML; Tchervenkov, CI. Transposition of the Great Arteries With Intact Ventricular Septum and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS-CHSD). World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(6):751-760.

Faateh, M; Raees, MA; Berríos, YC; Zekic, A; Ahmed, HF; Karamlou, T; Cnota, JF; Mantell, BS; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. A structured institutional framework for establishing a living allogenic valve transplant program. JHLT Open. 2025; 10:100384.

Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Rodts, M; Misfeldt, A; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A; Ricci, M. Impact of Abdominal Surgery on Neonatal Cardiac Surgery Outcomes: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associated Risks. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 21501351251363857.

Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Raees, MA; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, D; Cnota, JF; Alten, JA; Morales, D; Ashfaq, A. Timing of Arterial Switch Operation in Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries with Intact Septum: Factors Associated with Delay, Practice Variation, and Associated Outcomes. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Faateh, M; Hogue, S; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Kulshrestha, K; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. Is timing as critical for repair of dextro-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect without outflow tract obstruction? JTCVS Open. 2025; 24:350-358.

Hashemi, S; Moore, RA; Mantey, K; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. Personalized Patient-Specific Patch Augmentation Using Virtual Surgical Planning. JACC: Case Reports. 2025; 30(38):105765.

Hermann, L; Coghill, M; Justice, L; Cooper, DS; Homanick, BT; Diller, C; De Oliveria, MHS; Henry, B; Lehenbauer, D; Florez, AR. Increased utilisation of analgesia and sedation in patients following bidirectional Glenn: evidence for the "Glenn Headache"? Cardiology in the Young. 2025; 35(10):2011-2015.

Hogue, SJ; Faateh, M; Ashfaq, A. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Marfan Syndrome, and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: A Lethal Combination? World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(3):421-423.

Hogue, SJ; Greenberg, JW; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Villa, CR; Chin, C; Lorts, A; Opotowsky, AR; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DLS. Heart Transplantation Outcomes for Fontan Patients When Using Contemporary Strategies: Heart-Liver Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(3):368-375.

Jacobs, ML; Backer, CL. In Memoriam: Richard Van Praagh (1930-2025) World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025.

Jacobs, ML; Backer, CL. In Memoriam: Albert Starr (1926-2024) World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(3):303-305.

Jaggers, J; Winlaw, D; Fuller, S; Sethi, N; Kochilas, L; Adachi, I; Stone, M; Browne, L; Khoo, N; Da Cruz, E; Petit, C; Lapar, D; Stout, K; Donofrio, M; St Louis, J. 2025 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery Working Group- Expert consensus document on the management of patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 170(2):336-352.

Keramane, A; Faateh, M; Heydarian, H; Ashfaq, A. Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting Complicated by Iatrogenic Aortic Dissection Requiring Aortic Repair. JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 102185.

Kim, ME; Gist, KM; Brandewie, K; Zang, H; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, DS; Morales, DLS; Alten, JA; Goldstein, SL; Cooper, DS. Kinetics of Renin Concentrations in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2025; 40(2):172-177.

Liu, X; Lee, A; Wang, Y; Hoang, TP; Yee, KS; Mosse, L; Karajan, N; Winlaw, DS; Naficy, S; Fletcher, DF. Fluid-structure interaction analysis of bioinspired polymeric heart valves with experimental validation. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 2025; 268:108839.

Long, DA; Gibbons, KS; Horton, SB; Johnson, K; Buckley, DHF; Erickson, S; Festa, M; D'udekem, Y; Alphonso, N; Le Marsney, R; Young, PJ; Schibler, A; Schlapbach, LJ; Butt, W. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Nitric Oxide During Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Open Heart Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open. 2025; 8(2):e2458040.

Marshall, KH; D'udekem, Y; Winlaw, DS; Zannino, D; Celermajer, DS; Eagleson, K; Iyengar, AJ; Zentner, D; Cordina, R; Sholler, GF; Woolfenden, SR; Kasparian, NA. Wellbeing and quality of life among parents of individuals with Fontan physiology. Quality of Life Research. 2025; 34(5):1419-1431.

Mavroudis, C; Backer, CL. In Memoriam: Rachid F. Idriss (1959-2025). World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2026; 17(1):133-134.

Mavroudis, C; Backer, CL; Heincker, A. Complications Associated with Repair of Aortopulmonary Window. In: Complications in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer Nature; 2025:247-260.

Mavroudis, C; Backer, CL. Complications Associated with Palliative Operations. In: Complications in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer Nature; 2025:31-69.

Mavroudis, C; Backer, CL. Complications Associated with Bidirectional Glenn, Fontan Operations, and Arrhythmia Surgery. In: Complications in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Springer Nature; 2025:447-502.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ahmed, HF; Chappell, G; Faateh, M; Perry, T; Lorts, A; Morales, DLS; Ashfaq, A. The Increasing Utilization of the Impella Device as a Bridge-to-Transplantation in Pediatric Heart Centers Across the United States. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2025; 16(6):769-775.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Chappell, G; Menninger, T; Mangano, L; Lorts, A; Ricci, M; Ashfaq, A; Morales, DLS. Can Children With a VAD Overcome Intellectual and Motor Disabilities After Heart Transplantation in the United States? Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 120(5):957-966.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Menninger, T; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Kasparian, N; Bedard-Thomas, KK; Ashfaq, A; Ricci, M; Morales, D; Burg, G. (122) Quantifying the Mental Health Burden of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Journey in the United States. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s61.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Chappell, G; Faateh, M; Ricci, M; Critser, P; Lehenbauer, DG; Chin, C; Ashfaq, A; Miles, K; Morales, DL. (24) What is the Utilization of Pulmonary Vasodilators Before Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Multi-Institutional Review of Medications, Center Practice and Long-Term Outcomes! The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s12-s13.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Menninger, T; Turner, D; Chappell, G; Ahmed, HF; Ryan, TD; Kasparian, N; Lehenbauer, DG; Ashfaq, AG; Morales, DL; Ricci, M. (162) More Than a Transplant: Uncovering the Impact of Mental Health in Pediatric Heart Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44(4):s79-s80.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Desai, MV; Kulshrestha, K; O'donnell, A; Raees, MA; Chappell, G; Opotowsky, A; Lehenbauer, D; Morales, DLS. Inadequate tissue for cone repair: An alternative method. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 169(6):e56-e59.

Mejak, BL; Reagor, JA; Olshove, VF; Likosky, DS. The PediPERForm Learning Network congenital perfusion registry. Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2025; 57(2):66-73.

Nguyen, CP; Sachdeva, R; Hashemi, S; Ligon, RA; Rosenblum, JM; Wilson, HC. Hypoxemia following pulmonary arterioplasty of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect: Heart, lungs, or something in between? Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2025; 19(1):e1-e3.

O'meara, D; Butto, A; Kuo, JA; Shaw, F; Sachdeva, R; Taylor, S; Hashemi, S; Wilson, HC. Aortic dissection after heart transplantation for early Fontan failure: A rare complication. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2025; 19(6):820-822.

Pacella, J; Goldstein, BH; Mcgovern, E; Shahanavaz, S; Hirsch, R; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, D; Morales, DLS; Batlivala, SP. Pressure-Wire Guided Hybrid Branch Pulmonary Artery Band Placement for Palliation of Single Ventricle and Critical Congenital Cardiac Lesions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025; 106(1):663-673.

Perry, T; Jacobs, ML; Jacobs, JP; Sweberg, T; Huang, B; Chen, C; Cooper, DS; Thiagarajan, RR; Brunetti, MA; Lasa, JJ; Ashfaq, A; Maeda, K; Zafar, F; Morales, DLS. Stabilizing the Unstable: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database of Children Supported With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Before Cardiac Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 120(6):1125-1133.

Perry, T; Cooper, DS; Sweberg, T; Jacobs, ML; Jacobs, JP; Huang, B; Chen, C; Thiagarajan, RR; Brunetti, MA; Lasa, JJ; Ashfaq, A; Maeda, K; Zafar, F; Morales, DLS. Outcomes in Children Who Undergo Postcardiotomy Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Report From the STS-CHSD. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 119(2):413-422.

Raees, MA; Hogue, S; O'donnell, A; Cnota, JF; Morales, DLS; Lehenbauer, DG; Zafar, F; Quintessenza, JA; Tweddell, JS; Ashfaq, A. Ex Vivo Hydrodynamic Assessment of Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Trileaflet Pulmonary Valves. ASAIO Journal. 2025.

Robinson, J; Winlaw, DS. Ross Procedure in Adolescence: Replacement is Better Than Repair, Mostly. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual. 2025; 28:68-78.

Saini, A; Hashemi, S; Mceachern, W; Ligon, RA; Wilson, HC. Predictive Performance and Rater Reliability of CT-derived Virtual Reality Models for PDA Stent Planning in Patients with Ductal-Dependent Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Shaw, AK; Schlosser, B; Norman, J; Samai, C; Hashemi, S; Shashidharan, S; Wilson, HC. Wrong Way Home: Variant Caval Return to the Left Atrium. CASE (Phila). 2025; 9(1):19-24.

Sheets, R; Hashemi, S; Smith, C; Rodriguez, FH; Sachdeva, R; Wilson, HC. Impact of Appropriate Use Criteria for Cross-Sectional Imaging on Medical Decision-Making in Patients with Conotruncal Defects. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46(6):1544-1550.

Suk, RN; Fabbrini, ML; Garg, R; Ashfaq, A; Overbey, D; Mokashi, SA; Vogel, AD; Rajab, TK. Awareness, Attitudes, and Perceptions Toward Partial Heart Transplantation. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 2025; 20(3):290-296.

Thompson, J-LM; Tarr, IS; Rath, EM; Troup, M; Ip, EKK; Blue, GM; Winlaw, DS; Dunwoodie, SL; Giannoulatou, E. Polygenic Inheritance for Common Comorbidities Associated With Congenital Heart Disease. JACC: Advances. 2025; 4(4):101673.

Todd, K; Hogue, SJ; Tweddell, JS; Reagor, JA; Mullins, E; Block, MG; Rosenfeldt, L; Francisco, B; Jodele, S; Sharma, BK; Lane, A; Slusher, C; Kharnaf, M; Morales, DLS; Palumbo, JS. Hemostatic derangements associated with cardiopulmonary bypass predict outcomes in pediatric patients undergoing corrective heart surgery. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2025; 23(2):492-503.

Turner, D; Faateh, M; O’Donnell, A; Knilans, T; Ashfaq, A; Morales, DLS. Is it Ever Too Late?: Biventricular Repair In A 25 Year Old Heterotaxy Fontan Patient. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025.

Turner, D; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Raees, A; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Vandenheuvel, K; Hill, GD; Morales, DLS. Contrasting the Performance of a Surgeon-Fashioned Extracellular Matrix Cylindrical Tricuspid Valve Versus a Mechanical Valve. World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. 2026; 17(1):122-124.

Wagner, JD; Adamson, ME; Wilson, HC; Hashemi, S; Rosenblum, JM; Sachdeva, R. Preoperative imaging accuracy and resource utilization in sinus venosus atrial septal defects. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. 2025.

Warren, PW; Keller, BB; Tanimoto, AA; Hirsch, R; Lehenbauer, DG; Lang, SM. Cardiac MRI Diagnosis of Large Aortopulmonary Collateral and Pulmonary Sequestration Presenting as Left Chamber Dilation. CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. 2025.

Whittaker Striker, C; Reagor, JA. Evaluating the need for magnesium administration following cardioplegic arrest with del Nido cardioplegia solution. Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2025; 57(1):9-13.

Wilson, HC; Hashemi, S; Ligon, RA. 4-Dimensional Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Segmentation to Evaluate Candidacy for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46(5):1400-1404.

Winlaw, DS. Commentary: The next horizon in the surgical management of single ventricle patients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025; 169(6):e62-e63.