Cardiothoracic Surgery

Publications

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:s685-s686.

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:s103.

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:s754.

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

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

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

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; 30:104798.

Alsaleh, M; Miyamoto, S; Albers, E; Butts, R; Kroslowitz, B; Duganiero, T; Lorts, A; Rosenthal, D; O'Connor, M; Wright, L; Spinner, J; Conway, J. (19) SGLT2i in Congenital Heart Disease: An Analysis of the ACTION Heart Failure Registry. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44:s10.

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

Ashfaq, A; Bedzra, E; Rajab, KT; Bonnell, LN; Muralidaran, A; Bleiweis, M; Morales, DL S; 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 and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:439-445.

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

Backer, CL. Invited Commentary: Kommerell Diverticulum-The Definitive Alternative. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:450-451.

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

Bedzra, EK S; Faateh, M; Ahmed, HF; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Raees, MA; Jayaram, NM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S; Ashfaq, A. Aspirin Use Following the Arterial Switch Operation in the United States: Variability, Trends, and Perioperative Outcomes. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:736-743.

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: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2025; 55:2676-2680.

Brinkley, L; Lorts, A; Rosenthal, D; O'Connor, M; Wright, L; Farrukh, M; Duganiero, T; Naorem, R; Jacobs, J; Amdani, S. (21) Multi-Center Study Evaluating Outcomes of Right Heart Failure After Pediatric Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44:s11.

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; M., ; Ricci, ; 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:s536.

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 and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:751-760.

Faateh, M; Hogue, S; Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Kulshrestha, K; Hossain, MM; Lehenbauer, DG; Morales, DL S; 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.

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

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

Hermann, L; Coghill, M; Justice, L; Cooper, DS; Homanick, BT; Diller, C; Santos de Oliveria, MH; 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; 35:2011-2015.

Hogue, SJ; Faateh, M; Ashfaq, A. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, Marfan Syndrome, and Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: A Lethal Combination?. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:421-423.

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

Jacobs, ML; Backer, CL. In Memoriam: Albert Starr (1926-2024). World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:303-305.

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; 170:336-352.

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

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, DH F; 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: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; 34:1419-1431.

Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, A; Ahmed, HF; Chappell, G; Faateh, M; Perry, T; Lorts, A; Morales, DL S; 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 and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2025; 16:769-775.

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:s12-s13.

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

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

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:s61.

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:s79-s80.

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

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:e1-e3.

Pacella, J; Goldstein, BH; McGovern, E; Shahanavaz, S; Hirsch, R; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, D; Morales, DL S; 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; 106:663-673.

Parvizi Mashhadi, M; Shipman, KE. Minimally invasive surgery for intragastric trichobezoar in pediatrics: A case report. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2025; 133:111649.

Peng, DM; Edelson, JB; Gureddygari, HR; Duganiero, T; Lynch, A; McQueen, M; Hillenburg, J; Hall, EK; Smyth, L; Rosenthal, DN; Lorts, A. Capturing Physiological Data in Children With Heart Failure Using Wearable Digital Technology: Lessons From Pilot Project. CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. 2025; 4:226-230.

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, DL S. Outcomes in Children Who Undergo Postcardiotomy Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Report From the STS-CHSD. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 119:413-422.

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, DL S. 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. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025; 120:1125-1133.

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.

Rojas, A; Dahlen, S; Zhang, F; Liu, S. The Cytoskeletal Structure in Cardiomyocyte Maturation and Proliferation. Cells. 2025; 14:1494.

Samady Khanghah, A; Abbaszadeh, A; Sayedi, SJ; Ameri, L; Atqiaee, K; Mohammadipour, A; Azadmand, A; Parvizi Mashhadi, M. Rigid bronchoscopy results in pediatric patients with foreign body aspiration suspicion during the COVID-19 pandemic and before in Mashhad, Iran. Annals of medicine and surgery (2012). 2025; 87:1823-1827.

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

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; 46:1544-1550.

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; 20:290-296.

Thompson, JL M; Tarr, IS; Rath, EM; Troup, M; Ip, EK K; Dunwoodie, SL; Winlaw, D; Giannoulatoudslo, E; Nassar, N; Kirk, E; Sholler, G; Lain, S; Winlaw, DS; Giannoulatou, E. Polygenic Inheritance for Common Comorbidities Associated With Congenital Heart Disease. 2025; 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, DL S; Palumbo, JS. Hemostatic derangements associated with cardiopulmonary bypass predict outcomes in pediatric patients undergoing corrective heart surgery. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2025; 23:492-503.

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; 57:9-13.

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

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