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Castleberry C, Ryan T, Chin C. Transplantation in the Highly Sensitized Pediatric Patient. Circulation. 2014;129:2313-2319.

Chin C. Pediatric Antibody Mediated Rejection. Pediatric Transplantation. 2012;16:404-4012.

Pietra B, Kantor P, Bartlett H, Chin C, Canter C, Larsen R, Edens E, Colan C, Towbin T, Lipshultz S, Kirklin J, Naftel D, Sleeper L, Hsu D. Early Predictors of Survival to and After Clinical Heart Transplantation in Children’ with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2012;126:1079-86.

Chin C, Chen G, Sequeria F, Berry G, Siehr S, Bernstein D, Rosenthal D, Reinhartz O, Tyan D. Clinical usefulness of a novel C1q assay to detect immunoglobulin G antibodies capable of fixing complement in sensitized pediatric heart transplant patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Feb;30(2):158-63.

Chin C, Lukito SS, Shek J, Bernstein D, Perry SB. Prevention of pediatric graft coronary artery disease: atorvastatin. Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Jun;12(4):442-6.

Potena L, Fearon WF, Sydow K, Holweg C, Luikart H, Chin C, Weisshaar D, Mocarski ES, Lewis DB, Valantine HA, Cooke JP. Asymmetric dimethylarginine and cardiac allograft vasculopathy progression: modulation by sirolimus. Transplantation. 2008 Mar 27;85(6):827-33.

Tu W, Potena L, Stepick-Biek P, Liu L, Dionis KY, Luikart H, Fearon WF, Holmes TH, Chin C, Cooke JP, Valantine HA, Mocarski ES, Lewis DB. T-cell immunity to subclinical cytomegalovirus infection reduces cardiac allograft disease. Circulation. 2006 Oct 10;114(15):1608-15.

Potena L, Holweg CT, Chin C, Luikart H, Weisshaar D, Narasimhan B, Fearon WF, Lewis DB, Cooke JP, Mocarski ES, Valantine HA. Acute rejection and cardiac allograft vascular disease is reduced by suppression of subclinical cytomegalovirus infection. Transplantation. 2006 Aug 15;82(3):398-405.

Chin C, Naftel D, Pahl E, Shankel T, Clark ML, Gamberg P, Kirklin J, Webber S; Pediatric Heart Transplant Study. Cardiac re-transplantation in pediatrics: a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Dec;25(12):1420-4.

Chin C, Naftel DC, Singh TP, Blume ED, Luikart H, Bernstein D, Gamberg P, Kirklin JK, Morrow WR, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group. Risk factors for recurrent rejection in pediatric heart transplantation: a multicenter experience. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2004 Feb;23(2):178-85.

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Towbin JA, Lorts A, Jefferies JL. Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Lancet. 2015 Apr 9.

Benoit S, Antommaria AH, Weidner N, Lorts A. Difficult decision: what should we do when a VAD-supported child experiences a severe stroke? Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Mar;19(2):139-43.

Zafar F, Castleberry C, Khan MS, Mehta V, Bryant R 3rd, Lorts A, Wilmot I, Jefferies JL, Chin C, Morales DL. Pediatric heart transplant waiting list mortality in the era of ventricular assist devices. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jan;34(1):82-8.

Thomas TO, Chandrakasan S, O'Brien M, Jefferies JL, Ryan TD, Wilmot I, Baker ML, Madueme PC, Morales D, Lorts A. The use of a Berlin Heart EXCOR LVAD in a child receiving chemotherapy for Castleman's disease. Pediatr Transplant. 2015 Feb;19(1):E15-8.

Thomas TO, Jefferies JL, Lorts A, Anderson JB, Gao Z, Benson DW, Hor KN, Cripe LH, Urbina EM. Autonomic dysfunction: a driving force for myocardial fibrosis in young Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients? Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):561-8.

Friess MR, Marino BS, Cassedy A, Wilmot I, Jefferies JL, Lorts A. Health-related quality of life assessment in children followed in a cardiomyopathy clinic. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):516-23.

Ryan TD, Jefferies JL, Zafar F, Lorts A, Morales DL. The evolving role of the total artificial heart in the management of end-stage congenital heart disease and adolescents. ASAIO J. 2015 Jan-Feb;61(1):8-14.

Moore RA, Madueme PC, Lorts A, Morales DL, Taylor MD. Virtual implantation evaluation of the total artificial heart and compatibility: Beyond standard fit criteria. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Nov;33(11):1180-3.

Lorts A, Zafar F, Adachi I, Morales DL. Mechanical assist devices in neonates and infants. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2014;17(1):91-5.

Ryan TD, Jefferies JL, Sawnani H, Wong BL, Gardner A, Del Corral M, Lorts A, Morales DL. Implantation of the HeartMate II and HeartWare left ventricular assist devices in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy: lessons learned from the first applications. ASAIO J. 2014 Mar-Apr;60(2):246-8.

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Ryan TD, Zafar F, Siegel RM, Villa CR, Bryant R III, Chin C. Obesity Class Does Not Further Stratify Outcome in Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients after Heart Transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Mar;22(2).

Powell AW, Nagarajan R, Mays WA, Chin C, Knilans TK, Knecht SK, Amos MA, Gerdes YM, Ryan TD. Cardiopulmonary aerobic fitness assessment during maximal and submaximal exercise testing in pediatric oncology patients after chemotherapy. Am J Clin Oncol. 2018 Jan 19.

Rotz SJ, Dandoy CE, Taylor MD, Jodele S, Jefferies JL, Lane A, El-Bietar JA, Powell AW, Davies SM, Ryan TD. Long-term systolic function in children and young adults after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Oct;52(10):1443-1447.

Ryan TD, Parent JJ, Gao Z, Khoury PR, Dupont E, Smith JN, Wong B, Urbina WM, Jefferies JL. Central arterial function measured by non-invasive pulse wave analysis is abnormal in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Aug;38(6):1269-1276.

Rotz SJ, Ryan TD, Jodele S, Jefferies JL, Lane A, Pate A, Hirsch R, Hlavaty J, Levesque AE, Taylor MD, Cash M, Myers KC, El-Bietar JA, Davies SM, Dandoy CE. The injured heart: early cardiac effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children and young adults. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017 Aug;52(8):1171-1179.

Ryan TD, Madueme PC, Jefferies JL, Michelfelder EC, Towbin JA, Woo JG, Sahay RD, King EC, Brown R, Moore RA, Grenier MA, Goldstein BH. Utility of echocardiography in the assessment of left ventricular diastolic function and restrictive physiology in children and young adults with restrictive cardiomyopathy: a comparative echocardiography-catheterization study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Feb;38(2):381-389.

Ryan TD, Lucky AW, King EC, Huang G, Towbin JA, Jefferies JL. Ventricular dysfunction and aortic dilation in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Mar;174(3):671-3.

Ryan TD, Jefferies JL, Sawnani H, Wong BL, Gardner A, Del Corral M, Lorts A, Morales DLS. Implantation of the HeartMate II and HeartWare left ventricular assist devices in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: lessons learned from the first applications. ASAIO Journal. 2014 Mar-Apr;60(2):246-8.

Ryan TD, Taylor MD, Wojciech M, Cripe LH, Pratt J, King EC, Lao K, Grenier MA, Jefferies JL, Benson DW, Hor KH. Abnormal circumferential strain is present in young Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Pediatric Cardiol. 2013 Jun;34(5):1159-65.

Ryan TD, Rothstein EC, Aban I, Tallaj JA, Husain A, Lucchesi PA, Dell'Italia LJ. Left ventricular eccentric remodeling and matrix loss are mediated by bradykinin and precede cardiomyocyte elongation in rats with volume overload. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Feb 20;49(7):811-21.

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Samuel G. Wittekind, Ofer Yanay, Erin M. Johnson, Edward F. Gibbons. Two pediatric cases of variant neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy after intracranial hemorrhage. Pediatrics. 2014 Oct;134(4):e1211-7.

Wittekind S, Salerno J, Rubio A. Pacemaker-associated cyanosis in an adolescent: The answer hiding behind shadows. Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2012 Dec;14(4):6-10.

Wittekind SG, Lie O, Hubbard S, Viswanathan MN. Ictal asystole: An indication for pacemaker implantation and emerging cause of sudden death. Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE). 2012 Jul;35(7):e193-6.

Hu J, Wittekind SG, Barr MM. STAM and Hrs down-regulate ciliary TRP receptors. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2007 Sep;18(9):3277-89.